I have found that Amercans are smarter than people give them credit for. They certainly like to act stupid sometimes though.
No culture? We have more culture than anyone because we have everyone's.
The female thing definitely depends where you are. Australia was about the same as here in Colorado, but I imagine places like Mississippi to be a bit different.
They couldn't make Pizza without the American tomato:P. All of the food is Americanized,the tacos you get here are not the same tacos you get in Mexico.

I think that was his point.

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Not if Sweden is having heavy taxes imposed upon them. Plus, we can just kill anyone in the U.S. that is crazy enough to disagree with this trend (which is inevitable, I mean, we Americans really are superior).

Superior in military power only.

Just ignore the fact that the average American is a complete moron.
Just ignore the fact that America's culture is non-existent when compared to just about any European country.
Just ignore the fact that our females are on average less attractive and fatter than their European counterparts.
Just ignore the fact that noobs like Cecil live here and ruin what little goodness is left in this country.

In addition: All good food that America has was jacked from a different country. Chinese food? Tacos? Pizza? French Toast? None of it is ours.

Obvious troll is more obvious than Kame.

The average IQ in America is 99.87. Sweden has an average of 102.06. That's not too great of a difference.
Native American culture was once great, until European descendants destroyed it.
I have no argument there, except this (especially the last paragraph). In addition, there is a limit to too skinny.
Alright, this time I really have no argument. The number of relatively sucky players increases as the number of total players increases.
Chinese food: Well duh. Tacos: Ditto. French toast: "French toast is not necessarily French in origin; it is likely that the recipe dates back to medieval times and may have been a logical “invention” by different peoples, akin to battering and frying any food". Further down, it mentions that it used to be called German toast, but was changed during WWI. So French toast isn't necessarily French?
I'm no historian, but I'm guessing that the majority of foods were already made before America was a country. However, I'm pretty sure some foods have been "invented" here, such as Buffalo, corn, several types of alcoholic beverages, clambake, johnny cakes, clam chowder, and I could go on but you get the picture.

In response to the question: I find a certain amount of pride is reasonable. For example, someone like Farty has a very reasonable amount of pride, considering the merit of his programs and guidance. However, someone like Devilisk has hubris (AKA excessive pride). Like everything in life, always in moderation.

I must say, the amount of troll here is amazing. Cecil, CAFG, please don't do it again. Anyway....

Thankfully, the US's military superiority isn't great enough to control everything.
Not sure what to make of all Americans being morons. Makes me want to say, 'The average anyone is a complete moron', but that could just by my possibly-unjustified arrogance talking.
Culture isn't a reason for a country to be superior. America's culture may not be traditionally cultural, but a lot of people speak English, watch American movies, etc. America exports more 'culture' than it imports.
I don't know about Europe in general, having not been to all of it... but Petersburg > Stockholm > New York > Helsinki in terms of female attractiveness. Maybe it's a striking coincidence, but very few people in Finland I saw were not fat, actually.
Yes, noobs like Cecil are a tragedy.

Again, I don't know about London, but coming to St. Petersburg after NYC was quite a striking contrast. I'm sure the racial bit plays a large role, but I think it was a bit more than that...

Otherwise... wow, no one commented on state, gay, etc pride. I am disappoint, SEN.

I did. o_0

Forgot about you; I'd read your post yesterday. You're good.

gays suck colorado rules lololol?

LoL

Otherwise, I am very proud of Colorado. I am proud of how clean Denver is, and I am proud of our low obesity rate (compared to other states). I guess I hold resentment to Californians who move here and don't know how to drive in snow so are major dbags on the road. You know, the ones who slip because they can't fathom how to drive in snow in a backwheel drive car...

We were conquered too, before you, and got our freedom after you, and we still have a culture. Don't say cause we're third world cause pretty much all latin america actually has a culture. Canada does too, a bit.

And whose language is that?
But I agree with a point mentioned, somewhat, The united states' culture is just different or like someone said, "the lack of culture is a culture". Your culture is just not based on fun folkore traditions, colourful dresses and stuff like that, it was, though. But culture has to do with music, painting, cinema, basically all arts.


Pride? Hell yes.
I think anyone who isn't proud of their roots, should be ashamed of itself. I'm very proud of my country, even when it is what it is.
Personally? Hell yes. You all know me

I like to see someone who feels good or comfortable with who they are, who they are with, what they do, or whatever... as long as they aren't obnoxiously flaunting it around or trying to prove some sort of superiority with it. It's ok to be proud of something and display it, I guess, just don't use it to alienate people. ;o

The United States was founded on the principal of moving away from the imperialistic Britain. You're just being ironic.

Also: Pride is good. So long as promotes productivity.

I forgot about Colorado, about the only thing I don't have pride for in Colorado is Boulder. 25 square miles surrounded by reality. The sad thing is I spend quite a bit of time down there when I'm home. All my friends are liberals.

Its called the college bubble, and no matter what campus you live on - that is, besides commuter colleges/universities - it will exist.

To some extent maybe, but only in Boulder can you find a stereotypical hippie drum circle on the street corner and get asked by a random stranger if you have any pot. Both within half an hour. Do you know how many people gathered on campus last year for 4/20? Eight.

I live in Utah and that happens here, too.

Okay...its much more profound in Boulder...which is why I didn't transfer to the Boulder campus, I transferred to the Denver campus.

And I know for a fact that more people celebrated 420 than just eight people...

Though I would not go so far to say that I am 'proud' of my country (which is going through something of an identity crisis), I am proud of its past achievements.

To go from being an unimportant and tiny island on the periphery of Europe to direct control over a quarter of the Earth's land area between 1700 and 1900, even with the loss of the American colonies, was quite an achievement (the negative impact of imperialism notwithstanding). Up until the Second World War we had the largest navy in the world also. We exported the English language to a large area of the world; invented numerous things; spread ideas of Western governance and produced (and continue to produce) acclaimed literature, music and comedy.

Unfortunately nobody gives a damn any more; our national symbols have been appropriated by racists; we have an economy too sensitive to the vagaries of the world market; Scotland and Wales are trying to leave the Union, and we are pensioners of either the US or the EU. We're pretty buggered and I find very little to take pride in.

That's how many people decided to celebrate on campus. Everyone else just stayed home.


At least we have five times as many aircraft carriers as the next highest country. We have eleven with the next highest amount being a whopping two. And we have more on the way. You can take pride in your navy once again.

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