The next time you hear someone say they're just vibing in life without a job, just look at this image.
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You should see some of the "American food" they sell in some parts of Europe and Asia. I feel like it's pretty typical everywhere to misunderstand and exoticize other cultures.
America and Japan have this as a special cultural relationship. Are the yankii cringe, obviously, but my little yank heart is warmed by seeing people look at aspects of American culture and asking someone to hold their vending machine Asahi. I hope they feel the same about weebs. The thing is we all just see each other as kinda cool and exotic and so we riff on each other's shit.
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I want to visit America one time just for the food. I keep hearing from American TV about twinkies and red vines and all kinds of stuff, then I try them whenever I get a chance here in the UK and theyre so bad. I need to know for sure whether we're getting a version that conforms to our food laws and they lose a lot in the process or if theyre really that terrible.
They're shitty junk food with nostalgia. As other's have said, try our Chinese food. And our Mexican food. Also hit up an American restaurant here, especially a diner. Oh and wherever you go ask the locals about their local food and try it, (it's not weird, we do it when we travel domestically) you've probably heard of stuff like Chicago deep dish and Philly cheeses teams, bur basically every city has something they cook good or unique and are super proud of, like Cincinnati has a style of chili they put on spaghetti.
America's best cuisine isn't our mass produced mass market foods, its the stuff immigrants came up with to square their cuisine with the available foods and local tastes.
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I want to visit America one time just for the food. I keep hearing from American TV about twinkies and red vines and all kinds of stuff, then I try them whenever I get a chance here in the UK and theyre so bad. I need to know for sure whether we're getting a version that conforms to our food laws and they lose a lot in the process or if theyre really that terrible.
Everybody in America seems to remember liking Twinkies as a kid but they're nasty now. Debate continues over whether the twinkies changed, or we did.
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im so happy that i was blessed with parents who never struggled with money. nothing wrong with that. and yea, im hella vibing in life jobless
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Check out Takeo Ischi, the Japanese yodeler
wrote last edited by [email protected]I think we've found our new rick roll. That is amazing.
Edit: That or Oki Dokey Yogi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z71uWLqw-LY
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im so happy that i was blessed with parents who never struggled with money. nothing wrong with that. and yea, im hella vibing in life jobless
Found the trust fund trustafarian
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This is, apparently, Shanin Blake. This is a picture from 2017.
Arguably, there's a lot to criticize her about, but her leading a carefree lifestyle and finding success in publicizing it doesn't seem like one.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Has anyone seen real dreadlocks before? These are obviously not real. Maybe she's not trying to pass them off as real, idk.
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World has always been fucked (see Billy Joel's "we didn't start the fire" for simple reference). Life is what you make of it
And I can't make anything of it so I'm leaving
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Found the trust fund trustafarian
i have no idea what that means but ok
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It's so weird seeing people making poor interpretations of another ethnicity's culture their entire identity. I wonder if there are weirdos in India rocking lederhosen or milkmaid outfits at random music festivals and ranting to strangers about Calvinism?
The Japanese Elvis culture springs to mind.
Also, there are "cowboys" everywhere in the world.
You mentioned lederhosen and of course those types exist outside of Germany too.
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You really shouldn't. But if you do, you should consider doing something that would make your death meaningful.
Not going to say anything further.
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They're shitty junk food with nostalgia. As other's have said, try our Chinese food. And our Mexican food. Also hit up an American restaurant here, especially a diner. Oh and wherever you go ask the locals about their local food and try it, (it's not weird, we do it when we travel domestically) you've probably heard of stuff like Chicago deep dish and Philly cheeses teams, bur basically every city has something they cook good or unique and are super proud of, like Cincinnati has a style of chili they put on spaghetti.
America's best cuisine isn't our mass produced mass market foods, its the stuff immigrants came up with to square their cuisine with the available foods and local tastes.
Southern food has entered the chat.
In all seriousness, southern food is some of the best food the US has to offer IMO. There's a shitton of diversity within the category and it has a lot of flavor and spice.
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Americans typically have leftovers that they take home
Are you just not aware of how overweight Americans are on average? As i understand it we have been conditioned to believe these insane portions are "a meal". I was simply unable to start losing weight until i traveled to Mexico to discover and internalize what a normal meal portion is. If you go to a restaurant in the US, you should expect to see most of the people around you finishing their plates
As someone from one of the most obese states in the union, the core of the issue is most definitely not portion sizes. Food quality is shit and most people will eat ultraprocessed foods on the daily because money is tight for most people and fresh/healthy food is hella expensive assuming there's even access to it. If you have the same amount of calories in ultrprocessed food vs real food, your body will still gain more weight from the ultra processed one because it is less satiating because your body burns through it much faster.
Small scale organic farming used to be the norm in my grandma's time, but nowadays younger people don't know what an okra plant looks like or cracked open a pecan. Additionally if you're even able to access and afford fresh produce it's mainly water and is not nutritionally dense. This is an issue with the entire food system that's been built on shipping stuff from far away and profit incentives. Not to mention the targeted advertising of ultra processed foods to kids...
Also, there's virtually no public transit and the small amount of pedestrian and bike infrastructure is laughable and outright dangerous. You have to have a car to get to most places and most places require a lot of driving to get to depending. That means sitting down for most of the day. It's hard for most people to get exercise in daily life without being super intentional about it, and a lot of people are overworked and underpaid on top of that, so they understandably just wanna relax. As with most things in life, the answer is always complicated.
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Has anyone seen real dreadlocks before? These are obviously not real. Maybe she's not trying to pass them off as real, idk.
I'm not sure I get why you responded to my comment.
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I'm not sure I get why you responded to my comment.
Cuz you made me look her up.
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Cuz you made me look her up.
Okay. I was confused because I never mentioned anything about dreadlocks.
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I have enough room to pace in a circle while listening to music and emotionally spiral over my past failures, perpetual inadequacy, etcetera. Also I sometimes need to sleep so I lay down at times. Also it isn't seven days a week, I need to go out to the desert and deliver vegetables and other produce every Friday.
I feel like I am being trolled, but if this is actually true, it sounds interesting
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i have no idea what that means but ok
You'll be able to go through life saying that a lot.
Eventually, the only thing you'll fear is when that might end. -
Trustafarian is an absolutely brilliant insult.
why would you insult somebody for being middle-class
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i lost my job earlier this year, so i'm just vibin'. Not exactly ideal but I have some buffer time saved up.
