[MERIT]

Pleez, Im obviously a much better wrestler than either of the 2 blokes in that picture.

Trauma

/Big3 pins Adidasss

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[MERIT]

Wait, wait, his foot was on the rope. Referee reverses the decisions.

Trauma

Ethan finally reveals his eyes at the same time.

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Merkaba

Wanna trade credentials?

I've got a drivers license and a good connection with the local dvd-rental girl.

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Crowe

Silly Croats. I liked you all better when you were Yugoslavians. It's more fun to say. Alas, not everyone can be as cultured as citizens from the country that invented the neck-tie, can we?

Croatia aside, which seems to be it's proper place, I think that Americans should be more World-conscience. It is ignorant, however, to think that the average American's lack of knowledge about the rest of the world makes us "stupid". Do you think we are incapable of learning about other countries? Is it beyond our mental capacity? Probably not.

It is my firm belief that if you are a European coming in here and bashing Americans because of a different focus of what you perceive to be our collective interest, then you are flaunting your own ignorance and poorly representing your own country.

However, I am willing to forgive Croatia if everyone else is willing to follow suit. Luckily, I am not under the assumption that everyone in Zagreb acts like Addiiddassss, just like everyone in Boston does not act like Big3, although a lot of them could benefit from doing so.

Love,
A stupid American

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right-track

Dear stupid Americans,

Don't worry too much about how the Europeans view the average American.
After all, there is a good reason for the 'average American' perspective of the the world. You have everything you need within your own borders, much like the British.
The only difference being, the British share a close proximity to other 'alien' cultures (as is the case for the other Euros...obviously), which despite our best efforts to ignore, predictably, continue to seep through into our collective consciousness.
The fact that a vast stretch of water known as the Atlantic separates our continents, is a major playing factor.
Your land is already a melting pot of world cultures, fashioned in a modern and new way, with the future in mind.
Most Europeans would give their high teeth to live in the U.S.

The fact is, you are the same...but different.

Yours condescendingly,

An arrogant European.

Credentials: An autographed football, signed by Eric Cantona and a photograph of a man with a dead horse.

Crowe

Dear Right-Track,

It seems your name is spot on, governor.

Forever yours,
A Good Ole Fashioned Southern Boy

PS: Interestingly enough, a good amount of Americans would give their lower teeth to live somewhere more interesting than America.

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right-track

Vive la difference!

adidasss

Well, like I said, this is just one of a series of displays of ignorace. You also have one of the more known examples of the same, with not knowing who Che Guevara was, but you're a friend, you're young, and frankly, I find you more intelligent than Big3 so you were forgiven. I was going after big3 because he's supposed to be the most intelligent american here. Which obviously isn't the case. I don't equate eloquence and a thesaurus-like dictionary with real intelligence. Really smart people have a neverending curiosity about all things, with a constant hunger for more knowledge. If I had said something like "Is welsh a real language?" on my croatian queer forum, I would have been crucified and forever labeled as retarded.

You may say that posing such a question is a sign of healthy curiosity and the willingness to learn new things, but to me, when you're 24 and have a college eduaction, such questions are not allowed, that is, if you still wanna retain the aura of "intelligence".

That's just bullshit, I'm always ready to concede to a point I find legitimate, and anyone who can is always more than welcome to prove me wrong, I'll be the first to admit it.

Which makes my argument all the more valid. As I said before, I wasn't attacking you because you're an average stupid american, all nations are on the whole retarded, european countries are no exception to this. But as far as educated people are concerned (with a serious pretension towards being intelligent ), the standard of required knowledge is set much higher.

Yeah, we talked like twice and you seemed very disinterested. Besides, that has nothing to do with this. I don't dislike you personally, I just like to challenge people. Maybe it's a Leo thing, but when someone makes a fool out of me, I make damn sure it doesn't happen again because I always strive to being the best and smartest, even though objectively I'm not.

No, but I will ask you to elaborate on that. What makes Boston the educational capital of the world?
And this is what I'm talking about when I argue about true intelligence, knowing trivial things like that is what it's all about... I applaud you, sir.
Not by a longshot. If you read the above, I speak of holding certain people to a certain standard. And ignorant is a more appropriate word. Stupid is just a better insult.

I believe there is a single standard on what intelligent people should know, that being ( close to ) everything.

I love the phrase "stupid american" because it seems to produce a healthy defensive response. Americans are no more stupid than any other nation, and you shouldn't feel "called out" because you're obviously far from being stupid.
This I can agree with.
But not this, by that reasoning, we europeans shouldn't know squat about America or Asia, but we do ( or am I just expecting the same sort of knowledge the average citizen of a small, irrelevant country posseses from everyone? ).
I don't think that's true, not anymore anyway. There used to be a time when the standard of living in America was much coveted by most europeans. Now it may be the other way arround ( a slight feeling of inadequacy due to practically no history or culture of their own may be at play*discreetly jabs*).

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