The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 个月前The devil went down to Georgialemmy.worldimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1673arrow-down111
arrow-up1662arrow-down1imageThe devil went down to Georgialemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 个月前message-square95fedilink
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·1 个月前That uniquely “American” trait is just called optimism by people who don’t fixate on a mythical monoculture.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 个月前But Americans are, like, really optimistic.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 个月前Most Americans haven’t read Candide these days. It used to be much more popular
minus-squareRookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 个月前This is not optimism. It’s more irreverence. Which is honestly something we need more of these days. Everyone’s so goddamn serious.
That uniquely “American” trait is just called optimism by people who don’t fixate on a mythical monoculture.
But Americans are, like, really optimistic.
Most Americans haven’t read Candide these days. It used to be much more popular
This is not optimism. It’s more irreverence. Which is honestly something we need more of these days. Everyone’s so goddamn serious.