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abrake@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

European Soccer Fans Marvel at the Splendor of America’s Suburbs

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abrake@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago
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  • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Of course a dude from Europe’s very own protestant hellscape is impressed by the Protestant Hellscape Prime that is the US

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    Splendor?

  • finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Lmao. “Splendor” is certainly a word that only a conservative-owned paper like WSJ would use to describe the suburbs.

    • ᛒᛚᚢᛖᛇᚦᛖᚱ (BlueÆther)@no.lastname.nz
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      yeah, been to both the US and Europe. I know where I’d prefer to be.

      • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world
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        That’s noted in the article as well though

        When Ron Visser and his American wife were weighing where to settle down—the U.S. or the Netherlands—they calculated that though Visser made about $40,000 less in the Netherlands than his wife did in the U.S., the difference in salaries was erased by an equivalent gap in standard of living.

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      As a European who has visited US suburbs, “splendor” is certainly not a word I’d use for them.

  • one_old_coder@piefed.social
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    One 2024 study showed that American portion sizes are 42% larger than those in France

    Hilarious article, but not something you should be proud of.

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    Vast and bountiful

    Is a wild way to completely miss the tone that was almost certainly attached to a Dutch guy saying

    Everything is three times the size

    Which I’m guessing is kinda the slightly bemused bewilderment tone you get when remarking on something ridiculous

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    Carbrain recognise carbrain.

  • crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Vast and bountiful? What bounty are you seeing? Wal-Mart?

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      They’re dutch, so I’m guessing just land

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    Archive link https://archive.is/deHiy

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