You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Incidentally, Americans seem far more patriotic than the English, in my experience. If you see a bunch of people chanting 'England! England!' they mean the football team.
There are plenty of Welsh nationalists and Scottish nationalists, but English nationalism isn't really a thing, and if it was it would probably be some insular racist thing, akin to the British Nationalist Party.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Still, I suppose it's better than last year, when I somehow ended up fixated on...a particular obnoxious Tumblr type
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Incidentally, Americans seem far more patriotic than the English, in my experience. If you see a bunch of people chanting 'England! England!' they mean the football team.
There are plenty of Welsh nationalists and Scottish nationalists, but English nationalism isn't really a thing, and if it was it would probably be some insular racist thing, akin to the British Nationalist Party.
I suppose that's true, Americans in general tend to be almost absurdly patriotic
Really, what triggered this was watching Def Leppard's "Photograph" video and noticing their lead singer was wearing a Union Jack shirt
I can't imagine myself wearing an American flag shirt, barring maybe the Fourth of July...
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Anyway, nowadays wearing a Union Jack t-shirt would look pretty unusual. Some people might, i guess, but it probably wouldn't be a patriotic statement.
Like, i have a Union Jack tea-towel; that's not because RULE BRITANNIA GOD SAVE THE QUEEN WINSTON CHURCHILL AND THE NHS, it's just a tea-towel
(It says 'keep calm and carry on'; it was given to me before that phrase became overused. i'm still rather fond of the original poster, but not the imitators.)
I actually have an American flag Hawaiian shirt, because I collect them.
I'm not a patriot in the traditional sense though. Most Democrats aren't, they/we tend to be either aboard the "America sucks" train or we believe in American values but don't like how they've been enacted (I fall into the latter category and could go on about why if prompted).
Why does the letter C even exist? Let's be honest.
Because Insular Celtic languages use it as a hard "k" sound.
And Germanic languages use "k" as a hard "k" sound.
Since English is, well, a germanic/celtic language; or was before the bastard scumbagged his way to power and ruined the perfect language and WHYYYY WHYYYY HAROLD SHOULD HAVE WON. OR MAYBE HARALD, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME, TOO.
Anyways, "c" making the "s" sound is from the Norman Invasion, as is the letter Q.
It should be cwǣn instead of Queen.
I like Q, but we need some cw as well, you know. I have no problem with soft c, either.
Sir, you are gravely insulting my heritage.
Even worse, this site is evidently full of spelling reformists.
Incidentally, Americans seem far more patriotic than the English, in my experience. If you see a bunch of people chanting 'England! England!' they mean the football team.
There are plenty of Welsh nationalists and Scottish nationalists, but English nationalism isn't really a thing, and if it was it would probably be some insular racist thing, akin to the British Nationalist Party.
I suppose that's true, Americans in general tend to be almost absurdly patriotic
I find that generally the "average" American isn't terribly patriotic, the patriotic ones are very much so, and a lot of other people vastly overstate the amount of people in the second group.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
There was a time not too long ago when American flag motifs seemed to be EVERYWHERE in America. It kinda began as a display of solidarity after 9/11 and lasted two or three years before it started to taper off.
Which isn't to say that American flag stuff isn't still commonplace, it's just not as nearly as omnipresent as it seemed to be in 2001 or 2002
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
goddamn you lazuli now the song's playing in my head
There was a time not too long ago when American flag motifs seemed to be EVERYWHERE in America. It kinda began as a display of solidarity after 9/11 and lasted two or three years before it started to taper off.
Which isn't to say that American flag stuff isn't still commonplace, it's just not as nearly as omnipresent as it seemed to be in 2001 or 2002
Somewhat similarly, Union Jack stuff is a lot less common now than it was in the 1990s, so much so that i associate it with old/nostalgic stuff.
The main exception being among BNP types, who fly Union Jacks but i haven't seen them wearing them.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Also, for most of the 2000s, my state's license plates were heavy on the red-white-and-blue theme:
There was a time not too long ago when American flag motifs seemed to be EVERYWHERE in America. It kinda began as a display of solidarity after 9/11 and lasted two or three years before it started to taper off.
Which isn't to say that American flag stuff isn't still commonplace, it's just not as nearly as omnipresent as it seemed to be in 2001 or 2002
9/11 probably caused the most solidarity of any event in American history.
Not coincidentally mind you. While I'm certainly no truther, I don't find it hard to believe that the Bush Administration definitely exploited that patriotic feeling in the years immediately following 9/11.
i find a lot to admire in America, but i can understand if Democrats are less enthusiastic than Republicans given the current state of affairs.
There is a lot to admire in our principles and values. How those are actually put in to practice (which matters more, I'd argue) is much less impressive.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Interestingly, our quarter says "Birthplace of Aviation Pioneers", which strikes me as less debatable.
(Orville Wright, Neil Armstrong, and John Glenn were all born in Ohio. Wilbur Wright was born in Indiana, though)
so I was looking up PA's flag and saw this map, and something occurred to me
I've been out of Pennsylvania many, many times, but as far as being within PA. I live in Carbon county, but I've never been farther west than Schuykill County, and I've never been farther north than Lackawanna.
TBH i've always kinda envied American patriotism. The closest equivalent over here is probably royalism, which is a lot more controversial for obvious reasons, and intrinsically less egalitarian. Plus i know you guys make fun of us for it, which i mildly resent.
TBH i've always kinda envied American patriotism. The closest equivalent over here is probably royalism, which is a lot more controversial for obvious reasons, and intrinsically less egalitarian. Plus i know you guys make fun of us for it, which i mildly resent.
in my experience americans really like the british royal family and stuff
like back when there was that whole wedding and baby thing you couldn't like step outside w/o seeing the royal couple plastered onto a magazine or something
TBH i've always kinda envied American patriotism. The closest equivalent over here is probably royalism, which is a lot more controversial for obvious reasons, and intrinsically less egalitarian. Plus i know you guys make fun of us for it, which i mildly resent.
in my experience americans really like the british royal family and stuff
like back when there was that whole wedding and baby thing you couldn't like step outside w/o seeing the royal couple plastered onto a magazine or something
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
that said i could totally get behind american patriotism
except that i'm really not happy with the current state of the country
and i feel like displaying any sort of pride in being american is inherently supportive of all the bad shit that happens here
that said i could totally get behind american patriotism
except that i'm really not happy with the current state of the country
and i feel like displaying any sort of pride in being american is inherently supportive of all the bad shit that happens here
i feel torn about British patriotism for the same reason, which makes me feel weird for envying more patriotic countries.
i know i brought this up before, but to me it's like, if you're going to take pride in good things your country has done that you weren't personally responsible for, it seems dishonest not to also take the blame for bad things your country has done, and i can't handle that level of guilt.
so I was looking up PA's flag and saw this map, and something occurred to me
I've been out of Pennsylvania many, many times, but as far as being within PA. I live in Carbon county, but I've never been farther west than Schuykill County, and I've never been farther north than Lackawanna.
Centre County is really pretty in places; Pittsburgh is kind of like South Philly but bigger; Harrisburgh is like D.C. in miniature with more super-white people; and the north has... a lot of trees, and random little towns named after Jewish guys.
Like, i didn't personally abolish slavery in the Empire or fight Nazis, so why should i take pride in it?
On the other hand, if i'm going to go around taking pride in stuff like that, what do i say when someone points out all the bad shit my country did? i can't excuse it or wave it aside, so i have to take responsibility for it.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Things America got right:
The First Amendment
The Fourth Amendment
The Fifth and Sixth Amendments
Actually most of the amendments except the Second and possibly the Tenth
I've lived in Virginia practically all my life, and there are still parts of it I haven't seen except on maps. Far southwestern Virginia (the furthest I've been down I-81 is the Blacksburg/Christiansburg area), the extreme Northern and Middle Necks of the Chesapeake coast (mostly fishing villages and such out there...no pressing need to go there), and practically all of Virginia south of I-64 aside from a few parts (the areas around US 15 where we used to live on down to Farmville, South Hill and environs when my brother was assigned there, and one trip to Lynchburg in 1991 or 1992 when we were bored).
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Also, any kind of personal judgements you have about yourself are gonna be biased for sure. Confirmation Bias.
There are plenty of Welsh nationalists and Scottish nationalists, but English nationalism isn't really a thing, and if it was it would probably be some insular racist thing, akin to the British Nationalist Party.
Those exist?
Anyway, nowadays wearing a Union Jack t-shirt would look pretty unusual. Some people might, i guess, but it probably wouldn't be a patriotic statement.
Like, i have a Union Jack tea-towel; that's not because RULE BRITANNIA GOD SAVE THE QUEEN WINSTON CHURCHILL AND THE NHS, it's just a tea-towel
I'm not a patriot in the traditional sense though. Most Democrats aren't, they/we tend to be either aboard the "America sucks" train or we believe in American values but don't like how they've been enacted (I fall into the latter category and could go on about why if prompted). I am not actually a spelling reformist, Tachyon.
*if I could touch your body, I know not everybody, has got a body like youuu....
The main exception being among BNP types, who fly Union Jacks but i haven't seen them wearing them.
Not coincidentally mind you. While I'm certainly no truther, I don't find it hard to believe that the Bush Administration definitely exploited that patriotic feeling in the years immediately following 9/11. There is a lot to admire in our principles and values. How those are actually put in to practice (which matters more, I'd argue) is much less impressive.
do you guys have like a rivalry with North Carolina over this?
I've been out of Pennsylvania many, many times, but as far as being within PA. I live in Carbon county, but I've never been farther west than Schuykill County, and I've never been farther north than Lackawanna.
however, I've never personally met anyone who professed to care about it.
It's overrated.
It doesn't affect your day-to-day life.
i feel torn about British patriotism for the same reason, which makes me feel weird for envying more patriotic countries.
i know i brought this up before, but to me it's like, if you're going to take pride in good things your country has done that you weren't personally responsible for, it seems dishonest not to also take the blame for bad things your country has done, and i can't handle that level of guilt.
Like, i didn't personally abolish slavery in the Empire or fight Nazis, so why should i take pride in it?
On the other hand, if i'm going to go around taking pride in stuff like that, what do i say when someone points out all the bad shit my country did? i can't excuse it or wave it aside, so i have to take responsibility for it.
i believe governments should not have the right to trample all over their people
i believe in democracy
i believe in healthcare and education as a basic right
i believe governments should look out for the basic needs of their people