this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
111 points (99.1% liked)

Showerthoughts

29728 readers
482 users here now

A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. Avoid politics
    1. NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
    2. Political posts often end up being circle jerks (not offering unique perspective) or enflaming (too much work for mods).
    3. Try c/politicaldiscussion, volunteer as a mod here, or start your own community.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct-----

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
vatlark@lemmy.world
forkball@lemmy.world
quinten@lemmy.world
Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world
111
Social differences even between coasts are massive (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
74 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Buddy of mine and I were chatting on Discord and we ended up having a conversation about this topic.

Namely imagine you just put two people in a room. One from New Jersey and one from LA and observe

Wild how different cultures can be even inside a country.

What do y’all think? Is it due to the size of the US (geographically)?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’m gonna make the argument that cultures between the us and other countries are also massively different in a lot of ways :)

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As an outsider, the us just seems like a different version of europe, culturally

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think there are some easy social cognates for sure but I think there are also lots of differences in attitudes and speaking styles. Social expectations, public considerations, govt expectations, etc etc

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Someone from the UK I once knew told me this:

I woke up in my quite used to be a farm town exoburb, went to the shuttle to JFK through Manhattan, got on a flight to New Orleans, drove two hours to go visit my swamp living inlaws. So I am sitting on their boat and it just occurs to me that this is all one country.