So today I finished reading And Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers which, to quote the book here, is fabbity fab fab. But it took me a while to think about how I cou;d relate this to everyday America. Then it hit me. In the book the main charecter, Georgia and her (British) family travel to the US. It sounded like it would be hilarious, and it was. But for all the wrong reasons. I had hoped to enjoy some tasty tidbits about uncle eddy's useless attepts at being american. Instead I found myself cracking up over the hilarity of US!! The Americans sounded so absured that I dismissed as pure humor. And we could just leave it at that.
But what if it's not just fun and games? What if the United States is in actuallity quite laughable over seas? What if we are just a joke to the other nations of the world? We are so proud of our great American blood but what if what makes us "us" is really what makes comical? Have we brought on this? In becoming "the greatest nation in the world" are we actually just digging ourselves deeper ino a hole?
What do you think? Is American doomed as a joke to all? Of is there still a chance for the name United States?
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Well, I'm sure we're not a joke to the rest of the world, we have nuclear bombs. But American tourists get ripped on all the time, mostly because the have no idea what customs of other countries are.
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