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“ There is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we’re the greatest country in the world. We’re 7th in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income, number 4 in labor force and number 4 in exports. We lead the world in only three categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined - 25 of whom are our allies.
Now none of this is the fault of a 20-year-old college student, but you nonetheless are, without a doubt, a member of the worst (period) generation (period) ever (period). So when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world, I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about.
Now none of this is the fault of a 20-year-old college student, but you nonetheless are, without a doubt, a member of the worst (period) generation (period) ever (period). So when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world, I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about.
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Will McAvoy/Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom - pilot episode
[Disclaimer: The show is set in 2010. Some of the figures are off by now, some even worse than listed. Others - infant mortality, for instance, which is markedly better than 178th - are off whether then or now. The general picture remains the same, however: we hold dismal delusions of grandeur.)
(Source: andrewbaggott)
May 09 2012
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The offending tweet was made by a schoolfriend, not the kid whose account it’s on. (see the next two tweets). But look at the class of Stephen Fry’s answer.
(via Reddit)
(via slavetopassion)
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