Basic characteristics of your culture.

Well,just point out some characteristics that pretty much everybody in your country has.

I'll start ,by saying that we get excited VERY easily.Which is actually bad since we are usually disappointed really easily too!(and that's true for about everybody in Greece)

We follow trends like zombies
We're Party people (sometimes too much)
We don't take life as seriously as it should
We're very aggressive when pushed too far
We talk too loud and too fast
We're very friendly we people we rarely know
We have our heads up our arse most of the time (sadly)
We're very close with our families and friends

We complain all the time.

We are strict conservatists.
And we are afraid of the Soviet Russia, even though it no longer exists.
And we love the USA on a political level, not locally though, we all hate it.
we don't talk to people unless necessary. And if we might happen to, we feel uncomfortable.

Hm.....that's pretty tough. This is pretty much how I best describe our culture.

on tuesdays people are only allowed to walk in a straight line. no turning is allowed
it's mandatory to take two sugars with your tea
no-one starts riots because we're worried about the condition of the roads
yellow is in
the price of everything ends in .99
if you don't live vicariously through a football team then you don't get tax rebates

we spend an hour celebrating our own birthday, a day celebrating a saint's birthday, a second celebrating a celebrity's achievements and a decade mourning their death
lines are painted on the roads and nobody cares
if you don't say hello to people you pass in the street you'll never see again then you're a psychopath

Angeldust wrote: Lot's of the characteristics you mentioned are really common here.Puerto rico seems like a great place to visit

It is. Just try to avoid the summer heat and enjoy the nature more than the urban areas and you'll leave here with great experiences.

heyitsthatguy wrote: stonebeard wrote: Except for a small few, myself mostly excluded: We are easily swayed by media/political propaganda We are speculative of the government except in the aftermath of a crisis We love to watch TV We don't learn lessons from the past We appreciate good (and bad) food Once a fad gets started, it takes us FOREVER to lose it We're detached from our families and friends and try to reconnect using electronic mediums yet fail We're obsessed with fitting in Shallow things are cherished over deep ones Intelligence is scoffed at War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength Big Brother is Watching You

That one is not so much with just us, but with a lot of cultures and societies. Most youths and teenagers always go through these struggles, not just Americans.

Don't mind Josh, he just thinks quoting 1984 will make him cool. Talk about being obsessed with fitting in.