I’ll go. I’m still proud of every American who has held in there through these 8 years and not given up on turning things around. We know what it is to live free and despite all the obstacles ahead there is still places that you can experience it.

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    218 hours ago

    It depends on who, in my experience. I adore Scandos and I feel your sentiment about the Dutch and most northern Eastern Europeans (poles, Czech, Russians etc). Mediterraneans tend to be more gregarious but in a super different way to Americans and I warm up to them as well.

    The French and Germans/Swiss I fundamentally don’t understand as people and have never met one that I felt like I could get to know.

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      I guess my experience is skewed toward the Netherlands as being the most recent. Had a boss from the UK who was a total secret softy. Also a manager from a different department who was your cliche hard ass but maybe it’s just me, I could always get him to lighten up.

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        318 hours ago

        Brits arent hard nuts to crack if you can handle the banter. Insulting you is their way of creating emotional intimacy. If you laugh with them you’ll get on fine with most of them.

        Speaking of the topic of this post, actually, that’s something I don’t like about Americans. We’re too soft when it comes to taking a joke about ourselves.

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          Tell me about. 99% of my comedy is self deprecating and the blank stares and looks of concern I get are a joke within the joke.