# This is How Americans Live Today; at least according to North Korea **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 14, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-americans-live-today-at-least-according-to-north-korea/652895 "2013-03-14T05:14:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-americans-live-today-at-least-according-to-north-korea/652895/1 "2013-03-14T05:14:59Z")
[This](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/alleged-north-korean-propaganda-video-americans-live-today-215322616.html?.tsrc=samsungwn) is supposedly a North Korean propoganda film. I don’t know if it’s real or fake, but it certainly is hillarious. Apparently we all drink coffee made from snow; which the government rations to 1 cup per day, there are no birds because they’ve all been eaten, and most of us live in tents made from North Korean fabrics. And there’s a random reference to homosexuals. Your thoughts? [This](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/alleged-north-korean-propaganda-video-americans-live-today-215322616.html?.tsrc=samsungwn) is supposedly a North Korean propoganda film. I don’t know if it’s real or fake, but it certainly is hillarious. Apparently we all drink coffee made from snow; which the government rations to 1 cup per day, there are no birds because they’ve all been eaten, and most of us live in tents made from North Korean fabrics. And there’s a random reference to homosexuals. Your thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-americans-live-today-at-least-according-to-north-korea/652895/2 "2013-03-14T07:59:55Z")
Well, the link now says the translation, at least, is fake; unclear yet if the video itself is the real deal. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is, though, given some of the nuttiness that’s come out of NorKor… ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-americans-live-today-at-least-according-to-north-korea/652895/3 "2013-03-14T12:17:48Z")
I heard that the Soviet Union used to show the American movie _The Grapes of Wrath_ to show how awful life was in the U.S., but audiences kept saying, “Wow, those people are so rich! They’ve got trucks!” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-americans-live-today-at-least-according-to-north-korea/652895/4 "2013-03-14T18:58:07Z")
It’s [fake.](http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/03/how-make-fake-north-korean-propaganda-movie/63100/) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-americans-live-today-at-least-according-to-north-korea/652895/5 "2013-03-14T19:00:38Z")
Definitely fake. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-americans-live-today-at-least-according-to-north-korea/652895/6 "2013-03-14T22:12:55Z")
The first one’s fake, but the second one’s real. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-americans-live-today-at-least-according-to-north-korea/652895/7 "2013-03-18T09:00:14Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > It’s [fake.](http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/03/how-make-fake-north-korean-propaganda-movie/63100/) [Snopes agrees](http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/northkorea.asp)