The don't pick up after their dogs in Europe. They don't bathe in Europe. They don't brush their teeth nor see dentists in Europe. They don't use deodorant nor wash their clothes often in Europe. People take a dump on the sidewalks, on the floor in subway cars, and on walkways in Europe. We don't do that in the U.S. Europe is a disgusting place inhabited by aboriginal savages.
What about mullets and parachute pants?
Scatmandu wrote:
Materialism (not saying WE are materialistic, but outsiders sure do import it from us!)
This from an outsider: This /really/ puts a nice twist on it.
jjjjjjjjj wrote:
Right, every cultural contribution from America derives from the black community: Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain (okay: heavily influenced by black speech patterns), Herman Melville, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Pynchon, ... Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Feminist Art, Pop Art, Video Art, Hollywood, ... Chicago School Economists, Nobel Prizing winning physicists, chemists, and biologists, computer companies, ... working democracy, ....
Those are all great people in there own way but give me a break, Edgar Allen Poe and Ernest Hemingway are hardly cultural contributions to the world. Most of the people in this world will not recognize who they are. They have had lasting influence but only in a small and stuffy literary sub-culture kept alive mostly through American high school classes.
Hollywood has undoubtedly left its mark on global culture, but hollywood is basically the umbrella name given to the entertainment industry as a whole. Sure, there was a time when "hollywood's" biggest products were Shirley Temple and James Dean, but since the advent of Rock and Roll the biggest names in entertainment for the most part are musicians.
The American sport of basketball is now the second most popular sport in the world. Think black people had something to do with its global appeal?
In all fareness, there have been white Americans who have had significant impact on world culture such as Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, JFK, and even Timothy Leary. These are people who not only defined America, but influenced how the whole of human society views itself. But lets give credit where credit is due. The United tates has some formidable rivals as a political superpower, but thanks in large part to the black man it is the undisputed cultural superpower.
No doubt I now grew very pale; but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound increased and what could I do? It was a low dull, quick sound much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I gasped for breath, and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly, more vehemently but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men, but the noise steadily increased. O God! what could I do? I foamed I raved I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder louder louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly , and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God! no, no? They heard! they suspected! they knew! they were making a mockery of my horror! this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! and now again hark! louder! louder! louder! Louder!
"Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! tear up the planks! Here, here! It is the beating of his hideous heart!"
When you first come from Europe to the US you think that Americans are not very fashionable, very streamlined etc. Then you get used to it and when you go back to Europe, you think: "What's wrong with them Europeans?".
European man wear much too tight clothing, white fake leather belts, pink/purple shirts with matching ties, crocodile leather shoes etc.
European women to some extend wear really ugly shoes, not sure why that is.
European runners (man) wear their tights (long and short!) and generally, they love to have orange colored functional shirts.
Anyone consider that fashionable?
Somebody already stole my thunder, but yes. pants worn at mid thigh, baseball hats worn askew or backwards, wool caps worn in 110 degree heat, hoods up in the same weather. All uniquely American and yes, spreading to other countries.
Actually, the United States has exported fashion to the entire world... just take a look at the Breakdancing scene. Most people dress based from how the oldschool BBoys of the US did.
Jabroniii wrote:
Actually, the United States has exported fashion to the entire world... just take a look at the Breakdancing scene. Most people dress based from how the oldschool BBoys of the US did.
ray wrote:
Somebody already stole my thunder, but yes. pants worn at mid thigh, baseball hats worn askew or backwards, wool caps worn in 110 degree heat, hoods up in the same weather. All uniquely American and yes, spreading to other countries.
Both started by black kids.
fashion sucks.
C'mon. This is embarrassing. Americans are hands down the most unfashionable and stylishly illiterate people on earth. When I was travelling in Europe we always had a laugh when Americans boarded the train. So obvious. We used to put money on whether the dark blue jeans and trainers with a polo shirt meant they were from Isreal or the USA. In my experience middle eastern guys also dressed in embarrassing tone with the sheik glasses and label bashing D&G. Hands down the best dressed were irish, aussie and kiwis.Im english.
Ever heard of the Italians?
Italy is a filthy, dirty country. The Italian people smell bad. After WWII the U.S. occupation army went thru Italy and dismantled many aboriginal mudhuts, cave homes, with no sanitation and animals in the house. They still haven't learned to organize at all. Eurostar Italia is a sham. It's always late. Trenitalia's other rail lines are even worse.
Um Ever heard of Mike Jordan?