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M. Nolan Gray 🥑
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As a result of the American middle class being so much larger, wealthier, and culturally more diverse than their peers in any given European country, we produce far more expressive consumption. We're weirder and have the resources to physically manifest this weirdness.
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Rachel Moiselle
@RachelMoiselle
I think sometimes, living in the anglosphere, there is an assumption that culturally we are more aligned with other English-speaking countries than we actually are. I think it was infinitely easier for me to adjust to studying in Belgium, even with having classes in Dutch, than x.com/tjernlund/stat…
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑
@mnolangray
It's striking how much discourse on here is generated by happy young women doing things: those Australian women dancing in the office, sororities doing dance routines, this woman and her goofy dorm room, etc. You would think these clips are Great Books!
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Will Tjernlund
@Tjernlund
People are getting interior designers for their dorm rooms now
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Conventional Takes
@conventionaltke
If this is all downstream of wealth it’s a bit odd that having a roommate in dorms is (or at least was until recently) pretty common in the US and unheard of in most of Europe.
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑
@mnolangray
Europeans live with their parents through college. This American college student seems to have her own bedroom in what looks to be a very new dorm building.
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Zak Yudhishthu
@zyudhishthu
But interestingly, lots of weird culture seems to come from people who don’t make much money (artists)… so how much does money really matter for that?
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