What Has Your Country Ever Done For Us?!

[Soviet Heavy]

[small]"The Aqueduc-"[/small] NO! SILENCE!

Anyways, what has your country ever done for us? What have you got to offer the world eh? Some fancy little doodad, a big gun? Toilet paper? What've you done to help out the world?

We gave you the telephone dammit! After being called out on my mistake, I'll concede the telephone point. But you still owe us for the Snowplow. What've you done for us!?

 

[LobsterFeng]

The U.S. begot movies. I'd say that's pretty cool.

EDIT: Okay, okay, I didn't realize the first movie was made in Australia. Please forgive my intelligence, and stop quoting me.

 

[King Toasty]

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

 

[Soviet Heavy]

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

AND the telephone dammit!

 

[TheNaut131]

Nothing. People have done things for the world, Thomas Edison built this, Issac Newton discovered that, Gandi supported this, etc, etc but not an entire country.

Sure, the governments of these countries may have pitched in with some funding, groups of people may have teamed up, but never in the history of existence has every man, woman, and child of a society banded together to create this, help that, or the like. Hell, plenty of people in said country have probably opposed a lot of these things. Sure maybe a majority did pitch in, but there has always been someone at home not giving a fuck.

Sorry if I'm a bit off topic, I've just never been a fan of "Well our country created Z"
discussions.

Edit: Though just to play along...

On behalf of the Moon and it's inhabitants...me, I must explain to you that the Moon may have played a crucial part in the creation of life on Earth. Also it's gives man a goal, controls your tides, and is pretty to look at.

 

[Berenzen]

Vimy, Passchendaele, CANDU reactors, Canadarm, 5-pin bowling, hockey, lacrosse, electron microscope, and more

The two cities there mean we were instrumental in recapturing them.

 

[AmbitiousWorm]

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

AND the telephone dammit!

and The Biebs! What more could you want?

 

[Coffinshaker]

hmm... invented personal computers and the interwebs? and iphones.... so yeah, we're responsible for the downfall of civilization.

 

[King Toasty]

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

AND the telephone dammit!

And most of the cast of Firefly, so yeah. We're pretty rad.

 

[kebab4you]

You´re welcome world!

Enjoy our crappy furnitures that breaks the first time you punch them.

hmm... invented personal computers and the interwebs? and iphones.... so yeah, we're responsible for the downfall of civilization.

Pretty sure the first inventor of the modern computer was from germany.

 

[Coffinshaker]

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

AND the telephone dammit!

And most of the cast of Firefly, so yeah. We're pretty rad.

THANK YOU CANADA!!!!

 

[Soviet Heavy]

You´re welcome world!

Enjoy our crappy furnitures that breaks the first time you punch them.

Well, you also gave us the ball room waiting area so we could neglect our children while shopping for your crap, so you have that too.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Well The United States of America........everything and saving the world. You're welcome

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

We beat the shit out of polio. And elected a man afflicted by the disease just to laugh at it.

 

[King Toasty]

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

AND the telephone dammit!

And most of the cast of Firefly, so yeah. We're pretty rad.

THANK YOU CANADA!!!!

Mmmm...

.....Sorry, what?

 

[the27thvoice]

Without Norway nobody would know what a cheese grader was, and that would surely suck.

 

[FalloutJack]

I exist. You're welcome.

 

[Kiju]

United States invented crack and disco.

...yay?

 

[O_Malley]

Australian soldiers provided the first ever defeat of the Japanese on land in WW2.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Nothing. People have done things for the world, Thomas Edison built this, Issac Newton discovered that, Gandi supported this, etc, etc but not an entire country.

Sure, the governments of these countries may have pitched in with some funding, groups of people may have teamed up, but never in the history of existence has every man, woman, and child of a society banded together to create this, help that, or the like. Hell, plenty of people in said country have probably opposed a lot of these things. Sure maybe a majority did pitch in, but there has always been someone at home not giving a fuck.

Sorry if I'm a bit off topic, I've just never been a fan of "Well our country created Z"
discussions.

Well said. It gets very tiring when people claim their nation's achievements, especially those long before they were born, as there own.

On the other hand:

Australian soldiers provided the first ever defeat of the Japanese on land in WW2.

And, if I remember correctly, the first defeat of Rommel's Blitz in WW2, and the first naval defeat of the Germans in WW1.

And on a less militant note, the bionic ear.