# Discussion question: is The American Experiment a failure?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-question-is-the-american-experiment-a-failure/986036
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [June 24, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-question-is-the-american-experiment-a-failure/986036 "2023-06-24T13:09:51Z")
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### Author: ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-question-is-the-american-experiment-a-failure/986036/141 "2023-06-25T15:52:14Z")

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> [@slicedalone](#):
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> Please tell me you didn’t take my comment about applying for a Modship seriously. I haven’t and never will.

Whew, that’s a relief to hear.

Your recent FQ post is a great metaphor for the way you’ve been conducting yourself in this thread:

> [@Peeing in the pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeing-in-the-pool/986079):
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> Aside from offending my own aesthetic sensibilities am i creating any sort of health problem by peeing in my own pool? It measures 75 feet x 40 feet with an average depth of 5 feet. I estimate the quantity of urine as about 1 or 2 ounces every week or so. A pool guy tests it every few weeks and has never said Hey, someone’s been peeing here! Is it indetectable? Immaterial ¿? Unimportant?

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