3 Weird Things About Americans

Posted on July 17, 2006
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One. They’ve got some seriously weird trash shows like Maury and Jerry Springer.Two. They talk to their dogs… (WTFish?!) … and the best part is that they both seem to understand each other. Amazing but seriously weird.

Three. They chill in grave yards as if the grave yard is a place for a picnic. When I was at NYC, I visited Trinity Church and to my utter amazement people were sitting down on the benches and chilling in the grave yard. Pinktoes told me that back in the day she sometimes used to go there to chill with her friends after school. The high school she used to study in is right across the street. Isn’t it a little creepy to date and chill in a place where you’re surrounded by dead people? What about things like respect for the dead? Seriously what’s up with that? Double WTFish?!! Amazing but seriously weird.

Americans… No disrespect intended okay =p

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12 Responses to “3 Weird Things About Americans”

  1. shlemazl on July 17th, 2006 8:01 am

    Don’t you guys talk to animals and visit graveyards?

  2. Drima on July 17th, 2006 9:09 am

    Shlemazl,

    Off course we talk to animals but not so feverishly. We don’t go to the extent of having a conversation with an animal LOL. If we say something then it’s just more like “shosh” or “go away” but not a whole “I love and do you love me back conversation” … that was just funny witnessing.

    And grave yards… Yes obviously we do go there but not to sit down on the benches and chill. People were sitting in Trinity Church’s graveyard as if it’s a picnic park. Have you been there?

  3. mandelism on July 17th, 2006 12:51 pm

    nothing wrong with talking my animals..its a form of showing love n passion for animals. i think its a good trait of a civilazation :)
    and certainly, poison for some peeps are food for others ( or isst the other way around )
    so..jerry springer might stun u with its stupidity, but being able to laugh at one’s ownself shows maturity , open mindedness.. and in a way..stupidity as well :p lolz

    `~

  4. Aimster on July 17th, 2006 8:51 pm

    I talk to my cats. And so do u Drima!! hahahaha
    except as u said, it’s usually “go away!” hahaha

  5. Finnpundit on July 17th, 2006 9:48 pm

    Hey, in China and other parts of the Far East they not only hang out in graveyards, but often bring a picnic, and make an offering of food and drink to the dead relatives in the graves. So it’s not that much of an American trait.

    The Chinese, however, don’t talk to their dogs: sometimes they just eat them.

  6. hipster on July 18th, 2006 12:40 am

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  7. hipster on July 18th, 2006 12:42 am

    Drima,Im Sudanese yet I talk to my plants n pat them.Ain’t nuthin wrong with communicating with the other species:P

  8. chellebelle on July 18th, 2006 2:51 pm

    Trashy TV makes us all feel better about ourselves. Here is how it works. The job is getting you down, your husband and you have stopped having sex, your kids are jerks and you are generally disatisfied with your life..a great way to cheer up is to watch hoodrats and trailer trash figure out which of thier fellow hood rats and trailer trash got them pregnant. Watching these show you think, “my life is bad but it aint that bad” and if perchance it is that bad, you comfort yourself with the fact that you have sense not to make a fool of yourself on TV.

    Ever consider the idea that our dogs like everything we Americans have are simply superior to your dogs and really do communicate with us? (tongue planted firmly in cheek)

    First of all why are you afraid of graveyards? Its full of dead people!! The only thing to fear is your imagination.

    I dont think taking lunch in graveyards is really all that common in the USA but rather a phenomena of NYC where greenspace is limited. I know people that go to graveyards, (I admit I did when I was a kid, we would play games to see who could find the person who died youngest or oldest or on your birthday, ect. ect,)but we dont eat in them here in the Midwest.

  9. jodetoad on July 18th, 2006 10:51 pm

    Here in the high desert, graveyards are usually too hot to hang out in. But sometimes we’ll walk there, and look at the names and dates, and think about things. I don’t think we are uncomfortable about the idea of people being dead. There is no disrespect intended. We think of them as places of peace.

    I cracked up over what you said about animals. Probably most of us in the US like animals. Most who are able have pets. I have always had at least 2-3 since I was young. Of course I talk to them, and they have ways of talking back (except reptiles and fish). They never lie, they are never hypocritical, they are loving and loyal, mostly they are cooperative, and frequently downright helpful. For instance, horseback riding when the horse is your friend is a great experience.

    The raccoons here try to invade the garage at night, so I’ll take my German Shepherd, Bennie, to help me chase them off. Raccoons are not afraid of people, and are not safe to fool around with. But they ARE afraid of Bennie. He also keeps they coyotes away. So naturally I tell him, “Thanks, Bennie, good job.” He knows his job, and is proud of himself when the raccoons leave. Between him and the others, I don’t have to be concerned about thieves, either. They warn me if a rattlesnake is around, and often point out other animals and birds I wouldn’t notice.

  10. halalhippie on July 19th, 2006 11:44 am

    re: graveyards, come to think of it. The German word is “Friedhof” = garden/yard of peace. Spirits only trouble you if you have an issue with them.

  11. The Raccoon on July 19th, 2006 6:50 pm

    Thank you, jodetoad, I will pass this info on to the Raccoonish Conspiracy Council. Bennie, eh?

    No Raccoon chaser shall go unpunished! ;)

  12. Hello Again Chicago : The Sudanese Thinker on October 27th, 2007 1:50 am

    […] Speaking of death, grave yards here are so damn nice. They are so green and tidy. Maybe that’s why some Americans love them as appropriate picnic destinations and dating spots. […]

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