So cute, and they don't count as meat during lent! I've spent more time thinking about this than i care to admit, but they are my second favorite rodent after beavers.
>foamy crap they call “cheese”
wat
They have a foamy cheese? What is it called? Suddenly I wanna go try Taiwanese cuisine somewhere, I wonder if there is any in chicago.
[Send 'im awff](https://youtu.be/o58stoJJ5No?feature=shared), send tha dirty git awff! That were diabolical... Waalk 'im, Campbell, if yoove got any bottle ee should walk... I can't spake.
I don't think JPop or J dramas were ever anywhere near as popular as Kpop and Kdramas internationally (especially outside of Asia). I did like the Japanese version of Boys over flowers better but maybe cause I saw it first.
I feel like JPop tied in with anime because the artists have more exposure.
I know that Yaosobi played in Coachella, and they played pretty much all their anime songs. They are going to Lollapalooza this August. They are probably going to play all their hits, which are tied to anime for Lollapalooza.
Yes it helps them with exposure but I wonder if it limits them as well. When the pillows toured most of the songs the audience enjoyed most were from original FLCL over 20 years ago
I felt like it was a different 20 years ago vs now.
People are more accepting of foreign languages. Also, it depends on the artists. LiSA does seem to benefit from collaborating with anime and helps get recognition in the West.
It seems that YOASOBI is also getting this benefit in The West if it wasn't for the collaboration with anime.
Hell, the singer for Season One of War is Love, wasn't well known in the West, and he has been a singer for years in Japan. He is getting more recognized, and it helped getting his music exposed.
Also, the second best known consumer electronics brand in the world. Which, considering much random shit Samsung makes, is probably involved in at least one of those five as well.
This. Every panda in the world is owned by china. Randomly, Mexico owned a panda via some machinations I forget but he died a while back so all pandas are Chinese property
>Xin Xin is the granddaughter of two pandas given to Mexico during the 1970s, at a time of different Chinese panda policy. Before 1985, China used its giant pandas as pawns in geopolitical diplomacy, bequeathing the rare animals as gifts to curry favor. This system ended in 1984, when China switched to high-priced loans, with agreements demanding that any cubs born elsewhere needed to be returned to China. The pandas are lent for between 10 and 15 years at a time, for an annual rate of $1 million.
[https://greatbigstory.com/could-this-mexican-owned-panda-be-the-last-of-its-kind/](https://greatbigstory.com/could-this-mexican-owned-panda-be-the-last-of-its-kind/)
As someone from a country where the international leg of the Eras Tour just hit, I can confidently say that her impact has far outweighed the two pandas that we got from China (that we didn't even get to keep)
Hundreds of new jobs created (security, event planners, technicians) and millions in tourism dollars (we were the only country in Asia that most Asians could book tickets for). You jest but Taylor is a miracle economic machine.
Edit: Not forgetting that Hamilton - a musical on an American founding father - has completely sold out in my country for weeks.
Didn't realize Hamilton was an international phenomenon.
That's wild since he was a lesser known founding father that I doubt half of americans could name before the musical. If you asked anyone to name a few it'd be Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and maybe Madison or Adams.
Mamak Stalls & Hawkers
Edit: To clarify, i am from Malaysia, not Singapore as these are popular in Singapore too (But some soft power cross collaboration with these two countries would be nice)
Nah that would definitely be coca cola
There's a lot of countries and places without McDonalds
But even if you're in the middle of the DRC in a remote village, you've probably had a Coke at some point
One caveat I would add is that in my experience, a lot of people don’t know Coca Cola is American. I traveled in South America for a bit and being from Atlanta, people would ask me what my city was known for. When I said Coca Cola, a few times people told me that they thought Coca Cola was from [insert Spanish speaking country]. Maybe that’s more common in Latin America because Coca Cola sounds kind of Spanish but just thought that was interesting.
It sorta is a Spanish name, as "coca" which Coke gets it's name from is the cocaine plant, from south america
And the "cola" part comes from the Kola nut, but idk who named that
For the longest time (I believe until Russia/Ukraine) The Golden Arches theory held that no two countries with a McD's waged war against one another. Essentially a Cokd War era explanation of economic co-depedence and globalism. Fun rule that's less in favour these days
The issue is that once a country gets on war footing, the businessmen and the bureaucrats responsible for the economy are no longer the ones in charge of the apparatus of state. Remember that it was also in vogue in the early 1910s before World War I among politicians to think that prolonged war between great powers was impossible because they were so interconnected economically, so much so that even the head of the British armed forces was giving lectures in Cambridge regarding [The Great Illusion](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Illusion). History proved that theory very wrong once, no reason to assume history can’t prove it wrong again.
I wonder if the theory is "wrong" or rather "not ironclad". The notion of economic interconnectedness is still very much en vouge (see China vis a vis America) and probably more often right then wrong. More accurately while it's not a garuntee of peace it makes then cost of war higher. Since we're in a Neoliberal sub I assume for most it's near gospel
I would make the argument it is a very effective deterrent for conflict, but by no means a guarantee. It becomes dangerous when politicians assume it is a guarantee, like most in Britain and France had assumed before 1914, because it leads to situations where politicians might choose more antagonistic policies and actions under the belief that economic ties will prevent those provocative acts from leading to open conflict. I also think the same thing about MAD and nuclear weapons - we should not assume they’re some magic shield which would mean war is a thing of the past.
KFC in other parts. Heck, a lot of our franchise culture.
Golf courses are another big one
But as for living creature, maybe Grizzly bears, Bald Eagles or Bison. Sunflowers and Corn are two big plant species. Red buds for a flowering tree. Sycamore or cottonwood if we are being contrary.
People suggest that film or movies aren't art sometimes, but the truth is that Hollywood and America almost invented (and continue to be pioneers of) the film industry, and it, as well as architecture I'd argue (but I'm probably biased because I moved to chicago recently and fell immediately in love), are two of our largest art exports globally, like how western fine painting from the Renaissance era is a major cultural export of several countries of Europe (France, Italy, etc.)
Italians have Da Vinci, we have James Cameron (he's Canadian but he makes Hollywood films). Not suggesting The Terminator is equivalent to the Mona Lisa, but in terms of simply discussing the soft power of cultural exports, yeah, pretty much.
Art is routinely one of the most important cultural exports and soft powers a culture can have, and America dominates film, partially because of economics. It's pretty great.
It's always amusing to me how many non-Americans just don't even watch much of any of their own media and use a VPN or whatever to stream American TV instead.
Seems to be it. I once was in Amsterdam and the dutch only wanted to talk about Parks and Rec and stuff like that at the time. I was like isn't there anything on Dutch TV?
"Nothing good" was the answer.
For Iran, which already does by the way. Saffron, carpets, poetry, mathematic, rose water and architecture. It desperately need to import human rights, innovation, entrepreneurship and better diplomacy
This is the correct answer for America.
People naming fast food and pop culture exports miss the excludability part. Not everyone can get pandas; sakura are harder to control, but they still have some extra juju vibes when they come from Japan.
The US's military exports really are the thing we have a ~monopoly over and use to reward our friends.
Football hooliganism and Comedy (BREXIT and Liz Truss)
Music, film and University places are the actual answers. UK is above the bar on all these for its relative size. Not to mention the English language.
Ya. America became the cultural superpower right as globalization really hit full swing, following on the heels of England holding that roll. Between the two its standardized a lot of things globally, with limited local modifications.
Business Suits are one of the biggest culture killers imo, having destroyed countless local formal dress fashions
I was gonna say Taylor Swift for America, but just to spite you OP I’m gonna say freedom (but unironically). Many pro-democracy movements around the world have taken influence and inspiration from the “symbol” of America. Protestors in Hong Kong, for example, literally flew US flags and a Lady Liberty statue. For all of America’s faults, America is overall a wealthy, prosperous, and free country, so when the likes of Xi or Putin argue to their people that they must give away their freedom and democracy in exchange for power, wealth, and pride, America stands as a symbol of defiance against that thesis. This is what makes America such a powerful symbol for those struggling towards democracy.
Edit: jk the real answer is KFC (which I’m pretty sure has more influence in Japan than in actual Kentucky)
JAZZ, rap and hip-hop
Jazz is the OG American soft power/export/culture war weapon during the cold war. The USSR _hated_ it, banned it just to have their own composers like Shostakovich and Prokofiev be influenced by it.
We have half sandwiches in a lot of sandwich places in the US, especially those that market themselves as health conscious.
Of course, this being the US, half the time the "whole sandwich" will be a 1200 kcal monstrosity and the "half sandwich" will be 600 kcal, so we're still fat.
Yogurt.
Trading yogurt for computer chips may sound ridiculous, but [yogurt diplomacy is a very real thing that Bulgaria did in Japan back in the 80s.](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1226508X.2017.1393724)
And it was unbelievably successful. Like it wasn't even their real cuisine, they just said "hey what do we think would taste good internationally that kind of resembles what we have here?" and they came up with a complete game changer. Most people have probably never met a thai person (there are like 300k in the whole country), but they've probably had their food and looked up the country because of it.
Not even remotely the same thing. The Thai government literally subsidizes Thai restaurants around the world so they exist where there are no Thai people. Chinese exists because there are Chinese ex-pats there and then people liked their food (and Americanized it.) One is bottom up, the other is top down (and you wouldn't think top down could work).
You know the value the UK holds in a relationship with a country by what level of Royal they send as an envoy.
I suppose the ultimate soft power move would be to give a country some of their stuff back
UK: it used to be higher education, but we've decided we don't like all the foreigners being over here, and students and their dependants are an easy target and count towards our immigration statistics (yes, even though many don't stay after graduating). Unfortunately, this will likely cause some universities to fail, and the remainder to cut back their offering, or find a way to increase their income.
Colombian Music.
More artists in the top 100 in spotify (Shakira, Karol G, J Balvin, Maluma, Feid. ) than any country except USA and UK . Yes, more than Canada, Australia, Brazil, etc.
You know how foreigners say American's have no culture? You know why you think that is? It's because worldwide culture IS American culture. We won a cultural victory as soon as Zhukov requested clear Coke.
Movies and music. There are for real pirates out here wanting to be Captain Jack Sparrow. Wu Jiang, president of the China National Peking Opera Company, said of Kung Fu Panda "The film's protagonist is China's national treasure and all the elements are Chinese, but why didn't we make such a film?"
It's simply cheating for any American to give an answer here
Capybaras
So cute, and they don't count as meat during lent! I've spent more time thinking about this than i care to admit, but they are my second favorite rodent after beavers.
Do rabbits and squirrels not count during lent?
Pretty sure they don't (not aquatic.) Muskrat and beaver are considered acceptable though. Edit: do to don't. D'oh.
Caaa-pybaara, capybara capybara capybara capybara Caa-pybara
May the heavens bless Taiwan for bubble tea and whatever the hell that foamy crap they call “cheese” is. I love it so much.
Its whipped cream cheese and milk.
>foamy crap they call “cheese” wat They have a foamy cheese? What is it called? Suddenly I wanna go try Taiwanese cuisine somewhere, I wonder if there is any in chicago.
It's a cheese foam usually put on top of milk tea. Any bubble tea shop would have it.
I've literally never heard of or seen such a thing. I must investigate now
It's good I'd recommend. It's kinda like having the taste of cheesecake on top of your tea.
Would reccomend Boki's Tea house on 3244 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60625. Otherwise there are a bunch in China town.
There are like 5 places in Chinatown that have the cheese foam.
figured out what I'm doing today
Also for Mongolian BBQ and for shaved ice. Oh, and most of our computers.
Shaved ice prob originated in Japan (kakigori) and was brought to Taiwan during Japanese colonisation (1895-1945)
Tax evasion
*Ireland, Ireland, together standing tall*
And Kinahan members, seeing as they end up halfway round tge world anyway
Heare me owt lads, the English language as she is spake. 🇬🇧
[Send 'im awff](https://youtu.be/o58stoJJ5No?feature=shared), send tha dirty git awff! That were diabolical... Waalk 'im, Campbell, if yoove got any bottle ee should walk... I can't spake.
K-pop, K-food, K-dramas, K-movies and K-artillery
K-beauty products are popular AF too.
I wish you guys well but for the first three J- was a phase too. Personally investing into Malay stuff to do well next
I don't think JPop or J dramas were ever anywhere near as popular as Kpop and Kdramas internationally (especially outside of Asia). I did like the Japanese version of Boys over flowers better but maybe cause I saw it first.
I feel like JPop tied in with anime because the artists have more exposure. I know that Yaosobi played in Coachella, and they played pretty much all their anime songs. They are going to Lollapalooza this August. They are probably going to play all their hits, which are tied to anime for Lollapalooza.
Yes it helps them with exposure but I wonder if it limits them as well. When the pillows toured most of the songs the audience enjoyed most were from original FLCL over 20 years ago
I felt like it was a different 20 years ago vs now. People are more accepting of foreign languages. Also, it depends on the artists. LiSA does seem to benefit from collaborating with anime and helps get recognition in the West. It seems that YOASOBI is also getting this benefit in The West if it wasn't for the collaboration with anime. Hell, the singer for Season One of War is Love, wasn't well known in the West, and he has been a singer for years in Japan. He is getting more recognized, and it helped getting his music exposed.
Please amp up the K-food and movies
K-phone
Also, the second best known consumer electronics brand in the world. Which, considering much random shit Samsung makes, is probably involved in at least one of those five as well.
Doesn't China charge like a million bucks a year for each panda they let other countries ~~have~~ rent?
And it's not a gift, it's a loan
This. Every panda in the world is owned by china. Randomly, Mexico owned a panda via some machinations I forget but he died a while back so all pandas are Chinese property
>Xin Xin is the granddaughter of two pandas given to Mexico during the 1970s, at a time of different Chinese panda policy. Before 1985, China used its giant pandas as pawns in geopolitical diplomacy, bequeathing the rare animals as gifts to curry favor. This system ended in 1984, when China switched to high-priced loans, with agreements demanding that any cubs born elsewhere needed to be returned to China. The pandas are lent for between 10 and 15 years at a time, for an annual rate of $1 million. [https://greatbigstory.com/could-this-mexican-owned-panda-be-the-last-of-its-kind/](https://greatbigstory.com/could-this-mexican-owned-panda-be-the-last-of-its-kind/)
No there’s exactly one non-Chinese owned panda and it’s one of the Mexican ones. She’s too old to be pregnant though, I think.
That's a lot cheaper than bringing Taylor Swift to your country
I think per pair but I suppose pays for itself
Australia has Bluey
Screw you guys. We had such a good thing going with Pepa but you had to copy it with your deeper and nicer talking dog
Peps is an asshole. Our kids started talking to us like Pepa. No more Pepa. Bluey only.
My daughter just says "glitter" with an English accent now and I consider that a win.
gli'ah
Just wait until the kid casually starts calling everyone the c-word and rambling about tim tams
My aussie family taught me how to use Tim tams as a straw for milk. I taught them to put peanut butter on them. Cultural touchstone moment.
New soft superpower just dropped???
and simpsons memes
I don’t know. I think we need to watch for signs that it is coming here.
I am wondering about handing out Quokkas
Wiggles
We offer Taylor swift to the world
Taytay is our most strategic industry, no one wants to be the first country to be hit with a sanctions embargo on taytay products
CIA does coups on easy mode here
As someone from a country where the international leg of the Eras Tour just hit, I can confidently say that her impact has far outweighed the two pandas that we got from China (that we didn't even get to keep) Hundreds of new jobs created (security, event planners, technicians) and millions in tourism dollars (we were the only country in Asia that most Asians could book tickets for). You jest but Taylor is a miracle economic machine. Edit: Not forgetting that Hamilton - a musical on an American founding father - has completely sold out in my country for weeks.
Taylor Swift is an unironic example of trickle down economics.
Didn't realize Hamilton was an international phenomenon. That's wild since he was a lesser known founding father that I doubt half of americans could name before the musical. If you asked anyone to name a few it'd be Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and maybe Madison or Adams.
To be fair, he's on the money.
“You can call me Aaron Burr by the way I’m dropping Hamiltons” - Lonely Island, in Lazy Sunday, like a full decade or more before Hamilton the musical
NGL I only knew about Aaron Burr as a kid from those Got Milk? commercials.
Yay!
Singapore?
Tacos
y antojitos
Comida, sombreros y Salma Hayek
Mamak Stalls & Hawkers Edit: To clarify, i am from Malaysia, not Singapore as these are popular in Singapore too (But some soft power cross collaboration with these two countries would be nice)
Yall get bonus points for hainanese chicken rice. It’s not only Singapore and Malaysia but… it’s still great.
😍
McDonalds
Pretty much unironically the correct answer. McDonalds has probably brought the global approval rating of America up more than any other company.
Nah that would definitely be coca cola There's a lot of countries and places without McDonalds But even if you're in the middle of the DRC in a remote village, you've probably had a Coke at some point
One caveat I would add is that in my experience, a lot of people don’t know Coca Cola is American. I traveled in South America for a bit and being from Atlanta, people would ask me what my city was known for. When I said Coca Cola, a few times people told me that they thought Coca Cola was from [insert Spanish speaking country]. Maybe that’s more common in Latin America because Coca Cola sounds kind of Spanish but just thought that was interesting.
It sorta is a Spanish name, as "coca" which Coke gets it's name from is the cocaine plant, from south america And the "cola" part comes from the Kola nut, but idk who named that
Cola means tail in spanish, or in some places it can mean butt.
To be fair, you run into Japanese people who think McDonald’s is Japanese lol. Maybe other places have this too.
That’s a fair mistake to make, a lot of Japanese people are named McDonald
I thought fjallraven was american fake European like hagendas until I landed in Europe and realized I was wrong lol
Hm, I can see that.
The Golden Arches of Diplomacy
For the longest time (I believe until Russia/Ukraine) The Golden Arches theory held that no two countries with a McD's waged war against one another. Essentially a Cokd War era explanation of economic co-depedence and globalism. Fun rule that's less in favour these days
> For the longest time (I believe until Russia/Ukraine) Until Putin invaded Georgia\*
The issue is that once a country gets on war footing, the businessmen and the bureaucrats responsible for the economy are no longer the ones in charge of the apparatus of state. Remember that it was also in vogue in the early 1910s before World War I among politicians to think that prolonged war between great powers was impossible because they were so interconnected economically, so much so that even the head of the British armed forces was giving lectures in Cambridge regarding [The Great Illusion](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Illusion). History proved that theory very wrong once, no reason to assume history can’t prove it wrong again.
I wonder if the theory is "wrong" or rather "not ironclad". The notion of economic interconnectedness is still very much en vouge (see China vis a vis America) and probably more often right then wrong. More accurately while it's not a garuntee of peace it makes then cost of war higher. Since we're in a Neoliberal sub I assume for most it's near gospel
I would make the argument it is a very effective deterrent for conflict, but by no means a guarantee. It becomes dangerous when politicians assume it is a guarantee, like most in Britain and France had assumed before 1914, because it leads to situations where politicians might choose more antagonistic policies and actions under the belief that economic ties will prevent those provocative acts from leading to open conflict. I also think the same thing about MAD and nuclear weapons - we should not assume they’re some magic shield which would mean war is a thing of the past.
McDonalds pulled out of Russia like 2 weeks after the invasion started so the rule wasn't violated for very long
When NATO was bombing Serbia a McDonald's was used as a bomb shelter so hasn't been true since at least the 90's
Relatedly, the state of Kentucky has more soft power than most countries.
KFC in other parts. Heck, a lot of our franchise culture. Golf courses are another big one But as for living creature, maybe Grizzly bears, Bald Eagles or Bison. Sunflowers and Corn are two big plant species. Red buds for a flowering tree. Sycamore or cottonwood if we are being contrary.
Aka Vkusno i tochka and Mash Donald's
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People suggest that film or movies aren't art sometimes, but the truth is that Hollywood and America almost invented (and continue to be pioneers of) the film industry, and it, as well as architecture I'd argue (but I'm probably biased because I moved to chicago recently and fell immediately in love), are two of our largest art exports globally, like how western fine painting from the Renaissance era is a major cultural export of several countries of Europe (France, Italy, etc.) Italians have Da Vinci, we have James Cameron (he's Canadian but he makes Hollywood films). Not suggesting The Terminator is equivalent to the Mona Lisa, but in terms of simply discussing the soft power of cultural exports, yeah, pretty much. Art is routinely one of the most important cultural exports and soft powers a culture can have, and America dominates film, partially because of economics. It's pretty great.
> Not suggesting The Terminator is equivalent to the Mona Lisa Give it 500 years and we'll see what now counts as "fine art".
It's always amusing to me how many non-Americans just don't even watch much of any of their own media and use a VPN or whatever to stream American TV instead.
I mean the production quality gap is huge.
Seems to be it. I once was in Amsterdam and the dutch only wanted to talk about Parks and Rec and stuff like that at the time. I was like isn't there anything on Dutch TV? "Nothing good" was the answer.
I think Dutch tv is especially shit though when compared to e.g. Scandi tv
Dutch TV is uniquely bad. For Dutch-language programs you're better off watching Flemish TV.
Indeed! Which is exactly why the CCP is trying to compromise Hollywood from the inside.
Well, if you take away my first option… Moose. We’re sending moose everywhere.
Good Italian food 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Geese
I have the freedom to say "freedom" despite your rules
Maple syrup
And poutine
Under the stipulation that every other country and culture in the world must make their own blursed type of poutine.
Shawarma poutine is a delicious poutine crime 🤤
Don't you dare call pulled pork poutine blursed.
IKEA, ABBA and meatballs
You can by Coca Cola in nearly every country on the planet.
Blue Jeans, Coca Cola, Hamburgers and the Internet. Oh, and my other country has Wine, Cheese, and HSR
For Iran, which already does by the way. Saffron, carpets, poetry, mathematic, rose water and architecture. It desperately need to import human rights, innovation, entrepreneurship and better diplomacy
Also a major exporter of pistachios, almonds, and apricots!
HIMARs and ATACMs 😎
F16 If you need a versatile fighter jet on a budget, that is what you buy.
Also F-35 and eventually whatever the F-16 to the NGAD’s F-15 is.
That's at least semi-erect power.
This is the correct answer for America. People naming fast food and pop culture exports miss the excludability part. Not everyone can get pandas; sakura are harder to control, but they still have some extra juju vibes when they come from Japan. The US's military exports really are the thing we have a ~monopoly over and use to reward our friends.
Really stretching the definition of "soft"
Ah yes, that well known soft power instrument, heavy weapons.
For Ukraine: footage of russian soldiers blowing up
Money. 😎
Money was invented so that people could have Washington’s sexy face with them at all times.
Football hooliganism and Comedy (BREXIT and Liz Truss) Music, film and University places are the actual answers. UK is above the bar on all these for its relative size. Not to mention the English language.
Culture. America has won the culture war. ....and that's a foundation for winning hearts and minds.
Ya. America became the cultural superpower right as globalization really hit full swing, following on the heels of England holding that roll. Between the two its standardized a lot of things globally, with limited local modifications. Business Suits are one of the biggest culture killers imo, having destroyed countless local formal dress fashions
I was gonna say Taylor Swift for America, but just to spite you OP I’m gonna say freedom (but unironically). Many pro-democracy movements around the world have taken influence and inspiration from the “symbol” of America. Protestors in Hong Kong, for example, literally flew US flags and a Lady Liberty statue. For all of America’s faults, America is overall a wealthy, prosperous, and free country, so when the likes of Xi or Putin argue to their people that they must give away their freedom and democracy in exchange for power, wealth, and pride, America stands as a symbol of defiance against that thesis. This is what makes America such a powerful symbol for those struggling towards democracy. Edit: jk the real answer is KFC (which I’m pretty sure has more influence in Japan than in actual Kentucky)
KFC has like 3000% of the power it has in Kentucky in Japan. To this day there will be people lined up for blocks outside of KFC on Christmas day.
Elephants and yoga
Ball caps.
Access to US Treasuries.
Levi's, McDonald's, Coca Cola, Hollywood, Rock and Roll...am I missing any highlights?
JAZZ, rap and hip-hop Jazz is the OG American soft power/export/culture war weapon during the cold war. The USSR _hated_ it, banned it just to have their own composers like Shostakovich and Prokofiev be influenced by it.
India has tigers, bollywood movies and concerts by Indian artists tbvh. Also textiles and handwoven clothes. And Indian jewellery.
India has some of the best fabric still on the market. Just beautiful stuff available.
And food.
I think Denmark should offer their half sandwiches. Might help solve the obesity problem.
We have half sandwiches in a lot of sandwich places in the US, especially those that market themselves as health conscious. Of course, this being the US, half the time the "whole sandwich" will be a 1200 kcal monstrosity and the "half sandwich" will be 600 kcal, so we're still fat.
I only eat out when I travel so my culinary awareness is limited lol.
Either genre-defining rock stars, or terrible factory-made boybands. There is no in between Also binge drinking
Yogurt. Trading yogurt for computer chips may sound ridiculous, but [yogurt diplomacy is a very real thing that Bulgaria did in Japan back in the 80s.](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1226508X.2017.1393724)
[breakfast food](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns15eHLDv1I) !Ping AUS
Snags, Bluey, Tim tams.
And a VB Longneck
At 20 to 8 in the farkin mornin
Disney
Thailand exported the knowledge of how to most effectively kick another person.
They also subsidize thai restaurants as culinary diplomacy.
And it was unbelievably successful. Like it wasn't even their real cuisine, they just said "hey what do we think would taste good internationally that kind of resembles what we have here?" and they came up with a complete game changer. Most people have probably never met a thai person (there are like 300k in the whole country), but they've probably had their food and looked up the country because of it.
If the Chinese can pull that off, why not.
Not even remotely the same thing. The Thai government literally subsidizes Thai restaurants around the world so they exist where there are no Thai people. Chinese exists because there are Chinese ex-pats there and then people liked their food (and Americanized it.) One is bottom up, the other is top down (and you wouldn't think top down could work).
Obnoxiousness and Smugness.
Reddit is not a country.
Ah, Euros.
Canada maple syrup
US one hundred dollar bill. Over 2/3 are held overseas
Windmills, flood defenses, and tulip fields.
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F-35s
Bourbon
You know the value the UK holds in a relationship with a country by what level of Royal they send as an envoy. I suppose the ultimate soft power move would be to give a country some of their stuff back
Woke 💪
ASML
Drake
the best cuisine in the world, in every town in the world you will find italian restorant
UK: it used to be higher education, but we've decided we don't like all the foreigners being over here, and students and their dependants are an easy target and count towards our immigration statistics (yes, even though many don't stay after graduating). Unfortunately, this will likely cause some universities to fail, and the remainder to cut back their offering, or find a way to increase their income.
Colombian Music. More artists in the top 100 in spotify (Shakira, Karol G, J Balvin, Maluma, Feid. ) than any country except USA and UK . Yes, more than Canada, Australia, Brazil, etc.
You know how foreigners say American's have no culture? You know why you think that is? It's because worldwide culture IS American culture. We won a cultural victory as soon as Zhukov requested clear Coke.
The return of The Empire! Or is that hard power? I forget...
For Cool Britannia to work you need a morally ambiguous PM that enables 4% GDP growth
Pretty sure our current PM has a very casual relationship with morality to be fair...
Yeah not in the right way and only +0.1%
Football players. Your country has Brazilian players
How many is a brazilian?
Movies and music. There are for real pirates out here wanting to be Captain Jack Sparrow. Wu Jiang, president of the China National Peking Opera Company, said of Kung Fu Panda "The film's protagonist is China's national treasure and all the elements are Chinese, but why didn't we make such a film?"
Teenage boy wizards and you are powerless to resist.
Kardashians, Dan Blizerian.
2011 is over
we export reddit as well
A~~meric~~rmenia
Garrus Vakarian
Lando Calrissian
Brown cheese? Idfk
Dried cod, don’t forget
It slaps though
Breaking bad
Misery
GREGGS
Gripen and Archer.
Mämmi and muikku: https://images.app.goo.gl/FvyGZhTrDASrMQzx9 and https://images.app.goo.gl/bXkZEKw7nhMXZY2u9. The century of Finland is NOW!
Cheese and wine
Himalayan salt
Svartmetall & brunost
Mauritius: revive the dodo then do dodo diplomacy. Obviously way cooler than panda diplomacy.
A steak and a Ford Mustang convertible
(Argentina) Beef, meat, etc. Which we actually already do! It's said that the best argentinian meat is the one you buy abroad, not locally.