What Has Your Country Ever Done For Us?!

[Cheesus333]

It's nice to see that no one in this thread is even the SLIGHTEST bit arrogant.

*WINK*

It's fun to guess where people are from based on the tone of their posts. The ones who are miserable about the place the live in are usually British[footnote]That's where I live. It's so... grey[/footnote]. The ones who are semi-sarcastically bigging up minor things in a pretty funny way are mostly Australian or Canadian... and then the people who are genuinely proud of themselves for living in a country that invented some pretty cool shit are almost universally American.

Although I suspect a lot of them aren't taking it as seriously as their posts might suggest, so that's alright.

OT: I don't know, I guess we had some people that made some things? We've had a long and varied history, I guess we got a headstart.

 

[Thaluikhain]

so there wasn't open war? big deal, many still died.

There wasn't a war between the various seperate colonies, or the British authorities, I mean.

OP: Oh, Africa...the species evolved there. I'm not African, but I have African ancestry (my species evolved there).

TEchnically, yes, Africa isn't a nation, but it would have been (kinda) when the species started evolving...the only one unless you believe that convergent evolution rubbish that says the Chinese are almost a different species.

 

[Vandy]

Canada has graced the world with it's presence. You're welcome.

Yeah, till you get loaded on Molsen and Poutine. Then all you can do is yell "LEAFS!" at everyone and pass out on your touque.

 

[y1fella]

Australia we gave the world........
the only thing I can think of is Michael Atkinson....
DAMMIT I HATE THIS COUNTRY
Oh wait the worlds first feature length film "The Story of the Kelly Gang" was made in Australia even though only 17 minutes of it survived.

 

[Canid117]

Alternating and Direct current were both developed in the United States as was the light bulb and Batman. Also the internet. Also Bifocals. Also Crackers. Also the Cotton Gin. Also cupcakes. Also the fire hydrant. Also Dental floss. Also Morse code. Also the wrench. Also the circuit breaker. Also the vulcanization process. Also anesthesia. Also the rotary printing press. Also the gas mask. Also mass production toilet paper. Also breakfast cereal. Also the paper bag. Also the cash register. Also the metal detector. Also the solar cell. Also the concept of automatic weapons. Also the dishwasher. Also the phone booth. Also the stop sign. Also the smoke detector. Also the Tesla coil. (why do the Soviets always get the Tesla tech in Red Alert? He moved to the United States long before the timeline split) Also the zipper. Also the tractor. Also the radio. Also medical gloves. Also the muffler. Also the assembly line. Also the airplane. Also automatic transmission. Also the paper towel. Also the sound suppressor. (in relation to firearms) Also the markings on roads. Also traffic lights. Also the light switch. Also the cheeseburger. Also the liquid fuel rocket. Also chemotherapy. Also video games... you know what I could keep going but I am just going to end it with saying we saved western Europe's economy from collapse immediately after world war two. Also the Compiler the airbag and the polio vaccine... and Kool Aid... and the worlds first particle accelerator... and deodorant...

 

[Narron66]

Our countries give us a sense of pride or a sense of shame (cough) Canada (cough)

 

[y1fella]

Russia saved Europe from the Tatar invasion (by taking one for the team for a few hundred years)
Russia saved Europe in 1812 (except you France)
Saved again in 1945 (Don't pretend the US did it, Berlin was taken by the USSR.

And tons of hot women...

I'm not even American when I say this (Australian) but I think you misrepresent the situation in 1945 a little bit. Not that I'm not saying Russia involvement wasn't bigger or more significant than the US's but the war was won when the US joined in because they provided the shear weight numbers that ended the war.
Also A slight little aside completely off topic but I heard that in Russia they teach America faked the moon landings. Is that true?

 

[Kurbz]

The US, we took all the shit we liked. Then we killed whoever didnt like it when we took it. America f***ing shit up for 200 years.

 

[Josef Lev]

Best beer in the world and lots of hot girls from Czech Republic. Youre welcome

 

[curintedery]

We gave you the first feature length film, the first tank, the pacemaker, the ultrasound, the escape slide on a jetplane, the bionic ear, and solar hot water... just to name a few.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_inventions

Oh, and did I mention... wifi?

http://www.onlysydney.com.au/sydney-nsw.php?id=18618

So... how are you connected to the web right now?

 

[Thaluikhain]

I'm not even American when I say this (Australian) but I think you misrepresent the situation in 1945 a little bit. Not that I'm not saying Russia involvement wasn't bigger or more significant than the US's but the war was won when the US joined in because they provided the shear weight numbers that ended the war.

By the time of the D-Day landings, the Third Reich was already being defeated by the USSR. It almost became a race between the Allied powers to see who could get to the best bits of Germany first. On the other hand, the US was supplying the USSR quite a bit. It's very difficult to take such a massive endeavour between allies and say "this is the one that did it".

On the other hand, the USSR didn't even declare war on Japan until the other allies (predominately the US) had defeated them.

 

[Generalissimo]

the UK gave the world the telephone, the war tank and wallpaper. thanks, world.

 

[Da Orky Man]

The UK. This is going to take a while.
Well, the English language. First major democracy. The inventor of the internet was British (Tim Berners-Lee), the Industrial Revolution, Red Dwarf, Blackadder, freeing slaves 50 years beofre America, the first digital computer (Colossus), Issac Newton, Rockstar Games, Stephan Hawking, Stephan Fry, Lionhead Studios, the English Breakfast, fish and chips.
That enough yet?

 

[Shirokurou]

Russia saved Europe from the Tatar invasion (by taking one for the team for a few hundred years)
Russia saved Europe in 1812 (except you France)
Saved again in 1945 (Don't pretend the US did it, Berlin was taken by the USSR.

And tons of hot women...

I'm not even American when I say this (Australian) but I think you misrepresent the situation in 1945 a little bit. Not that I'm not saying Russia involvement wasn't bigger or more significant than the US's but the war was won when the US joined in because they provided the shear weight numbers that ended the war.
Also A slight little aside completely off topic but I heard that in Russia they teach America faked the moon landings. Is that true?

Dude... You must've grown up in the height of the Cold War or something...

The turning point of the war was between 23 August 1942 and 2 February 1943 in the battle of Stalingrad. When the Germans, who till then were steadily advancing through Russia, were set running out by the counteroffensive. After that it was about pushing the Germans back to Berlin...
And the US joined in... 1944? And may I add, only to get the spoils of war. Fact.
Also you might not even know, that after USSR took Berlin, THEY TURNED AROUND and went to help the US fight Japan (the Manchurian campaign)...
Not to sound like a jerk, but go read a damn history book. Preferrably written by Germans about the war. The US really propagandized WWII...

Moon landing.
Gagarin was first in space. So space is a big deal for Russia. We usually laugh off the "fake moon landing theories" in favor of "Humanity conquering space"
Ironically I saw a documentary where Cosmonauts were defending the Astronauts and clarifying that the moon landing did take place.

 

[Angus565]

SNIP

This is why I will never leave this country <3
also because of this:

Spoiler

 

[Thaluikhain]

This is why I will never leave this country <3

Also I note a certain red button amongst your badges.

 

[SNIPERFOX ft. Harry P.Ness]

Most of Europe would be Speaking German and doing the Nazi Goose-step. guess what that country is.
we also capped the enemy flag at the Reichstag.
also Stalin.

 

[SNIPERFOX ft. Harry P.Ness]

Russia - Oil, wheat, caviar, fish, weapons (please ignore the fact that most of weapons go to terrorists for time being ^_^ )
I say vodka, but best vodka comes from Poland or Sweden

And also a crapton of scientists who expanded world's knowledge in technology, medicine, rocket science, physics, pretty much most fields of science.

also this.
*Russian Hi-Fivez*