Stupid quiz for ya now

[ddstory]

See, I'm kinda dumb*, so this was the smartest thing I could come up with to-evening. You're welcome to laugh at me.

It's the old worn-out quiz: "Which are the 3 top... X".

So my question to you is this. Which are the 3 things you love the most about your respective society, and which are the 3 things you hate the most?

I'll ask those who choose to

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[dwer]

USA:

3 thing I like the most:

1) The gradual movement towards increased recognition of minority populations
2) MLB Baseball
3) Freedom of Travel

3 things I like the least:

1) The PATRIOT Act, and by extension, the DHS
2) The ridiculous fighting cause by the fear of change in a distinct segment of the population
3) The commercialization of our entire society.

[htpcl]

BG:

+ Hospitality. If you're my guest and we run out of food, I'd cook my dog so you can have dinner.
+ Practicality. Hard times and hard circumstances tend to teach the person to make "something out of nothing".
+ La dolce vita. Life is short, enjoy every minute of it! What does some pesky work and money matter when you have a nice drink, a nice salad, good music and a bunch of cheerful mates to share them with?

- Whine, whine, whine. Muttered whine. When faced with a challenge, first thing is, we whine. Then we might *eventually* consider starting to address the issue.
- Everyone else is to blame for our misfortunes, PERIOD. If I fail on that job interview, YOU're to blame for it, got it?!?
- "The low-bent head won't be chopped off by the sword". It's our curse and our blessing. It has allowed us to continue existing as a people for nearly 1400 years, outlasting countless empires and rulers. But it has made us *too* tolerant to injustice, servile, resigned and quiet.

[sealwhiskers]

Don't kill your dog if I come by! I'll bring some beer and shortbread!

(but yeah, Slavic hospitality is pretty amazing)

[htpcl]

OK I promise to spare my dog (if I had any).

[a_new_machine]

Country: USA! USA! USA! USA!
+We're super-ridiculously optimistic. People just assume that things will work out one way or the other. Sure we've got our apocalyptic wingnuts, but who doesn't? We've got this confidence that we can and will leave the world a better place than we found it.
+We're independent. It makes for some stupid things (*cough*Imperial measurements*cough*) but I like the idea of being in the "odd country out," in some ways.
+We're vastly diverse. Fifty states spanning ocean to ocean, each with their own politics, able to make their own decisions about how their state will work. That's pretty cool, by my book.

-We're backwards. So much of the US is wrapped up in outmoded concerns that the rest of the world got over ages ago. In some senses it makes us unique, but unique is not always good-We're naive. Y'know that optimism I mentioned before? This is the flip side. We're so sure that everything will work out for the best that we don't do what we should be doing to ensure that it does. I really think this is part of

[sealwhiskers]

Country: Sweden

[lyssna]

This list is fantastic. I agree with every single word.

/another Swede

[sealwhiskers]

Yay, more of us!!

[airiefairie]

They usually don't realize this until they go and live in other parts of the world.

I sense a pinch of personal grief and disillusionment hidden behind these lines...

[gunslnger]

Country: U.S.A.
Likes:
- 24-hour shopping
- the melting pot. everything is here.
- the drive to improve, either personally or as a group.
Dislikes:
- pissy/selfish/uncaring people
- the gov't/the laws/lawyers (it's all related)
- that people don't like products that are good, so those choices go away and we're left with only the shitty ones.

[a_new_machine]

I know, man. Arrested Development is a modern tragedy.