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09-08-2009 , 03:52 AM

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garcia1000

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But mikekelley is a superior human as he can clearly show that americans are uneducated stupid!

Anyway, something that annoys me is when restaurants refuse to give you a glass of tap water in order to force you to order their beverages.

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09-08-2009 , 07:58 AM

#327

27offsuit

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Originally Posted by mikekelley

People who play with their chips

Americans who don't bother to learn ANY of the native language of a country they are visiting.

You don't need conversational fluency, but learning please, thank you and the correct pronunciations of place names and basic grammar would be nice, but that's probably asking too much for ignorant americans.

GFY: Go **** Yourself

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09-08-2009 , 08:11 AM

#328

Goodie

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Originally Posted by Vantek

People who refuse to admit defeat in an argument, instead resorting to wrongly accusing their opponent of lack of artistic talent.

I'm not sure about the artistic talent part but the first part is pretty much everyone. No one admits their wrong even when faced with overwelming evidence to counter their opinion. Seems like it's almost human nature. But I agree that it's annoying. You kinda just have to understand the signs of the person knowing their wrong without them saying so. That's how I claim victory or indicate defeat.

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09-08-2009 , 08:12 AM

#329

kerowo

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People who are wrong thinking they have won an argument.

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09-08-2009 , 08:21 AM

#330

27offsuit

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When people **** up there, they're, and their while trying to show people how smart they are.

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09-08-2009 , 11:37 AM

#331

mikekelley

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Originally Posted by Dazarath

I think it's funny that you specify Americans. Is it only Americans not learning other languages that bothers you or do you really believe that only Americans visit other countries without having learned the native language first?

The French are also really bad at this. But it seems like it is mostly Americans who do not make any effort whatsoever.

I just got back from two weeks in the Netherlands and two weeks in Iceland. Did I learn both of the languages in their entirety? No I did not. But did I at least learn the basic pleasantries and give make an effort to pronounce things the way that they were intended? Yes. Could I ask to order food in Icelandic? Yes. Could I say thank you and please? Sure. Could I get involved in a heavy conversation about life and poker? Absolutely not - but the effort will go such a long way.

The world does not revolve around Americans.

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09-08-2009 , 11:39 AM

#332

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Originally Posted by I_AM_EVIL

Why should we learn other languages when the ****ers that are moving into our country can't take the time to learn English?

It's not their fault, it is our fault (i am American too) for catering to them. Some smart businessman decided that if he made his menu into English and Spanish that he'd get a lot more business. And here we are today.

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09-08-2009 , 11:42 AM

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My understanding is that if I say things louder in English, you dumb foreigners will understand, so I just yell

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09-08-2009 , 12:05 PM

#334

Triumph36

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Originally Posted by mikekelley

well i guess you are just a better person than most people.

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09-08-2009 , 12:08 PM

#335

potatoesareawesome

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I actually read an article last week about the worst tourist and I think Americans and Italians are some of the worst for the reasons stated while Germans was some of the best(surprised me. Lotta of prejudices againts those WURST EATIN' SAURKRATZ who spit alot when yelling. Maybe that's just Hitler. Maybe it isen't even Hitler.. **** it.)
I'll try and find the acticle to fuel the soon to be EU >< USA flamewar

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09-08-2009 , 12:09 PM

#336

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Originally Posted by 27offsuit

When people **** up there, they're, and their while trying to show people how smart they are.

When people think they're smart by by displaying knowledge that a 5-year old should have.

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09-08-2009 , 12:47 PM

#337

ardubz

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when junk shows like CSI abbreviate "gun shot wound" (3 syllables) with "G.S.W." (5 syllables). this might make sense in a written report, but not when speaking.

junk shows like CSI.

fat vegetarians.

bumper stickers.

using apostrophes on plural nouns -- menu's, fork's, etc -- often seen on restaurant menus/printed signs.

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09-08-2009 , 01:02 PM

#338

mikekelley

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Restaurant's are the worst about menu's and apostrophe's

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09-08-2009 , 01:09 PM

#339

27offsuit

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Originally Posted by 72off

When people think they're smart by by displaying knowledge that a 5-year old should have.

Nice double fail there...

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09-08-2009 , 01:40 PM

#340

Anacardo

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The word whilst.

**** YEAH **** THAT ****

(man this is a mean-spirited thread)

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09-08-2009 , 02:24 PM

#341

Vantek

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fat vegetarians

lolll they always made me laff

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09-08-2009 , 06:18 PM

#342

Biko

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Originally Posted by cookieb

My understanding is that if I say things louder in English, you dumb foreigners will understand, so I just yell

I'd always try this under some bizarre illusion that they'd eventually understand what I was trying to say. That was until I went to Barcelona last week and had trouble finding my hotel. I went into a shop to ask directions (pointing at a map was the extent of it) and the woman behind the counter did exactly this- you could tell she was slowing her speech down and speaking more loudly - only it was in Spanish and I still couldn't understand anything she was saying. Lesson learned on my behalf.

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09-08-2009 , 07:17 PM

#343

mikekelley

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Not being able to win at poker bugs me

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09-08-2009 , 09:35 PM

#344

JaredL

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It bugs me that the word troop now is used to indicated a single member of the military and not a collection of them.

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09-08-2009 , 09:43 PM

#345

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Originally Posted by ardubz

How about junk shows like CSI have been on air for years and have had numerous spinoffs.

How about vegans that try to push the stupid ideals on you. The reason why we humans evolved and are where we are at is because we kill to consume meat.

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09-08-2009 , 10:26 PM

#346

Party

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Originally Posted by wrschultz

When you approach a huge bus stop, one where 30+ people get on and off EVERY SINGLE TIME the bus stops there, and some passenger pulls the string to request a stop.

My campus (University of Minnesota) has special free shuttle buses, painted school colors and everything, which are converted from normal buses. They travel in a circuit all day with four or five specific, predetermined stops on it to get students across the Mississippi river and to the St. Paul campus.

Every time I'm on there someone pulls the string as soon as the bus starts moving.

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09-09-2009 , 12:00 AM

#347

LWr

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Originally Posted by kerowo

Yea, people caring about me always bugged the **** out of me.

Girls don't call every day because they care about you.
They call every day because they want you to care about them.

They want your attention. They don't actually care about how your day went.

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09-09-2009 , 01:14 AM

#348

supafrey

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Originally Posted by mr.giggles

How about vegans that try to push the stupid ideals on you. The reason why we humans evolved and are where we are at is because we kill to consume meat.

People that don't know what logic is, or possess it in the vaguest of terms but lack the critical thinking skills / comprehension to understand or predict opponent's arguments.

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09-09-2009 , 01:54 AM

#349

Golden_Rhino

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Originally Posted by belacopter

People that say atm machine and pin number.

People that refer to it as an interact machine.

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09-09-2009 , 02:46 AM

#350

SHOT

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Cops who pull people over for speeding in the middle of rush hour. You just created a traffic jam, worsening everyones day, so you can make the county 151$... Thanks you ****ing worthless *******...

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