"Party in the USA" and "Pink Pony Club" express opposite views on America: "Yay, the US is really all the same!" vs. "Yay, there are real cultural differences within the US!"
They both can be true. We may have vast cultural differences, but we all want to live in an affordable, safe place and be paid what we're worth while having the security of proper healthcare.
There are definitely cultural differences, but for its size, the US is really homogeneous. As an example, Tom Scott's video on "jingle bells, batman smells" shows way more regional variation in the UK compared to the US, despite being smaller than some states.
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BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works · 35 pts · 254d
They both can be true. We may have vast cultural differences, but we all want to live in an affordable, safe place and be paid what we're worth while having the security of proper healthcare.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 254d
Unfortunately, at no point in either of our lives has your comment described The United States of America.
BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 254d
It does describe your average citizen, not politicians or capitalists.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 254d
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 254d
I got my side arm, my cyanide pills, my classified dossier....
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Oh wait, sorry, I got the wrong song .... :(
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 11 pts · 254d
Party in the CIA!
TerraRoot@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 254d
While Weird Al's "Party in the CIA" tells you how it is.
vrek@programming.dev · 15 pts · 254d
Same can be said of let the bodies hit the floor and it's raining men
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 254d
shout out to my ringtone for like 5 straight years in 2010
Zorque@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 254d
That's almost as long as 2020!
Mr_Fish@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 254d
There are definitely cultural differences, but for its size, the US is really homogeneous. As an example, Tom Scott's video on "jingle bells, batman smells" shows way more regional variation in the UK compared to the US, despite being smaller than some states.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 253d
Well... Robin layed an egg and that is just too much for some folks
vrek@programming.dev · 3 pts · 254d
Same can be said of let the bodies hit the floor and it's raining men
Triumph@fedia.io · 2 pts · 254d
We are more the same than we are different, and there's a lot of value in where we do differ.
mriormro@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 254d
Huh?
Edit: oh these are songs.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 254d
Equally as shallow, just different in their flavour of shallowness? 🤔