Hacker News with Generative AI: American Culture

The Anti-Social Century (theatlantic.com)
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
Social Trends, Sociology, Loneliness, American Culture, Politics
148 points by coloneltcb 7 days ago | 158 comments
Building Apollo (construction-physics.com)
The Apollo program looms large in the American psyche. Nearly every American knows who Neil Armstrong is, and he was voted one of the 100 most significant Americans of all time by Smithsonian Magazine. The photos taken during the Apollo missions remain some of the most famous in the world. In a 1999 Pew survey that asked about the greatest American achievements of the 20th century, more people said the space program than any other answer.
Space Exploration, History, American Culture
13 points by bitfield 20 days ago | 1 comments
The Year of McDonald's (thefp.com)
McDonald’s is central to American life, both physically and culturally. The last few months have provided two massive news stories that have emphasized this. At the end of October, there was the viral, and controversial, Trump campaign stop, where he “worked” for 30 minutes at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania.
McDonald's, American Culture, Politics, Food
71 points by secondary 32 days ago | 105 comments
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid (theatlantic.com)
It’s not just a phase.
Social Commentary, Politics, American Culture
22 points by gus_leonel 33 days ago | 10 comments
In the Rockets' Red Glare: The past and future of hot-rodding in America (harpers.org)
Remy and I had our private commentaries, always on alert for little ironies and epiphanies, as we seized on the richer details of what I just described to you as a dreamworld but isn’t. It is real, and we didn’t entirely stumble upon it. Because who, among Americans, would not have at least heard of drag racing? Would not be able to conjure some image, no matter how vague, of what it is?
American Culture, Cars, History
62 points by delichon 50 days ago | 69 comments
The myth of the loneliness epidemic (asteriskmag.com)
Are we really living through a uniquely lonely moment in American history? When it comes to friendship, this isn’t the first time that authorities have cried wolf.
Social Trends, Sociology, History, American Culture
48 points by Luc 54 days ago | 56 comments
Quincy Jones, Giant of American Music, Dies at 91 (nytimes.com)
Quincy Jones, one of the most powerful forces in American popular music for more than half a century, died on Sunday in California. He was 91.
Music, Obituaries, American Culture
18 points by tigerlily 75 days ago | 3 comments
What is the first American graphic novel? (haljohnsonbooks.substack.com)
I want to find the first American graphic novel—I say American simply because I know very little about comics of other countries; so put down your Tintins and your ACK hardbacks, and let’s see where this leads us.
Comics, History, American Culture
62 points by paulpauper 83 days ago | 26 comments
Rod McKuen Was the Bestselling Poet in American History. What Happened? (2022) (slate.com)
Poetry, Literature, History, American Culture
23 points by onychomys 150 days ago | 6 comments
Asian groceries like H Mart and Patel Brothers are reshaping America (nytimes.com)
Asian Groceries, Food Industry, Retail, American Culture
73 points by bookofjoe 209 days ago | 71 comments
Red Lobster, an American Seafood Institution, Files for Bankruptcy (nytimes.com)
Bankruptcy, Restaurants, Seafood, Business, American Culture
12 points by bookofjoe 243 days ago | 21 comments