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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: lordmaji on February 12, 2011, 01:17:01 AM

Title: How about that America/USA?
Post by: lordmaji on February 12, 2011, 01:17:01 AM: how do you feel about it?
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Post by: Vizzys on February 12, 2011, 01:27:57 AM: overrated
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on February 12, 2011, 01:38:53 AM: I hear it's just like Canada but without all the good stuff, like not having Drew as a citizen.
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Post by: Diunx on February 12, 2011, 01:40:52 AM: Already have a Wendy's here no reason to go back there.
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Post by: Vizzys on February 12, 2011, 01:41:20 AM: canada is like usa only more sad and depressing

that is my brief impression upon visiting it
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Post by: Great Rumbler on February 12, 2011, 01:42:56 AM: America is a pretty cool guy.
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 12, 2011, 01:43:46 AM: shitmerica, needs more socialism
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Post by: Purple Filth on February 12, 2011, 01:58:17 AM: [youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M[/youtube]

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Post by: Reb on February 12, 2011, 02:43:58 AM: I like New York as a sort of Disney Land, but I find myself often annoyed by Americans.

Although Holland seems to be on course to become as much like America as possible.
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Post by: Himu on February 12, 2011, 02:53:46 AM: America is a dying empire, our children will be fat and learning chinese in 20 years, because people are so pc everyone will have to know spanish because hispanics have taken over the country and are a majority, as the country gets more hispanic and colored poverty rates will rise and likely lead to civil unrest because no one really wants to fix this problem and ignores it, and as the fossil fuel peak reaches we'll see a bigger and bigger decline without the necessary restructuring of our cities and ways of living to prepare ourselves for it.

we are fucked
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Post by: TEEEPO on February 12, 2011, 03:25:53 AM: pretty good. had a couple of brews. nothing is making any sense. just the way i like it.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on February 12, 2011, 08:50:07 AM: I just filed my taxes. Apparently I make too much money to deduct student loan interest on my taxes.

So no aid whatsoever with student costs when I went to school so I had to take on brutally high amounts of debt ($87,000) and now I can't deduct any of the interest from my taxes as I am paying them.

Yeah I'm raging.
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Post by: Positive Touch on February 12, 2011, 10:02:59 AM: we need a hillbilly culling
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 12, 2011, 01:05:53 PM: I like America in the City. Suburban America makes me really sad.
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Post by: drew on February 12, 2011, 01:11:04 PM: i hear its just like canada, but with guns and pushknives, oh and those two ghostly looking losers arvie and malek don't live here either
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Post by: ch1nchilla on February 12, 2011, 02:04:52 PM: :yuck

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but real talk, America is why I live in Japan
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on February 12, 2011, 02:10:43 PM: I don't know how it is in other countries but in America, most people demand that everything fall into their laps. Hard work is considered gay, learning is for nerds and fegs, and not getting piss drunk and driving makes you a loser. Where most people look like you admitted that you partake in kid-diddlin' if you opt not to get the biggest, nicest house and car (that you can't afford).

Yet I probably won't leave either. It has a lot of good things going for it; people will bitch and write snarky comments but they'll never leave. I guess half assed passive aggressiveness is an American trait too.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 12, 2011, 03:35:41 PM: Quote from: ch1nchilla on February 12, 2011, 02:04:52 PM
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but real talk, Asian girls are why I live in Japan
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Post by: Mupepe on February 12, 2011, 05:05:16 PM: I love it here. There are things I hate about the people and government but I love a lot of the culture and very american things (muscle cars, guns, big budget movies, tv shows, etc) to really ever want to leave. I think it has some really big issues, but considering the scope and circumstances of it, I can see and even to a point understand why. I'll take the good with the bad.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on February 12, 2011, 05:15:36 PM: My parents fucked here so that's why I'm a citizen.

If I had my pick, there are certainly other countries I would pick to live in before here.

That being said my family and friends are here so its unlikely I will ever leave permanently at least.

America is what it is. It's "okay".
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on February 12, 2011, 05:48:47 PM: personally, my own self-inflicted problems overwhelm any problems I might have w/ my environment, to the extent the latter don't even register. I'm sure I could be transported to any other (rich) country and, modulo language differences etc., barely even notice
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Post by: Himu on February 12, 2011, 06:18:48 PM: I will never live anywhere else, goddamit, if only for my family.
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Post by: Dickie Dee on February 12, 2011, 07:50:10 PM: Being a dual-citizen and having lived in both countries, I sometimes feel alot more comfortable in Canada and probably think the system is working better, but won't deny I get invigorate by the US which drives me to higher-highs and lower-lows.

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv1QDlWbS8g[/youtube]
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 12, 2011, 07:54:11 PM: Quote from: Mupepe on February 12, 2011, 05:05:16 PM
I love it here. There are things I hate about the people and government but I love a lot of the culture.

This is why I live in the city (Seattle). Everything I love about America, and none of the things I hate.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on February 12, 2011, 07:58:59 PM: Quote from: Mamacint on February 12, 2011, 07:50:10 PM
Being a dual-citizen and having lived in both countries

That's like being half communist and half American! One day there will be a reckoning!!

For what its worth California is a pretty cool place to live culturally. If they could somehow secede I would easily join that nation. NCR for life!

I hear good things (mostly) about Washington and Oregon with a few bad comments occasionally tossed in there.

NY doesn't interest me in living there for some reason despite being relatively liberal. I think its because anecdotally a lot of New Yorkers I've met have been assholes.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on February 12, 2011, 08:02:27 PM: It suits my needs.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 12, 2011, 08:13:54 PM: Quote from: Stoney Mason on February 12, 2011, 07:58:59 PM
I hear good things (mostly) about Washington and Oregon with a few bad comments occasionally tossed in there.

Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Bend and parts of Tacoma are great if you want a good liberal American experience.
Title: Re: How about that America/USA?
Post by: lordmaji on February 12, 2011, 08:22:48 PM: I'm in Alabama right now... at least for another week.

That should tell you how I feel about America! :lol :american :whip
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Post by: Dickie Dee on February 12, 2011, 08:23:17 PM: Quote from: Mr. Gundam on February 12, 2011, 08:13:54 PM
Quote from: Stoney Mason on February 12, 2011, 07:58:59 PM
I hear good things (mostly) about Washington and Oregon with a few bad comments occasionally tossed in there.

Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Bend and parts of Tacoma are great if you want a good liberal American experience.

Washington state hinterlands :teehee
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Post by: Great Rumbler on February 12, 2011, 08:30:33 PM: America: Hey, at least it's not North Korea.
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on February 12, 2011, 09:14:20 PM: Quote from: Mr. Gundam on February 12, 2011, 08:13:54 PM

Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Bend and parts of Tacoma are great if you want a good liberal American experience.

aka the Republic of Cascadia (http://zapatopi.net/cascadia/)
Title: Re: How about that America/USA?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 12, 2011, 09:16:31 PM: Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on February 12, 2011, 09:14:20 PM
Quote from: Mr. Gundam on February 12, 2011, 08:13:54 PM

Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Bend and parts of Tacoma are great if you want a good liberal American experience.

aka the Republic of Cascadia (http://zapatopi.net/cascadia/)

Only problem with the concept of Cascadia as being Liberal Land USA is that it includes Eastern Washtingon.
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Post by: cool breeze on February 12, 2011, 09:16:47 PM: It's ok, I guess. It's hard to say as someone born and raised here. For my parents, it is probably a big deal and opened a lot of opportunities for them that in turn gave me a better life.

I don't really have a good reference for other countries. I've had extended stays in Paris, various places in Italy, various places in Germany, and those were all great (oddly, I liked Germany the most). My one time to Canada was a disaster. It took two hours to order some chicken tenders. I kept telling these people, in the lord's tongue, that I wanted Le Chicken Tenders, and it was Le number 2 on the menu. To say I was cultured shocked by a country where they'd let people starve is an understatement, and I've been to Africa. The only good thing about my trip to Canada was that I left with a copy of Heavy Gear II on PC.
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 12, 2011, 09:22:14 PM: Quote from: Mr. Gundam on February 12, 2011, 09:16:31 PM
Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on February 12, 2011, 09:14:20 PM
Quote from: Mr. Gundam on February 12, 2011, 08:13:54 PM

Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Bend and parts of Tacoma are great if you want a good liberal American experience.

aka the Republic of Cascadia (http://zapatopi.net/cascadia/)

Only problem with the concept of Cascadia as being Liberal Land USA is that it includes Eastern Washtingon.

we need idiot inbreds to farm our organic produce, they can stay
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 12, 2011, 09:23:17 PM: I think Eastern Washington is secretly gay for us liberal Westerners.
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Post by: Bebpo on February 12, 2011, 10:13:17 PM: Amazon.com

USA :rock
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on February 12, 2011, 10:25:11 PM: If you pay any attention to politics the country is super depressing. Culturally? Salright. I don't like the nationalism but you get that in any country.
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Post by: Positive Touch on February 12, 2011, 10:44:14 PM: Quote from: EmCeeGrammar on February 12, 2011, 10:25:11 PM
If you pay any attention to politics the country is super depressing. Culturally? Salright. I don't like the nationalism but you get that in any country.

try living in missouri motherfucker
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Post by: Joe Molotov on February 12, 2011, 11:00:03 PM: Quote from: Positive Touch on February 12, 2011, 10:44:14 PM
Quote from: EmCeeGrammar on February 12, 2011, 10:25:11 PM
If you pay any attention to politics the country is super depressing. Culturally? Salright. I don't like the nationalism but you get that in any country.

try living in missouri motherfucker

Maybe EmCee enjoys the drinkin' and coon huntin' culture?
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Post by: Great Rumbler on February 12, 2011, 11:05:55 PM: Quote from: Bebpo on February 12, 2011, 10:13:17 PM
Amazon.com

USA :rock

Hulu :american
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Post by: Mupepe on February 12, 2011, 11:13:05 PM: Quote from: Mr. Gundam on February 12, 2011, 07:54:11 PM
Quote from: Mupepe on February 12, 2011, 05:05:16 PM
I love it here. There are things I hate about the people and government but I love a lot of the culture.

This is why I live in the city (Seattle). Everything I love about America, and none of the things I hate.
Yep. Suburban America is shittastic. It's everything I hate about America. Wasteful, boring, repetitive and ultimately unnecessary. How someone could enjoy living in it is beyond me. Their idea of a nice neighborhood is a Chili's and Burger King in the same plaza. Yech.

And to an extent, the South blows. I work at a super conservative corporation in the South. I hear ridiculous shit on a daily basis. Bleh.
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Post by: drew on February 12, 2011, 11:37:58 PM: itt: sweeping generalizations about people and locals
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Post by: Tauntaun on February 13, 2011, 12:02:45 AM: This hurs amurica and if you don't like it, you can jus GIT OUT! :maf
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Post by: Stoney Mason on February 13, 2011, 12:03:35 AM: Quote from: drew on February 12, 2011, 11:37:58 PM
itt: sweeping generalizations about people and locals

You mean people aren't writing 10 pages documents on the pro and cons of the united states in this thread?

That is shocking!
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on February 13, 2011, 12:24:57 AM: Quote from: Positive Touch on February 12, 2011, 10:44:14 PM
Quote from: EmCeeGrammar on February 12, 2011, 10:25:11 PM
If you pay any attention to politics the country is super depressing. Culturally? Salright. I don't like the nationalism but you get that in any country.

try living in missouri motherfucker

I'm in Ohio right now. Buncha passively racist older white people in the middle of ho hum suburbia. Collectively, as a nation, there are some entertaining institutions.