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[AskReddit]"Americans of Reddit, what's something that America gets shit for that is actually completely reasonable in context?" ... Eyes down please, It's Friday SAS Bingo!! (self.ShitAmericansSay)

Erik_Meijer_"My fellow Americans." His tone rife with incest が 投稿

Americans of Reddit, what's something that America gets shit for that is actually completely reasonable in context?

Oh look, it's 'that' thread again.

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Number 48, Ignore the criminals, and check out our crime rate.

Our crime rate. Remove the 5 most violent cities in America and our crime rate is insanely low.

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Number 66, You'll be a fan of semi-automatic ballistics, once you see my selectively edited gun violence statistics.

Our gun death rate is actually really low when you subtract suicides. In context, the odds of dying via gun violence are extremely low, lower than the chances of slipping and falling in the shower

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Number 78, You may think America is lawless, but my logic here is flawless

My point was If you aren't involved in serous crime and if your spouse isn't violent, your odds of being murdered are extremely low.

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Number 32, Well buckle my shoe, it's Muh Military Subsidises You

Our military allows our international allies to not spend as much on their militaries, thus they have more money to spend on progressive domestic programs.

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Number 76, What a nice day, but as a sheltered white guy, let me just say:

America is the most racially acceptive country in the world. Everyone else that has more than one race or ethnic group in it in anywhere close to a similar ratio, one is usually trying to kill the other. No one has more ethnic groups living under one roof than we do, and we get along pretty well for the most part.

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Number 41, It's hypocritical to say you can't abide a little spot of genocide.

Killing the natives

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Number 44, Use a tired cliche?.. don't think I won't, America is dammed if we do, dammed if we don't.

America is bad for interfering in other countries unless we don't interfere in which case America is bad for not preventing tragedy

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Don't say the US shouldn't interfere with x y or z when you cry and moan when the US takes that advice.
The US Navy helps massively make the oceans safer.
It really is not surprising how used to spending so much on our military we have gotten, because we fucking have to and get shamed if we don't interfere and scare Russia and china

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Number 83, Is it not monotonous, to constantly yell homogeneous!

Many Europeans and people from other countries constantly point to the US as racist or not being able to handle race problems well. Whether you think that's true or not, Europe is incredibly homogeneous. We have to deal with many different types of people in greater numbers living in one country: about 40% of the US is non white. Compare that to 13% in England, 15% in France and 8% of China are minorities. So when everyone is of the same race of course you will have less problems with race.

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Number 29, You're disdain for American nationalism has no basis, you must be one of those filthy Japanese racists.

For a real controversial answer: American Nationalism.

Nationalism in America is tied to an ideal, not any race or culture.I can move to Japan, but because I'm white I'll never be considered Japanese. This also applies all throughout Europe.

Then you look at the US: Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of our greatest Americans. A goddamn Austrian who half the country can barely understand him when he talks.

There aren't a lot of countries were nationalism can be inclusive like that. Just go to any thread of people celebrating getting citizenship.

In a similar vein: the pledge of allegiance. The under God part should be taken out, but otherwise? We don't swear to the President, or Congress, or the military, or some great historical figure. We swear to an ideal, and the symbol of upholding the idea at any cost.

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Number 4, knock at the door, it's bullshit at four.

If I hear one more European consider themselves an international traveler because they took a train from Spain to France and then lecture Americans on how they don't travel enough, I am going to lose it.

The culture difference between New York City and rural appalachia is probably greater than the cultural difference between Spain and France. .

Europeans know the culture of other European countries, because they're right there and easy to travel to. In the US, we know the cultures of other states. I'm from Minnesota, but understand the cultures of Texas and California reasonably well. And to say that American culture is one culture is silly. Our country to more comparable to all of Europe than it is to any one European country.

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Man not even all of the US is the same. The cultures in the North east couldn't be more different than the cultures in the south or mid west

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Even though we are one country we are really like 8 countries (I believe I read somewhere). Basically what this means is that not only do we have the beautiful terrain and whatnot but we have several different cultures and even dialects. Anybody that had been to Detroit, California and Savannah can tell you that you don't have to leave the country to be immersed in cultures that are not your own.

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the difference between Wyoming and Massachusetts would be much greater than that between Porto and Berlin.

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America is multicultural. No need to leave the country to broaden your world view.

I could go on and on with examples of this ignorant shit...

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Number 15, It's not making up lies to say all the worlds medicine is what we subsidise.

Our prescription prices. Americans pay the max and the rest of the world benefits by getting lower cost medicine. If Americans weren't subsidizing their costs, medicines would cost a whole lot more for the rest of the world.

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This also applies to things like drug costs. If you pick something America spends a lot on that no other countries do, there's a good chance it's because we're footing the bill for them.

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The US literally develops something like 85% of all drugs bc other countries just flat out won't/can't do it.
Then these other countries have the luxury of price fixing drugs so the drug companies have to sell to them cheap then make up the money selling them full price to the Americans.
Then the other countries act arrogant for having cheap drugs they buy from us and can't develop themselves.

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Also, America subsidizes other nation's low drug prices: http://www.ibtimes.com/how-us-subsidizes-cheap-drugs-europe-2112662
If America were to adopt a French-style or UK-style or Canada-style health care system with price controls on drugs, you can imagine that either many drug companies would go out of business or stop creating new drugs, or else overall price levels in all nations would have to be negotiated upward. High American drug prices are kind of like a pressure release valve for drug prices in other countries (you're welcome, btw).

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Drug prices. From what I understand, part of why Americans pay so much for medicine is because the companies developing them need to recoup the costs and no one else is paying for them.

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Number 62, we are considerably less racist than you. [you fucking racist Koreans]

I feel like it's mostly the Amercians calling Americans racist. In reality we are the least racist country in the world as we are made up of so many races. We have gone through a lot of racism and emerged on the other end condemning racism.
Other countries are made up primarily of one race. They dont see racism in their countries because only tiny minorities experience it. Some countries like Korea are super racist on the norm but because there are barely any other races there are no huge racial clashes that bring the issues up to the surface like the United States. People in the US are used to pointing out and shouting "racism!" here and there because it is societally unacceptable and we believe each instance needs to be brought to attention. So really we are, as a country, the least racist at this point in time.

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Number 82, Back to back World Champs, where's our thanks?

Being the "World Police" Sure we've made plenty of mistakes. But we didn't ask to get drawn into two world wars. Someone had to clean up that mess and keep things in check. We were the only ones left with the money and military power to do it. Look at us now, still stuck in that role.

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Number 38, Still fighting all of Europe's wars, getting no applause.

Also important to note that the US overshooting it's 2% mandate is what allows Europe to cheap out on their defense. We subsidize European defense, and get shit on by Europeans for it.

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Number 13, To Euro-smugs we take great exceptions, these are all clearly just false Mis-conceptions.

Well warmongers instead of peacekeepers, loud instead of enthusiastic, fat instead of big boned, insanely retarded president instead of business visionary, nationalists instead of patriots, extremely violent instead of free...There's a few common misconceptions.

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Right that's all I can be arsed doing, there is an absolute shit load of SAS in that thread.

As you can see, since the last one of these I made, I used an online rhyming dictionary to do this one.

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[–]ZyvronDie Amerikanen, die sein zo shtom, he.[M] [スコア非表示] stickied comment (3子コメント)

Right lads, that's it. Let's close the sub now. All in favour?

[–]nikmav2 183 ポイント184 ポイント  (5子コメント)

the difference between Wyoming and Massachusetts would be much greater than that between Porto and Berlin.

I'm speechless...

[–]BerlinSpiderRocketSpinnenRakete 94 ポイント95 ポイント  (2子コメント)

why did I even open this thread

bye guys I don't need anger on Friday

[–]xbricks 46 ポイント47 ポイント  (1子コメント)

This is too much. Is it possible to OD on American smugness and nationalism?

[–]xyzdreamer 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (0子コメント)

If you are feeling the symptoms of Amerinationalist overdose, please seek treatment at the nearest government funded hospital for free.

[–]Wrongaucho 30 ポイント31 ポイント  (1子コメント)

As someone who has been to Boston, Wyoming, Porto and Berlin, this guy is fucking full of shit.

[–]tazjin 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I bet you consider yourself some fancy traveler just because you took a train from Porto to Berlin!

[–]Yomammasaurus_Rex 157 ポイント158 ポイント  (4子コメント)

"Except for the times you do get murdered, you probably won't get murdered."

[–]wowsotrendyBrown People Are Spooky 46 ポイント47 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I didn't get murdered in the 90's! RACE RIOTS DEBUNKED.

[–]thebondoftrust 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I have never been shot and killed by a police officer. Why are these black people getting so uppity?

[–]FreonTrip 28 ポイント29 ポイント  (0子コメント)

"Unless it affects you, then it isn't affecting you."

[–]herefromthere 17 ポイント18 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I wonder what European murder rates are like if you only count those where a randomer pops out and murders a stranger? Not counting terrorism or people with serious and dangerous mental health problems?

[–]malicious_turtle 307 ポイント308 ポイント  (40子コメント)

If I hear one more European consider themselves an international traveler because they took a train from Spain to France and then lecture Americans on how they don't travel enough, I am going to lose it.

The culture difference between New York City and rural appalachia is probably greater than the cultural difference between Spain and France.

+107 :L

[–]baekai 267 ポイント268 ポイント  (18子コメント)

How to tell someone has never been to Spain and France

[–]Mred12Waka Waka 122 ポイント123 ポイント  (13子コメント)

let's face it, they've probably never left New York City.

[–]abrasiveteapot 113 ポイント114 ポイント  (0子コメント)

More like Buttefuck Wyoming

[–]player-piano 64 ポイント65 ポイント  (11子コメント)

they've never been to New York City

[–]sakonyachen 63 ポイント64 ポイント  (10子コメント)

Or rural Appalachia. I have been to both. They are different in the sense that one is rural and one is urban. I'm sure Londoners and people from small British towns are indistinguishable right?

[–]breecherTop Bloke 35 ポイント36 ポイント  (9子コメント)

"They don't have them fancy big city stores in rural Appalachia".

Apparently this is what makes NYC and Appalachia more different than France and Spain, two countries which we all know to be two homogenous blobs of countries, which not only have no regional differences, no urban/rural divide, no dialects or multiple languages, but are also exactly similar to each other.

[–]xStaabOnMyKnobx 28 ポイント29 ポイント  (7子コメント)

My boss is basque and I'm going to tell him there's no difference culturally between Spain and France

[–]tikirej 23 ポイント24 ポイント  (3子コメント)

Do you want to die?

[–]Duke28 17 ポイント18 ポイント  (2子コメント)

"Why is my car ticking?"

[–]tikirej 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Someone messed up. There shouldn't be any ticking. The bomb was supposed to go off without warning.

[–]childsouldierP4P World Champions 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Explosion ETA 10, 9...

[–]thebondoftrust 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

If you take out idiots who provoke their bosses, our murder rates are really low

[–]xStaabOnMyKnobx 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

If you subtract people who own cars, almost ZERO people die from drunk driving in my country. Checkmate, socialists!

[–]Chosen_Chaos 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Tell us where you work, so we can have the police and ambulance on standby.

[–]Duke28 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

TIL the US was the first country to cook meat over fire.

[–]pajamakitten 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I doubt they even own a passport.

[–]ZombieTonyAbbottDrop bombs, not F-bombs 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

A pa ... a pa ... a what?

[–]ElMendukoKelvin is the True Temperature Unit! EMBRACE THE LORD KELVIN! 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Woah, I know Spain and France are different countries with completely different histories, cultures and languages without having travelled there

[–]ocha_94Coming from Spain, Mexico 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's all the same, Paella, toros, flamenco and siesta in the whole Spain! In France there are only baguettes, wine, and smelly people that surrender!

[–]sam3123 79 ポイント80 ポイント  (4子コメント)

Why do they think things like this are exclusive to America? The difference between London and the Scottish Higlands is massive, but I dont use it as evidence that Britain is some incredible melting pot

[–]Theban_Prince 27 ポイント28 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Pretty funny considering Britain was and is a majore melting pot since before the Romans!

[–]Chosen_Chaos 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Especially since England and Scotland have a longer history as separate nations than they have as part of the United Kingdom.

[–]Rothead 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Are you saying there's a difference between urban and rural areas in every country?

[–]catipillar 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Because most Americans are too embarrassed to just admit we're too afraid/lazy/poor/uninterested to travel.

[–]redsox6European by choice, American by the Grace of God 74 ポイント75 ポイント  (1子コメント)

French and Spanish are the same language, but a New York accent is completely different to a rural accent! Right?

[–]j1mb0b 21 ポイント22 ポイント  (0子コメント)

You've got it champ!

[–]breecherTop Bloke 36 ポイント37 ポイント  (2子コメント)

The people in that thread defending that and elaborating on how different NYC and Appalachia are, and then mentioning some inconsequential regional differences that exists in just about every country on Earth, while at the same time claiming that France and Spain are literally the same are pure unadulterated SAS gold.

It is a shame yankbot doesn't do entire thread sequences, because they deserve to be preserved for posterity in their context.

[–]elnombredelviento 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (1子コメント)

País Vasco, Galicia, Madrid, Catalonia and Andalucía are obviously all completely identical. No regional differences there, no señor.

[–]journo127Bavaria, baby! 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I mean, they had terror attacks in the country up until a couple of decades ago because one region hated the other regions, but I'm sureeee Dallas and New York have bigger differences.

[–]SyndicalismIsEdgeEurocuck 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I love it how they compare cities and regions in the US but then they're like "SPAIN", "FRANCE". Like the banlieue has anything to do with rural Brittany. Or the Basque country with Andalucia.

[–]BananaSplit2'MURICA 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Bloody hell. The worst is that the guy seems to be serious. How the fuck can you be spew such bullshit with confidence ?

[–]mgroad_trafficjam 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Further down he said he was "Indian". An Indian of all people claiming that Appalachia and NYC are different countries. Whoa man.

Or he is one of those Americans who call themselves different nationalities based on ancestry.

[–]Dykam 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is a consistent thing. Comparing the difference between rural and city to <generic> and <generic>.

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    [–]malicious_turtle 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Not to be a dick, but could you not? At least not comment in both threads because it looks bad (and is against the rules?)

    [–]DanFanOfficial 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    To be fair I only saw this thread after I commented

    [–]53bvo 204 ポイント205 ポイント  (9子コメント)

    You put way more effort in this than those comments deserve.

    How is your blood pressure btw?

    [–]0xKaishakunin8/8th certified German 143 ポイント144 ポイント  (8子コメント)

    How is your blood pressure btw?

    OK, thanks to a American subsidised pharmaceuticals like Aspirin.

    [–]sakonyachen 42 ポイント43 ポイント  (6子コメント)

    Isn't Bayer a German company?

    [–]Benutzeraccount 27 ポイント28 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Yup. In addition to that, it's not just the US alone to do research and invent medicines.

    [–]polchiki 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Yea but it's a conspiracy in which they just charge Americans more. Also I haven't actually looked it up, but I'm sure, like, all of their researchers are American and just work there!

    /s

    [–]childsouldierP4P World Champions 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Know an American who works for Bayer, can confirm.

    [–]YoungPotato 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Yes and if it wasn't for us it would be Soviet so you're welcome!!! /s

    [–]barsoap 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    That, plus acetylsalicylic acid has been off-patent for quite some while, now. Also, Bayer lost the trademark in quite a few countries, including the US.

    Then, willow bark had been a staple in traditional medicine since at least Ancient Egypt, probably all over Europe and the Mediterranean.

    It's like trying to claim Elderberry juice for yourself, it just won't work out. Companies rather invent strange stuff that has 100% more side effects (especially of the nasty kind), doesn't work any better ([citation needed] because noone properly funds research into herbal remedies but it's not too unlikely, Enchinea also looks great), and then lobby themselves into the drug stockpiles of whole countries. The fucking madness.

    And, let's face it: Americans are great at capitalist madness. Oh, wait, Roche is Swiss. Well, them buggers too.

    [–]0xKaishakunin8/8th certified German 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Well, that could be part of the joke.

    [–]journo127Bavaria, baby! 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    dude, don't you dare.

    [–]BucketHeadJr 90 ポイント91 ポイント  (37子コメント)

    I'm genuinely fascinated by the amount of Americans who think that the difference between two states in the US are bigger than the differences between two countries.

    They really should leave their country some time.

    [–]kamikaze_tsunamiUnited Statesian 48 ポイント49 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    "But why? Everything I could want to see is already in the US? Unless you care about other cultures, history, food, people, and nature there's no reason to leave the country."

    [–]skysonfire 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Do they have Wal-Mart in France?

    [–]BougnetteI'm French and I surrender 62 ポイント63 ポイント  (5子コメント)

    Most countries have a lot less major cities than the US.

    That's why Crime Rates are usually per capita so you can actually compare

    It's because our top 5 cities are infested with gang violence, which is the cause of most murders in the US. Something a normal person would never have to worry about.

    Yeah, because it is known that Gangbangers only kill other Gangbangers and no one is never injured in the process since Driveby's and Shootings are the most precise way to eliminate a target right in front of the Drones.

    [–]fredagsfisk 46 ポイント47 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Literally the same person will then later claim that Sweden is a lawless wasteland filled with daily grenade attacks in all major cities (not hyperbole, I have literally seen this argument seriously presented)... and dismiss anyone who mentions it's mostly gang or biker gang fights in 2-3 cities (and certainly not that often) only as "brainwashed" and "blind".

    [–]Fatortu 27 ポイント28 ポイント  (2子コメント)

    My biggest problem with this argument is that we could do the same in Europe. If we remove Marseilles, Antwerp and Malmö, we would get rid of a significant part of our own gang violence and we would still be far lower than the US. I feel that they assume that because we are homogenous ("white"), they can't fathom the idea of European gang violence.

    edit: typo

    [–]sakonyachen 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    When Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas came out, there were people who claimed it was glorifying gang violence. A game series that has actively encouraged using rocket launchers in public places for the lulz. The difference was that San Andreas featured a black protagonist from the streets of L.A, as opposed to a white guy, who was objectively more driven by a desire to commit crimes.

    [–]journo127Bavaria, baby! 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    if we remove NRW from the math, the chances of your house getting broken in literally halves.

    [–]kekkymanAmerican't 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    It's because our top 5 cities are infested with gang violence, which is the cause of most murders in the US.

    Having trouble finding any clear statistics at the moment, but I'm pretty sure domestic disputes are the leading cause of homicide in the US. So, just don't marry anyone and you should be fine.

    [–]Mred12Waka Waka 55 ポイント56 ポイント  (3子コメント)

    America is bad for interfering in other countries unless we don't interfere in which case America is bad for not preventing tragedy

    It's how America intervenes that people criticise. Their way of solving problems is to drop a few billion dollars of munitions on it.

    [–]kekkymanAmerican't 27 ポイント28 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Also, when. Pretty much only when US interests are at stake.

    [–]warpalUSB USB USB 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Look they made some anti-North Korean memes, isn't that enough?

    [–]thebondoftrust 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Or when the problems are directly caused by previous poorly executed American intervention.

    [–]BabiesTasteLikeBacon 92 ポイント93 ポイント  (18子コメント)

    Fat instead of Big-Boned....

    All my fucking lols...

    The US literally develops something like 85% of all drugs bc other countries just flat out won't/can't do it.

    You know, I can't think of one that the US developed all on it's own... why? Because nearly all drugs are developed by Multi-National Corporations, and to stop anyone claiming "Ah, but they are US Corporations!" it's worth noting that many of the most famous "US Corporations" are based in the EU. (and even if you accept that argument, it still barely manages 50% of all drugs developed in the last 10 years...)

    Honestly, these guys wouldn't know reality if it fucked them up the arse with a cactus.

    [–]Absobloodylootely 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Hehe, the US pharma industry can't even develop drugs to effectively kill people. Once the European pharma refused to sell the US drugs for executing prisoners they've been up shit creek.

    [–]dIoIIoIb 34 ポイント35 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    "Our crime rates are very low as long as you ignore the places with criminals" and "gun violence is very low as long as you ignore gangs" are my favourite SAS classics

    yeah, no shit, i'm sure syria is the safest country in the world, as long as you don't consider the parts that aren't safe

    [–]avanross 68 ポイント69 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    If they don't jerk each other off every week about how theyre so much better than everyone else, than they might forget. Thats just propaganda 101

    [–]teuchtercove50% Scottish on my mothers side, 50% Scottish on my fathers side 24 ポイント25 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Our crime rate. Remove the 5 most violent cities in America and our crime rate is insanely low.

    Remove all the crime and the crime is low, who'd have thought it?

    [–]_i_am_redditing_I love yankbot 23 ポイント24 ポイント  (5子コメント)

    fat instead of big boned

    That's a pretty big bone you've got in your gut.

    [–]abrasiveteapot 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (3子コメント)

    It's not gay if you say no homo ?

    [–]_i_am_redditing_I love yankbot 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (2子コメント)

    As long as the penises don't touch.

    [–]MurlockHolmesSome, I assume, are good people 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    It's not gay until you push back

    [–]thebondoftrust 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    That's no fun but.

    [–]pajamakitten 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Or the turkey leg in their hand.

    [–]BrocoLee 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Can we sticky this thread? It's just too good.

    [–]MWO_StahlherzAmerican Flavored Imitation 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    It's a mother lode!

    [–]GunzGoPew 22 ポイント23 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    If you ignore the statistics that show we have any problems here in America, you'll see that everything is perfect.

    Also to eat at a TGI Fridays in Tennessee is a completely different cultural experience than eating at one in Colorado. But you Europoors would never understand that!!!!!!

    [–]JustAFallenAngel 47 ポイント48 ポイント  (3子コメント)

    "We're welcoming to all types of diversity!" ...Unless you're a Muslim.

    [–]KatrengiaFilthy American 37 ポイント38 ポイント  (2子コメント)

    Or black, Asian, First Nation, or female. Otherwise though, totes welcoming.

    [–]skysonfire 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Or Jewish.

    [–]MurlockHolmesSome, I assume, are good people 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Our even just, like, kinda brown

    [–]Fatortu 19 ポイント20 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Then you look at the US: Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of our greatest Americans. A goddamn Austrian who half the country can barely understand him when he talks.

    Shwarzenegger cannot run for presidency by law even though he wants to. France had a first-generation immigrant from Norway run for presidency in 2012. The US does not have the monopoly on nationality by ideal rather than by ethnicity. I would argue that they were even inspired by the French Revolution to some extent because at the Independance, White Protestants were essentially the only true Americans.

    [–]LeSpatulaCH 19 ポイント20 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Basically what this means is that not only do we have the beautiful terrain and whatnot but we have several different cultures and even dialects.

    They have dialects. I'm sold.

    [–]Putin-the-fabulousRefugees raped my gun! 18 ポイント19 ポイント  (9子コメント)

    BINGO! What do i win?

    [–]UncleSlackyTemporarily Embarrassed Millionaire 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (8子コメント)

    A Snickers?

    [–]Mred12Waka Waka 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (4子コメント)

    What's a snickers?

    [–]S0LR4C 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    A mars with nuts.

    [–]Mred12Waka Waka 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    does it look a bit like this: 🍍?

    [–]UncleSlackyTemporarily Embarrassed Millionaire 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    A mythical foodstuff, known only to 'Muricans.

    [–]sakonyachen 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    It's packed with peanuts. It really satisfies. What does it satisfy? Your need to be pre-diabetic.

    [–]Havoksixteen 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (2子コメント)

    Do you think we can get the Americans to bring some over? Provided they want to experience our homogenous European culture.

    [–]SpankinDaBagelI'm an American who occasionally says shit. 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Pay for my flight and I'll hook you up.

    [–]jesuschristonacamel3rd world shithole-dweller 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Which snickers, though? The one in Massachusetts is completely different from the one in Florida.

    [–]ColeYoteI swear I'm only half American 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Our crime rate. Remove the 5 most violent cities in America and our crime rate is insanely low.

    Which... on top of being a stupid argument, isn't even true. The least violent state in the US (New Hampshire) has a homicide rate of 1.1/100k. That is higher than, among others:

    • Germany (0.9)
    • Italy (0.8)
    • South Korea (0.7)
    • Austria (0.5)
    • Switzerland (0.5)
    • Japan (0.3)

    The median states (Arizona/Kansas) are at 4.45, higher than (among many others):

    • Lebanon (4.3)
    • Iran (3.9)
    • Chile (3.6)
    • Liberia (3.3)
    • India (3.2)
    • Cameroon (2.8)

    [–]325588 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    The median states (Arizona/Kansas) are at 4.45, higher than [...]

    you forgot malmö (3.4 city proper, 1.7 metro area last year, by far the worst in recent years), the apparent ISIS headquarter of europe.

    the founding fathers™ must be turning in their grave

    [–]abrasiveteapot 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Fucking lovedthe rhyming titles, nice one. Made me laugh.

    I shan't click on the links, I'm having a nice day.

    [–]Red-Hallumi 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Nationalism in America is tied to an ideal, not any race or culture.I can move to Japan, but because I'm white I'll never be considered Japanese. This also applies all throughout Europe.

    Meanwhile...

    White American: Where are you from?

    Asian American: Chicago.

    White American: No, I mean, where are you really from?

    [–]Maddox4lyf 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    I started reading these as a laugh but there's just too many and i had to stop and go get some fresh air, some are so dumb

    [–]ResbeltzAll Hail the Free Market 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Think of Spain as a poorer and warmer country than France and that Spain's more like a village and France is more like a city. The Spanish are more friendly, more sociable, more family orientated, have siestas. [..] French history dates back to BC times. From Gaul>Roman>abandoned by Rome in 486AD (soon followed by Catholicism). Whereas Spain was just a group of (tribes?) that barely banded together (1500's) in time to try taking over the world. Even now they still have 5 different languages within their own country despite being them all being Spanish. I'm only slightly French and not Spanish so that's as much as I can say.

    Oh, yeah, Spain its just a bunch of tribes who currently form a third world country. The kingdom of Casile, Leon, Navarre...? Just a bunch of ignorant tribes that decided to band together to conquer 1/4 of the world!

    [–]Chosen_Chaos 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Let's ignore Andalusia while we're at it, too!

    [–]ag38 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Good effort post.

    [–]mpgd8 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    We’re not racist, guys. Something something melting pot. Now let me ignore all the structural, economic and social problems that we have and blame black people for everything. So, don’t count statistics because, if we take this significant part of our population out of the equation, America is paradise.

    [–]RinYoga 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    I find stuff like this amazing honestly. I come from a fairly small and irrelevant country(Bulgaria), in terms of size or racial diversity we aren't even close to American. Yet as small as we are, I can still go to certain cities or regions or whatever and they can be somewhat different to me. So this comment stuck out to me

    It lies somewhere in between. The shared currency and governing body looks similar to the EU, no? And the history of Boston is quite different than that of San Antonio. And living in phoenix, I can tell you that we all do not speak the same language.

    Our cities have different histories, we too have dialects and I can say that it's totally hard for me to understand some of them. Some foods are more popular too because they can grow them there due to the differences of lands and all that. Many, many years ago while we were going on a vacation my sister asked our parents if the people on this region/city watched the same news as us because "Do they even understand us? You know because of dialect differences?". Yeah she was a kid at the time, but to her our small country felt that different. So if these small things make the difference between cities this huge, then I guess we are as great and diverse as America?

    [–]MontyDilloApparently a nazi 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Well, that was depressing.

    [–]FabulousGoat 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    If I read any more of these I might actually go insane. Thanks for your sacrifice, I wouldn't have the fortitude to go through a thread like this.

    [–]FluffyTractor 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    You put way too much effort into this :) Have my upvote.

    [–]sameth1 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    It's the minorities fault that there is racism. If they didn't exist, there would be nobody to be racist towards.

    [–]Wobbly_Freedom in the form of airstrikes! 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    American Culture

    hehe good one

    [–]Razzler1973 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Damn they really buy into the 'America is the bestest' thing, don't they.

    [–]belly_bell 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Tea Parties.

    [–]vibrateMy conversation hands have caused multiple black eyes >_< 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    What a bunch of idiots.

    [–]popcan4u 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    It never ceases to amaze me how insular these people really are. And how incredibly ignorant they are of the rest of the world. It's truly baffling.

    [–]John_Brownes_Body 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    I agree that saying the cultural differences between regions of America are the same as or larger than the differences between France and Spain is idiotic, but Europeans saying Americans are insular just because they don't have an extensive knowledge of Europe always amused me. Of course Europeans know Europe, it's where you live and it's a small continent. Nowadays you're part of the same political organization and you can go from one country to another almost as easily and cheaply as I can go from one state to another. They know it just like Americans know the different states, it's not a special talent or a sign of superiority. Everyone's insular, most people don't spend a lot of time learning about things they're never really going to need to know.

    I got into this argument with a guy when I was in Germany once, he challenged me to name all the countries in Europe. I did, then asked if he could do the same for the countries of Latin America. He did about as badly as the stereotypical American trying to name all the countries in Europe would.

    [–]EaklebeeTheUncertain 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    It's hypocritical to say you can't abide a little spot of genocide.

    DS9 reference?

    [–]Breaking-Vlad 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Fuuuuuuuuuuck, I think I'm overdosing

    [–]commanderkull 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    I was in a good mood before reading that thread

    [–]GroundDwellerevil commie yuropeen 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    first time on the sub for a little while (I like to keep it occasional as the ignorance in the submitted posts makes me want to punch walls). What a load of insular morons man, fucking hell

    [–]GeishaB 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Actually, #4 is quite accurate though. I'm not saying it's more diverse then European countries, but there are regional cultures all over

    [–]Flaktrack 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    On the topic of number 66, gun violence: I have always argued gun shit based on crime stats. I dont think it contributes much to the conversation if you include suicide and justified homicide when it's clear people are talking about crime.