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Listverse : Top 10 differences between Europe and America

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:42:59 +0000

"On beer, why not say how crap US beer is compared to that in Europe?" Talk about a stereotype. American beer goes well beyond Budweiser. If you were right, though, and American beer were actually as bad as you say it is, RateBeer's Top 50 wouldn't be dominated by American beers: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/top-50/ And I write this as I sip some good Saint Arnold beer. Brewed right here in America and, boy, does it taste GOOD.

Listverse : Top 10 differences between Europe and America

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:38:41 +0000

Coming from a Spaniard that lives in America, THANK YOU. You've nailed it, my friend.

Listverse : Top 10 differences between Europe and America

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:37:43 +0000

And one naive assumption Europeans make that annoys Americans is that all of us are as full of shit as you think we are, that we do not understand the concept of sophistication, and that we think we created everything. Don't make assumptions if you're complaining about people making assumptions.

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:35:19 +0000

And according to you American cuisine only consists of Kraft cheese strings. Your ignorance, then, immediately disqualifies you from emitting an accurate judgment on the subject. Watch Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and enlighten yourself a little bit about what American cuisine (and that from many other countries) really are. Also, our healthcare yields much better results curing cancer than that of any other country in Europe or on Earth. British cancer survival rates, by the way, are the worst in Europe. Our healthcare is flawed, but yours is no better. And you MUST be joking about the TV. Have you seen House, Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Entourage, etc. etc. etc? Again, another over-generalizing, pseudo-intellectual comment that only brings a bunch of bullshit to this discussion.

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:31:20 +0000

And what's the point of all of this? Is anyone denying any of the merits of the British people here except for ignoramuses you shouldn't be paying attention to in the first place? Also, you're WRONG on scientific output. The US is, as has been for many years, above the UK and all other countries in scientific output. Just because Britain has done great things for humanity doesn't mean the US hasn't. And just because you're countering what you may perceive as bias against your land doesn't make you unbiased. You're as partial to your homeland as anyone is here.

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:26:39 +0000

Having lived in the US for far longer than I assumed you were here, and having an accent myself, I can say that that's not true at all. A surprisingly high number of people can exactly pinpoint where I am from based on my accent. As a matter of fact I have had tried to pass off as being from another country, with little success, because people can tell I'm not from where I say I'm from. Also, Entree in the sense of entrance means "the meal entering to the dining hall from the kitchen," it doesn't necessarily mean "an entrance into the meal."

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:18:20 +0000

I don't really understand the point of your rant. You're basically complaining about how generalizing, intolerant, and full of ourselves we are in America, yet with those comments you've proven to be as generalizing, intolerant, and full of yourself as many Europeans seem to be. You've got everything Walmart has except for bullets? I mean, how in the WORLD do you try to pass off as the one denouncing intolerance and ignorance when you're the one saying things like THAT? First, the point the writer was trying to make was VERY favorable to Europeans, in that he was trying to say that Americans are way too dependent on big business, mass-producing, and the impersonal feel of a big supermarket, as opposed to a more intimate contact with producers and smaller-scale sellers in Europe. Second, NO, WE DO NOT SELL WEAPONS IN WAL-MART. See how YOU'RE the one "pretending to be tolerant" and outright bashing us for nothing? See how YOU'RE the one being an ignorant? Just because our Second Amendment protects the right of the people to bear arms (which has historical reasons, if you didn't know) doesn't mean we have guns even in our supermarkets. Also, "never heard of your image in the rest of the world?" Yeah, we have, so what? Are we supposed to cry over it? We well know that the rest of the world is as ignorant about America as America is ignorant about the rest of the world. We should be concerned with what you think about us as you should be concerned about what we think about you, for example. If you're going to bash Americans for believing they're better than you, then don't show that you yourself think you're so much better than us, because you're as full of sh*t as any fanatic, ignorant American is.

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:05:55 +0000

There's a huge difference across states, too, but no one can deny that there are certain predominant factors in Europe that are not too big in America and vice versa. You don't need to look exactly like your brother in order to have much more in common with him than you do with your neighbor across the street.

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:00:21 +0000

I don't understand your implication--are you saying that one of the differences between America and Europe is that European women are beautiful? There's a lot of really beautiful women here, too. I don't particularly think Spain has more beautiful women than America does. I do love German women, though.

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:58:03 +0000

Yes, Blue Planet is an absolute masterpiece and it is 100% British. I think, overall, in terms of teaching about Nature the British can spank us Yanks pretty good :) And no, Americans didn't learn the language "after" Brits or anything like that. Remember that Americans didn't just pop into existence out of nowhere and decided to copy the English language off of the British people. We speak English for a reason--namely because many of our forefathers were British, too, just as British as anyone who was born in Britain and remained in Britain for all his life. An American of British ancestry has as much a right to say that he descends from the people that invented the English language as does an "authentic" Brit. In fact, you'd be surprised how much more conservative American English is in many cases. And yes, humor is very subjective :)

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:46:27 +0000

There are far more registered Democrats than registered Republicans in this country. What, besides bias and sheer stupidity, would make you say that Kansas or Oklahoma are the real America and New York City (whose metropolitan area has more people than all those states you names--combined) and San Francisco are not the real America?

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:42:20 +0000

More accessible than the US? And that information comes from where? Was that your own research or is there actually a scientific paper on the accessibility to natural areas that says that Europe's wilderness is more accessible than that of the US? Again, two negatives don't make a positive. You don't cancel out a biased comment with another biased comment.

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:40:24 +0000

Kind of ridiculous of you to counteract stupidity and ignorance with even more stupidity and ignorance. I guess you were walking and skiing as you were writing this comment, weren't you? Also, that's a mighty lot of numbers you've thrown into the discussion, but they're almost meaningless. First, you have to consider that electricity consumption is almost directly tied to weather patterns. Most European countries enjoy much milder weather than most of the United States. There's this thing called the Gulf Stream that basically protects you guys from barrages of freezing currents coming down from the Arctic, which do reach us down here, so the northern part of our country endures winters as harsh as Scandinavia. Our summers are usually much hotter, too, with less hot areas being usually unbearably humid. It follows that we HAVE to consume more electricity heating our homes in the winter and cooling them in the summer. It's not like we're burning oil down here just for the hell of it. But no, we're evil, we're Americans, we're bad, so it's unjustifiable that we try to live a decent life. Second, it's easy for you to call upon us to ride a bike, but with such sprawling urban areas it's just not that easy, is it now? It's easy for you to say it and perhaps do it in a city that is probably so old that its streets are tightly packed and everything is within a bike ride's distance. It wouldn't be easy if you were in LA, Miami, Dallas, or Houston, where everything is so far apart. You just can't compare apples and oranges there, pal. Even barring these factors, which you in your infinite bias and negative predisposition towards America may well regard as mere excuses, your numbers are meaningless unless you adjust them to a per capita basis, and you'll find that a handful of European nations consume more electricity per capita than the United States. Norway, Luxembourg, Iceland, Sweden, and Finland, to be exact. They are, coincidentally, some of the most admired and "advanced" European countries. In other words, if they had as many people as the US had, they would consume far more electricity. It's kind of funny that they are also among the coldest countries in Europe. Oh! Now you see what I'm talking about! Is America still bad, still horrible, still evil, but Norway is not and Finland is not? It is also worth noting that Luxembourg is well within this "protective barrier" that the Gulf Stream offers, AND it is a rather tightly packed place where distances are not as big a deal as they are in Atlanta. And yet it consumes more energy per capita than the US and Mexico combined. But let's stick to the topic, and you were mainly talking about emissions. Again, bullsh*t unless we do per capita numbers. Again, the US is, contrary to what you may have wished for, NOT number one, and it actually goes down a few notches off its original position (going to seventh to fourteenth) because of land-use change, which accounts for forests cut down and other things that can be done to a piece of land that will affect the big picture on the emissions topic. Anyway, I'm not saying we're the perfect bunch, but if you're going to vilify us, at least have the decency to inform yourself and present your arguments in a slightly more persuasive manner.

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:00:05 +0000

Of course. European teams in American football are as exciting as American teams in association football, which is to say not very. On the other hand, the first **regular** NFL (with American teams--namely the Dolphins and the Giants) game ever played in Europe attracted more than 80,000 fans, which is more people than most European stadiums could even house. What does that prove? It's not so much the sport itself, it's the lack of big names attracting people. It's the same for big-time national association football teams coming to America to play--they're obviously going to attract many more fans than MLS teams because they're carrying much bigger names. And it's not called "normal football," it's called "association football." If you're going to be an arrogant bigot at least be a little more precise in your writing.

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:52:00 +0000

Well said.

Listverse : Top 10 differences between Europe and America

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:37:59 +0000

The British NHS is not the best example of a healthcare system that's better than the American one. For one, cancer survival rates in Britain are the worst, or among the worst in Europe, and America's survival rates are better than those of any European country, perhaps France being the only country coming close to America in those terms. And these are facts, not opinions of mine. I do agree that the American healthcare system is inherently flawed and that it is the costliest on the whole planet, and I do understand your point that not having a lot of money one would prefer to live in a country with nationalized healthcare, BUT America is a wonderful place to be treated. It's just a big pain in the ass when the bills get to your mailbox.

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:33:57 +0000

I don't know, to be completely honest with you I don't find the Dutch to be the friendliest of the bunch. I love Italians and Germans. Also, notice he didn't say that Europeans are not friendly, he only said that Americans tend to be friendlier, which I've found to be the case, too.

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:30:27 +0000

There is no such thing as a free lunch. Any economics professor would hammer that idea into your mind until you're almost subconsciously reciting it.

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Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:38:10 +0000

Jim Corbett had balls of steel. Jesus H. Christ!

Listverse : Top 10 Revolutions Felt Around the World

Mon, 4 Oct 2010 18:40:41 +0000

You could also argue that without the American revolution there would have been no Cold War, either, and the spread of communism would have been unfettered, and that's only if historical events in this theoretical timeline somehow got around that little problem called Hitler. Colonialism may not have ended for hundreds of years, so perhaps Great Britain and Spain would still be superpowers, or they would have been for a much longer time. World War I and World War II would have been completely different, and that's if they would have even occurred. I mean, you could hypothesize all day long--there are many things that would be awfully different. I think either one of these should have been number one, and the other one number two, both above the French revolution, whose relevance to contemporary history, while still enormous, is not as overwhelming nowadays as that of the October revolution or the American revolution. That's just my opinion anyway.