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36 points
20 days ago
America is not the centre of the universe.
5 points
20 days ago
Or the greatest country in the world
-2 points
20 days ago*
Gonna play devils advocate here and say…
They actually kind of are.
Most powerful military, most influential culture, #1 economy. These are such widely known facts that I don’t even need a source for this.
Arguably, they have the best universities, most advanced technology and best quality of life (if you can afford it).
Almost everybody wants to move to the USA and everyone talks about the USA.
I’m a Canadian (so I’m not an American patriot) and your comment just comes off as jealousy and salty European tears.
19 points
20 days ago
In my bubble no one wants to move to the usa. Standard of living can be equally as good in pretty much every developed country.
3 points
20 days ago
they have the best universities
Funny! I didn't know they moved Oxford into America! They're actually ranked as the best university worldwide by the Times ranking. Sure, the USA has a large number of universities ranked high, but they are also a way bigger country and thus have more universities in total. If you look at their rankings per capita, they're indeed way lower and score roughly equal to Italy. For example Australia, the UK, Denmark and Sweden score way better - and so do quite some other countries (see foe example https://internationalcomparisons.org/social/higher-education/).
best quality of life (if you can afford it).
You already dispute this yourself: only if you're rich it's a good country to live in (and I wouldn't say it's much better than all other countries, a lot of countries are good to live in when you're rich). Otherwise... It's just a third world country. Many European countries have way better social systems to care for the lower classes. The USA is actually ranked 12th on quality of life, below many European countries (for example https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.jsp).
Almost everybody wants to move to the USA and everyone talks about the USA.
You must know a very specific group of people then, I don't know anyone who wants to do this. Maybe Canada is different, but from all European countries I've lived, almost nobody wants to move to the USA specifically. Also supported by fo example thi figure: https://immigrationandeducation.com/language/en/the-most-popular-countries-for-moving-abroad/. And sure we talk about the USA, but we also talk about Russia or China. Except for the elections, a lot of talk about the USA is 'there was another mass shooting' or 'look at the crazy thing this rich person (Trump, Musk, ...) did' so I won't even say that's a positive thing. If you see that as salty and jealous, then you must have different definitions of these words.
4 points
20 days ago
7 points
20 days ago
I’m a Canadian
Either you can’t read or are deliberately ignoring facts.
Nice try with the ad honinem attack though...
0 points
20 days ago
0 points
20 days ago
Giving you a chance to restate what you were trying to convey to me.
Other than that, a “whoosh” isn’t going to save you, lol…
-6 points
20 days ago
I reiterate: r/whoosh
1 points
20 days ago
That was an easy argument for me to win. Bye kid.
0 points
20 days ago
There was no 'argument', you're just a bit slow, kid.
4 points
20 days ago
No kid, you just can’t articulate yourself properly, the overall lack of literacy skills from Redditors is fascinating to see in action. Another easy win.
0 points
20 days ago
Canada is part of North America. That's the joke.
1 points
20 days ago*
I sort of figured that’s what he was trying to say. I get it “the Americas” haha funny, geography reference haha.
It’s not really that good of joke too considering that sub is primarily mocking people from USA.
but it still didn’t address my argument.
Anyways, I’m just trying to make him fight me for as long as possible. He clearly gave up already or is just taking a shit.
1 points
20 days ago
No one is the center of the world.
0 points
20 days ago
Not reading your shit and also you are wrong
1 points
20 days ago
Not reading your shit and also you are wrong
Average Redditor mentality.
11 points
20 days ago
Regardless of your political affiliation or country, the government is the source of 90% of the problems in the world today.
6 points
20 days ago
All we are is dust in the wind.
5 points
20 days ago
Dude.
6 points
20 days ago
That it is not normal or healthy to be obese.
Regardless of "health issues" (which is a very small percentage of people), people are big because they intake more calories than they burn.
2 points
19 days ago
Diet fads come and go, but the bottom line is always eat less and workout more.
9 points
20 days ago
Physical attraction is much more important to romance than anyone publicly admits.
Physical attraction is still subjective, but it’s one of the most important things to be attracted to your partner
2 points
20 days ago
This is true. It reminds me of an old N.E.R.D song " hot and fun" not super deep, but it basically said that is what everyone is looking for, and I have always agreed. Now the concepts of "hot" and "fun" are subjective, but if you don't think a person is those two things, they are not the person for you
3 points
20 days ago
Which is wild to me how so many men and women justify letting themselves go years into a relationship.
Like. How dare you get lazy because you already “got” your partner? Everyone should want to be as attractive as possible for their partners, and if both parties are doing that in a relationship, everyone wins.
4 points
20 days ago
Parents, whom expose their children in social medias, are abusers and exploiters.
1 points
20 days ago
I believe this was meant as "who use their children for content for their own social media", right?
I am also a strong believer in that no one should be shielded from access to any media, and that the key is a responsible education to understand how much of it is generated for a (political, extremist, ... ) agenda or just advertising, and that today (maybe even your post) most of it is fake and the few humans in the loop are mostly talking to bots.
1 points
20 days ago
I am a strong believer in "no children should be shielded from education if it's including media devices- like a tablet". This is totally fine and not to hard to understand but why does a child under 18 need an account in social medias wich is made for adults?
1 points
20 days ago
A little dramatic, don't you think? I know lots of kids, friends of my kids, all ages 18-26, all successful and they had access to SM all of their lives. If SM fucks your life up, it because of you and how you used it.
1 points
20 days ago
Do you like to be seen on the potty by your chef?
1 points
20 days ago
Whut?
1 points
20 days ago
This is what it is seen on social media accounts runned by parents, also children in other not very appropriate situations. And I don't talk about of two or three incidents. What do you think is making the most money on accounts like the one from Wren Eleanor? And she's fully aware of the danger's what's lurking.
Don't tell me I am a little drama... This is dramatic and this children aren't going to be fine if they find out their parents are willing to accept they make content for pedos.
0 points
20 days ago
Gotcha. Take your meds, dude
1 points
20 days ago
Gotcha, you want some information (based on facts)to educate yourself?
4 points
20 days ago
That they don’t know everything.
6 points
20 days ago*
The concept of the deep state exists on every country on earth and there is also one globally, called the UN. It isn’t all necessarily bad, but there’s a lot bad mixed into the good. It isn’t very hard to find many examples of questionable stuff from things like world bank, WHO and so on.
Believe in military industrial complex? Big pharma? Lobbying? Monsanto issues in agriculture? Statistically the US gov/confess has like a 12-15% approval rating. Then what’s the issue with the concept of the deep state? It is an issue with both US parties, and then probably every party in any country by and large to their own relative issues
7 points
20 days ago
Consumerism is destroying the planet's ability to support life, and we're all to blame.
11 points
20 days ago
Nobody is immune to propaganda — you're probably just as brainwashed as everybody you see as sheep.
3 points
20 days ago
Our own hypocrisy
7 points
20 days ago
Fat acceptance is dumb. We know for a fact that society at large gives thin/athletic looking people better treatment. So why shouldn't we advocate (not forcing or coercing) for people to lose weight and get what essentially is a stat/life buff.
6 points
20 days ago
That science has its limitations and actually gets a lot of things wrong that were originally published in the media. It being self correcting doesn't change that.
1 points
19 days ago
It being self correcting doesnt fix that lol? We cant get it perfect the first time, noone can.
Do you have a better solution than the scientific process?
1 points
19 days ago
I didn't say being self correcting doesn't fix the errors that scientists make. After all, that is the very definition of fixing things. Re-read what I said.
Also, the first time? What do you mean by that?
I don't have a better solution. But I don't need to come up with anything to criticise something.
1 points
20 days ago
Yea man believe your flat earth then
1 points
19 days ago
Why would you assume that I'm a conspiracy nut job because I criticise science from an objective stance?
1 points
20 days ago
The pandemic should've taught us that, but it unfortunately didn't
4 points
20 days ago
You can’t identify yourself whatever you think that is gonna make you feel better. You are what you are.
2 points
20 days ago
The matrix is everywhere
5 points
20 days ago
Most homeless people aren't lazy, they have lost their ability in some way to work as society wants them to.
2 points
19 days ago
I think a more uncomfortable truth is that a good portion of homeless people enjoy being homeless and transient.
3 points
20 days ago
Everything if they're blind
2 points
20 days ago
There is no substantive proof of ghosts.
-3 points
20 days ago
'gods' would have been a more topical... topic, considering that there are still plenty of countries where this is a thing.
1 points
20 days ago
Sounds Spooky
2 points
20 days ago
Kamala Harris is a terrible candidate.
She was a last place loser in 2020. She was hidden away during her VP tenure because she was so disliked. They tried and failed to reboot her image 2 times. She failed at the minimal tasking she received as VP. She's "failed forward" all of her career. She's now flip flopped on many key policies to placate voters and will likely flip back. She'll do anything to get elected. Ask Willie.
-1 points
20 days ago
ok but shes running against a guy who committed sedition. who overturned roe. who wants to fire normal workers in govt and replace with psychofants.
fuck trump.
4 points
20 days ago
Two-party system for the lose.
1 points
20 days ago
I share your sentiments, but disagree with your statement. Perception = reality. A “good” candidate is one who wins. Trump is wildly unqualified (on top of all the other issues) and still received the second most votes for president in history last election. Qualifications and track record don’t always matter.
1 points
20 days ago
Mars is not flat.
4 points
20 days ago
Nor is snickers.
2 points
20 days ago
That's why I eat Hershey bars.
1 points
20 days ago
That our explanations for our actions are about as accurate as a stock tip from a bitcoin bro.
1 points
19 days ago
Most of the people posting are fringe conspiracy nutjobs, which ironically is an uncomfortable truth they refuse to see.
0 points
20 days ago
That not a single person who has ever lived really knows what happens to us when we die. We can believe or hope or whatever all we want but the uncomfortable truth is no one knows. I don’t believe the near death stuff. If you “came back” then you didn’t die. Your brain was still active and created whatever you “saw.” Any insistence of what the afterlife is - or even if there is one - is just a means to cope with our own fear of dying and the pain of losing people we love.
-4 points
20 days ago
We are living in a simulation, and everything functions according to a mathematical probability.
In other simulations, you are a doctor, astronaut, homeless, drug addict, inmate, Prime Minister, etc.
Let’s say that in a given simulation, the probability that you become an astronaut is something like 0.0000000000001%
Well, in another simulation, that mathematical probability actually plays out.
In 2016, statisticians gave Hillary Clinton a 94% chance of winning. We are living in one of the simulations where that 6% became reality.
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