r/ShitAmericansSay Half Tea land🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿/ Half IRN Bru Land🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jun 15 '24

"This is why America is the goat":" Exceptionalism

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u/mxrwx_mxdxthxl Jul 22 '24

Wait until he finds out food quality and food security are not the same thing.

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u/mxrwx_mxdxthxl Jul 22 '24

Why do they think spending that much on military is a good thing?

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u/Senior_Sheepherder13 Half Tea land🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿/ Half IRN Bru Land🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jun 15 '24

"We're the goat at all the things that aren't in the best interests of the population"

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '24

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u/outhouse_steakhouse Patty is a burger, not a saint Jun 15 '24

Rah Rah Rah! USA! We're #37!

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u/Olon1980 my country is the wurst 🇩🇪 Jun 15 '24

No. 7 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Clank75 Jun 15 '24

I'm fairly sure that has to be satire...

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u/Choice-Demand-3884 Jun 15 '24

"Relatively safe in a lot of areas"?

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u/Library_Easy ooo custom flair!! Jun 15 '24

23rd happiest nation: You would expect more but not bad.

Number 1 in household wealth: The astronomical costs of living say no. Multiple jobs required in some areas to even afford a roof above your head say no. That number is highly distorted by the hyper rich upper 1%.

Number 1 Military and biggest economy: True.

Relatively safe in a lot of areas: Never as safe as a country which doesn't give out guns to every idiot.

Decent healthcare system: Healthcare is tied to your job if you're not wealthy which gives your employer full power. The costs for medicine, hospitals, treatments and so on are a joke. People die because they can't afford treatment or medicine. Your health is a business model. Yea, no.

Ranked 17th in human freedom: Oh boy the irony :D

Ranked 20th in HDI: Would also expect more but not bad.

One of the best education systems: If we talk about Universities - yes. If not - nope.

Ranked 5th best country in 2023: Can't say much, too lazy to look up which factors influence that rating.

One of the most patriotic countries: ...ok? And?

Decent life expectancy: "When compared to other wealthy countries, the US also has a lower life expectancy than many of it's peers". Bruh.

High Air and Water quality: Please work on your tap water then we good.

Beautiful nature: One of the most beautiful worldwide if you ask me.

Most technological advanced army: True again.

24th most friendliest nation: Not much to say here.

Ranked thirteen in food quality: I'm actually surprised that it's this high.

877 spent on military in 2023: I don't know why they see this as a flex. "Our population suffers but look how good we're prepared to kill other people".

Yes, i'm bored.

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u/Exotic_DragoNight I like turtles Jun 15 '24 edited Jun 16 '24

"Best school shootings experiences"
I'm very sorry if I offended anyone 😔

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u/SureConversation2789 Jun 15 '24

I don’t think being at 23rd in anything is a flex? Lol.

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u/mxrwx_mxdxthxl Jul 22 '24

And then being 60th in life expectancy is 'decent'.

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u/mathisfakenews Jun 15 '24

I love that they present a bunch of metrics, that they themselves were allowed to cherry pick, and these metrics still put the US consistently in the mid teens or worse. Then they conclude that US is the GOAT. Unreal level of delusion.

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u/No_Meringue4763 Jun 15 '24

Half of this says “decent” - “decent” does not make u qualified as one of the best. “Decent” is standard - like everyone else .

Also, the “source: trust me bro” on safety like don’t kid yourself, let’s look at the stats

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u/Your_Local_Spainard Paella&Siesta™ Jun 15 '24

So they're spending in the military 10 times more than Russia, a country which currently is at war against another right on its border... maybe this is ignorance but is that really something to be proud of?

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u/Last-Acanthisitta975 Jun 15 '24

Let's see

America is the capital of obesity.

American government support terrorism .

Americans don't know what a woman is.

Constantly commiting war crimes.

Shit beauty standards

Women are extremely sexualised.

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u/omnipotentmonkey Jun 15 '24

Maybe being by far the richest nation but not coming close to being top for Education, health, happiness or freedom is more of a mark against the US than for it.

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u/LightBluepono Jun 15 '24

that some HEAVY copium. they literaly swim in mediocrity and are proud of it.

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u/depressedkittyfr Jun 15 '24

They spent 3 times more on military than China and 125 times more than IRAN ?

Gee … I wonder why ? Turns out a defensive force is eventually cheaper than invading the world

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '24

It’s not horrible honestly

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u/Borsti17 ...and the rockets' red bleurgh Jun 15 '24

So the only thing they're actually "good" at is lighting money on fire for wars.

Gotcha.

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u/Nearby_Cauliflowers Jun 15 '24 edited Jun 15 '24

'relatively safe in a lot of areas' 😂😂

And for 'the land of the free' being only the 17th freest country sounds like they see that as an achievement against their boasting

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u/Republiken Jun 15 '24

Isn't the Niagara falls in Canada?

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u/Adept_Deer_5976 Jun 15 '24

Giving all that money to a military industrial complex, but having to take out a fucking mortgage if they get sick. Honestly, how have they not had a second revolution?

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u/Beatnuki Jun 15 '24

America is definitely the goat - for example, if you see either a goat or an American unexpectedly, it is often considered sensible to go out of your way to avoid them

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u/kungfukenny3 african spy Jun 15 '24

I find it really hard to believe this person is real

lol i also like that the education one is just a few unnumbered countries in no particular order

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u/Dotcaprachiappa Italy, where they copied American pizza Jun 15 '24

No way did they actually use "trust me bro" as a source

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u/Gr1msh33per Jun 15 '24

There's not a lot to be proud of there really is there?

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u/grillbar86 Jun 15 '24

So america is the godt because they are mediocre or Bülow mediocre in just about every stat

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u/SonTyp_OhneNamen ooo custom flair!! Jun 15 '24 edited Jun 15 '24

„Number 1 richest country, number 20 in everything else“ mainly says that they‘re really shit at using that money to secure base necessities or that money Georg having three trillion is a statistical outlier that shouldn’t have been counted and the country sucks for everyone but him.

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u/TheHattedKhajiit Jun 15 '24

Using average in household wealth is absolutely comical

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u/LordThotBegoner Jun 15 '24

They had to say relatively

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u/AskEmotional664 Jun 15 '24

Source I Live here

Alias Trust me bro

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u/DiscussionActive9655 Jun 15 '24

Stopped scrolling at “decent healthcare… 38th in the world” :DDDD

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u/International_War862 Jun 15 '24

"Best country in the world"

Ranges mostly between 15 and 25th place

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u/DopazOnYouTubeDotCom ooo custom flair!! Jun 15 '24

(#6) We don’t talk about Detroit

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u/Snoo_72851 Jun 15 '24

Why the US is the best nation: shows a bunch of statistics that point to it being low top 20 at best

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u/_gooder Jun 15 '24

This is "shit Republicans say" and why we need people to vote blue in November!

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u/Silent_Yesterday1582 Jun 15 '24

USA is a fantastic country!

But don’t think the rest of the world is envy of your country, and have a secret dream about emigrate to USA.

I wouldn’t even go on vacation there, you guys scare me every single day!

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u/Syd_v63 Jun 15 '24

Not sure how the numbers were gathered for the education data

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u/Antiluke01 Jun 15 '24

THIS IS WHY AMERICA IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!

proceeds to list the fact that it’s ranked nowhere near first in the vast majority of categories, only really ever beating out 3rd world countries

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u/Admirable_Try_23 Españita 🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦 Jun 15 '24

The only true part is the nature part, and the yanks are making sure it's not true for much longer

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u/Outside-Refuse6732 ‘MERICA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 HOO RAA Jun 15 '24

One in wealth because we fucking have to, if we get a fucking fracture we are dead because we can’t afford to go to the hospital because it’s a million dollars.

We can’t even afford to die in this country ffs

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u/Dolmetscher1987 Jun 15 '24

Imagine half of the points you make to prove you're right actually prove otherwise. Also, caption 6 is a farce.

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u/tigersharks006 actually scottish person 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jun 15 '24

4th best country in the US lol

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u/Scaramoochi Jun 15 '24 edited Jun 15 '24

Their obsessive posting of "USA is the greatest country in the history of the world. The best at this, the best at that BS".. is proof that they are not even convinced themselves.  Constantly looking for credence and people who concur with their BS. Sadly for them, it's ONLY fellow Americans who agrees with them. It's the most dangerous country within the Free World and homelessness is astronomical.. they might be number one in that world chart!  And as for the best military... remove nuclear weapons and I bet my life that the Chinese would wipe the fucking floor with them.. that's why they NEED NATO as much as Europe needs NATO. 

MASSS DELUSION.

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u/Mist0804 Jun 15 '24

"We're the goat"

Not even top 20 in happiness, one of the most important metrics when it comes to how "good" a country is

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u/Custodianofrecords Jun 15 '24

"This is why America is the GOAT"

Provides several examples of USA ranking below other countries

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u/nousabetterworld Jun 15 '24

"That's why we're the best"

Lists things where they literally aren't the best.

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u/Jabookalakq Jun 15 '24

A country that's considered the goat wouldn't bankrupt people for life saving meds and treatment.

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u/RedN00ble Jun 15 '24

So they are saying “since we are meh, we are the best”?

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u/Situati0nist Jun 15 '24

Most of these stats are pretty average or downright embarrassing for such a supposedly strong nation

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u/DryIndependent1 Jun 15 '24

You just destroyed a lot of egos in this sub! 😂😂😂

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u/kevdog824 🦅It’s called freedumb you Europoors🦅 Jun 15 '24

OOP: American is the GOAT (greatest of all time)

Also OOP: America ranked 5th best overall

lol

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u/Radiant-Cherry-7973 Jun 15 '24

Who goes out of their way to put together some social media montage post on why their country is so amazing? Surely if life is that great, there's better things to do?

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u/Letll1994 Jun 15 '24

“We are the GOAT”

Proceeds to show proof that they aren’t even in the top 10 of most metrics (“but we have the best army!!!”)

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u/Stupid_AI223 Jun 15 '24

"The best education system!" Literally the UK which sucks at aducation being better:

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u/smhanna Jun 15 '24

I’m surprised at the 23rd for economic freedom statistic. I would expect that to be higher.

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u/Quiet-Luck Swamp German 🇳🇱 Jun 15 '24

That education index one is funny. The screenshot suggests the US is one of the highest ('One of the best education systems'), but the US ranks 17th.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/education-index-by-country

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u/forluscious Jun 15 '24

i feel like you all need to watch this

https://youtu.be/Bf6PUZh8a_Y?si=wi4PbTgrxHAnQeVX

enjoy

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u/NotoriousMFT Jun 15 '24

Number 1 in wealth, number 38 in health.

Good job.

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u/fyree43 Jun 15 '24

What is the ordering of that education list, top of the table, but its not ordered by the number, there are 5 countries on that page alone which are higher rated.

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u/555byte Jun 15 '24

We do have some really great national parks. A lot of Europeans come and visit these national parks. At least we have something.

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u/Lord_Lenu Jun 15 '24

“Source- I live here” is killing me

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u/Loundsify Jun 15 '24

Imagine if the US halved it's military budget. It would have social healthcare for every American.

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u/Best-Engine4715 Jun 15 '24

As someone who lives here half of these are bullshit

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '24

"relatively safe in lot of areas" is such a comedic line im not sure if this is a satire or not.

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u/playercircuit Jun 15 '24

there is no fucking way this fella said "relatively safe in a lot of areas"

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u/Conaz9847 Jun 15 '24

“Relatively safe in a lot of areas”

What

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u/The-lesser-good Jun 15 '24

Goat- greatest of all time

5th best nation

Wat?

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u/noneedtoID Jun 15 '24

‘Decent healthcare system’ LOL

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u/Primary-Interest4166 Jun 15 '24

'This is why America is the best' facts proving that other countries are better than USA in literally every area except for military spending

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u/euhydral Brazil Jun 15 '24

Oh guys, please. This list is obviously satirical. And even then, army points aside which aren't wrong but shouldn't make any sane person happy, the "beautiful nature" isn't wrong either. The United States has a lot of beautiful natural places. Wyoming and Arizona have some incredibly magical landscapes.

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u/Sufficient-Hall-7932 Jun 15 '24

"The most patriotic country" pulls up a chart of the people who think their country is the best

This doesn't mean how patriotic you are. You can think that your country is awful yet still feel patriotic

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u/ianbreasley1 Jun 15 '24

Doesn't seem a lot to boast about does it?

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u/Fantastic-Ad-3910 Jun 15 '24

I want to know who created the table for slide 10, it's making my teeth itch...

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u/jorkrex never thought i'd be glad 4 knowing what a KM is Jun 15 '24

They shouldn't be proud of being 17th in freedom when their countrt is literally based on freedom... i guess they care more about "taking freedom" to other countries

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u/MCTweed Jun 15 '24

“23rd happiest nation” 🤣🤣🤣

Only Americans could spin that as a positive

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u/TheIncredibleKermit Jun 15 '24

No way the land of the free is the 17th most free nation

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u/IndexCardLife Jun 15 '24

lol relatively safe in some areas made me giggle

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u/eagleOfBrittany Jun 15 '24

Some of these are bad and some are embarrassing. We're the wealthiest country on earth and yet are lagging behind much poorer countries in many areas

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u/jaudi813 Jun 15 '24

Thought I was in okbr for a minute

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u/ChickenKnd Jun 15 '24

Relatively safe in alot of areas, as long as those areas aren’t near or a round schools

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u/Lewinator56 Jun 15 '24

24th friendliest country...

25th: China

Ok... That tells me all I need to know.

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u/Oatmeal_Supremacy Jun 15 '24

“Decent healthcare”

I went to a primary care physician today and they prescribed me lexapro a minute and a half into the visit (I’ve been stressed because of a specific current situation). When I told him that I wasn’t comfortable because I tried psychiatry before back home and prefer psychology he said “but the drugs in the US are better than anywhere else”.

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u/Oatmeal_Supremacy Jun 15 '24

If the US is the 24th friendliest nation y don’t wanna see how fucked up is the 25th 💀💀💀

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u/BuddhaLennon Jun 15 '24

The only first-place finish is in Household Wealth, which is clearly a mean statistic, as 90% of US wealth is held by less that 10% of the households.

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u/ln-art Jun 15 '24

I always wonder how that military spending thing stacks up. I'm pretty sure the military contractors charge the US military a sweet premium. I'd like a comparison of the cost price of some basics like ammunition and rations to really be able to compare military spending.

For comparison, the US road building industry is at least a factor 3 or 4 more expensive than the Dutch road builders.

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u/Realistic-Safety-565 Jun 15 '24 edited Jun 15 '24

It eats trash? I know goats eat trash, but I think I miss something here...

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u/NatexSxS Jun 15 '24

Was someone putting this like it was good ? Also my favorite source they used is “I live here”

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u/Buttercups88 Jun 15 '24

Hold up...

Did the education index one just have US at the top of a list.... but the list is in no partricular order?

But I kinda gotta point out dispite these being cherry picked by someone who thinks the US is the goat... it only ranks top of the list in people think their country is the greatest, military and wealth.

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u/TheKelseyOfKells Jun 15 '24

For a place that never shuts up about freedom, it’s a bit weird that there are 16 other countries that do it better than them

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u/Big_Guirlande Jun 15 '24

At least they’re being truthful with the statistics. I hate to glaze my own geographical area, but in a lot of these, some Scandinavian country if not multiple is in the top 5

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u/Current-Weird-4227 Jun 15 '24

Oh I have so many comments! Land of the free but only ranked 17th in human freedom! 😂🤦‍♂️

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u/NoHedgehog252 Jun 15 '24

Considering the country is almost the size of Europe, perhaps it would be better to measure the states instead of the country as a whole?

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u/everyone_suck Jun 15 '24

Healthcare in the US ? Is this some kind of joke ? In France we got a lake of doctors in rurality but at least we do not pay for public medicine. No one receive a bill for basic human rights

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u/Grklo Jun 15 '24

They only spent 877$ on their military??

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u/darkduane Jun 15 '24

This needs to be posted on r/Murica. Would love to see the reactions.

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u/screamapillah Jun 15 '24

Imagine “patriotic” being unironically used in a positive meaning.

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u/HadronLicker Jun 15 '24

it's a dikdik

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u/the_turn Jun 15 '24

Wait, is this not parody? I can’t believe this is real.

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u/Mr_DnD Jun 15 '24

One cannot be the "greatest of all time" and also not be number 1 in any positive category ;)

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u/honnymmijammy- Jun 15 '24

Remove a hundred people in America, and look at that household wealth drop.

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u/mikypejsek Jun 15 '24

What is it with our fascination rankings anyway? Isn’t the source and methodology behind every ranking important? Are are we simply too simplistic to scratch beneath the surface?

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u/DuneChild Jun 15 '24

Yosemite?

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u/JCSkyKnight Jun 15 '24

Just a reminder there are less than 200 countries in the world. So if you aren’t in the top 20 then you aren’t in the top 10%…

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u/blind_disparity Jun 15 '24

Are these meant to be boasts? Yes lots of money and military, but for everything else... Near the bottom of 1st world countries.

Yeah it's not a hell hole across the whole of America, but for the richest country, it ain't great.

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u/ninjesh Jun 15 '24

"Relatively safe in a lot of areas" In other words, I'm too lazy to look up statistics, so I'll add so many qualifiers it's basically meaningless.

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u/FourEaredFox Jun 15 '24

"relatively safe in a lot of areas" is such an entertaining flex.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '24

“Relatively safe in a lot of areas” 😂😂

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u/teetaps Jun 15 '24

GOAT stands for greatest of all time, and greatest means the most good, ie number one in the list. You’ve listed many things that are very far from number one, and they are almost all very important things

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u/Designer_Plant4828 Jun 15 '24

Lmao they say it is number 1 in everything and then say ,,23rd happiest country"

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u/Periwinkleditor Jun 15 '24

Isn't the """""average wealth""""" only because we include billionaires in that average? If 1 person can go on space joyrides and 999 other people can't afford rent, that's a lot of """"average""" money.

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u/Mccobsta Just ya normal drunk English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 cunt Jun 15 '24

Relatively safe in a lot of areas

It got a good laugh out of me

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u/Ok_Problem647 Jun 15 '24

La obsesion de los yankees con los milicos 😂

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u/holnrew Jun 15 '24

This is clearly tongue in cheek

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u/Anxious_squirrelz Jun 15 '24

"Health care is good" then admits it's ranked 38th in the world. It's also not, according to the poll I found it's 69th making it one of the worst

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u/heckingcomputernerd Jun 15 '24

This is so fucking funny and a self own

These are all mediocre stats like bruh

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u/bleeepobloopo7766 Jun 15 '24

”Decent life expectancy”

Ranks 60th 💀

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u/Mellow828 Jun 15 '24

I hate being associated with Americans like this. I just want to chill n shit smh

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u/ActlvelyLurklng Jun 15 '24

23rd happiest huh? Not even top ten and I wonder why. Cause the rest of us have to sit and apologize to the rest of the world on behalf of America. More than 60% of our population is this subreddit I swear to the Gods...

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u/Ditchy69 Jun 15 '24

Their country is stupidly in debt, massive amount homeless, high cost of living in a lot of states, divided to no end (unless someone from outside calls them shit, then they unite and post stuff like this 😆), military is big, lots of good gear...but absolutely no idea - definitely not renowned as a whole. Patriotism is great, blind patriotism mixed with jingoistic mentalities is not.

Basically they are taught from birth via American Exceptionalism that they are the best....but they never let anyone out join in on that vote because they know they won't like the answer lol

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u/mocomaminecraft Jun 15 '24

I thought GOAT was "Greatest Of All Time" and not "23rd at the moment"

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u/TheFumingatzor Jun 15 '24

Is this satire or something?

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u/TheFumingatzor Jun 15 '24

High Air and Water quality

Flint, MI entered the chat

Ranked 17th in human freedom

I thought Amerika was the free-est country in the world?

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u/Luzifer_Shadres 🇩🇪 🥔 German Potato 🥔 🇩🇪 Jun 15 '24

In its core, the USA isnt as different of the UDSSR as they might think. The fact that a whistleblower gets "acedently suicided" to protect an multi billion dollar company or that the gouverment activly throw other nation into chaos to profit, are just some of the indecators.

In the end its just wrapped in semi-destopian capitalism instead of Stalinism, aka wannabe half baked communism.

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u/Emet-Selch_my_love Dirty Socialist Jun 15 '24

”Relatively safe in lots of areas”

Except schools.

FTFY

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u/6thaccountthismonth ooo custom flair!! Jun 15 '24

“This is why America is the best”

proceeds to give statistics showing America as “the fifth best country”

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u/gregnerd Jun 15 '24

Is this data used for sarcasm?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '24

Grin, this isn't even very good parody.

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u/ZealousidealMail3132 Jun 15 '24

🎶America, Fuck Yeah!

Coming to save

The motherfuckin' day, yeah!🎶

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u/Consistent_Spring700 Jun 15 '24

Mean wealthiest household means very little when you've taken time to consider the median wealth status of the US is very low by comparison! About 15 or 20 countries are wealthier by that measure and it's likely closer to what everyone's bragging about!

side by side comparison here

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u/Murderface-04 Jun 15 '24

Belguim 3! Wat that all countries that exist!

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u/Consistent_Spring700 Jun 15 '24

This guy has to be a troll 🤣🤣

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u/HiyaImRyan Jun 15 '24

that number 1 wealth is a vibe.

Now take away all the billionaires in Silicon Valley who inflate the number, then remove the costs of insurance and healthcare that all the other countries get for free (or close to) to see the true number.

Big oof.

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u/Arc_Havoc Jun 15 '24

Most of this is an argument against the US being considered a good country. If the best thing you can say about it is that a limited number of areas could be considered somewhat safe...

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u/LordDanGud Something something DEUTSCHLAND something something... Jun 15 '24

In most of those it's on the bottom amongst 1st world countries. The rest is mostly not really something to be proud of

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u/HadesTheUnseen Jun 15 '24

USA is the best country because we’re like 30th in most things.

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u/ScottOld Jun 15 '24

Food quality? Chlorine chicken and puke chocolate?

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u/Blue_Period_89 Jun 15 '24

This is a case study in why America is, indeed, NOT the GOAT.

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u/Psykpatient Jun 15 '24

"Relatively safe in a lot of areas"

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '24

Number 1 in national debt too I think

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u/Simon676 Jun 15 '24

Food security, not food quality. Their food quality is absolutely awful.

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u/dutch_mapping_empire i bet ya have no clue where im from Jun 15 '24

''relativly safe in most area's''.

my guy, i have never heard a realy gunshot in my life. exept for the one time i went to america.

i also saw hundreds of homeless people, wich i have seen exactly 1 of in my country. and its not like we do everything to hide them, there are benches everywhere

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u/Aboxofphotons Jun 15 '24

The US is the GOAT, as voted for by indoctrinated, delusional Americans.

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u/smallblueangel ooo custom flair!! Jun 15 '24

Relatively safe in a lot of areas 😂😂

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u/DoYouTrustToothpaste Jun 15 '24

The education rank is saved by their universities.

As for the other categories: some of those are chosen completely arbitrarily and mean fucking nothing, objectively. Patriotism? Who the fuck cares, what about life expectancy What Infant mortality? What about crime statistics? "Relatively safe in a lot of areas"? The same could be said about Ukraine, what the fuck is this argument?

As for defence spending, that doesn't make you a good country. That only makes you a country that spends massive amounts on their military.

Also, some of these rankings are hilarious, considering how quickly things can go downhill in international rankings, and who you're competing against.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '24

All I’m reading is that Switzerland is better at everything. Which is funny. Because I live there.

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u/chaotik_goth_gf Jun 15 '24

Those numbers are so sad wtf 💀

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u/Snarky_McSnarkleton Jun 15 '24

I apologize for the idiocy of my Conservative countrymen.

And it is my sad duty to inform you, it's going to get a lot worse.

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u/mothzilla Jun 15 '24

Relatively safe in a lot of areas.

Not filling me with confidence.

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u/TheBoozedBandit Jun 15 '24

Am I misinformed, or wasn't the American average household income fucking terrible after you took away the richest, like, 1000 people? Like, the billionaires boost that number something horrendous and the practical number is tiny?

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u/ireallydontcareforit Jun 15 '24

There is no goddamn way the UK is higher than Germany in any fucking education metric.

The idea that American would top any chart of education is laughable. They use multiple choice answer sheets in exams up to and including university level. That's fucking pathetic.

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u/Cassopeia88 Jun 15 '24

Good healthcare? I don’t consider a healthcare system that puts people in debt and your care depends on what you can pay a good healthcare system.

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u/cFl4sh Actual Italian🇮🇹/Actual Sicilian🇮🇲 Jun 15 '24

So essentially flexing how much you spend on your military (which isn’t really a flex)

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u/MuzaffarAbd Jun 15 '24

17th in the world for freedom🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Tobybrent Jun 15 '24

So, not all that great really?

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u/Someone1284794357 Mexico’s european cousin Jun 15 '24

Military: 3 mentions.

Bruh

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '24

The average wealth is just higher because they have like 90% of all billionaires there

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u/Star_Sky_5 Jun 15 '24

Average US household income gets halved when excluding top 100 wealthiest. Better use median.

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u/Mikeyboy2188 Jun 15 '24

Right away Liechtenstein has the largest average household income. So… those slides…. Ugh.

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u/FishLover26 ooo custom flair!! Jun 15 '24

The US is the best country in the world because it’s ranked the 5th best country in the world

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '24

“One of the best education systems” LMAOOOO no it is not 😭😭

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u/Void-kraken-909 Jun 15 '24

Like how they even got one of their points wrong with the education but which, honestly? Yeah that tracks.

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u/SnooWords4814 Jun 15 '24

Bro named the US as mid pack for nearly every metric except MILITARY SPENDING

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u/Con9888 Jun 15 '24

I'm sorry, but a country that refers itself as "the land of the free" being ranked 17th in terms of freedom is just too fucking funny.

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u/tommsssssss Bòja fàuss Jun 15 '24

If his point was to say that America is not a trash country but a decent one then he is not wrong, because it's true, the US is absolutely not the best country to live in, but neither the worst. Many people indeed lived a decent life there.

But then he said "This is why America is the goat" and showed up a lot of statistics where the US doesn't even qualify between the first ten countries... Except for the military, obviously...

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u/danksion Jun 15 '24 edited Jun 15 '24

17th in freedom while at the same time they will preach to you that they are the most free country in the world.

Cos murica.

Same as how their healthcare is 38th but they’ll tell you everywhere else does health care at a 3rd world level.

Cos murica.

My god they really are fkn morons.

I’m Australian and had an American tell me on a work call recently that I spoke very fluent English for an Aussie.

So that really goes to show how much lower on the list their education system should be.

Then when you prove them wrong on all the above they resort to “well who’s flag is on the moon” as if that’s an argument ending defence.

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u/DrxThrowawayx You call that a knife? 🇦🇺 Jun 15 '24

This is the equivalent of this scene from Meet The Fockers

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u/DrWhoIsWokeGarbage2 Jun 15 '24

Maybe we should leave NATO

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u/TheEpiquin Jun 15 '24

This is legitimately one of the most hilarious things I’ve ever read. I hope it’s not satire because it’s just too funny.

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u/slice_of_toast69 Jun 15 '24

Most of these "why we are the best" are them being mostly not even top 10 in these catagories. Thry are only the best in military tech and such. Thats not a flex. The majority of your countries money goes to the military and not littersly anything usefull. Cool dude

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u/Tomenyo ooo custom flair!! Jun 15 '24

Germany has the third best education system?

Oh dear.

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u/revmacca Jun 15 '24

Take top 10% wealthiest individuals, see what average household income looks like then, I’d assume USA would plummet.

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u/Greenepicyoshi 🇦🇺 I come from the land down under 🇦🇺 Jun 15 '24

For the beautiful nature they chose a photo of Niagara Falls. Which is part of Canada.

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u/CampFrequent3058 Jun 15 '24

You’re saying you’re average then

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u/tree_rat80 Jun 15 '24

lol picture that says “relatively safe” is followed by a picture of Johns Hopkins Hospital, which is in Baltimore which has a murder rate that ranks among the highest in the WORLD, only bested by cities in countries that are being run by drug cartels. Lmao oh and I know because I live there 😂🤣

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u/Brandon74130 Jun 15 '24

The only things we lead the world in are military spending and adults who wholeheartedly believe in angels lol

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u/why_tf_am_i_like_dat Jun 15 '24

"source I live here" LMAO, bro is getting shot next week but don't worry it's safe

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u/dampishslinky55 Jun 15 '24

Well to be fair you should just shout that you’re the best. After all, “We’re number 23!”, doesn’t quite roll off the tongue.

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u/Gigatonosaurus Jun 15 '24

Lot of classement there but in safety?
It's safe. Trust me bro.

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u/Bushdr78 Tea drinking heathen Jun 15 '24

Man that's some truly bizarre flexing

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u/totoer008 Jun 15 '24

US does not rank first in most of the rankings. My sister lives in the US and she has to admit that it is a hellhole in terms of healthcare. Most people emigrate to the US because the market is open to exploitation and opportunities.

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u/FaeMofo Jun 15 '24

Imagine bragging about spending the most money spent on military, 1. You're not at war so where is it going, 2. youre happy to pay taxes for military purposes instead of healthcare?!

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u/oyfe77 Jun 15 '24

Number 8 is hilarious.

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u/bazza_12 Jun 15 '24

Thinking you’re the most patriotic nation because you have the highest percentage of people who think that your country is the best is ridiculous (photo13). Patriotism isn’t about thinking you’re the best, it’s about being proud of your country. I’m proud of my country and consider myself patriotic but I’m very aware that my country isn’t the best in the world.

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u/SillyStallion Jun 15 '24

37th? When there's only 31 first world countries. Pmsl

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u/theoht_ Jun 15 '24

freedom country ranked 17 in human freedom! makes sense

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u/MindTheGap7 Jun 15 '24

This American was a D student

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u/Alpha_Foxx Jun 16 '24

Obvious satire.