WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is the European equivalent to a Las Vegas Elvis impersonator officiating the marriage heavily inebrieated strangers?message-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down111
arrow-up1126arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the European equivalent to a Las Vegas Elvis impersonator officiating the marriage heavily inebrieated strangers?WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74arrow-down9·1 year agoSometimes there’s no European equivalent to American depravity. In the mid-20th century, America was considered so culturally bankrupt that the CIA thought it should create some. BBC: Was modern art a weapon of the CIA?
minus-squareCIA_chatbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up64arrow-down1·1 year agoIn my defense, I was really stoned at the time
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTbf a LOT of modern Western culture comes from the US.
Sometimes there’s no European equivalent to American depravity.
In the mid-20th century, America was considered so culturally bankrupt that the CIA thought it should create some.
BBC: Was modern art a weapon of the CIA?
In my defense, I was really stoned at the time
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What about mimes?
Tbf a LOT of modern Western culture comes from the US.