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i hate england. |
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england sucks. scotland, wales and NI aren't too bad. ireland is undoubtably amazing, since that is where Redrum is from. |
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i love england |
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england = football i hate football |
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Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. |
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i personally fucking hate the place. everyone is a moody lazy cunt, and you are guaranteed to get ripped off about 50 times a day. yeah, i fucking hate it. full of violent intimidating chavs too. i'd rather live in iraq. |
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it would be more interesting to hear brits who have lived abroad, if they miss the UK, sorry, England. I miss the people, as for chavs they're fucking everywhere in Europe, each country has it's own name for them. |
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the glorious aura of a fallen empire + |
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I dunno, my black ass has never even been to England. |
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yes sir. i lived in sydney for 7 months,found it rather boring. i love manchester,it makes me smile. |
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I lived in Lithuania for two years, which was amazing at first because it was all so new and exciting. It soon became shit when everday drudgery kicked in. I also quickly realised that there are good and bad people everywhere, that nowhere is anywhere close to perfect, and that England is basically no better or worse than anywhere else. And, at the end of the day, it's where my friends and family live, so I had to come back. And I've been to Ireland. Beautiful place, friendly people. I'm sure if I lived there I'd quickly think it was shit though - like anywhere else. But basically it seemed to have as many bad points as England has - in fact, it seemed pretty fucking similar. Maybe not to southern England, but in many ways the people, the scenery, the pace of life seemed similar to where I come from. Of course England is a turd. But so is Ireland. And so is the world. |
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Lived abroad quite a lot, but I like it more here, either the people are nicer or I can communicate with them better but its one of the two |
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love of one country is hatred of another |
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That's so dumb and incorrect. |
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So, if I love a woman I must hate all the others. Surely, that's a fine product of the wonderful contradictory world of irrational logic. Congrats |
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don't blame me. some philosopher guy was quoted as saying it on some crap documentary once. |
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Well the mainstream sucks I agree (but like most so called "civilized" countries) But I must admit that when I first came to the UK and the reason why I'm still here is that it has a very developed and active alternative scene which tries to balance things out. This is something that a lot of other western countries lack actually, and it gives a ray of hope =) |
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You're to blame for perpetuating it! |
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I've lived in Poland (lovely people), Argentina (lovely people) and Portugal (ahem...). I'll always miss things about the UK (if we broaden this out a bit) as, from birth, I've been steeped in the culture. Until I learn another language and really integrate in another country I'll never really be able to be anywhere near objective. I'll say this though, the weather here in Portugal is adamn sight better than in the UK. And sometimes, that's enough. |
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i lived in Cape Town for 6 months. was fucking wicked, but i missed England. mainly just coz i'm english and i feel at home here and know how everything works. |
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I don't know anywhere else with such a diverse and amazing music scene as the north of England. Bloody brilliant! :D |
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He was probably saying something more along the lines of, "If you're very proud of your country (or race, or gender, etc.), the implication is that other countries are not as good and hence in some way inferior. For example, saying "Britain is superb." Suggests that you must be measuring it on some sort of scale and for it to be near the top of the scale, almost all other countries must rank below it. It doesn't neccessarily mean you hate them though. Of course, it depends what exactly you like about a country; saying France's food is great, suggests ours isn't so hot. Saying, I love Britain because of all the fond memories of the place (IE something more akin to what Jonesy was saying) doesn't denigrate any other country. For example, it leaves open the possibility that had you grown up in Japan, or Africa, or America, you could have had fond memories from there. |
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a whole lot of governments are pathetic! Most of 'em actually. But every country's got something cooL to offer! |
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non-pathetic countries: switzerland canada most acandinavian countries japan |
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Didn't the Swiss get their hands on Jewish money during WWII? |
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thats why switzerland is so amazing - they are absolutely loaded because they kept hold of all the nazi gold. |
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surprisingly japan is actually pretty pathetic, they just distract you with all the bright lights and flashy electronic gadgets. my reason for this is that all the shit america does that everyone disagrees with, like this war being about blood for oil, the rest of the world gets the benefits of with out any of the backlash america gets for pulling it off. japan and americas economies are practically entertwined so if one fails so does the other creating a domino affect through out the rest of the world. cuz boy we all love our wirless digital braodband communication and entertainment devices so much, what would you moan about with out them right? no oil no industry no economy no society. |
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You forget to mention that England is just as intertwined with Japan and America... |
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I came pretty close to making a parody thread titled "Myleg is prosthetic." Would that have been funny? |
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I chortled |
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But Japan's economy has been in recession for a decade, America's hasn't. |
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1234 let me hear you scream if you want some more say ahhhhh push it push it watch me work it im perfect |
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that was the domino effect i was talking about... :) jonsey: because the feds cut the intrest rates after nine eleven so there wouldn't be an economic collapse. so people wouldn't worry if they should be spending their throw away income in the face of impending attacks. and the military industrail complex could roll on! |
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My ideal place is a city with cozy streets. Cobble stone every where. Streets and streets of cozy houses real close together with cafes on each corner. |
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I hate to sound smug but you couldn't go far wrong than come to Portugual. They have these sandy-coloured cobbled stones called "Calcada" here that are everywhere (in the Metro & shopping centres even). Spit and you'll hit a family-run cafe/restaurant too. The march of globalisation will reach here soon enough though. |
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I noticed that I always complained about where I lived and I always wanted to get out of this city or that city. Its a trait I don't like about myself and I suspect its mostly in my head. Like how people say its not where you are its where your head is basically. I agree with that mostly. A positive outlook also changes real things in your life too. |
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right, like in America there are only a few places with the cobble stone clustered cozyness. Georgetown DC comes to mind. Probably Greenwich village in NYC, few and far between. Which is why I would love to hear more people comment on places like this so I can go and check it out. Maybe even move to the best place. |
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amsterdam yo! |
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I wouldn't say that superb is comparative, not that saying France's food is great implies an inferiority of other nations' culinary efforts. But that's just me; words like superb and great are just standards, not comparatives. |
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i think your pathetic to make a thread like this. |
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Please be discerning when deciding whether to use YOUR or YOU'RE. YOUR = belonging to you YOU'RE = a contraction of YOU ARE Your dogged determination to laugh in the face of linguistic convention is becoming tiresome, say what. |
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whatever. i half expected someone to post a rude comment about mine. |
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amazing! completely baffling... |
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You're letting ChiTown down man. |
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Police in Swindon are hunting two teenage girls who held up a shop at gunpoint and stole £500. |
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I'm in this fairly poor, remote Hungarian village at the moment, and despite the fact that I can't speak the language properly the 20/21 year olds are more than happy to make friends and hang out. My experience of staying up in an English village is far less impressive; nobody was particularly horrible, but a certain cold sarcasm seems to permeate the English, and there's a certain warmth in other cultures that I sometimes feel we lack. Still, the living conditions are good here, and the nice people are very nice, and like someone else said, it's got a great underground music scene. I reckon it's a great place to live. |
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Actually, that's a good point. I take back what I said: It's only great place to live if you're lucky enough not to live in the many crime-ridden shitholes. Related to that point is how the countryside has been tainted here; apart from all the murders that go on, it's far too controlled and sterile. Nature should be allowed a little more freedom. |
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everyone, holland is where you don't want to live in, let's all ship out to Norway, it seems pretty cool, you never hear that much bad stuff on the news concerning norway either, it's abit cold, but we're MEN for fuck's sakes, we can take cold! There's a chip on my shoulder. |
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Of course, there's no crime in Ireland..... |
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