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The "American" parts of BL

Tommyboy said:
I don't get the comment about stealing other cultures and watering it down. What do you expect from a country full of immigrants? Sure there aren't as many first generation immigrants as before, but there are plenty of 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants that have only married people with the same background as them. Of course the culture will be watered down though since these people are now living in a different country, with different political, geographic, and demographic variables at play. If you walk down my block of about 24 houses, you will come across at least 7 different languages being spoken in these homes since I live in an area where a lot of people have migrated here in the last 50 years or less, but these people aren't going to fully act like they did in their mother country. Also some of them will marry someone whose family has been in American for many generations, so that will obviously effect what their children are brought up on.

The "stereotypical American" that a lot of you seem to be unable to get past, only makes up a very small percentage of the American population, and a lot of Americans will never come across a person that acts that way in their whole life. Basically they seem just as odd to most Americans as they do to all of you in the UK. Don't you guys have some kind of hillbillies in the countryside? Like the people you talk about shagging sheep? Well that's not the majority of your population, and not who you would want to represent the majority of youl. Well, the same thing applies here.
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It's not about the fact your culture is a mish mash of immigrant cultures. It's about the fact that it is so far removed from the culture that it originated from, presumably so you can call it American, that it bares no resembelence to the real deal. We have plenty of Italians here. 5-10 minutes walk from my house you can go and eat Italian that won't be far off what you would be served in Italy. I guess it's because America is so far away from your ancestral homelands that you have made it up as you've gone along, and you can't get quality ingredients or something. When I went to vote in my local primary school, there was a wall with 'welcome' in every language spoken by every child that went there, and there were 37 in total, so it's not like we lack diversity or anything. I can't get why you can't just make up more unique things than you currently do, and just accept that the things we already spent hundreds or even thousands of years perfecting are already the best they can be?

I obviously know that there is no such thing as a stereotypical American. I am taking the piss. I don't like or dislike Americans any more than British people. Your enthusiasm and get up and go is very tiring, and so is the obsession with being positive and proud of your country, but they are hardly what I would call faults. Is a total lack of a sense of humour part of your culture or something? I thought that was just a French trait or have you guys been spending too much time in the Vegas Paris? I like the sheep shagger comment, keep them coming.
 
Mr Smokes Blunts. said:
I obviously know that there is no such thing as a stereotypical American. I am taking the piss. I don't like or dislike Americans any more than British people. Your enthusiasm and get up and go is very tiring, and so is the obsession with being positive and proud of your country, but they are hardly what I would call faults. Is a total lack of a sense of humour part of your culture or something? I thought that was just a French trait or have you guys been spending too much time in the Vegas Paris? I like the sheep shagger comment, keep them coming.
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We have a sense of humor, but it is not easily sensed due to the difference in culture :\
It's not that easy to pick up on sarcasim and when people are joking over the Internet, let alone when they are from different cuntries.
 
Tommyboy said:
We have a sense of humor, but it is not easily sensed due to the difference in culture :\
It's not that easy to pick up on sarcasim and when people are joking over the Internet, let alone when they are from different cuntries.
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Can you take the piss out of us back, for balance of course? I like hearing stereotypes of British people. Smokey is so uptight and serious that was simply irresistable. I dunno where he's gone though, probably to check out the Eifel tower or something :D
 
knockando said:
The immigration lottery. I have no qualifications. I'm assuming they want someone qualified to do a job. I can do stuff but foreigners wouldn't believe me.
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You can just come over here and as long as you don't commit any serious crimes, you won't get deported. Even if you do get deported, you can just come back over. You can even get a drivers license here as an illegal. In New York the department of motor vehicles has a separate line for illegal immigrants, and has signs all over the place that instruct them on the sources of ID that they will need. What's funny though is that they require actual citizens to provide so many points of ID that even with several IDs, my social security card, bank statements in my name, and bills from University to my address, they still give me a hard time and more times than not I have to go home to get more proof.

There are so many illegals here though that they would prefer that they have a valid drivers license so they could get car insurance. They are going to drive no matter what, so they figure it's best to have them insured so that they can resolve accidents through the insurance companies so that one party doesn't have to pay to fix their car if an uninsured driver were to hit them. I'm sure that many other states do this too, for the same reasons.
 
33Hz said:
I appreciate American slacker/stoner shows/films like Workaholics, early Kevin Smith movies + podcasts, Pineapple Express, Half baked, The Big Lebowski, Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle, Friday, Cheech & Chong's up in Smoke, etc. The UK hasn't really done anything like that since Spaced which was fucking epic, they should do more stuff like that again. Fuck this Skin bollocks. I guess the target audience for monged out silly humour isn't that big over here.
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Is Spaced monged out silly humour? I thought it was just very fucking funny! I've never watched it stoned. But then I don't really get stoned, and watching TV on psyches/dissos can be good, but for different reasons.
 
Hmmm...well I think the heroin threads - especially the Chicago one is fascinating. So much interesting stuff to be learnt about the junk scene over there. It's absolutely crazy. Proper good read.
 
shimazu said:
no lets be fair Tommy, there ARE a decent amount of Americans who fit the sterotype, theres just also a lot that dont as well

theres too many people to lump into a single group
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You mean this stereotype? One must view several pages to really appreciate the adventure of going to Walmart.
 
Shambles said:
Technically, yes :o

To be fair though, I've only got one female cousin and she's a nutjob so...
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Cousin/sister/nan/lover, all interchangeable over in Wales - amirite? :sus::sus:

It's good news for our olympic swimming team no doubt. Give me 6! :D
 
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