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Yes. If it's OK with paper books, it's OK with e-books. 31 55.36%
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Old 05-30-2023, 10:06 PM   #46
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Most people don't read books, and ebooks aren't popular among those who do, at least here. I guess it's different in the US.
The fact that The Fast and the Furious is a ten-film franchise should be enough to tell you that Americans aren't big readers.
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The fact that The Fast and the Furious is a ten-film franchise should be enough to tell you that Americans aren't big readers.
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Old 05-31-2023, 05:26 PM   #48
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Old 05-31-2023, 06:06 PM   #49
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I do lend my van to my son 5-6 times per year around the end of a month. He has a group of friends who seem to have someone moving so he uses the van to help move the items that you don't want to trust to a mover. OTOH, he lends me his car when he has the van. I just wish that one day I would get into his car and the fuel gauge would not be flirting with empty.
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The fact that The Fast and the Furious is a ten-film franchise should be enough to tell you that Americans aren't big readers.
I've seen all of the F&F movies except the new one and I read. So your theory is not good enough.
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Old 05-31-2023, 06:43 PM   #51
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I've seen all of the F&F movies except the new one and I read. So your theory is not good enough.
Yes. Because you represent the average American. I'd say the theory is quite solid.
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I've seen all of the F&F movies except the new one,..
Well, you better get on it. It's been over a week and Vin Diesel has bills to pay.

If there's no Fast 11, I'll know who to blame!
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I'd say the theory is quite solid.
If one changes Zodwollop's assertion to most Americans, the statement is rock solid IMNSHO.
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Yes. Because you represent the average American. I'd say the theory is quite solid.
According to the theory, people who watch F&F do not read. I just proved that wrong.

What do you think makes a person an average American?
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Well, you better get on it. It's been over a week and Vin Diesel has bills to pay.

If there's no Fast 11, I'll know who to blame!
I'll catch F&F X when it comes to one of the TV services I have. I've not seen any of the F&F movies in the cinema.
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What do you think makes a person an average American?
Being one of the less than 13% of the human population that grew up in the USA.
Graduating from school (though home schooling more popular in USA than elsewhere for those with a choice), eating burgers & French fries, driving a car and voting Democrat or Republican.
Saying Paris, France so it's not confused with somewhere in the USA.

Then there are hyphenated Americans. A phenomenon that hardly exists in other countries. Many of them seem to be average Americans with a dash of ethnicity differentiating them from the dominant WASP (at least maybe they are dominant in the East, not in Utah and other places).

Actually USA is like a collection of countries and those that dominate want to fit everyone into a standard Average American mould (cookie cutter?). The "real" Americans don't get much visibility.
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... The "real" Americans don't get much visibility.
I take it you are talking about The Silent Majority?
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Huh? The US is about 4.4% of the world's population.
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What do you think makes a person an average American?
Well, if you are asking me: driving an SUV to a warehouse store to pick up three months worth of groceries to haul back to your McMansion.

I asked the Bing version of ChatGPT and it said: the “average American” is a white female, between 30 and 34 years old, with German ancestors. She has a net worth of $30,500 and a life expectancy of 79.3 years. She speaks English at home, has a high school diploma or higher, and is in the civilian labor force. She lives in a household with 2.60 persons and spends about 27 minutes commuting to work.
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I do lend my van to my son 5-6 times per year around the end of a month. He has a group of friends who seem to have someone moving so he uses the van to help move the items that you don't want to trust to a mover. OTOH, he lends me his car when he has the van. I just wish that one day I would get into his car and the fuel gauge would not be flirting with empty.
I know what you mean. I would get in my son's car and it would say 2 miles till empty. I was praying I could make to the gas station before running out of fuel.
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