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Originally posted by Tirian
My impression has been that Americans can be exactly as they appear on bad T.V. shows, but once you get to know them a little more, the real person emerges.
But seriously I hope less Americans are like the ones on reality and talk shows than statistics would dictate.
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I still remember when Jerry Springer & Ricky Lake Shows came here. That was a shock. Sure there's weirdos in every country, but.. Teenage sisters were pregnant both for older sister's boyfriend who had then confessed that there was a third teenage-mother-to-be. A wife wants to follow his husband with camera crew, thinks he is having an affair, but no, he went to Ku Klux Klan meeting. Audience laughs and adds insults to injury. After seeing a few shows my granma voiced her opinion that it might be better that my cousin wouldn't spend her last high school year abroad in a country like this. She did and had gained a bit weight when she came back and I haven't heard that granma would have complained again afterwards.