Can You Identify An American?

[+ Pensant]

I spend a fair amount of time in Europe, and I agree that the clothing styles have converged over the recent years. In Austria and Germany the kids often wear skater clothes and similar jeans and sneakers.

 

I agree with the comments about American women. One also sees a number of older men with the following: grandpa jeans or cargo shorts, plastic baseball hats that often feature the ship on which the wearer served, the ubiquitous white vinyl sneakers, and white tube socks. Many often look lost

[Rudynate]

I spend a fair amount of time in Europe, and I agree that the clothing styles have converged over the recent years. In Austria and Germany the kids often wear skater clothes and similar jeans and sneakers.

 

I agree with the comments about American women. One also sees a number of older men with the following: grandpa jeans or cargo shorts, plastic baseball hats that often feature the ship on which the wearer served, the ubiquitous white vinyl sneakers, and white tube socks. Many often look lost

 

I remember I was boarding a flight back to the US in Frankfurt and I was having a little trouble finding the gate. Then I saw this big crowd of dowdy, frumpy-looking Americans and I thought, "Oh, this must be it." Sadly, it was.

[marylander1940]

You can identify SOME Americans, same with any nationalities. Those closer to national stereotypes. You may feel very perceptive, but you just do not know how many you are missing. Just like with homosexuals.

 

When I was overseas, the Americans were the ones who actually had butts.

 

Big/fat butts...

 

http://thedubrovniktimes.com/media/k2/items/cache/366b69d5a2be3152ac571d6c0b4cf068_XL.jpg

 

 

 

[marylander1940]

I used to work in an office complex next to the german company that makes MontBlanc pens/watches.. All the sales men are stunning and smoking hot-looking europeans.

 

In Europe, and South America (continents I know well) everything is tougher and someone who could be a model here will work on sales or as a delivery boy.

[marylander1940]

[+ Avalon]

In Europe, and South America (continents I know well) everything is tougher and someone who could be a model here will work on sales or as a delivery boy.

 

Or they could work for a porn studio like Belami.

[marylander1940]

Or they could work for a porn studio like Belami.

 

Hell, yeah!

 

An escort from Uruguay told me so many times:

 

"God bless America. Only here someone like that: has food on the table/a job/owns a house/folks keeping up with his issues/a house full of stuff he doesn't need/checks Grindr from the office, etc!"

[+ Charlie]

There is an interesting subconcious definition that runs through most of the comments in this thread (including my own): "American" means white and native born. On the street in Paris, could you tell the difference between a Somali-American from Minneapolis and a Senegalese-Frenchman from Marseilles?

[Frequentflier]

 

The guard in this photo looks stunning. Why can't we see anyone near as good looking on RM? Must be all the new Republican created six figure jobs.

[Rudynate]

There is an interesting subconcious definition that runs through most of the comments in this thread (including my own): "American" means white and native born. On the street in Paris, could you tell the difference between a Somali-American from Minneapolis and a Senegalese-Frenchman from Marseilles?

 

Maybe 40 years ago, yes. But the world is now so homogenous, probably not.

[Rudynate]

The guard in this photo looks stunning. Why can't we see anyone near as good looking on RM? Must be all the new Republican created six figure jobs.

 

Melania's escort for the SOU speech was very fetching. She might have gotten at least a little enjoyment walking on the arm of a man who looked like that.

[marylander1940]

The guard in this photo looks stunning. Why can't we see anyone near as good looking on RM? Must be all the new Republican created six figure jobs.

 

Sometimes I think some of yinz can’t stop looking at the glass half empty

[+ poolboy48220]

plastic baseball hats that often feature the ship on which the wearer served

Those are rampant at my father's retirement home.

[+ tassojunior]

Americans are the ones with big sneakers and a t shirt.

Europeans have fallen for designer t shirts and designer sneaks in a huge way.

In the US you assume they're gay.

 

The ONE thing that definitely separates US from EU men is sandals.

US men are cooler with little flip-flops like most people in the world wear and that show off cute toes. Almost barefoot.

European men always wear those grotesque shower slide type sandals that hide toes. Prudishness.

[liubit]

Especially the Czechs.

Most Czech boys are stunning, yes, but sorry to say tht they get ugly with age. Very few Czech men (over 40) are immune to beer belly...

[+ Avalon]

Most Czech boys are stunning, yes, but sorry to say tht they get ugly with age. Very few Czech men (over 40) are immune to beer belly...

 

Thankfully they put their beauty to good use while they have it.

[Rudynate]

Most Czech boys are stunning, yes, but sorry to say tht they get ugly with age. Very few Czech men (over 40) are immune to beer belly...

 

That's a problem generally with Eastern European men - they seem to age rapidly. I remember a conversation I had once with a Lithuanian woman. She was a young widow - her husband had died from heart disease at a young age. She said it was quite common in Lithuania for young men to die early from heart disease and that young widows like herself were a common thing.

[marylander1940]

The nice American

 

Edited June 29, 2018 by marylander1940

[marylander1940]

The ugly American

 

[GBoi]

Men’s Capri pants and a crossbody “murse” = European

New Balance shoes (worn unironically) or anything by Under Armor = American

[+ Avalon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_American_(pejorative)

 

We Americans can make asses of ourselves sometimes.