Is America the greatest country in the world?

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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,587
    lastexitlondon said:
    Everywhere  sucks
    Not in Aruba it’s always sunny with a breeze and the people are so nice..
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,470


    American shelf at my local (cooperativly owned) supermarket in the ”food of the world” section. Only sugary, fat stuff and candy. Hehe. 

    I bought a Fanta flavour we don’t have. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    Not right now.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Spiritual_Chaos said:


    American shelf at my local (cooperativly owned) supermarket in the ”food of the world” section. Only sugary, fat stuff and candy. Hehe. 

    I bought a Fanta flavour we don’t have. 
    LOL, yeah, all too often too true. 
    But then we do also have places like our local member owned Placerville  Food Co-op:

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Spiritual_Chaos said:


    American shelf at my local (cooperativly owned) supermarket in the ”food of the world” section. Only sugary, fat stuff and candy. Hehe. 

    I bought a Fanta flavour we don’t have. 
    You should try the beef jerky.  Low in fat and sugar, :)
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,381
    still going with no. in theory the idea might be, in practice it is a big fat fuck no.
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  • ConorKavanagh
    ConorKavanagh Ireland Posts: 1,148
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
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  • rgambs
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    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    Most Americans feel pretty bad eating twinkies too lol

    They used to be much better than they are now too, they get to be less and less like food every few years.
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    rgambs said:
    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    Most Americans feel pretty bad eating twinkies too lol

    They used to be much better than they are now too, they get to be less and less like food every few years.
    Oh come on - they were never anything close to food! The 60’s had even less real food than today. 

    Anyone want some Tang?
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,470
    PJPOWER said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:


    American shelf at my local (cooperativly owned) supermarket in the ”food of the world” section. Only sugary, fat stuff and candy. Hehe. 

    I bought a Fanta flavour we don’t have. 
    You should try the beef jerky.  Low in fat and sugar, :)
    Curious about the Snickers Peanut Butter which we don't have in Sweden... might go buy one tomorrow...
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJPOWER said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:


    American shelf at my local (cooperativly owned) supermarket in the ”food of the world” section. Only sugary, fat stuff and candy. Hehe. 

    I bought a Fanta flavour we don’t have. 
    You should try the beef jerky.  Low in fat and sugar, :)
    Curious about the Snickers Peanut Butter which we don't have in Sweden... might go buy one tomorrow...
    Out of all of the choices of candy I see there, that would probably be what I would get as well, lol
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    It's kind of the same in reverse here with some ethnic foods.  The Hispanic and Asian food section in supermarkets are OK, but to get the real deal,  you need to go to Hispanic and Asian markets.  Seeing as this is California, we are fortunate to have a Hispanic market it town and excellent Asian markets with 1/2 hour.  There's also  a Cost Plus World Market in Folsom that has all kinds of interesting exotic foods.  Thank God though, no more canned tiger or giraffe meat.  Yeah, they used to sell that stuff at Cost Plus 500 years ago.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • HughFreakingDillon
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    oftenreading said:
    rgambs said:
    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    Most Americans feel pretty bad eating twinkies too lol

    They used to be much better than they are now too, they get to be less and less like food every few years.
    Oh come on - they were never anything close to food! The 60’s had even less real food than today. 

    Anyone want some Tang?
    oh that stuff is vile. but man was it sweet goodness as a kid. 
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  • CM189191
    CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    oftenreading said:
    rgambs said:
    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    Most Americans feel pretty bad eating twinkies too lol

    They used to be much better than they are now too, they get to be less and less like food every few years.
    Oh come on - they were never anything close to food! The 60’s had even less real food than today. 

    Anyone want some Tang?

    Spotted at a friend's house over the weekend : 



    If this doesn't make us the greatest country in the world, I don't know what does
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,381
    CM189191 said:
    oftenreading said:
    rgambs said:
    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    Most Americans feel pretty bad eating twinkies too lol

    They used to be much better than they are now too, they get to be less and less like food every few years.
    Oh come on - they were never anything close to food! The 60’s had even less real food than today. 

    Anyone want some Tang?

    Spotted at a friend's house over the weekend : 



    If this doesn't make us the greatest country in the world, I don't know what does
    got some as a kid from the USAF musuem at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton Oh.
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,381
    mickeyrat said:
    CM189191 said:
    oftenreading said:
    rgambs said:
    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    Most Americans feel pretty bad eating twinkies too lol

    They used to be much better than they are now too, they get to be less and less like food every few years.
    Oh come on - they were never anything close to food! The 60’s had even less real food than today. 

    Anyone want some Tang?

    Spotted at a friend's house over the weekend : 



    If this doesn't make us the greatest country in the world, I don't know what does
    got some as a kid from the USAF musuem at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton Oh.
    oh and velcro, cordless tools, the list goes on.
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    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    mickeyrat said:
    mickeyrat said:
    CM189191 said:
    oftenreading said:
    rgambs said:
    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    ConorKavanagh said:
    My local supermarket has an American shelf as well. Once in a while I'll buy a box of Twinkies. Then I will feel really bad as I eat them one by one.
    Most Americans feel pretty bad eating twinkies too lol

    They used to be much better than they are now too, they get to be less and less like food every few years.
    Oh come on - they were never anything close to food! The 60’s had even less real food than today. 

    Anyone want some Tang?

    Spotted at a friend's house over the weekend : 



    If this doesn't make us the greatest country in the world, I don't know what does
    got some as a kid from the USAF musuem at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton Oh.
    oh and velcro, cordless tools, the list goes on.
    Swiss engineer, George de Mestral invented Velcro.

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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    https://twitter.com/bennydiego/status/1079036875736662019?s=21
    Sheeeee-it!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    https://twitter.com/bennydiego/status/1079036875736662019?s=21
    Just read this last night.  It is very relevant the the stats in your link, Thirty!

    "America is the only country that constantly reminds all the others of its greatness, supremacy and awesome military power and professes to be the fairest and freest, while dependably racking up statistics that are extraordinarily unenviable.

    If America's the best country, you would think that all other countries would want to be just like us, right?  If all other countries were like America, how many more years do you think the planet would be able to sustain life of any kind?   USA is not only number one, it's the only one." 

    -Henry Rollins, Before the Chop IV, page 95.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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