Americans have no culture? - Page 21

On January 21 2012 16:51 KimJongChill wrote:
They probably mean to say that America lacks cultural refinement.

On January 22 2012 01:19 Mr Showtime wrote:


This isn't even true. People love to use the argument that the food we eat was invented in other countries. Who gives a shit? We have it all!!!!

On January 22 2012 01:54 Jibba wrote:

General Tso's Chicken #1 food in the world, and invented in NYC.

On January 21 2012 16:38 Nothingtosay wrote:
We Created baseball and basketball which are truly multinational sports.

On January 22 2012 01:58 xrapture wrote:
America is by far the most influential country in the world. Our movies, books, music, and television shows are available throughout the globe. Almost every movie on the Afi's or any major ranking list is American. Most of the world's largest websites are from the US. The US has the most millionares and billionares by a mile, as well as the most companies in the fortune 500.

Haters gonna hate I guess.

On January 22 2012 01:59 PassiveAce wrote:

The menu for my chinese restaurant says General Tso's Chicken was created for General Tso during the Ching Dynasty, are you calling it a liar?

On January 22 2012 01:58 xrapture wrote:
The US has the most millionares and billionares by a mile, as well as the most companies in the fortune 500.

On January 22 2012 02:17 HoldenR wrote:


You consider that culture?

That's something to be ashamed of considering the absolute horrid wealth gap in your country. You know what U.S. also has? Nearly 50 million people living below the poverty line. Should we consider that culture, too?

Honestly, this entire arrogance of "we are the best ever everyone else jelly lets intervene in the rest of the world's business and tell them we know better" is why people hate you. It's why 9/11 happened. This attitude is the most adverse to America's success that you could possibly imagine and you're actually proud of it.

Even if America was the #1 nation in the world, you can proudly proclaim that people like yourself are the ones preventing it from reaching it's potential of becoming even better. You're officially a drag on your own country. Congratulations.

On January 21 2012 17:12 Notfragile wrote:
They are not jelly. OP is insecure and should not have made this thread.

As a short response to the thread I have to say the following:

-USA does have culture. But it is not by the standards of the European or Asian culture who had millenia to develop.
-An average resident of the US (of course there are exceptions, the coastal cities, both pacific and atlantic) has a lower standard of elegance and savoir vivre than the average european. To us (and to the more civilized citizens of the coastal regions) someone may seem almost like a caveman
-Football is something played with the feet only. (aka soccer for you)


Except from the above, there are a few reasons why people outside the US exaggerate and say US has no culture.
Warning: transfering rants about the US. If you don't want to know the truth, don't open the spoiler.

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So, you see it's not that you have no culture. Everyone has developed a culture. It's that there are so many things bugging us about your country that we as non US citizens close our eyes to what good you have done and try to focus on the negative side of things.

For me, the bright side is Blues, Jazz, (a small part of) Hollywood and of course the scientific culture the US have developed, driving the whole world forward as a result.


PS: I don't want any answer to the post, I'm merely explaining why europeans refuse to see what good you have done as a country. They just blacklist you as a whole, which is unfair.

On January 22 2012 02:25 jj33 wrote:
from a anthrological point of view american "culture" is the same as any modern country that gets their food in the supermarket.

We are classified the same as say Korea, Japan, France etc. WE all get our food the same way.

On January 21 2012 20:30 False_Peace wrote:
You know what I love? People who say America is a relatively young country...

Actually America is one of the older countries in the world. Yes you might think I'm stupid for saying this but the reality is it is true.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_date_of_formation

Here is a list of the dates of the formation of every country that exists in the world.

The United States is the oldest country in the America's. Older than Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, etc. But most people would say these countries have more culture than the US. Why? Most of their modern day citizens are also descendants from other places, i.e Spain, Africa, etc..

The Unites States of America is also older than the following countries in Europe: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland to name a few. In fact, the US is actually older than most European countries.

So you see, if you want to base culture on when the country was formed, then the US actually has one of the most cultured countries in the world...

The only reason why people say countries in Europe have more culture is because those countries were formed from people that had customs and cultural identities from many years before.

Edit: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/06/the-origin-of-the-word-soccer/

Here is a link for the people who make fun of Americans who use the word "soccer." The term was in fact used in British society along with the word "football" to describe the game many many years ago. The word subsequently fell out of favor and "football" was later used predominantly.

On January 22 2012 01:58 xrapture wrote:
America is by far the most influential country in the world. Our movies, books, music, and television shows are available throughout the globe. Almost every movie on the Afi's or any major ranking list is American. Most of the world's largest websites are from the US. The US has the most millionares and billionares by a mile, as well as the most companies in the fortune 500.

Haters gonna hate I guess.

On January 22 2012 01:14 lolmlg wrote:

If US citizens didn't consider those people "American" at the time then modern US citizens don't deserve the right to take ownership of their achievements. Period.

On January 22 2012 02:29 RetroAspect wrote:

That's just 'food" culture, only a small segment of culture as a whole... shortminded much?

Also, i dare to point out that the percentage of agraric and artisanal food is a LOT bigger in Europe and most other countries..