What's a stereotype about your country that you think is funny?

What's a stereotype about your country that you think is funny?
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Problem is, I don’t really know what stereotypes other countries have about the USA. Perhaps equating all Americans with “rednecks,” might be one….and again. Being from the Midwest people around me, including Rick and me, are pretty creative when it comes to using what you have to “invent.”
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