What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
Jan 13th 2005, 2:22 pm
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Re: What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
Originally Posted by Duncs
WORK CONSUME WORK CONSUME WORK CONSUME WORK CONSUME WORK CONSUME... 
One other thing to mention would be many of our interest in saving for retirement- so that we don't have to work, and can travel, take it easy and enjoy the grandkids.
Jan 13th 2005, 5:12 pm
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Re: What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
Most of them are motivated by the American Dream....pretend you have loads of stuff, nice car, big house, boat etc....but really you are in debt up to your eyeballs and its all a front - I should imagine some of them secretly wish they had "downsized" the dream before they got themselves into so much financial shit!
Secondly, going hand in hand with the first part, fame is big on the agenda for a lot of Americans, a wish to be living it up with Tom Cruise and all of that gang. This one is particularly applicable in California, where all the people (in my experience) are choppers and are always talking about how their mum's cousin's best friends sister is good buddies with some obscure movie star...whoopy do, you fake LA weirdos!
Secondly, going hand in hand with the first part, fame is big on the agenda for a lot of Americans, a wish to be living it up with Tom Cruise and all of that gang. This one is particularly applicable in California, where all the people (in my experience) are choppers and are always talking about how their mum's cousin's best friends sister is good buddies with some obscure movie star...whoopy do, you fake LA weirdos!
Jan 13th 2005, 5:46 pm
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Re: What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
Originally Posted by Englishmum
Starting today (Wed 12th Jan at 3pm ET) on the BBC World Service is a series called "The State of the Union" where the journalist visits a turkey farm, attends a service at the world's biggest gay and lesbian church, goes on border patrol and stays on a cowboy ranch.
This sounds just about as revealing as all those surveys taken in which 1,036 Americans are polled about this, that and the other and the results are presented as fact. Never mind that the population is around 280 million. I will honestly never understand how people think that a population this large and diverse can be pigeon-holed into anything defined as "typical" or "ordinary".
~ Jenney
Jan 13th 2005, 5:52 pm
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Re: What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
[QUOTE=Jenney & Mark I will honestly never understand how people think that a population this large and diverse can be pigeon-holed into anything defined as "typical" or "ordinary".
~ Jenney[/QUOTE]
Me either. And you know what is really scary to me.....is that my MIL is going to probably watch this program and will think its spot on factual because the BBC did it.
As I said, its racist tv at its best.
~ Jenney[/QUOTE]
Me either. And you know what is really scary to me.....is that my MIL is going to probably watch this program and will think its spot on factual because the BBC did it.
As I said, its racist tv at its best.
Jan 13th 2005, 5:56 pm
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Re: What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
As I said, its racist tv at its best.
Jan 13th 2005, 7:51 pm
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Re: What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
Originally Posted by Bob
but at least The Will got canned....
Jan 13th 2005, 9:24 pm
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Re: What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
Originally Posted by nxylas
It did? The missus and I saw the trailer for that and our jaws were both on the floor. Every time we think reality TV has plumbed the depths of tastelessness, they come out with something worse.
Jan 14th 2005, 12:02 am
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Re: What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
OK what about....... (Think Malibu, California).........
Flirt,engaged, big diamond, marriage, divorce. Keep house and get alimony.......
Flirt, engaged, bigger diamond, Marriage, Divorce, Get car , House and larger alimony...
Flirt, engaged, even bigger diamond, Marriage, Divorce, Get cars , Houses and larger alimony...
Flirt, engaged, whopper of a diamond, Marriage, Divorce, Get cars , Houses and larger alimony with million dollar lump sum, and servants....
Write a book about how to succeed in your marriage and make millions...
Flirt,engaged, big diamond, marriage, divorce. Keep house and get alimony.......
Flirt, engaged, bigger diamond, Marriage, Divorce, Get car , House and larger alimony...
Flirt, engaged, even bigger diamond, Marriage, Divorce, Get cars , Houses and larger alimony...
Flirt, engaged, whopper of a diamond, Marriage, Divorce, Get cars , Houses and larger alimony with million dollar lump sum, and servants....
Write a book about how to succeed in your marriage and make millions...
Jan 14th 2005, 12:29 am
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Re: What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
Originally Posted by honeymommy
OK what about....... (Think Malibu, California).........
Flirt,engaged, big diamond, marriage, divorce. Keep house and get alimony.......
Flirt, engaged, bigger diamond, Marriage, Divorce, Get car , House and larger alimony...
Flirt, engaged, even bigger diamond, Marriage, Divorce, Get cars , Houses and larger alimony...
Flirt, engaged, whopper of a diamond, Marriage, Divorce, Get cars , Houses and larger alimony with million dollar lump sum, and servants....
Write a book about how to succeed in your marriage and make millions...
Flirt,engaged, big diamond, marriage, divorce. Keep house and get alimony.......
Flirt, engaged, bigger diamond, Marriage, Divorce, Get car , House and larger alimony...
Flirt, engaged, even bigger diamond, Marriage, Divorce, Get cars , Houses and larger alimony...
Flirt, engaged, whopper of a diamond, Marriage, Divorce, Get cars , Houses and larger alimony with million dollar lump sum, and servants....
Write a book about how to succeed in your marriage and make millions...
NC Penguin
Jan 14th 2005, 12:35 am
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Re: What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
I think you omitted to mention the numerous plastic surgeries and crack habit...
Jan 14th 2005, 2:40 am
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Re: What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
Originally Posted by Bob
price these days, that's a lot of drugs then
A lot of husbands to pay you mean....
I knew a woman who had married 5 times... She had matching earings from hubby 1 and 2. A pendant from number 3, a larger pendant from number 4 and hadn't decided what she would do with number five yet... I mean the diamond not the hubby. She had already divorced him for prospective number 6....!!!!!
She had kicked the drug habit after number 2 who supposedly abused her. The plastic surgery was an ongoing thing though...
Oh and I almost added the drugs and plastic surgery to the last post but thought it may seem a little OTT... ROFLMAO!!!!
Jan 14th 2005, 3:29 am
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Re: What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
I thought painkillers were the 'in' drug with the soccer mum set. Or am I watching too much Oprah?
Jan 14th 2005, 4:24 am
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Re: What pre-occupies and motivates ordinary Americans?
Originally Posted by Jenney & Mark
...This sounds just about as revealing as all those surveys taken in which 1,036 Americans are polled about this, that and the other and the results are presented as fact...
