This is an American feature too. Most other people in the world keep their mouth shut and only make a few suggestions when they really know what they're doing. American in general seem to love spouting any piece of random information. Some times the honesty is great and more often the little bit of random information is helpful, but it takes a lot to getting used to.
I'm American, and I haven't experienced other cultures firsthand, but in my experience there's certain people in America that fit this description and certain people that don't.
> This is an American feature too.
How about it's a feature of certain individuals?
I love when people pick a few data points and then use that to generalize a broad swath of over 300 million individuals. I'm sure we could find Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Australian and British people that all have this "feature" too. It still doesn't imply that those entire countries fit that description :)
It is hard to argue against the cultural stereotypes of others. I have a German born friend with the same fault of being unusually sure about shit they are ignorant of, which is usually very annoying and just not funny.
The existence of the show almost self-validates that the stereotype has some truth within the US itself, although judging which individuals fit into a stereotype/group depends on oneself. You appear to be distancing yourself from that particular stereotype, which is understandable.
I personally admire cultures that laugh at themselves, as is presumably happening with that show. UK culture seems to take the piss out of itself relentlessly, often with deep cultural insight, and weirdly enough often with a perverse reverse pride. I believe wit is highly valued in the UK within all levels of their society, not just highfalutin intellectual pythonic comedy.
Completely agree, there's a strong cultural part in the confidence of the incompetent and it's especially one that I've noticed with Americans and their obsession with self-esteem regardless if it's based on competence.
In many parts of the world it's much more frowned upon for the less experienced to voice their opinion, and that forces them to really think if they want to say what they're thinking. It correlates a lot with respect to authority, and comes with the downside of missing out on the originality of youth at times.
Personally, I'd prefer a middle-ground, but one where experience and competence are weighed into considering any opinion.
See in the NYC subway when a tourist asks someone for directions. You'll get half the car chiming in, telling all their secret routes and spots to avoid. Tourist usually walks away more confused than before they asked.
In Latin America, at least in mine and my wife's countries, people not only have very strong opinions about all that is happening in the world (Putin? Ukraine? Monkeypox? Homeschooling? Bitcoin? yes) but also everything that is happening in the lives of everyone in their social circle. It gets pretty exhausting if you are not into discussing your shit or everybody else's.
