I can see how the parent comment might come to these conclusions but it’s obvious they haven’t actually lived in the US for very long if at all. Pretending to understand a culture from the outside looking in has been a European pastime for centuries I guess
how can my personal experience with American culture be wrong? it's not like I'm citing something I read but things I have and still experience. I'll leave it at this since there is no point in further discussion if we don't share the same basis/foundation in how we perceive reality.
I'm making generalizations about how America propagandizes its image throughout the world and I provide personal anecdotes on how these stereo-types have become real to me. It isn't how all Americans think nor did I say so. But it's real enough as there is evidence even in classic American literature so that they are as real or unreal as you want them to be (you can only not see them by never reading anything old or new). If you ask somebody to read all the American classics they will stumble upon these themes over and over.
As for grounding in reality I have met my share of Americans who were closer to this stereotype than others. The fact that everyone immediately understands what I'm referring to by mentioning these (American) social norms speaks for itself. There is nothing naughty about it in my thinking - it's a comment of the social norms from an outsider so feel free to ignore them or if they do not match your experience why get offended by it? But once people (like myself) have become aware of them it's hard to not see them.
Saying it's a generalization is a cheap shot when this whole article is pseudo-scientific nonsense that generalizes the shallowness of relationships by insinuating "there are many taboo topics you should never ask your partner". How else can you discuss society or culture without generalization? All of systems-thinking is a generalization and abstraction, it's literally how we reason in the face of complexity.
