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Tarantula posted:I think this helps emphasize my opinion Americans get really unnecessarily prickly about even mild criticism of their country and it's current/previous actions. He's not wrong though.
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skit herre posted:Exactly what I meant with weirdly defensive. I can easily imagine that. I've also suffered through British people telling me how lovely and racist Americans are before immediately seguing into a rant about the "Pakis".
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Jeb Bush 2012 posted:imo it's pretty weird to bring up 19th century european imperialism as a defence of modern US foreign policy I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't read that as a defense of anything America has done. It's pointing out that you're a bunch of right bastards responsible for the state of the third world too.
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shame on an IGA posted:That's not at all how we view Florida. Florida is the reason even those of us who want to stop global warming occasionally ask, "... but should we?" If there was a way to focus all the harmful effects on global warming onto Florida, we'd do it without a thought.
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Aunt Beth posted:This would not surprise me. When I was in Spain in 2009 I met a Chilean woman who listed all the presidents in order from Obama to Nixon with an opinion of each. I sincerely doubt most Americans could do that. Nixon: As paranoid and scandalmongering as Trump but a million-billion times better at being President Ford: A good man but doomed from the start because Nixon. Carter: Well-meaning but horribly inept. Reagan: Not literally Satan like some people who share my politics would like you to believe, but still not particularly good. Bush I: Wrong man at the wrong time. Clinton: Remembered more fondly than he should be, couldn't tell the truth if his presidency depended on it. Bush II: Terrible, but looks way better in retrospect because Trump. This is not a good thing. Obama: Thanks for trying, Obama. Trump: Only the second-worst President ever because he hasn't had a literal civil war break out during his term.
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deathbot posted:Ah!! That reminds me: They were invented to sidestep the custom of men opening doors for women, and they stayed in use because they're actually really good at improving a building's energy efficiency.
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Earwicker posted:are you sure? I thought they were invented just because they prevent a big draft of cold air from entering a building every time the door opens, the page you link also seems to suggest the same reason Depends on who you ask.
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Says an Aussie.
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