oh no
picklemeister
joined 5 months ago
“I like the commute”
this is where I land because hey, if it works then it works, but i do think there's a fine line between something being 'imported' and something from abroad speaking to what was already there. like, us american culture wars aren't transported to and imposed upon europe, they're just bombastically repackaged versions of things that already existed throughout "the west" ( to include Japan) which are eagerly adopted by sympathetic ears. an easy example from br*tish culture would be the institutional transphobia there which has its own roots in cultural mores and academic terfery and while it interplays and accepts influence from outside, the outside is speaking to what was already inside. the attitude and tone are deeply influenced by what's happening in the us (because it's essentially the front lines of these culture wars) but the content isn't new to europeans in any but the most superficial lenses.
basically i would never say it's a bad idea to blame america because everyone should, but being mindful that what america has done has been enthusiastically aided and abetted by the west for their own benefit and only after effectively handing off the mask of chief exploiter from themselves to the us so that they could continue to benefit under better branding. that these ideas and concepts have always had eager adherents throughout the west and the combative nature of the amerikkkan version is appealing because of these underpinnings.
they’re like 3/4 of the economy of Salem, MA
me laughing at the guy in my office whose printer is always jammed bc he doesn’t apply any of the sacred oils
amazing, the average modern f150 crew cab bed is slightly smaller than or roughly the same size as my el Camino’s, depending on if they spring for the 6.5 footer. my novelty car is more of a truck than Joe bob’s masculinity totem
ya, fair, i will absolutely take the Irish more seriously on that complaint than most other Europeans, at least to a point
i mean as a non kkkracker i strongly prefer that over them embracing the american construct of whiteness. part of abandoning that construct means that whitemericans need something to engage with besides post ironic self loathing or whatever and if the only real harm to come from them exploring ancestral roots is some upset euros, i'm pretty ok with that too.
for eurolibs the bar is generally set at being "not american", often enough creating a distinction without a difference