What is the most "American"

by stillajwexelder 32 Replies latest social entertainment

  • OnTheWayOut
    OnTheWayOut

    The hamburger, either on the bbq grill on a picnic or in the backyard on Memorial Day,

    or the hamburger daily available thru the fast food drive-thru, particularly McDonald's.

    Don't forget the fried potatoe pieces simply called "fries."

  • 5go
    5go
    Don't forget the fried potatoe pieces simply called "fries."

    still bitter towards the french?

  • poppers
    poppers

    How about celebrating our Independence Day on the 4th of July? Does any other country do that?

  • Sad emo
    Sad emo

    MacDonalds

  • stillajwexelder
    stillajwexelder

    Coca Cola (in fact sodas in general

  • dh
    dh

    political correctness, serial killers, eating disorders and plastic surgery

  • Quandry
    Quandry

    Don't forget Chevrolets. "See the USA in a Chrevrolet."

  • kifoy
    kifoy

    I've mostly seen the "American tourist", though...

    When we went on Interrail (in Europe) a few years back, we experienced that the only ones that would be rude enough to not first ask if we could speak English, where Americans. Everyone else would say "excuse me, do you speak English", and then go on with what was on their mind, but Americans would just assume that everyone around them new the language (and loved to converse in it).

    On the other hand, in Venice, we met a french couple that asked us if we spoke English -- in French...
    ("Parlez-vouz l'anglais?" "Eh... yes.")

    kifoy

  • Nathan Natas
    Nathan Natas

    Any neighborhood supermarket.

    It reflects both the agricultural abundance of America and the degree to which America is a great cultural "melting pot" - there's Mexican food, Italian, Middle eastern, Jewish, and everything in between, as well as all those American regional specialties - from Maine lobster to Alaskan king crab, just to give an example.

    All of this abundance is laid before the American consumer. All these businesses. All these people contributing incrementally to the wealth of a nation.

    That's America, and it is good.

  • purplesofa
    purplesofa

    foreigners

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