Without the American innovation of deep frying a wrapped dough something within another wrapped dough something and serving it in a bucket, I don’t think civilization would be on the positive path it is on right now.
Wikipedia says people have been doing that since at least 2000 years before Christ!
Right on red
And T.J. Birrya y Mas in Missouri City, HoustonRight on red
Not a cyclist, I see.
Maybe if cyclists would stop at right lights like they’re fucking legally supposed to, they wouldn’t get run over by cars doing what’s perfectly legal.
The First Amendment.
A blessing and a curse.
Whatever we did during the campaign to get kids to stop smoking cigarettes managed to work wonders. Even counting vape, the nicotine users numbers are way down. There are other countries with legal weed who still have more tobacco smokers than us too so I think its more than just the availability of weed, although that clearly helped a lot.
I managed to quit smoking via vaping!
Aaaaaand then we banned all the flavored vapes, including those without nicotine. So I fell back into cigarettes. So stupid.
Toothpicks and willpower, friend.
The answer is a whole-society approach, AND heavy regulation. You provide information from a whole host of sources, government and private, and you basically ban disinformation (read: advertising) from contradicting or subverting it.
Content. Without it there wouldn’t be an abundance of free learning material. I’m already feeling the pain of trying to find any decent lesson about my interests after Russian government blocked YouTube.
That’s the first Amendment to our constitution that you like.
How are things within Russia?
Like for the past 23 years. In my life literally nothing is changing. (For the exception of this fucking censorship)
I have met some Russians in my community (MA) and they have all mentioned that they are scared of the censorship their relatives are now facing in russia. I remember hearing one of their nephews got a visit from the local police department for their social media activity.
This was at a local repair cafe, and I was sharpening tools. Got to see some cool old Soviet shears, scissors and knives.
Yea, censorship getting worse day by day. Not sure about the cop situation, but I think it is probable, since I got cops called on me once for calling one annoying woman a few hearty names.
Any plans to move, or stuck with your cursed citizenship?
I don’t have any money sadly, and it’s very hard to find a job for some reason (personally, my friends don’t seem to have this problem). There was only one person that hired me in 6 years, and only paid 20k rubles a month for back breaking labor. I would pretty much like to move, but that’s probably gonna stay a pipe dream.
That fucking sucks. The Russian/Slavic community here (new england, USA) is very hospitable, and many Ukrainians and Russians moved here after the “special military operation”. The local bazaar was even handing out free care packages to displaced Ukrainians.
The national parks? I’d like to visit one.
They’re AMAZING
Don’t forget about the National Monuments! They’re not sculptures etc, but cool stuff like walls of dinosaur bones and canyons!
There are quite a few impressive state parks as well.
Totally worth it. The ones you’ve actually heard of though are too popular and generally require a reservation and waiting to visit. But there are a LOT of National Parks that are “less popular” that are just as amazing that don’t require reservations or possibly even entrance fees.
Sure. Oftentimes it’s the not so popular places that have their own charm. And I mean the USA is kind of a big place 😆 There are lots of very different experiences to choose from.
The influence into rock music in general is nice and one of the only reasons why I’d like to visit the states, e. g. Seattle, Nashville, Chicago and so on.
The Entertainment. You have really good movies, tv series, music, comedy.
Dolly Parton
God bless Dolly.
High quality and rugged leather goods. PNW boots, deer/elkskin gloves, belts, wallets and so on.
We’re a nation of frontiersmen.
- Cultural influence: music, cinema, social movements of the 1960s and 70s
- Beautiful nature
- Agility in business environments (although I might have a limited sample)
- not without criticism but I think NATO is generally a positive thing
- Food (no not junk food, there’s several fascinating regional cuisines)
The national parks. I visited Yosemite Valley two years ago and it was amazing. We don’t have acces to nature in this scale in central europe.
I’m an American but I remember talking to a gentleman from Belgium years ago while visiting Muir Woods. He said something along the lines of, “You all have some of the best national parks in the world. You should be very proud of them.”
That conversation gave me an appreciation for our national parks. We are fortunate to have some pretty amazing scenery in the US.
I criticize our country for a lot, but the National Parks we did right by. I’m so glad we did that.
Thank Teddy!
Cars, probably a controversial one, but we don’t really have “muscle” cars like the firebird and mustang in the UK, and I’ve always been a little fascinated by them.
As machines they are cool. But they just encourage people who can afford them to drive like complete twats.
I think you’re confusing them with pickup trucks, our official badge of douchebaggery.
No, those as well, and anything with an Audi badge.
No matter how bad it gets, there is always you to show it could be worse.
Had a good chuckle 🤣🤣🤣.
IDK to be honest… media I guess, most of my favorite movies are from the US.
