the_dunk_tank
It's the dunk tank.
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I love that all the things he named are just consumerist garbage. No mention of Healthcare, time off, affordable housing, a social safety net, none of it. Nothing that actually matters. And I have to wonder why he didn't π€
Also this lifestyle makes me want to die.
it's really a perfect summation of American culture. there's no actual culture to be proud of - the American lifestyle is just a bunch of shitty brands (that exist everywhere) and food that kills you.
The softest ban I ever got on
was in some post about how "it's not okay to say america doesn't have culture" where I said I agree and that its culture is vapid consumerism
i am big stupid american i like mcdonald burger and large coca cola
America is best because of things for sale there. Exclusive and amazing things like....coffee, pants, shoes, beer and meat. The only thing 'american' about it is the specific brands he brings up. So what if my coffee isn't Starbucks, my shoes aren't Levi's and my pants aren't Nikes and why the fuck would I want my ribs from Applebee's if I ate meat in the first place? The fuck kind of own do they think this is? You can get stuff that's widely available most places but you won't be able to look at the same logo?
"You're lucky you live here pal, it has brands I've identified with because that's literally all America has"
That first guy is projecting so hard, bet that's his personal Applebees order when he eats there every week. It's weirdly specific.
What the fuck is a riblet
The sound a Meat Frog makes
It is one of those cheap off cuts of meat they try to rebrand into something fancy and sell for a high price. They are good bits but the marking push is annoying
Oh so like when i take all the little bits that come off the chicken thighs and turn them into popcorn chicken
Yeah, only it's based when you do it. It is crige when a corporation does it.
fucking hate this lifestyle and im not alone
western people be like "we are the best and everyone loves it here" meanwhile in the west suicide is an epidemic
Warmed over "love it or leave it" talking points from the Iraq War
usually give those a hearty "pay for it and i will"
Bread and circuses, when they forget the bread.
Well, they did cheer when McDonald's pulled out of Russia as if that were some keen death blow
There's a small chance that post might be parody because I can't genuinely believe that even the worst of the burgoid empire would be willing to defend riblets
And why is that?
It's always confused me how Americans seem to think the rest of the world live in mud huts and are medieval peasant farmers or something. Like they just flat out don't seem to understand that other countries exist in the 21st century. I guess that's the only way you can compare the "American lifestyle" to another country favourably, if you pretend the rest of the world is stuck in the 1500s.
I realize, objectively, that putting all the most annoying internet commenters up against the wall first would be horribly inefficient, but I really don't know what else we could do.
It's so funny that the average American doesn't even consider that there might be people who don't like the βlifestyleβ of garbage fast food treats.
Oh no, people having their cultures? We must stop this, they hate us for our cheeseburgers!
But TBH I'd rather take a minuscule 40sqm apartment in a well-connected and technologically avant-garde Chinese metropolis over a comically enormous US house 30 minutes from everything good in life, and that probably costs more than a big-ass apartment in a Chinese city.
But what do I know? I hate freedom and America, I should go to the DPRK since I don't like the west.