This has always been true of any society anywhere. It's what the bell-shaped curve is all about.

If there is any question as to the accuracy of this statement simply take a look in the "Hip-Hop" section of any music store or read an entertainment magazine about this year's upcoming reality television programs.

First off, I own a Hummer and refuse to accept that makes me any less of a human being (my car, my choice..lol). However I must say that this is actually very true, although sad. Reality tv explains it all by itself...

Sure didn't. Just take a look at the average comment on this web-site. Most of them are raving extravagantly about some pop-culture schlock, churned out by hacks and suits with their eye on the dollar sign.

Hey, anybody got any ketchup? Who can eat steak & eggs bare like this?

Many Europeans, primarily continentalists cite this as a critique about Americans. It might be because we haven't had a long history here as a cohesive country to develop the traditions that underpin traditional connotations that define the concept of culture.

A quick flipping through 500 channels of crap and hucksterism attest to the accuracy of this statement.That and Hummers....

One of my all-time favorite digs at the illiterati, made even better by their inability to understand it.