Someone Asks “What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn’t For The US?” And 30 People Answer

Gender reveal party = celebrating the baby's genitals. Weird s**t, if you think about it

If they had invented it, it would have probably had unskippable ads. Lots of them!

"Many mistakenly think America’s Yellowstone National Park is the oldest in the world but there’s one that was created a century earlier. Established by the Mongolian government in 1778, the area surrounding Bogd Khan Uul Biosphere Reserve is actually the oldest in the world. It is located south of the capital, Ulaanbaatar, and takes three to four hours to hike. You’ll find many cultural sites surrounding the park, including the ruins of Manzushir Monastery, Buddha Park, and Zaisan Memorial."

The patent is American (Levi Strauss, XIX Century). But that particular kind of fabric emerged around three centuries prior, between the Italian city of Genoa and the french city of Nîmes. (Edit: dates, I didn't remember the date of the patent correctly)

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I'll give them this one because the title says 'America' and not 'the US'. Peanut butter can traced back as far as the the Aztec.

It would be even more popular if it included BOTH of the ingredients it is named after!

It was extremely common in Europe before the Americas were even discovered. When the colonists travelled to the new world, it was those people gabbing a snack at the port of Hamburg that carried the idea over the pond. I would argue that America made the cheap, poorly made hamburger popular, but not the hamburger.

What about anime? Has that been around longer than the American comics, or is that genre not considered a superhero like medium? *Edit to add - my question here is not about anime being first, but that if it was already popular internationally then the US didn’t necessarily contribute something unique? I’m not versed enough in anime or manga to say if there is any kind of superhero similarities.

Disneyland in the USA opened in 1955. Disneyland Paris opened in 1992.

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Or, y’know, the internet.

Okay. I'll give you that one.

Hip hop is art, and just like any other form of art, it’s subjective. You don’t have to like it or understand it, but you will shake your a*s when Rump Shaker comes on I don’t give a f*** who you are 😂

Isn't Spam originally British?

I think you'll find that was actually Germany. From there it spread throughout Europe, then moved westward to the Americas.

The who??

I only know them from memes and jokes. I'm German and we have our own Z-List-Celebs. ;)

I’d kind of say fascinated horror mixed with bemusement rather than hate. Hate is a big word. Save it for dictators (staring right at ya, Vlad) and mosquitos. And maybe middle aged spread.😉

Downvote the fake b/\#!es.

ppl give these chicks too much power.

HOLY CR^P... Are three of them the same person?

Stepford Phonies.

In the balance of interest I'm going to post a positive comment about the Kardashians - nope, can't bring myself to do it, and seeking immediate psychiatric help for the random passing thought ;)

We're sorry

Why are the Kardashians famous?!

So do a lot of us from the U.S. Hate isn't the right word, but just "yuck." Yuck, the worst of us shown everywhere.

I think the world has always had wh0res, the USA televised them

You can have these back as well.

I second that world!

Puke

Not all of us like the Kardashians! Please don’t blame the majority for the interests of the minority and please don’t stereotype the rest of us, based on the few who do follow the Kardashians’ careers with some interest!

As a French, I call them ''the Kardachiantes'' , ''chiante'' being a slur word meaning ''ultra annoying '' but really not kind at all

We do!

The Who was a musical group, I think.

Taste the meat, not the heat.

Me and my Gibson's, looking at this condescendingly.

Alas.

death metal, thrash metal (Slayerrrr)

We don't "hate" you. We just like to bring you back down à notch or two when your superiority complex goes overboard. 😇

Proof that not "popular" things are "nice" things.

Don't forget waterboarding...

As a commercial enterprise, yes. Samhain, it's root, is Irish.

It's not like there weren't other towns and cities names Hollywood before. OP is most likely refering to movie industry based in town called Hollywood, California.

No, other countries have "Debutante" dances at a similar age. The name has perhaps changed, and more decorations maybe, but the event was there.

I question your understanding of the word "popular". Maybe "tolerated".

Nope. Didn't work in physical shops. Only online. (In Belgium anyway)

These 53 BP Posts = "POPULAR". ... Not, 'x' also exists, or, "it wasn't first".

I thought the Irish hated it when Americans claim to be Irish?

Yeah, the 7 main servers that control The internet are located in the good old USA thanks to ARPANET. This is obviously due to the fact that one Telephone and Telegraph company held a monopoly over. The US, and it was easy for them to connect everything. They also owned Bell labs, the birthplace of UNIX and the C programming language.

Granted. Very important. For those who do not know, the original that inspired Linux, which now is the system that runs most of internet and cloud.

"... if you mention pizza people are gonna think about the thick crust style that Italian Americans created in lower Manhattan ..." No they're not.

I was just going to mention space exploration.

That statistic means it is popular to Americans.

Yeasss!

I wouldn't necessarily say so. People have been doing that for literal millennia.