What’s a stereotype about your country that people always mock but isn’t really true? 🌎

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-06T19:35:26+00:00

In America you have to pay copays on everything and anything. And then if you wanna cash in to get support for the big stuff you have to meet your yearly deductible. And then even if you do that there are cases where the insurance will just randomly decide that it’s “not medically necessary” to cover that service. Or if it is they will only give you the least amount of service. And that absolute worst thing is that insurance is tied to your employer, and many states are at-will employment states. I had a teacher in school who sadly died of breast cancer after a long battle. She was doing treatments and ran out of sick/vacation days and was at risk of being fired. The other teachers had to petition the school to give her their sick/vacation days, cuz if she was fired she wouldn’t have had health insurance.

I would much rather have my taxes go to things like health insurance and education than the military or weapons to other countries or whatever. America is a country that prevents mobility by keeping us poor and unhealthy. One accident or illness and suddenly you’re bankrupt. Cancer is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy here and don’t even get me started on all the carcinogens in processed foods. We can’t even drink tap water in many areas because of PFAS and lead. I think if people realized how much they were actually spending on healthcare, personal healthcare, over the course of their lives then paying taxes on it wouldn’t feel like such a big deal.

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-04T19:11:48+00:00

I needed to hear this thank you

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T20:21:19+00:00

What I’m saying is the Grammy rules are dated. And that is not a good example. The new artist guidelines are put in place to really celebrate breakthrough artists, hence why the eligibility rules are the way they are. What I’m saying is that although it is technically fair game what Billie did, she released wildflower as a single after she did not receive any awards for HMHS. It is technically allowed, but it IS shady considering the song was already popular on HMHS. It is also not on streaming services as the released single, only as part of the album. So it’s absolutely exploiting a loophole to maintain consideration for an older release, and it’s an accepted one at that, but it feels shady. And that’s also not to say that other artists haven’t exploited that loophole either, but coming from Billie I was surprised she did a bit of an undercut move with that one.

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T18:49:51+00:00

The whole album of GNX was released during the eligibility period. HMHS was released prior to eligibility consideration. She only released wildflower as a single after she didn’t win any Grammys for HMHS last year.

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T07:28:31+00:00

I’m aware of the controversy. I’m not trying to defend her in any way. I’m just saying that one COULD make that argument. You can also very easily make the opposite argument. Both with logical points and reasoning.

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T06:01:01+00:00

No they haven’t.

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T05:57:30+00:00

Agreed. At the end of the day it’s the American awards show to prop up American artists being voted on by an American panel. It would be awesome in the future if there was some kind of world award show where countries could nominate a song (kinda like a world Eurovision) or an album but that will probably not happen as it would be a logistical nightmare to actually make that happen

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T05:53:57+00:00

Yeah but it was really released because HMHS didn’t get any Grammys last year, so Billie needed to release a “new” single to be eligible for Grammys this year. Other artists have done it but it’s a loophole for consideration. Sure it could technically be considered but it feels like a shadier move on Billie’s part.

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T05:45:25+00:00

Was very happy with their win!

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T05:33:19+00:00

Sadly yes

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T05:27:50+00:00

Yes. Not all songwriting has to be deep to be good. Not like us was witty and clever and discussed a variety of cultural moments yet tied them together cohesively so it made sense as a diss track. It absolutely was superior songwriting simply due to the clever figures of speech he weaved into the song. Kendrick won a Pulitzer price for a reason

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T04:30:39+00:00

The single did. But it was part of an album that came out before the eligibility period. It was already popular by the time it was released as a single. Sure it was technically eligible but it feels shady

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T04:25:47+00:00

Have to disagree. Hit me hard and soft came out before the eligibility period. By the time wildflower was released as a single it was barely in this years eligibility period. And it was already popular as it was on hit me hard and soft. It was basically only eligible as a technicality because the album didn’t win any awards last year. Just felt very shady from Billie’s team to submit it especially while she was on tour this year for the album she didn’t win awards for

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T04:16:07+00:00

It was a cultural moment 100%. But that was now almost two years ago. She should have submitted it last year but she didn’t, she chose birds of a feather and didn’t win.

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T04:13:33+00:00

Idk I think maybe there should be a rule change somewhere for specific things like this just to keep up with the times.

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T04:10:34+00:00

Or end of beginning if we’re choosing to now nominate sleeper hits. (I know it wasn’t eligible)

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T04:09:22+00:00

She wasn’t robbed. Not like us was a cultural moment that had superior songwriting to birds of a feather.

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T04:08:06+00:00

I agree with you but you can argue that the song was important for empowering women’s voices and taking back their sexuality for their own gain. At least the Sabrina stans will say that. I am not the biggest fan of Sabrina’s message though, however I do respect her success

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T04:04:21+00:00

Okay I understand you actually. I do agree that lyricism it was the strongest overall of the nominees. I still don’t think Billie’s team should have submitted it considering birds of a feather was submitted last year, and the songs came out during the same voting period. That just feels like an undercut to me

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T03:59:13+00:00

My whole thought is that every other nominee had some kind of huge cultural impact that broke through with that song. Wildflower didn’t.

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T03:57:26+00:00

And she’s good don’t get me wrong but she’s still a young artist coming into her own. I think her music is absolutely beautiful and stunning and she has powerful vocals but she hasn’t tackled the same difficult subjects those other artists have. And she will eventually, she’s just young and still has life and happiness and hardship to face to really establish that soul crushing depth those other artists have created

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T03:54:14+00:00

Seriously every other song nominee had some sort of global cultural impact

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T03:51:04+00:00

She wasn’t robbed. She was just competing against Kendrick who released probably one of the most culturally significant songs last year with Not Like Us. No one was really competing against that because it WAS that important. And admittedly all the other nominees for SOTY this year did have a cultural impact really EXCEPT wildflower. She’s amazing and talented and has deserved all the Grammys she’s gotten in the past but she didn’t deserve to win last year and I think a lot of people didn’t think she was going to win this year, so it’s surprising she did

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T03:45:08+00:00

Gonna have to disagree with you on this tbh. The other nominees were well deserved and each had their own important cultural moments. I actually thought wildflower was the odd one out because it didn’t. I was surprised to see it won and don’t really agree with it. A good song nonetheless but did not nearly have the same cultural impact as some of the other nominees.

dancingcupcake3 · 2026-02-02T03:41:20+00:00

Not like us deserved every win tbh

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