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1. biscuits & gravy
2. rodeo
3. smores or smore’s or smore(s)
4. “a super bowl”
5. stoops
6. speakeasy
7. “high school prom”
8. cheese in a can
9. dr pepper

rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 11:35 (seven years ago)

smore

wtf?

Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 11:35 (seven years ago)

Steely Dan
The Beat Generation

calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 12:32 (seven years ago)

10. "democracy"
11. mac 'n cheese
12. sherrifs

Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 14:20 (seven years ago)

It's s'mores and it's short for some more.

tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 4 February 2018 15:43 (seven years ago)

13. those varsity jackets with a big letter on the front
14. propeller beanie hats

soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:10 (seven years ago)

15. grits

WilliamC, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:16 (seven years ago)

16. Shriners

https://s.hswstatic.com/gif/shriners-little-cars-1200x800.jpg

soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:18 (seven years ago)

monster trucks

ciderpress, Sunday, 4 February 2018 17:49 (seven years ago)

bison
bass fishing tournaments
Yellowstone Park

A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:06 (seven years ago)

Looney Tunes cartoons

A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:23 (seven years ago)

22. tipping

Haribo Hancock (sic), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:49 (seven years ago)

Mate,

https://i.imgur.com/kjgsMLQ.jpg

pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:27 (seven years ago)

I mean, don't forget 23. Indigenous Genocide, but, you know.

pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:28 (seven years ago)

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 (seven years ago)

and of course 25. egg creams

i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:36 (seven years ago)

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 (seven years ago)

26 white ppl
27 mayonnaise
28 conway twitty
29 all the bad things
30 no good things

sleepingbag, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:03 (seven years ago)

31 guns guns guns love guns need guns
32 sabermetrics
33 god

(Holland surely king of mayonnaise though, for better or for worse)

Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:12 (seven years ago)

34. (With drawl) PICKUP TRUCK. GIDDY UP COWBOY.

infinity (∞), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:13 (seven years ago)

35. 99.9% of all "cultural appropriation"

trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:13 (seven years ago)

36. $$$

trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:17 (seven years ago)

37. Road Trips
38. Self Help
39. Seminars on how to flip properties with no money down

Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:26 (seven years ago)

40. Hawaii

calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:29 (seven years ago)

41. Grand slams

calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:30 (seven years ago)

42. Brian Wilson

calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:38 (seven years ago)

43. drive-in cinemas

soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:42 (seven years ago)

44. john cena

i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:43 (seven years ago)

(19)45. the atomic bomb

Karl Malone, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:44 (seven years ago)

(19)46. Donald John Trump

infinity (∞), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:45 (seven years ago)

Just sayin some of these things aren't exclusively American. They're everybody's!

pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:45 (seven years ago)

47. Superhero movies for "grownups"

Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:46 (seven years ago)

48. jack kirby

i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:55 (seven years ago)

49. jack ruby

trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:55 (seven years ago)

27 mayonnaise

27 "ranch"

Number None, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:16 (seven years ago)

ranch-style houses

A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:19 (seven years ago)

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 (seven years ago)

https://i.imgur.com/IOlj6Lw.jpg

trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:28 (seven years ago)

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 (seven years ago)

... no-one else, that is.

Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:33 (seven years ago)

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 (seven years ago)

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 (seven years ago)

52. happy endings
53. late night shows
54. hyper-capitalism
55. "football"
56. "soccer"

Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:50 (seven years ago)

Italians
Irish

Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (seven years ago)

57. Barack Hussein Obama
58. Velveeta

droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (seven years ago)

Misuse of the collective clause when referring to sports teams

Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:52 (seven years ago)

Every nation seems to have its b-list comedy that doesn't escape its borders though

Saturday Night Live is b-list?

Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:09 (seven years ago)

'Math'

Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:09 (seven years ago)

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 (seven years ago)

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 (seven years ago)

what’s weird is that Americans IN AMERICA are not actually particularly loud, and it’s tempting to say it’s just relative but i’m not sure that’s the whole story

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 31 December 2024 13:49 (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

decibels are measured relative to background noise or etc etc

americans get very loud talking to americans maybe its that richard pryor thing about white ppl seeing other white ppl in africa. except they do it in america too.

english ppl, prob the non ilx type tbf, are louder than irish ppl (dubs) who are louder than ilx type english ppl who id guess are quieter than irish ppl (non dubs) i hope this helps

tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Tuesday, 31 December 2024 17:31 (five months ago)

can you please repeat all of that again, but much more loudly

z_tbd, Tuesday, 31 December 2024 17:32 (five months ago)

also maybe the misplaced idea that no one understands what they’re saying because they’re speaking English so they can just really go for it

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 31 December 2024 14:14 (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

hang on i have a post not quite about this but it does remind me of it

tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Tuesday, 31 December 2024 17:33 (five months ago)

Let's bitch about our stupid, annoying co-workers

from here down to the reveal "warrior poet" post

tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Tuesday, 31 December 2024 17:34 (five months ago)

(xps) Yes, the English are pretty loud too.

Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Tuesday, 31 December 2024 17:35 (five months ago)

"comfortably numb" is actually about how people need to speak up a bit

z_tbd, Tuesday, 31 December 2024 17:40 (five months ago)

Inside every Englishman there are two wolves; Giles from Buffy and a stag party

MJ Slenderman (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 31 December 2024 17:42 (five months ago)

"comfortably numb" is actually about how people need to speak up a bit

― z_tbd

hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way

Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 31 December 2024 17:54 (five months ago)

Just nod if you can hear me

meow mix-a-lot (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 31 December 2024 18:34 (five months ago)

everyone knows what a handkerchief is in theory, like they know the word, but no one actually has one or uses one

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 4 January 2025 13:06 (five months ago)

False; I am never without at least one* handkerchief. I sometimes even say it in an exaggeratedly drawn out way: hand-ker-chief.

* Ideally two: one for my own ick and messes, one kept clean to offer to another person who is in need of it. This could be a spill of champagne on an evening gown; it could also be to wipe away tears at an especially moving opera.

meow mix-a-lot (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 4 January 2025 14:15 (five months ago)

ok but you’re clearly a weirdo i’m talking like the other 99.9%

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 4 January 2025 14:23 (five months ago)

Never understood the concept of a handkerchief. Why would you want to keep something that’s filled with snot in your pocket? Kleenex is so much better.

The Whimsical Muse (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 4 January 2025 16:12 (five months ago)

here let me shake your hand but first let me put this crusty discolored handkerchief back in my pocket

brimstead, Saturday, 4 January 2025 16:16 (five months ago)

germphobia and constantly discarding things - both extremely american, good contributions to tt imo

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 4 January 2025 16:26 (five months ago)

haha yes

brimstead, Saturday, 4 January 2025 16:27 (five months ago)

spend $20 on 10 handkerchiefs, they’re softer on your nose and you’ll never need tissues again

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 4 January 2025 16:34 (five months ago)

germphobia and constantly discarding things - both extremely american, good contributions to tt imo


It’s not germophobia you have no idea the amount of snot I create I’d have to keep several simultaneous handkerchiefs because only one will get very full and damp soon.

The Whimsical Muse (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 4 January 2025 18:14 (five months ago)

Here's a non-American thing:

Toilet brushes

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 6 January 2025 18:42 (five months ago)

what

milms and foovies (sic), Monday, 6 January 2025 18:46 (five months ago)

what?

ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 6 January 2025 18:47 (five months ago)

Tracer, do you mean a brush you use in combination with toilet cleaner to scrub the toilet or something else entirely? Because if you mean the former, I have questions

ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 6 January 2025 18:48 (five months ago)

yes that is a toilet brush as i understand it

They seem kinda… optional in America

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 6 January 2025 19:02 (five months ago)

you may be frequenting different parts of america than me

ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 6 January 2025 19:06 (five months ago)

definitely had one in every home I've ever lived in, in fact I was tasked w/ cleaning the toilet as a kid using one lol

Riposte Malone (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 January 2025 19:11 (five months ago)

that some slobby Americans don't have them, and the interior of the toilet looks like a faded Rothko painting, well, that also doesn't surprise me. I've been to some houses where toilet upkeep seemed to be taken as more of a light suggestion

Riposte Malone (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 January 2025 19:12 (five months ago)

I have never not had a toilet brushed or noticed anyone else not having one? I just thought every bathroom everywhere had them.

I just actually LOL'd at this:

ok but you’re clearly a weirdo i’m talking like the other 99.9%

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, January 4, 2025 9:23 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 6 January 2025 19:21 (five months ago)

We have one in every bathroom and teach our kids to use them. I don't remember being in a lot of homes that didn't have them, other than grubby college houses maybe.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 6 January 2025 19:26 (five months ago)

lol was gonna say my mind immediately went to 'fratboys' when thinking of who didn't have them

Riposte Malone (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 January 2025 19:44 (five months ago)

My hotel room doesn’t have one but I guess they figure that’s not for you to do? I’m here for six days though lol

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 6 January 2025 19:59 (five months ago)

oh yeah hotels don't give a fuck

Riposte Malone (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 January 2025 20:08 (five months ago)

cos their staff does it

Riposte Malone (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 January 2025 20:09 (five months ago)

Well now a lot of places they ask if you want to save the entire planet by not having your room cleaned during your stay and I do want to save the entire planet so nobody’s cleaning the toilet sorry tmi

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 6 January 2025 20:10 (five months ago)

I mean you're allowed to flush it

Riposte Malone (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 January 2025 20:10 (five months ago)

NOW you tell me

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 6 January 2025 20:11 (five months ago)

tracer, I know you’re in las vegas

did you just do a vegas-style bowel movement and come to the realization the toilet brush is part of the housekeeper’s kit and not in each room of the hotel?

ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 6 January 2025 20:13 (five months ago)

I’m not going to be drawn on that question, I don’t think we should pre-judge. I have always maintained that the inquiry must be allowed to run its course

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 6 January 2025 20:16 (five months ago)

you could maybe get one or two housekeepers in the room, have one of them clean, have one of them take side action w/ you on how many brushes it takes to get it sparking clean

Riposte Malone (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 January 2025 20:26 (five months ago)

It’s okay tracer, I’ve wrecked many public toilets myself nothing to be ashamed of just how yer bowels are

The Whimsical Muse (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 6 January 2025 21:38 (five months ago)

What flushes in Vegas stays in Vegas

meow mix-a-lot (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 6 January 2025 23:10 (five months ago)

one can only hope

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 6 January 2025 23:49 (five months ago)

everyone knows what a handkerchief is in theory, like they know the word, but no one actually has one or uses one

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand)

of course i know what a handkerchief is, i'm never without my grey handkerchief in my right back jeans pocket

Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 7 January 2025 00:41 (five months ago)

my grandfathers carried them and I think my dad did, briefly. and me, when I was doing old man affectations for several months in elementary/middle school. I think I owned a pocket watch

ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 7 January 2025 00:44 (five months ago)

While we are on hotels, do hotels just not have bathroom exhaust fans anymore? Or have I just had bad luck my last several hotel stays?

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 7 January 2025 01:59 (five months ago)

Most hotels I've stayed at lately still have them, although one had only a standard forced air duct. I know some hotels don't like people leaving the exhaust fans on to create pleasant white noise to help fall asleep or so you can't hear your neighbors since that taxes the A/C or heat; some hotels even provide fancy white-noise generators to discourage use of the exhaust fan or HVAC for this purpose.

What I don't see much anymore in hotel bathrooms are those eerie infrared heat lamps

Lee626, Tuesday, 7 January 2025 03:01 (five months ago)

oh yeah, the sun lamp! I think those were very briefly a fad in houses in the 70s, too. I think the first time encountered one in a cheap motel as a kid I was amazed and asked my parents if we could have one at home. and then any time we stayed somewhere with one, they’d tell me I could only use it for a little bit. I don’t know if they thought it was actively bad for me, or if it was some Immortan Joe “do not get used to water” deal

ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 7 January 2025 03:05 (five months ago)

I do remember once chancing a flush on a possibly clogged toilet (no substance in it) and flooding the bathroom in my hotel room in Manila. I went downstairs to ask if they had a mop I could use to clean and they said don't worry about it and cleaned it up for me.

I imagine if I did that in a Days Inn in Ocala, FL, I'd be kissing cinderblock by the overworked housekeepers

Riposte Malone (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 7 January 2025 03:20 (five months ago)

xp - I had one installed in my home bathroom when it was renovated 10 years ago. I prefer them to the more common hot-air blowers as even heated air blowing on me feels a bit chilly at first when my body is wet fresh out of the shower. Hotels often put either of these on those ticking timer switches; not sure if it's because overuse is bad for you or they just don't want a 250-watt heat lamp or heater fan left on for a long time.

Lee626, Tuesday, 7 January 2025 03:23 (five months ago)

i had to learn about toilet brushes through roommates. we didn't have one growing up. i was the person who cleaned the toilet and i used a washcloth bc i didn't know what else to use. :(

Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 7 January 2025 15:03 (five months ago)

we did have a little bank of heat lamps tho. it stopped working at some point bc the bulbs were huge and my parents never replaced them.

Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 7 January 2025 15:04 (five months ago)


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