EleanorUnicorn
Well-Known Member
yeah dude i'm totally creaming right now lulz
Dammit guys! Stay on topic!
Oooo Monolith oooooooooo. Srsly guys. This is what's wrong with our country. Not enough love. Fo shizzle mah nizzle.
I've lived in the States and Finland, so I have two cultural points of reference. However, my place of residence in the US was the Bay Area in California, an area known for its liberal atmosphere and open mindedness, so my perception of life in the US may be biased in a way. But hey, it was California! I was mostly focused on enjoying the laid-back, sun-drenched side of it, seeing the natural wonders, and yes, even the grandeur of its big cities. Of course I absorbed the mainstream culture and media as well, willingly or unwillingly, and through that medium my perception of America as a nation was shaped (that, and I visited a multitude of other states as well).
As a few posters above have already pointed out, the influence of American mainstream pop culture is very invasive; it's impossible to ignore or escape. I try to turn a blind eye to the distasteful aspects of it such as the quasi-religious idol worship of spoiled pop/movie stars, sports figures and other such individuals, and only absorb what I personally find appealing. That includes music (ignoring most of the mainstream flavor of the month crap), movies and video games.
Based on everything I've seen and read, the entertainment industry and media in the US exists mostly to keep people distracted from the things that are truly relevant, the big social changes that are slowly being ushered in by the powers that be. It's unbelievably easy for those in positions of power to get away with murder, real or figurative, when everybody is looking the other way, or more precisely, staring blankly with glazed eyes and not seeing what is going on right in front of their eyes. It's almost like they've managed to breed us into a new, inferior form of humanity, a collective hive-mind of brainless, sugar binging, idol worshipping, materialistic, instant gratification seeking human zombies. Makes sense when you think about it: a nation of enlightened, empowered people with a healthy sense of purpose and identity would be much harder to control than a drooling pack of mindless drones.
But I digress I find many flaws in the American way of life and its influence outside of its borders, but it's not all bad. If we put aside the crooked politics, media and pop culture, it is a place of great natural beauty and man made marvels.
Finland, in many ways, emulates everything America does. It's like America junior on ice There are innumerable things here I'd like to change, too.. it's far from a paradise. It's tolerable, but I sometimes entertain the thought of living somewhere else.
I didn't understand half of that
I always understand everything you say Monolith. I can even understand the words left unspoken in the deepest places of your heart.I wonder if anyone else did, either
I always understand everything you say Monolith. I can even understand the words left unspoken in the deepest places of your heart.
I always understand everything you say Monolith. I can even understand the words left unspoken in the deepest places of your heart.
We share a special bond, you see Troll reads me like an open book, and if the book is closed, he uses his x-ray vision and reads it anyway!