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Apr 27, 2024
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I’m Italian, I don’t understand please someone explain this one😂 heard so many stereotypes about us but this is new!!
Apr 30, 2024
veronjque it’s possible this is an Italian-American one specifically, and honestly I’d love to find its origins. I remember it being true for my family too, and I wonder if it had something to do with post-war immigrant assimilation into American culture and being hyper obsessed with appearances in a new country?
Apr 30, 2024
theclack okkk now I’m really curious. I’ll do my research…one thing I know is that in Italy we are obsessed with appearance, but not in a shallow way: we‘ve been taught since childhood that we have to look put together, we need to give this sense of “I’m polished, I take care of myself”. Maybe our ancestors were the same (its likely the case) and they brought this with them in America.
Apr 30, 2024
veronjque in the little research I did this morning, the lore has traveled through everything from The Sopranos to Jersey Shore, but no explanation of its origins!
