A few examples include s*x questions on askreddit, “this” comments, nolife powermods, jokes being more frequent than actual answers

  • APassenger@lemmy.one
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’m curious, which part is a myth? I only see facts and not all of them paint America as great.

    These things exist elsewhere, besides. Just not always in “the West.”

      • Letstakealook@lemm.ee
        51·
        1 year ago

        Let me simplify this. Would you go to a forum with an address in .ar and complain that the discussion doesn’t pertain to you? You wouldn’t, but you are just blindly hateful of Americans for whatever reason.

          • APassenger@lemmy.one
            11·
            1 year ago

            America is far from a monolith. Our states roughly equate to different European countries with vastly different cultures, foods, rights and laws.

            We just speak dialects that are almost all the same and roll up under one political entity. It is not so dissimilar than the EU, otherwise.

            We are, in many practical terms a forced confederation with a shared Constitution. There are those, like in the EU, who want out.

            Edit: the shared single language is one of our under-recognized super-powers. I can travel this huge land mass and communicate viably everywhere. It is key to our cultural impact. It is accidental, but helpful to us. Except when we have people who dislike our impact and become hostile.

                  • APassenger@lemmy.one
                    11·
                    1 year ago

                    You continue to assert I, or others, are saying things we are not. I have not alleged that the EU is lacking or “wanting.”

                    I’m saying the US is far more diverse than is often credited. People are moving from one state to another because of that very reason. It is a confederation of states, by law. And our SCOTUS is making that more true each year.

                    I am not saying “parity” but I am saying it’s far closer than your broad brush comments.

      • APassenger@lemmy.one
        11·
        1 year ago

        Which Americans are you talking to? We know there are other countries and cultures. We just aren’t responsible for learning deeply about all of them. No one is.

        You’re using some strong, broad strokes that aren’t reflective of my experience at all.