Yes yes, it's tomorrow. But I'm eager to celebrate! So how knowledgable are Americans in regards to history and what July 4th means?
Take it away, Jay Leno:
Notice how grandpa at the end is the only one who knows anything. It would be hilarious if it weren't so depressingly sad.
Posted by djkopernikus on Jul-04-2010 01:25:
Happy celebration!
Posted by tubularbills on Jul-04-2010 02:19:
Happy Independence Day!!
Sorry Ian
Posted by cmay119 on Jul-04-2010 04:51:
Re: Kicking off Independence Day in America
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Originally posted by The17sss
Yes yes, it's tomorrow. But I'm eager to celebrate! So how knowledgable are Americans in regards to history and what July 4th means?
Take it away, Jay Leno:
Notice how grandpa at the end is the only one who knows anything. It would be hilarious if it weren't so depressingly sad.
God, whenever I watched those, I had a really tough time believing people were that ignorant. I almost feel like they're paid to not answer correctly.
Posted by Marcus Summers on Jul-04-2010 09:24:
FUCK YER AMURKA! THESE KULLERZ DONT RUN! LUV IT OR LEEV IT! FREEDUM ISNT FREE!
Posted by enydo on Jul-04-2010 09:41:
To be honest, I'm not all that proud of being an American.
I'll be spending my 4th working 6pm - 2am.
Posted by Fledz on Jul-04-2010 09:50:
Re: Kicking off Independence Day in America
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Originally posted by The17sss
So how knowledgable are Americans in regards to history and what July 4th means?
I would dare say foreigners know more about July 4 than most Yanks do, though that's quite common for almost everything other than maybe NASCAR, Baseball and over the top Christianity.
Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jul-04-2010 10:42:
Re: Re: Kicking off Independence Day in America
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Originally posted by Fledz
though that's quite common for almost everything other than maybe NASCAR, Baseball and over the top Christianity.
Posted by pmoisse on Jul-04-2010 11:31:
Re: Re: Kicking off Independence Day in America
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Originally posted by Fledz
I would dare say foreigners know more about July 4 than most Yanks do, though that's quite common for almost everything other than maybe NASCAR, Baseball and over the top Christianity.
nice!
Jokes aside, have a safe & happy long weekend, American T/A's!!
Posted by Ian on Jul-04-2010 12:06:
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Originally posted by tubularbills
Happy Independence Day!!
Sorry Ian
me? for what?
BP wishes you a happy 4th of Oil day too Posted by ziptnf on Jul-04-2010 12:36:
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Originally posted by enydo
To be honest, I'm not all that proud of being an American.
Just because half the people in this country are idiots doesn't mean you shouldn't be proud of having the privilege to live in a free country. A lot of people take freedom for granted just because they feel embarrassed by their neighbors. Would you rather live somewhere where the government tells you when you can and cannot take a shit? Also, I'm sure a lot of other countries have their fair share of idiots.
HELL YEAH USA USA USA MURICAAA WOOHOO!!!
Posted by EddieZilker on Jul-04-2010 13:31:
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Originally posted by ziptnf
Just because half the people in this country are idiots doesn't mean you shouldn't be proud of having the privilege to live in a free country. A lot of people take freedom for granted just because they feel embarrassed by their neighbors. Would you rather live somewhere where the government tells you when you can and cannot take a shit? Also, I'm sure a lot of other countries have their fair share of idiots.
HELL YEAH USA USA USA MURICAAA WOOHOO!!!
Yeah!
Just because I can't do anything about the bank holding a check I deposited for five days while showing the balance to include it without actually applying it to the money I have in the account in order to then charge me for over-drafting the account by more than the check was worth doesn't mean I can't enjoy the freedom to express my impotent rage.
Yay! Mother-fucking America!
Posted by ziptnf on Jul-04-2010 13:39:
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Originally posted by EddieZilker
Just because I can't do anything about the bank holding a check I deposited for five days while showing the balance to include it without actually applying it to the money I have in the account in order to then charge me for over-drafting the account by more than the check was worth doesn't mean I can't enjoy the freedom to express my impotent rage.
Lrn2savings acct
My bank does that too, it's caused me many financial problems Posted by Capitalizt on Jul-04-2010 14:09:
Posted by EddieZilker on Jul-04-2010 14:16:
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Originally posted by ziptnf
Lrn2savings acct
My bank does that too, it's caused me many financial problems
It's a 17.5 billion dollar a year industry. Without it, PayDay Usurer Loans (400% APR) wouldn't have nearly the market that they enjoy, today.
This one talks about almost everything banks have done, from surprise fees and interest hikes on credit cards to over-draft 'protection'. So, great! What a fucking wonderful country. When the balance in my bank account is subject to what is essentially informationally one-sided, zero-sum game theory AND they can get away with it, it totally pisses me off.
Just as a fucking reference point, our van got broken into, last year. The idiots who broke into the van were going around to every parking lot in this town and looking for unlocked car doors. We had a door which was busted and couldn't lock so our car was targeted. Someone saw them doing this, in our parking lot, and called the cops.
The thieves were caught with maybe ten dollars worth of junk. Shit like an old portable CD player practically forsaken to the elements in our 1991 Plymouth Deathrap LE. They also took a tire-gauge, on its last legs anyway, and a tampon left prophylactically in the glove-box.
For ten dollars worth of garbage, the county spared no expense in prosecuting these dangerous thieves. And rightly so: It's not as if they should have been allowed to get away with having poor taste or my adrenaline shooting through the fucking ceiling answering the door with a cop on the other side of it. I actually do believe the thieves got what they deserved (pleaded guilty and three years of probation) but considering what the bank gets away with, it is nothing less than a travesty.
Here the bank comes along, operating on the same ethical principals. A door which won't lock being the equivalent to a bank account which maintains an available balance beyond what the actual applied balance is, in the account, and one trip to the grocery store for goods which only exceed the actual balance by seven fucking dollars, and we're accruing $35.00 per day in over-draft fees.
It's fucking bullshit.
Posted by shaw on Jul-04-2010 18:49:
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Originally posted by Capitalizt
Posted by shaw on Jul-04-2010 19:07:
Re: Kicking off Independence Day in America
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Originally posted by The17sss
Notice how grandpa at the end is the only one who knows anything.
Classic 2nd generation uselessness. He's well-spoken and at least competently informed. His kid can barely speak English, and is raising a son who, we can only assume, will be another world-beater.
Posted by idoru on Jul-04-2010 19:10:
