NY Thug Versus Arizona Trucker

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[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
That is an absolutely retarded comparison. Not even remotely the same thing. If some dude takes a swing at you and you immediately draw down him because you can, you have major issues and need to reevaluate your life. [/quote]

I disagree completely.

It will be situational dependent. Because I can bring you to some neighborhoods where if you didn’t draw, and expected to be “fine in a fist fight because he is so small” your “life reevaluation” would be as it flashes before your eyes, because your cold dead body will be found the next day where you “man-ed up”.

In fact, I know some grimy motherfuckers that look for people that think like you are here, and others in this thread. MArks. [/quote]

I always get mistaken for an easy mark. Like that time a guy got me utterly hammered, while unbeknownst to me his buddy was waiting outside with a knife. I knew he was being way too generous with those beers.

Too bad that guy brought a knife to a gun fight. Good for both of us that I didn’t have to pull the trigger.
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Sometimes your posts make me wonder if I met the wrong guy when I was home. :wink: [/quote]

It’s incidents like that one that are the reason I’m perfectly happy now with Pepsi and a steak. The company is way better too!

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[quote]silverblood wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]silverblood wrote:
France helped us win the Revolutionary war. they provided money, weapons, ammo, soldiers, and ships and got stuck with the bill.
the Maginot line of WWI was a military and design disaster and I think the people responsible for it were deported to the U.S.
their ancestors still work with various highway depts designing on and off ramps and merge lanes.[/quote]

And… Then they sold us the south east section of the US because they got the shit kicked out of them by a slave revolt on a tiny island nearby. [/quote]
is it a residual hatred of France that causes so many people to talk so bad about this part of the country?[/quote]

lol, no. I know that in New England, people shit on the south because we tend to be a bunch of elitist, hypocritical assholes.

We’re hyper sensitive, have been infiltrated by Critical Theory to the point where we tend to destroy even our good cultural norms simply for the sake of being able to say the word “progress”, and are generally just so uptight it is an effort to relax enough to take a shit on a day to day basis.

I can shit on and stereotype the people of the south with the best of them, but at least I wash the windows in my glass house.

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[quote]ChongLordUno wrote:

[quote]angry chicken wrote:
Not trying to re-hash the history lesson, but Germany kicked France’s ass in a ridiculously short period of time when they invaded in WWII. The saying, “I’ve got a French rifle on sale - never been fired and only dropped once”, is pretty much how most American’s feel about the French and their “military prowess”. Not saying there are no exceptions, but history is history and the French simply have a pretty poor track record when it comes to war and military strategy. Damn fine women, though!
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I was always under the impression that France is the most successful military power in European history?

Doesn’t sound like a poor track record to me.

Agree about the ladies though!
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Are you including England in that assessment? At one point, didn’t the British empire control some ridiculous percentage of the world? Same with Spain. Other than a few countries in Africa and a few Caribbean islands, what has France done? Are you referring to the brief success of Napoleon? He got his ass handed to him more often than not - he had like one good year…

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Honestly unless you have lived there it is just assumptions to make any statement on a culture.[/quote]

Definitely. More often than not your (general you) assumptions get turned on their head.

[quote]Derek542 wrote:
I think that is what gets Americans upset when our friends from other nations on here make comments about how fat, stupid and lazy America is portrayed. [/quote]

Understandably. Ignorance cuts both ways. Although you hardly help to dispel the fat part :wink:

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[quote]ChongLordUno wrote:
Wow I need a shower after reading this thread.

Some of the chat aimed at Europe is a bit wild.

Bauber, could go into more detail, with regards as to the ‘pussification’ of France and how America single handedly won 2 world wars, please?[/quote]

I think you can glean from the general arguments in this thread my issue with most European governments and general mindset of their population.

I never said they singlehandedly won 2 world wars. But if the US had not intervened, all of Europe would be speaking German right now.

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[quote]knee-gro wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]knee-gro wrote:
I know 'murica is full of backward hicks and has stupid gun laws but if you could legally get away with this then I don’t know what to tell ya. No developed country allows that.[/quote]

Whatever else comes of this discussion, we can all be sure that you are a bigoted asshole.[/quote]

Funny I didn’t see you complain about baubbler and his claims about Europeans and the political moderates (at best) he calls libtards.

[quote]ChongLordUno wrote:
Wow I need a shower after reading this thread.

Some of the chat aimed at Europe is a bit wild.

Bauber, could go into more detail, with regards as to the ‘pussification’ of France and how America single handedly won 2 world wars, please?[/quote]

That will be funny as hell, I know I shouldn’t stereotype but some of these guys are like real life caricatures.

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People like Pelosi, Findstein, Reid, the CA state senator who just got brought up on federal charges for running guns after being a proponent of gun restriction in the state… Those are the libtards I was referring too. Not the general population. The extreme anti-gun population is VERY small. Much smaller than the left media would have you believe. In general most of the common people such as myself regardless of political affiliation in the US agree with our constitution.

But you are the typical mindset I refer too. You throw the first punch, start shit, get called on it, and then point the finger at the guy who called you out and cry foul. Please stay in Europe. You fit in well there.

And I have visited continent on this planet except Antarctica (some multiple times) and Europe would be my last choice to live on the list.

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[quote]ChongLordUno wrote:

[quote]angry chicken wrote:
Not trying to re-hash the history lesson, but Germany kicked France’s ass in a ridiculously short period of time when they invaded in WWII. The saying, “I’ve got a French rifle on sale - never been fired and only dropped once”, is pretty much how most American’s feel about the French and their “military prowess”. Not saying there are no exceptions, but history is history and the French simply have a pretty poor track record when it comes to war and military strategy. Damn fine women, though!
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I was always under the impression that France is the most successful military power in European history?

Doesn’t sound like a poor track record to me.

Agree about the ladies though!
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Yes, back when the latest technologies were wooden ship and muskets…

They do have some pretty women, but eastern block women still have the upper hand on them imo.

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Regarding the whole USA vs France thing, a lot of it just comes down to completely different sets of values.

France to US: Your wine sucks.
US: But who cares?

US to France: Your military sucks.
France: But who cares?

In my experience, the French, in general, are proud of their culture and have a high degree of nationalistic pride. They’ll treat you well if you respect that, and they won’t if you don’t.

I spent a couple years of my childhood living right outside of Paris (I learned to read and write French before English) so I picked up the language, accent and mannerisms at a pretty young age.

When I went and visited Paris several years later, my experience was nothing like that of most Americans. I think a lot of it is an unstated expectation that they (Americans) expect things to be a certain way, and the French just don’t cater to that. If an American viewed himself as a guest, rather than being entitled to visit and get what they want, it would go a lot smoother. It’s not like visiting Cancun where you get special treatment for being a tourist.

As far as the snobbishness, well, the average French person literally IS more cultured. Better appreciation for literature, art, music, food. These aren’t things that US puts much stake in, and that’s fine, but the average American truly isn’t on par in those realms. (In that respect, many Russians are like that too.) To insist otherwise is a little ridiculous.

For the most part, I’d say the “snobbishness” is no different than the regular “stupid things people do in the gym” threads around here. There’s a genuine annoyance at people who think they know better but really don’t. Is that being a snob, to actually know better and occasionally get annoyed at those that don’t?

If I ever talk about classical music, many people inevitably talk about how they really like listening to certain soundtracks, because they really like “classical music” too. That’s not classical music. It’s also an argument/discussion I don’t see a point in having since it just annoys me. I don’t think that makes me a snob.

Repeat for “web developers” and “operating systems developers”… “mechanics” and “mechanical engineers”… “guy who read a book on quantum physics” and “actual quantum physicist”… “person who used google” and “doctors”. Etc.

Are the more educated people really snobs? If they’ve been exposed most of their life to people who don’t respect them, do you blame them for being a little rude and short with you … at least until they know better?

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[quote]Chushin wrote:

Which anyone who calls them “nunchucks” is certain to do.[/quote]

I don’t care if you call them Nunchaku or two sticks tied together, if you have practiced with them you have whacked yourself somewhere. Probably multiple somewheres.

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On a more serious note, is anyone else surprised the “thug” wasn’t carrying a knife?

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[quote]LoRez wrote:
Regarding the whole USA vs France thing, a lot of it just comes down to completely different sets of values.

France to US: Your wine sucks.
US: But who cares?

US to France: Your military sucks.
France: But who cares?

In my experience, the French, in general, are proud of their culture and have a high degree of nationalistic pride. They’ll treat you well if you respect that, and they won’t if you don’t.

I spent a couple years of my childhood living right outside of Paris (I learned to read and write French before English) so I picked up the language, accent and mannerisms at a pretty young age.

When I went and visited Paris several years later, my experience was nothing like that of most Americans. I think a lot of it is an unstated expectation that they (Americans) expect things to be a certain way, and the French just don’t cater to that. If an American viewed himself as a guest, rather than being entitled to visit and get what they want, it would go a lot smoother. It’s not like visiting Cancun where you get special treatment for being a tourist.

As far as the snobbishness, well, the average French person literally IS more cultured. Better appreciation for literature, art, music, food. These aren’t things that US puts much stake in, and that’s fine, but the average American truly isn’t on par in those realms. (In that respect, many Russians are like that too.) To insist otherwise is a little ridiculous.

For the most part, I’d say the “snobbishness” is no different than the regular “stupid things people do in the gym” threads around here. There’s a genuine annoyance at people who think they know better but really don’t. Is that being a snob, to actually know better and occasionally get annoyed at those that don’t?

If I ever talk about classical music, many people inevitably talk about how they really like listening to certain soundtracks, because they really like “classical music” too. That’s not classical music. It’s also an argument/discussion I don’t see a point in having since it just annoys me. I don’t think that makes me a snob.

Repeat for “web developers” and “operating systems developers”… “mechanics” and “mechanical engineers”… “guy who read a book on quantum physics” and “actual quantum physicist”… “person who used google” and “doctors”. Etc.

Are the more educated people really snobs? If they’ve been exposed most of their life to people who don’t respect them, do you blame them for being a little rude and short with you … at least until they know better?[/quote]

Well said. American Exceptionalism does have itâ??s drawbacks.

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I thought I saw a servery somewhere that concluded that no one like the French people, including the French.

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Some of you’all need to relax, it’s just good ol fashion ribbing.

Jeezzz.

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Yes.

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[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Some of you’all need to relax, it’s just good ol fashion ribbing.

Jeezzz.[/quote]

If only that were true.

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[quote]Myosin wrote:

[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Some of you’all need to relax, it’s just good ol fashion ribbing.

Jeezzz.[/quote]

If only that were true.[/quote]

what a vapid response.

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[quote]Bauber wrote:
Yes.[/quote]

lmao, the jesus toast is really what makes that hilarious.

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Myosin wrote:

[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Some of you’all need to relax, it’s just good ol fashion ribbing.

Jeezzz.[/quote]

If only that were true.[/quote]

what a vapid response. [/quote]

Can’t we all just eat some bacon, shoot some guns, and get along?