How "Foreign" is the USA ?
Apr 10th 2015 | 8:53 am
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
I heard an interesting talk from Stuart Cosgrove on BBC today. According to him the USA is deeply foreign. He was talking specifically about Race Relations and one of the recent shootings by a cop.
His line is that initially the US seems similar because of language etc, but that other attitudes (particularly on race) are deeply alien to those of us from this side of the Great Pond.
What say you ?
His line is that initially the US seems similar because of language etc, but that other attitudes (particularly on race) are deeply alien to those of us from this side of the Great Pond.
What say you ?
Hardly ever do you see a mixed bunch of people. Find it quite odd really.
Maybe just a Texan thing
Apr 10th 2015 | 8:54 am
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
I'll give you The Times, fantastic newspaper.
Apr 10th 2015 | 10:36 am
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
One thing I have noticed when out eating or drinking is that there rarely seems a table of mixed races. Maybe it's different at lunchtime when people from work seem to wander out to eat together but in the restaurants during the evening there will be tables of white people, tables of black people, asian people etc etc.
Hardly ever do you see a mixed bunch of people. Find it quite odd really.
Maybe just a Texan thing
Hardly ever do you see a mixed bunch of people. Find it quite odd really.
Maybe just a Texan thing
Lunch time you will see more as lunch tends to be more co-workers and friends getting together so you tend to see more mixed groups.
Also some people once into their mid 20's, just don't see or do a lot with friends, they work, they spend time with family and go back to work.
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Apr 10th 2015 | 1:09 pm
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
Happens all over the US and Canada, an evening meal is typically a family meal so makes sense you'd see mostly people of the same race.
Lunch time you will see more as lunch tends to be more co-workers and friends getting together so you tend to see more mixed groups.
Also some people once into their mid 20's, just don't see or do a lot with friends, they work, they spend time with family and go back to work.
Lunch time you will see more as lunch tends to be more co-workers and friends getting together so you tend to see more mixed groups.
Also some people once into their mid 20's, just don't see or do a lot with friends, they work, they spend time with family and go back to work.
Apr 10th 2015 | 3:36 pm
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Apr 10th 2015 | 3:38 pm
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
Talking of media, the average American has little or no knowledge of events happening outside of its territorial boundaries.
Most news programs focus on, first, local news (for the nearest big city working outwards) and then national news stories. Only if an American is affected does it go beyond that - or it's a big wnough story that it warrants international attention.
"An American citizen broke a nail while vacationing in France today - here's a 10 minute report from our correspondent. After that, we report on the earthquake that killed 10,000 foreigners"!!!!!
Most news programs focus on, first, local news (for the nearest big city working outwards) and then national news stories. Only if an American is affected does it go beyond that - or it's a big wnough story that it warrants international attention.
"An American citizen broke a nail while vacationing in France today - here's a 10 minute report from our correspondent. After that, we report on the earthquake that killed 10,000 foreigners"!!!!!
Apr 10th 2015 | 6:31 pm
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
Billboards!!! Culture of strip clubs. Billboards with half naked woman advertising strip clubs. 
Hooters.
Hooters.
Apr 10th 2015 | 11:26 pm
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Apr 10th 2015 | 11:56 pm
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Well not sure how popular but they are certainly heavily advertised at least in the south. There are also loads of Hooters which I don't believe would go down well (rightly so) in the UK.
All billboards are horrible in my opinion and really should be banned again in my opinion.
All billboards are horrible in my opinion and really should be banned again in my opinion.
Apr 11th 2015 | 12:43 am
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
Well not sure how popular but they are certainly heavily advertised at least in the south. There are also loads of Hooters which I don't believe would go down well (rightly so) in the UK.
All billboards are horrible in my opinion and really should be banned again in my opinion.
All billboards are horrible in my opinion and really should be banned again in my opinion.
I remember the first time I drove across Missouri, noticing billboards that were either Christian nonsense or sex shop ads.
Apr 11th 2015 | 12:55 am
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
I'm pretty sure this is just a southern or red state thing. It is either illegal in normal places (New York or New England, for instance) or just not a part of the culture.
I remember the first time I drove across Missouri, noticing billboards that were either Christian nonsense or sex shop ads.
I remember the first time I drove across Missouri, noticing billboards that were either Christian nonsense or sex shop ads.
The Pac NW of the US has some, but nothing on the scale of the Southern states, and when they do exist up this way, they are mostly for cell phone companies, airlines, cars, hotels and things of that sort.
We have Hooter's in Canada though, but none in BC though and only 3 locations nationwide 2 of which are in conservative Alberta.
Seems to be a theme of conservative regions, but I thought religious folks were against this sort of thing?
Apr 11th 2015 | 2:08 am
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
One thing I have noticed when out eating or drinking is that there rarely seems a table of mixed races. Maybe it's different at lunchtime when people from work seem to wander out to eat together but in the restaurants during the evening there will be tables of white people, tables of black people, asian people etc etc.
Hardly ever do you see a mixed bunch of people. Find it quite odd really.
Maybe just a Texan thing
Hardly ever do you see a mixed bunch of people. Find it quite odd really.
Maybe just a Texan thing
Where do you eat?
Apr 11th 2015 | 4:40 am
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
Billboards do seem exceptionally popular in the South.
The Pac NW of the US has some, but nothing on the scale of the Southern states, and when they do exist up this way, they are mostly for cell phone companies, airlines, cars, hotels and things of that sort.
We have Hooter's in Canada though, but none in BC though and only 3 locations nationwide 2 of which are in conservative Alberta.
Seems to be a theme of conservative regions, but I thought religious folks were against this sort of thing?
The Pac NW of the US has some, but nothing on the scale of the Southern states, and when they do exist up this way, they are mostly for cell phone companies, airlines, cars, hotels and things of that sort.
We have Hooter's in Canada though, but none in BC though and only 3 locations nationwide 2 of which are in conservative Alberta.
Seems to be a theme of conservative regions, but I thought religious folks were against this sort of thing?
When we were there last we passed by a Hooters and my husband asked my father what that meant because surely it couldn't mean what he thought it did.
