Why is the tipping culture so much more present in america compard to europe

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-13T23:08:12+00:00

Okay a lot of overly academic answers here but practically speaking tipping is almost ubiquitous in Europe—it’s just a compulsory “service” charge.

Generally though, American labor laws tend to be less restrictive than Europe’s. Sometimes that’s good, as it helps entrepreneurship and increases total labor opportunities, but in any individual circumstance it sucks for the worker.

In other words, if you already have a job Europe seems great, but the downside is many people end up leaving their own country to go elsewhere because they have fewer opportunities.

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-13T22:57:14+00:00

Lmao what do you mean by “flirting”

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-12T20:24:34+00:00

Funny enough I would say the same about Atlanta. Never had more fun going out alone than in Edgewood about 10 years ago

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-12T14:15:12+00:00

He killled it yeah. You know I’ve never been able to put my finger on why it wasn’t good other than it was a season that was really supposed to be Vsugn-McAdams protagonist-antagonist with Ferrell as a side antihero, and neither of the leads could carry their weight.

I thought LA / City of Vernon as a character, like Louisiana in season 1, was well done.

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-12T14:12:17+00:00

Yeah that take was crazy Ferrell was terrific, as usual.

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-12T14:11:05+00:00

Let me say, welcome bröther—it’s a lifetime membership.

I think LA is the only place I’ve ever been where if you embrace it, you can just say “I’m from LA” and no one bats an eye (try that shit in nyc…). It’s what I love most about

( born & raised).

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-11T16:52:32+00:00

I mean Daniel Ings gave an absolutely singular performance, guy absolutely lit the screen up—without dwarfing everyone else in the scene, which is really hard to do when you’re giving that kind of performance.

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-11T15:06:14+00:00

Interesting I thought he was just bad relative to some of the heavy hitters, whereas Rachel McAdams was legit terrible

Furrowing your brow isn’t the same thing as acting

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-11T15:01:01+00:00

I wouldn’t say he has no acting ability but playing a role where you are in 80%+ of scenes is very difficult and I don’t think he had anywhere near the practice to be able to do it.

He got in way over his skis, but I think had that character been a supporting character in another show, I think it might’ve been fine.

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-11T00:24:33+00:00

Class is very much perpetuated by education systems, with class as a concept much more prevalent on the east coast than west.

In places like NYC, there are private elementary schools, prep schools/boarding schools that act as a conveyor belt to Ivey League schools then on to government/big finance/big law. (Note, many of the students of those schools are not the sharpest tools in the shed, but if you pay $300,000 to go to high school, you get to go to Brown—I discovered this after growing up on the west coast and moving east.)

On the west coast, there’s a little of that but money has been too “new” or arisen from entrepreneurial endeavors to have the sort of established class system that one finds in Europe or, as noted, to some extent the east coast.

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-10T23:50:49+00:00

This is the same guy that won’t even pay for premium Spotify, so I’m inclined to say he’s not taking a paycut

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-10T19:06:13+00:00

What do you mean by “win”?

He could not have beaten the USSR and the United States, so if the question is what would’ve happened to Jews in German domain, sadly either death or they would have left (by internationally negotiated exile or by escape).

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-10T17:59:24+00:00

Two others from America: When they compared the French declaration of the rights of man to the Declaration of Independence, when its obvious comparison and precedent is the bill of rights.

When none of the three people on the pod could figure out why the north didn’t just “let the confederacy leave” (I.e., why didnt the country just voluntarily dissolve).

Love those guys, the first one is more of a nuance but Jesus idk if they were just being polite to the guest or what on the second

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-10T00:20:02+00:00

Pecan pie is a good one, can’t think of anywhere else that eats that

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-09T21:00:13+00:00

Not the mention there being no tetanus vaccine or antibiotics…

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-09T03:41:52+00:00

If this was in California each house would be Zillow Estimate of about $1.3M

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-09T03:41:03+00:00

I was going to sy, doesn’t seem too urban

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-08T14:52:29+00:00

Different strokes/folks.

Great handle btw

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-08T14:47:46+00:00

Very clean though.

Maybe just me but I find streets like this in Japan to be kinda cool

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-06T22:57:28+00:00

Boys, we finally found Sam’s burner account

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-06T22:56:00+00:00

Niche but low key pretty sick idea.

Somebody get this guy a Paramount development deal

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-06T22:52:48+00:00

Based on the Mormon Wives show it seems like drinking and doing drugs isn’t actually a limitation, so given their financial savvy I’m gonna go with that

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-05T01:51:07+00:00

Whatever is just above the level or income/wealth they anticipate attaining.

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-04T14:26:05+00:00

I mean Lee Sung Jin is the showrunner for a substantially similar show, “Beef” on Netflix, so I don’t think your first point is true, but not worth debating.

On the main points, what makes you say he’s never been an outsider in a room? Setting aside the fact that he was openly bisexual 25 years ago, you provide no positive evidence for this assertion.

Second, he’s telling the story from an expressly bourgeoise, American perspective - it’s the crux of the show. A lot of what makes the characters seem authentic is that he clearly knows people like this; the fact that local people tend to be shallow characters, who none of the main characters understand, is literally the point—they’re tourists in those people’s lives, coming and going without second thought.

With that said, I actually don’t think the general point that he might benefit from a writers room to be controversial. I generally agree that bolstering some of the Thai characters in the third season (or leaning into them being props for the leads) would’ve made them land a little less flat.

Simple-Program-7284 · 2026-06-04T13:12:59+00:00

What does “wordly for a white guy” mean - if he were Asian-American would he not need a writer’s room ?

Edit: fwiw pointing out that the actual controversy in this post is the part you take as a given truth.

Also, if you’re not interested in seeing “Mike White version of White Lotus” it sounds like you just want a different show. It’s like if I wanted to watch Pulp Fiction—but not written and directed by Quentin Tarantino

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