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Earth Child
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A question for anybody who doesn't live in America
#15191075 - 10/07/11 10:42 AM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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...I'm American, so I want to know... What do you guys think of America? What comes to your mind when you think of it?
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mellowparty
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: Earth Child] 4
#15191093 - 10/07/11 10:45 AM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Big cities and junk food. Also fucked up government.
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: Earth Child]
#15191095 - 10/07/11 10:46 AM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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to me it seems like a huge place with lots of walmarts and huge department stores. every time I hear an American speak IRL I think it sounds like they are on TV because i've associated that accent with television so strongly
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: mellowparty]
#15191122 - 10/07/11 10:53 AM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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mellowparty said:
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Herbologist
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lewisplanthead said: to me it seems like a huge place with lots of walmarts and huge department stores. every time I hear an American speak IRL I think it sounds like they are on TV because i've associated that accent with television so strongly
so.. are you saying, as an american, I have an accent?
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: Herbologist]
#15191571 - 10/07/11 12:53 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Everything has to be americanized
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: Herbologist] 1
#15191581 - 10/07/11 12:55 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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NYC is different than rural Wyoming is different than Seattle is different than Miami is different than Utah is different than Texas.
But, if we're generalizing, I see America as the pennacle of individualism - despite this being a fabricated identity.
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: The Whale]
#15191590 - 10/07/11 12:57 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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i honestly feel a sense of shame about being an american sometimes. is this weird?
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: mellowparty] 1
#15191610 - 10/07/11 01:02 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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mellowparty said: Big cities and junk food. Also fucked up government.
Strange... sounds like Britain
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: Herbologist] 1
#15191723 - 10/07/11 01:25 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
Herbologist said:
so.. are you saying, as an american, I have an accent?
Thats another thing we associate the USA with.
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: owls]
#15191731 - 10/07/11 01:27 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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owls said: i honestly feel a sense of shame about being an american sometimes. is this weird?
Nope, its normal. Its a product of the white and western guilt that our schools, govt. and media push on us.
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: DieCommie] 2
#15191781 - 10/07/11 01:37 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Americanize, American eyes,
view the world through American eyes
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: 0rusnjos]
#15191841 - 10/07/11 01:58 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Also racism seems to be very prominent.
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: Beanhead]
#15191844 - 10/07/11 01:58 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
Beanhead said: Everything has to be americanized
Also racism seems to be very prominent.
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: Beanhead]
#15191859 - 10/07/11 02:01 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
Wiccan_Seeker said:
Quote:
Herbologist said:
so.. are you saying, as an american, I have an accent?
Thats another thing we associate the USA with.
Questioning the obvious in a (hopefully) sarcastic manner?
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Beanhead said: Also racism seems to be very prominent.
Can't go a day without showing those jews, blacks, asians, mexicans, other assorted hispanics, europeans, and those different from ourselves whos boss.
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: Cj-B]
#15191872 - 10/07/11 02:03 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah that's my point you have to make an exctinction... It'd be quite retarded if i'd started calling black people in belgium afro-Belgians.
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: Beanhead] 1
#15191904 - 10/07/11 02:10 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Mhm. They say segregation ended several decades ago but I don't see other countries with terms like African-Italians or Asian-British...
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: DieCommie]
#15191948 - 10/07/11 02:21 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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DieCommie said:
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owls said: i honestly feel a sense of shame about being an american sometimes. is this weird?
Nope, its normal. Its a product of the white and western guilt that our schools, govt. and media push on us.
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Re: A question for people in Europe [Re: Mush 4 Brains]
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