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One of America's biggest exports is culture - but primarily in English. I bet the UK knows it.
by inigyou 2mo ago
One of America's biggest exports is culture - but primarily in English. I bet the UK knows it.
- PessimalDecimal 2mo agoYeah, France should try to export its culture sometime!
- ggm 2mo ago"Ils sont fous, ces Anglais!"
- pseudohadamard 2mo agoYou've never heard of Asterix comics? Of which I think the other reply to your comment is a reference.
- KellyCriterion 2mo agoa "global brand" (tm) :-)
- ShinyLeftPad 2mo agoHe said, eating a croissant...
- Integrape 2mo ago"Omelette du fromage"
- holbrad 2mo agoAs someone from the UK, Techy, nerdy people can know, but normies don't. Also, I'd add that gym bros definitely have heard of them, especially if they are familiar with steroids. The GLP-1 drugs are probably the main cause of this. We have this amazing class of compounds that work really well, But are priced pretty high, at least considering lower UK wages. So there is a big incentive to look at getting these much cheaper from China. You hear about this happening, and then you see the fact that these companies have big catalogues full of other peptides that are a crypto payment and a click away.
- roryirvine 2mo agoI strongly suspect that peptide use is more common amongst the botox/filler crowd than techies in the UK. Most aesthetics clinics have been pushing peptide-based skincare for years, so it was only a small step into injectables for them. And, as you say, the gym performance / sports crowd. The BBC and the Guardian have covered it fairly neutrally, but the likes of the Daily Mail and gossip mags have been both more frequent and more breathless.
- ikr678 2mo agoNot just clinics, but mainstream skincare and cosmetics companies have been doing topical peptide products for the past 10 years. You can get a peptide serum from a drugstore for ~$30.
- pydry 2mo agoThe only reason I know it is because I keep seeing spam for it on reddit. Not every aspect of american culture makes it overseas and much less does now than used to 20-30 years ago. I think peptides (and medicating yourself out of a hole in general) are a pretty uniquely american thing.
- inigyou 2mo agoYou reading things on Reddit is one way that America exports culture, yes. Or on Hacker News.
- jappgar 2mo agoBut in this case it's "exported" primarily to be ridiculed. We're amused by your antics but no one wants to emulate American culture anymore.
- inigyou 2mo agoIt doesn't work that way. You're not immune to advertising.
- jappgar 2mo agoDeep
- bluefirebrand 2mo ago"you're not immune to advertising" does not imply that "any sort of advertising will work on you, guaranteed" though. :/
- RugnirViking 2mo agoI agree. it also doesn't imply a direction, same with the propaganda version. It's quite possible you overindex in the other direction! heck I know I do this with some american stuff
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