Just spent an entire day in a cafe here in my current Eastern European outpost, which happened to be in the town center where all the tourists walk by.
Had multiple groups of young, 20 - 30 something year old white American men and women coming through and what struck me as unbelievably obvious was:
1. Americans are getting fatter. They were by far the largest of all nationalities represented, being bigger than even the fat old German tourists. Amazingly, the men in their 20s and 30s seem to mistake their fatness with "heft & mass", strutting around their excess poundage like they were UFC fighters before a fight.
2. Americans are getting louder. The volume level on their conversations was beyond anything I've witnessed, including the loud and chirpy Italian tourists. It almost seemed like they were YELLING to show the world how HAPPY/OUTGOING they were, but in an exaggerated way. I actually couldn't believe their normal conversations had to be carried out at this volume, esp. when the entire city has a subdued, quaint, charming, quiet atmosphere.
3. Americans are getting more obnoxious. They were simply blind or oblivious to the annoyed stares of everyone else, and actually seemed to thrive off the negative attention they were drawing from their loud voices and "outgoing mannerisms."
Had multiple groups of young, 20 - 30 something year old white American men and women coming through and what struck me as unbelievably obvious was:
1. Americans are getting fatter. They were by far the largest of all nationalities represented, being bigger than even the fat old German tourists. Amazingly, the men in their 20s and 30s seem to mistake their fatness with "heft & mass", strutting around their excess poundage like they were UFC fighters before a fight.
2. Americans are getting louder. The volume level on their conversations was beyond anything I've witnessed, including the loud and chirpy Italian tourists. It almost seemed like they were YELLING to show the world how HAPPY/OUTGOING they were, but in an exaggerated way. I actually couldn't believe their normal conversations had to be carried out at this volume, esp. when the entire city has a subdued, quaint, charming, quiet atmosphere.
3. Americans are getting more obnoxious. They were simply blind or oblivious to the annoyed stares of everyone else, and actually seemed to thrive off the negative attention they were drawing from their loud voices and "outgoing mannerisms."