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I'm from EU, and I agree with you that this is a North American thing.

When you say North America, does that include Mexico and Cuba and Canada? Or are we talking the USA here?

USA. No idea that Canada has this same mentality. Good thing I didn't use "America" ;).

Very alive and well in Canada. Canadian and US culture have many similarities.

I'm from the US, and it's a hollywood thing.