Why do you people persist in living up to your international stereotype as a bunch of inwardly looking, ignorant, obnoxious inbred fools that the rest of the world takes you for ?
I can’t speak for the rest of the Americans but personally, I like to do just to piss off people who make sweeping generalizations.
There’s no smoke without fire !
Basically we just do it to keep other people from wanting to move to America to live. Gives us more room and more time to enjoy our way of life. It’s not working. People are still pouring into the country. Got any new suggestions for us?
I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it.
This has been covered already.
http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001001.html
“I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry
Are you a turtle?
Probably because we got this far by basically not giving one flying rat-fuck about what the world thinks. 
…send lawyers, guns, and money…
Warren ZevonI do it for the sole purpose of causing ill-bred, self-righteous, immature cretins to post sweeping generalizations.
And it would appear as if I am very good at it, too.
Crystalguy
Now, this obviously will need to be moved to the Pit. Of course, if brit had actually availed itself of any reading comprehension, it would have known that this was not a General Question.
Given that
brit’s sole posts to this board have been to make obnoxious, too-broad generalizations without supporting documentation,
in the wrong Forum,
when there was already a perfectly usable thread on the same subject
I call Coventry.
Tom~
I’m guessing it’s because most of us are desended from immigrants from the British Isles. It appears it may take a few more generations to breed all that Anglo/Scot ignorance out of us.
Brit, could you change your name, it’s hideously embarassing for those of us who hail from the British Isles and aren’t cretins.
I remember Thor, a guy from iceland talked like this too. But the consensus was the US could blow Iceland to smithscreens. Which is true.
BRIT , go climb a mountain-and fall off!
Off to the pit, where we dumb Americans may indulge our stereotypical penchant for arguing with idiotic foreigners who have the audacity to criticise our end-all, be-all God’s gift to the world culture.
YO BRIT.
WHY DONT U BUZ OFF DUDE
K?
HAY UR POST MADE ME FEEL BAD
I HAD TO GO GET HUGS FROM MY SIS AND MOM (SAME PERSON BY THE WAY)
ANYWAY I’VE DECIDED TO DRIVE OFER THEIR TO SCOTLAND AND WHUP UR BUTT.
NO DAM FORENER IS GUNNA TALK TRASH ABOUT AMERICA LIKE THAT
People, this is obviously another troll.
If you refrain from feeding the asshole, he will go away.
Wally: I’m sorry, but I gotta break the DDNFT rule just this once.
Saw a great stand up comedian last night (Ron Shock, A.K.A. The Storyteller), and he has a line that I think covers this perfectly:
If it wasn’t for us Americans, you’d have to bitch at us in German.
You say “cheesy” like that’s a BAD thing.
The rest of Europe has been known to say the exact same things about the British.
Fifty thousand Frenchmen can’t be wrong… 
You should tell the truth, expose the lies and live in the moment."-Bill Hicks
“You should tell the lies, live the truth and expose yourself.” - Bill Clinton
I should have added, the English also have a reputation for being sexually, ah, limited.
Nobody ever said that about us!
You should tell the truth, expose the lies and live in the moment."-Bill Hicks
“You should tell the lies, live the truth and expose yourself.” - Bill Clinton
If only they’d let us continue with our navel gazing, everyone, them and us, would be a lot happier.
Well what a waste of my 500th huh?