Have you ever met an Ameriboo?

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1. No. I don’t think that exists.

2. You’re assuming I know what a Weeaboo is……

   So my answer is a no?

3. no I have not. I did meet a Russian guy once who said that he had come around to liking America after spending an evening drinking with me though lol. I hope he’s doing okay!

4. I know a couple that might fit that category. One guy is a Korean that did his PhD here and loves doing Americana stuff back home in Korea. The other is a Malaysian dude that immigrated and just wholesale adopted everything American. He “waves the flag” more than any rural Texan or hardcore military veteran patriot.

5. Ameriboo – Someone obsessed with America and American culture.

   Yes. There are people who feel the US can do no wrong. It’s a hell of a lot lower than what Non-American redditors believe.

6. I met some Raggare in Norway .. fascinating subculture. They are basically 1950’s rednecks with a Scandinavian twist.

7. No

8. Yeah. Commonwealth person I met through online games. Obsessed with moving to Alaska and apparently has a shit ton of books on the state and has learned about American culture vicariously through the Simpsons. Constantly asked me questions which was great because it changed my perspective of my country A LOT

9. I met some when I was in Uruguay! They were way nice and a lot of fun

10. Yes. Me. It started as a normal fling a lot of Swedish girls have watching American high school movies and series, but America is also the country that made all my favourite music, movies, tv shows, and invented a lot cool things that changed the world 🙂

11. I have never met either but I have seen evidence on Reddit. Some guys that are supr into gun culture, Tarentino movies, etc and are dying to move to the US.

12. Definitely. If you use language exchange apps you will meet at least a couple people who are hardcore obsessed with all things America.

    Personally I’m not offended by it, I think it’s a nice change of pace from the usual “America dumb” sentiment I see.

13. first off, the term you want is FREEABOO

14. I’ve encountered quite a few in the Indian community. I’m not sure if their perception matches reality!

15. I wouldn’t use it in the pejorative sense that Weeaboo (or the equivalent for British culture: A Tea-aboo) often is, but podcaster Roger Bennett of Men in Blazers certainly describes himself like that.

    [His book, Re-Born in the USA](https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/reborn) was a fun read.

    > It is a memoir of what it was like to grow up in Liverpool in the 1980s, when the city was deteriorating and felt like it could fall apart. I survived by dreaming of the United States—a place I had never been to, but knew, from the movies, music, books, and vast number of television shows that I consumed, was a land of possibility. A little like Billy Elliott but without the ballet dancing, and with the Beastie Boys, Tracy Chapman, and the Super Bowl-winning Chicago Bears there instead to save my life.

16. Ive heard the term Westerboo. Hideo Kojima and Suda 51 are big examples. Though this may just regard Japanese or other easterners and not specifically American culture

17. No. Might be fun to meet one, tbh. At least for a while.

    The closest I can remember is when I was on exchange in London in the 90s, a student there and I were arguing about an international issue, and suddenly realized that she (the British person) was taking up the US side- pretty well, honestly- and I was putting up the British side.

    We laughed at ourselves and I asked if she wanted to switch back to our normal sides, for the rest of the argument.

18. My British cousin is, low-key.

    My dad emigrated here as a young man, and his family always had a place to stay so they brought their kids every few years and would stay with us for a week in the summer and then go on to Disney World or some other destination.

    This one cousin is the one who came when he was very young, and came back most often. As a kid in the 70s and 80s, America was just a special place for him. The rules were more relaxed, hot days spent entirely at the pool, food at dinnertime that you eat with your hands (hamburgers and hot dogs), tramping through the woods unattended catching fireflies, visiting my grandparents on their farm and getting to drive a huge tractor around as a six-year old (well, *steering* the tractor on grandpa’s lap while he worked the gears and the gas) – an American summer at that time was pretty kid-friendly. And Disney World probably didn’t hurt his impression of America.

    He even loved watching pro wrestling on TV, something I never understood but it’s so…*American*. Uninhibited and stupid and corny and fun. I guess that was the appeal.

    He did a semester abroad here when he was at uni to soak it up more.

    Fast forward to adulthood, he still loves it here and he couldn’t wait for COVID to be over so he could bring his young kids for the first time to meet us and hang at the beach (on their way to Disney World!). He avidly follows American culture, particularly the lowbrow elements that are the most exotic to him.

    Conversely, I’m an American with a British dad who lived in Britain for four years of my childhood (dad was in the USAF, we were stationed there). I guess I’m kind of a … Britbo? I eat up British culture and I go there as much as I can afford to. It feels like a second home to me.

    Both of us are content with our home countries but we are strongly attached to the other one. We’re just lucky that we each provide the other a home base whenever we want to cross the pond for a visit.

19. I have a couple European friends who were obsessed with moving here. Studied abroad here. Vacation here several times a year, etc. They are pretty obsessed with the America they have in their head. They would never admit it but it’s a big part of their lives.

20. No, not that I know of. I assume they exist.

21. The correct term is Freeaboo.

22. What is this anime you speak? /s

    I have met [Japanese Rockabilly](https://j-fashion.fandom.com/wiki/Rockabilly), which was pretty awesome to encounter during my trip to Tokyo. I do not believe they are actually Ameriboo, but they do enjoy that 1950s American subculture.

23. I once came across a Phillipino who thought that the Philippines should’ve stayed with America and never become independent

24. I have not. I’ve seen those Japanese fellas who are really into gunslinging and the wild west, but never a straight-up Ameriboo.

25. I have never heard of the words Weeaboo or Ameriboo, but based on your description, yes lots of them.

26. The whole world is Ameriboo. They just refuse to admit it to themselves and would rather get on Reddit and talk shit about Americans in an act of deep desperation to run from the truth.

27. Not really? Just people who are patriotic but dont really know what there talking about. What I have met is plenty of teaboos, commieboos and wehraboos.

28. I was one🤓

29. I would argue that majority of foreigners, especially Europeans, Japanese, and Koreans, are all to some extent Ameriboos. Our culture became so prevalent after WW2 because it was exported to other nations in order to prevent the spread of Communism. I think the song “Amerika” by Rammstein captures this perfectly, even though it’s supposed to be critical of the US

    It’s the small things like Coca-Cola, jeans, red solo cups, etc that foreigners utilize/fascinated with in an everyday setting