Greene: Familiarity breeds indifference

One of the more entertaining phenomena of 2026 is happening right now. Freddy, an anonymous German tourist, is traveling through the United States with two friends for World Cup matches. He is documenting the journey on X/Twitter.

To be clear, Freddy isn’t awed by famous landmarks. Instead, he’s fascinated by the mundane — the little things Americans take for granted. Apparently, it takes a foreign…