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There's a good chance this will have turned into a flamewar by page 2, but the topic came up today with friends and I'm curious to hear you guys' answers.
I'd like to hear about things that for you set your country apart to make your life more enjoyable. You may or may not like living in your country, but each country has its unique characteristics and I'm curious to know what they are for you.
My list contains a lot of random and unimportant details, but maybe those little things do a better job of portraying what it is I like about my country than if I wrote a longwinded essay. It does seem very incomplete though, I'll probably add more as I think of them. 
About Switzerland I like
- that our 7 'presidents' can go to work by train and without security
- that there's no need to own a car because the public transportation system is really good
- that Switzerland's wealth seems natural and unpretentious (compared to a place like Dubai, hard to explain what I mean here)
- that the headline of this evening's paper was about some incidents of the trolleys in the trains not being able to serve coffee
- that there's no area of Zurich (our biggest city) I wouldn't dare visit at night
- that noone has too little to eat and there are like zero beggars
- that we have 4 official languages
I dislike
- that people can get worked up over stuff like coffee in trains and cancelled boats
- that we tend to be conformist and creativity and individuality are only viewed as good within tight boundaries
- that we like mediocrity so much
- that you get completely ripped off in every club and bar in Zurich
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and I'd be really glad if everyone from the US could refrain from saying stuff like
I like
- that we freed the Iraqi people
- that we're keeping the world peace
This thread really isn't about politics. :p
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dude switzerland is awesome
one of my favorite places i've visited. would do again! A+
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On April 08 2009 08:05 Orome wrote:
and I'd be really glad if everyone from the US could refrain from saying stuff like
I like
- that we freed the Iraqi people
- that we're keeping the world peace
This thread really isn't about politics. :p
Good job keeping it from turning into a flame war by page 2. Good idea to throw a jab like that right off the bat. 
Edit: And this isn't me flaming you... I made the smiley face, so it is all ok.
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The weather really isn't that bad.
The things I dislike are more characteristics of people and modern society rather than cultural things.
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I remember seeing a really long thread like this here before. I'm sure you can find it if you search.
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Isn't this thread basically a remake of these?
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There are wayyyyy too make things I like and dislike about Canada to name
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On April 08 2009 08:05 Orome wrote:
and I'd be really glad if everyone from the US could refrain from saying stuff like
I like
- that we freed the Iraqi people
- that we're keeping the world peace
This thread really isn't about politics. :p
while i agree that those are silly thing, your comment about swiss wealth would say otherwise. if you think that has nothing to do with politics, you're silly.
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America
Likes
-Disgusting food that tastes delicious
-Freedoms and rights
-Music
-We can kick any other countries ass like the arrogant bastards we are
Edit: We have IdrA!
Dislikes
-Idiots that make us all look bad
-Japanese interment (Freedoms and rights are useless when they can take them away)
Maybe more to come.
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I visited Switzerland and loved it as well. Everything is insanely expensive, though.
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I don't think turning this into a flamefest is avoidable TBH.
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On April 08 2009 08:12 Grobyc wrote:
I don't think turning this into a flamefest is avoidable TBH.
agreed! and it is a remake of many old threads, as previously pointed out. but good luck.
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On April 08 2009 08:12 Grobyc wrote:
I don't think turning this into a flamefest is avoidable TBH.
Quiet Canadian scum.... heheheh...
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I fucking love Switzerland Orome. You are so fucking lucky. I wish they weren't so strict against immigration but then again, it wouldn't be Switzerland if they weren't. And they have the BEST skiing ever, on the Swiss/French border (Torgon is omg)
Australia sucks in comparison.
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I didn't realize we've already had threads like these, but I still think this could be a really worthwile thread if everyone manages to hold back on their spam/flame urges.
you're right chobopeon, the wealth comment's politic, but its impacts on my life (which is what this thread's supposed to be about) aren't.
On April 08 2009 08:05 Day[9] wrote:
dude switzerland is awesome
one of my favorite places i've visited. would do again! A+
On April 08 2009 08:11 Ingenol wrote:
I visited Switzerland and loved it as well. Everything is insanely expensive, though.
shoot me a pm if you ever decide to visit again
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On April 08 2009 08:21 prOxi.swAMi wrote:
I fucking love Switzerland Orome. You are so fucking lucky. I wish they weren't so strict against immigration but then again, it wouldn't be Switzerland if they weren't. And they have the BEST skiing ever, on the Swiss/French border (Torgon is omg)
Australia sucks in comparison.
Cheer up mate, go kangaroo hunting or something, or play starcraft.
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lol everyone I know who's been to Australia has either not come back in the first place or desperately wants to go back to go life there. :p
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Likes:
-Beautiful nature
-The fact we have 4 different seasons(winter, summer, spring and autumn). Cold winters and warm summers (warm to us >_<)
-The extreme stuff we do: Sauna (over 100c or its pussy) and "avantouinti" which is basically that we swim in a hole in a frozen lake/sea. Yes we actually do that. Its combined with a sauna too. We go from sauna to swim and back and forth Good for your health.
-The fact that we are so badass we didnt lose to russia.
-Free health care.
-High standards of living.
-Free school, and free food and books in school. (after high school you have to buy hte books though if you want education)
-Finnish art (music, paintings, movies, literature etc).
-The finnish language.
-Beautiful cities like helsinki and many more.
Dislikes
-Alcoholism. Its everywhere.
-People look all moody all the time. People usually don't go around with a smileyface here.
-many people are depressed around here.
-Boring food. I like it though but it is very plain usually.
-Many people are stupid fat beer drinking racists etc. Much like rednecks would be for americans.
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Bulgaria
Likes
-Nature
-Climate
-Culture and history
-Food
-Hitchhiking
Dislikes
-Corruption on all levels
-The way most of the ppl think
-Mainstream Music
-Infrastructure
and since I live in Germany for some time now I will dare share some of my impressions
Likes
-Multi-cultural environment
-Nature
-A lot of fairly easy ways to earn enough cash for your life as a student
-Ppl respect the rules
-Beer
-Most of the germans are very friendly, even thou you know they dont really mean it
-The food is actually not so expensive
Dislikes
-I cannot afford to spend cash on all my hobbies. I had to give up the snowboarding and the tennis. The sport-club membership cards are very expensive.
-Even when its reasonable and useful to make an exception of some rule, german ppl will never do it, I think partly because they are afraid to break even simple rules.
-The food is really bad
And smth that is quite odd, I cant tell really whether I like it or not
-The holidays. I've seen some crazyass shit in my life, but the germans have some really weird holidays and ways to celebrate them
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America
-fast food nation.. Its covered with fast food places AND I ONLY LIKE WENDYS!
-How expensive college is.
-How ridiculous we have gone into consumerism.
-The government gets jack shit done.
-American news sucks a dick
-The job market nowadays.
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