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 (six years ago) link
smore
wtf?
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 11:35 (six years ago) link
Steely DanThe Beat Generation
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 12:32 (six years ago) link
10. "democracy"11. mac 'n cheese12. sherrifs
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 14:20 (six years ago) link
It's s'mores and it's short for some more.
― tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 4 February 2018 15:43 (six years ago) link
13. those varsity jackets with a big letter on the front14. propeller beanie hats
― soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:10 (six years ago) link
15. grits
― WilliamC, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link
16. Shriners
https://s.hswstatic.com/gif/shriners-little-cars-1200x800.jpg
― soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
monster trucks
― ciderpress, Sunday, 4 February 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
bisonbass fishing tournamentsYellowstone Park
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:06 (six years ago) link
Looney Tunes cartoons
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
22. tipping
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
Mate,
https://i.imgur.com/kjgsMLQ.jpg
― pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
I mean, don't forget 23. Indigenous Genocide, but, you know.
― pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
26 white ppl27 mayonnaise28 conway twitty29 all the bad things30 no good things
― sleepingbag, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:03 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
34. (With drawl) PICKUP TRUCK. GIDDY UP COWBOY.
― infinity (∞), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
35. 99.9% of all "cultural appropriation"
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
36. $$$
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:17 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
40. Hawaii
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:29 (six years ago) link
41. Grand slams
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:30 (six years ago) link
42. Brian Wilson
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
43. drive-in cinemas
― soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:42 (six years ago) link
44. john cena
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
(19)45. the atomic bomb
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:44 (six years ago) link
(19)46. Donald John Trump
― infinity (∞), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
Just sayin some of these things aren't exclusively American. They're everybody's!
― pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
47. Superhero movies for "grownups"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
48. jack kirby
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
49. jack ruby
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
27 mayonnaise
27 "ranch"
― Number None, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
ranch-style houses
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:19 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/IOlj6Lw.jpg
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
... 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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
52. happy endings53. late night shows54. hyper-capitalism55. "football"56. "soccer"
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:50 (six years ago) link
ItaliansIrish
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (six years ago) link
57. Barack Hussein Obama58. Velveeta
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (six years ago) link
Misuse of the collective clause when referring to sports teams
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
Saturday Night Live is b-list?
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:09 (six years ago) link
'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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
^ classic American thing
― bae (sic), Friday, 26 April 2024 15:37 (one month ago) link
On behalf of the culture behind salsa roja I must reluctantly fp enbb I also don’t understand the original post tho, virtually everybody says ketchup here ime (incidentally it is called catsup in Mexico but otherwise I think that is a specifically American regionalism so yeah a baffling counter to the odd original post)
― subpost master (wins), Friday, 26 April 2024 16:06 (one month ago) link
here imeis there anywhere else
― bae (sic), Friday, 26 April 2024 16:55 (one month ago) link
Than the uk? Happily yes
― subpost master (wins), Friday, 26 April 2024 17:06 (one month ago) link
Using "english" when playing cue sports (= side spin)
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 26 April 2024 17:17 (one month ago) link
ketchup/tomato sauce is interchangeable in my own cultural experience
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Friday, 26 April 2024 18:11 (one month ago) link
hi sorry, what
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Friday, 26 April 2024 18:11 (one month ago) link
My late Sicilian grandmother is attempting to climb out of her grave
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Friday, 26 April 2024 18:21 (one month ago) link
tell her to tomato sauce
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Friday, 26 April 2024 18:22 (one month ago) link
Lol
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Friday, 26 April 2024 18:23 (one month ago) link
Happily yesI wonder if it’s possible that a poster from another place, posting on a borad historically overpopulated with people from another place, on a thread started by a person from another place to simply note “American things,” might simply be noting the existence of a sweetened American-derived product that, for eg, Heinz gave up on even manufacturing in that place after a concerted campaign of decades to increase their sales of ketchup vs their own version of the local condiment languished in single-digit percentages
― bae (sic), Friday, 26 April 2024 19:12 (one month ago) link
Baked beans?
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Friday, 26 April 2024 19:13 (one month ago) link
I guess “baked beans” is probably an American thing
saying "red sauce" "brown sauce" clearly indicates that I know this is chemical shit but I'm eating it anyway. 👍
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 April 2024 19:14 (one month ago) link
brb making brown sauce
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Friday, 26 April 2024 19:21 (one month ago) link
sure the difference in use of the word "fancy" between USA/UK has led to some hilarious misunderstandings re:costumes at "fancy dress" parties.― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length)
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length)
i just use "fancy" to mean "gay"
mind you i mean every word to mean "gay"
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 26 April 2024 20:56 (one month ago) link
saying "red sauce" "brown sauce" clearly indicates that I know this is chemical shit but I'm eating it anyway. 👍― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length)
see i don't read it that way, i have these arguments with my second oldest brother, who lives in cincinnati and is thus obligated to defend their disgusting idea of "chili", despite his being a chef. what he says is "as long as you think of it as a red sauce and not chili it's fine". "red sauce", "brown sauce", "white sauce", to me these are respected culinary terms.
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 26 April 2024 20:59 (one month ago) link
I'm pretty sure "brown sauce" in Blighty doesn't mean espagnole it means this stuff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_sauce
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Friday, 26 April 2024 21:08 (one month ago) link
also cincinnati chili is good not bad fyiyd
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Friday, 26 April 2024 21:09 (one month ago) link
_ Happily yes_I wonder if it’s possible that a poster from another place, posting on a borad historically overpopulated with people from another place, on a thread started by a person from another place to simply note “American things,” might simply be noting the existence of a sweetened American-derived product that, for eg, Heinz gave up on even manufacturing in that place after a concerted campaign of decades to increase their sales of ketchup vs their own version of the local condiment languished in single-digit percentages
― subpost master (wins), Friday, 26 April 2024 21:20 (one month ago) link
itt: brown sauce, pasted colons
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 26 April 2024 21:39 (one month ago) link
I'm pretty sure "brown sauce" in Blighty doesn't mean espagnole it means this stuff
Great stuff, especially on a square sliced sausage in a roll.
― Not waving but droning (Tom D.), Friday, 26 April 2024 22:01 (one month ago) link
Brown colons are an international phenomenon
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 26 April 2024 22:02 (one month ago) link
when I worked at Chevy's Fresh Mex in the early 2000s, there was a marinade for the fajitas that was called out on the menu as "Agua Negra".
one doofus, probably trying to brag about his very cursory knowledge of Spanish for his date, kept concern trolling me about it, saying "did you know in Spanish that means BROWN WATER?! I sure hope they're not slathering our steak in MUSTY OLD BROWN WATER", and like the more he went on it didn't seem like he was kidding. I should have just told him we put feces in our food cos he seemed unwilling to believe me that we weren't poisoning the food and advertising it on the menu.
in actuality it's just a soy-sauce based marinade, something like
1 cup Soy Sauce2 cups Pineapple Juice2 tablespoons ground Cumin1 1/2 teaspoons minced Garlic1/4 cup freshly squeezed Lime Juice
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Friday, 26 April 2024 22:06 (one month ago) link
also cincinnati chili is good not bad fyiyd― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby)
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby)
you're wrong, silby
wrong on the internet
i'm terribly upset about this
one doofus, probably trying to brag about his very cursory knowledge of Spanish for his date, kept concern trolling me about it, saying "did you know in Spanish that means BROWN WATER?! I sure hope they're not slathering our steak in MUSTY OLD BROWN WATER"― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal)
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal)
punish him by making him listen to the doobie brothers until he learns more spanish
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 26 April 2024 22:22 (one month ago) link
I feel like _a_ red sauce as opposed to just “red sauce” have different connotations but I may be splitting hairs. The latter being the most commonly known sauce of that color in the local cuisine. I’d default to italian-american cuisine’s very generic tomato-based concoction, which is probably labeled marinara if it has actually flavor, and maybe just called red sauce regardless if it’s in someone’s homedamn, Chevy’s Fresh Mex. haven’t thought about that one in a minute
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, 26 April 2024 22:27 (one month ago) link
fp’d wins for capeschism
― bae (sic), Saturday, 27 April 2024 02:16 (one month ago) link
x-post - THank you MH that is correct.
Sibly the whole of the UK would prob want to fight you for saying baked beans are American but they are and even beans on toast is! Am American ad exec at Heinz came up with the concept to sell the beans over here and it took off. Do not ask me why I looked this up recently.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 08:38 (one month ago) link
How could Cincinnati chili be bad? Spaghetti is good. Chili is good. I do not see the issue.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 08:39 (one month ago) link
Taking an hour and a half to make pasta with pesto and a green salad
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 09:01 (one month ago) link
oh and garlic bread, next to the pasta.
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 09:02 (one month ago) link
I've never eaten beans on toast, why would I want to eat soggy bread?
― I've left the box of soup near your shoes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 09:14 (one month ago) link
Never??? Even I've tried it. If you toast the bread well it takes a while to get soggy but I'm with you on that.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 09:18 (one month ago) link
thread sleeping on this wikipedia detail: "The word keh (茄) means 'eggplant'; tomato in Cantonese is 番茄, which literally translates to 'foreign eggplant'."
im guessing cantonese ilx be 🔥
― mark s, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 09:19 (one month ago) link
If I have tinned baked beans these days I add some spices, usually of the cayenne/smoked paprika type to make them more interesting. It's ok as a side for some piri piri chicken wings or spiced potato wedges.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 10:28 (one month ago) link
thread sleeping on this wikipedia detail: "The word keh (茄) means 'eggplant'; tomato in Cantonese is 番茄, which literally translates to 'foreign eggplant'."im guessing cantonese ilx be 🔥― mark s
― mark s
what does "eggplant sweatdrops" translate to in english, i see those emoji all the time
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 13:18 (one month ago) link
cum
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 13:33 (one month ago) link
missed Kate's post at first and thought u were saying this^ was purely an American thing
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 13:34 (one month ago) link
im guessing cantonese ilx be 🔥― mark s, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 2:19 AM (ten hours ago)
― mark s, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 2:19 AM (ten hours ago)
花橋 福耀
https://www.cantonese.asia/portal.php?mod=view&aid=776
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 19:46 (one month ago) link
(s/o to the 2(?) posters that will roll their eyes at my primary school humour)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 19:48 (one month ago) link
Tug McGraw started 39 games during his career--most of them his first two years (21), but then scattered around the rest of the way, including a start in 1983 for the Phillies. He wasn't very effective: 7-23, 4.81 (during a good era for pitchers; his lifetime ERA as a reliever was 2.86).― clemenza, Sunday, 2 June 2024 15:51 (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― clemenza, Sunday, 2 June 2024 15:51 (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Poets Win Prizes (Tom D.), Sunday, 2 June 2024 15:55 (two weeks ago) link
Graffitiing your own car to express discontent with an elected politician (and the subset of doing it using a a quote from a motorsport announcer).
― Bellend Sebastian (S-), Wednesday, 12 June 2024 05:06 (five days ago) link
Dunno if that one's exclusive to the US, plenty of cookers here with JESUS IS MY FLAT EARTH LORD 5G WINDFARMS WILL KILL US ALL I BLAME DAN ANDREWS all over their vans or whatever.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 13 June 2024 02:06 (four days ago) link
well, it's not for nothing that Melville called Australia "that great America on the other side of the sphere"
― budo jeru, Thursday, 13 June 2024 07:10 (four days ago) link
portland has some amazing bumper stickers to be fair
not the ones about "i'd rather be watching the mummy" or whatever, those suck
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 13 June 2024 13:56 (four days ago) link
a bumper sticker is a very different level of commitment (or cookedness)
― bae (sic), Thursday, 13 June 2024 15:08 (four days ago) link
whats the reason thai food is so big in the us but just hasn’t really taken off anywhere else in the world? is it literally just the government funding thing?— just matt (bar prep edition) (@questionableway) June 16, 2024
― bae (sic), Monday, 17 June 2024 10:00 (thirteen hours ago) link
At one point every second pub in Britain seemed to be serving Thai food.
― ILX: a violent left-wing mob who hate our country (Tom D.), Monday, 17 June 2024 10:07 (thirteen hours ago) link
lol yes, great times.there are at least four uk nationwide thai chains.
― ledge, Monday, 17 June 2024 10:10 (thirteen hours ago) link
Since at least the early '90s, Sydney high streets can have multiple Thai restaurants on the same block, competing for attention with the best punning name, eg Thai Foon vs Thai Me Up Thai Me Down.
― bae (sic), Monday, 17 June 2024 17:55 (six hours ago) link