honestly it’s good to have these conversations. your perceptions of eachothers comeups are heavily influenced by propaganda. your new friend has it in his head that we all have luxury underwear. this is not an accident. one of the things i’ve been bonding with my foreign coworker over is she’s been realizing my rural american upbringing matches her own experiences in a lot of ways she didn’t anticipate because the media about what america is like that reached her focused on specific urban and suburban experiences that aren’t… real. that’s the thing with sitcoms and dramas that we export. they influence perceptions of how we live abroad and that can influence people to see here as something it isn’t. having these talks help build international solidarity
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Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Squorlple@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Real American wear Calvin Coolidge underwear
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 months ago
“Don’t expect to hold up the balls by pulling down the thong.”
-Calvin Coolidge
motor_spirit@lemmy.world 2 months ago
ladies love them calvins!
Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 months ago
We wear Calvin & Hobbes underwear, duh.
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 2 months ago
lol that’'s such a random assumption. It makes sense though from middle school onwards I thought victoria’s secret was “sexy” and popular with women since it was back then. When I went with my wife once I realized how garbage it was.
miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
It used to be Fruit of the Loom, but it’s too woke.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
OP, wtf, why are you not wearing your Calvin Kleins? And why are you misleading well-meaning Moldovans?
royalstingray@lemmy.world 2 months ago
[deleted]ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I just pray the authorities don’t learn of your foolhardy malfeasance.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sshhhh keep it on the US-only subs
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I feel like Hanes or Fruit of the Loom is the real national brand.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fruit of the Loom with the horn of plenty.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Nah thats such a mild assumption compared to some burger land stereotypes i know.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You can pry these Fruit of the Looms from my cold dead thighs.
MrMobius@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
That man has seen Back to the Future!
morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
pretty sure everyone in Australia wears aussieBum at this rate
lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Competition leads to monopoly which leads to imperialism or something, I never read Lenin
Sonor@lemmy.world 2 months ago
How did you guys meet?
royalstingray@lemmy.world 2 months ago
[deleted]Sonor@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ah, so it’s a language exchange kinda thing. Good for you guys :)
josefo@leminal.space 2 months ago
All Americans eat their meat red? It’s like they don’t know how to properly cook it without leaving it as a dry rubber shoe.
ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Someone just watched Back To The Future II.
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Isn’t it in the 1? I’m getting Alzheimer’s…
KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It is.
AntiGuide@feddit.org 2 months ago
It is. Part 1 plays in the past, 2 in the future and 3 yee haw
ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Ah damn, you are correct.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Or Fight Club. Or Barbie. Or
productplacementblog.com/tag/calvin-klein/