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first man-made object in orbit: USSR

first living thing in space: USSR

first man in orbit: USSR

first woman in orbit: USSR

first man-made object on the moon: USSR

first man to set foot on the moon: USA

USA WINS!

I watched a documentary on the space race. USA would have had all of the records if they had given Van Braun the funding from the start. They didn't want it to be done by a Nazi though which makes sense. Russia's space program was done mostly by a Russian born citizen. So in the end Russia deserves the accolades because even if we beat them it'd really be a german beating them.

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07-04-2018 , 03:38 PM

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What country doesn’t have a checkered past, at least we’re not all speaking German

How about the first transistor at bell labs, of which you couldn’t complain about merica online without

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Your first amendment is pretty great. Tech innovation of the last twenty years pretty cool too.

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America is great because it takes the best things from everywhere else and makes them even better. "Good artists copy, great artists steal." -Steve Jobs

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If the space race happened today, von Braun would have been accused of joining the team that just beat him and subsequently winning multiple rings.

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If the space race happened today, von Braun would have been accused of joining the team that just beat him and subsequently winning multiple rings.

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07-04-2018 , 08:25 PM

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The US's largest comparative advantages over the world:

1. Customer Service - especially at restaurants & banks
2. Hot Dogs/Hamburgers/BBQ
3. Talent/Drive being compensated relatively fairly
4. Americans are much more friendly with strangers
5. Professional Sports Leagues - PLAYOFFS!
6. The diversity of climate & culture that can be found among all the states - it's like six countries in one
7. Related to #6, best country for a road trip
8. The Media

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You can get any kind of beer here. And of very high quality. I've been to Ireland and Germany, and our beer scene blows them away.

D+ level.

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American beer is easily the GOAT. I live in a town of 100k and there are 5 amazing craft breweries in town, each of which is better than anything outside of USA#1.

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Hey! Enough with this USA#1 beer talk! It's Independence Day not April Fools

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American beer is easily the GOAT. I live in a town of 100k and there are 5 amazing craft breweries in town, each of which is better than anything outside of USA#1.

Who even cares, they ship bottles anywhere in the world. I cringe when people dote on the beer scene in their city. Like, yeah, that's everywhere, it's called Walmart, idiot.

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Who even cares, they ship bottles anywhere in the world. I cringe when people dote on the beer scene in their city. Like, yeah, that's everywhere, it's called Walmart, idiot.

Euros ain't got no Walmarts

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07-04-2018 , 10:46 PM

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Who even cares, they ship bottles anywhere in the world. I cringe when people dote on the beer scene in their city. Like, yeah, that's everywhere, it's called Walmart, idiot.

I'm guessing you are leveling because of the wal mart part, but I know lots of breweries that don't even bottle their beer, let alone ship it all over the world.

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American beer is easily the GOAT. I live in a town of 100k and there are 5 amazing craft breweries in town, each of which is better than anything outside of USA#1.

To be fair, there's absolutely no way whatever city you live in has a better brewery than Cantillon.

I do think Hill Farmstead is the rightful heir to "best brewery in the world" based on their excellence across styles though.

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bottled beer blows

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bottled beer blows

what a ridiculous statement

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With a few exceptions, draft or canned is much better like 95% of the time.

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With a few exceptions, draft or canned is much better like 95% of the time.

The best beers in the world, including those from the US, come in bottles.

huge lol if you're thinking IPA's are amongst the best beers.

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07-04-2018 , 11:14 PM

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Our squirrels are top-notch.

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07-04-2018 , 11:20 PM

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I'm guessing you are leveling because of the wal mart part, but I know lots of breweries that don't even bottle their beer, let alone ship it all over the world.

My grandpa's garage brew wasn't in a bottle either because it sucked dick. Anything worth drinking ends up in a bottle at a supermarket. We get it, you're cultured and the pizza sports bars home brew that tastes like ****ty bud light is unique and you can only get it there and because you drink it you're cool by extension and all the girls wanna suck your dick in the hopes that your load still gives off the aroma you can only get at ginos pizza brewery sports gastrofubdub.

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07-04-2018 , 11:24 PM

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Alobar

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lol, you are trying way too hard

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I like cheap canned beer and USA#1 has the best. Or maybe the cheapest. Or both, or neither. idk, it's readily available and affordable. Whatever. Beer snobs are annoying.

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