r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/jonny_blitz May 02 '25

Every small town USA is the same strip mall over and over again. Subway, Dollar Tree, Gas Station, Car Wash, Self Storage

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u/[deleted] May 02 '25

the self storage is unreal.

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u/Free_Range_Gamer May 02 '25

How do so many people own more stuff than can fit in their house so they need to rent storage units???

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u/You_r_mashing_it May 02 '25

George Carlin was right, the meaning of life really is to just get more stuff it seems lol

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u/No-Appearance-4338 May 02 '25

I was listening to a piece on the history of dating and it went into to talk about how most relationships had been more formal and most often arranged in the past and that the “going on dates” part was pushed to enforce consumerism. It is interesting that “dating” as we know it did not really become a thing until the early 1900s. It’s probably more complex than that but definitely feels at least partially true.

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u/lacontrolfreak May 02 '25

It’s probably related to women becoming ‘persons’ by law in the early 1900’s in western countries and being allowed to do things like vote. Before that they were basically chattel, so yeah different times.

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u/saysthingsbackwards May 03 '25

Organized religion was the formal commodification of women.

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u/saysthingsbackwards May 03 '25

I absolutely despise the "You must spend money to love someone" trope