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[Xantalos]

Can't we just exile them like we did Scott?

[My Name is Immaterial]

Meanwhile, up in Canada, I'm laughing at all you guys and then crying because of Rob Ford and Stephen Harper fucking everything up.

WE WERE PERFECT BEFORE YOU CAME ALONG. WHY.

The spirit of Bob Filner has possessed them after being exorcised by his non-existent therapy.

[Flying Dice]

-snip!-

Indeed. I've often met tourists from other parts of the nation (USA: We're so big that we go on vacation to ourselves) and I could instantly and readily discuss things with them and we'd have a pretty similar viewpoint. And the 'sure is great living in America' thing is a fantastic way to start a conversation with a tourist, because then you can both talk about why your particular slice of America is awesome. In F_D's case, this would be Jim Beam candy and stuff. In my case, it would be trailer parks and meth. I mean, incredibly low cost of living.

Home of the guy who invented basketball. I win.
Seriously, I live near the Legends in Kansas, and there are statues and plaques all over the front entrance area about awesome Kansas is.

Home of the guys who perfected basketball. 

UNC and Duke both have higher winning percentages and more wins in the history of the NCAA Tournament than either Kentucky or Kansas. And they have to play each other twice a year, whereas Kentucky has the SEC to beat up on and Kansas has the Big 12. Plus, basketball is like an unofficial state religion. The ACC Tournament is our Mardi Gras.

The truth begs to differ. We have the second most NCAA championships, too, and would have the most if it weren't for John Wooden.

[IronTomato]

I just got sigged twice in one day.

Why is that stupid?

...Nevermind 

[Flying Dice]

Oh, and a few incredibly important points I forgot to address:

Hans:
1. Bourbon balls are a triumph of the chocolateer's trade. They're so amazing I possibly coined a word to describe people who make them.
2. We have more than our share of meth and trailer parks here, too, ya know. 

[Mr Space Cat]

Oooh, are we talking about why our places of living are awesome? Texas has...uh...guns. And cows in some places. And guns. And republicans. And, shoot, I'm not doing good in the whole "awesome" category.

We got some cool bands. Explosions in the Sky, This Will Destroy You, Pantera, those guys with the beards ZZ Top. Also we got SXSW festival, that's cool right?

[Putnam]

I live in Washington. It's the same as Space Cat's description of Texas, but with more horses, fewer cows, more republicans and less bands.

I pretty much live in Idaho, actually, but it's nominally (and legally) Washington.

[Descan]

Can't we just exile them like we did Scott?

that's my name what

when... when was I exiled?

[BlackFlyme]

Can't we just exile them like we did Scott?

that's my name what

when... when was I exiled?

Oh, that was a while back. There was a vote, but you missed it.

Shouldn't have been such a dick.

[MaximumZero]

and being less than 200 miles from the worst place to live in the Anglophone world.

And where would that be?

Detroit.

I guess "worst" is incorrect. Just "most crime-ridden".

Johannesburg, South Africa is actually much more dangerous than Detroit, and one of the official languages of South Africa is English. Besides, Detroit is only really bad if you go hang out in the hood. There are a lot of lovely abandoned buildings and two very nice stadiums downtown. Also, the rest of Michigan is pretty nice, provided you stay out of Battle Creek, which is mini-Detroit.

[Graknorke]

Stop right there. Universal health care is a sucky thing. What's more, you know it because you never bothered to even point at an argument for chaining people to it. If it was so wonderful then somebody, somewhere, in some country, would have made the fucker voluntary. If it's so fantastic then nearly nobody would opt out. So shove your universal health care up your ass.

I have no fucking idea what this is all about. So... if nationalised healthcare is a good thing people should be allowed to opt out of it? Why would anyone want to opt out of getting medical treatment?
Can someone please explain this person's political opinions I don't get it.

[GiglameshDespair]

Stop right there. Universal health care is a sucky thing. What's more, you know it because you never bothered to even point at an argument for chaining people to it. If it was so wonderful then somebody, somewhere, in some country, would have made the fucker voluntary. If it's so fantastic then nearly nobody would opt out. So shove your universal health care up your ass.

I have no fucking idea what this is all about. So... if nationalised healthcare is a good thing people should be allowed to opt out of it? Why would anyone want to opt out of getting medical treatment?
Can someone please explain this person's political opinions I don't get it.

I don't understand that either.. here in Britain you can get it done on the NHS if it's effecting your quality of life or killing you, but if it's just cosmetic you have to get it down privately. Though you always have the choice to have it done privately as well, which is generally a lot faster and some would say better. So you can kind of opt out. If it's about paying tax that supports national health, that's silly, because that's not how tax works. If you never used roads you can't not pay some tax because that would go towards road upkeep and you never use them. Same sort of thin applies.

(Though there isn't an actual 'Road Tax' as soon many believe there is.)

[Graknorke]

(Though there isn't an actual 'Road Tax' as soon many believe there is.)

So what do tax disks show you've paid? My life has been a lie.

[i2amroy]

(Though there isn't an actual 'Road Tax' as soon many believe there is.)

So what do tax disks show you've paid? My life has been a lie.

Roads are maintained either through a small tax on gas and large vehicle (55,000+ lbs) registration (for the national level) or through vehicle registration fees at the state level mostly (though this varies a little bit from state to state).

[scrdest]

Stop right there. Universal health care is a sucky thing. What's more, you know it because you never bothered to even point at an argument for chaining people to it. If it was so wonderful then somebody, somewhere, in some country, would have made the fucker voluntary. If it's so fantastic then nearly nobody would opt out. So shove your universal health care up your ass.

I have no fucking idea what this is all about. So... if nationalised healthcare is a good thing people should be allowed to opt out of it? Why would anyone want to opt out of getting medical treatment?
Can someone please explain this person's political opinions I don't get it.

I think (well, guess) the idea is that since universal healthcare is good, it doesn't need to be obligatory, because people won't WANT to opt-out, and so it being obligatory... proves that it isn't good, I suppose.

And people don't want to opt out of getting treatment, but out of a particular way it is organized.