Things about your country that make you hang your head in shame.
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Australia: How friggin' whiny most of the population seems to get over losing sports.
OMG WE LOST THE ASHES OH NOES
What's even worse? Most of the others that say "oh, it doesn't really matter", and then they freak out when we do win something.
Stupid jingoism.
OMG WE LOST THE ASHES OH NOES
What's even worse? Most of the others that say "oh, it doesn't really matter", and then they freak out when we do win something.
Stupid jingoism.
I hate our ad's in Australia, always having the word 'bloody' in them because all of us speak like that.
If we are going to advertise our country to the world then it should show all our good sides, not some immature idiots chatting of about random crap or something really boring that doesn't show anything good about Australia like this ad >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQGMuxJ0vCc.
WTF were they thinking?
If we are going to advertise our country to the world then it should show all our good sides, not some immature idiots chatting of about random crap or something really boring that doesn't show anything good about Australia like this ad >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQGMuxJ0vCc.
WTF were they thinking?
I live in Canada. In Canada, we had a residential schooling program for natives that fits under the UN's definition of "Genocide." The last residential school was not closed until the year 1996.
LOL awesomeShadeOfRed said:
Im personally in this position. Why do they make all that money for running the company into the ground? Anyway, i'll get in the line to punch them. About 40% of the town i live in has nothing to do either, so im sure they will show up too.aakibar said:
Australia, and the stupidity in mistreatment of the people who lived here first.
We were one of the first to give women the vote (after New Zealand and probably a few others), but it was the late sixties when the aboriginies were actually counted as people in our constitution.
We were one of the first to give women the vote (after New Zealand and probably a few others), but it was the late sixties when the aboriginies were actually counted as people in our constitution.
I live in America. FUCK YEAH!
Except for the following reasons:
-While most of the third world's health problems can be attributed to, or are exacerbated by, severe malnutrition (probably even more so than bullets and stuff), America's largest health problem is heart disease, which can be attributed to and is exacerbated by having way too much food. Granted, the third world would probably be in a lot better shape if they spend more time working on agriculture and infrastructure instead of blowing themselves up, but you can probably blame a lot of that on America too, for the following reason.
-America's foreign policy has, as an integral component, having the CIA remove any leadership that doesn't support us from most of these countries and then installing any two-bit megalomaniac who will agree to trade with us as dictator. Typically this has very bad consequences for the residents of these countries. Imagine, if you will, China (or some country you don't like, doesn't really matter who) throwing military support behind (insert your country's most prominent jerk-ass extremist group with aspirations of national conquest here) until they overthrow your government, and then imagine that Chinese corporations get to stride in and have their way with your country's natural resources while you starve to death. Now just replace China with America and imagine you live in Afghanistan and we've made the jump from hypothetical situation to harsh reality.
-At the time of its founding, America was populated by about 75% racist, bigot cunts (or RBCs), and about 25% cristo-fascist cunts (or CFCs). This, indeed, was such a problem that the constitution and the Bill of Rights, which should have extended equal rights to EVERYONE, only applied to white, heterosexual males aged 18 to 45. We've spent the last 200 years making agonizingly slow progress towards the state of equality our country was always supposed to have. I'm somehow reminded of games like the new Alone in the Dark or Too Human that aspired to greatness and yet fell flatter a spooge splatter in a ceramic bathtub. The only differece here is that we've had to keep working on America as a concept; if you poured 200 years into Alone in the Dark it could probably become a pretty decent game at some point, depending on the degree to which the development company was operated by idiots and pricks.
I'm quite fond of this quote from YouTube personality Phillip DeFranco:
"America is a limited-edition Beanie Baby with a Big Mac in one hand and an American flag in the other, and when you flip it over, it says 'Made in China'."
Edit: Oh yeah, I almost forgot the slaughter and imprisonment of every native people on the continent. I've often wondered what the United States would be like today if we had decided to live in harmony with the Native Americans rather than shooting them all and giving them smallpox blankets. Might make a good topic for a fiction novel.
Except for the following reasons:
-While most of the third world's health problems can be attributed to, or are exacerbated by, severe malnutrition (probably even more so than bullets and stuff), America's largest health problem is heart disease, which can be attributed to and is exacerbated by having way too much food. Granted, the third world would probably be in a lot better shape if they spend more time working on agriculture and infrastructure instead of blowing themselves up, but you can probably blame a lot of that on America too, for the following reason.
-America's foreign policy has, as an integral component, having the CIA remove any leadership that doesn't support us from most of these countries and then installing any two-bit megalomaniac who will agree to trade with us as dictator. Typically this has very bad consequences for the residents of these countries. Imagine, if you will, China (or some country you don't like, doesn't really matter who) throwing military support behind (insert your country's most prominent jerk-ass extremist group with aspirations of national conquest here) until they overthrow your government, and then imagine that Chinese corporations get to stride in and have their way with your country's natural resources while you starve to death. Now just replace China with America and imagine you live in Afghanistan and we've made the jump from hypothetical situation to harsh reality.
-At the time of its founding, America was populated by about 75% racist, bigot cunts (or RBCs), and about 25% cristo-fascist cunts (or CFCs). This, indeed, was such a problem that the constitution and the Bill of Rights, which should have extended equal rights to EVERYONE, only applied to white, heterosexual males aged 18 to 45. We've spent the last 200 years making agonizingly slow progress towards the state of equality our country was always supposed to have. I'm somehow reminded of games like the new Alone in the Dark or Too Human that aspired to greatness and yet fell flatter a spooge splatter in a ceramic bathtub. The only differece here is that we've had to keep working on America as a concept; if you poured 200 years into Alone in the Dark it could probably become a pretty decent game at some point, depending on the degree to which the development company was operated by idiots and pricks.
I'm quite fond of this quote from YouTube personality Phillip DeFranco:
"America is a limited-edition Beanie Baby with a Big Mac in one hand and an American flag in the other, and when you flip it over, it says 'Made in China'."
Edit: Oh yeah, I almost forgot the slaughter and imprisonment of every native people on the continent. I've often wondered what the United States would be like today if we had decided to live in harmony with the Native Americans rather than shooting them all and giving them smallpox blankets. Might make a good topic for a fiction novel.
damn itFROGGEman2 said:
well I live in Bulgaria...nuff said ...no seriously 90 % of the country are complete retards including the government...those political basterds get distracted by pretty clouds for god's sake...there are a lot more reasons but believe me living in a poor country like mine sucks
America -
That many people here are so lazy that they would rather just toss some money at the government and say "fix it" instead of having a hand in their own communities to help fix the problems.
The level of intolerance among so many people. I'm looking at you, christians who slap people upside the head with the Bible while screaming in their faces. I'm also looking at you atheists and anti-theists who berate and verbally abuse anyone who has any form of religion.
That much of the generation coming up through the educational system (which is complete crap) have a sense of self-entitlement about them. Many have no understanding that hard work is necessary in this world, but instead stand there in line with the rest, waiting for another hand-out.
That many people aren't willing to take responsibility for their actions and live with the consequences. Instead they look for every excuse and loophole they can find to get out of the situation. This includes but is not limited to, corporate tax evasion, criminals who exploit the justice system as well as individuals popping out babies left and right so they can get bigger welfare checks.
That instead of giving many people opportunities to harness much of their creativity and ambition, we instead crush it under a mighty boot of bureaucracy and regulation. We punish those that are the driving commercial factors in our economy with out regard for the smaller businessess that are hurt ten times worse then the mega-corps.
Yes, I understand that I in essence contradicted myself in the last two points. This was about things that make me hang my head in shame about my country, not things that could realistically be fixed. Regulations should not be needed to keep corps in check, but they, just like most people, are greedy and desire riches and power.
I can go on but I think I've said enough for now.
That many people here are so lazy that they would rather just toss some money at the government and say "fix it" instead of having a hand in their own communities to help fix the problems.
The level of intolerance among so many people. I'm looking at you, christians who slap people upside the head with the Bible while screaming in their faces. I'm also looking at you atheists and anti-theists who berate and verbally abuse anyone who has any form of religion.
That much of the generation coming up through the educational system (which is complete crap) have a sense of self-entitlement about them. Many have no understanding that hard work is necessary in this world, but instead stand there in line with the rest, waiting for another hand-out.
That many people aren't willing to take responsibility for their actions and live with the consequences. Instead they look for every excuse and loophole they can find to get out of the situation. This includes but is not limited to, corporate tax evasion, criminals who exploit the justice system as well as individuals popping out babies left and right so they can get bigger welfare checks.
That instead of giving many people opportunities to harness much of their creativity and ambition, we instead crush it under a mighty boot of bureaucracy and regulation. We punish those that are the driving commercial factors in our economy with out regard for the smaller businessess that are hurt ten times worse then the mega-corps.
Yes, I understand that I in essence contradicted myself in the last two points. This was about things that make me hang my head in shame about my country, not things that could realistically be fixed. Regulations should not be needed to keep corps in check, but they, just like most people, are greedy and desire riches and power.
I can go on but I think I've said enough for now.
Sweden
I'm very ashamed of the way so many in our nation say that the Millennium series of books by Stieg Larsson are some of the best books they've ever read. (You know, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and so on.)
I could name a hundred better books right here and now. I've even done it once just to prove to myself that I could. And if you gave me an hour to prepare myself, there'd be much more than that. (And I'd only name books I've read myself, or gotten so far into that, even in the unlikely event that all the remaining pages turn out to be trash, what I've already read still makes it better than the Millennium series.)
Yes, the Millennium series are good books, worth a score of about 4/5 I'd say, but if a mystery novel with no depth whatsoever is the greatest literary work a person has read then we have a serious literacy problem on our hands.
I'm very ashamed of the way so many in our nation say that the Millennium series of books by Stieg Larsson are some of the best books they've ever read. (You know, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and so on.)
I could name a hundred better books right here and now. I've even done it once just to prove to myself that I could. And if you gave me an hour to prepare myself, there'd be much more than that. (And I'd only name books I've read myself, or gotten so far into that, even in the unlikely event that all the remaining pages turn out to be trash, what I've already read still makes it better than the Millennium series.)
Yes, the Millennium series are good books, worth a score of about 4/5 I'd say, but if a mystery novel with no depth whatsoever is the greatest literary work a person has read then we have a serious literacy problem on our hands.
Working now ;DNazulu said:
Although, I'd have to say this represents Australia better...
(can't be bothered to get rid of extra quote)obliterate said:damn itFROGGEman2 said:
Tell us MOAR!
I thought we were one of the last...Motti said:
Ah, Australia. I am ashamed at how our citizens act when they are overseas, whether on a holiday or as a resident. Believing that because you have an accent you can act however you like and people will fawn over you and fall at your feet with admiration... Pure idiocy. I could list all the governmental/economy/public service cockups, but really, the people living in it is what makes it a country. And we're mostly a big bag of dicks right now, even at home getting drunk and smashing each other for lack of a proper brain.
The education system.
They fuck with us, make us pay tuition fees when education had always been an area of (more or less) equal chances, they split our classes into the various "paths" of school too early on and there's barely any room in our kindergartens.
And then the politicians complain because we lack skilled workers.
GUESS WHAT, YOU IDIOTS, IF YOU TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM EDUCATION, YOUR POPULACE WON'T BE AS SKILLED ANYMORE!!!
*blowing off steam*
Germany, by the way.
They fuck with us, make us pay tuition fees when education had always been an area of (more or less) equal chances, they split our classes into the various "paths" of school too early on and there's barely any room in our kindergartens.
And then the politicians complain because we lack skilled workers.
GUESS WHAT, YOU IDIOTS, IF YOU TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM EDUCATION, YOUR POPULACE WON'T BE AS SKILLED ANYMORE!!!
*blowing off steam*
Germany, by the way.