Quick thought about fanboys

[Hawk]

lionkitten said:
I'm just basing on reading the forums here and virtually all gamer sites. In any other circle of influence, Americans would care less about what sold well in Europe. How are the soccer games and Formula One games selling in Topeka this week? They want to ban french fries a few years back because they were mad at the french. They think the Brits actually EAT tea and crumpets. They think that everyone in the world online and off should speak English to them because they are too lazy to learn French or German.

But Europeans buy PS3's and suddenly Americans think they are the most tasteful, influential people ever.

Not sure what's inflammatory about what I said. I just find it interesting that Americans tend to have a limited world view, except when it suits their purposes.

And I am an American living in Minneapolis, by the way, so it's not like I am a someone from Europe casting aspersions toward the U.S. I teach hundreds of young men from 13-18 every day, so it's not like I don't know what/how they think.

I'm not flaming. I'm just pointing out an interesting sociological trend that is unique to this one sector of society. Obviously are there people who care about the rest of the world. Of course.

Sorry, I won't post here any more. It seems like people on this site are only interested in who can claim a 3,000 unit "victory" over the other console in February, a totally unimportant retail month. Guess you guys don't need the web traffic.

::laugh:: Who the hell was trying to ban french fries?! I love french fries. And my wife would go stark raving mad if she couldn't have french fries anymore. Thats just funny.

 Edit:  Oh, oh, oh.  Ban the name.  Ok.  Makes more sense.  Still never heard about that personally.