The World According to Americans

I discovered this information graph on Barry Ritholtz Blog in which a world map was labeled by the viewpoint of Americans. In this map as well as the other's posted in this post are all about how we all stereotype for comedy.  Are we ignorant and narcissistic compared to everyone else in the world???  Maybe so, but then other countries can make a map from their point of view and label us just that, ignorant/narcissistic/assholes.  I might be wrong, but these maps display humor in an image and how we know as Americans that we are full of ourselves. 

Another example of a world map according to Americans comes from Incredible Things website that also pokes fun at how narcissistic Americans are and how we stereotype our world in our point of view. 
The World According to the USA Map takes shots at the entire world from an American (civilized world) point of view. Courtesy of a project titled, “Mapping Stereotypes,” some of them are awfully mean, while others are only mean if you’re very sensitive and/or crazy patriotic. Like Italy=Godfathers, Romania=Dracula, Turkey=Thanksgiving Dinner. Read at your own risk.

But at least, as Americans, we can poke fun at ourselves too and stereotype within our own country.  That's the great thing about comedy is that you have to be able to take shots at you if you're going to give them.  It's a give and take when poking fun.  Below is a map of the USA and how we stereotype ourselves.  This map was found on Incredible Things website and created by Brooke Dowd Sacco.  Sacco wrote a book titled "America in My Book," which depicts a map of the good ol’ US of A based on silly stereotypes that any American is familiar with. Created through the eyes of a Californian, it reiterates what we already know: Florida is for old peeps, Oregon is filled with hipsters, Wisconsin makes cheese, and New Jersey is all about Snooki (ouch!). The tongue-in-cheek print