American Culture

American culture is the art, music, or other forms of expression that are unique to America. America has a patent on it, so no other country may use it, without substantial licensing fees.

The Cheese Scale
The quality of American Culture is measured using the Cheese Scale. To rate a cultural phenomenon, Anthropologists use their guts to determine the correct " cheese " rating.

Below are the various flavors of cheese used in the American Culture rating system:
 * Soft Cheese
 * Sandwich Cheese
 * Snack Cheese
 * Crackered Cheese
 * Toe Cheese

A list of examples for each cheese categories used in the Cheese Scale. While this is not an exhaustive list, it should give the reader a better understanding into which category new phenomenon would fall.

Soft Cheese Cultural Phenomenon

 * Chick Flicks
 * My Little Pony

Sandwich Cheese Cultural Phenomenon

 * blue jeans
 * pull-tab beer cans

Snack Cheese Cultural Phenomenon

 * monster truck rallies
 * the "pull my finger" greeting

Crackered Cheese Cultural Phenomenon

 * computer hacking
 * Red Bull Energy Drink

Toe Cheese Cultural Phenomenon

 * serial killers
 * marrying serial killers