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Only in America
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Only in America
So I thought we Americans could use a thread to vent and spread the pain we endure due to the religious culture. You atheists in less religious countries have no idea some of the ridiculous shit we have to put up with, and I thought this would be a good way for us to vent while giving you some laughs.

The thought came to me when I saw a sticker on a car yesterday. For this of you non-Americans I have to give you a bit of background information for you to understand the stupidity of this. People here place stickers their cars with crudely drawn versions of Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes performing lewd acts that give commentary on the owner's beliefs. The most common ones are Calvin pissing on something they don't like, and most often it is a symbol representing a particular motor vehicle manufacturer they dislike. They are extremely classless and tacky, and if you see one, you can be guaranteed a stupid redneck owns that car.

I just saw one, however, that was Calvin bowing in front of a cross. Why anyone would want to display their religion with something that is synonymous with tastelessness and stupidity is beyond me, and they would have been better off with a sign that said, 'crass, ignorant waste of good oxygen driving this vehicle.'

Anyways, that is my American rant for the day, and everyone feel free to add stupid shit that only comes with 50 stars and 13 stripes.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: Only in America
I saw a video yesterday of Rick Perry at The Response. Only in America could you have a high ranking public official effectively conducting a rain dance in the 21st century.
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I take it you mean this one:

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Imo in a lot of ways the USA is already a second world country, it would not take much for the USA to be officially seen as one by the rest of the world.
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(August 17, 2011 at 6:52 am)Justtristo Wrote: Imo in a lot of ways the USA is already a second world country, it would not take much for the USA to be officially seen as one by the rest of the world.

Many of your people may be retards but there's still plenty of clever ones. I think.
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(August 17, 2011 at 6:56 am)Napoleon Wrote:
(August 17, 2011 at 6:52 am)Justtristo Wrote: Imo in a lot of ways the USA is already a second world country, it would not take much for the USA to be officially seen as one by the rest of the world.

Many of your people may be retards but there's still plenty of clever ones. I think.

I am an Australian not an American.

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(August 17, 2011 at 6:42 am)Tiberius Wrote: I take it you mean this one:


That's pretty much it, apart from some minor differences.
(August 17, 2011 at 6:56 am)Napoleon Wrote: Many of your people may be retards but there's still plenty of clever ones. I think.

Yeah, there are plenty of smart and sane people here. Unfortunately, they're are way more stupid people, and they're the ones that make the most noise.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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Propaganda has its effect too. In addition to smart and stupid people, there are the potentially-smart-but-too-intellectually-lazy-to-fact-check-their-favorite-sources-of-information. I've posted before that it's not just Fox Noise and Right-Wing-Talk-Radio but also the corporate controlled media here.

The combined force of the stupid and lazy will usually outnumber the smart and vigilant in a society. Our problem is that the former are organized in ways they usually aren't.
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DeistPaladin Wrote:In addition to smart and stupid people, there are the potentially-smart-but-too-intellectually-lazy-to-fact-check-their-favorite-sources-of-information.

This would be my in-laws. All they do is watch Fox News and assume it's all true, but the more I learn about them through political discussions, I wonder if the bullshit was scraped away from their news source if they would still be aligned politically in the same place.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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Faith, they already believed that sort of shit was true before Fox News came to be. Pandering to a demographic. Without Fox they would be exactly who they are, just different talking points.
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