If your dad can’t do this you can’t tell me what it means to be American

Oct 2, 2026 · 9:04 PM UTC

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Replying to @UsingLyft
I dunno. My dad probably couldn't recognize that show because instead of watching reruns of it he was busy illegally listening to Voice of America in the USSR and dreaming about escaping the commie hellhole he was born in and to get to the land of freedom. And then he managed to get himself and his family (including me) here. So I won't *tell you* what it means to be American, because that's obscene, but I'll happily *talk to you* about what it means to be an American, and it won't be from a position of ignorance.
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You can certainly tell some ppl what it is
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Replying to @UsingLyft
Hey man I never saw that show remember there are zoomers out there with Milleniel dads
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That means you’re too young to tell me anyway and you grew up in a time where you didn’t experience enough of the America that wasn’t captured by the woke
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Replying to @UsingLyft
Even the hoodest of Old nicccas know this show lol
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Still American
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Replying to @UsingLyft
Fakest shit ever Dad? Leave It to Beaver instead of Good Times?
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Replying to @UsingLyft
I'm not American or old but this really is the only test: Did you share common cultural norms and references growing up? If you can't be sentimental and nostalgic for this stuff, you are not of that culture.
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Replying to @UsingLyft
Leaving it to beaver has been revealed to be a mistake
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Replying to @UsingLyft
My pops loves that, Little House on the Prarie, and the Andy Griffiths show.
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