Posts tagged “american culture”
Americans genuinely, unironically yell "Woo!" and high-five each other, which baffles Europeans. This unselfconscious enthusiasm is core to American identity: the unshakeable belief that they live in the world's greatest nation drives real achievement, even if it occasionally produces cheerleaders, frat boys, and ill-advised invasions.
Been working like an American for 10 months straight with zero vacation days, and it shows -- best work of my career. But the deadline is in 6 days and then I'm done. I need a vacation badly.
I'm subscribed to the AFA newsletter for laughs, and they deliver. They're claiming their boycott is tanking Ford's sales, ignoring that Ford has been declining for a decade. Better yet, gay people not buying Fords apparently proves gay disloyalty rather than the absence of any agenda.
I've just moved to San Francisco, and American capitalism is already blowing my mind. Within hours of getting my keys to a totally empty flat, Craigslist connected me with Luke, a charming cabinet-maker moonlighting as a furniture courier, who whisked me to IKEA and back for half the delivery price.
Linking to a great piece about America's baffling assumption that everyone loves them. Not everyone wants to be American, not everyone agrees America is the best, and sometimes America gets things completely wrong. Apparently these are radical ideas.
Living in the US right now feels like Sarajevo with a McDonald's. Snipers, anthrax, abductions... and Harry Belafonte wading into politics with a gloriously blunt house-slave metaphor aimed at Colin Powell. I disagree with his methods, but anyone who thinks Ashcroft is nuts is alright by me.
A perfect Onion quote: why bother cloning when most Americans are already identical?
