Charlie Stross4d ago

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@Wen/116255252453377471

Also note the very foreign road layout, mail carrier, foreign cop, non-Scottish suburb and buildings, and all the rest of the imagery. That illustration exemplified American cultural imperialism from top to bottom. (And looking at the shadows, the sun NEVER gets that high overhead—when you can see it at all, that is!)

Show threadS. Lott4d ago
@cstross As someone who lives part of the year near a storybook small town that’s a tourist destination, and travels the rest of the year in the US, there’s a lot of Disneyfication in this image. Even our vacation destination town in the mountains isn’t as ludicrous as this picture. It’s cribbed from Disneyland. (Who should sue for brand infringement.)
Show threadCharlie Stross
@slott56 I've spent enough time in the US to know that. (Probably 1-2 years on visits there, over three decades.) Even so, it's utterly disgraceful for a Scottish educational organization to promote this sort of imagery (without a very specific framing, "this is a picture of America").
Mar 19 at 12:04pmWeb
Show threadDave4d ago

@cstross @slott56

Scottish policemen don't usually stick their heads through their car windscreens either. 🤣