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Posted by MyStarsShinePosted by nanochipPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by nanochipComplex and expensivePosted by MyStarsShinePosted by nanochipDoesn’t sound too good
The cons vastly outweigh the pros if you have any amount of exposure to the outside world
Hates: capitalism, gun violence, poor education system, unhealthy food/life style , religious fanaticism and idolatry, flip flopping on human rights, lack of every day technology to make life easier and more safe/pleasant. Also to add to an insufficient education system, is a corrupt education system - where else in the world are entire generations completely financially fucked over for decades for going to college? Corrupt government in general - politicians don’t want a better life for the people here.
Likes: my salary, easy access to home ownership, opportunities for financial independence/building credit - just earning potential in general, good food
Just wanna add that low cost of living is not a benefit or perk when the low cost of living is a symptom of the area. Who cares if your town has low cost of living if it’s unsafe, everything’s dirty, the food is disgusting, hard drugs are rampant, violent crime, gun violence, robbery, rape, and murder happening where you are every day. It’s not fucking worth it. I would much rather pay a lot more for nice weather, beautiful landscape aesthetics, and a safe, clean community (Australia)
Lived all over the US but I’m in Ohio right now
Are you still planning to move to Oz?
Yep it’s going to take awhile. Australia is the hardest country to immigrate to geographically and legally with pets. Entry to Aus for 2 large dogs will cost me over $ 10k. Visa $ 5k+. Moving some things I can’t leave behind + flight another $ 10k. Selling house, pay realtor 6% of total value. Then there’s chipping away at as much student loans beforehand since AUD is a lot weaker than USD. Selling all my belongings I won’t take, probably will break about even. Lots of money coming in and going out, it’s not simple and fast. Very complicated, long, expensive process.
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Could you move in with the bf?
We would buy a house together when I moved, but it doesn’t change anything about the initial financials of the move. I don’t need to move in with anyone because I have set myself up to never be dependent on another person ever. It’s just because I want to be with someone that I would be
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Totally agree
Are you making plans to visit again?click to expand
For sure! I don’t know when, but a good time is usually if/when I travel to China for work
not american
but i'm taking my son to knott's boysenberry farm when he's a bit older
but i'm taking my son to knott's boysenberry farm when he's a bit older
Posted by nanochipPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by nanochipPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by nanochipComplex and expensivePosted by MyStarsShinePosted by nanochipDoesn’t sound too good
The cons vastly outweigh the pros if you have any amount of exposure to the outside world
Hates: capitalism, gun violence, poor education system, unhealthy food/life style , religious fanaticism and idolatry, flip flopping on human rights, lack of every day technology to make life easier and more safe/pleasant. Also to add to an insufficient education system, is a corrupt education system - where else in the world are entire generations completely financially fucked over for decades for going to college? Corrupt government in general - politicians don’t want a better life for the people here.
Likes: my salary, easy access to home ownership, opportunities for financial independence/building credit - just earning potential in general, good food
Just wanna add that low cost of living is not a benefit or perk when the low cost of living is a symptom of the area. Who cares if your town has low cost of living if it’s unsafe, everything’s dirty, the food is disgusting, hard drugs are rampant, violent crime, gun violence, robbery, rape, and murder happening where you are every day. It’s not fucking worth it. I would much rather pay a lot more for nice weather, beautiful landscape aesthetics, and a safe, clean community (Australia)
Lived all over the US but I’m in Ohio right now
Are you still planning to move to Oz?
Yep it’s going to take awhile. Australia is the hardest country to immigrate to geographically and legally with pets. Entry to Aus for 2 large dogs will cost me over $ 10k. Visa $ 5k+. Moving some things I can’t leave behind + flight another $ 10k. Selling house, pay realtor 6% of total value. Then there’s chipping away at as much student loans beforehand since AUD is a lot weaker than USD. Selling all my belongings I won’t take, probably will break about even. Lots of money coming in and going out, it’s not simple and fast. Very complicated, long, expensive process.
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Could you move in with the bf?
We would buy a house together when I moved, but it doesn’t change anything about the initial financials of the move. I don’t need to move in with anyone because I have set myself up to never be dependent on another person ever. It’s just because I want to be with someone that I would be
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Totally agree
Are you making plans to visit again?
For sure! I don’t know when, but a good time is usually if/when I travel to China for workclick to expand
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Texas lol. For the people extoling the virtues of Texas, it ranks 41st in education. In fact, there's only one Democratic leaning state in the bottom 25 - Hawaii at 26. Texas is an embarrassment for the most part. Their wealth, for the most part, is derived from big oil money killing the planet. The most incompetent, damage causing politicians have come from Texas. W is a war criminal that by Nuremberg standards would be hung. Ted Cruz is our worst Senator. Most of their govenors are terrible. Rick Perry and the current moron lol. I deal with a lot of wealthy Texans. They're nice but super ignorant white power advocates. One of our only hopes as a society is that enough people move to Texas so that it turns Texas into a Democratic state. The Democrats aren't much better but they're better than a bunch of dupes voting for entrenched ultra wealthy that don't give a fuck about them or any of us.
Posted by Mad2Hatter
America is always ranked near the top for quality of life.
Curious... what would you consider near the top?
I literally have a loaded 45 on my nightstand. I actually love that. I know if someone was to invade my home they would not only be greeted with my dogs, but then me unloading an entire mag into their body. I absolutely love that. Just the feeling of knowing you could absolutely end some dumb mother fucker while also pretending to life your life as some fake stable mother fucker is amazing to me.
Like I understand why Europe fears Americans. What I described isn't even the heart of it. Come try and live here one week .Mother fucker can't imagine .Get the real American experience. We live this shit daily mind you.
Like I understand why Europe fears Americans. What I described isn't even the heart of it. Come try and live here one week .Mother fucker can't imagine .Get the real American experience. We live this shit daily mind you.
I live in Oregon, Southern very close to the California border. I grew up in Southern California though & still miss it!!
Likes: it’s gorgeous, the nature is just amazing. Hiking, waterfalls, Crater Lake. Was a good place to raise kids.
Dislikes: Too far from the beach, too cold in the winter, smoke from wildfires. Good jobs are hard to find, it’s too far from the city & things you can do there. It’s too white, people are mostly hicks or hippies. I don’t really fit in.. ( still a Socal girl) It’s either ultra conservative or progressive, wealthy or poor.. where did the middle go? Politics and status. I miss suburbia and the beach 🤷♀️
Would love to go back but it’s too expensive and my kids are here. So at the moment it’s not happening.
Likes: it’s gorgeous, the nature is just amazing. Hiking, waterfalls, Crater Lake. Was a good place to raise kids.
Dislikes: Too far from the beach, too cold in the winter, smoke from wildfires. Good jobs are hard to find, it’s too far from the city & things you can do there. It’s too white, people are mostly hicks or hippies. I don’t really fit in.. ( still a Socal girl) It’s either ultra conservative or progressive, wealthy or poor.. where did the middle go? Politics and status. I miss suburbia and the beach 🤷♀️
Would love to go back but it’s too expensive and my kids are here. So at the moment it’s not happening.
Posted by Soul
I literally have a loaded 45 on my nightstand. I actually love that. I know if someone was to invade my home they would not only be greeted with my dogs, but then me unloading an entire mag into their body. I absolutely love that. Just the feeling of knowing you could absolutely end some dumb mother fucker while also pretending to life your life as some fake stable mother fucker is amazing to me.
Like I understand why Europe fears Americans. What I described isn't even the heart of it. Come try and live here one week .Mother fucker can't imagine .Get the real American experience. We live this shit daily mind you.
I'm just wondering. What Europeans has to fear us for? Just because we own guns legally and they don't? I just know they talk a lot of trash about America. The thing I don't know is why. When they trash talk us I just scratch the back of my redneck and keep things scrolling along. Also I don't get this "my state is the best state, our country is the best". Man damn all that competing bull. Not referring that to you but to those who loves bragging and boasting about the best this and that. They know exactly who they are.
Posted by ArgusPosted by Mad2Hatter
America is always ranked near the top for quality of life.
Curious... what would you consider near the top?click to expand
I’d be interested too
Posted by Soul
I literally have a loaded 45 on my nightstand. I actually love that. I know if someone was to invade my home they would not only be greeted with my dogs, but then me unloading an entire mag into their body. I absolutely love that. Just the feeling of knowing you could absolutely end some dumb mother fucker while also pretending to life your life as some fake stable mother fucker is amazing to me.
Like I understand why Europe fears Americans. What I described isn't even the heart of it. Come try and live here one week .Mother fucker can't imagine .Get the real American experience. We live this shit daily mind you.
Terrifying 🙀
Well, just to mention, maybe I do like where I live because there's some really rough parts to Houston and other Texas cities, they make "democratic-ruled" cities look like a quaint suburb. I'd rather be humble and homeless in the wild, wild West than to be humid and robbed in broad daylight in the lone star state. Or maybe I'll just stick to the cornfields I know 🤗
I love being a Texan more than anything. And I like how when Americans do come together, how beautiful it can be. We just always divided on issues that THEY control.
Posted by Jumpin_JupiterPosted by Soul
I literally have a loaded 45 on my nightstand. I actually love that. I know if someone was to invade my home they would not only be greeted with my dogs, but then me unloading an entire mag into their body. I absolutely love that. Just the feeling of knowing you could absolutely end some dumb mother fucker while also pretending to life your life as some fake stable mother fucker is amazing to me.
Like I understand why Europe fears Americans. What I described isn't even the heart of it. Come try and live here one week .Mother fucker can't imagine .Get the real American experience. We live this shit daily mind you.
I'm just wondering. What Europeans has to fear us for? Just because we own guns legally and they don't? I just know they talk a lot of trash about America. The thing I don't know is why. When they trash talk us I just scratch the back of my redneck and keep things scrolling along. Also I don't get this "my state is the best state, our country is the best". Man damn all that competing bull. Not referring that to you but to those who loves bragging and boasting about the best this and that. They know exactly who they are.click to expand
When we see and read about mass shootings and read the stats of death by gunfire that is pretty terrifying for cultures that don’t have guns
“As of Dec. 7, at least 40,167 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day”
Posted by Mad2HatterPosted by ArgusPosted by Mad2Hatter
America is always ranked near the top for quality of life.
Curious... what would you consider near the top?
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I would say out of 195 countries being consistently ranked in the rop 25 is good. Especially as the 3rd most populated country in the world. China and India are the only other 2 countries with higher population, they don't rank as high.
Sweden has been ranking number 1. However the population of Sweden is around 10.5 million people. To put things in perspective California alone has a population of over 40 Million. New York CITY alone has almost 9 Millionn. Norway has less than 5 and 1/2 million people, and it usually ranks close to Sweden.
Ironically, Sweden changed their immigration laws in 2015 and closed their borders soon after. Making Sweden, along with the majority of the countries currently ranked in the top ten on Quality of Life, one of the hardest places to immigrate to legally or illegally.
Also ironically, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Germany, and the rest of the top 10 countries are consistently ranked higher as Capiptalist than the US. They have a more free economy with less government intervention.
All this goes back to my California to Texas example: Americans are so stupid these days that they make or vote for policies that destroy where they're at, so they move somewhere that sounds promising, they show zero to no respect for what made that place show promise, they bring their ideology, they over-populated, they use up everything, pass the same stupid shit they did in there last home place, and ruin the new state too. Could you imagine if every whiney ass American that said they wanted to move to Sweden, actually did? That many whiney people flooding into a population of 10.5., bringing ideals that go completely against what made Sweden (Sweden's president held a press conference to correct Bernie about rather or not they were capitalist or socialist. He was quick to proclaim they are capitalist first.) 😆 1 year tops and it's a 3rd world country.
So yeah, with all factors considered I think America, with a population almost 4 times that of Germany and 33 times that of Sweden, is probably the only country able to maintain a decent quality of life while constantly being kicked in the shins by people whose IQs and ideals aren't on the same page, and will just move and destroy another place anyway. I'm all for it though - I'll even help them pack.click to expand
Have you done much travelling outside the USA?
Posted by MyStarsShine
“As of Dec. 7, at least 40,167 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day”
There is a dirty little secret to the gun violence statistics that if brought up, I suspect would trigger the cognitive dissonance of a good number of posters on this site. But if you separate that factor from the statistics, the per capita rate of violence falls into a percentage of that of most European countries. That's one of the factors I noted in my dislike earlier--we can't properly address issues because people aren't willing to be honest, or admit they're wrong.
BTW, if the news of the Super Bowl rally for Kansas City reached your media--did it note that the main shooter obtained the gun he used illegally? That hasn't been widely reported.
Posted by CancerOnTheCuspPosted by MyStarsShine
“As of Dec. 7, at least 40,167 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day”
There is a dirty little secret to the gun violence statistics that if brought up, I suspect would trigger the cognitive dissonance of a good number of posters on this site. But if you separate that factor from the statistics, the per capita rate of violence falls into a percentage of that of most European countries. That's one of the factors I noted in my dislike earlier--we can't properly address issues because people aren't willing to be honest, or admit they're wrong.
BTW, if the news of the Super Bowl rally for Kansas City reached your media--did it note that the main shooter obtained the gun he used illegally? That hasn't been widely reported.click to expand
I wonder how many unhinged people gain access to firearms illegally? 😬
Posted by MyStarsShinePosted by CancerOnTheCuspPosted by MyStarsShine
“As of Dec. 7, at least 40,167 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day”
There is a dirty little secret to the gun violence statistics that if brought up, I suspect would trigger the cognitive dissonance of a good number of posters on this site. But if you separate that factor from the statistics, the per capita rate of violence falls into a percentage of that of most European countries. That's one of the factors I noted in my dislike earlier--we can't properly address issues because people aren't willing to be honest, or admit they're wrong.
BTW, if the news of the Super Bowl rally for Kansas City reached your media--did it note that the main shooter obtained the gun he used illegally? That hasn't been widely reported.
I wonder how many unhinged people gain access to firearms illegally? 😬click to expand
The guy in the KC case wasn't unhinged. It was officially reported as a 'personal dispute' , but not until after a couple of days of hyping the 'mass shooter' angle (here we go back to corrupt assholes with an agenda item I mentioned in my first response).
When you see 'personal dispute' used by the US media in the context of the KC incident, it is the rough equivalent of the UK media using the term 'youths' in similar violent episodes. Both done with the intent of obscuring the truth.
Posted by MyStarsShinePosted by Jumpin_JupiterPosted by SoulI'm just wondering. What Europeans has to fear us for? Just because we own guns legally and they don't? I just know they talk a lot of trash about America. The thing I don't know is why. When they trash talk us I just scratch the back of my redneck and keep things scrolling along. Also I don't get this "my state is the best state, our country is the best". Man damn all that competing bull. Not referring that to you but to those who loves bragging and boasting about the best this and that. They know exactly who they are.
I literally have a loaded 45 on my nightstand. I actually love that. I know if someone was to invade my home they would not only be greeted with my dogs, but then me unloading an entire mag into their body. I absolutely love that. Just the feeling of knowing you could absolutely end some dumb mother fucker while also pretending to life your life as some fake stable mother fucker is amazing to me.
Like I understand why Europe fears Americans. What I described isn't even the heart of it. Come try and live here one week .Mother fucker can't imagine .Get the real American experience. We live this shit daily mind you.
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When we see and read about mass shootings and read the stats of death by gunfire that is pretty terrifying for cultures that don’t have gunsclick to expand
I grew up around guns. My dad, uncles and pretty much all the men in my family are big hunters and gun collectors, pro guns and all that redneck BS. My dad sleeps with a loaded pistol on his night stand next to his bed every night. I remember as kids my brother and I were playing in their bedroom (we were not allowed in their bedroom) and my dad left his loaded pistol on the night stand as he did every night and my little brother was 3 or 4 at the time and I was around 7. He picked up the gun and pointed it at me saying bang bang you’re dead! Luckily my mom came upstairs to see what we were up to and snatched the gun away from him. I have always been afraid of guns. I don’t care to ever use one.
Posted by MyStarsShinePosted by CancerOnTheCuspPosted by MyStarsShineThere is a dirty little secret to the gun violence statistics that if brought up, I suspect would trigger the cognitive dissonance of a good number of posters on this site. But if you separate that factor from the statistics, the per capita rate of violence falls into a percentage of that of most European countries. That's one of the factors I noted in my dislike earlier--we can't properly address issues because people aren't willing to be honest, or admit they're wrong.
“As of Dec. 7, at least 40,167 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day”
BTW, if the news of the Super Bowl rally for Kansas City reached your media--did it note that the main shooter obtained the gun he used illegally? That hasn't been widely reported.
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I wonder how many unhinged people gain access to firearms illegally? 😬click to expand
Too many!! But still I’d rather have the right to protect myself. More people around here die from drug overdoses than gun related deaths & a lot of people carry for protection. Seems to actually make it safer. It is a rural area not a big city though.
Posted by WurtedPosted by virgoOPPP
not american
but i'm taking my son to knott's boysenberry farm when he's a bit older
not anerican either
but my mum took us to Knotts berry farm as a kid , It's a big family memory
still got the photos somewhere.click to expand
aww i'm jelly
Posted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by CancerOnTheCuspI wonder how many unhinged people gain access to firearms illegally? 😬Posted by MyStarsShineThere is a dirty little secret to the gun violence statistics that if brought up, I suspect would trigger the cognitive dissonance of a good number of posters on this site. But if you separate that factor from the statistics, the per capita rate of violence falls into a percentage of that of most European countries. That's one of the factors I noted in my dislike earlier--we can't properly address issues because people aren't willing to be honest, or admit they're wrong.
“As of Dec. 7, at least 40,167 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day”
BTW, if the news of the Super Bowl rally for Kansas City reached your media--did it note that the main shooter obtained the gun he used illegally? That hasn't been widely reported.
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Too many!! But still I’d rather have the right to protect myself. More people around here die from drug overdoses than gun related deaths & a lot of people carry for protection. Seems to actually make it safer. It is a rural area not a big city though.click to expand
Sounds like a very nerve wracking way to live 🥹
Posted by xyzabcPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by Jumpin_JupiterWhen we see and read about mass shootings and read the stats of death by gunfire that is pretty terrifying for cultures that don’t have gunsPosted by SoulI'm just wondering. What Europeans has to fear us for? Just because we own guns legally and they don't? I just know they talk a lot of trash about America. The thing I don't know is why. When they trash talk us I just scratch the back of my redneck and keep things scrolling along. Also I don't get this "my state is the best state, our country is the best". Man damn all that competing bull. Not referring that to you but to those who loves bragging and boasting about the best this and that. They know exactly who they are.
I literally have a loaded 45 on my nightstand. I actually love that. I know if someone was to invade my home they would not only be greeted with my dogs, but then me unloading an entire mag into their body. I absolutely love that. Just the feeling of knowing you could absolutely end some dumb mother fucker while also pretending to life your life as some fake stable mother fucker is amazing to me.
Like I understand why Europe fears Americans. What I described isn't even the heart of it. Come try and live here one week .Mother fucker can't imagine .Get the real American experience. We live this shit daily mind you.
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I grew up around guns. My dad, uncles and pretty much all the men in my family are big hunters and gun collectors, pro guns and all that redneck BS. My dad sleeps with a loaded pistol on his night stand next to his bed every night. I remember as kids my brother and I were playing in their bedroom (we were not allowed in their bedroom) and my dad left his loaded pistol on the night stand as he did every night and my little brother was 3 or 4 at the time and I was around 7. He picked up the gun and pointed it at me saying bang bang you’re dead! Luckily my mom came upstairs to see what we were up to and snatched the gun away from him. I have always been afraid of guns. I don’t care to ever use one.click to expand
😱 That made me feel sick
Posted by Jade_Alexander
California and it has a lot to offer. The ocean, the mountains and amazing local produce.
Cost of living is insane, like you need to make $ 150- $ 250k to survive here.
The homelessness has gotten out of hand, which is a mix of cost of living and lack of proper support for mental health.
I love my state, I love the mountains and redwoods and the ocean. It breaks my heart to see what's happened to it. I am sure it's going to have an economic collapse sooner than later.
150-250K ? How do people manage to live?
Posted by Jade_AlexanderPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by Jade_Alexander
California and it has a lot to offer. The ocean, the mountains and amazing local produce.
Cost of living is insane, like you need to make $ 150- $ 250k to survive here.
The homelessness has gotten out of hand, which is a mix of cost of living and lack of proper support for mental health.
I love my state, I love the mountains and redwoods and the ocean. It breaks my heart to see what's happened to it. I am sure it's going to have an economic collapse sooner than later.
150-250K ? How do people manage to live?
Most of my single parent friends are in severe debt, no savings and extremely stressed. Unless you know someone to help secure affordable housing it's extremely hard out here. I have generational wealth to support me.
Granted, I also know a lot of very succesful people making over $ 100k... Virgo was making over $ 700k for the last few years. My bestie was at $ 150k by 31 years years old so she could support her household.click to expand
Wow
What about people who are sick? How do they manage to survive?
Posted by MyStarsShinePosted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by CancerOnTheCuspI wonder how many unhinged people gain access to firearms illegally? 😬Posted by MyStarsShineThere is a dirty little secret to the gun violence statistics that if brought up, I suspect would trigger the cognitive dissonance of a good number of posters on this site. But if you separate that factor from the statistics, the per capita rate of violence falls into a percentage of that of most European countries. That's one of the factors I noted in my dislike earlier--we can't properly address issues because people aren't willing to be honest, or admit they're wrong.
“As of Dec. 7, at least 40,167 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day”
BTW, if the news of the Super Bowl rally for Kansas City reached your media--did it note that the main shooter obtained the gun he used illegally? That hasn't been widely reported.
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Too many!! But still I’d rather have the right to protect myself. More people around here die from drug overdoses than gun related deaths & a lot of people carry for protection. Seems to actually make it safer. It is a rural area not a big city though.
Sounds like a very nerve wracking way to live 🥹click to expand
Not really. I have never had an issue with guns. The attention should be on mental health in my viewpoint.
Posted by IWANTTOWINPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by IWANTTOWINPosted by MyStarsShineGarbage city full of tourism but if every go by the plan I might move in south in 2 yearsPosted by IWANTTOWINPosted by NothinDoinLmao I’m so sorry my last comment was so violent for no reason, I’m just sag stelliumingPosted by IWANTTOWINPosted by NothinDoinPosted by IWANTTOWINPosted by NothinDoinPosted by IWANTTOWIN
Y'all americans are fat and y'all are goofs
Fun fact, "poor" Mexico has had a higher obesity rate the United States for many years
Also the south is the fattest part of the country by far. They put sugar in literally everything. Karma for slavery and the Civil War fuck those traitors
Idk I’m European an I like to insults Americans for random reason
Yeah that's been the case since this country came to exist
Idk for real I really don’t want to visit USA, like I don’t care maybe go on the Grand Canyon and ride road 66 even tho that’s seem boring af to do.
New York seems garb, Miami I’m sure it’s garb too it can’t beat Greek beach’s.
OMG Central Park is so iconic !!? shut yo ass cringe ass goof its just a parc in a middle of a cringe ass city.
Who's asking you to care lol
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How’s you and Paris?
I hated it there 😂🥴
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Nice - whereabouts?
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If talk to much about my plans god punish me, I have only right to make them real it’s the Capricorn male wayclick to expand
poor capricorn men must hide from the eyes of god 😢😆😆
Posted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by CancerOnTheCuspI wonder how many unhinged people gain access to firearms illegally? 😬Posted by MyStarsShineThere is a dirty little secret to the gun violence statistics that if brought up, I suspect would trigger the cognitive dissonance of a good number of posters on this site. But if you separate that factor from the statistics, the per capita rate of violence falls into a percentage of that of most European countries. That's one of the factors I noted in my dislike earlier--we can't properly address issues because people aren't willing to be honest, or admit they're wrong.
“As of Dec. 7, at least 40,167 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day”
BTW, if the news of the Super Bowl rally for Kansas City reached your media--did it note that the main shooter obtained the gun he used illegally? That hasn't been widely reported.
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Too many!! But still I’d rather have the right to protect myself. More people around here die from drug overdoses than gun related deaths & a lot of people carry for protection. Seems to actually make it safer. It is a rural area not a big city though.
Sounds like a very nerve wracking way to live 🥹
Not really. I have never had an issue with guns. The attention should be on mental health in my viewpoint.click to expand
Mental health and guns are a frightening combination
Posted by IWANTTOWINPosted by virgoOPPPPosted by IWANTTOWINPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by IWANTTOWINPosted by MyStarsShineGarbage city full of tourism but if every go by the plan I might move in south in 2 yearsPosted by IWANTTOWINPosted by NothinDoinLmao I’m so sorry my last comment was so violent for no reason, I’m just sag stelliumingPosted by IWANTTOWINPosted by NothinDoinPosted by IWANTTOWINPosted by NothinDoinPosted by IWANTTOWIN
Y'all americans are fat and y'all are goofs
Fun fact, "poor" Mexico has had a higher obesity rate the United States for many years
Also the south is the fattest part of the country by far. They put sugar in literally everything. Karma for slavery and the Civil War fuck those traitors
Idk I’m European an I like to insults Americans for random reason
Yeah that's been the case since this country came to exist
Idk for real I really don’t want to visit USA, like I don’t care maybe go on the Grand Canyon and ride road 66 even tho that’s seem boring af to do.
New York seems garb, Miami I’m sure it’s garb too it can’t beat Greek beach’s.
OMG Central Park is so iconic !!? shut yo ass cringe ass goof its just a parc in a middle of a cringe ass city.
Who's asking you to care lol
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How’s you and Paris?
I hated it there 😂🥴
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Nice - whereabouts?
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If talk to much about my plans god punish me, I have only right to make them real it’s the Capricorn male way
poor capricorn men must hide from the eyes of god 😢😆😆
see' instantly punished by mean virgo women, but im not a capricorn sun anymore i'm a sag stelliumclick to expand
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Posted by MyStarsShinePosted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by CancerOnTheCuspI wonder how many unhinged people gain access to firearms illegally? 😬Posted by MyStarsShineThere is a dirty little secret to the gun violence statistics that if brought up, I suspect would trigger the cognitive dissonance of a good number of posters on this site. But if you separate that factor from the statistics, the per capita rate of violence falls into a percentage of that of most European countries. That's one of the factors I noted in my dislike earlier--we can't properly address issues because people aren't willing to be honest, or admit they're wrong.
“As of Dec. 7, at least 40,167 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day”
BTW, if the news of the Super Bowl rally for Kansas City reached your media--did it note that the main shooter obtained the gun he used illegally? That hasn't been widely reported.
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Too many!! But still I’d rather have the right to protect myself. More people around here die from drug overdoses than gun related deaths & a lot of people carry for protection. Seems to actually make it safer. It is a rural area not a big city though.
Sounds like a very nerve wracking way to live 🥹
Not really. I have never had an issue with guns. The attention should be on mental health in my viewpoint.
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Yes that is the big issue that isn’t being addressed. Guns require responsibility.
Posted by MyStarsShinePosted by Jumpin_JupiterPosted by SoulI'm just wondering. What Europeans has to fear us for? Just because we own guns legally and they don't? I just know they talk a lot of trash about America. The thing I don't know is why. When they trash talk us I just scratch the back of my redneck and keep things scrolling along. Also I don't get this "my state is the best state, our country is the best". Man damn all that competing bull. Not referring that to you but to those who loves bragging and boasting about the best this and that. They know exactly who they are.
I literally have a loaded 45 on my nightstand. I actually love that. I know if someone was to invade my home they would not only be greeted with my dogs, but then me unloading an entire mag into their body. I absolutely love that. Just the feeling of knowing you could absolutely end some dumb mother fucker while also pretending to life your life as some fake stable mother fucker is amazing to me.
Like I understand why Europe fears Americans. What I described isn't even the heart of it. Come try and live here one week .Mother fucker can't imagine .Get the real American experience. We live this shit daily mind you.
When we see and read about mass shootings and read the stats of death by gunfire that is pretty terrifying for cultures that don’t have gunsclick to expand
It is a crying shame how much violence goes on here in America. Actually no place is a hundred percent fool proof safe. I can't remember the last time I stepped out my house late at night to be honest. It's not safe no more like it used to be. And here in America we have our gun rights. I can't speak for all the others but I'm a licensed gun owner. My firearms can come handy just in case. I'm all for people owning guns but I'm not all for maniacs to own guns. I just wish all gun salesmans sell guns to those that's 40 years of age and up. And with a clean record. I can't say that I love guns and I can't say that I hate them either. I only hate guns in the wrong hands.
On the real tip though, everywhere you go is liable to be dangerous. If people don't murder you, food and yourself sure as hell will.
Posted by Truemara
Growing up in California was awsome. Spoiled by the weather. Parents came from another country and accomplished so much . Self made Capricorn had his own construction company able to
Purchase a home in a safe area to
Raise their children. In Mexico this would not occur. Now his children are professionals and doing well for themselves but it would not have occurred without them venturing to America. I like California because it’s a melting pot. I would hate to live in another state where they are closed minded racist. I feel at home in California despite having changed so much and not for the better. But I won’t be one to move. I can afford to live here so I will remain here.
My parents’ experience is very similar to this. My dad’s very well traveled and has lived in various of other countries and nothing compares to the opportunities immigrants can get in America to become extremely successful. I highly doubt my dad would be able to do as well in Europe. Sure their standard of living is better than America in some of the countries but it’s extremely harder to find opportunities to make real good money.
Political corruption is literally prevalent in nearly most countries except your handful of unicorns here and there like New Zealand. I’ve literally pondered where else I could move to and America’s diversity in multiple aspects is simply unmatched. The gun violence is out of control (backed by corrupt politics) but in every country there’s always some kind of trade off you’ve gotta face.
I’m in Texas. While it’s geographically pretty ugly unlike California, I feel the people are more tolerable and definitely more down to earth than your average Californian. I mean they aren’t called plastics for nothing lol
Just this month I have been to NYC, Connecticut, NJ, Delaware, Maryland and other states many for the first time. I just today got back from a few days at the beach. Its the beach in my state and I realized I want to go more often. In the past I havent really done this much traveling in such a short time. Its so easy get in the car and go its like its free other than travel expenses (other than NY and NJ they got me good for tolls as I didnt know how they work different up there)
I live in the South so that up north/east coast trip was kind of a big deal for me.
Posted by SeaLion
Florida
It's the Australia of the USA. It's fucking weird here. People do weird shit here. Weird shit happens. We have Florida man. We have bugs. We have dinosaurs. Our weather is bipolar. We have hurricanes. We have some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. We have palm trees.
I hate the Republicans. I hate the fact that everyone is moving here. I hate that people make fun of us and bitch about us but they always want to come visit us. I hate the tourist. I hate that I can't buy a home because they are over priced.
I'd like to move but the state I want to move to is on the other side of the country and cold.
Australia is the same size as the entire USA and it's 90% desert.
Posted by MyStarsShinePosted by Soul
I literally have a loaded 45 on my nightstand. I actually love that. I know if someone was to invade my home they would not only be greeted with my dogs, but then me unloading an entire mag into their body. I absolutely love that. Just the feeling of knowing you could absolutely end some dumb mother fucker while also pretending to life your life as some fake stable mother fucker is amazing to me.
Like I understand why Europe fears Americans. What I described isn't even the heart of it. Come try and live here one week .Mother fucker can't imagine .Get the real American experience. We live this shit daily mind you.
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In my defense I was drunk as shit when I wrote that. It's not that intense, but is a reality. I would shoot someone if they broke in my house. I'm not excited at the idea though. It would be truly terrifying, but if someone broke into my house I would 100% protect my pets and family with deadly force. That truly isn't my favorite thing about American though.
I would honestly say it's the food culture. Yes that makes me sound like a fat American, and I am. It's really hard not to be when you have literally thousands upon thousands of places to eat, many that were or still are run by immigrant's that brought recipes from their country. There are SO many places to eat, and typically everything taste amazing with nice large portions.
Also every state is literally like it's own country. I live in West Virginia, but even traveling through Ohio to Michigan is like an entirely different place. Then again it is Ohio, which is and enigma all in itself tbh. Also recreational cannabis is legal in Michigan, along with many other states.
What I dislike the most is honestly the drivers here in the US. I'm sure it's a known thing in Europe of how bad divers are here, and I truly feel bad for you. Not only are you now driving on the wrong side of the rode, but people drive like they are on crack here. Keep in mind the speed limit is just a suggestion, and 80% of people are likely experiencing road rage at any give time. I mean I live here and literally do a prayer before I even leave my driveway. It's that bad.
Posted by nanochip
The cons vastly outweigh the pros if you have any amount of exposure to the outside world
Hates: capitalism, gun violence, poor education system, unhealthy food/life style , religious fanaticism and idolatry, flip flopping on human rights, lack of every day technology to make life easier and more safe/pleasant. Also to add to an insufficient education system, is a corrupt education system - where else in the world are entire generations completely financially fucked over for decades for going to college? Corrupt government in general - politicians don’t want a better life for the people here.
Likes: my salary, easy access to home ownership, opportunities for financial independence/building credit - just earning potential in general, good food
Just wanna add that low cost of living is not a benefit or perk when the low cost of living is a symptom of the area. Who cares if your town has low cost of living if it’s unsafe, everything’s dirty, the food is disgusting, hard drugs are rampant, violent crime, gun violence, robbery, rape, and murder happening where you are every day. It’s not fucking worth it. I would much rather pay a lot more for nice weather, beautiful landscape aesthetics, and a safe, clean community (Australia)
Lived all over the US but I’m in Ohio right now
Education across the 5 main western countries is tightly rockerfellered. Look at how they've reset us all since the 1800s.
The next reset is due in 3... 2...
Posted by CancerOnTheCuspPosted by MyStarsShine
For anyone living in the USA, tell me what you like about living there and what you don’t like?
Likes:
A lot of beautiful places which are potentially accessible
Unique in the way the country was founded --with some thanks to common law tradition and Enlightenment thinking--which allowed a large thriving middle class which has been historically anomalous (see more in dislikes related to this)
A Constitution with a Bill of Rights and associated freedoms(see more in dislikes related to this)
Still a land of opportunity if one is willing to put in the honest work to make it happen
Dislikes (well really one big one with a whole lot of subfactors):
When you hear someone use the pejorative "first world problems", the US is the poster child. We've had it so good for so long, due to the industry and creativity of generations before us, that there is a large number of historically ignorant retards and ingrates that have been insulated from suffering the consequences of the bad decisions they make, enabled by smooth talking shysters who manipulate those idiots for their own ends, and as a consequence innocent parties also suffer. We've become way too tolerant of it.
Example (about the time you really started seeing the trend):
30 years ago, a woman sued McDonalds claiming injury because the coffee she spilled on herself was "too hot". There was a time where there the reponse would be "hey dumbass, don't spill coffee on yourself", or more charitably, "that's unfortunate. We can help with rhe medical bills, but accidents happen". There's more to the story, but the gist is that was when the door opened to catering to the terminally stupid.
Or another example:
'Activist', usually egged on by some corrupt asshole who has a grift/agenda in the works behind the scenes: "we need to get rid of all fossil fuels right now."
Questioner: "How are the trucks going to deliver food"
'Activist': "we don't need trucks. We can just go to the store and buy the food"
The two examples are where the US has the capacity to handle the stupidity based on the bounty built by others. The problem is, the idiots are growing while eating the proverbial seed corn. And to compound it (for now) the idiots think they won't be affected. And will be the first to whine/cry/loot/lie/steal when they eventually are, too clueless to realize what they have lost. And unfortunately, pull everyone else down with them.click to expand
Finally.... It's refreshing to see someone with an informed and valid opinion and that understands the greatness of this country.... Rather than the idiots here that don't understand a single thing about Capitalism.
Posted by BadderBunnyPosted by MyStarsShine
For anyone living in the USA, tell me what you like about living there and what you don’t like?
Which State do you live in?
Please feel free to rant, praise or otherwise
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I like the opportunities in the US. I hate the political landscape, particularly post-Trump with all the racists feeling emboldened.
I live in Virginia. I moved from Southeastern Virginia to Northern Virginia for the money. I hate it here. I tried to give it time, but after more than 5 yrs I still hate it here. The pandemic set my relocation back, but I made the most of it by returning to grad school. But now that I am finishing up school I will be looking for greener pastures again, because money isnt everything. Skipping the red states though because I want to keep my freedoms.click to expand
What sort of freedoms are you trying to keep that wouldn't be available in a red state?
Posted by MercurialVaporPosted by CancerOnTheCuspPosted by MyStarsShineLikes:
For anyone living in the USA, tell me what you like about living there and what you don’t like?
A lot of beautiful places which are potentially accessible
Unique in the way the country was founded --with some thanks to common law tradition and Enlightenment thinking--which allowed a large thriving middle class which has been historically anomalous (see more in dislikes related to this)
A Constitution with a Bill of Rights and associated freedoms(see more in dislikes related to this)
Still a land of opportunity if one is willing to put in the honest work to make it happen
Dislikes (well really one big one with a whole lot of subfactors):
When you hear someone use the pejorative "first world problems", the US is the poster child. We've had it so good for so long, due to the industry and creativity of generations before us, that there is a large number of historically ignorant retards and ingrates that have been insulated from suffering the consequences of the bad decisions they make, enabled by smooth talking shysters who manipulate those idiots for their own ends, and as a consequence innocent parties also suffer. We've become way too tolerant of it.
Example (about the time you really started seeing the trend):
30 years ago, a woman sued McDonalds claiming injury because the coffee she spilled on herself was "too hot". There was a time where there the reponse would be "hey dumbass, don't spill coffee on yourself", or more charitably, "that's unfortunate. We can help with rhe medical bills, but accidents happen". There's more to the story, but the gist is that was when the door opened to catering to the terminally stupid.
Or another example:
'Activist', usually egged on by some corrupt asshole who has a grift/agenda in the works behind the scenes: "we need to get rid of all fossil fuels right now."
Questioner: "How are the trucks going to deliver food"
'Activist': "we don't need trucks. We can just go to the store and buy the food"
The two examples are where the US has the capacity to handle the stupidity based on the bounty built by others. The problem is, the idiots are growing while eating the proverbial seed corn. And to compound it (for now) the idiots think they won't be affected. And will be the first to whine/cry/loot/lie/steal when they eventually are, too clueless to realize what they have lost. And unfortunately, pull everyone else down with them.
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Finally.... It's refreshing to see someone with an informed and valid opinion and that understands the greatness of this country.... Rather than the idiots here that don't understand a single thing about Capitalism.click to expand
In your opinion, what is so great about capitalism?
Posted by BadderBunnyPosted by MercurialVaporPosted by BadderBunnyPosted by MyStarsShine
For anyone living in the USA, tell me what you like about living there and what you don’t like?
Which State do you live in?
Please feel free to rant, praise or otherwise
🌟
I like the opportunities in the US. I hate the political landscape, particularly post-Trump with all the racists feeling emboldened.
I live in Virginia. I moved from Southeastern Virginia to Northern Virginia for the money. I hate it here. I tried to give it time, but after more than 5 yrs I still hate it here. The pandemic set my relocation back, but I made the most of it by returning to grad school. But now that I am finishing up school I will be looking for greener pastures again, because money isnt everything. Skipping the red states though because I want to keep my freedoms.
What sort of freedoms are you trying to keep that wouldn't be available in a red state?
Freedom to make decisions about my body as a woman for one. Plus the ability to attend schools and universities that dont teach information hand picked by the governor to sanitize history..cough...Florida.click to expand
Roe v. Wade was unconstitutional as it overstepped the Tenth Amendment, which delegates the powers not enumerated to the Federal government under the US Constitution to the states. It is up to each state to decide how they want to rule and govern themselves. Given that, why would the taxpayer have to be forced to subsidize someone else's body, if we're going with "my body" argument? And at the same time, once Conception takes place, you are already carrying another human life (this is straight textbook Embryology btw).
https://www.princeton.edu/~prolife/articles/embryoquotes2.html
Posted by ArgusPosted by MercurialVaporPosted by CancerOnTheCuspPosted by MyStarsShineLikes:
For anyone living in the USA, tell me what you like about living there and what you don’t like?
A lot of beautiful places which are potentially accessible
Unique in the way the country was founded --with some thanks to common law tradition and Enlightenment thinking--which allowed a large thriving middle class which has been historically anomalous (see more in dislikes related to this)
A Constitution with a Bill of Rights and associated freedoms(see more in dislikes related to this)
Still a land of opportunity if one is willing to put in the honest work to make it happen
Dislikes (well really one big one with a whole lot of subfactors):
When you hear someone use the pejorative "first world problems", the US is the poster child. We've had it so good for so long, due to the industry and creativity of generations before us, that there is a large number of historically ignorant retards and ingrates that have been insulated from suffering the consequences of the bad decisions they make, enabled by smooth talking shysters who manipulate those idiots for their own ends, and as a consequence innocent parties also suffer. We've become way too tolerant of it.
Example (about the time you really started seeing the trend):
30 years ago, a woman sued McDonalds claiming injury because the coffee she spilled on herself was "too hot". There was a time where there the reponse would be "hey dumbass, don't spill coffee on yourself", or more charitably, "that's unfortunate. We can help with rhe medical bills, but accidents happen". There's more to the story, but the gist is that was when the door opened to catering to the terminally stupid.
Or another example:
'Activist', usually egged on by some corrupt asshole who has a grift/agenda in the works behind the scenes: "we need to get rid of all fossil fuels right now."
Questioner: "How are the trucks going to deliver food"
'Activist': "we don't need trucks. We can just go to the store and buy the food"
The two examples are where the US has the capacity to handle the stupidity based on the bounty built by others. The problem is, the idiots are growing while eating the proverbial seed corn. And to compound it (for now) the idiots think they won't be affected. And will be the first to whine/cry/loot/lie/steal when they eventually are, too clueless to realize what they have lost. And unfortunately, pull everyone else down with them.
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Finally.... It's refreshing to see someone with an informed and valid opinion and that understands the greatness of this country.... Rather than the idiots here that don't understand a single thing about Capitalism.
In your opinion, what is so great about capitalism?click to expand
Albeit, not a perfect system (no economic system is and no economic system will be able to phase out poverty, but only minimize it) since it has some flaws and shortcomings, Capitalism has single-handedly lifted the majority of humanity out of poverty through the entire history of mankind. That's no easy feat to begin with and it has happened, in less than 200 years.
Posted by BadderBunnyPosted by MercurialVaporPosted by CancerOnTheCuspPosted by MyStarsShineLikes:
For anyone living in the USA, tell me what you like about living there and what you don’t like?
A lot of beautiful places which are potentially accessible
Unique in the way the country was founded --with some thanks to common law tradition and Enlightenment thinking--which allowed a large thriving middle class which has been historically anomalous (see more in dislikes related to this)
A Constitution with a Bill of Rights and associated freedoms(see more in dislikes related to this)
Still a land of opportunity if one is willing to put in the honest work to make it happen
Dislikes (well really one big one with a whole lot of subfactors):
When you hear someone use the pejorative "first world problems", the US is the poster child. We've had it so good for so long, due to the industry and creativity of generations before us, that there is a large number of historically ignorant retards and ingrates that have been insulated from suffering the consequences of the bad decisions they make, enabled by smooth talking shysters who manipulate those idiots for their own ends, and as a consequence innocent parties also suffer. We've become way too tolerant of it.
Example (about the time you really started seeing the trend):
30 years ago, a woman sued McDonalds claiming injury because the coffee she spilled on herself was "too hot". There was a time where there the reponse would be "hey dumbass, don't spill coffee on yourself", or more charitably, "that's unfortunate. We can help with rhe medical bills, but accidents happen". There's more to the story, but the gist is that was when the door opened to catering to the terminally stupid.
Or another example:
'Activist', usually egged on by some corrupt asshole who has a grift/agenda in the works behind the scenes: "we need to get rid of all fossil fuels right now."
Questioner: "How are the trucks going to deliver food"
'Activist': "we don't need trucks. We can just go to the store and buy the food"
The two examples are where the US has the capacity to handle the stupidity based on the bounty built by others. The problem is, the idiots are growing while eating the proverbial seed corn. And to compound it (for now) the idiots think they won't be affected. And will be the first to whine/cry/loot/lie/steal when they eventually are, too clueless to realize what they have lost. And unfortunately, pull everyone else down with them.
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Finally.... It's refreshing to see someone with an informed and valid opinion and that understands the greatness of this country.... Rather than the idiots here that don't understand a single thing about Capitalism.
This post tells me all I need to know lol.click to expand
Let's discuss the facts then.
Posted by ArgusPosted by MercurialVaporPosted by CancerOnTheCuspFinally.... It's refreshing to see someone with an informed and valid opinion and that understands the greatness of this country.... Rather than the idiots here that don't understand a single thing about Capitalism.Posted by MyStarsShineLikes:
For anyone living in the USA, tell me what you like about living there and what you don’t like?
A lot of beautiful places which are potentially accessible
Unique in the way the country was founded --with some thanks to common law tradition and Enlightenment thinking--which allowed a large thriving middle class which has been historically anomalous (see more in dislikes related to this)
A Constitution with a Bill of Rights and associated freedoms(see more in dislikes related to this)
Still a land of opportunity if one is willing to put in the honest work to make it happen
Dislikes (well really one big one with a whole lot of subfactors):
When you hear someone use the pejorative "first world problems", the US is the poster child. We've had it so good for so long, due to the industry and creativity of generations before us, that there is a large number of historically ignorant retards and ingrates that have been insulated from suffering the consequences of the bad decisions they make, enabled by smooth talking shysters who manipulate those idiots for their own ends, and as a consequence innocent parties also suffer. We've become way too tolerant of it.
Example (about the time you really started seeing the trend):
30 years ago, a woman sued McDonalds claiming injury because the coffee she spilled on herself was "too hot". There was a time where there the reponse would be "hey dumbass, don't spill coffee on yourself", or more charitably, "that's unfortunate. We can help with rhe medical bills, but accidents happen". There's more to the story, but the gist is that was when the door opened to catering to the terminally stupid.
Or another example:
'Activist', usually egged on by some corrupt asshole who has a grift/agenda in the works behind the scenes: "we need to get rid of all fossil fuels right now."
Questioner: "How are the trucks going to deliver food"
'Activist': "we don't need trucks. We can just go to the store and buy the food"
The two examples are where the US has the capacity to handle the stupidity based on the bounty built by others. The problem is, the idiots are growing while eating the proverbial seed corn. And to compound it (for now) the idiots think they won't be affected. And will be the first to whine/cry/loot/lie/steal when they eventually are, too clueless to realize what they have lost. And unfortunately, pull everyone else down with them.
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Maybe listen to this speech by Javier Milei. The speech gets a little dry, but the guy speaks both from a grounded education in economics, and from practical experience having grown up in Argentina (which in the early 1900s was a very affluent country, throughout the rest of the century contending with the wonders of socialism). I hope he can right that nation.
Posted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShineToo many!! But still I’d rather have the right to protect myself. More people around here die from drug overdoses than gun related deaths & a lot of people carry for protection. Seems to actually make it safer. It is a rural area not a big city though.Posted by CancerOnTheCuspI wonder how many unhinged people gain access to firearms illegally? 😬Posted by MyStarsShineThere is a dirty little secret to the gun violence statistics that if brought up, I suspect would trigger the cognitive dissonance of a good number of posters on this site. But if you separate that factor from the statistics, the per capita rate of violence falls into a percentage of that of most European countries. That's one of the factors I noted in my dislike earlier--we can't properly address issues because people aren't willing to be honest, or admit they're wrong.
“As of Dec. 7, at least 40,167 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day”
BTW, if the news of the Super Bowl rally for Kansas City reached your media--did it note that the main shooter obtained the gun he used illegally? That hasn't been widely reported.
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Sounds like a very nerve wracking way to live 🥹
Not really. I have never had an issue with guns. The attention should be on mental health in my viewpoint.
Mental health and guns are a frightening combination
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Yes that is the big issue that isn’t being addressed. Guns require responsibility.click to expand
It's also poverty, probably more so. Poverty Is worse for mental health than anything. You look at all the gun violence stats they all point to poor places. You have an environment where people will risk getting shot to go and steal something because they need to sell it to buy food or drugs or whatever. Most gun violence isn't some insane middle class dude shooting up a school like the media will have you believe it's poor people who are desperate.
Posted by Walk_on_byPosted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShineToo many!! But still I’d rather have the right to protect myself. More people around here die from drug overdoses than gun related deaths & a lot of people carry for protection. Seems to actually make it safer. It is a rural area not a big city though.Posted by CancerOnTheCuspI wonder how many unhinged people gain access to firearms illegally? 😬Posted by MyStarsShineThere is a dirty little secret to the gun violence statistics that if brought up, I suspect would trigger the cognitive dissonance of a good number of posters on this site. But if you separate that factor from the statistics, the per capita rate of violence falls into a percentage of that of most European countries. That's one of the factors I noted in my dislike earlier--we can't properly address issues because people aren't willing to be honest, or admit they're wrong.
“As of Dec. 7, at least 40,167 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day”
BTW, if the news of the Super Bowl rally for Kansas City reached your media--did it note that the main shooter obtained the gun he used illegally? That hasn't been widely reported.
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Sounds like a very nerve wracking way to live 🥹
Not really. I have never had an issue with guns. The attention should be on mental health in my viewpoint.
Mental health and guns are a frightening combination
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Yes that is the big issue that isn’t being addressed. Guns require responsibility.
It's also poverty, probably more so. Poverty Is worse for mental health than anything. You look at all the gun violence stats they all point to poor places. You have an environment where people will risk getting shot to go and steal something because they need to sell it to buy food or drugs or whatever. Most gun violence isn't some insane middle class dude shooting up a school like the media will have you believe it's poor people who are desperate.click to expand
Agreed, but poverty and drug related. A lot of it is drug related in this area. Some drug deals but mostly people stealing to get more drugs and food. Breaking into the middle class area houses, so homeowners wanting guns to protect themselves and their property.
Posted by BumboklaatPosted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by Walk_on_byPosted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShineYes that is the big issue that isn’t being addressed. Guns require responsibility.Posted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by PuzzlePiecesPosted by MyStarsShineToo many!! But still I’d rather have the right to protect myself. More people around here die from drug overdoses than gun related deaths & a lot of people carry for protection. Seems to actually make it safer. It is a rural area not a big city though.Posted by CancerOnTheCuspI wonder how many unhinged people gain access to firearms illegally? 😬Posted by MyStarsShineThere is a dirty little secret to the gun violence statistics that if brought up, I suspect would trigger the cognitive dissonance of a good number of posters on this site. But if you separate that factor from the statistics, the per capita rate of violence falls into a percentage of that of most European countries. That's one of the factors I noted in my dislike earlier--we can't properly address issues because people aren't willing to be honest, or admit they're wrong.
“As of Dec. 7, at least 40,167 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day”
BTW, if the news of the Super Bowl rally for Kansas City reached your media--did it note that the main shooter obtained the gun he used illegally? That hasn't been widely reported.
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Sounds like a very nerve wracking way to live 🥹
Not really. I have never had an issue with guns. The attention should be on mental health in my viewpoint.
Mental health and guns are a frightening combination
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It's also poverty, probably more so. Poverty Is worse for mental health than anything. You look at all the gun violence stats they all point to poor places. You have an environment where people will risk getting shot to go and steal something because they need to sell it to buy food or drugs or whatever. Most gun violence isn't some insane middle class dude shooting up a school like the media will have you believe it's poor people who are desperate.
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Agreed, but poverty and drug related. A lot of it is drug related in this area. Some drug deals but mostly people stealing to get more drugs and food. Breaking into the middle class area houses, so homeowners wanting guns to protect themselves and their property.
After living in the PNW and befriending locals for a while now I can totally see the causes for many of these issues.
The PNW is a real Western (region) society without all the attention and interference from Eastern U.S. culture and globalism (except maybe Seattle) Places like most of California, Arizona and Nevada have all the political BS and investment and industrialization that turned the area intoa New New Jersey.
That being said, the old tree logging and blue collar jobs in the PNW are dwindling and the locals have been largely neglected by their elders and leadership is lacking. These people have no purpose or connection to any other region. Kind of isolated.
I can totally see why drug use is rampant here, people are tame AF, and their way of life has been abruptly taken from them. Ironically kinda what happened to the Native Americans is now happening to the majority of locals of Irish ancestry.
It's kind of a place stuck in time. Which is why I like it.
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It is true. A lot of people have struggled. The job situation isn’t good unless you’re in the medical field, there are few professional type jobs but they do exist. It’s far away from a big city. Most people become self-employed & some do well, some survive. I’ve lived here since 2006, took a massive pay cut but a better place to raise kids. It’s gorgeous in nature, and a more peaceful place to be. I have doubled my pay in the last ten years though after a lot of hard work in a professional field, so it is possible to do alright you just have to have motivation. I’m still a Socal kid, but this area has a certain charm too. Like you said stuck in time. Some areas a little bit of the Wild West in the more rural areas. It has a reputation of being Progressive but actually the majority of the state is not. It’s an interesting dynamic. Some of the politics has added to the drug problems, but also those same politics ignoring the area.. we are kinda on our own. Guns yes, for our protection. That is very common & more so than what I was brought up around in Southern California. But for people who know what they are doing, some hunting for food not sport. It’s actually similar in very Northern California as Southern Oregon. At one point there was an attempt to make another state, the state of Jefferson. People still identify more with that state that never was& most of Eastern Oregon would like to be joined with Idaho. An interesting area for sure.
Posted by MercurialVaporPosted by ArgusPosted by MercurialVaporPosted by CancerOnTheCuspPosted by MyStarsShineLikes:
For anyone living in the USA, tell me what you like about living there and what you don’t like?
A lot of beautiful places which are potentially accessible
Unique in the way the country was founded --with some thanks to common law tradition and Enlightenment thinking--which allowed a large thriving middle class which has been historically anomalous (see more in dislikes related to this)
A Constitution with a Bill of Rights and associated freedoms(see more in dislikes related to this)
Still a land of opportunity if one is willing to put in the honest work to make it happen
Dislikes (well really one big one with a whole lot of subfactors):
When you hear someone use the pejorative "first world problems", the US is the poster child. We've had it so good for so long, due to the industry and creativity of generations before us, that there is a large number of historically ignorant retards and ingrates that have been insulated from suffering the consequences of the bad decisions they make, enabled by smooth talking shysters who manipulate those idiots for their own ends, and as a consequence innocent parties also suffer. We've become way too tolerant of it.
Example (about the time you really started seeing the trend):
30 years ago, a woman sued McDonalds claiming injury because the coffee she spilled on herself was "too hot". There was a time where there the reponse would be "hey dumbass, don't spill coffee on yourself", or more charitably, "that's unfortunate. We can help with rhe medical bills, but accidents happen". There's more to the story, but the gist is that was when the door opened to catering to the terminally stupid.
Or another example:
'Activist', usually egged on by some corrupt asshole who has a grift/agenda in the works behind the scenes: "we need to get rid of all fossil fuels right now."
Questioner: "How are the trucks going to deliver food"
'Activist': "we don't need trucks. We can just go to the store and buy the food"
The two examples are where the US has the capacity to handle the stupidity based on the bounty built by others. The problem is, the idiots are growing while eating the proverbial seed corn. And to compound it (for now) the idiots think they won't be affected. And will be the first to whine/cry/loot/lie/steal when they eventually are, too clueless to realize what they have lost. And unfortunately, pull everyone else down with them.
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Finally.... It's refreshing to see someone with an informed and valid opinion and that understands the greatness of this country.... Rather than the idiots here that don't understand a single thing about Capitalism.
In your opinion, what is so great about capitalism?
Albeit, not a perfect system (no economic system is and no economic system will be able to phase out poverty, but only minimize it) since it has some flaws and shortcomings, Capitalism has single-handedly lifted the majority of humanity out of poverty through the entire history of mankind. That's no easy feat to begin with and it has happened, in less than 200 years.click to expand
There is so much to unpack in a such seemingly simple satement, which is why I've deliberated whether or not I should respond. I'd be, however, remiss if I didn't touch on few glaring points. I'll try my best to be as succinct as possible since I do not wish to derail this thread.
I'll start by asking as to what you might consider middle class? Those with enough purchasing power to buy a house, a car, have some saving and a retirement fund? If so, US isn't the exception nor is capitalism in a sense it seem to be suggest it is.
Additionally, and this is a part that trully tickles my funny bone, is that a great deal of those who are staunch supporters of capitalism, completely and conveniently forget about the history of the US and its inception! The massive wealth accrued over several hundred years by expulsion of native people, land grab and it's resources and of course, in no small part thanks to free labour. But that's not where it stops is it now? Come 20th century, such practices only expanded on a global scale to this very day which actually renders US a expolatative imperial oligacy when one really thinks abut it.
It is estimated that the North net, in 2015 alone, appropriated extraordinary aggregate of resources world wide (mainly the global south) in the amount that it could easily end world hunger 70 times over.
But more to the point of middle class you mentioned... I ask again, what middle class as in which demographic? The only time in history of the US where one could argue there truly was a middle class was the 50s & 60s ( maybe early 70s) and it applied primarily to a certain demographic. But even that was made possible with help of social program (G.I Bill) that congrass passed shortly after WWII. Any meaningful economic upward mobility was in fact made possible thanks to social programs put in place over the years. So no, the wealth and the emergence of the middle class in the US did not just happen in the ether of capitalism.
Many like to use GDP as a measure of individual monetary standing yet what the equation fails to do is account for a massive wealth discrepancy. And the gap is only getting bigger! What of 44000-98000 hospitalized patients who die from preventable diseases? What of our crumbling infrastructure...
I better stop myself here because I could literally write a dissertation but I will conclude by saying that I do agree with you on the fact that there is no perfect economic systhem. That said, I do not see a reason why, in the 21st century, citizens of this country shouldn't expected better. Better from our government, each other and humanity at large?
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