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9259576 No.9259576 [Reply] [Original]

Why are Americans afraid of matcha?

>> No.9259589

>>9259576
>instant gook juice

no thanks

>> No.9259598

>>9259576
>Literally one of the biggest selling things at starbucks
>Americans love it, despite not knowing where or what it is

it isn't good quality macha

but it's still macha, and it's fucking annoying

also nice tryhard shitpost you stupid fucking weeb

>> No.9259608

>>9259576
what is it

>> No.9259609

>>9259598
>Literally one of the biggest selling things at starbucks
A) you just made that up
B) like I care what goes on at Starbucks, people will buy whatever is marketed the best there

>> No.9259619
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>>9259608

>> No.9259622
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>>9259576
why do you think Americans are afraid of matcha? It's kind of a trendy thing in places like Trader Joe's grocery stores and local coffeehouses. But by and large, America is a coffee drinking nation, first and foremost, and matcha is kind of a super-niche thing that's really only drank significantly Japan.

Oops, what I meant was, yeah, fuck those Amerisharts! bunch of stupid burgers who pour corn syrup on everything! :^)

Get fucked, you dipshit

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>>9259576
matcha has been a meme here for a few "meme of the year" rotations by now. I guess you could say americans are afraid of it when prepared traditionally because I can find it easily in all sorts of desserts but not as a simple tea.

>> No.9259637
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9259637

In case anyone was wondering, these are kino. I could eat a bathtub full of them in one sitting if I was allowed to.

>> No.9259660

>>9259637
>these are kino

They're what?
What's wrong with you exactly?

>> No.9259681

>>9259660
Many boards of 4chan have the dichotomy of patrician/plebeian deeply integrated into their cultures. In this context, a patrician is someone with good taste and a profound understanding of the medium (often, too, associated with watching the most obscure foreign films you can find), while a pleb is your common peasant who watches movies for entertainment and wants to discuss the latest American blockbuster. This idea transferred into the films themselves, with people turning what we commonly know as synonyms of film into identities that are grouped within the patrician/plebeian context. There is no consensus because it's more of a meme than a serious thing, but basically kinography > film > movies > flicks. So if you're a cultured patrician, you only watch "kino", because film is for plebs, and movies or flicks are just laughable.

>> No.9259688

>>9259681
thanks for the quick rundown

>> No.9259716

>>9259681
Thanks for the essay and all, but you left out the most important part:

>someone actually uses kino as an adjective outside of film discussion

That's cringeworthy and clearly worthy of ridicule. What sort of synaptic malfunction made you think that is appropriate speech? How large is your fedora collection?

>> No.9259727

>>9259716
Anything can be kino you dumb grandpa

>> No.9259748

>>9259716
He's a retarded /tv/ or /v/ cross-boarder. Just ignore him. The moment you see kino being used just disregard anything he might have said.

>> No.9259753

>>9259727
That's the exact sort of cringeworthy shit I'm talking about.

What sort of mental defect led you to conclude that "anything can be kino"? I'll be you self-identify as a "sipper" too.

>> No.9259757

>>9259753
>acting this retarded about a word on 4chan of all places
seek help, creep

>> No.9259759

>>9259757
You're not answering my question, anon. Do I need to ask it yet again?

>> No.9259765

>>9259759
Language is flexible you stupid faggot. Do you take everything literally? Do you not understand the very basic notion that words gain new meaning over time and with repeated use? Kino has taken on new meaning within this very community. You completely refusing to accept that just speaks volumes for how much of a grumpy old dick you are.

>> No.9259783

>>9259765
>Language is flexible you stupid faggot.

I get that. I'm asking you to explain your thought process behind choosing to use the word in that manner.

>>Do you take everything literally?
Yes. Easier to avoid misunderstanding that way.

>>Do you not understand the very basic notion that words gain new meaning over time and with repeated use?
Yes. I'm asking why people choose to change these new meanings over time. I'd like to know your thought process behind it. Was there a specific reason involved? Or is this just the usual "accepting the mannerisms of a group in order to fit in"

>>Kino has taken on new meaning within this very community
I get that. I want to understand the logic (or perhaps lack thereof) behind that.

>>You completely refusing to accept that just speaks volumes
You misunderstand, anon. I get that the meaning has changed. I want to understand why. I want to see the reasoning behind it.

For example, the first time you used "kino" in this context: Why? Did you do it because you thought it better expressed the idea you wanted to convey? Did you do it because that's what the cool kids were doing and you just wanted to fit in? Did you do it subconsciously--i.e. there was no thought involved, you just picked it up without thinking about it? Or perhaps those guesses are all wrong and there's some other answer?

>> No.9259803

>>9259783
>Do you take everything literally?
>Yes. Easier to avoid misunderstanding that way
ok so you are definitely autistic. I'm done here.

>> No.9259822

>>9259803
Yet you can fix that by simply answering the questions posed. Why aren't you doing that? They're just simple questions, anon.

The only thing I can conclude here is that you're embarrassed by your answer. That implies there is no real reason for this, you're just using random words to fit in to a culture yo agree with.

I feel that justifies my cringe at your silly behavior.

>> No.9259827

>>9259822
Stop trying to psychoanalyze the usage of memes, it's really literally autistic and creepy

>> No.9259833

>>9259783

>that cringeworthy wall of fucking greentext


holy shit you're autistic
Are you expecting people to back you up or something?

all because somebody used a word in a context you don't like

fuck off retard

>> No.9259857

>>9259833
>Are you expecting people to back you up or something?

Nope, I'm just hoping that someone can explain their word choice. I'd like to know if there is reasoning behind it, or if it's just some silly meme shit. I think it's the latter, but I don't want to jump to conclusions so I thought it was prudent to ask first.

But again, I keep asking questions that nobody is answering. So, like I said above, the only thing I can conclude is that it really is just silly shit and nobody is willing to man up and admit it.

>> No.9259874

>>9259857
It's a meme...
It's just a way of saying something is good while saying it in a way that promotes the feeling of what is essentially an in-joke. It isn't that complicated.

>> No.9259879

>>9259857

OK lemme help you

it's a meme term that means good, but used out of context as more or less a joke

>> No.9259907

>>9259874
>promotes the feeling of what is essentially an in-joke.
>>9259879
>used out of context as more or less a joke

Thanks guys. Seems I was right and this is fully in the "silly shit" category.

>> No.9259991

>>9259783
>I'm asking you to explain your thought process behind choosing to use the word in that manner.
Why? Are you autistic?

>> No.9260029

>>9259598

most americans are either too poor to afford starbucks or live somewhere there isn't even one.

>> No.9260033

>>9260029
>live somewhere there isn't even one
That's impossible unless you live in the middle of bumfuck nowhere.
Starbucks is everywhere, it's like a plague.

>> No.9260041

>>9259681
>Many boards of 4chan have the dichotomy of patrician/plebeian
Did this gain popularity from the TV show "Rome"?

>> No.9260055

>>9260041

I think it came out of /lit/ of all places

>> No.9260059

>>9260041
TV is how Americans learn about history.

>> No.9260092

>>9260033
The mall by my house has two Starbucks right next to each other in the same building.

>> No.9260093

>>9259576
I was reading the other day about some chick in Australia who became a millionaire in the matcha business in like 5 years after just starting to import it for herself because she couldn't get it anywhere here.

>> No.9260103

>>9260041
Hilarious my dude

>> No.9260112

>>9259576
It's expensive here, unless you get some type of matcha powder that is half matcha (probably not even actual matcha) and sugar

>> No.9260118
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9260118

>>9260059
>TV is how Americans learn about history.

Why else do you think "Merica has so many confused Niggers who think "We wuz mathematicians & astronauts n shiet before the white man forced us to be stupid & lazy."

>> No.9260124
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9260124

>>9260041
holy chit dude are you legit autism

>> No.9260139

>>9259827
Memes are autism. Are you saying he's analysing himself?

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9260403

>>9259660
Clearly he's pointing out that matcha is what Kino drinks.

>> No.9260418

I swear to Christ if I was a mod I'd permaban everyone whose OP contained the word "Americans".

>> No.9261170
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9261170

>>9259576
Better question, why the fuck is there matcha in everything all of a sudden?

>> No.9261462

As an American I dream of going to Japan where a kawaii girl makes me green tea in a traditional tatami room and then later I colonize her with my big white cock.

>> No.9261468

>>9260041
Kek.
>>9260055
This. Start with the Greeks, continue with the Romans.

>> No.9261469

>>9261462
Just because american girls think you're an ugly piece of shit doesn't mean Japanese girls are gonna like you either

>> No.9261474

>>9259660
Has a philistine and matcha is gourmand

>> No.9261475

>>9259576
because most americans are racist.

>> No.9261477

>>9260041
Pleb is a common insult in Bongistan, there was recently a controversy of someone in government referring to people as plebs.

>> No.9261493

>>9260418
my fellow Americans

>> No.9261496

>>9261469
>implying I'm ugly

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9261876

>tfw green texting is matcha texting

>> No.9262380
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>>9260029
if you're from yurop, starbucks over there is even more hilariously overpriced than it is here, and most people can drop a fiver on a fucking coffee (or half sugar/caramel, a dash of coffee, and a ton of milk -- and to be honest, the only time I bother with Starbucks is when I want shit like that, I'll go somewhere cheaper and better if I want actual coffee)
was in barcelona at the end of a cruise a few years ago, walked into Starbucks to go pee, and laughed my face off when I looked at the prices

and they're super-common in the US, you need to be in bum fuck nowhere
anywhere with even a medium population density has it
pic related

>>9259598
>Literally one of the biggest selling things at starbucks
is it really?

>>9260041
my sides

>>9259716
clearly you're just a movie :^)

>> No.9262479

>>9259576
Because real matcha is bitter af and expensive.
Even Japs often eat sweets with it because if matcha isn't cut with sugar, it tastes like water steeped with grass clippings.

>> No.9262532

>>9259576
>afraid
Tastes like shit

>> No.9262538

>>9259576
It's not cheeseburger or breaded fish stick.

>> No.9262544

>>9259637
Is that from Lotte Korea or Lotte Japan?

Lotte Korea is garbage-tier while Lotte Japan is pretty good.

>> No.9262550

>>9260029
>t.yuropeean

I think we have about 11 thousand of them here, it's literally a fucking plague

>> No.9262587

>>9259576
Chinese grown matcha is too high in lead due to leaded gasoline not being outlawed there until 2003 and Starbucks only has it pre-mixed with sugar.