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I don't hate America. Far from it. But having lived in Brazil for over two months now, I’m starting to get to the
point where I’m a little homesick and little sick of home. And recently, I've been reflecting on my experiences here and thinking a lot about the United States.
So I decided to make a list:
Five Things I Hate About America
1) Chain restaurants
When I walk down the streets of São Paulo and pass a McDonald's, a Pizza Hut and a Hooters - it makes me want to punch Uncle Sam right in the nutsack. I have no problem with shitty chain restaurants completely homogenizing the Midwestern United States (let's be honest - it had nothing going for it anyway), but when I see this shameful part of Americana invading other countries - it makes me livid. Brazil has such a rich and wonderful culture that it kills me to see it being watered down with such bland, reheated dreck. If this trend continues, the entire world is going to look like a Cleveland strip mall by the year 2018.
Five Things I Hate About America
1) Chain restaurants
When I walk down the streets of São Paulo and pass a McDonald's, a Pizza Hut and a Hooters - it makes me want to punch Uncle Sam right in the nutsack. I have no problem with shitty chain restaurants completely homogenizing the Midwestern United States (let's be honest - it had nothing going for it anyway), but when I see this shameful part of Americana invading other countries - it makes me livid. Brazil has such a rich and wonderful culture that it kills me to see it being watered down with such bland, reheated dreck. If this trend continues, the entire world is going to look like a Cleveland strip mall by the year 2018.
