I read people say online that Americans are loud. What does this mean, exactly? Is it literal volume or is it our personality/presentation? Something else?
I may be moving to Australia because of my wife’s job, and I want to better understand this. I want to assimilate and I don’t want to be annoying. I’m personally pretty low key and listen more than speak, but this is my perception of myself.
I think they are just talking about annoying main-character type people you see traveling all over the world. It’s not really an American thing, it’s just that a you’re likely to come across an American one of these assholes due to various statistical factors. I’m sure in Spain they have the same idea about the English, or in Indonesia about Australians.
If you’re the type of person to think about this and contemplate how people perceive you, I strongly suspect you are not going to annoy anyone.
Anglo Saxons are loud and have main character syndrome, then? 😅 I have a feeling Aussies don’t, and most Americans I’ve met have actually been sort of ashamed of saying they’re from the States and overall sweet, lol, so the world might be healing.
Those were just random examples that came to mind. I’m sure there are places where people have an impression of Chinese people based on tourists, etc.
Americans just stand out because you see them everywhere, because they have a huge amount of wealth.
The point I was trying to make is that it’s tourists in general who might tend to be more annoying.
I appreciate this insight. Thank you! I certainly hope that I can be someone that bucks the trend.