As someone who has never been to America, growing up the only thing I had to judge American life were sitcoms where the "average Joe" was depicted as having a gaint two story house and having a ton of expensive shit on a single income.

It wasn't until Malcolm in the Middle that a non-rich family was even depicted as the norm.

"We were saving that money for our kids college" always confused me as a kid though, my thought was always "But wait, what if they can't afford to save for college? Do that just not get to go? That doesn't seem right. That would be too unfair."

[–] dustcommie@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

There was Roseanne, but I don't know if that was popular outside the US (ignoring Roseanne Barr currently and the "revival")

[–] Des@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago

stalin-stressed it still blows my mind she used to consider herself a "socialist"

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

It was around but I think it was before my time

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

I keep trying to think of who/what Roseanne is and my mind just starts playing the drum beat from Rosanna by Toto.

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