Author Topic: What do you think of the country you live in? (Read 10391 times)

RpJk · « **on:** February 18, 2012, 01:31:47 AM »

Name says it all.

Hydro · « **Reply #1 on:** February 18, 2012, 01:36:08 AM »

Gone to hell.

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 18, 2012, 01:41:36 AM »

This thread makes no sense.

RpJk · « **Reply #3 on:** February 18, 2012, 01:46:17 AM »

The question is do you like your own country or not .

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2012, 01:50:21 AM »

could be worse, crime rate is pretty low round my neck of the woods. And when I think what my alternates to staying put are... Britain has horrible food and unpleasant weather, Europeans have no respect for personal space, Japan has insane population densities, everything south of the border is owned by drug kingpins, Canada has cold weather and high taxes, India also has horrible food, the Middle East is just plain out of the question, Australia is full of criminals and deadly animas, and Africa is unfit for sustaining human life.

We could do with tougher immigration policies though, ours are actually less stringent than most countries.

GroudonRobotWars · « **Reply #5 on:** February 18, 2012, 01:51:44 AM »

Actually here in Canada, the weathers been nice, not a whole lot of snow, whatever we got is now melting.

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 18, 2012, 01:52:41 AM »

Ah... Now I get it...

Finland = Best place to live. (I don't like to be in other countries much)

Badnik96 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2012, 01:57:46 AM »

Needs moar razors. And a metal hinge wedge. The chassis needs some fine-tuning too.

Right now it can't even beat Wrecktangle :P

Mr. AS · « **Reply #8 on:** February 18, 2012, 02:03:25 AM »

Quote from: Badnik96 on February 18, 2012, 01:57:46 AM

Needs moar razors. And a metal hinge wedge. The chassis needs some fine-tuning too.

Right now it can't even beat Wrecktangle :P

uh

Scourge of teh Galaxy · « **Reply #9 on:** February 18, 2012, 02:22:59 AM »

Going to sh** en rapide.

Until we get Independence, then it will soar above the rest of the sh**ty EU

Naryar · « **Reply #10 on:** February 18, 2012, 02:29:43 AM »

ITT: People bawwwing when they're in fact pretty confortable. Probably not intended by OP, but whatever. Hey, if you're not happy about your opinion of your country, do something about it. And by that I don't necessarily mean politics.

Where I live ? Far from the worst place to live, and IMO certainly not the best place to live as well. But I'm a difficult man.

Philippa · « **Reply #11 on:** February 18, 2012, 03:48:01 AM »

Scotland is alright but everyone thinks of Scottish teens as getting totally hammered every night and fighting everyone they can see. I live in a bit that isn't that bad but loads of kids in my year and the year below are getting totally hammered every night and smoking just outside the school gates cos they think no-one can see them.

Also, if a headbutt is the Glasgow Kiss, that says something about how they think we treat everyone else.

Team 9 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 18, 2012, 04:59:46 AM »

Quote from: Scourge of teh Galaxy on February 18, 2012, 02:22:59 AM

Going to sh** en rapide.

Until we get Independence, then it will soar above the rest of the sh**ty EU

scotland is not a real country! you are an englishman with a dress!

Chaosmancer · « **Reply #13 on:** February 18, 2012, 05:06:42 AM »

Quote from: Team 9 on February 18, 2012, 04:59:46 AM

Quote from: Scourge of teh Galaxy on February 18, 2012, 02:22:59 AM
Going to sh** en rapide.

Until we get Independence, then it will soar above the rest of the sh**ty EU
scotland is not a real country! you are an englishman with a dress!

Whether or not something is a country is not dictated by personal choice. England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales are all classed as countries and are part of the United Kingdom (well, saying that, technically only northern Ireland is part of the UK). Also a kilt is not a dress. A kilt is a kilt, hence why it is called a kilt. Also, if I remember correctly, a dress is one that covers the whole body, a skirt is what only covers the lower half. Even then, kilt =/= skirt. Kilt=kilt, skirt=skirt, dress=dress.

Also, 'Scotland' requires a capital letter, as does 'Englishman'

Scourge of teh Galaxy · « **Reply #14 on:** February 18, 2012, 05:19:04 AM »

Quote from: Team 9 on February 18, 2012, 04:59:46 AM

Quote from: Scourge of teh Galaxy on February 18, 2012, 02:22:59 AM
Going to sh** en rapide.

Until we get Independence, then it will soar above the rest of the sh**ty EU
scotland is not a real country! you are an englishman with a dress!

You're an obvious troll, but I still want to punch you in the soul Spoony-style

NFX · « **Reply #15 on:** February 18, 2012, 05:22:41 AM »

Scotland's fine, it's just the people that let it down.

madman3 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 18, 2012, 05:23:39 AM »

Quote from: Jonzu95 on February 18, 2012, 01:52:41 AM

Ah... Now I get it...

Finland = Best place to live. (I don't like to be in other countries much)

This.

UK sucks. Weather is ehhh in East Anglia (I live in Cambridge, suck on it) and there are plenty of decent schools and historical place (see cambridge), but the current governmental policies are dumb as all hell atm.

If there was a country I wanted to live in it would probably be Norway, Sweden or Finland; good education (especially Finland), some of the highest living standards in the world (the highest in the case of Norway) and decent employment rates.

Quote from: Sonny_Resetti on February 18, 2012, 01:50:21 AM

could be worse, crime rate is pretty low round my neck of the woods. And when I think what my alternates to staying put are... Britain has horrible food and unpleasant weather, Europeans have no respect for personal space, Japan has insane population densities, everything south of the border is owned by drug kingpins, Canada has cold weather and high taxes, India also has horrible food, the Middle East is just plain out of the question, Australia is full of criminals and deadly animas, and Africa is unfit for sustaining human life.

We could do with tougher immigration policies though, ours are actually less stringent than most countries.

High taxes isn't really an issue when you have decent employment rates, which can't be said for the US atm (though Canada and UK and so on are also suffering currently). In addition it's got some of the highest inequality rates of any highly developed country; add to that the excessive patriocism (I can't even stand people going "God Save The Queen" over here, sorry TRB) and heavy homophobic communities in some states and really I would hate to live there long term.

Seriously though, the Scandinavian countries would be my favorite areas to live in, followed by maybe Luxembourg or Liechtenstein (which isn't in the EU and has virtually no unemployment, so EU bashers take note).

Meganerdbomb · « **Reply #17 on:** February 18, 2012, 05:30:01 AM »

AMERICA **** YEAH

Philippa · « **Reply #18 on:** February 18, 2012, 07:01:02 AM »

Quote from: Team 9 on February 18, 2012, 04:59:46 AM

Quote from: Scourge of teh Galaxy on February 18, 2012, 02:22:59 AM
Going to sh** en rapide.

Until we get Independence, then it will soar above the rest of the sh**ty EU
scotland is not a real country! you are an englishman with a dress!

Why? I have only worn a kilt once, doesn't mean I'm English. I haven't spent any time in England either except going through it to get to France.
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Another thing about England - I DO NOT HAVE A GODDAMN ENGLISH ACCENT!!! I'M NOT ENGLISH!!!
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Pyromaniac605 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 18, 2012, 07:02:56 AM »

Quote from: Kurt Wylde on February 18, 2012, 07:01:02 AM

Quote from: Team 9 on February 18, 2012, 04:59:46 AM
Quote from: Scourge of teh Galaxy on February 18, 2012, 02:22:59 AM
Going to sh** en rapide.

Until we get Independence, then it will soar above the rest of the sh**ty EU
scotland is not a real country! you are an englishman with a dress!
Why? I have only worn a kilt once, doesn't mean I'm English. I haven't spent any time in England either except going through it to get to France.
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Another thing about England - I DO NOT HAVE A GODDAMN ENGLISH ACCENT!!! I'M NOT ENGLISH!!!
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Exactly, you're British.