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I don’t think I’m the confused one here, to be honest with you, as shown by the other answers and upvotes in this thread

Yes, other people were confused. That doesn’t mean that you’re not confused.

The question is clearly asking if Americans are aware that they’re now a rogue state, and I answered appropriately.

No, what you answered was “How do Americans feel about being a rogue state?” That’s a completely different question, even though it’s the one most people answered.

I fully understand and acknowledge that we’re seen as a rogue state externally

The question was whether Americans in general understood and acknowledged that. I would say no, because most Americans don’t follow foreign news sources. People who are getting their news from Fox News, OANN and Newsmax are probably not aware of that. Instead, they probably think the US is even more respected than ever.


How can you be this confused?

You’re basically proving the point of this meme.

The question is basically “Are Americans aware of how the world perceives them?”

Possible answers to that question are: “Yes, I read DW news in English, and BBC news too. I’m aware of how the world perceives the US.” Or “No, I can imagine how the world must view the US, but I only read US news so I can only guess.”


Are people in the US

Yes, go on…

aware that they are now definitely a rogue state

The question isn’t your awareness of what the government is doing. It’s your awareness of how the US is perceived by the rest of the world. A rogue state is “a nation that is considered very dangerous to other nations”. To answer that question, you have to reference other nations views on the US.



You’re one of the few people who actually understood the question. As a result, you’re one of the few who actually got the right answer.


Doubt it.

What non-American news sources do you read? Do you really think that more than 50% of the US actually consults non-American news sources?


It figures it takes someone calling themselves “CanadaPlus” to actually see the actual question and answer it.

Everyone else is answering about how aware Americans are about what’s happening, but the question was about whether Americans were aware of how the world perceived the US. The answer, of course, is “no, Americans have no idea because Americans consume almost no non-American media”.


Note, that this isn’t actually the question. It’s not whether Americans are aware of what’s happening, it’s about whether Americans are aware of how the rest of the world perceives the US.


This is the closest anybody in the thread has actually come to answering the question. The full answer is that Americans almost never consult non-American news sources, so of course they’re not aware of how they’re perceived in the rest of the world.


This doesn’t seem to be actually answering the question. The question was about how the US was perceived by other countries, not how Americans perceive their own government.


Interesting, but not surprising that this doesn’t really answer the question. The question was about whether Americans were aware of how the US was perceived outside its borders.


I don’t think that applies here. 1/3 in each group is fair for domestic matters. But, OP is asking about perceptions of the US by people in other countries.

In that case, even the 1/3 that is opposed to what’s happening will contain a lot of people with no idea how the rest of the world sees the US. For example, of the 1/3 of Americans who deeply oppose what’s happening, what fraction do you think actually read Le Monde or Deutsche Welle, or are even aware that they have an English-language service?

And, the 1/3 that is fully supportive of what’s happening will contain a lot of people who think that this is improving how the rest of the world sees the US. Sure, some will be aware and will still be defiant in the face of how the rest of the world is reacting. But, others will be watching Fox News or Newsmax and will hear propaganda that convinces them that the rest of the world admires and respects the US more than ever for taking a decisive stand against the deep state.

So, as with anything involving something happening outside the US, I’d guess more than 50% of Americans have no idea what the rest of the world is thinking.


The world got essentially all classical music, the painting on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel, etc. without the need for copyright. Shakespeare’s work wasn’t protected by copyrights either. So, it’s not like amazing works of art require copyright. They’ll happen regardless. It’s more about how artists are incentivized to create and who profits.


I’m not sure it sounds any better than cayshe, but cash-ay is very wrong. There is also a French word “cachet” which gives us the English word “cachet” which is pronounced “cash-ay” similar to how the French word “cache” gives us the English word “cache”, but there’s no reason to pronounce cache as cachet.



If you ever have an opportunity, try to get German people to say Squirrel. It’s why it was used as a shibboleth in WWII.



I’ve heard that, but “Ar Kan Saw” is nothing like how a French person would pronounce “Arkansas”



Some of the low hanging fruit would just be to pick one pronunciation of “oo” and stick with it:

  • book
  • blood
  • floor
  • brooch
  • boot

The problem is that English has far more vowel sounds than vowels. And that’s without even having certain sounds that are common in other languages like “ü”.