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On June 21 2011 08:18 Syntec wrote: Most hated country in this thread and maybe even in the world. That's also probably why you don't see many Americans posting on this thread.
I've been resisting the urge to troll this thread so bad Can you imagine the amount of nerd rage I could cause by, for example, giving America credit for inventing soccer? Or a better question, do you know how many people I just pissed off simply by using the words America and soccer? Lol
here's my contribution to the thread: Deep fried twinkies
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Britain/United Kingdom
What is special or unique about the UK i believe is our contributions to the rest of the world.
Inventions
- The Bouncing Bomb - Spinning Jenny + other mass manufacture equipment. - Jet Engine ( Germans split credit - No grudges held ) - Penicillin - Electric light - Locomotives - Mechanical computer ( not claiming first ever computer or use of the word - just the Mechanical one ) - World Wide Web (to avoid arguements i'll add 'shared shared shared' < dont go crazy. but srsly see Tim Berners-Lee ) - etc etc
People
Samuel Crompton Alexander Fleming Charles Darwin Isaac Newton ( Winning ) Jack the Ripper ( You should know ) Richard the Lionheart ( Third Crusade ) Guy Fawkes ( Remember, remember ) Black Beard William Wallace
Music
The Beatles The Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin (See Metal) Venom (see Black Metal) The Who Iron Maiden Black Sabbath Judas Priest
History + Military
- Horatio Nelson, ( gg wp Napoleon ) - Arthur Wellesley 'Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.' - Oliver Cromwell - The Royal Navy ( The most powerful navy for two centuries, and still respected to this day. (not claiming we're the best now, just have a long long history of great seamanship ) - Invaded 6 times - The Hundred Years' War - The British Empire. - The Industrial Revolution
Why am I most proud about being British/English? because we have survived the Roman's, Vikings, Celts, Normans. Been in numerous maybe even hundreds of wars which have decided the future of the world. Established trade routes and agreements across the world and have and still to this day hold a position of power in the world (however small in comparison to others) where we could have easily been just an island in the control of a larger empire.
I am proud to have absorbed all of that into my/our culture, history and communities and feel in no way superior to anyone else in the world, but like we have made more then a worth while mark on the world worthy of recognition.
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AUSTRALIA
Rum was used as a form of currency. Australia is the 6th largest country on the earth, yet we have the lowest population density (2 people per square kilometre) We invented notepads. The australian natives, more known as aboriginals, are believed to be the world's oldest civilisation. Australia is the only country to govern an entire continent and its outlying islands. The mainland is the largest island and smallest continent. Swimming was made illegal to swim in public beaches during the day from 1983 - 1902 It is believed that the first settlers of australia drank more alcohol per head of person than any other community in the history of mankind. We were founded by convicts. We read more newspaper per person than any other country. Per person we spend more money on gambling than any other The first police were well behaved convicts. The moon landing signal was recieved at Australia. Dalai Lama thought our prime minister (Julia Guilard) was a man.
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On June 21 2011 08:41 kubiks wrote:Thoses that are critisising the post from other countries are dumb. The only things you can say is : "my country is more awesome because..." Show nested quote +On June 21 2011 04:58 thebteam wrote: US is the only country to not use the metric system. At least I think this is true. My country made the metric system :D To add on france, we have a system after high school that is quite unique, where you can decide to work like a madman for 2 years, and then pass some competitive examination to enter the best schools of the country (at least for engeenering), where sometimes you are even paid while studying :D. France have more different cheeses than day of year (i'm not sure, but a famous french president declared that it was hard to govern a country with more different cheeses than day of year, and I trust him on this point), so if you have to encounter a french in a Bo710, care, he could cheese you all the way with different builds . I believe the act of locking a boss inside his office with workers until a deal could be stuck as a form of negotiation is uniquely french, mostly because int he US that would be a criminal offense to hold someone against their will for negotiating purposes for more then about 8 seconds i think although it depends on state.
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I cant really think of anything special of my country lol. We have a terribad music scene filled with wannabe punkheads and our food is racially based more than anything.And we no longer have the tallest building in the world
I guess i cld say my country is heavily multinational
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On June 21 2011 08:45 Inkcrow wrote: Britain/United Kingdom
What is special or unique about the UK i believe is our contributions to the rest of the world.
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I am proud to have absorbed all of that into my/our culture, history and communities and feel in no way superior to anyone else in the world, but like we have made more then a worth while mark on the world worthy of recognition.
I wouldn't have said anything if you hadn't exceeded the OP's question about "what your country is special for" and instead answered "why I like my country (edit: and what it deserves recognition for)". What itches me about your answer is all the pride about military and trade routes and everything, keeping in total silence the chaos that the English left to some parts of the world which is inextricably linked to your military, the existence of trade and the multicultural society that you indeed can be proud of.
Being German (we're always poking at our historical failures before being proud of anything), I have to add to your post that the problems in the middle east, those between India and Pakistan and those in Africa stem from mostly English colonization in those parts, from repartitioning of territory in total disregard of cultural circumstances (just look at how neatly some African borders are drawn alongside a ruler on a map) and leaving the country without caring too much about what was about to come. Those problems still exist today, and don't appear to be on the verge of ceasing for the next years. That's also what is unique about England.
Now, I want to make something clear before this gets taken the wrong way: I don't want to bitch/troll/callitwhatyouwant just for the sake of it; it just rubs me the wrong way to see someone praise inventions or achievements and at the same time ignore its horrific downsides. I could bring more examples from history, but I don't want to stir it up more. I just feel that for an educated being, blind nationalism can't be a good thing and certainly not something I can overlook. Especially not when it is phrased as a "contribution" to the world that deserves "recognition". Because I'm sure large parts of the world would disagree.
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Canada has Tim Hortons (well most of it.... theres like 2 or 3 states with them)
Best Coffee, best doughnuts, best everything!
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On June 21 2011 08:36 Belial88 wrote: America:
Starcraft
we win.
While this is true we really don't have much else to show off about considering how very deeply fucked up our economy is, and our education system.
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On June 21 2011 09:10 Kinetik_Inferno wrote:While this is true we really don't have much else to show off about considering how very deeply fucked up our economy is, and our education system. It's ok to be pessimistic about the US, but are you seriously suggesting Starcraft is the pinnacle of American achievement? It's a good game and all, but it's not even the most influential American game.
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France
- We're hated by a lot of people. - We mainly hate the african immigration.
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To be honest, I just saw the Great Lakes in northern US/southern Canada for the first time about a week ago. They were pretty damned impressive.
Bodies of water may not be considered too unique, but it's definitely one of the more beautiful locations in America.
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The UK is a collection of tiny countries on a tiny planet, yet has been appart of the biggest and longest wars the planet has ever seen, has had control over more landmass than any other country, is a major part in one of the worlds biggest economies and has the second biggest finacial market (not sure thats the right term) in the world.
Not only this but we created and have spread the English language to be an almost universal language, across the whole planet.... and yet we are just a tiny cold wet little island off the cost off mainland europe...
...also I think its safe to say that we are the best at colonising shit... Noth America and Australia being fairly decent examples.
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On June 21 2011 08:47 laszmosis wrote: AUSTRALIA
Rum was used as a form of currency. Australia is the 6th largest country on the earth, yet we have the lowest population density (2 people per square kilometre) We invented notepads. The australian natives, more known as aboriginals, are believed to be the world's oldest civilisation. Australia is the only country to govern an entire continent and its outlying islands. The mainland is the largest island and smallest continent. Swimming was made illegal to swim in public beaches during the day from 1983 - 1902 It is believed that the first settlers of australia drank more alcohol per head of person than any other community in the history of mankind. We were founded by convicts. We read more newspaper per person than any other country. Per person we spend more money on gambling than any other The first police were well behaved convicts. The moon landing signal was recieved at Australia. Dalai Lama thought our prime minister (Julia Guilard) was a man.
- Aboriginals aren't the oldest civilization. Maybe the oldest still living civilization? - Australia doesn't govern the continent Australia. Countries such as Papua New Guinea and a part of Indonesia are allso in the continent australia.
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France
-We hate everyone including ourselves -SO MANY CHEESE -Airbus -during the reign of napoleon we were up against almost all other european country -Even though we hate ourselves, we are very proud of ourselves, we even invented a word for it, chauvinisme
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On June 21 2011 01:55 Q.E.D. wrote:GermanyThere are many, let me just cite one closest to my heart. No other country can boast the depth, magnitude, and sheer volume of German thinkers: Georg Cantor, David Hilbert, Karl Gustav Jacobi, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, Hannah Arendt, Erich Fromm, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Walter Benjamin, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ludwig Feuerbach, Max Horkheimer, Walter Kaufmann, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gottlob Frege, Martin Heidegger, Walter Schulz, Jürgen Habermas, Albert Einstein, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, etc. etc. etc. Mygad! With our thinkers we can already populate a country! If we add our musicians, scientists, inventors, and all world renowned Germans, we can already form a medium-sized continent. :p
acquire list of famous thinkers just to feel superior..... disregard famous thinkers in other countries
some germans in this thread are not doing it right. be more honest please
- almost any small village got their own beer brand - germans are racist towards south-europeans looking people and especially turkish people. - no one likes bavaria - mallorca is also called the 17th bundesland - socks with sandals is still quite popular - head of the state: a woman - we panic quite easily (ie abandoning nuclear plants) - we abandon nuclear plants while saying that ours are the safest in the world - made in germany. media suggests that our products are fucking superior to any other product in the world that we pay more for same quality.
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On June 21 2011 07:54 VoirDire wrote:Every year, the 13th of December we force out school children to partake in a nation wide KKK-rally with white robes, torches and everything. Most candy liquorice sold in sweden is extremely salty. Our elk warning signs are often stolen by tourists, causing lots of traffic accidents. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_sign_theftProstitution is perfectly legal in sweden. But it's against the law to use their services. A bragging list I compiled a while ago: + Show Spoiler + Let's see what I can remember.
-Some weekday names in English(and other languages but people mainly use English on TL) come from viking age nordic religions or the so called norse mythology. For example Thursday/Thor's day.
-Legally there is no minimum wage in Sweden.
-There are special laws for women. This is not strange in itself but different laws may apply for physically abusing(non sexual violence) a woman than a man which is probably very rare in the western world.
-Many see Finland as Sweden's biggest rival in for example sports while at the same time many see Finland as Sweden's brother/sister(probably for historical reasons).
-To continue on the Sweden/Finland relationship. Sweden could have fought on the nazi side in world war 2 since a major concern was getting attacked by Russia(this obviously happened to Finland), who happened to be on the "allied" side in WW2.
-There are runestones almost everywhere in central-east Sweden that are mostly from the late viking age.
-1986 the Swedish Prime Minister was assassinated.
-During the 1950's Sweden arguably had the 4th most powerful airforce in the world. The importance of the airforce came from the layout of the country with the huge east coastal line towards the soviet union.
-The price of gasoline is currently between 8 and 9 USD per gallon.
-Legally, an adult having sex with someone younger than 15 is rape.
-Women got unlimited voting rights before men did.
-Directly translated to English smorgasbord means sandwich table.
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For example Tuesday/Thor's day. Thursday. Tuesday is Tyr's day.
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On June 21 2011 09:42 domovoi wrote:Thursday. Tuesday is Tyr's day. fixed
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On June 21 2011 07:35 Navillus wrote: US air force is the largest air force in the world US navy is the second largest air force in the world US navy has about the same tonnage as the next 13 largest navies combined
THE WORLD'S LARGEST AIR FORCES - BY NUMBER OF COMBAT AIRCRAFT
1. Russia - 3,996 2. China - 3,520 3. United States - 2,598
Source.
Check your facts.
I cant really think of anything special of my country lol. We have a terribad music scene filled with wannabe punkheads and our food is racially based more than anything.And we no longer have the tallest building in the world
I guess i cld say my country is heavily multinational
Malaysia?? Michelle Yeoh! Yumm.
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