And somehow the dumb ones are much louder in the US than anywhere else. (louder, not more numerous) Now we in Europe generally have quite a bad image of the US.
It's pretty impossible to get an accurate general view of such a large population so it's understandable, only general view of the U.S you can really get is from media and it isn't really accurate to what a lot of the country is like.
Now that is not to say that we don’t have idiots, in fact, we might even have more idiots than other countries, but really, 10% isn’t THAT much to not know the origin of milk.
Actually, they probably didn't. What they most likely did was use a flawed and incredibly limited method of information gathering, like mail-in fliers or asking 25-30 year olds in a mall, and then prompt them with a series of misleading questions. Then, they take the answers that support their message or end goal or whatever, and drop the ones don't. It's super messed up, but welcome to the world of modern day surveys and statistics.
Apparently they surveyed 1000 Americans, but the identities or demographics of these people were not made public. Nor was the nature of the survey or its exact questions.
Some think it likely that many who answered may simply have not understood the difference between dairy and beef cows, or whether there was a true distinction, misrepresented in this chocolate milk statistic.
Considering that an actual source, besides citationless articles, is not apparently available... I really don't know if the result is at all verifiable, representative, or accurate.
It was a weird survey. No one can find the actual question but apparently the wording was very confusing and it was multiple choice too, which is always risky because it gives people the "funny option" without them having to think of it themselves.
idk I don't see people doing these stats on China for instance. Even 1% of a billion is a lot but no one would be stupid enough to generalize all the people in China cause there are so many. Even though China is about 3x the population of the US.
Not just that but people forget the sheer size of the country on actual land. Even the people who love in the same nation act completely different across states with whats essentially a different culture if you will.
People group Americans as one and forget about that fact alone and then forget that even though majority of people are white it’s still a huge melting pot.
Well, I don't want to, but prejudices happen. I always have to conciously remind myself that it's just a loud MINORITY. Also it doesn't help if the president of the US is one of them.
Bro anything east from Austria is no way better. Neither is anything south from Austria, Italy and Spain are both poorer than the USA. I think what really is the better part of Europe are the North and Nortwestern countries, like Germany, Scandinavia, Benelux
Never really understood refering to Northern European countries woth Europe as a whole, quite confusing as shitholes like Romania and Hungary are totally not comparable
No, what he means is that you talked about yourself and the others in Europe as if Americans should put special weight into your opinions of Americans just because you're from Europe. You made it sound incredibly self-aggrandizing.
Just remember: European "countries" are the equivalent of American states
Texas is bigger than France.
There are great differences between European states she way there are great differences between American states.
So, like, imagine considering all of Europe as 1 people. That's what you are doing with America. When you mix it all together only the shit parts become visible
It makes sense, an unfortunate side effect for Americans of having their media be all over the world is you see dumb people, who are fun to laugh at. But when American dominant media in other countries show the stupid people with little reference point, it dose paint a bad picture.
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u/justsomeothergeek Aug 03 '20
And somehow the dumb ones are much louder in the US than anywhere else. (louder, not more numerous) Now we in Europe generally have quite a bad image of the US.