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America! Fuck yeah!
That song every time |
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over a year ago
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Guns |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My partner … at least she’s from the East Coast, rather than a flyover state |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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School shootings
Killing animals for fun
Religious extremists |
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Don't tend to think off America and i did it would be things that have already been stated |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A good idea that's got out of hand. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Unfortunately in these times, controversy |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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In-n-out Burger  |
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Ready to draw... george double ya bush. |
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Guns
School shootings
Senile President
Lazy Vice President
Affordable housing shortage
Formula shortage
Crooked politicians
Lack of affordable healthcare
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yanks. |
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Awful food, arrogance and violence. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yosemite - followed by a host of similar stunning locations and the realisation that many of the world's most beautiful places are in countries rife with extremism, deprivation, brutality and violence.
Mr |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Patriotism. I don't think any other country bangs on about it more |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lack of intelligence. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Contentious |
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My siblings as 3 of them live there |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Abraham Lincoln. "
Got there before me lol
Diners Drive in's and dives |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ex father-in-law |
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over a year ago
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Cheese on everything |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Murica |
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Fat people eating massive portions then ordering a 4 gallon diet |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Space and diverse |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Guns & Fast food |
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Best rollercoasters in the world.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Chuck Norris |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I can't say, I would get a ban. |
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Good times. Nice bikes. Great food. Dodgy breakfasts. Hollywood. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Massive foods |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Oversized portions of fast food |
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By *ttmcdguyTV/TS
over a year ago
Milton Keynes |
Big cars
Big guns
Big people
Cheese with everything |
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By *assy69Man
over a year ago
West Sussex and Wales |
"Afternoon all  "
Cheesecake  |
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Hairy Bikers road trip down Route 66 |
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Anyone remember Jonny Vaughn and Denise Van outen’s fat America tourists on the big breakfast? They also spring to mind. |
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the doors, m.a.s.h, slayer, metallica, nyhc, henry rollins, g'n'r, anthrax, public enemy, bob dylan, simon an garfunkel, body count, bad brains, fishbone, soundgarden, joan jett, aerosmith, the stooges, the deer hunter, apocalypse now, dog day afternoon, the muppets
some other less good stuff too but not today x |
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Pinko sandal wearing hippy lefties..  |
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Opportunity
Mount rushmore
Rockies
Amazing food
'Ritas |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Big fat guys in bright shorts shouting
‘Get in the hole ‘ |
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Real wilderness. It doesn't exist in this country any more.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Friendly fire |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I wish version of the UK |
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Frisbees, roller boots and surfing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Hawaii, Syracuse and fort Smith, all places I lived in as a kid |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Nothing good...
It's a country where gun rights are over and above human rights. |
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Rocky Balboa’s star spangled boxing trunks |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The home to some of the greatest musicians the world has ever seen.
New York City…… the world’s greatest city.
California.
Twin Peaks.
V8’s and Muscle cars.
Not everything from America is horrific….. unlike their abortion laws. |
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Roe V Wade guns have more rights than women and the world’s 2nd biggest polluters, the Supreme Court overrides abortion rights for women as it’s pro life yet the following day allows the country to ignore its commitments to be carbon neutral so it can burn more coal how’s that pro life? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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1-Shite quality in food. 2-How dumb the average American is. 3-How loud and annoying your average American is. 4. The stupidity of the gun laws! 5-That so many of them voted for Donal Trump thinking it was a good idea! |
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Patriotism u.s.a. u.s.a. u.s.a. the world best for competition only in us. |
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over a year ago
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"1-Shite quality in food. 2-How dumb the average American is. 3-How loud and annoying your average American is. 4. The stupidity of the gun laws! 5-That so many of them voted for Donal Trump thinking it was a good idea! "
I do wonder when you see comments like this, if people have actually met and visited with the many decent North Americans.
Like many Countries its flawed but its an amazing place if you don't have a negative bias. Everywhere can be if you see beyond populist views. |
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By *ttmcdguyTV/TS
over a year ago
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"1-Shite quality in food. 2-How dumb the average American is. 3-How loud and annoying your average American is. 4. The stupidity of the gun laws! 5-That so many of them voted for Donal Trump thinking it was a good idea!
I do wonder when you see comments like this, if people have actually met and visited with the many decent North Americans.
Like many Countries its flawed but its an amazing place if you don't have a negative bias. Everywhere can be if you see beyond populist views."
That’s very true
But the post was
What do you think !
Not if you have been there what’s it like ! |
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By *ananas57Couple
over a year ago
lake ariel |
I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond  |
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over a year ago
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Big houses with attractive cougars extremely accommodating aswell sounds amazing |
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over a year ago
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I  Tom Hanks |
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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago
Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’ |
Bay Of Pigs.... |
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"1-Shite quality in food. 2-How dumb the average American is. 3-How loud and annoying your average American is. 4. The stupidity of the gun laws! 5-That so many of them voted for Donal Trump thinking it was a good idea! "
He was entertaining |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond "
Cousins x |
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Welcoming people.
Big Sky.
Hit and miss Food unless you are in the South then yummy.
Big portions. |
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond "
maybe you should start a post about us brits and how people see us |
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By *hagTonightMan
over a year ago
From the land of haribos. |
How they took the land from the natives. |
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Explosion at the Hoover dam!!!
Only cause I've just read it online  |
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It’s funny as a kid my mam would watch Dallas and I can remember thinking wow what a place bearing in mind I was growing up in thatcher’s Britain at the time I always thought America looked very glamorous it’s still a place I want to visit |
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over a year ago
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Mickey mouse. .... Sorry has anyone already said the president xx |
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"Zero healthcare "
what they don’t have any hospitals or doctors ? Wow |
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"Nothing good...
It's a country where gun rights are over and above human rights."
Nothing positive ?
The Grand Canyon, Sedona, Napa Valley, Key West
San Francisco ? |
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"Zero healthcare what they don’t have any hospitals or doctors ? Wow "
Unless you're rich |
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Don't understand why so much hate and dislike for America. Its a bloody amazing place. |
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"Zero healthcare what they don’t have any hospitals or doctors ? Wow
Unless you're rich"
ACA or Obama care I’m sure people get seen to and not left to die on the floor because they don’t have insurance I could be wrong but my original post to you’re comment was no care maybe you should of put no free healthcare |
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond maybe you should start a post about us brits and how people see us "
Honestly, I cannot think of one thing I dislike about the UK. |
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By *mily36CWoman
over a year ago
. (or anywhere beginning with B..!?) |
Work  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond "
Neither did until now... |
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"Zero healthcare what they don’t have any hospitals or doctors ? Wow
Unless you're rich ACA or Obama care I’m sure people get seen to and not left to die on the floor because they don’t have insurance I could be wrong but my original post to you’re comment was no care maybe you should of put no free healthcare "
Ah, maybe I should |
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond maybe you should start a post about us brits and how people see us
Honestly, I cannot think of one thing I dislike about the UK. "
You’ve clearly never been to Sunderland |
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond maybe you should start a post about us brits and how people see us
Honestly, I cannot think of one thing I dislike about the UK.
You’ve clearly never been to Sunderland "
It could do with some TLC, but it's notth side LA |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond
Neither did until now..."
To be fair the majority of news we hear from America is shooting after shooting. Most of the other stuff doesn’t reach us so a lot of opinions are based on this.
Also American sport is weird to us. |
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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago
Market Harborough / Kettering |
I went back in 1992 and couldn't believe how fat everyone was! Fast forward 30 years and the UK population is just about the same oh and the yanks don't get our humour !! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Gun violence |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond maybe you should start a post about us brits and how people see us
Honestly, I cannot think of one thing I dislike about the UK. you should look on YouTube drink brits holidaying in the costa del sol our European counterparts hate us "
Technically they aren’t in the UK so she can’t hate that about us. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond maybe you should start a post about us brits and how people see us
Honestly, I cannot think of one thing I dislike about the UK.
You’ve clearly never been to Sunderland
It could do with some TLC, but it's notth side LA"
TLC? It wouldn’t look out of place in a post apocalyptic film. |
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond maybe you should start a post about us brits and how people see us
Honestly, I cannot think of one thing I dislike about the UK. you should look on YouTube drink brits holidaying in the costa del sol our European counterparts hate us
Technically they aren’t in the UK so she can’t hate that about us."
technically you are spot on smart arse lol |
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond maybe you should start a post about us brits and how people see us
Honestly, I cannot think of one thing I dislike about the UK. you should look on YouTube drink brits holidaying in the costa del sol our European counterparts hate us
Technically they aren’t in the UK so she can’t hate that about us. technically you are spot on smart arse lol "
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond maybe you should start a post about us brits and how people see us
Honestly, I cannot think of one thing I dislike about the UK.
You’ve clearly never been to Sunderland
It could do with some TLC, but it's notth side LA
TLC? It wouldn’t look out of place in a post apocalyptic film."
The old central bus station has been eradicated. That was a truly dangerous place. I judge nowhere harshly in the UK. |
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"Afternoon all "
Incredibly poor social care, health care, employment rights, disgustingly low minimum wage - essentially a shit place to live unless you’re wealthy.
And now - a country that’s turned women into second class citizens - effectively removing them from the job market - good jobs at least.
Effectively a third world nation. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond maybe you should start a post about us brits and how people see us
Honestly, I cannot think of one thing I dislike about the UK.
You’ve clearly never been to Sunderland
It could do with some TLC, but it's notth side LA
TLC? It wouldn’t look out of place in a post apocalyptic film.
The old central bus station has been eradicated. That was a truly dangerous place. I judge nowhere harshly in the UK."
I was born north of the Tyne so I’m legally not allowed to say anything positive about Sunderland. |
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond
Neither did until now..."
Not everyone. I love it over there. |
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond maybe you should start a post about us brits and how people see us
Honestly, I cannot think of one thing I dislike about the UK.
You’ve clearly never been to Sunderland
It could do with some TLC, but it's notth side LA
TLC? It wouldn’t look out of place in a post apocalyptic film.
The old central bus station has been eradicated. That was a truly dangerous place. I judge nowhere harshly in the UK.
I was born north of the Tyne so I’m legally not allowed to say anything positive about Sunderland."
Ah, the old Geordie/Mackam divide |
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By *imbo59seMan
over a year ago
North Norfolk area |
Contentious I fully accept:
No real history = no real culture
Pretentious
Opinionated
Egotistical
Like (allegedly) French wine, the citizens don't travel well
Not the biggest fan, if you hadn't guessed! |
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Rock music (Van Halen, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Boston, Journey, Hendrix, Kiss, Ted Nugent and many others). |
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There is some spectacular scenery
They are creative and innovative
I admire the exploration of space for which they are world leaders
And I love the Hawaiian Islands and would love to revisit |
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Guns
Donald Trump
Devout Christians
Junk Food and cheese on everything
Country music, cowboy hats, trailer parks
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond "
Hi lovely. My beef isn’t with the American citizens - not those who value people above guns and care enough about others to want a decent healthcare system and women’s rights anyway.
My beef is with an intrinsically corrupt system that is constantly perpetuated as Americans seem to be brainwashed into believing their way is best.
Hence
40 000 American citizens file for medical bankruptcy each year - something unheard of in other countries
A minimum wage that hasn’t increased in 40 years in many states - resulting in people who work full time earning so little that they have to live in tents - thousands upon thousands of them (also unheard of in other developed countries)
A judicial system warped against the poor who have to ‘plea’ if they can’t afford a decent lawyer to avoid a very hefty sentence - hence the largest prison population per capita in the world.
The lowest right to annual leave in the developed world.
Appalling maternity rights
No free medication - not even for children.
People being sent home to die because their health insurance has run out.
Little or no help towards childcare for working parents.
An aggressive police force.
Essentially the us appears to be owned by Corporations, gun lobbyists and religious extremists. The ‘average’ US citizen appears to have little or no say in how the country is run.
My biggest concern is that if the Republicans win the next election they’ll skew the voting laws etc to make it impossible for the democrats to win an election again.
From an outsider’s point of view - this outsider anyway - democracy in the US is extremely precarious right now.
The Judges who overturned Roe v Wade have made no secret of the fact that they wish to limit rights to contraception and overturn LGBTQ rights. Some schools already are.
Again - I have no beef with the average American citizen - I’m just bloody glad I don’t live there. |
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over a year ago
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Springsteen ???? |
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By *ananas57Couple
over a year ago
lake ariel |
When our forefathers drafted The Constitution it wasn’t meant to promote greed and corruption in politics, but that’s what happened. |
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People seem to forget what a good allies they are remember how they sent their young lads over to fight the nazis and help Europe rid the nazis (cue the bit late to the party nonsense) |
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over a year ago
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I love the country … not the politics |
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Nation of mongrels, pigs of the world no thought for anyone but themselves,and I'm sick of hearing about this special relationship.made a fortune out of lend and lease during war and they could have come in on either side there choice of common language was English or German!!! |
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"People seem to forget what a good allies they are remember how they sent their young lads over to fight the nazis and help Europe rid the nazis (cue the bit late to the party nonsense)"
Rich white men sending poor, predominantly working class young men to defend their interests abroad has been the way of all civilisations in human history, I'd warrant. |
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"Nation of mongrels, pigs of the world no thought for anyone but themselves,and I'm sick of hearing about this special relationship.made a fortune out of lend and lease during war and they could have come in on either side there choice of common language was English or German!!!"
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"Nation of mongrels, pigs of the world no thought for anyone but themselves,and I'm sick of hearing about this special relationship.made a fortune out of lend and lease during war and they could have come in on either side there choice of common language was English or German!!!bit harsh "
clueless more than harsh in my opinion |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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What a country.
Welcoming, friendly people.
Big country made for great driving holidays.
Guns? Most people there don't own one and of those that do who aren't criminals, they're as responsible as the people that I know here who own one for shooting.
It's very sad to see how swayed people are by the negative media about that wonderful country. Spend 6 months there and you'll have a different view of the place and its people. |
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Guns? Most people there don't own one
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U.S. has just 4% of the world's population but owns about 40% of civilian-owned firearms globally.
3% of American adults own a collective 133m firearms
93% of all children killed globally by firearms, are killed in the USA
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By (user no longer on site)
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Guns? Most people there don't own one
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U.S. has just 4% of the world's population but owns about 40% of civilian-owned firearms globally.
3% of American adults own a collective 133m firearms
93% of all children killed globally by firearms, are killed in the USA
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Of my post, you highlighted 'guns'. As you've pointed out, "3%". I'd say that rather proves the point that most American's don't own guns, wouldn't you say? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"1-Shite quality in food. 2-How dumb the average American is. 3-How loud and annoying your average American is. 4. The stupidity of the gun laws! 5-That so many of them voted for Donal Trump thinking it was a good idea!
I do wonder when you see comments like this, if people have actually met and visited with the many decent North Americans.
Like many Countries its flawed but its an amazing place if you don't have a negative bias. Everywhere can be if you see beyond populist views."
I have been to America three times. The food quality is very poor. I did meet some nice Americans and I have several American friends. But generally, it's not a great place and it is overrated. my opinions are valid even if they are wrong or even right-each to their own
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Of my post, you highlighted 'guns'. As you've pointed out, "3%". I'd say that rather proves the point that most American's don't own guns, wouldn't you say?"
Read it again. It doesn’t say only 3% of Americans own a firearm
It says 3% own 133 million firearms
For clarity it’s estimated American citizens own 265 million firearms, about 30% own one, removing under 18’s and those in retirement homes, about 60% of the rest own a firearm. |
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By *tooveMan
over a year ago
belfast |
Punk/hardcore
Cowboy films
Lies |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What a country.
Welcoming, friendly people.
Big country made for great driving holidays.
Guns? Most people there don't own one and of those that do who aren't criminals, they're as responsible as the people that I know here who own one for shooting.
It's very sad to see how swayed people are by the negative media about that wonderful country. Spend 6 months there and you'll have a different view of the place and its people."
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Of my post, you highlighted 'guns'. As you've pointed out, "3%". I'd say that rather proves the point that most American's don't own guns, wouldn't you say?
Read it again. It doesn’t say only 3% of Americans own a firearm
It says 3% own 133 million firearms
For clarity it’s estimated American citizens own 265 million firearms, about 30% own one, removing under 18’s and those in retirement homes, about 60% of the rest own a firearm. "
Statistics are just that; they can be utilised to fit the occasion. In your case, you've chosen to remove certain demographic of the population, which is rather odd for an entire nation. "Most American's"; when did the demographics you have listed become non-Americans?
It wasn't lost on me what you said about the 3%, which is my point. That 3% own more than half the weapons.
As I've said, statistics can be made to fit whatever opinion we choose to have. |
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"Idiots"
Pretty much it's a generalisation that the media portrays about us here not the individuals. This was truly a eye opener. |
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Obesity, murders, infantilisation, uneducated people, woke culture, drugs. Drag Queens in schools for 6 years old, depravation, bimbos with the IQ of an oyster, hookers and prostitutes, junk food, invasion and destruction of other countries, crack, more murders, violence, pornography, child pornography...
Well, at least they invented the Blues. |
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"Guns
School shootings
Senile President
Lazy Vice President
Affordable housing shortage
Formula shortage
Crooked politicians
Lack of affordable healthcare
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What do you expect from a country who elects Joe Biden...? |
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american football |
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"Guns
School shootings
Senile President
Lazy Vice President
Affordable housing shortage
Formula shortage
Crooked politicians
Lack of affordable healthcare
What do you expect from a country who elects Joe Biden...?"
Of all the examples Joe? Christ Trump?
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In honesty though this thread went way off what I was expecting.
I’ve been over a good few times and enjoyed every minute of each time I’ve been there.
Only once did I have an altercation in south beach but every other person I met was absolutely brilliant, From gig venue suggestions to peaceful places, they were always happy to help. I can’t wait to get back over again hopefully further north and eventually the west coast |
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Vegas Baby! |
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"I never knew there was so much negativity about the U.S.A across the pond
Neither did until now...
To be fair the majority of news we hear from America is shooting after shooting. Most of the other stuff doesn’t reach us so a lot of opinions are based on this.
Also American sport is weird to us."
I’m a huge NHL fan |
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"It’s been an interesting topic…. Atlanta born.. New York bred … Michigan state grad!!!
All I will say…. Is that I’m taking notes!!!  "
You know the diversity though. I will open my door to anyone in need. It depends on people not the nation. But UK just reads what the media tells them to believe and that is set in stone in their minds. |
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Seriously it shows how disconnected people are both nations. |
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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago
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Seedcake.. and our 'Special Relationship'
Google will help.. |
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People that lost their way and can't communicate with eachother to come to an agreement, most shootings in states that is very hard to get a gun legally, people that don't let kids to be kids , and I can continue... |
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The gun crime and children being shot dead in schools so regularly is sickening tbh ,this is what the world makes judgement on primarily it's so sad but there is no charge in sight |
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"The gun crime and children being shot dead in schools so regularly is sickening tbh ,this is what the world makes judgement on primarily it's so sad but there is no charge in sight "
* Change |
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"Afternoon all "
Psychotic religious shitshow. Can we not just take off and nuke the whole site from orbit? |
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"The gun crime and children being shot dead in schools so regularly is sickening tbh ,this is what the world makes judgement on primarily it's so sad but there is no charge in sight "
Always guns.. the media tell you.. why is that ? We do not trust our government at all!! The number one trusted institution is..Guess what .. the military...you can go fact check that. Guess what ? Yours is the NHS. Difference in what is right don't you think? |
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"The gun crime and children being shot dead in schools so regularly is sickening tbh ,this is what the world makes judgement on primarily it's so sad but there is no charge in sight
* Change "
What change ? You going to invade 340 million people to tell them they Cannot have guns? Seriously is that your solution? |
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"The gun crime and children being shot dead in schools so regularly is sickening tbh ,this is what the world makes judgement on primarily it's so sad but there is no charge in sight
* Change
What change ? You going to invade 340 million people to tell them they Cannot have guns? Seriously is that your solution?"
they were correcting a typo... |
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Being a Brit who has lived here for 4 years and had 50 years of media fed information on the USA prior to that (ok I wasn’t watching the news at birth but you get the point) my views on here as a resident are much different than the image portrayed by that media.
Just as I am having to spend time correcting Americans on their media driven views on the UK all the time.
Opinions are great but more valid if real time is spent in either country not just a fortnight with Mickey every year.
Oh I miss saying fortnight! |
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"Being a Brit who has lived here for 4 years and had 50 years of media fed information on the USA prior to that (ok I wasn’t watching the news at birth but you get the point) my views on here as a resident are much different than the image portrayed by that media.
Just as I am having to spend time correcting Americans on their media driven views on the UK all the time.
Opinions are great but more valid if real time is spent in either country not just a fortnight with Mickey every year.
Oh I miss saying fortnight!"
I find it strange that there seems to be this idea that the only two options are living there or consuming the national media of an external country.
Many people have countless friends all over the globe, they travel themselves for extended periods. They consume media and knowledge from countless different sources.
But that all get lost in the assumptions of the 2 listed options. |
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"Being a Brit who has lived here for 4 years and had 50 years of media fed information on the USA prior to that (ok I wasn’t watching the news at birth but you get the point) my views on here as a resident are much different than the image portrayed by that media.
Just as I am having to spend time correcting Americans on their media driven views on the UK all the time.
Opinions are great but more valid if real time is spent in either country not just a fortnight with Mickey every year.
Oh I miss saying fortnight!
I find it strange that there seems to be this idea that the only two options are living there or consuming the national media of an external country.
Many people have countless friends all over the globe, they travel themselves for extended periods. They consume media and knowledge from countless different sources.
But that all get lost in the assumptions of the 2 listed options."
I understand what you saying and I agree it isn’t as black and white as I portrayed. I was an extensive traveller before I moved here so absorbed from many sources but, in my opinion, nothing beats living in a place for a more balanced influence free view. |
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"Being a Brit who has lived here for 4 years and had 50 years of media fed information on the USA prior to that (ok I wasn’t watching the news at birth but you get the point) my views on here as a resident are much different than the image portrayed by that media.
Just as I am having to spend time correcting Americans on their media driven views on the UK all the time.
Opinions are great but more valid if real time is spent in either country not just a fortnight with Mickey every year.
Oh I miss saying fortnight!
I find it strange that there seems to be this idea that the only two options are living there or consuming the national media of an external country.
Many people have countless friends all over the globe, they travel themselves for extended periods. They consume media and knowledge from countless different sources.
But that all get lost in the assumptions of the 2 listed options.
I understand what you saying and I agree it isn’t as black and white as I portrayed. I was an extensive traveller before I moved here so absorbed from many sources but, in my opinion, nothing beats living in a place for a more balanced influence free view."
I have family and close friends in 24 states, it may not be a personal knowledge but it is a very broad view of the country from reliable sources.
When I talk in a conversation on the states it is incredibly rare it is based on media, but rather what these people tell me. |
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"Being a Brit who has lived here for 4 years and had 50 years of media fed information on the USA prior to that (ok I wasn’t watching the news at birth but you get the point) my views on here as a resident are much different than the image portrayed by that media.
Just as I am having to spend time correcting Americans on their media driven views on the UK all the time.
Opinions are great but more valid if real time is spent in either country not just a fortnight with Mickey every year.
Oh I miss saying fortnight!
I find it strange that there seems to be this idea that the only two options are living there or consuming the national media of an external country.
Many people have countless friends all over the globe, they travel themselves for extended periods. They consume media and knowledge from countless different sources.
But that all get lost in the assumptions of the 2 listed options.
I understand what you saying and I agree it isn’t as black and white as I portrayed. I was an extensive traveller before I moved here so absorbed from many sources but, in my opinion, nothing beats living in a place for a more balanced influence free view.
I have family and close friends in 24 states, it may not be a personal knowledge but it is a very broad view of the country from reliable sources.
When I talk in a conversation on the states it is incredibly rare it is based on media, but rather what these people tell me."
I don’t even have 24 friends or family |
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Funny thing .. being from the states.. we still are relevant but I have to admit if you think on a geopolitical scale that the UK does not need that solace. I am totally accepting the "American isolationism". Carry on with your ignorant perception of the average American.. you are proving my point. The negativity is a perception.... |
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I love Americans. I am a sucker for an American accent and everyone I've met has been wonderful.
However, my first thought? Cluster fuck and is it really a safe country to visit? Do I ever want to go there again? Probably not. It is the start of the fall of the west |
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"Nation of mongrels, pigs of the world no thought for anyone but themselves,and I'm sick of hearing about this special relationship.made a fortune out of lend and lease during war and they could have come in on either side there choice of common language was English or German!!!"
I’m sorry you feel the way you do but believe me when I say, I respect your opinion.
I however am not a mongrel, a pig or a self absorbed American, I am a human being.
My ancestors were a proud people from the Cherokee nation and they were driven off their land.
In the early 1800’s, over 100,000 native American men, women and children were forcibly marched over 1000 miles under deplorable conditions. They were also forced to live, against their will, on reservations in Oklahoma established by the Government. Their land, possessions and freedoms were taken away and many died from smallpox and starvation.
So before you say we have no history, may I suggest you read Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation by John Ehle, or An American Betrayal: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears by Daniel Blake Smith. Maybe it’ll give you a better idea of just some of the history of America.
The Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole have a history and none of them had a choice. Give that some thought….. |
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David Hasselhoff! |
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