These are the only examples you can come up with as to why Americans might "never shut up" about it being "better back home?" I'm having a hard time taking that seriously.

I consider those to be GOOD things.

Well yeah, so would roughly 90% of all Americans. Well maybe the small stores thing from a convenience standpoint I guess?

What I'm saying is I'd like you to elaborate, this can't be the whole story (signed, someone who has seriously given thought to moving to NZ). :)

[–] Kraiden@kbin.earth 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ha ha ha, I chose those specific examples because of a specific person. I had to work with that person for 6 months and it it felt like all they wanted to talk about was how you can't get good pizza (you can) or how the shelves are always empty (they're not) or how the water here tastes weird. (I mean, maybe. That's subjective) By the end I just wanted to scream at them. We had a very heated debate about tipping culture one day at lunch. They didn't understand that "I used to work in hospitality, and I wouldn't have survived without tips" is not an argument in favour of tipping culture.

I realise I've generalized here, and it's not fair to judge everyone by one irritating example. Sorry about that

[–] MrBobDobalina@lemmy.nz 8 points 19 hours ago

Also anecdotal: I met an American in France one time. We were both travelling, so there were plenty of other things to talk about, but somehow he got onto the subject of how much he loves the 2nd amendment within 5 minutes of meeting him, max. I have no idea how he steered the convo there, it was like a magic trick. Blew my mind.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I think you're equating Lemmy with America. You vastly overestimate how many people share that viewpoint.