Norris hates America: The thread of the musical sensation

[Forlorn Drifter]

Well, I don't think I'd really change my opinions if I met more people. My grandpa knows hundreds of black people at this point, and he's still a racist.

Also, there's something called sunshine in the U.S. I know in some parts of Europe, you haven't ever heard of that.

[BoringSupreez]

Well, I don't think I'd really change my opinions if I met more people. My grandpa knows hundreds of black people at this point, and he's still a racist.

You don't know that. Meeting different people has changed some of my opinions completely around, and reinforced others.

Also, there's something called sunshine in the U.S. I know in some parts of Europe, you haven't ever heard of that.

Some parts of the US haven't either.

[oxymoron]

Well, I don't think I'd really change my opinions if I met more people. My grandpa knows hundreds of black people at this point, and he's still a racist.

Also, there's something called sunshine in the U.S. I know in some parts of Europe, you haven't ever heard of that.

Racism is a virus on humanity.

[Menegrothx]

Also, there's something called sunshine in the U.S. I know in some parts of Europe, you haven't ever heard of that.

You're saying like it's a bad thing. It's dark as hell here for 50% of the year (although the sun never goes down at summer) and I still think the sun shines way too much. Had to tape my windows to keep it from illuminating my gaming room.

??? How is not being social a problem?

It is when you're trying to make generalized statements about people based only on your own experiences.

No matter how extroverted you are, you're still basing your views and opinions on a very limited pool of people. If you want to have true knowledge, you need to look things on a very large (nationwide or global) scale, observe statistics and seek out correlations. That way your objectivity won't by clouded by personal influences (aka that one guy you know)

[Forlorn Drifter]

Racism is a virus on humanity.

And? My grandpa's almost 80, he isn't really causing many issues. At the time he was growing up, it was kind of the norm.

And I thought this thread was supposed to be fun? We started with statistics that proved nothing besides that the culture of the U.S. and the culture of Europe are different, and then we went to stereotypes, now we're getting politically correct and boring, like some argue the U.S. is.

[ZeroAX]

The US sucks because you only have 1 good team sport that is popular, basketball. You guys like baseball FFS. BASEBALL. And you make fun of the rest of the world for liking football.

Handegg is kind of fun to play I guess, but boring to watch imo. There's too much downtime.

[foxhound1022]

The US sucks because you only have 1 good team sport that is popular, basketball. You guys like baseball FFS. BASEBALL. And you make fun of the rest of the world for liking football.

Handegg is kind of fun to play I guess, but boring to watch imo. There's too much downtime.

I'm American, but I hate baseball and basketball. I'd much rather watch hockey.

Even when I was young, I always wondered why we called American football "football".

[ZeroAX]

The US sucks because you only have 1 good team sport that is popular, basketball. You guys like baseball FFS. BASEBALL. And you make fun of the rest of the world for liking football.

Handegg is kind of fun to play I guess, but boring to watch imo. There's too much downtime.

I'm American, but I hate baseball and basketball. I'd much rather watch hockey.

ooh I forgot that one, fun sport yes. But Canadians are better at it so

[jinx]

I haven't met many people who actually like baseball. I think there are more Japanese people that like baseball at this point. I'm not huge into sports though, so meh...

This was a pretty fun read. Not too fond of America or the people here myself, but I'm not going anywhere any time soon.

[AppleQueso]

??? How is not being social a problem?

It is when you're trying to make generalized statements about people based only on your own experiences.

No matter how extroverted you are, you're still basing your views and opinions on a very limited pool of people. If you want to have true knowledge, you need to look things on a very large (nationwide or global) scale, observe statistics and seek out correlations. That way your objectivity won't by clouded by personal influences (aka that one guy you know)

I agree, but when you say "Most X people are Y in my experience" and then go on to basically say "I haven't actually met very many X people" it kinda undermines your point, don'tcha think?

It was just a light hearted jab anyway.