Odd things they do in other countries...

[Tolerant Fellow]

Censor free speech.

While I find America's tendency to let everything pass (unless its sexual or cursing) extremely odd ^^

That's because most of Europe is a totalitarian cultural Marxist hellhole.

[Savojarna]

While I find America's tendency to let everything pass (unless its sexual or cursing) extremely odd ^^

That's because most of Europe is a totalitarian cultural Marxist hellhole.

I know, it's a nice place to live at

[Proctopeo]

I also find Canada's entire government weird.

[Italios]

While I find America's tendency to let everything pass (unless its sexual or cursing) extremely odd ^^

That's because most of Europe is a totalitarian cultural Marxist hellhole.

haha here in america we hate hyperboles don't you

[The Alexandrian Polis]

That's because most of Europe is a totalitarian cultural Marxist hellhole.

haha here in america we hate hyperboles don't you

Really!? Here in the south we really love them! Especially politically and economically.

[Luziyca]

The fact that the USA uses the imperial system. Just, get with the times and switch to metric already, godammit.

[The Alexandrian Polis]

The fact that the USA uses the imperial system. Just, get with the times and switch to metric already, godammit.

(Note: I actually like metric better. Easier to understand. It also sounds cooler; compare Celsius and Fahrenheit.)

That's a very odd way of putting things down. Would not converting to Imperial be more "new" and "getting with the times" considering how uncommon it has been for the last long time?

[Jello Biafra]

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The word Mathematics is a plural noun, it should be shortened to Maths or else the abbreviation breaks the grammar of the sentence it is used in. Generally I do not object to abbreviations, providing they do not create a new homophone or homograph, but math instead of maths really gets my goat.

Which word is it the plural of?

[Imperium Sidhicum]

I do find the excessive tolerance shown towards deviant sexual behaviour and troublesome foreigners in much of Western Europe somewhat baffling.

[New haven america]

I do find the excessive tolerance shown towards deviant sexual behaviour and troublesome foreigners in much of Western Europe somewhat baffling.

I find it weird, why do people think it's society's job to judge what consenting adults do in the privacy of their bedrooms?

[New haven america]

Australians don't ride kangaroos to school.

(Yes, I had a friend that told me he had met some Americans who actually believed that we Aussies ride kangaroos to school.)

Maybe you should stop telling people that then... >_>

[New haven america]

The metric system is overrated, for many reasons.
And also Celsius, which is even more overrated

Just gonna leave this here....

Thank you for providing an incorrect map (It should actually be Myanmar and Liberia).

[Calladan]

Just gonna leave this here....

Thank you for providing an incorrect map (It should actually be Myanmar and Liberia).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit#Usage

Wikipedia begs to differ

[NERVUN]

I'm more and more using the yyyy/mm/dd format. Works much better on computers for sorting by date.

This is fine. The point is that it follows a logical process. It will proceed from the year to the day, or the day to the year. Not month/day/year or year/day/month. From my wee time spent in Japan, I understand that they also write the date beginning with the year too.

Yup, over here it's yyyy*/mm/dd. Japan likes to go big to small, addresses are written the same way. Prefecture City Neighborhood Building # Name.

* Of course Japan has to be all special for the year so you get it either as 2017 or 平成29.

[New haven america]

Thank you for providing an incorrect map (It should actually be Myanmar and Liberia).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit#Usage

Wikipedia begs to differ

My mistake, was thinking about metric.

Though, I don't see why you're arguing about this, seeing as how they both do their job pretty well. They use arbitrary materials (Water and brine, for Celcius and Fahrenheit respectively) to create arbitrary readings.

[Imperium Sidhicum]

I do find the excessive tolerance shown towards deviant sexual behaviour and troublesome foreigners in much of Western Europe somewhat baffling.

I find it weird, why do people think it's society's job to judge what consenting adults do in the privacy of their bedrooms?

Well, it does become society's business when the said consenting adults fancy to bring their preferences out from their bedrooms to parade in the streets, like often happens in Western Europe.

The degree of approval meted out to such blatant indiscretion is certainly baffling to me. If sex is a private matter not to be judged by society, then why announce it in public and thus make it subject to judgement?

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Another thing I find baffling is the alarming lack of reaction that Westerners seem to show towards the antisocial behaviour of various unsavoury foreign elements that have infested their societies as of late.

[New haven america]

I find it weird, why do people think it's society's job to judge what consenting adults do in the privacy of their bedrooms?

Well, it does become society's business when the said consenting adults fancy to bring their preferences out from their bedrooms to parade in the streets, like often happens in Western Europe.

The degree of approval meted out to such blatant indiscretion is certainly baffling to me. If sex is a private matter not to be judged by society, then why announce it in public and thus make it subject to judgement?

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Another thing I find baffling is the alarming lack of reaction that Westerners seem to show towards the antisocial behaviour of various unsavoury foreign elements that have infested their societies as of late.

Because it's unless it's non consenting, why should we control people like that? You don't have to judge people for what they do if it doesn't hurt them or others. I love the hypocrisy in some areas: showing violence, hatred, and destruction to the public is good, yet showing happiness, connection, pleasure, or creation is taboo and disgusting.

[Imperium Sidhicum]

Well, it does become society's business when the said consenting adults fancy to bring their preferences out from their bedrooms to parade in the streets, like often happens in Western Europe.

The degree of approval meted out to such blatant indiscretion is certainly baffling to me. If sex is a private matter not to be judged by society, then why announce it in public and thus make it subject to judgement?

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Another thing I find baffling is the alarming lack of reaction that Westerners seem to show towards the antisocial behaviour of various unsavoury foreign elements that have infested their societies as of late.

Because it's unless it's non consenting, why should we control people like that? You don't have to judge people for what they do if it doesn't hurt them or others. I love the hypocrisy in some areas: showing violence, hatred, and destruction to the public is good, yet showing happiness, connection, pleasure, or creation is taboo and disgusting.

In my experience, it is usually not the certain preferences themselves that are being met with hostility, but rather the overt and demonstrative flaunting of them.

I'm also of the opinion that people need to be tightly controlled in all aspects of life including sex. Concede even once to the base wants of the rabble, and they will start demanding more after having gotten a taste of freedom. The more freedoms they get, the more their appetite for will grow, until eventually their freedom to decide for themselves will become counterproductive to the cause of freedom itself. I don't argue that personal freedom is a great thing to have, but very few people have the maturity and moral fibre to use that freedom responsibly, so the majority shouldn't be trusted with it.

I think freedom must be tempered with few but strict rules of social and personal conduct based in established cultural convention that shouldn't ever be up for discussion. The alternative is social degeneracy, where entire segments of society cease to be proper human beings and become animalistic creatures that exist solely for the indulgence of their pleasures.

[The Alexandrian Polis]

Because it's unless it's non consenting, why should we control people like that? You don't have to judge people for what they do if it doesn't hurt them or others. I love the hypocrisy in some areas: showing violence, hatred, and destruction to the public is good, yet showing happiness, connection, pleasure, or creation is taboo and disgusting.

In my experience, it is usually not the certain preferences themselves that are being met with hostility, but rather the overt and demonstrative flaunting of them.

I'm also of the opinion that people need to be tightly controlled in all aspects of life including sex. Concede even once to the base wants of the rabble, and they will start demanding more after having gotten a taste of freedom. The more freedoms they get, the more their appetite for will grow, until eventually their freedom to decide for themselves will become counterproductive to the cause of freedom itself. I don't argue that personal freedom is a great thing to have, but very few people have the maturity and moral fibre to use that freedom responsibly, so the majority shouldn't be trusted with it.

I think freedom must be tempered with few but strict rules of social and personal conduct based in established cultural convention that shouldn't ever be up for discussion. The alternative is social degeneracy, where entire segments of society cease to be proper human beings and become animalistic creatures that exist solely for the indulgence of their pleasures.

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[Dylar]

Fidget Spinners. Apparently some guy thought it'd be a good idea to make a cheap plastic spinny thing and sell it to the public for about 3 times the price claiming it "helps" with anxiety, ADD, ADHD, etc. And now, because of it, almost every kid in the Continental United States has one.

[The Alexandrian Polis]

Fidget Spinners. Apparently some guy thought it'd be a good idea to make a cheap plastic spinny thing and sell it to the public for about 3 times the price claiming it "helps" with anxiety, ADD, ADHD, etc. And now, because of it, almost every kid in the Continental United States has one.

Actually, based on experience, it does help with that. I've met very disruptive kids in classes suddenly acting tame because they use them.

[Dylar]

Fidget Spinners. Apparently some guy thought it'd be a good idea to make a cheap plastic spinny thing and sell it to the public for about 3 times the price claiming it "helps" with anxiety, ADD, ADHD, etc. And now, because of it, almost every kid in the Continental United States has one.

Actually, based on experience, it does help with that. I've met very disruptive kids in classes suddenly acting tame because they use them.

Could be the Placebo effect that they're getting from it. Like taking a sugar pill believing that it gets rid of your headaches. I don't know...most people I've seen with fidget spinners don't act tame, they are still as roudy and disruptive as ever.

[The Alexandrian Polis]

Wait... I haven't said anything yet.

Eh... having constitutions I can't read in about fifteen minutes because their so long (looking at you Vietnam and your eleven-chapter constitution with 120 articles.

Could be the Placebo effect that they're getting from it. Like taking a sugar pill believing that it gets rid of your headaches. I don't know...most people I've seen with fidget spinners don't act tame, they are still as roudy and disruptive as ever.

I guess it could be used as a whole "okay children! This calms you down" thing, like Santa, in the future.

[Jello Biafra]

I find it weird, why do people think it's society's job to judge what consenting adults do in the privacy of their bedrooms?

Well, it does become society's business when the said consenting adults fancy to bring their preferences out from their bedrooms to parade in the streets, like often happens in Western Europe.

The degree of approval meted out to such blatant indiscretion is certainly baffling to me. If sex is a private matter not to be judged by society, then why announce it in public and thus make it subject to judgement?

Because interpersonal relationships are judged by society, in terms of which relationships can be called marriages or not.
Also, anything that is not to be judged by society must be presented to society, to give society a chance to not judge it; the suggestion that something should be hidden away is in itself a judgment.

[AiliailiA]

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The word Mathematics is a plural noun, it should be shortened to Maths or else the abbreviation breaks the grammar of the sentence it is used in. Generally I do not object to abbreviations, providing they do not create a new homophone or homograph, but math instead of maths really gets my goat.

Which word is it the plural of?

It's not. "Mathematic" is a pronoun, equivalent to "mathematical", and "mathematics" is not a plural of that.

OK, you can use "mathematics" as a singular noun, like "the mathematics of that is difficult" but I prefer to use it as a plural "the mathematics of that are difficult".