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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldbyfubo@lemmy.world
5 months

"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!"

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    • BananaPeal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5 months

      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.worldEnglish
          5 months

          Unfortunately, at no point in either of our lives has your comment described The United States of America.

            • BananaPeal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              5 months

              It does describe your average citizen, not politicians or capitalists.

          • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
            5 months

            That is indeed a shower thought.

            • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
              5 months

              I got my side arm, my cyanide pills, my classified dossier…

              …

              Oh wait, sorry, I got the wrong song … :(

                • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
                  5 months

                  Party in the CIA!

                • vrek@programming.devEnglish
                  5 months

                  Same can be said of let the bodies hit the floor and it’s raining men

                  • TerraRoot@sh.itjust.works
                    5 months

                    While Weird Al’s “Party in the CIA” tells you how it is.

                    • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                      5 months

                      Party in the USA

                      shout out to my ringtone for like 5 straight years in 2010

                        • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
                          5 months

                          That’s almost as long as 2020!

                        • Mr Fish@lemmy.world
                          5 months

                          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
                              5 months

                              Well… Robin layed an egg and that is just too much for some folks

                            • vrek@programming.devEnglish
                              5 months

                              Same can be said of let the bodies hit the floor and it’s raining men

                              • Triumph@fedia.io
                                5 months

                                We are more the same than we are different, and there’s a lot of value in where we do differ.

                                • mriormro@lemmy.zip
                                  5 months

                                  Huh?

                                  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
                                    5 months

                                    Equally as shallow, just different in their flavour of shallowness? 🤔

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