Poll of the Day > so many americans take america for granted.

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IAmNowGone
06/19/17 10:10:43 PM
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i was just sifting through the web and tourism etc. For most people in America, this is the safest place to be. Gays get murdered in third world countries...there's cival wars happening this day in age in third world countries...infestation of people slowly warping their culture.

America is pretty great.
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CountessRolab
06/19/17 10:13:27 PM
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Meh, America is very overrated and patriotism is stupid. There are many superior countries (mostly small European nations like Monaco)
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IAmNowGone
06/19/17 10:24:06 PM
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CountessRolab posted...
Meh, America is very overrated and patriotism is stupid. There are many superior countries (mostly small European nations like Monaco)


you need a severe reality check. while i agree too much patriotism is ridiculous but too much of anything is ridiculous. im sure europe is ok aside from the terrorist attacks every other week.
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RCtheWSBC
06/19/17 10:26:08 PM
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IAmNowGone posted...
im sure usa is ok aside from the mass shooting attacks every other week.


You need a reality check about life satisfaction in other countries. You talked a lot about the third world and conveniently glossed over other thriving industrial nations.
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CountessRolab
06/19/17 10:33:46 PM
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RCtheWSBC posted...
IAmNowGone posted...
im sure usa is ok aside from the mass shooting attacks every other week.


You need a reality check about life satisfaction in other countries. You talked a lot about the third world and conveniently glossed over other thriving industrial nations.


Agreed. There undeniably better places to live. The USA barely even cracks the top 10 in terms of GDP per capita, and consistently gets blown away by the Nordic countries in terms of happiness and well-being.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report
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KevinceKostner
06/19/17 10:38:38 PM
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CountessRolab posted...
RCtheWSBC posted...
IAmNowGone posted...
im sure usa is ok aside from the mass shooting attacks every other week.


You need a reality check about life satisfaction in other countries. You talked a lot about the third world and conveniently glossed over other thriving industrial nations.


Agreed. There undeniably better places to live. The USA barely even cracks the top 10 in terms of GDP per capita, and consistently gets blown away by the Nordic countries in terms of happiness and well-being.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report

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Mead
06/19/17 10:41:19 PM
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Happiness is a difficult thing to measure. All I know is that the US has a bunch of food that I like, plus my wife and my dogs live here, so I guess I will stay.
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Lightning Bolt
06/19/17 10:45:31 PM
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IAmNowGone posted...
infestation of people slowly warping their culture.

if it's the gay culture we're warping then can we start with the nipple tassels they're really distracting
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Zeus
06/19/17 10:52:19 PM
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CountessRolab posted...
Meh, America is very overrated and patriotism is stupid. There are many superior countries (mostly small European nations like Monaco)


lolwut? (lolwut?)

RCtheWSBC posted...
IAmNowGone posted...
im sure usa is ok aside from the mass shooting attacks every other week.


You need a reality check about life satisfaction in other countries. You talked a lot about the third world and conveniently glossed over other thriving industrial nations.


You mean countries like China which have weather alerts for pollution? Or India which is still big on that whole throwing acid on women thing?

CountessRolab posted...
RCtheWSBC posted...
IAmNowGone posted...
im sure usa is ok aside from the mass shooting attacks every other week.


You need a reality check about life satisfaction in other countries. You talked a lot about the third world and conveniently glossed over other thriving industrial nations.


Agreed. There undeniably better places to live. The USA barely even cracks the top 10 in terms of GDP per capita, and consistently gets blown away by the Nordic countries in terms of happiness and well-being.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report


So much wrong.

Mead posted...
Happiness is a difficult thing to measure. All I know is that the US has a bunch of food that I like, plus my wife and my dogs live here, so I guess I will stay.


This, pretty much.
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CountessRolab
06/19/17 10:55:21 PM
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America doesnt even rank top 10 on many personal freedom rankings--presumably because of the theocratic influence in our government. Once again, the Nordic countries come out on top (they are very secular)

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article105618381.html
http://www.prosperity.com/#!/ranking
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CountessRolab
06/19/17 10:56:28 PM
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Zeus posted...
So much wrong.


Oh, pleeeeease explain to me why. I love it when you deny facts. You end up looking like a fool.
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RCtheWSBC
06/19/17 10:57:39 PM
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lol don't talk to him Balor, he's a joke
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Currant_Kaiser
06/19/17 11:01:24 PM
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I'm just glad we don't have those stupid fucking hate speech laws.
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CountessRolab
06/19/17 11:06:14 PM
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RCtheWSBC posted...
lol don't talk to him Balor, he's a joke


I know, but he really does look like a moron when he flat out denies emperical data. He usually disappears when you call out his BS. It is like the time he tried to pretend to be an expert on corporate equity.
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Zeus
06/19/17 11:16:16 PM
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RCtheWSBC posted...
lol don't talk to him Balor, he's a joke


This time I might skip it, since there's so much wrong in his posts I don't know where to begin.

CountessRolab posted...
RCtheWSBC posted...
lol don't talk to him Balor, he's a joke


I know, but he really does look like a moron when he flat out denies emperical data. He usually disappears when you call out his BS. It is like the time he tried to pretend to be an expert on corporate equity.


I posted a response to that, but you reported it and it got modded. And it was literally what the experts were saying but hey, I'm sure some college kid knows better than them.
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CountessRolab
06/19/17 11:18:52 PM
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Zeus posted...
RCtheWSBC posted...
lol don't talk to him Balor, he's a joke


This time I might skip it, since there's so much wrong in his posts I don't know where to begin.


ROFLMAO
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RCtheWSBC
06/19/17 11:20:10 PM
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Ain't worth it, man lol

I glanced at his response to me and skipped everything else
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CountessRolab
06/19/17 11:21:57 PM
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And Zeus, you literally said that companies are worth more money if they dont do a stock split. That is flat out stupid.
News flash, when companies split stock, the split is proportional. ie. A $1000 share becomes 2 $500 shares. The market capitalization of the company remains constant. It is often done to make a stock more affordable to retail investors. Literally no "expert" has ever said otherwise. You talk out your ass and make shit up.
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CountessRolab
06/19/17 11:42:08 PM
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CountessRolab posted...
He usually disappears when you call out his BS.


@RCtheWSBC
Told you.
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RCtheWSBC
06/19/17 11:46:54 PM
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You don't need to tell me, I already know he's full of hot air
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IAmNowGone
06/20/17 6:21:27 AM
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Currant_Kaiser posted...
I'm just glad we don't have those stupid fucking hate speech laws.


YeeeeeeeeeAAaah boi
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rexcrk
06/20/17 6:58:26 AM
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Yeah I just love how astronomically high education and medical attention costs are in this country. Just the greatest.
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Dikitain
06/20/17 9:07:55 AM
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CountessRolab posted...
RCtheWSBC posted...
IAmNowGone posted...
im sure usa is ok aside from the mass shooting attacks every other week.


You need a reality check about life satisfaction in other countries. You talked a lot about the third world and conveniently glossed over other thriving industrial nations.


Agreed. There undeniably better places to live. The USA barely even cracks the top 10 in terms of GDP per capita, and consistently gets blown away by the Nordic countries in terms of happiness and well-being.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report

It is easy to be happy when your country is full of white supremacists.

"Hey, you know the way we can be the best countries in the world? Oppress everyone who isn't white!!!"

Great model to look after you fucking racist.
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CountessRolab
06/20/17 9:08:13 AM
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rexcrk posted...
Yeah I just love how astronomically high education and medical attention costs are in this country. Just the greatest.


Dont forget about how crappy the quality is too!
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IAmNowGone
06/20/17 6:20:00 PM
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Dikitain posted...
CountessRolab posted...
RCtheWSBC posted...
IAmNowGone posted...
im sure usa is ok aside from the mass shooting attacks every other week.


You need a reality check about life satisfaction in other countries. You talked a lot about the third world and conveniently glossed over other thriving industrial nations.


Agreed. There undeniably better places to live. The USA barely even cracks the top 10 in terms of GDP per capita, and consistently gets blown away by the Nordic countries in terms of happiness and well-being.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report

It is easy to be happy when your country is full of white supremacists.

"Hey, you know the way we can be the best countries in the world? Oppress everyone who isn't white!!!"

Great model to look after you fucking racist.


lol
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IAmNowGone
06/20/17 6:21:13 PM
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also i know it's cliche to say this at this point but to those who always have a contrarian opinion about America, why don't you leave?

I'm genuinely curious. Is it money? Or do you not hate this place as much as it seems like you do?
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RCtheWSBC
06/20/17 6:22:27 PM
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IAmNowGone posted...
why don't you leave?

Some of us don't think it's impossible for the country to change for the better, and want to be part of that process in any way.

IAmNowGone posted...
Or do you not hate this place as much as it seems like you do?

Being honestly critical about the shortcomings of a country isn't hating it.
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Yellow
06/20/17 6:29:37 PM
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One day I might move to a European country like Sweden. I just think my kids would deserve better.

Oh but Europe is a mess due to refugees! Yeah, because of US politicians. Everything they touch turns to shit, not that you can even trust any of these Breitbart articles. At this rate we'll be having a Civil war for single payer healthcare, most of our Democrats are actually middle right. Currently our country is ran by far right loonies.

Did you hear the Fox host call for a pre-emptive war with North Korea? Fox news, aka Trump's cabinet? Let's start war #8 without finishing the other 7, it's not like people making the rules are the ones paying for them.
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FourthDimension
06/20/17 6:34:48 PM
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Sure, let's ignore all of America's problems just because North Korea exists. There's zero room for progress as long as that's the case.
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TyVulpine
06/20/17 6:36:47 PM
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IAmNowGone posted...
i was just sifting through the web and tourism etc. For most people in America, this is the safest place to be. Gays get murdered in third world countries...there's cival wars happening this day in age in third world countries...infestation of people slowly warping their culture.

America is pretty great.

Gays are killed here too. (Which is really sad since it's usually by Christians despite one their Ten Commandments being "Thou Shalt Not Kill")
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Lightning Bolt
06/20/17 6:43:43 PM
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IAmNowGone posted...
also i know it's cliche to say this at this point but to those who always have a contrarian opinion about America, why don't you leave?

I'm genuinely curious. Is it money? Or do you not hate this place as much as it seems like you do?

Circumstance, really. Got a good job offer to move back here and I took it. It works for now.

Plus, since Brexit, there's nowhere cool and English-speaking that I'm a citizen of any more. I think. Can't really move back to England, and cba learning another language.
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Ogurisama
06/20/17 6:54:12 PM
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I find it funny the US doesnt have the highest Freedom index (not even in the top 40), yet they claim to be the worlds freest country. Looking at that list Balor posted
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RCtheWSBC
06/20/17 6:58:27 PM
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Ogurisama posted...
I find it funny the US doesnt have the highest Freedom index (not even in the top 40), yet they claim to be the worlds freest country. Looking at that list Balor posted

2017 Index of Economic Freedom: http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking
USA at 17 and declining from the previous year

2016 Human Freedom Index: https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index
USA at 23 and declining from the previous year

2017 World Press Freedom Index: https://rsf.org/en/ranking/2017
USA at 43 and declining from the previous year
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IAmNowGone
06/20/17 7:01:37 PM
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RCtheWSBC posted...
IAmNowGone posted...
why don't you leave?

Some of us don't think it's impossible for the country to change for the better, and want to be part of that process in any way.

IAmNowGone posted...
Or do you not hate this place as much as it seems like you do?

Being honestly critical about the shortcomings of a country isn't hating it.



Fair. I never claimed America was perfect. Far from it. And I do agree that there are changes that need to be made. However....

TyVulpine posted...
IAmNowGone posted...
i was just sifting through the web and tourism etc. For most people in America, this is the safest place to be. Gays get murdered in third world countries...there's cival wars happening this day in age in third world countries...infestation of people slowly warping their culture.

America is pretty great.

Gays are killed here too. (Which is really sad since it's usually by Christians despite one their Ten Commandments being "Thou Shalt Not Kill")


They do but it's generally safer here than a lot of the places I hinted at in my post. And yes, I know there are plenty of places in other parts of the world where gays can thrive, perhaps better than here. Simply statingbthat the country isn't as bad as people make it out to be.
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RCtheWSBC
06/20/17 7:02:28 PM
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IAmNowGone posted...
Simply statingbthat the country isn't as bad as people make it out to be.

And it isn't as amazing as other people make it out to be.
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Dikitain
06/20/17 7:03:41 PM
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RCtheWSBC posted...
IAmNowGone posted...
Simply statingbthat the country isn't as bad as people make it out to be.

And it isn't as amazing as other people make it out to be.

Nobody in the history of ever has claimed it to be amazing. Even the founding fathers thought it sucked and would kill us all.
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IAmNowGone
06/20/17 7:03:53 PM
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RCtheWSBC posted...
IAmNowGone posted...
Simply statingbthat the country isn't as bad as people make it out to be.

And it isn't as amazing as other people make it out to be.


So we agree then. Lol.
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RCtheWSBC
06/20/17 7:04:25 PM
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Dikitain posted...
Nobody in the history of ever has claimed it to be amazing

Lol shut up
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Yellow
06/20/17 7:06:29 PM
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RCtheWSBC posted...
Dikitain posted...
Nobody in the history of ever has claimed it to be amazing

Lol shut up

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Dikitain
06/20/17 7:08:23 PM
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RCtheWSBC posted...
Dikitain posted...
Nobody in the history of ever has claimed it to be amazing

Lol shut up

Oh I'm sorry, did I offend the poor Trump supporter?

XD
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RCtheWSBC
06/20/17 7:09:49 PM
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LOL you are a weird dude
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CountessRolab
06/20/17 7:37:59 PM
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RCtheWSBC posted...
You don't need to tell me, I already know he's full of hot air


The point I was making is that it is possible to shut him up (as evidenced ITT)
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TheCyborgNinja
06/20/17 8:21:32 PM
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America is safer than many third-world countries, but it's probably the worst first-world one in that regard...
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