Understood. I can’t tell you how many times I have started, edited, and deleted responses.
When you wrote “I’ve been thinking about this”, I thought you were referring to @Madrid 's comment
“I too wonder what “European” culture as a monolithic means. Even “American” culture meaning US as single country varies so much from region to region, and even in my part of Massachusetts, two blocks from Boston, varies so much 10 miles away…”, who was referring to something similar.
I try so hard to resist, but can’t .