Is America the greatest country in the world?

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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,998
    Anyone feeling hype for the new Halloween? Speaking of American things
    I have actually never seen one minute of any Halloween. Are American movies popular over there?
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    I live in Sweden and I'm 34. Over here, we can get apartments with decent rents because the market can't dictate the rents freely. This is not the US.

    And yes, you can hunt over here @PJPOWER.
    Will you help me field dress my first moose?  Is most of the hunting done on private or public lands?  
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Says the guy who made the choice to vote for... Trump...
    Says the guy who idolizes KISS
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,265
    edited October 2018
    mcgruff10 said:
    I have actually never seen one minute of any Halloween. Are American movies popular over there?
    Did you learn anything about other countries in school? Or was it all about the US? Kids in other countries are given food by their schools - vegetables included - and they show american films.

    It was renamed "All Saints bloody Night" (Alla helgons blodiga natt) on release though - Halloween being pretty unknown over here in the 70s and we have a November holiday of our own called "All Saints Day". It was released on the 6th of august 1979 in Sweden. So some time after it's release in the states.


    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    mcgruff10 said:
    I have actually never seen one minute of any Halloween. Are American movies popular over there?
    I think I saw the first one back in the day...Never sparked my interest, though.  What is the appeal?
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,265
    edited October 2018
    PJPOWER said:
    Says the guy who idolizes KISS
    Don't go there. KISS is sacred.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Don't go there. KISS is sacred.
    Lol ;)
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,998
    edited October 2018
    Did you learn anything about other countries in school? Or was it all about the US? Kids in other countries are given food by their schools - vegetables included - and they show american films.

    It was renamed "All Saints bloody Night" (Alla helgons blodiga natt) on release though - Halloween being pretty unknown over here in the 70s and we have a November holiday of our own called "All Saints Day". It was released on the 6th of august 1979 in Sweden. So some time after it's release in the states.


    I m trying to have an actual conversation with you, it is ok when people ask questions about things they don’t know. Get off your high horse. 
    And I graduated high school in 1996, I couldn’t tell you what I was taught.  Plus things change over time. 
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    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,265
    edited October 2018
    mcgruff10 said:
    I m trying to have an actual conversation with you, it is ok when people ask questions about things they don’t know. Get off your high horse. 
    And I graduated high school in 1996, I couldn’t tell you what I was taught.  Plus things change over time. 
    I took your question as toung in cheek, with Hollywood movies being so popular all over the globe.

    If it was a real question, then yes - American movies are by far the most popular.

    Have you read or seen The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy?
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,998
    I took your question as toung in cheek, with Hollywood movies being so popular all over the globe.

    If it was a real question, then yes - American movies are by far the most popular.

    Have you read or seen The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy?
    I am genuinely inquisitive about everything. Before kids I traveled all the time, Scandinavia was on the short list but unfortunately I never made it there. I always wanted to start in Norway and head east until I hit St. Petersburg. 
    I have not seen that trilogy but have heard of it. Why?
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,372
    edited October 2018
    Born in the holy year of Ghostbusters, The Terminator and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Does that make me gen X or millenial?
    You're solidly in the Millennial camp. So you and yours all get to criticize and brow beat Gen Z, lucky you! ;)
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,265
    edited October 2018
    mcgruff10 said:
    I am genuinely inquisitive about everything. Before kids I traveled all the time, Scandinavia was on the short list but unfortunately I never made it there. I always wanted to start in Norway and head east until I hit St. Petersburg. 
    I have not seen that trilogy but have heard of it. Why?
    It's swedish and in the very popular "Scandinavian Noir" genre. Germans love our crime thriller-films and tv-series. The german hunger for shitty swedish crime thrillers helps the swedish film industry to survive haha. Some more film trivia regarding Sweden.

    Fly over here on PJs 2019 European tour then! Norway is VERY expensive though. And they hate us Swedes for not helping out in WW2. Only time I've been attacked for being Swedish was in Oslo at a convenience store by an elder Norwegian guy who refused to forgive Sweden for that,
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    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    edited October 2018
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,998
    edited October 2018
    It's swedish and in the very popular "Scandinavian Noir" genre. Germans love our crime thriller-films and tv-series. The german hunger for shitty swedish crime thrillers helps the swedish film industry to survive haha. Some more film trivia regarding Sweden.

    Fly over here on PJs 2019 European tour then! Norway is VERY expensive though. And they hate us Swedes for not helping out in WW2. Only time I've been attacked for being Swedish was in Oslo at a convenience store by an elder Norwegian guy who refused to forgive Sweden for that,
    Oh man I'd love to.  I know you are biased but which is the best city to visit: Oslo, Stockholm or Helsinki?
    I just saw you edited your post, norway is that expensive?!  What about the other two cities?
    I can't believe norway still holds a grudge so many years later.  
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    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • mcgruff10 said:
    Oh man I'd love to.  I know you are biased but which is the best city to visit: Oslo, Stockholm or Helsinki?
    Copenhagen.

    I did not really like Oslo when I was there... but I lived their for work, and not holiday. More rundown than I would have imagined. And first time I've stumbled upon a thrown away heroin needle... and very expensive, compared to Sweden.

    Never been to Helsinki. 

    People who have visited seem to dig Stockholm, it's nice -- but I prefer Gothenburg which is on the west coast and the second biggest city in Sweden. Bruce Springsteen agrees.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,998
    Copenhagen.

    I did not really like Oslo when I was there... but I lived their for work, and not holiday. More rundown than I would have imagined. And first time I've stumbled upon a thrown away heroin needle... and very expensive, compared to Sweden.

    Never been to Helsinki. 

    People who have visited seem to dig Stockholm, it's nice -- but I prefer Gothenburg which is on the west coast and the second biggest city in Sweden. Bruce Springsteen agrees.
    Copenhagen and Gothenburg might be it then.  Is there a bridge from denmark to sweden or just ferries?  Oh man I need pj to play there!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,265
    edited October 2018
    mcgruff10 said:
    Copenhagen and Gothenburg might be it then.  Is there a bridge from denmark to sweden or just ferries?  Oh man I need pj to play there!
    Theres a bridge from Copenhagen to the swedish town Malmö. Then, I guess its like 2-3h with train from Malmö to Gothenburg.

    The Scandinavian Noir super-hit TV-series "The Bridge" starts off on the middle of that bridge (I think Hollywood did a  remake taking place on the border of the US and Mexico): 


    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,998
    Theres a bridge from Copenhagen to the swedish town Malmö. Then, I guess its like 2-3h with train from Malmö to Gothenburg.

    The Scandinavian Noir super-hit TV-series "The Bridge" starts off on the middle of that bridge (I think Hollywood did a  remake taking place on the border of the US and Mexico): 


    No need to rent a car?  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    make a joke about vegetables and a thread explodes lol

  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,998
    my2hands said:
    make a joke about vegetables and a thread explodes lol

    It is pretty crazy. I m still trying to wrap my head around it. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    Cauliflower sucks... I don't care what anybody thinks lol
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,998
    my2hands said:
    Cauliflower sucks... I don't care what anybody thinks lol
    How dare you say that cauliflower sucks. You know that vegetable was an intricate part of Michelle Obama’s lunch plan and because you hate cauliflower you must then hate her plan which means you hate all underprivileged kids. Shame on you. 

    On on a serious note, I tried making pizza crust using cauliflower, yeah it sucked bad. And I was gassy for days. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,183
    That's not really a balanced "take". That is a defense for destroying the planet... or murder billions of people?
    Not to get overly philosophical, but can we destroy the earth?  Was the earth during the ice age any less "earth" than it is currently?  The earth has had many extinctions of species before humans and the industrial era.  Humans are just another species.  The earth will still spin whether humans are here or not.  
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,998
    Not to get overly philosophical, but can we destroy the earth?  Was the earth during the ice age any less "earth" than it is currently?  The earth has had many extinctions of species before humans and the industrial era.  Humans are just another species.  The earth will still spin whether humans are here or not.  
    That was pretty deep.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • SmellymanSmellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    Not to get overly philosophical, but can we destroy the earth?  Was the earth during the ice age any less "earth" than it is currently?  The earth has had many extinctions of species before humans and the industrial era.  Humans are just another species.  The earth will still spin whether humans are here or not.  
    We will just make in uninhabitable until it can recover.
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,183
    mcgruff10 said:
    That was pretty deep.

    I had a beer for the first time in about six weeks.
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,998

    I had a beer for the first time in about six weeks.
    Have another!!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,472
    my2hands said:
    Cauliflower sucks... I don't care what anybody thinks lol
    This could double as a post in the unpopular opinion thread.
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,855
    edited October 2018
    mcgruff10 said:
    I was referring to the two Canadians who can’t read, not all Canadians. I should have been more clear. It just gets really frustrating when words are twisted. I still haven’t seen where free and reduced lunch was talked about in the last two pages. 
    Have a busy day at work and suddenly there are 80 new posts in this thread. So, I'm a bit behind, but here it is:

    From one of Hi's posts:

     Im all for a programs that help feed kids in school who might not get a meal otherwise, but what is the point? 

    (Personally, I see a point to it).

    And one of Halifax's posts:

    You don’t believe that? Have you ever been hungry? Had to live without knowing where or how your next meal comes from?

    He's talking about hungry kids and free lunches.

    So yeah, obviously, some people were talking about free lunch for hungry kids in this discussion. It's pretty obvious. And I can read. But I can also say that my post, that you are referencing, only referred to "hungry kids". It said nothing to do with free or reduced lunches; you added that bit. I was referring to "hungry" in a more general sense, and you did not read correctly. 
    Post edited by oftenreading on
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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,855
    This could double as a post in the unpopular opinion thread.

    It's not an unpopular opinion.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
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