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  • Americans do a lot of foolish things, but refrigerating their eggs is not one of them.

    There is a good reason: eggs are washed before they’re sold in the US, which removes the egg’s cuticle (a natural protective coating). This process reduces the risk of bacterial contamination, and, when combined with refrigeration, extends the shelf life of the egg. That matters in a country with a distributed population as geographically vast as the U.S., where food often travels longer distances before reaching the consumer. Refrigerating eggs is a solution to a logistical challenge not present in Europe.

    I like to point this out because a European unaware of this difference might visit America, refuse to refrigerate their eggs (believing their own cultural practices to be superior and more “natural”) and end up with salmonella. It’s ironic because getting sick in another country due to ignorance of local customs, while assuming your own culture is better, is a very American thing to do. I guess the apple didn’t fall far from the tree.









  • Rooskie91@discuss.onlinetoMemes@lemmy.mlFirst time?
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    The US has held hegemonic dominance over at least the western world economicly, culturally, and militarily for the past few decades. It’s really hard to go against that so a lot of countries got on board. Some got really rich because of it.

    I think of it this way. When your ready about Roman history, you usually see a map that shows the reach of their empire, but not really the boundaries of what you’d consider the core of the empire. Those maps show the extent of their political and military reach.

    So just imagine how history books will show the American Empire. The US has hundreds of military bases, everywhere. Its a global empire. It’d be impressive if it weren’t so awful. I mean, can you imagine what life would be like if you lived in a country that has a resource the US wants? It must be a nightmare.



  • Organized resistance overcoming more powerful enemies. You know, that thing the US always claims they’re known for. Although I suppose an honest look at the past would reveal that America has always been slow (putting it lightly) to organize on the right side of history.

    I’m not suggesting violence, necessarily, but I think America’s protests have been relatively toothless and misguided compared to their ancestors. During the first guilded age people protested outside John D. Rockefeller’s house for months._ Can you imagine people protesting outside of Musk’s, Bezos’s, Zuck’s, or Gate’s houses?

    The Montgomery Bus boycott lasted an entire year. Headed by people that had no other means of transportation. Can you imagine people depriving themselves of an essential service, like, say, the internet, for an entire year?

    I just don’t know that people are prepared to do what, historically speaking, it takes to get better living conditions. Not violence, but the patience and persistence it take to truly change society.

    I’m even here writing this long comment instead of doing something in real life.