name one thing that is part of “american culture” (other than bringing military to football games which only countries like north korea do), I’ll wait… :)
I also implore you to research everything on that list and its origin or credit for widespread use, starting with the one you critiqued:
"The ice cream float was invented by Robert M. Green in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1874 during the Franklin Institute's semicentennial celebration. The traditional story is that, on a particularly hot day, Green ran out of ice for the flavored drinks he was selling and instead used vanilla ice cream from a neighboring vendor, inventing a new drink.[3]"
Cheers for admitting your ignorance and willing to expand on it, and showing you haven't been a member of the national identity (which is THE ONLY ONE in the world where most of its members believe ANYONE can assimilate to, regardless of untenable characteristics):
- Ways of Eating Food: Tailgating, Cookouts, Drive-Thrus, Clam Bake
- Sports: American Football, Hockey, Pickleball, Lacrosse, Baseball, Basketball, Motorsports (Nascar, Indy), Skateboarding and Snowboarding
- Holidays and Celebrations: Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, Presidents Day, Memorial Day as a colloquial "start" of Summer and all the events in it, Labor Day as a colloquial "end" of Summer and all the events in it, Black Friday
- Technology: The pioneer in modern technology, from Silicon Valley to patent protections worldwide
- Military: Being exceptionalist in a Pax Americana era, being proud of our military and our might on the world stage - even at the expense of our own socialization (B2 bomber compilation with the text "Russia/China/Iran is about to see why we don't have free healthcare")
- Media: America is by far the world's largest exporter of culture with its reign on TV, movie, and music popularity and influence worldwide. If that's not culture to you, you're fundamentally disingenuous.
- Beliefs: Strong individualism ("the individual is the primary unit"), fundamental distrust in government and a shared collective identity in those against it, free-speech absolutism, the right of firearms to protect against real-danger and government tyranny, belief that there is "always better" and to strive for it with a "Can-Do" attitude, the idea that ANYONE can be American regardless of traits, while every other culture on Earth strongly conforms to their own - American has a unique embrace of all other cultures (which, itself, is a culture)
- Out-of-household activities and beliefs: Drive-In Movies, Road trips, out-of-household services has a huge belief on tipping
- Work-life: Strong meritocracy belief (those who work hard will be rewarded), first-name basis with equals and superiors, 9-to-5 identity, side hustles and multiple jobs
- Language: Regional dialects, no official language
It's clear those 5 decades haven't much to show for themselves.
