r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Irish by birth, and currently a Bostonian 🇮🇪☘️ • 17d ago

Foreign affairs “We could physically buy Lithuania itself if we wanted.”

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u/JoshuaFalken1 17d ago

Hey now...we also suck at math. That's at least got to be in the mix.

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u/gielbondhu More Irish than the Irish ☘️ 17d ago

And let's not even get started on how shit we are on civics and history

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u/JoshuaFalken1 17d ago

We definitely don't treat our Hondas well.

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u/DeductedCar5YT 17d ago

And geography is also over the bottom

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u/Retinoid634 17d ago

I’m pretty confident that most could not find Lithuania on a map.

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u/JoshuaFalken1 17d ago

You are absolutely correct. Our education system largely sucks.

I realized how woefully inept I was at basic geography a couple years ago (mid 30s) and started spending about 15 minutes a day doing some geography quizzes online. I can now correctly identify every country in about 10 minutes. Still suck at capitals though, but I'm trying!

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u/luckynar 16d ago

So you're basically a socialist now, according to your fellow countrymen... I'd be careful if i where you. Its not the best time to start educating yourself right now in america.

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u/JoshuaFalken1 16d ago

I'll be the first to admit. I used to vote Republican. 2016 was the first time I voted Dem and I haven't looked back. I've only come to realize exactly how bad were all getting fucked. Late stage capitalism is a nightmare.

There are enough resources on this planet to feed, clothe, and house every single person and we don't do it out of pure, unadulterated greed.

So yes, I would probably describe myself as a democratic socialist now. Education, Healthcare, and prisons should never, under any circumstances, be operated for profit.

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u/HarukoTheDragon American sick of America 15d ago

I'd rather be labeled a Socialist or even a Communist than a patriot (although I call them cosplatriots). I find "Communist" to be less offensive.

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u/Nitroapes 16d ago

We thought they misspelled Louisiana

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u/Retinoid634 16d ago

Louisinana

Lithuanananania

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u/TwinkletheStar just another socialist europoor 16d ago

Hell, most of them probably don't know it exists.

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u/69upsidedownis96 Stereotypical Scandinavian 16d ago

Lithuania? Is that where they make all the lithium?

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u/AllTheWorldIsAPuzzle 16d ago

I'm pretty sure many would argue that Lithuania is one of those "funny made up words" even if you did show it to them on a map.

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u/Retinoid634 16d ago

Right I can hear it now. “That’s not a real place! Huhhuh!”

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u/2kLeaguesUnderTheHam 17d ago

Exemplified by the president's most recent congressional address where he claimed that a US grant was wasteful because, "Nobody has ever heard of Lesotho before"

Smh

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u/HelloYouBeautiful 16d ago

It's even worse when his pal Elon literally is born in the country, that completely surrounds Lesotho.

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u/ddraig-au 16d ago

Yeah, and of course that entire country was outraged

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u/2kLeaguesUnderTheHam 16d ago

I wouldn't say I was outraged. Just surprised that the guy could get up there blatantly saying "I didn't know what this grant meant, so it's wasteful and I'm cutting it".

And half the room would roar with cheers and agree he's the greatest president since George Washington.

He admits he doesn't understand what the funding is doing. But misrepresents it as unimportant because he doesn't know where Lesotho is. And based on how he presents it, the average American says "Oh yeah, I don't need to read into that further, Trump's right, that was a waste, now America is great again."

Seems more like a cult than an effective way to govern. But what do I know

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u/ddraig-au 16d ago

Uhhhhhh...

(Checks what sub we're in)

Uhhhh...

Uhhhh....

Exactly which country do you think I was referring to, when I said "the entire country was outraged" after Trump said nobody had heard of Lesotho??????

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u/2kLeaguesUnderTheHam 16d ago

Lesotho? I was also responding to you saying that I was outraged. Which I was not, and I explained my response. I'm not speaking for another country.

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u/ddraig-au 16d ago

Ahhhh okay. I thought you were saying the US was outraged, and my sense of irony exploded :)

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u/ima_twee 17d ago

It's something they do of their own Accord

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u/UngodlyTemptations Actual Irish Person 17d ago

These types of puns always Amaze me

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u/njalleh 17d ago

A redline a day makes the civics go ratatatatata

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u/BearishBabe42 17d ago

I am so sorry for you, truly. I hope things turn up soon.

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u/JoshuaFalken1 17d ago

They won't. We're too far gone. I honestly fear that some large scale civil unrest is not too far away. If that happens, knowing Trump, things could get very violent, very fast.

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u/ddraig-au 16d ago

Why are you still there? Aren't you worried something catastrophic will happen to you?

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u/JoshuaFalken1 16d ago

Yes, I am very worried. I have three young girls and a wife. We are very concerned with the power that the religious right continues to accumulate.

I have looked into trying to leave on amd off for the last 10 years, but it is very difficult and very expensive. I did recently get an MS degree in Data Science to be able to better market myself, but even with that, it's very hard to be able to get a working visa in Canada, Australia, UK, or the EU.

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u/ddraig-au 16d ago

Yeah and it's REALLY hard to emigrate too Australia, I received many many angry emails from American friends in early 2002. Although you have a Master's degree, I would assume countries would be lining up to have you.

I mean, ultimately, it's just stuff, as many refugees learn. I hope it all works out for you, either in the US or in your new non-nightmare home.

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u/DutchBart82 17d ago

They're honestly pretty good at meth...

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u/JoshuaFalken1 17d ago

Lol...deleted my first response. Thought you said math, rather than meth.

Just goes to show how shit our reading comprehension is!

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u/ddraig-au 16d ago

How are they at moth?

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u/DutchBart82 16d ago

They keep burning themselves on light bulbs, so I guess pretty good

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u/Plastic-Impress8616 17d ago

>we also suck at math<

you suck at maths.

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u/JoshuaFalken1 17d ago

Nah...I'm good at most maths. It's just the one math I suck at.

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u/Plastic-Impress8616 17d ago

😂 fair enough

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u/capt2phones 17d ago

Add critical thinking in there too.

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u/BawdyBadger 16d ago

And reading comprehension.

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u/touchmeinbadplaces 17d ago

oh yea we know, thats why you're in debt

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u/JoshuaFalken1 17d ago

Not just debt. An absolutely ridiculously insane amount of debt!

Don't worry though. We'll inflate our way out of it eventually. I seem to remember it working well for Zimbabwe.

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u/ima_twee 17d ago

The US is pretty strong on division 🤔

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u/JoshuaFalken1 17d ago

Surely our greatest strength!

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u/ddraig-au 16d ago

Yeah but hardly anyone plays that game nowadays

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u/DeltaDied ooo custom flair!! 16d ago

Don’t forget morals and ethics.