The US has more diversity than the 50 countries in Europe? Surely that's got to be wrong??Wicky_42 said:
Are you aware that London alone has more than 300 spoken languages?
Which misconseption annoys you more?
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Are you aware that London alone has more than 300 spoken languages?
An ignorant person is stupid, an uneducated person does not necessarily have to be stupid.zehydra said:
I hate people that don't think for themselves.
I always feel like we have more in common with the USA than Mainland Europe which is ironic considering the makeup of the USA and our colonial history. That's probably due to language, our culture mixes and transfers easily.undeserving said:
Mainland Europeans just seems so different to us. It might be to do with the Empire aswell which someone else brought up.
Maybe if the rest of the continent starts to understand sarcasm and fish and chips.
Also Eurovision Song Contest...do not want.
The state laws thing is the worst one. Or the fact that some people think that the First Amendment is carte blanche to say or do whatever you damn well please, anywhere and everywhere.
But what annoys me more is that people think there are some Libertarians that are 100% sane. Here's the thing: we're not. We are each one or more kinds of crazy.
(^The above is a joke. I wouldn't have to disclaim this is people online could understand humor)
But what annoys me more is that people think there are some Libertarians that are 100% sane. Here's the thing: we're not. We are each one or more kinds of crazy.
(^The above is a joke. I wouldn't have to disclaim this is people online could understand humor)
I was out to dinner with a few mates from France when one of them started on the whole Europe thing...
"What do you mean you're going to Europe, where in Europe do they think it's a country? What is the capitol of Europe?!"
My deadpan serious response "Brussels"
It took me about 10 minutes to assure her that I wasn't serious because that annoys me too and when people talk about Africa like a country.
The law thing can be annoying but I can understand people getting confused between what is federal and what is state law, I sure as hell do at times. so long as they look sheepish when corrected.
"What do you mean you're going to Europe, where in Europe do they think it's a country? What is the capitol of Europe?!"
My deadpan serious response "Brussels"
It took me about 10 minutes to assure her that I wasn't serious because that annoys me too and when people talk about Africa like a country.
The law thing can be annoying but I can understand people getting confused between what is federal and what is state law, I sure as hell do at times. so long as they look sheepish when corrected.
Can you imagine the civil wars.mionic said:
Oh good grief.
The Eurovision Song contest was on and I said to my sis 'Is there any country in Europe that doesn't have a vendetta against another.'
We couldn't come up with anything. Maybe Switzerland but even they got harrassed in WW2.
Oh God this...Gxas said:
It terrifies me just how stupid some a person can be about their own country...
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Also, how people seem to think that because I was a history major, I have an encyclopedia of historic knowledge at my disposal. I study history to do research and expand the knowledge of the past for future generations, not to spout out facts for you entertainment!
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/01/david-charles-koch-jobs/
>People who confuse net worth with disposable income
Americans on average make 2 million over their working lives. If I am lucky I will make 7 million in my entire working life. 7 million goes into 42 billion 6,000 times.
Yet there are people who honestly believe that these two men, who are in their 70's, have all that money in liquid cash that they are hoarding all to themselves. The Koch borthers are responsible for an enterprise that brings in $100 billion in revenue, yearly.
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>People who confuse net worth with disposable income
Americans on average make 2 million over their working lives. If I am lucky I will make 7 million in my entire working life. 7 million goes into 42 billion 6,000 times.
Yet there are people who honestly believe that these two men, who are in their 70's, have all that money in liquid cash that they are hoarding all to themselves. The Koch borthers are responsible for an enterprise that brings in $100 billion in revenue, yearly.
Edit: Some proofread fails
This. And apply it to Canada as well.WanderingFool said:
The odd thing is that people say similar things to physics students too, which is seen as a difficult discipline. It's more like "Wow, physics is really hard, you must be really smart. Why don't you stop with that science nonsense and do something actually useful, like cure cancer?"Ultra-Chronic Monstah said:
How could you even get through school or watch the news or ANYTHING without learning that at some point. Really it's an amazing feat.subtlefuge said:
I actually had an argument with my sixth form, geography teacher once who didn't allow her children to watch TV. I think she was very religious. I was curious if she knew exactly how much general knowledge they were missing out on. I think I actually swayed her a bit, which was nice.
Well the America thing is why I tell people I want to live in TEXAS, AMERICA, as I know the laws there. As for the Europe thing, I don't encounter that, as I live in England, and nobody here thinks that.bdcjacko said:
yeh, you're spot on with the cultural similarities... i guess you're right, it does mostly come from the common language.xXxJessicaxXx said:
I speak fluent(ish) german and sometimes things are just not worth translating.
Dark humour and fish and chips are indeed, terribly-terribly British and seem to have travelled better over the atlantic ocean than they did over the channel.