loud and proud this is mike mike is american you'll hear mike before you see mike mike doesn't just talk he makes an entrance but why so loud maybe it's because america is so big mike needs to shout just to reach his neighbor but more likely it's because speaking up is a virtue from childhood americans are told to speak up be confident take space loud kids get praise and gold stars quiet kids get use your voice notes and a concerned email to their parents the lesson is clear silence is suspicious volume is confidence who's going to pay for the wall in most countries being loud in public is seen as rude in america not being heard is the rude part and to make it worse american english is sharp and clear you can hear it across the room even when they're not shouting it sounds like they are loud and proud gets a comfortable a to your spot not every american is loud but culturally the volume's definitely turned up superersize me this is mike's lunch it's about the size of a small country like europe big meals big drinks big waistlines the stereotype that american portions are massive and that americans are even bigger is one that's probably true according to the cdc over 42% of american adults are classified as obese so where did this all come from in a lot of places especially the south feeding people is how you show love not having enough food on the table is seen as a failure so it becomes normal to serve too much just to be polite but it's not just culture there's policy behind it too the us government heavily subsidizes beef corn soy and dairy the building blocks of processed food these calories are cheap to produce easy to scale and absolutely everywhere and then there's the survival mindset for generations a lot of americans didn't know when their next good meal would come so when food is available you don't waste it you eat as much as you can while you can that's how america became a country where value means more food not better food so the obesity stereotype isn't just about personal choice it's structural it's cultural in some ways it's survival instinct as far as placement goes when your portion sizes go viral globally and your obesity rate leads the developed world yeah it's an s tier painfully true extreme patriotism mike loves america like a lot if it exists mike's put a flag on it it's not just about pride it's about identity unlike many countries with a strong unified national culture america is more like a patchwork of regional ethnic and political subcultures instead of one shared worldview it has hundreds often clashing overlapping or just ignoring each other completely what holds that together more than anything else is the flag the flag becomes a placeholder something nearly everyone can rally around even if they disagree on everything else and that symbolism wasn't accidental before world war ii the us was more like a loose alliance of states than a single unified nation but when the war came the country needed to rally fast flags pledges songs and slogans became tools to unify a diverse population under one banner america emerged as a superpower and patriotism didn't fade it hardened into identity boomers grew up saluting the flag in school absorbing cold war propaganda and learning that being american meant loving it loudly that culture never really went away today most flags you see aren't required by law the us flag only has to fly at federal buildings and military bases everything else schools sports arenas post offices people's homes that's all voluntary mike doesn't think he's being extreme to him this is just what love looks like and if you disagree i'm putting this in a tier it's true but extreme is subjective and honestly it depends how many flags you think it's too many america equals the world mike's favorite country is america his second favorite is texas show him a flag of ukraine and he'll point you to ikea americans are stereotyped as being terrible at geography where's america i would say this big one but i'm probably wrong sometimes it really does feel like they are using a completely different world map in school they teach you the 50 states and then everything else is just enemy territory canada that place with syrup and healthcare mexico down there somewhere around the gulf of america this stereotype isn't totally off americans travel way less internationally than most other nationalities in fact only around 48% of americans even have a passport and when looking at the us on a real european world map you kind of start to understand why the us is massive about the same size as europe so when an entire continent fits inside one country the rest of the world starts to feel optional while it's fun to bash american geography skills it's usually just a select few who end up representing an entire country in those meme videos individual knowledge varies widely and honestly there's no real data that prove americans are worse at geography than everyone else so i'm putting this stereotype in c tier myth: world police mike thinks the world needs saving oh what's that the world doesn't want to be saved well too bad because what mike wants mike gets the stereotype that america sees itself as the planet's main character has been going on for a while after world war ii america was the last superpower standing rich armed and deeply allergic to communism that combination turned into a decad's long habit of helping and if your dirt's flammable you get extra help to outsiders it can feel like the us is constantly inserting itself into conflicts no one invited it to to americans it's called defending freedom even when the freedom isn't theirs and sometimes it's not even about defense it's about ownership hollywood doesn't help movies constantly cast america as the global hero saving the world from aliens disasters or countries with suspicious accents the us is always the protagonist and if there's no villain don't worry one will be found this stereotype belongs in a tier it's complicated but still true workaholics when mike's not busy saving the world he's working mike like many americans is obsessed with productivity the average american works 350 more hours per year than the average west european that's basically an extra month of work every single year when europeans take august off to reconnect with nature mike reconnects with his email notifications this stereotype that americans live to work has deep roots thomas jefferson once said "i'm a greater believer in luck and i find the harder i work the more i have of it early settlers faced dangerous uncertain conditions traits like risk-taking relocation and relentless effort were essential for survival over time that became a national virtue add capitalism and the american dream and you can understand why this stereotype is formed and america does very little structurally to change this there's no federal law requiring paid vacation an affordable healthcare is usually tied to employment it's a fragile system that promotes working nonstop above all else so mike does not have time to rest if he wants to survive in modern america when it comes to placing this stereotype into the tier list we have to go a bit lower while this stereotype is somewhat true it's not about loving work it's more about fear and structure so yeah context dependent b tier everything's illegal yesterday mike burnt his tongue on some coffee from mcdonald's today he's buying a jet ski with the settlement money america is obsessed with lawsuits and warning labels that sound like parody may contain peanuts do not insert in rectum this stereotype sounds ridiculous but the american legal system actually encourages it unlike most countries the us doesn't follow a loser pays model if mike finds a lawyer willing to take the case on contingency he has almost nothing to lose if he wins he gets paid if he loses he's out a little time but not stuck with the other party's legal fees that makes businesses paranoid they don't write warnings for normal people they write them for the worst case scenario because someone really did burn themselves on hot mcdonald's coffee and was awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in 1992 79-year-old stella liebeck ordered a coffee from a mcdonald's drive-thru in albuquerque she was sitting in the passenger seat trying to add cream and sugar when the cup tipped and spilled scalding hot coffee into her lap she suffered thirdderee burns and needed skin graphs on her thighs and groin the coffee wasn't just hot it was dangerously hot mcdonald's served the coffee at 190° f a temperature that can cause serious burns in seconds and it wasn't a one-off mcdonald's had received over 700 complaints about burns from their coffee before this happened liebeck initially asked for $20,000 to cover her medical bills mcdonald's countered with $800 so the case went to trial the jury awarded punitive damages equivalent to 2 days worth of mcdonald's coffee sales which totaled to over $3 million not just because of the injury but because the company had ignored hundreds of previous warnings that number was later slashed by more than 80% and the parties settle confidentially and while some of these lawsuits are absurd the deeper truth is that in the us the legal system is one of the main tools people have to enforce rules other countries rely on inspectors regulators or government enforcement but in america citizens are the ones to file lawsuits which makes accountability unpredictable but sometimes powerful it's a fun stereotype but statistically the us isn't even in the top three for lawsuits per capita the idea of america being lawsuit obsessed is mostly a media myth so i'm placing it in d tier fake news you are fake news guns everywhere this is mike again and when he's not yelling he's shooting americans are stereotyped as gun obsessed guns are part of the culture and the identity and even casual errands the rest of the world sees it as wild in america it's tuesday with more guns than people 120 guns per 100 citizens the us leads the world in civilian firepower in some states you can walk into walmart and leave with eggs toilet paper and a shotgun in others you're legally allowed to carry a pistol into a chili's as long as your shirt covers it most american gun owners will never use their weapons on another person but to the rest of the world watching the news it feels like the country's held together by thoughts prayers and bulletproof backpacks it's not every american but it's american enough to be a meme the gun stereotype belongs to the top of s tier for sure it's painfully true america literally has the world record for guns per capita so this is the final tier list on american stereotypes based on how true they are remember this is a subjective tier list so you don't have to agree with me and since about 30% of you watching are american maybe you can invade the comments and let us know what we missed or just sue me thanks for watching bye