A Pick-me American is someone who feels insecure or ashamed for being an American citizen and dunks on the US and fellow Americans to get validation from people in other countries. Some will make videos on social media, blanketing the whole US as a monolithic hellhole with no diversity in state, culture, or ethnicity. They harmfully project their personal experience like it's true everywhere in the States. This creates a false view of Americans abroad, even if it's skewed by Pick-me's self-hatred, causing prejudice or misunderstanding about Americans or the US. Pick-me's have a rose-colored lens when viewing the world vs. the US and tend to cherry-pick topics. They think culture (European)abroad is only authentic. Ignoring cultures like Appalachian, Cajun, Tejano, and indigenous people whose history is older than the founding of the US because it's not Eurocentric. Nothing validates them more than having Europeans agree with them while they bash other Americans. Some pick-me's try hard to show how un-American they are, but when they say something stupid or false and get called out, they say, "I'm just an American🤪" to save themselves.
Americans who want to travel or move abroad are fine. What's wrong is Americans who go abroad and say they're Canadians, bash fellow Americans, or apologize for being born in the US. The US and its people aren't perfect, but what you see online can be skewed to show the bad and wrong, ignoring the good aspects, of which there are many!
Americans who want to travel or move abroad are fine. What's wrong is Americans who go abroad and say they're Canadians, bash fellow Americans, or apologize for being born in the US. The US and its people aren't perfect, but what you see online can be skewed to show the bad and wrong, ignoring the good aspects, of which there are many!
Pick-me American examples
Vanessa said calmly, " I don't know why the US always has to be different from the rest of the world. Unlike other Americans; I use metric, not imperial!"
Other Americans watching this pitiful display." Who is going to tell her that we actually use a mixed system like Canada and the UK and use Metric for things such as science, etc, and use US customary, not imperial."
An American Tiktoker trying to earn pity points"Stupid Americans, it's so horrible how they want to put hot sauce on a schnitzel they paid for!"
only to delete her post after getting called out by others.
Vanessa said calmly, " I don't know why the US always has to be different from the rest of the world. Unlike other Americans; I use metric, not imperial!"
Other Americans watching this pitiful display." Who is going to tell her that we actually use a mixed system like Canada and the UK and use Metric for things such as science, etc, and use US customary, not imperial."
An American Tiktoker trying to earn pity points"Stupid Americans, it's so horrible how they want to put hot sauce on a schnitzel they paid for!"
only to delete her post after getting called out by others.
by Just a normal American April 4, 2024
Get the Pick-me Americanmug. ignorant, dumb, fat, and selfish things (, who care a lot about themselves and think they're the best).
by A Really Smart Guy_ July 14, 2022
Get the Americanmug. by Stackramoni January 11, 2024
Get the Go Americanmug. The main ingredient is usually beef, pork, chicken, or turkey muscles, or a combination of meats and poultry.
by Lil Hero July 24, 2024
Get the american soft tacomug. Shitting into a bucket with water and a hole in it. Then proceeding to strip down your partner and put the bucket over there mouth until there mouth is full.
by BIg daddy 49 March 1, 2021
Get the American Water Torturemug. by mysteriouspamdefinerr65 March 5, 2025
Get the narmer american collegemug. Russian roulette but instead of putting one round and spin the cylinder, you take a semi-auto pistol, put one round in the magazine, load it in, and rack the slide.
guaranteed death unless its a dud, or just shoot at the opponent
guaranteed death unless its a dud, or just shoot at the opponent
drunk guy 1: Hey lets play Russian roulette
drunk guy 2: nah American roulette better
drunk guy 1: ok teach me how play
drunk guy 2: *pulls out a glock, loads one round into magazine, puts it in, racks the slide, shoots self*
*BOOM*
drunk guy 1: uhhhh.....guess I won?
drunk guy 2: nah American roulette better
drunk guy 1: ok teach me how play
drunk guy 2: *pulls out a glock, loads one round into magazine, puts it in, racks the slide, shoots self*
*BOOM*
drunk guy 1: uhhhh.....guess I won?
by Unholy Saint January 2, 2024
Get the American Roulettemug.