How much value do you place in culture? - General

Britain's culture is all but lost, these days. In the more remote parts of Wales, Ireland, and Scotland there still remain those who keep the old traditions and cultural festivals, but it's not common.

[QUOTE=robowurmz;22484325]Britain's culture is all but lost, these days. In the more remote parts of Wales, Ireland, and Scotland there still remain those who keep the old traditions and cultural festivals, but it's not common.[/QUOTE] You don't often come up to Scotland, do you? If you did, you'd know how wrong that statement is.

It all depends on how good the food is

There is a huge difference between your current culture and you heritage. Take a Latino American youth for example, they have South American heritage so they will always have family/friends/themselves who celebrate customs and values of that heritage, its a constant and its rarely changes. There is no way you can change your heritage, its you "spots" or your DNA. Culture can change all the time, lots of Latino Americans turn to hip hop or other forms of music and activities which define their culture, mostly by their friends/area/music/food/affluence. Your culture can change all the time, you could grow out of it, you could move away, culture rarely follows you, you tend to move into it. As for large groups, thats no big deal, nothing lasts forever, this "americanisation" is just another progression into the future, it happened decades ago with other cultures when they where desperate to try change their skin colour to pale because they wanted to be "Smart". Now look, people are tending to stay to their heritage and cultures more now then ever before. [editline]12:10AM[/editline] btw, latino americans were a generalization, i know very little about their culture.

Oh God I could write paragraphs about this. Americans have culture, I'll just leave it at that. [editline]10:11AM[/editline] [QUOTE=robowurmz;22484325]Britain's culture is all but lost, these days. In the more remote parts of Wales, Ireland, and Scotland there still remain those who keep the old traditions and cultural festivals, but it's not common.[/QUOTE] Culture changes, it's not dying, it's simply adapting.

My family has no heritage. We're Spanish, English, Welsh, Czech, Jewish, Protestant, and pretty much everything else. And Even my grandparents were atheists.

I don't really see any point in culture or tradition. Eat the food you like, do the things you want and believe what you wish.

ITT: People who are trying to be "hip" and "different" by saying they don't have/place value in culture or tradition, even though it's impossible not to be in some form of culture or tradition. [editline]01:24PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Metaphysix;22487521]I don't really see any point in culture or tradition. Eat the food you like, do the things you want and believe what you wish.[/QUOTE] Because if you don't eat McDonalds, drive a Ford, and go to church every week that clearly means you aren't in American culture. [editline]01:24PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Uberslug;22487448]My family has no heritage. We're Spanish, English, Welsh, Czech, Jewish, Protestant, and pretty much everything else. And Even my grandparents were atheists.[/QUOTE] That just means you have a lot of heritage.

[QUOTE=Uberslug;22487448]My family has no heritage. We're Spanish, English, Welsh, Czech, Jewish, Protestant, and pretty much everything else. And Even my grandparents were atheists.[/QUOTE] You should explore them.

[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;22489559]ITT: People who are trying to be "hip" and "different" by saying they don't have/place value in culture or tradition, even though it's impossible not to be in some form of culture or tradition.[/QUOTE] Yeah that's why you're supposed to be passively part of one not embracing it. I swear there's nothing more annoying than my idiot friend deciding that because his distant family was Australian, he's going to talk in a faked Australian accent whenever he can. THOSE are the people trying to be cool.

It's kind of hard to know exactly where I'm from. My mother was adopted as a baby and my dad's parents didn't place to much value on their heritage. I think I'm mostly German and Norwegian, but I don't know more than that.

do what you want. that's about it

My country has lots of culture. Fat, grease covered food culture. :scotland:

[QUOTE=greendevil;22480160]Ehh, America doesn't really have culture like other countries do.[/QUOTE] Not true, most Americans associate the number 7 with good luck, and generally use "on the count of 3" for actions and events.

[QUOTE=greendevil;22480160]Ehh, America doesn't really have culture like other countries do.[/QUOTE] Of course it does, you just don't think so because you were brought up in America, so it's the "default" for you.

[QUOTE=CivilProtection;22505551]Of course it does, you just don't think so because you were brought up in America, so it's the "default" for you.[/QUOTE] He's saying there are many different cultures in America and that there isn't really any "that one american culture".

[QUOTE]I once met a tourist from Britain, He was, five foot tall, with flabby muscles. He ask "do you speaka my language" I just smiled and gave him a Vegemite sandvich. And I said: "I come from a land down under, Where pings are high, and internet censored, Did you hear, did you hear that thunder? You better run, you better take cover". [/QUOTE] Australian Culture is best Culture. :v: But really, I think the more different cultures you experience, the more you can understand and relate to other people. I really don't understand why someone would just want to stick to one "idea" of culture without even considering what they're missing out on.

I eat Russian food almost every day. i speak Russian every day. and i even wear my heritage on my head. [IMG]http://russianstuff.com/products_pictures/240659814M.jpg[/IMG] and i live in Australia.

People saying the US doesn't have culture ITT are handicapped. The US Has more culture within its borders than any country because it is a combination of so many cultures. You can easily find Chinese/Japanese/European/East European/Mexican/South American culture all within the borders of the US. The US also has its own generated culture of course, take the south for example. They have lots of fried foods and have a higher quantity of obese people. Perhaps not exactly the best culture to be part of in terms of health, but culture nonetheless.

[QUOTE=Perfumly;22510888]People saying the US doesn't have culture ITT are handicapped. The US Has more culture within its borders than any country because it is a combination of so many cultures. You can easily find Chinese/Japanese/European/East European/Mexican/South American culture all within the borders of the US. The US also has its own generated culture of course, take the south for example. They have lots of fried foods and have a higher quantity of obese people. Perhaps not exactly the best culture to be part of in terms of health, but culture nonetheless.[/QUOTE] This pretty much ,but then again there is no way I can prove it to you unless you've seen it yourself. [quote=Banned User]Not true, most Americans associate the number 7 with good luck, and generally use "on the count of 3" for actions and events.[/quote] I never noticed until now that I did that.

Culture is one of the most irrelevant things out there. If you're German you can eat a taco if that's what you like. Culture is just a way to separate people into little groups that have no relevancy. The history of culture should and is maintained in books and online, but I don't think that people should put very much importance on it at all. You are who you are. Where you came from and what your ancestors were like have very little to do with who you are if you live somewhere else and are nullified to all individual cultures.

[QUOTE=tomoom165;22480057]I am from whales. My family owned a tabacoo shop and a distillery. and invented the enter key[/QUOTE] :hist101:

My parents are from Malta, but I live in Australia, so I live according to Australian culture.

facepunch's general culture is denying the fact that they are part of a culture

I celebrate my culture by treating other cultures as lesser.

Why are people saying America "has no culture". America has the most diverse culture on the planet.

none.

My family stopped taking its German/Italian culture seriously about 4 generations before me from what I'm told. Now I guess I'm just another "Cultural Sponge". Why place any emphasis on it though? It can be neat to know where you come from, but that's no reason to let it define you. While there's nothing wrong with that in of itself, it's the people who let it define themselves to extremes that lead to groups like the Westboro Baptist Church, or the Basque ETA, or the Taliban. Culture is fine...but not to the exclusion of others.

[QUOTE=Perfumly;22510888]People saying the US doesn't have culture ITT are handicapped. The US Has more culture within its borders than any country because it is a combination of so many cultures. You can easily find Chinese/Japanese/European/East European/Mexican/South American culture all within the borders of the US. The US also has its own generated culture of course, take the south for example. They have lots of fried foods and have a higher quantity of obese people. Perhaps not exactly the best culture to be part of in terms of health, but culture nonetheless.[/QUOTE] Yeah, but the US describes itself as a melting pot implying that they want all of these separate cultures to assimilate into one. Having a multitude of cultures isn't quite the same as encouraging and celebrating them.

My family used to make collars and shit. WORSHIP ME.