We just have more of them. When I lived in Germany, I'd met plenty of people who hadn't been out of the country, like, EVER. And this was in a Polish/German border town. I met at least 50 Germans who had never been out of Europe and had no desire to. The Germans who were born in the 1920s/1930s didn't speak…

I DID TOO! And I hated myself for it!

Oh dear God. There was a New Zealander in my grad school program who would go on and on and on and on about how America sucks and George W. Bush is a moron and this and that. I later found out he'd gone to under grad at Notre Dame, banged a Senator's daughter and was SUPER secretive about both. He would never…

Did he end up doing it?

We were at a bar run by Russians. As soon as they heard American accents, they were willing to give us discounts if we paid in dollars. The whole night, they were being grabby and obnoxious. They were far more brazen than your average American dudebro at a bar looking to score. They wouldn't take no for an answer.…

I'm half-American. I was born and raised here. I lived for two years outside of the United States. I LOATHE THE TERM UGLY AMERICAN! Why you ask?

It's okay. Your ladybrain was probably preoccupied with cleaning the house, picking up the drycleaning, and changing diapers. After all, we can only do one thing at a time! ;)

I loved Ellen's response.

Please tell me you do NOT clean up after him? If so, does he ever wonder why he doesn't have any clean clothes?

"It was not our intention to offend any group with the image"

What is he like as an adult? How did it work out? Did he get help?

That's what I meant to say! You said it better. Thank you!

And they'll just deny the problem. The school is against him. The teacher hates him. The OTHER kid is the bully and my kid was just defending himself. The other kids are just jealous. My kid would never do X. Etc. Etc.

That's like making Penn State pay a fine. BFD. It's a wealthy university. Take away football? I noticed the MAJOR difference in public outcries to these two threats.

I know you're trying to be funny, but this post is exactly why this idea won't work. This guy (YES I know he's a fictional character) would no doubt say, "Oh here's my $114. Since I plan on being a jerkoff for the rest of the week, do you want me to pay up now or later? Do you want that in hundreds or twenties?"

I just posted my thoughts but they were a better response to your post.

Here's why this is BS.

Whereas I'd never do it again.

"Metaphor? Is that a huge number 4 somewhere?" — Shaddrack McGill

That's what I thought too. I feel like she knows the truth deep down, but she's totally embarrassed. So she's trying to head things off before they get out of hand by acting super defensive.