Andres

Andres

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13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 differences bet... · 0 replies · +1 points

"On beer, why not say how crap US beer is compared to that in Europe?"

Talk about a stereotype.

American beer goes well beyond Budweiser. If you were right, though, and American beer were actually as bad as you say it is, RateBeer's Top 50 wouldn't be dominated by American beers:
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/top-50/

And I write this as I sip some good Saint Arnold beer. Brewed right here in America and, boy, does it taste GOOD.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 differences bet... · 0 replies · +1 points

Coming from a Spaniard that lives in America, THANK YOU. You've nailed it, my friend.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 differences bet... · 0 replies · +1 points

And one naive assumption Europeans make that annoys Americans is that all of us are as full of shit as you think we are, that we do not understand the concept of sophistication, and that we think we created everything.

Don't make assumptions if you're complaining about people making assumptions.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 differences bet... · 0 replies · +1 points

And according to you American cuisine only consists of Kraft cheese strings. Your ignorance, then, immediately disqualifies you from emitting an accurate judgment on the subject. Watch Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and enlighten yourself a little bit about what American cuisine (and that from many other countries) really are.

Also, our healthcare yields much better results curing cancer than that of any other country in Europe or on Earth. British cancer survival rates, by the way, are the worst in Europe. Our healthcare is flawed, but yours is no better.

And you MUST be joking about the TV. Have you seen House, Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Entourage, etc. etc. etc?

Again, another over-generalizing, pseudo-intellectual comment that only brings a bunch of bullshit to this discussion.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 differences bet... · 0 replies · +1 points

And what's the point of all of this? Is anyone denying any of the merits of the British people here except for ignoramuses you shouldn't be paying attention to in the first place?

Also, you're WRONG on scientific output. The US is, as has been for many years, above the UK and all other countries in scientific output. Just because Britain has done great things for humanity doesn't mean the US hasn't. And just because you're countering what you may perceive as bias against your land doesn't make you unbiased. You're as partial to your homeland as anyone is here.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 differences bet... · 0 replies · +1 points

Having lived in the US for far longer than I assumed you were here, and having an accent myself, I can say that that's not true at all. A surprisingly high number of people can exactly pinpoint where I am from based on my accent. As a matter of fact I have had tried to pass off as being from another country, with little success, because people can tell I'm not from where I say I'm from.

Also, Entree in the sense of entrance means "the meal entering to the dining hall from the kitchen," it doesn't necessarily mean "an entrance into the meal."

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 differences bet... · 0 replies · +1 points

I don't really understand the point of your rant. You're basically complaining about how generalizing, intolerant, and full of ourselves we are in America, yet with those comments you've proven to be as generalizing, intolerant, and full of yourself as many Europeans seem to be.

You've got everything Walmart has except for bullets? I mean, how in the WORLD do you try to pass off as the one denouncing intolerance and ignorance when you're the one saying things like THAT? First, the point the writer was trying to make was VERY favorable to Europeans, in that he was trying to say that Americans are way too dependent on big business, mass-producing, and the impersonal feel of a big supermarket, as opposed to a more intimate contact with producers and smaller-scale sellers in Europe. Second, NO, WE DO NOT SELL WEAPONS IN WAL-MART. See how YOU'RE the one "pretending to be tolerant" and outright bashing us for nothing? See how YOU'RE the one being an ignorant? Just because our Second Amendment protects the right of the people to bear arms (which has historical reasons, if you didn't know) doesn't mean we have guns even in our supermarkets.

Also, "never heard of your image in the rest of the world?" Yeah, we have, so what? Are we supposed to cry over it? We well know that the rest of the world is as ignorant about America as America is ignorant about the rest of the world. We should be concerned with what you think about us as you should be concerned about what we think about you, for example.

If you're going to bash Americans for believing they're better than you, then don't show that you yourself think you're so much better than us, because you're as full of sh*t as any fanatic, ignorant American is.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 differences bet... · 0 replies · +1 points

There's a huge difference across states, too, but no one can deny that there are certain predominant factors in Europe that are not too big in America and vice versa. You don't need to look exactly like your brother in order to have much more in common with him than you do with your neighbor across the street.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 differences bet... · 0 replies · +1 points

I don't understand your implication--are you saying that one of the differences between America and Europe is that European women are beautiful? There's a lot of really beautiful women here, too. I don't particularly think Spain has more beautiful women than America does. I do love German women, though.

13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 differences bet... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yes, Blue Planet is an absolute masterpiece and it is 100% British. I think, overall, in terms of teaching about Nature the British can spank us Yanks pretty good :)

And no, Americans didn't learn the language "after" Brits or anything like that. Remember that Americans didn't just pop into existence out of nowhere and decided to copy the English language off of the British people. We speak English for a reason--namely because many of our forefathers were British, too, just as British as anyone who was born in Britain and remained in Britain for all his life. An American of British ancestry has as much a right to say that he descends from the people that invented the English language as does an "authentic" Brit. In fact, you'd be surprised how much more conservative American English is in many cases.

And yes, humor is very subjective :)