# Americans Who Think Differently Than I Do **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 10, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346 "2010-01-10T01:57:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/101 "2010-01-11T02:47:23Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > Yup. I envy those who revel in living in a failed and delusional republic. > > Yup, yup, yup. > > P.S. Wanker? How very Texan of [del]you[/del] y’all. Yeah, wanker. I have a student who is British and some of her aphorisms have caught on. And I love the line about the “failed and delusional republic”. That’s just so cute and precious of you to express your sour grapes attitude with such witless blatherings. Eat your heart out, loser. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/102 "2010-01-11T02:50:01Z")
I just enjoy the irony that the OP is probably posting this from a Mac, Dell, or HP running Windows or OS X, and connected to routers from Cisco or Sun Microsystems. Thus every post he makes, no matter how vitriolic, relies on American imperialism to make it happen. ---
**Author:** ![BorgHunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@BorgHunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BorgHunter)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/103 "2010-01-11T03:10:55Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > I just enjoy the irony that the OP is probably posting this from a Mac, Dell, or HP running Windows or OS X, and connected to routers from Cisco or Sun Microsystems. Thus every post he makes, no matter how vitriolic, relies on American imperialism to make it happen. Never mind that his CPU was undoubtedly designed by engineers at either Intel or AMD. Of course, none of these are actually _made_ in the United States, but that’s a different topic for a different thread. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/104 "2010-01-11T03:48:04Z")
> [@BorgHunter](#): > > Of course, none of these are actually _made_ in the United States, but that’s a different topic for a different thread. What’s important is that they probably would never have been made if it wasn’t for the US. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/105 "2010-01-11T04:07:53Z")
Since the OP hasn’t really given us a blueprint for making over the US as he’d like it,[thread=547328]I’ve started a thread[/thread] in GD asking for your suggestions for fixing the US (or other countries). ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/106 "2010-01-11T04:52:31Z")
Meh. Americans say this shit about each other and have for years. You act like Americans are one cohesive group. We are not. It is about 25% of us who are dragging the nation and the world down, aided and abetted by another 25% who are too poorly informed to pay attention to see what is happening. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/107 "2010-01-11T07:52:00Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Given that he started off by using the word “tonnes,” I’m guessing the UK, Canada, Australia or Rhodesia. You’re an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/108 "2010-01-11T08:43:29Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > "some fucking Amendment, or other They have a Fucking Amendment? No wonder the Yankee pigdogs look so smug. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/109 "2010-01-11T11:30:07Z")
Without America, why, Canada would just go plummeting south until it crashed into Mexico. Which would then just make Canada the _new_ America… Hmmph, let’s see how they’d do. ETA: It’d also piss off the Mexican’s, and Manitoba would be the new Texas. I smell the Alamo alllll over again. Never forget! ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/110 "2010-01-11T11:41:15Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > \*People say “Iraq had the fourth largest army in the world”. Yeah, maybe, but you know what, after the first three largest armies, there’s a REAL big fucking drop-off. The Hare Krishnas are the fifth largest army in the world, and they’ve already got all our airports. \* > > – Bill Hicks _“You know during the Persian Gulf war those intelligence reports would come out: **“Iraq: incredible weapons - incredible weapons!”** How do you know that? “Uh, well…we looked at the receipts.””_ Bill Hicks ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/111 "2010-01-11T12:17:09Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > You’re an asshole. That seemed… uh… odd and unmotivated. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/112 "2010-01-11T12:39:38Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > That seemed… uh… odd and unmotivated. Towers know very well that there isn’t any country called Rhodesia. ---
**Author:** ![Camus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@Camus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Camus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/113 "2010-01-11T13:25:01Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > But at least you never run. > Except for: Korea (a place you had no reason to be) Maybe you should educate yourself a little more about Korea. Not only was there a pretty good reason to get involved in that conflict - i.e. stopping Soviet-encouraged aggression by a tyrannical, meglomaniacal dictator with delusions of godhood, but “we” (the US) DIDN’T run. “We” (the United Nations command formed to defend South Korea) are still there, manning the frontier along the DMZ along with the South Korean military. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/114 "2010-01-11T13:53:40Z")
> [@Zeke](#): > > But I didn’t show my disgust at such actions by sending foreigners in planes (and humvees and tanks and LAVs and Christ knows what else) to their country - sorry _a neighbouring innocent country_ - to kill fucking near 30 times that many innocents. I hereby, on behalf of all Americans, apologize for our having invaded Canada in revenge for 9/11. No Blood For Oil Shale!!! It is also regrettable that Americans tend to forget about our cultured neighbors to the north, until one of them starts acting like a boorish and unregenerate asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/115 "2010-01-11T14:16:20Z")
Well, we can smell our own. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/116 "2010-01-11T14:19:57Z")
See this > [@](#): > > What’s important is that they probably would never have been made if it wasn’t for the US. That’s the attitude that annoys the rest of the world and fires up boneheads like this one. Very Amerikan to think no one else could **ever** have come up with anything to rival yours. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/117 "2010-01-11T14:42:05Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > See this > > > [@](#): > > > > What’s important is that they probably would never have been made if it wasn’t for the US. > > That’s the attitude that annoys the rest of the world and fires up boneheads like this one. > > Very Amerikan to think no one else could **ever** have come up with anything to rival yours. Well, the thing to remember is this: they _were_ made in the U. S. Nobody else invented them. Would someone else have invented them? Probably, sooner or later. The point is - we did. Sooner. And it is a statement of fact that the world is a better place because of the U. S. We lead in innovations in industry, medicine, you name it. There it is. Oh, and by the way…“Very Amerikan”? How cutesy and original that was. Did you think of it all by your own little self? Did you not stop and think for one second how stupid it makes you look to use terms like that? Apparently not. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/118 "2010-01-11T14:46:11Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > See this > > That’s the attitude that annoys the rest of the world and fires up boneheads like this one. > > Very Amerikan to think no one else could **ever** have come up with anything to rival yours. Honor the military-industrial complex with every keystroke, bitches, cuz it invented the internet and now it owns your asses. All of us kitty-stroking iPod titty-babies that make up the postmodern world are allowed to exist only because the hard patriarchy of power, to whom every daily matter is an act of war, pities us and can make money off us. Pray they continue. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/119 "2010-01-11T14:50:58Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > What’s important is that they probably would never have been made if it wasn’t for the US. Well, strictly speaking, they probably would never have been made if not for a lot of other countries, too. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346/120 "2010-01-11T16:13:25Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Manitoba? Where is that, Minnesota? North Montana, I think. Or maybe North North Dakota. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-who-think-differently-than-i-do/524346.md?page=7)