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- Aug 2, 2021
American shit is only "bland" or "boring if you look at it from the perspective of someone who's been immersed in US culture (either by virtue of being American, or exposure via American media). It's not fair to say that there's no culture. If you travel the US you'll find all sorts of interesting and distinct regions. Unfortunately television, the internet, and especially franchising has somewhat diluted it, but it's still there.It's called being a modern amerimutt. Null said it better, Ralph and other mutts like him have no significant heritage, culture or history beyond crass consumerism so whenever they go they export the same bland materialism to other countries to not feel uncomfortable. They can't survive outside america so the rest of the world must become just as bland as them. If Ralph acted the way he does with how he treats people and especially women he would actually get attacked or even killed by the aggrieved family outside the US.
Foreigners only really see American culture through the lens of mass media, which is mostly from California, so they inherit a skewed Californian view of what the rest of the country is like.
Yes the fusion culture of the US is relatively new, measured in a few centuries rather than millennia, but it's still valid.
Again this is Ethan Ralph. The only war journalism he’d manage to cover is if Russian troops occupy the hotel he’s staying in and disrupt his kiwi farms browsing and then it’ll be absolute shit tier coverage:
“Look at this they got troops all up in here. Like damn. I was just getting ready to go to bed but yoooo is that a tank? Guys they have a tank here.”
Gunt is too stupid to even find Ukraine probably. He was surprised that they drive on the right side of the road in Portugal, because apparently to him Europe == England.
Time to get a Rascal Ralph if some streets are too much of a challenge for you because they're a bit steep.
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Lisbon does have some pretty fucking steep streets. It's a lot like San Francisco -- walk around the hills enough enough and you will get tired even if you aren't a fat fuck. Fortunately like San Francisco they didn't trash all of their public transit network in the 20th century, and managed to save even more of theirs, and you can see in this photo they also have a lot of great tramways, funiculars, and elevators to help you get around. The Santa Justa Lift is a local landmark.
Tram route 28 is amazing: