Watch this video and see what I mean:-
Chasers War On Everything - Americans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCkYfYa8ePI
[youtube=422,335]HCkYfYa8ePI[/youtube]
But then again if you went on the streets here in Northampton, England I bet some of those answers would be the same... Just luck of the draw I guess... And the Video could have been edited just to show the wrong answers...
But in General Chasers Video makes the people in America look as Dumb as a post.
Smiles and nods. I have no sound at the moment so the video is meaningless, but yes, I think America, or it's people, have their heads in the clouds. Perhaps you should go into more pacific details, are we just talking about them not realising that the majority of the world hates them, or that they're so arrogant with their " patriotism " that they are blind to the tyrannies of their government?
Note: I say this is Intelligent discussion.
Video obviously edited out the right (but rare?) answers. And I'm sure all Americans aren't like this, although it certainly seems so. And also note that (although I'm not sure) many users here are possibly American, and I can't imagine why but it just might offend them somehow.
Quote from: ataraxy2 on January 24, 2007, 03:45:08 PM
Video obviously edited out the right (but rare?) answers. And I'm sure all Americans aren't like this, although it certainly seems so. And also note that (although I'm not sure) many users here are possibly American, are I can't imagine why but it just might offend them somehow.
That's because they're arrogant. If you Yanks want to prove me wrong, take this thread in a dignified way.
Perhaps we should all state if we are American or not?
I was, but no longer am.
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I was, but no longer am.
C'Mon, I doubt the country you live in makes you arrogant. Everyone is different.
Quote from: ataraxy2 on January 24, 2007, 04:06:50 PM
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I was, but no longer am.
C'Mon, I doubt the country you live in makes you arrogant. Everyone is different.
Yes but the Majority of Americans are over patriotic, with patriotism comes pride, a sin no doubt because it causes one to ignore the truth because of their own blinded agenda.
QuoteVideo obviously edited out the right (but rare?) answers. And I'm sure all Americans aren't like this, although it certainly seems so. And also note that (although I'm not sure) many users here are possibly American, and I can't imagine why but it just might offend them somehow.
Nah... I have not put the video on here to upset or offend...
I have never been to America... I don't know the people of America... I know all of them can't be as bad as put across in the video... I just wonder if Average Joe Public is like in the Video... Are people with a good standing on General knowledge hard to find in America...?
From the users on here I have to say they are all very clued up people,especially on Tech side of PC's... I have been nothing but impressed by the members on here.
The video I posted is pretty funny... I hope I get some feedback that can explain some of the contents... I am shite at Geography and even I know what Austrillia looks like... (there is part of the vid they label it as France).
I don't dislike Americans, I don't dislike any race or culture... I have elements I don't agree with, and I have bug bears about my own country too...
If some one place a Video like this of England up... Like the Chav's or some thing I wouldn't be offended I dislike the Chav label England has... I wouldn't back them up...
Americans come across as patriotic yes. Infact, from what I know of Americans they are assholes... But I'm not going to let myself judge everyone as a generalization to the country they live in.
QuoteC'Mon, I doubt the country you live in makes you arrogant. Everyone is different.
Quote from: ataraxy2 on January 24, 2007, 04:25:45 PM
Americans come across as patriotic yes. Infact, from what I know of Americans they are assholes... But I'm not going to let myself judge everyone as a generalization to the country they live in.
QuoteC'Mon, I doubt the country you live in makes you arrogant. Everyone is different.
Sadly most of you are human, bound to peer absorption and conformity. I'm sure there are some who are separate from the ideas of cultural bounding, but not many. I don't consider to many who don't have predigest because of their upbringing. Community is more of a prison then freedom of true thought.
QuoteSadly most of you are human, bound to peer absorption and conformity. I'm sure there are some who are separate from the ideas of cultural bounding, but not many. I don't consider to many who don't have predigest because of their upbringing. Community is more of a prison then freedom of true thought.
What? Where did I say I was American? See this is what I fucking mean. Where in my posts have I screamed American? I think this proves about you're judging by country thing.
QuoteC'Mon, I doubt the country you live in makes you arrogant. Everyone is different.
It differs from country to country... Common rules and ethics apply and change peoples way of thinking... some countries have no real value for human life...
I was wondering if in America nobody gives a shite about whats outside of America... I mean if I lived in the most powerful country in the world why would I want to learn about other countries... and I was wondering if the Average Joe public thinks in that way. I mean the question on English Currentcy is the Pound £... I know what America's Currentcy is the dollar $, but I couldn't tell you the currentcy of Greenland or Iran... (I know many other currentcys and I have never been abroad)
May be these things are not taught or bothered learning in a nation as big as the USA...
QuoteWhat? Where did I say I was American? See this is what I fucking mean. Where in my posts have I screamed American? I think this proves about you're judging by country thing.
I don't think any one has said you are American... (the word American or ataraxy2 doesn't feature in your quoted area)
QuoteSadly most of you are human
Other than what...? If we are not human then what are we...?
QuoteI was wondering if in America nobody gives a shite about whats outside of America... I mean if I lived in the most powerful country in the world why would I want to learn about other countries... and I was wondering if the Average Joe public thinks in that way.
Whilst American may be the most powerful (I wouldn't actually know), it apparently isn't the best place to live due to crime rates.
Quote from: ataraxy2 on January 24, 2007, 04:35:25 PM
QuoteSadly most of you are human, bound to peer absorption and conformity. I'm sure there are some who are separate from the ideas of cultural bounding, but not many. I don't consider to many who don't have predigest because of their upbringing. Community is more of a prison then freedom of true thought.
What? Where did I say I was American? See this is what I fucking mean. Where in my posts have I screamed American? I think this proves about you're judging by country thing.
Where in my post have I accused you of being one?
QuoteI was wondering if in America nobody gives a shite about whats outside of America... I mean if I lived in the most powerful country in the world why would I want to learn about other countries... and I was wondering if the Average Joe public thinks in that way.
I can't answer that fully, but I can tell you this, most ( not all ) Americans truly think they live in the greatest nation on earth... They are too prideful of their nation. But then again, I'm sure I would be to if I where American...
QuoteWhilst American may be the most powerful (I wouldn't actually know), it apparently isn't the best place to live due to crime rates.
Oh, and they're not. A quote I believe from some great chines man about what would happen if they went to war with the states: " On the first day, we would lose a million people. On the second day we would lose a million people. On the third day, THEY would surrender. " China has an unlimited amount of solders at their disposal, because they have NO problem putting citizens into battle.
QuoteQuoteI was wondering if in America nobody gives a shite about whats outside of America... I mean if I lived in the most powerful country in the world why would I want to learn about other countries... and I was wondering if the Average Joe public thinks in that way.
I can't answer that fully, but I can tell you this, most ( not all ) Americans truly think they live in the greatest nation on earth... They are too prideful of their nation. But then again, I'm sure I would be to if I where American...
Eh... do you think people gain ego out of living in a country?
QuoteQuoteSadly most of you are human, bound to peer absorption and conformity. I'm sure there are some who are separate from the ideas of cultural bounding, but not many. I don't consider to many who don't have predigest because of their upbringing. Community is more of a prison then freedom of true thought.
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What? Where did I say I was American? See this is what I fucking mean. Where in my posts have I screamed American? I think this proves about you're judging by country thing.
QuoteWhere in my post have I accused you of being one?
I thought 'you' meant American, sorry. What is 'you' then?
QuoteWhilst American may be the most powerful (I wouldn't actually know), it apparently isn't the best place to live due to crime rates.
So are you saying the Crime rate is so high, cuz instead of learning general knowledge their robbing or shooting their neighbours ?
The Crime rate is high cuz of Gun crime mainly... I guess you may have a point to a degree... Americans know MUCH more than I do about firing a gun or what gun is best to kill a Jew... (Watch this video of Borat trying to buy a Gun in the USA:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs9zz_zCWlo)
[youtube=422,335]cs9zz_zCWlo[/youtube]
I hope Americans start posting soon...
Not that I want an argueement, I would seriously like to know if the majority of the video is a correct view on the majority of the people in the USA...
ataraxy2 Your from Australia, so is the man who made the video, But I wouldn't say cuz he made the film means all people in Australia think the same... But in General I agree with
Deliciously_Saucy statements and I think many other people world wide would have the same conclutions...
QuoteNot that I want an argueement, I would seriously like to know if the majority of the video is a correct view on the majority of the people in the USA...
Then wait until an 'American' posts.
QuoteSo are you saying the Crime rate is so high, cuz instead of learning general knowledge their robbing or shooting their neighbours ?
I'm not exactly sure what the point is you were trying to make, nor am I sure of the point I've made. Just wait until an American posts.
QuoteSo are you saying the Crime rate is so high, cuz instead of learning general knowledge their robbing or shooting their neighbours ?
The Crime rate is high cuz of Gun crime mainly... I guess you may have a point to a degree... Americans know MUCH more than I do about firing a gun or what gun is best to kill a Jew... (Watch this video of Borat trying to buy a Gun in the USA:-
LMAO! ;8
QuoteEh... do you think people gain ego out of living in a country?
Yes, completely and fully.
QuoteI thought 'you' meant American, sorry. What is 'you' then?
I was referring to "you humans".
QuoteI was referring to "you humans".
I guess you must be one of them Hybrid Aliens David Icke reffers to then Saucy (your wording impliees your not Human):- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilian_humanoid
QuoteThen wait until an 'American' posts.
Just cuz I want them to post doesn't mean I don't still like others opinions... I mean yours based on their Crime rate being high could be why they answered questions the way they did was pretty good.
Quote from: landofshadows on January 24, 2007, 05:01:39 PM
QuoteI was referring to "you humans".
I guess you must be one of them Hybrid Aliens David Icke reffers to then Saucy (your wording impliees your not Human):- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilian_humanoid
Who says I am?
QuoteThen wait until an 'American' posts.
QuoteJust cuz I want them to post doesn't mean I don't still like others opinions... I mean yours based on their Crime rate being high could be why they answered questions the way they did was pretty good.
But, then again, you can't go on acutely statistics because they have a higher number of people there. You have to go by percentages compared to other nations of a ratio of 1:1.
I mean the Label of CHAV's is what England has... to some degree its right... Most of us Drink, get into fights and dress like we live in JJB...
Watch this video on Chav's (I like this Chav he is funny):-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYj4TXbQrSs
[youtube=422,335]DYj4TXbQrSs[/youtube]
Quote from: landofshadows on January 24, 2007, 05:16:31 PM
I mean the Label of CHAV's is what England has... to some degree its right... Most of us Drink, get into fights and dress like we live in JJB...
Watch this video on Chav's (I like this Chav he is funny):-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYj4TXbQrSs
[youtube=422,335]DYj4TXbQrSs[/youtube]
Yeh, I don't like the English either.
It's silly that you guys are debating about America and none of you are American.
One thing I'd like to point out is that it seems that the guy is interviewing people in Texas (note the Alamo and Cowboys logo). Then, check who he's interviewing- obviously not the brightest types of people. They're pretty poor examples of our country, and it's no wonder that you foreigners (:P) have such negative ideas about us.
Really, though, it is up to an individual to keep themselves informed. I doubt the guy was going to go up to someone who was doing something like, oh, say, reading a newspaper.
Not all of us are dumb, and not all of us are conservative Republicans, just like not all Brits are posh, and not all Australians wear dungarees.
Quote from: ataraxy2 on January 24, 2007, 03:45:08 PMVideo obviously edited out the right (but rare?) answers. And I'm sure all Americans aren't like this, although it certainly seems so.
Why rare? Notice how few people were in that video. If you're going to walk around with a camera crew all day you're bound to find a few people who are dumb, flustered by the cameras, or both. I've seen videos from this TV show before, and they interviewed the governor of some Midwestern state who made himself out to be an ignorant jackass. Guess what? This says almost nothing about Americans in general. If they did this in the UK they would get the exact same results.
You are the ones being arrogant for saying what amounts to "Typical stupid Americans! We're so much better than them!"
Quote from: Deliciously_Saucy on January 24, 2007, 04:04:59 PMI was, but no longer am.
You still are, even if you live outside of the US and don't have American citizenship anymore. You don't stop being an American just like a German can't stop being a German.
Quote from: Deliciously_Saucy on January 24, 2007, 04:11:13 PMYes but the Majority of Americans are over patriotic, with patriotism comes pride, a sin no doubt because it causes one to ignore the truth because of their own blinded agenda.
Mmm, that's good stereotype!
Quote from: landofshadows on January 24, 2007, 04:12:49 PMI have never been to America... I don't know the people of America...
QuoteI don't dislike Americans, I don't dislike any race or culture...
You don't know any, yet you feel that you have the right to make judgments about 300 million people (or at least the tens of millions from the Midwest) by basing your opinion on comedy show clips. Wouldn't you be bothered if I judged the UK when all I really knew about them was based on videos of chavs I got off of YouTube?
Quote from: landofshadows on January 24, 2007, 04:35:33 PMI was wondering if in America nobody gives a shite about whats outside of America... I mean if I lived in the most powerful country in the world why would I want to learn about other countries... and I was wondering if the Average Joe public thinks in that way. I mean the question on English Currentcy is the Pound £... I know what America's Currentcy is the dollar $, but I couldn't tell you the currentcy of Greenland or Iran... (I know many other currentcys and I have never been abroad)
May be these things are not taught or bothered learning in a nation as big as the USA...
How does knowing what another's currency is make you more worldly? Americans probably aren't as familiar with foreign currencies because 1) we aren't as close to those countries as you are. Immigrants dump their money at the currency exchange at the airport, and 2) the USD is a preferred currency in international commerce. A greenback is good in more places than the Real or the Yen is.
Quote from: ataraxy2 on January 24, 2007, 04:48:05 PMEh... do you think people gain ego out of living in a country?
Of course. Look at the people in this very thread.
Quote from: ataraxy2 on January 24, 2007, 04:40:14 PMWhilst American may be the most powerful (I wouldn't actually know), it apparently isn't the best place to live due to crime rates.
Yet another stereotype. While the US has more crime than the utopia you've created for yourselves in Europe, it doesn't deserve to be made out to be some sort of gigantic Somalia. Billions of people throughout the world dream of having crime rates like ours.
Quote from: landofshadows on January 24, 2007, 04:48:26 PMThe Crime rate is high cuz of Gun crime mainly... I guess you may have a point to a degree... Americans know MUCH more than I do about firing a gun or what gun is best to kill a Jew... (Watch this video of Borat trying to buy a Gun in the USA:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs9zz_zCWlo)
Guns aren't the cause of crime.
Quote from: Djangonator on January 24, 2007, 09:33:43 PMDjangonator's post
Exactly.
Lockage imminent?
Quote from: Deliciously_Saucy on January 24, 2007, 03:32:53 PM
are we just talking about them not realising that the majority of the world hates them, or that they're so arrogant with their " patriotism " that they are blind to the tyrannies of their government?
You obviously know nothing about nothing. Our government isn't tyrannical, no more than the government of England or Australia or Norway. You want a tyranny? Look at Cuba or North Korea.
QuoteNote: I say this is Intelligent discussion.
It's more like a bunch of arrogant Europeans and an Australian looking down on a country as nothing but a collection of idiots. Is that any more intelligent than if I started a discussion about how black people are inherently inferior to whites?
QuoteThat's because they're arrogant. If you Yanks want to prove me wrong, take this thread in a dignified way.
You're so hypocritical. 'EVRY1 IN AMERICA IS AROGINT N IF TEHY RNT THEY KAN PRUV ME RUNG BY ACTIN DIGNIFID'
QuoteYes but the Majority of Americans are over patriotic, with patriotism comes pride, a sin no doubt because it causes one to ignore the truth because of their own blinded agenda.
Not everyone is an agendist, you know. In fact, I'd gander most aren't.
Quote from: landofshadowsI was wondering if in America nobody gives a shite about whats outside of America... I mean if I lived in the most powerful country in the world why would I want to learn about other countries... and I was wondering if the Average Joe public thinks in that way. I mean the question on English Currentcy is the Pound £... I know what America's Currentcy is the dollar $, but I couldn't tell you the currentcy of Greenland or Iran... (I know many other currentcys and I have never been abroad)
Most Americans know the Canadians use dollars, English use pounds, and the Mexicans (and most other Latin American countries) pesos. Also, I wouldn't say being able to name the currency of the Maldives or Afghanistan is really a sign of knowing your stuff about the world- try getting somebody to talk about the issues between the Karen and military government of Myanmar, for example. Much better than naming a currency.
Btw, Greenland's owned by Denmark. Hence, they use the same currency.
Quote from: ataraxy2Whilst American may be the most powerful (I wouldn't actually know), it apparently isn't the best place to live due to crime rates.
Crime rates are relatively wonderful compared to most of the world, and in fact even dismissing that they're not so bad. Living in America is really quite safe. Really.
I won't get into a gun debate with LoS here, but I will say that guns have a neglible effect on crime rates.
Quote from: Deliciously_SaucyOh, and they're not. A quote I believe from some great chines man about what would happen if they went to war with the states: " On the first day, we would lose a million people. On the second day we would lose a million people. On the third day, THEY would surrender. " China has an unlimited amount of solders at their disposal, because they have NO problem putting citizens into battle.
Wow. Okay, first off- having the world's largest standing army at your disposal means nothing. If China sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers, assuming they could, to America, we would decimate them before they set foot on shore with our advanced arsenal. Technology, good training, and competent leadership is much more important in battle than large numbers.
Secondly, America has quite a bit more sway in the world than China does. It has stronger alliances in Europe, and its also buddy buddies with the wealthier nations of Asia. In fact, neither nation wants to go to war, we're both quite depedent on each other economically. Yet, somehow, I can't help but believe that America would survive the economic implications more easily than China.
Edit: Djangonator, of course all Aussies wear dungarees. Also, they all wrangle crocodiles, had two weeks of mourning for Steve Irwin when the stingray got him, and use kangaroos instead of cars. Did I mention they're all criminals? It's in the genes!
I knew the answers to pretty much all of those questions. To base an opinion of all the people of a country on the idiocy of a few is the epitome of ignorance.
That said, I feel that the average american citizen IS out of touch and doesn't really know what's going on. It's a pretty big problem. More Americans probably tuned in to watch American Idol last night than did the state of the union a few hours earlier. Still, I don't see how this makes us so much different. I can't help but imagine that the majority of your respective countries are also ignorant of current events. People don't care enough and governments don't try hard enough to make them care.
Why would the governments want the people to be overly knowledgeable about current events? Why would the government want them questioning this and that and wondering about such and such occurance, and why it handled this that way and so on and so forth.
They wouldn't. I'm just saying, it would be better for everyone if they did.
Quote from: gonorrhoea on January 24, 2007, 10:56:21 PM
Why would the governments want the people to be overly knowledgeable about current events? Why would the government want them questioning this and that and wondering about such and such occurance, and why it handled this that way and so on and so forth.
Yeah, it's not like that's what we SHOULD be telling them, or that that's what the fucking country was FOUNDED on or anything.
My government pisses me off. I didn't even watch the video because I've seen it in a bout twenty different forms about a hundred times all ready.
Those people do not represent America, Americans, or anything of the like. Yes, we may be patriotic, but pretty much the WHOLE country is against the white house's decisions right now. Notice I DIDN'T blame Bush, because I'm pretty sure he's just a front. That's a different story, one I won't go into, but by my saying it I mean to convey that we as a people do NOT blindly follow behind our insane government. Slowly, we are losing our rights, our freedom, and our dignity, and it pisses us the fuck off! Don't sum us up because of what a couple of fucktards in fancy suits did with their excess of power.
I don't like your use of the word "us", Arrow. My opinions are different from yours.
Yeah, that was wrong of me. I apologize, I just got upset, because I hate it when people do this. It's not as if I run around spouting stuff like TEA TIME, PIFF PUFFLE all day, you know? Why stir shit? But yeah, I when I said us, I meant myself and many of the people whom I have sat down and discussed the matter with.
Uh...you guys are taking a video filed under COMEDY as something serious.
I can say that no average American is that stupid, they probably just payed some people money. Or found a bunch of retards.
Most people in America hate bush, the Republicans (Bush Lovers), lost their majorities to the Democrats (Bush Haters), and any Republican who wants to run again for office, or become president is having to make compromises with the Democrats.
How many sides does a triangle have? 3. These people are oviously being payed unless they are mental. I'm a 14 year old American and I could answer all of those questions. This video is obviously edited and or they payed the people.
Quote from: Irockman1 on January 25, 2007, 12:00:01 AM
How many sides does a triangle have? 3. These people are oviously being payed unless they are mental. I'm a 14 year old American and I could answer all of those questions. This video is obviously edited and or they payed the people.
If you're surprised or nervous you can forget even the simplest things. How would
you react to having a TV camera pointed at your face while asked strange questions? When I get nervous I become tongue-tied and forgetful; a non-sequitur like "How many sides does a triangle have?" would require a moment's thought.
If a guy came up to me with a camera, I would walk away. I hate them.
Quoteand not all Australians wear dungarees
I actually didn't know what a dungaree was and I live in Australia. o_O
QuoteGuess what? This says almost nothing about Americans in general.
Of course not, if you're going to quote my posts at least quote something related, I wasn't talking fact and I made it clear. In fact in almost all my posts I've said something along the lines of: 'Country doesn't judge a person'. Yet you seem to ignore that part just so you can complain.
Quote. You are the ones being arrogant for saying what amounts to "Typical stupid Americans! We're so much better than them!"
Thanks, for the generalization. One problem, what is You? Are you saying the whole world looks down on Americans?
QuoteQuoteYes but the Majority of Americans are over patriotic, with patriotism comes pride, a sin no doubt because it causes one to ignore the truth because of their own blinded agenda.
QuoteMmm, that's good stereotype!
If you are American, I suggest you shut up about stereotypes. Considering Americans have made an extremely inaccurate one for us Australians (which only Paul Hogan and Steve Irwin have followed).
QuoteQuoteEh... do you think people gain ego out of living in a country?
QuoteOf course. Look at the people in this very thread.
Eh... I have been defending you. So this obviously isn't directed at me.
QuoteQuoteWhilst American may be the most powerful (I wouldn't actually know), it apparently isn't the best place to live due to crime rates.
QuoteYet another stereotype. While the US has more crime than the utopia you've created for yourselves in Europe, it doesn't deserve to be made out to be some sort of gigantic Somalia. Billions of people throughout the world dream of having crime rates like ours.
I'm not in Europe. Here is a grand example of trying to judge me by the way I act and putting me in a country. You're just as bad as Saucy and LOS.
QuoteQuoteNote: I say this is Intelligent discussion.
QuoteIt's more like a bunch of arrogant Europeans and an Australian looking down on a country as nothing but a collection of idiots.
I'm not arrogant and I don't think Americans are all idiots. Read my posts before you decide for yourself whether I am arrogant or not.
QuoteEdit: Djangonator, of course all Aussies wear dungarees. Also, they all wrangle crocodiles, had two weeks of mourning for Steve Irwin when the stingray got him, and use kangaroos instead of cars. Did I mention they're all criminals? It's in the genes!
LMAO! :P You've made a good point about the country thing, better than I managed obviously (or Jesus Hitler has chosen to dodge my posts).
QuoteI knew the answers to pretty much all of those questions. To base an opinion of all the people of a country on the idiocy of a few is the epitome of ignorance.
That said, I feel that the average american citizen IS out of touch and doesn't really know what's going on. It's a pretty big problem. More Americans probably tuned in to watch American Idol last night than did the state of the union a few hours earlier. Still, I don't see how this makes us so much different. I can't help but imagine that the majority of your respective countries are also ignorant of current events. People don't care enough and governments don't try hard enough to make them care.
Thank you for the only intelligent post. :)
QuoteThis video is obviously edited and or they payed the people.
Of course (repeating my view for Jesus Hitler).
see in the last say, 2-3 years i have become more politically aware of what goes on here(America), the country is ran by the rich who only make it into office because they have the money, the majority of our youth, witch i am part of but do not cast myself to this group and i refuse to, is completely ignorant of what goes on beyond 100 miles from them, they couldn't tell you 1 major topic from the state of the union that was aired 2 days ago, and are allowed to vote uneducated.
the issue is that you cannot prove weather a person is uneducated to the point of removing their rights to vote and this would contradict our founding fathers basic believes in part, though, they only intended the rich to have power any ways because only those who owned land could vote.
another key issue is now that America lets the media form their opinions for them and do not think freely so they think that other countries are cool with America and there is no international problem other than the war on terror
i live in Michigan, near Detroit and i hear people all the time fsk Canada, Canada is not a real country etc, in my stating this it allows me to disprove the point that American is over patriotic, when half the people i know didn't know it was veterans day and Canada's equivalent they all wear popie blossoms on their shirt to show respect, we cant even remember the day that it occurs
another issue with America is the fact that because the rich run the country they exploit it for their own personal gain, when is the last time we have had a Great President, some one who was loved by almost all of the people, who wasn't artificial some one who let the country know yes I'm the president, ill do my job, but i have a life of my own, but i wont use my status as an excuse to get things, or get away with things
out of touch with the rest of the world in a majority sense i would say yes
our country from what it was 40 years ago is pretty FUBAR, we used to be the most powerful nation in the world, now we are just second rate, we couldn't even continue on our own if china placed a trade embargo on us
i love my country but i want major change
Many of the people shown in the video are from Texas... But later into the video, I am sure I see the white house and an area of California in the background.
If you read my first FEW posts you will see I have said NOT the WHOLE of the American public, most a majority...
I have even posted a Video on Chav's in England... A Vast Majority of KIds in the north of England (Manchester, Liverpool etc...) Find the Chav status pretty cool...
Down south there is very little amount of Chav's, more Goth's than Chav's... So I know its not fair to place a braod sweeping lablel...
But in the video in the first post he asks people from different ethnic groups and Ages SIMPLE questions that even the TELETUBBIES could answer better...
And my only real question is, are a majority of Americans a little out of touch with the rest of the World... Read the Topic title...
Largo Usagi Quoteout of touch with the rest of the world in a majority sense i would say yes
Thats the sort of Answer I was looking for...
This Topic is fairly pointless to a degree, but at the same time worring... The part at the end (last 30 secs or so) is the part I found very alarming... The trust in Bush is still very strong amoungst those interviewed...
I know America is a MASSIVE place and the people and ratio is going to be very mixed... you have, in my opinion, the worlds Smartest and Dumbest people living there... But I am not interested in both ends of the spectrum, I am intresested in the middle ground, the Average Joe Public... those that Vote and back and help America to police the planet with out knowing SOD all about it...
I don't like knowing that a majority (and its their votes that count) to if or if not a country will get invaded... And the last part of the Video shows the majority would back a War against pretty much any nation, and they will back Bush in that decission.
Lots of countries outside of America have GOOD reason to fear the USA.
And its not just cuz of Bush... its the fact he has backing.
(May be I am taking things to far... and reading into this too much, but I fear the USA will end the world as we know it one day)...
LOL fear not, the US cant end this world, we are to economicaly fucked because of the middle east, not the war but because of the gas prices they give us go up 20-30 cents randomly because they feel like it, we depend on china for everything now and if they placed trade sanctions on us we would fall into a depression.
the number one country any one should fear is north Korea, because they want nuclear weapons and long range balistic missiles and they want to use them to get there point across, because they are bad at negotiation and the key of negotiation is to come from a point of advantage, regardless of how many we have, the end of z world joke, we wont use them, a state like North Korea though, i wouldn't doubt if they would think twice about launching one
what i want to happen with us, the US is to completely remove ourselves from Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa (All Places) leave private charities to helping the people over there, stop giving the EU lots of cash (sorry you have a stable economy you don't need us to give you extra money), and basically get the fuck out of everyone else business. so what if we aren't there they will kill each other, so what if they have a cruel unjust dictator, they don't want our help, so leave them to their own devices, and place heavy tariffs on imports that do the same to our exports (CHINA). all of that will stabilize our economy and have less people pissed with use cuz we aren't in there shit
Largo Usagi - Thats Mental... Thats exactly how I think about the whole thing... Just let each country do their own thing. And if they screw up or what ever its their own fault. Its the only way people will ever learn, and thats by making the mistakes.
I don't fear North Korea... They could be wipped out within a month should they launch a Nuke... And for that reason they wont launch one.
I know this is kind of Unrelated, By I am trying to show there is an air outside of America shared by pretty much every nation, and its seems to be world spread. I think should America continue as it is the Air of fear/distrust could get worse... Many people have a simular View... Even in the first Video I posted, I know he says what he does as a Joke but there is some truth in it "We back the USA, cuz we know whats good for us".
Watch this video, this guy raises some points in a very Comical way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LscOa4IY0IA
[youtube=422,335]LscOa4IY0IA[/youtube]
Quote from: Largo Usagi on January 25, 2007, 07:37:05 AM
see in the last say, 2-3 years i have become more politically aware of what goes on here(America), the country is ran by the rich who only make it into office because they have the money, the majority of our youth, witch i am part of but do not cast myself to this group and i refuse to, is completely ignorant of what goes on beyond 100 miles from them, they couldn't tell you 1 major topic from the state of the union that was aired 2 days ago, and are allowed to vote uneducated.
Your revelations have blown me away. Only the rich get elected? Well at least it isn't that way in other countries, right? :V I don't see why knowing a lot of useless facts about a particular nation (like the names of their currencies) should be more important than a knowledge of regional events. Some people just don't have time to learn about the world. Which is more important to an average person: embezzlement in the local government or the reintroduction of democratic government in Nepal?
Quote from: landofshadows on January 25, 2007, 11:26:39 AMposted, I know he says what he does as a Joke but there is some truth in it
You love posting ridiculous shit and saying "I know it's not [blank], but there iss some truth to it." How about you post something that is all truth instead of just some?
QuoteYou love posting ridiculous shit and saying "I know it's not [blank], but there iss some truth to it." How about you post something that is all truth instead of just some?
How about you post something worth reading.
QuoteWhich is more important to an average person: embezzlement in the local government or the reintroduction of democratic government in Nepal?
Goes without saying.
QuoteHow about you post something worth reading.
I don't read any of Jesus Hitlers Posts... its not worth reading them... Not after he called me a
twat and a Cunt.
I know pretty much what they say though... He always attacks peoples opinions and goes on about how we should work on facts rather than our own minds. And then calls us Ignorant or attacks with a whole host of insults if we don't in part agree with him.
___Back on Topic___I think the main point I am trying to get across to the people in the USA people view them differently to they did say 10 years ago... I remember wanting to live in New York or Canada when I was younger... Canada is still an Option, GREAT place and Fantastic people. America on the other hand seems to have so much bad press and stigma attached to it now... I see it as a very tacky country, very over emotional people to a point its fairly scarey, the people seem overly wound up in becoming some thing. I can't put a finger on it... There seems to be some thing in the American people thats slowly changing... Like a build up of Fear, due to the Media and changing of the peoples ways...
So in part may be the country we live in does change people.
Try Watching this Video on Fear and Guns:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsOlN9oyD-w
[youtube=422,335]CsOlN9oyD-w[/youtube]
Quote from: ataraxy2 on January 25, 2007, 07:10:16 AM
QuoteGuess what? This says almost nothing about Americans in general.
Of course not, if you're going to quote my posts at least quote something related, I wasn't talking fact and I made it clear. In fact in almost all my posts I've said something along the lines of: 'Country doesn't judge a person'. Yet you seem to ignore that part just so you can complain.
Perhaps you should reread your own posts. It's clear that you have a low opinion of the entire country even though you say that you aren't judging all of us.
QuoteQuote. You are the ones being arrogant for saying what amounts to "Typical stupid Americans! We're so much better than them!"
Thanks, for the generalization. One problem, what is You? Are you saying the whole world looks down on Americans?
I was talking about the people in this thread, genius.
QuoteQuoteYes but the Majority of Americans are over patriotic, with patriotism comes pride, a sin no doubt because it causes one to ignore the truth because of their own blinded agenda.
QuoteQuoteMmm, that's good stereotype!
If you are American, I suggest you shut up about stereotypes. Considering Americans have made an extremely inaccurate one for us Australians (which only Paul Hogan and Steve Irwin have followed).
Why did you get pissed? Because I pointed out your hypocrisy? Some Americans may be ignorant about Australia but that's only because the two most well-known Australians are both bogans (though Dr. Chase might change that :D ), not because there's some kind of defect in our character.
QuoteQuoteQuoteEh... do you think people gain ego out of living in a country?
QuoteOf course. Look at the people in this very thread.
Eh... I have been defending you. So this obviously isn't directed at me.
I haven't seen you defending Americans.
QuoteQuoteYet another stereotype. While the US has more crime than the utopia you've created for yourselves in Europe, it doesn't deserve to be made out to be some sort of gigantic Somalia. Billions of people throughout the world dream of having crime rates like ours.
I'm not in Europe. Here is a grand example of trying to judge me by the way I act and putting me in a country. You're just as bad as Saucy and LOS.
I am judging you by the way you 1) speak English natively, 2) say you aren't American, and 3) seemed to know nothing about Americans, which means that you aren't Canadian. Since most non-American native speakers are from England, I made an assumption.
QuoteQuoteIt's more like a bunch of arrogant Europeans and an Australian looking down on a country as nothing but a collection of idiots.
I'm not arrogant and I don't think Americans are all idiots. Read my posts before you decide for yourself whether I am arrogant or not.
I have and I did.
QuoteThat said, I feel that the average american citizen IS out of touch and doesn't really know what's going on. It's a pretty big problem. More Americans probably tuned in to watch American Idol last night than did the state of the union a few hours earlier. Still, I don't see how this makes us so much different. I can't help but imagine that the majority of your respective countries are also ignorant of current events. People don't care enough and governments don't try hard enough to make them care.
The problems in America are present throughout the Western world. Singling the US out for it is just dumb.
Quote from: ataraxy2 on January 25, 2007, 12:29:50 PM
QuoteYou love posting ridiculous shit and saying "I know it's not [blank], but there iss some truth to it." How about you post something that is all truth instead of just some?
How about you post something worth reading.
You and others like saying that but I'm not the one who has said nothing useful in this thread. My posts are worth reading because I don't base my opinions in nonsense like anti-Americanism. Why don't you condemn your own government How about this: send me the text of something you want to post and if I think it's okay I'll let you post it. The quality of your posts will skyrocket.
QuoteQuoteWhich is more important to an average person: embezzlement in the local government or the reintroduction of democratic government in Nepal?
Goes without saying.
So which is it? Judging from what's been said in this thread, I'm not so sure of your opinion.
Why do I have this feeling that JH is the new Naphe...
Sorry, but I have to agree with LoS on his view of reading JH's posts. They're just offensive.
As for the American's being out of touch with reality...of course they are, aren't we all? I mean...one thing that really does surprise me is the fact that they denied the Kyoto Agreement and denied that they were producing pollution on the same level of China, even though they have a small population, and less industrilization.
So yeah, I think the common people are actually quite normal and in touch with reality, in general, it's just the damned politicians.
Quote from: landofshadows on January 25, 2007, 01:42:32 PM
QuoteHow about you post something worth reading.
I don't read any of Jesus Hitlers Posts... its not worth reading them... Not after he called me a twat
No, you just hate being proven wrong over and over again and you used the insults as a cop-out.
QuoteI know pretty much what they say though... He always attacks peoples opinions and goes on about how we should work on facts rather than our own minds. And then calls us Ignorant or attacks with a whole host of insults if we don't in part agree with him.
Facts over fancy.
QuoteRambling.
Your opinion of America seems to come from YouTube videos, Fox News, and the arrogant American stereotype. Why don't you actually visit the country, or even live here for a while before you start talking about how scary and wound-up the people are?
By the way, how about you just link to a video? This isn't Myspace.
QuotePerhaps you should reread your own posts. It's clear that you have a low opinion of the entire country even though you say that you aren't judging all of us.
Thanks for the suggestion but I know how I'm thinking.
QuoteWhy did you get pissed? Because I pointed out your hypocrisy?
You got Saucy mixed up with Ataraxy. It happens. :) Well, no it doesn't but :)
QuoteI haven't seen you defending Americans.
You haven't read my posts? Or are you just choosing bits and pieces to read out of them?
QuoteQuoteI'm not arrogant and I don't think Americans are all idiots. Read my posts before you decide for yourself whether I am arrogant or not.
QuoteI have and I did.
That was actually directed at that gnoreha (whatever the hell it is :P) guy. So I don't understand what point you are trying to make (presuming you are).
QuoteYou and others like saying that but I'm not the one who has said nothing useful in this thread. My posts are worth reading because I don't base my opinions in nonsense like anti-Americanism. Why don't you condemn your own government How about this: send me the text of something you want to post and if I think it's okay I'll let you post it. The quality of your posts will skyrocket.
For god sakes I'm not against Americans, I'm against many things in America (especially the government) but not Americans. Get it through your... whatever the hell there is to get through. Maybe read my posts? I have said many times... oh forget it. You keep ignoring any part of my posts that you can't complain (or nullifies complaints) against.
QuoteSo which is it? Judging from what's been said in this thread, I'm not so sure of your opinion.
The smartest thing you've said so far. :) It's so obvious you're not sure. I was starting to think you were just here to troll. The solution is to read my posts though.
Quote
I don't read any of Jesus Hitlers Posts... its not worth reading them... Not after he called me a twat
That's all the more reason to read them! :P
Love that video by the way, very comical. Is all of it true?
QuoteBy the way, how about you just link to a video? This isn't Myspace.
It's
Quotefancy.
:P
QuoteLove that video by the way, very comical. Is all of it true?
I am not sure if its all true... But its a View of some serious subjects taken and laughed at, I guess its the only way to view them, other wise its a little to depressing any other way.
_____Back to topic____
So mixed opinions really... Some Americans do think the people are out of touch in general and others say not so much...
I guess it differs from state to state... After all America is a Giant place.
But that doesn't change peoples opinions outside of America.
A few Video's (I have no enbeded as it will fill the screen)
Opinions on Bush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp4aQ4LMjoo
FLAME WAR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzziRBT3UgA
Borat Hunting Jews In Texas...LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HnFe_wFIDI
This Clip is Just MENTAL, the woman is Tapped in the Head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXkwrzow1IE
World View... All nations in this video are slagged off by the East
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZYhkGS8vg
Many of these Video's I don't agree with AT ALL... but some of them raise questions, many about the USA, some are made by people in the USA... There is a big air of mistrust amoungst even some of the public in the USA...
QuoteBut that doesn't change peoples opinions outside of America.
Most people outside of America seem to hate them due to: wanting money and power.
In this interview about global warming the came up with scales. On one end was gold bars and the other Earth. I was like what the fuck? Do the government of American really think that money is more important than the survival of the world? What the fuck?!
Anyway :) the video was 'An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning' - one day I'll sit down and watch all of it.
Perhaps when Bush stands down and lets what's his name take the lead for a while will people like the americans...
QuoteWhy is it that all the good Presidents we've ever had got shot?
Watching the American woman one now. Damn those ignorant news people for cutting her off. Is that how the news plays out in America? I know media forces you on stuff but allowing something just to be cut off is a pathetic attempt at...
QuoteIgnorant'guy': What are your sins?
Woman: Yeah, you tried this the other day. ;)
LMAO!
because the bad presidents didn't like it?
The Womans Views at the time she tried to air them was insensitive even if they echo a hint of truth... I think she should have been cut off of live TV, but the video saved for people that felt simular to her to have at least heard he out... After all its freedom of speach.
What I am trying to do is show why people are thinking as they are... It only took me 5 mins to find those films...Media and perception may be geared at destroying America's image... I don't know why people would do that, with out, as I am saying an ill Air about the USA...
This sort of thing just didn't go on in Clintons time as president...
I think getting rid of Bush will do America a World of Good... He is bad wood, cut him out.
QuoteThe Womans Views at the time she tried to air them was insensitive even if they echo a hint of truth...
By no means do I agree with it. But how dare they cut her off. Freedom of speech? How ignorant of them to get her on the show to just push her away.
QuoteI think she should have been cut off of live TV
I say she shouldn't have, but the media probably would've tried to, to brainwash people. It's what the media do best.
Quote from: ataraxy2 on January 25, 2007, 03:07:28 PM
QuoteThe Womans Views at the time she tried to air them was insensitive even if they echo a hint of truth...
By no means do I agree with it. But how dare they cut her off. Freedom of speech? How ignorant of them to get her on the show to just push her away.
This woman is a member of the Westboro Baptist Church (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church), which thinks that Americans deserve to die because they are supporting a government that protects homosexuals. There is no hind of truth in there; she's just nuts.
by the way, we
do have freedom of speech, but that does
not mean that we are obligated to provide a venue for someone. She is free to rant and rave somewhere else.
QuoteQuoteI think she should have been cut off of live TV
I say she shouldn't have, but the media probably would've tried to, to brainwash people. It's what the media do best.
what does she have to say that is of any value? She was going to rant until she was cut off anyway, there wasn't going to be any intelligent discourse.
Quotewhat does she have to say that is of any value?
Nothing, but she thinks she does. So why did these stupid Americans (the reporters) bother to get her on the news in the first place?! Just made them look like ignorant assholes.
QuoteShe is free to rant and rave somewhere else.
Then why did they put her on the news in the friggin' first place...
Ever heard of a freak show? That's all Fox News is.
QuoteThen why did they put her on the news in the friggin' first place...
I am going to quote Forrest Gump
"Stupid Is As Stupid Does"
Fox News always shows America in it's true-est light, a right mix of odd balls.
But then again for every one Odd Ball America has 5 Saine people... It's just easyer to find the odd balls.
[offtopic]LMAO! This is uncanny. My friend watched that movie and wants me to watch it. It keeps popping up in my life, via people mentioning it - pictures of it. I may watch it! :P
Same happened to Mulholland Drive (trailers... ads... people recommending it for me... somehow getting to the IMDb page for it...) for a few years till I sat down and watched it, and it's my favourite movie. I won't ignore the signs this time! ;D
Okay... now this is spooking me out. Same happened with Donnie Darko - Director's Cut (hears a song using samples from Donnie Darko, friend rents Donnie Darko, then I give in and rent it too).[/offtopic]
Most of those YouTube videos didn't say much, especially the flame war.
Nah... the Flame War one just highlights a divid even on the most simplest level of Who's Dogs bigger that Who's...
I think it's very Childish to be fair...
Quote from: ataraxy2 on January 25, 2007, 07:10:16 AM
If you are American, I suggest you shut up about stereotypes. Considering Americans have made an extremely inaccurate one for us Australians (which only Paul Hogan and Steve Irwin have followed).
You know most people don't buy into stereotypes, right?
QuoteI'm not in Europe. Here is a grand example of trying to judge me by the way I act and putting me in a country. You're just as bad as Saucy and LOS.
Australia is just Europe transplanted into the Pacific.
QuoteI'm not arrogant and I don't think Americans are all idiots. Read my posts before you decide for yourself whether I am arrogant or not.
That's directed at the other two.
QuoteThank you for the only intelligent post. :)
:(
Quote from: Largo Usagithey only intended the rich to have power any ways because only those who owned land could vote.
Every land owner's rich?
Quotei live in Michigan, near Detroit and i hear people all the time fsk Canada, Canada is not a real country etc, in my stating this it allows me to disprove the point that American is over patriotic, when half the people i know didn't know it was veterans day and Canada's equivalent they all wear popie blossoms on their shirt to show respect, we cant even remember the day that it occurs
People tend to love joking about Canada even more than New Jersey. They especially enjoy calling it 'the suburbs of America'.
Quoteour country from what it was 40 years ago is pretty FUBAR, we used to be the most powerful nation in the world, now we are just second rate, we couldn't even continue on our own if china placed a trade embargo on us
The US would handle it better than China, which is as dependent on the US as a 4 year old on his mother.
Quote from: landofshadows(May be I am taking things to far... and reading into this too much, but I fear the USA will end the world as we know it one day)...
I can't breathe.
Quote from: Largo Usagiwhat i want to happen with us, the US is to completely remove ourselves from Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa (All Places) leave private charities to helping the people over there, stop giving the EU lots of cash (sorry you have a stable economy you don't need us to give you extra money), and basically get the fuck out of everyone else business.
The US isn't going to pull out of these places yet because it has strong interests there. It's what superpowers do. And the US is really giving the EU money? Somebody that's more intelligent verify this. If so, that's... :/
Quote from: ataraxy2How about you post something worth reading.
I still don't get how JH's posts aren't worth reading but LoS' and Largo Usagi's are. These guys don't even use evidence, the former just uses dumb YouTube videos and says 'LOL TIHS IS AMERIKA'. The latter doesn't really know as much about politics as he seems to think he does.
Quote from: landofshadowsI don't read any of Jesus Hitlers Posts... its not worth reading them... Not after he called me a twat
Yeah, what a good excuse to dismiss posts you can't address.
Quote from: RavenshadeSorry, but I have to agree with LoS on his view of reading JH's posts. They're just offensive.
How sheltered were you as a child? JH isn't even being moderately offensive.
Quote from: ataraxy2The smartest thing you've said so far. Smiley It's so obvious you're not sure. I was starting to think you were just here to troll. The solution is to read my posts though.
Ha, that flew so far above your head. :D Classic.
also- he said 'fancy' instead of 'fantasy' as a joke directed at LoS.
QuoteMost people outside of America seem to hate them due to: wanting money and power.
Aw, so do people hate every other nation, too? How about that China everyone here's so obsessed with? Or North Korea? Do people post flame threads about the evils of the UK?
Quote from: RavenshadePerhaps when Bush stands down and lets what's his name take the lead for a while will people like the americans...
Glad to know that we're hated because our President sucks. Do the Europeans hate England because of Tony Blair?
Oh, and I love how you guys don't know that Fox News is basically, as JH said,a freak show. It's also heavily biased and caters to the average dumb Christian Republican. The group that's losing its influence.
yes America is giving the EU money to subsidize some government projects, we have been doing it since the end of WWII but it was only supposed to be a temporary thing
QuotePeople tend to love joking about Canada even more than New Jersey. They especially enjoy calling it 'the suburbs of America'.
It's an old Hollywood joke. "Making a movie in Canada means being dead."
QuoteHa, that flew so far above your head. :D Classic.
also- he said 'fancy' instead of 'fantasy' as a joke directed at LoS.
Leave me alone! >:(
QuoteI still don't get how JH's posts aren't worth reading but LoS' and Largo Usagi's are. These guys don't even use evidence, the former just uses dumb YouTube videos and says 'LOL TIHS IS AMERIKA'. The latter doesn't really know as much about politics as he seems to think he does.
The reason I post You-Tube video's is most of what I am trying to put across is addressed in them. I know I SUCK at spelling and your-self and JH always Mock me for it.
I am not trying to run America down all I am doing is trying to show Americans how people see them. The opinion of the USA has fallen at about the same times as the towers did. Not cuz of the towers but the Events shortly after... And this War on terror thats being taken to the terrorists, rather than fighting from home.
At least thats why my view has gone down... and then to watch video's of people backing that sort of action and not knowing the difference between France and Austrilia is just a little off.
QuoteDo the Europeans hate England because of Tony Blair?
I think a vast majority do hate England for going against the UN and helping the War on Terror, I think Blair was wrong to make that choice, I don't think going to Iraq was a good idea. I hate the English Goverment and Blair my-self... And I think many others who can see the Goverment for what it is, MONEY GRABBING LEACHES then they do too.
I am not saying all Americans are Dumb... I have tried explaining this Topic time after time...
Can you blame me for the topic after watching:-Jerry Springer (LETS SHOW THE WORLD A REAL FREAK SHOW)
Cops (YEP, LETS SHOW LOADS OF RACIAL ARRESTS)
Dog the Bounty Hunter (HOW MANY TRAILER PARKS DO YOU HAVE)
America's Dumbest Crimanals (WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE)
Extream Make Over (OVER EMOTIONAL)
Need I go on... The Media America is out-putting is putting their own nation to shame... If I am generalizing your nation Blame Sky One... Blame your own Media... Blame the Gun Culture thats growing in our country thanks to your media interest... You are a world leader, and an example to follow, if all countries end up like America I am all for moving to Mars...
LoS, I didn't accuse you of being against Americans in general, I guess I didn't make myself clear in this respect.
Also, TV is stupid as fuck. What do they show in Europe? As I recall they have many spin-off shows, and vice versa.
Jerry Springer (LETS SHOW THE WORLD A REAL FREAK SHOW)
- I can't comprehend this show either.
Cops (YEP, LETS SHOW LOADS OF RACIAL ARRESTS)
- That's because the majority of criminals in these situations are inner-city blacks. There are very many reasons for this, mostly stemming from past actions against blacks and them being restricted to ghettos with few rights until recently. Many blacks have made something of themselves, many haven't. That's why you see them getting arrested on Cops so much.
Dog the Bounty Hunter (HOW MANY TRAILER PARKS DO YOU HAVE)
- Heh.
America's Dumbest Crimanals (WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE)
- Dumb criminals are the BEST though. They get caught more easily.
Extream Make Over (OVER EMOTIONAL)
- Isn't that show on Lifetime?
edit: And you didn't see dumb shows like the kind you link to in Clinton's era because they weren't popular yet. It has nothing to do with the President, he doesn't define America or its media.
In Europe they show 'The IT Crowd'! ;D
'Some Mothers Do Ave Em' and 'Mother and Son'! :tpg:
UK TV is the best for comedy gonorrhoea!
I saw an old British comedy once.
The naked cashier chick and the German with a name that never ends were the best parts.
QuoteLoS, I didn't accuse you of being against Americans in general, I guess I didn't make myself clear in this respect.
Also, TV is stupid as fuck. What do they show in Europe? As I recall they have many spin-off shows, and vice versa.
Cool... and I like the way you sort of see my point about the media thats out put... And yes we do have spin off shows, but nothing in the same extream as the American shows.
My fav Comedy Is Bottom... In the below clip Richie and Eddy find a Video Camera and deside to send it to a Funny Home video spoof show called Beadles about... And many Flat dewling folk can relate to some of the clips in Bottom... I also like the Office and Extra's David Brent rocks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk0_qwb1PwY
[youtube=422,335]Qk0_qwb1PwY[/youtube]
Now I like some American shows like Malcom in the Middle and Friends, BRILLIANT SHOWS... Malcom in the Middle has me in stitches... Oh Simpsons and South Park are Kick Arse too... Its just the reality shows I think do America no favours...
I know in England right now with have some stigma due to Jade Goody... I guess me trying to equate AMerica to being like the people on Jerry SPringer would be like Americans equating us to Jade. Jade is thicker than any of those people shown in the 1st Video I posted...
Here's some of her stupidest moments:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKJt5nMOsEM
[youtube=422,335]qKJt5nMOsEM[/youtube]
This is one of the funnyest video's you will ever see cuz she is being serious...LOL... She one MENTAL example of a Britt...LOL
Eskimos will be the dominant nation during the next Ice Age.
OK! STOP! The people in the big brother house should not be used to represent britain! THEY ARE IDIOTS! People go on the show to get famous for doing f*** all! All the people who actually watch this sad program should get a live, or at least another one! In conclusion, Big Brother = worst shit ever concieved by channel4
Quoteworst shit ever concieved by channel4
I agree... But look at the ratings...
I used that show to back up the USA... every nation has their fair share of Thick people, and I guess going by the 1st posts video was a little unfair...
I admit I was a little out of order for posting it, it made me laugh ALMOST as much as the Jade Goody video, until the end part, the bit that worry's me slightly, and rasies concern about the USA invading other countries.
But in general I do think the majority of the public in America don't want to know about the outside world, Many people in England don't either...
Its nothing major, that some people just don't watch the news, and who can blame them, there's never any good news.
Makes you wonder what a world will be like with no Media or News...
To save any ill feeling I will lock the topic.
(If any one wants it open please ask me or a MOD)