1. biscuits & gravy2. rodeo3. smores or smore’s or smore(s)4. “a super bowl”5. stoops6. speakeasy7. “high school prom”8. cheese in a can9. dr pepper
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 11:35 (one year ago) Permalink
smore
wtf?
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 11:35 (one year ago) Permalink
Steely DanThe Beat Generation
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 12:32 (one year ago) Permalink
10. "democracy"11. mac 'n cheese12. sherrifs
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 14:20 (one year ago) Permalink
It's s'mores and it's short for some more.
― tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 4 February 2018 15:43 (one year ago) Permalink
13. those varsity jackets with a big letter on the front14. propeller beanie hats
― soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:10 (one year ago) Permalink
15. grits
― WilliamC, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:16 (one year ago) Permalink
16. Shriners
https://s.hswstatic.com/gif/shriners-little-cars-1200x800.jpg
― soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:18 (one year ago) Permalink
monster trucks
― ciderpress, Sunday, 4 February 2018 17:49 (one year ago) Permalink
bisonbass fishing tournamentsYellowstone Park
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:06 (one year ago) Permalink
Looney Tunes cartoons
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:23 (one year ago) Permalink
22. tipping
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:49 (one year ago) Permalink
Mate,
https://i.imgur.com/kjgsMLQ.jpg
― pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:27 (one year ago) Permalink
I mean, don't forget 23. Indigenous Genocide, but, you know.
― pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:28 (one year ago) Permalink
if we're going down that route let's not forget 24. slavery
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:36 (one year ago) Permalink
and of course 25. egg creams
slavery has existed everywhere for all recorded history. hardly confined to America, although we certainly embraced one of the most brutal forms of it for a couple centuries.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:01 (one year ago) Permalink
26 white ppl27 mayonnaise28 conway twitty29 all the bad things30 no good things
― sleepingbag, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:03 (one year ago) Permalink
31 guns guns guns love guns need guns32 sabermetrics33 god
(Holland surely king of mayonnaise though, for better or for worse)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:12 (one year ago) Permalink
34. (With drawl) PICKUP TRUCK. GIDDY UP COWBOY.
― infinity (∞), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:13 (one year ago) Permalink
35. 99.9% of all "cultural appropriation"
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:13 (one year ago) Permalink
36. $$$
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:17 (one year ago) Permalink
37. Road Trips38. Self Help39. Seminars on how to flip properties with no money down
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:26 (one year ago) Permalink
40. Hawaii
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:29 (one year ago) Permalink
41. Grand slams
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:30 (one year ago) Permalink
42. Brian Wilson
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:38 (one year ago) Permalink
43. drive-in cinemas
― soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:42 (one year ago) Permalink
44. john cena
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:43 (one year ago) Permalink
(19)45. the atomic bomb
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:44 (one year ago) Permalink
(19)46. Donald John Trump
― infinity (∞), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:45 (one year ago) Permalink
Just sayin some of these things aren't exclusively American. They're everybody's!
― pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:45 (one year ago) Permalink
47. Superhero movies for "grownups"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:46 (one year ago) Permalink
48. jack kirby
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:55 (one year ago) Permalink
49. jack ruby
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:55 (one year ago) Permalink
27 mayonnaise
27 "ranch"
― Number None, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:16 (one year ago) Permalink
ranch-style houses
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:19 (one year ago) Permalink
Ranch might be the most american word there is. The sound of it, the meaning, the house style, the dressing. It's 100% American.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:23 (one year ago) Permalink
https://i.imgur.com/IOlj6Lw.jpg
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:28 (one year ago) Permalink
51. Saturday Night Live and dozens of comedy series and comedians no-one's ever heard of.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:33 (one year ago) Permalink
... no-one else, that is.
Every nation seems to have its b-list comedy that doesn't escape its borders though
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:45 (one year ago) Permalink
I mean there are all these british comedians called "Jimmy Pram" or "Tolliver Whelk" or whatever that the britishers on the board seem to reference a lot.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:47 (one year ago) Permalink
52. happy endings53. late night shows54. hyper-capitalism55. "football"56. "soccer"
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:50 (one year ago) Permalink
ItaliansIrish
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (one year ago) Permalink
57. Barack Hussein Obama58. Velveeta
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (one year ago) Permalink
Misuse of the collective clause when referring to sports teams
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:52 (one year ago) Permalink
Saturday Night Live is b-list?
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:09 (one year ago) Permalink
'Math'
American comedy is painfully unfunny. There's no real bite, no real cynicism, it always has to be nicey nicey in the end. A or B list, SNL fits that bill surely.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:11 (one year ago) Permalink
today, sure. I think SNL at its best (maybe 80s-early 90s) was good exactly because it captured and spoofed that wide-eyed lack of cynicism. Kevin Nealon comes to mind, and all of the fake commercials. Since at least Will Ferrell and maybe going back to Chris Farley and Adam Sandler though the style of comedy has been very "I AM BEING FUNNY RIGHT NOW! DO YOU SEE ME BEING FUNNY!"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:15 (one year ago) Permalink
Is that not more of a....universal thing
― Number None, Thursday, 13 September 2018 12:45 (five months ago) Permalink
If there’s a world with bedrooms without closets i do not want to live in it
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 13 September 2018 13:16 (five months ago) Permalink
is this like closets (built in rooms) vs wardrobes (free standing furniture)? otherwise this non-american is nonplussed.
― Winner of the 2018 Great British Bae *cough* (ledge), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:02 (five months ago) Permalink
yes
― Lee626, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:04 (five months ago) Permalink
I seem to recall being told that in the colonial era (talking mid-Atlantic USian here), homes were taxed by the number of doors. So 17th and 18th-century American bedrooms were vastly more likely to have a freestanding wardrobe than a closet.
Now I'm not so sure; maybe it was just far simpler to build rectangular rooms one against another. And the carpentry required for a separate closet was simply too much trouble in an era when people had far fewer clothes.
Even the closets in my 1940ish house are laughably small; a contemporary American person just tends to have a lot more clothes, some of which aren't worn very often. My wife and daughter both have their own; my son and I share his.
afaict it wasn't until the 1970s that walk-in closets became a thing in most homes. The even more lavish his/hers closets mostly date from the McMansion era of the 90s-oughts.
― Never mind the bollards (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 13 September 2018 17:03 (five months ago) Permalink
Office cubicles
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 19:12 (five months ago) Permalink
From the last run of posts, one could conclude that Americanism is a vast plot to remove the doors from offices, and put them instead into houses.
― Never mind the bollards (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 13 September 2018 20:04 (five months ago) Permalink
Except we’ve taken a lot of the doors back out of houses in the last 30 years, nobody has had a door on their kitchen for decades
― faculty w1fe (silby), Thursday, 13 September 2018 20:08 (five months ago) Permalink
All the doors are reclaimed for use in furniture now
― faculty w1fe (silby), Thursday, 13 September 2018 20:09 (five months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS-af9Q-zvQ
― Never mind the bollards (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 13 September 2018 20:22 (five months ago) Permalink
This reminds of a very American thing I noticed after house hunting a couple times: no over head lights in living rooms.
― just1n3, Friday, 14 September 2018 04:27 (five months ago) Permalink
ugh yes this is my life :(
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 14 September 2018 13:59 (five months ago) Permalink
Always been 50/50 for me... Granted, the light is usually part of a ceiling fan.
― pplains, Saturday, 15 September 2018 00:56 (five months ago) Permalink
big lamp™️ is behind it all, imo
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 15 September 2018 02:50 (five months ago) Permalink
griddleskillet
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 21 September 2018 19:57 (five months ago) Permalink
^^^^
smorewtf?― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, February 4, 2018 11:35 AM (seven months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, February 4, 2018 11:35 AM (seven months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Seven months on and my local Morrisons is advertising Smores - I'm not sure if they sell them though.
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Friday, 21 September 2018 21:13 (five months ago) Permalink
Sorry, S'mores, I still don't know what they are, some kind of dessert?
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Friday, 21 September 2018 21:15 (five months ago) Permalink
graham cracker base layer, piece of chocolate bar layer, toasted marshmallow layer, graham cracker top layer
its a treat
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 22 September 2018 03:36 (five months ago) Permalink
the s'more is the context that allows Hershey's chocolate to actually make sense
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 22 September 2018 03:41 (five months ago) Permalink
don't forget the twig, the campfire and a little camping chair outside the tent
― F# A# (∞), Saturday, 22 September 2018 03:44 (five months ago) Permalink
countries that liked american things in 2017:
http://www.pewglobal.org/database/indicator/1/survey/19/
― F# A# (∞), Saturday, 22 September 2018 03:45 (five months ago) Permalink
― F# A# (∞), Friday, September 21, 2018 10:44 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i would not recommend putting these things on a s'mores as it would render it inedible.
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 22 September 2018 03:47 (five months ago) Permalink
get a loada this guy
― F# A# (∞), Saturday, 22 September 2018 03:49 (five months ago) Permalink
fire pits at the beach are good too
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 22 September 2018 03:50 (five months ago) Permalink
S’mores are overrated
― calstars, Saturday, 22 September 2018 03:50 (five months ago) Permalink
Roasted mellows ok, fuck a graham cracker. Maybe some chocolate later.
― calstars, Saturday, 22 September 2018 03:51 (five months ago) Permalink
graham crackers
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Saturday, 22 September 2018 06:59 (five months ago) Permalink
roasted mellows
graham cracker
do you mean a gram cracker
― Bitty Gingham Sheet (sic), Saturday, 22 September 2018 07:43 (five months ago) Permalink
graham crackers are good i love smores
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 September 2018 15:01 (five months ago) Permalink
morning TV hosts currently screaming with laughter at the notion that sales of "American cheese" are slowing bcz "millennials" are aware of cheeses that contain cheese
"Havardy? Havardy."
"Goat brie, wrapped in a fig!"
― Eight-Tenths Bigamy (sic), Friday, 26 October 2018 16:10 (three months ago) Permalink
they pipe NO2 into those studios iirc
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Friday, 26 October 2018 16:17 (three months ago) Permalink
angry to learn about cheeses that do not come in a highly convenient spray can
― riposte malone (King Boy Pato), Friday, 26 October 2018 22:53 (three months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWRJTgvhNd0
― pplains, Saturday, 27 October 2018 01:28 (three months ago) Permalink
However I feel like one very American thing is the idea of “tastings” and “learning” about cheese, wine, craft beer, sausage, whiskey, pickle relish or whatever. It’s this modern day bougie flipside of our impoverished food culture. It’s still a huge improvement of course.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Saturday, 27 October 2018 01:32 (three months ago) Permalink
Using the word 'theater' for a cinema.
― It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christ (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:17 (two months ago) Permalink
... or "the pictures", as it's called in Scotland.
― It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christ (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:19 (two months ago) Permalink
― It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christ (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:17 (thirty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Again though, that's one of those things where British English has changed, whereas Americans are still using English terminology from the 1600s. A theatre was anywhere where audiences watched a performance, including anatomical dissections (we still use surgical theatre, of course).
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:50 (two months ago) Permalink
-- any indoor purpose-built structure, I guess I should add
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:52 (two months ago) Permalink
Ah, that could be it.
― It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christ (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:55 (two months ago) Permalink
Australian usage, too - and there are plenty of standalone theatres, or rooms in art museums, that aren’t dedicated cinemas but show movies sometimes. (Is the term “lecture theatre” not used in Scotland or England, for a raked-seating room in a university or conference venue?)
― sans lep (sic), Thursday, 13 December 2018 11:36 (two months ago) Permalink
It is, yes
― Number None, Thursday, 13 December 2018 11:49 (two months ago) Permalink
Tom said theater, not theatre.
― ✈️✈️ (pplains), Thursday, 13 December 2018 15:20 (two months ago) Permalink
LOL, American guy in my work keeps calling me Sir.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:10 (one month ago) Permalink
maybe he thinks you're a knight. everyone in Great England is, right?
― sans lep (sic), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:15 (one month ago) Permalink
he's being polite, be nice
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:28 (one month ago) Permalink
tell him he's a spineless boot licker and that the class war is real
― ogmor, Thursday, 24 January 2019 09:00 (four weeks ago) Permalink
These Americans and their obsession with 'civility', knowwhatimean?
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 January 2019 09:08 (four weeks ago) Permalink
referring to "new wave" when talking about post-punk
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:25 (two days ago) Permalink
i recall watching vh1 as a child and remember they would say new wave was influenced by post punk
i don't hear anyone with a serious interest in music use the genres interchangeably
with music genres, though, there are so many dilettantes and uninitiated that it wouldn't surprise me if non-americans made this mistake, too
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:21 (two days ago) Permalink