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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2015 at 13:39
Another benefit of living in the US is that we have the privilege of feeling really good and productive and FREE about ourselves because we have to pay out of pocket for our health care Ouch
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Another benefit of living in the US is that we have the privilege of feeling really good and productive and FREE about ourselves because we have to pay out of pocket for our health care Ouch
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2015 at 13:53
^Exactly. 

Also, in what other country are you allowed to take a gun into a college or a bar? Please. Tongue
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It doesn't matter what the benefits are of living in the US, Europe or anywhere else.   You're either home or you're not home.
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Oh and welcome back T, been awhile -
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

It doesn't matter what the benefits are of living in the US, Europe or anywhere else.   You're either home or you're not home.

I agree. It's not nice to brag about your own country. At least that's what foreigners tell me. Wink
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I live in the USA and I don't like it very much. I do love some of the people here though immensely. I suspect I would love some people elsewhere too.

One thing though, is it doesn't really feel like "home." To me. I don't feel like I am home anywhere I go... This is probably a personal problem though.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Oh and welcome back T, been awhile -

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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

It doesn't matter what the benefits are of living in the US, Europe or anywhere else.   You're either home or you're not home.

When you're an immigrant (legal one, not to awaken the wrath of Trump Tongue) after a few years you completely start to have your notions of nationhood and homeland blurred and even sometimes impossible to set. 

Home is where you live and where those you love are I think. When you feel like home. It doesn't matter what flag you're under 
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I've lived in many parts of the US (California, New York, Texas, Georgia) and can tell you aside from the National and State Parks, it's not as special as everyone makes it out to be. The people claiming the US's superiority are a minority, unfortunately they are much more vocal and set the global image for us. However, I believe that will change in the coming years due to the majority of Millennial generations more liberal and accepting beliefs. 
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^Half of the country (or all those who claim to be conservatives) believe in American exceptionalism so I'm not sure about that... 
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A great quote from a great man named Dylan Moran (paraphrasing)
"Big conception is that American's are dumb, which is not really true. Every place on Earth has dumb people, some places with even more dumb people than Americans... but Americans have the LOUDEST dumb people."
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I Pseudo/Sentai your band? If so, you guys are f***** amazing!!
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Points: 3167 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 23 2015 at 19:21
Originally posted by tbonson04 tbonson04 wrote:

I Pseudo/Sentai your band? If so, you guys are f***** amazing!!

Yea! That's me! Thank you! Big smile That'll probably make me feel awesome all night. Embarrassed
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

I lived 3 miles from Europe's only permanent drag strip so most of my summer weekends from the age of around ten until I was fifteen were spent drooling over dragsters, hot rods and custom cars. I too never owned a car of my own until I was in my 30s... I didn't even have a driving licence until 1989.


That is a different world from how I grew up. I learned to drive my Grandfather's pickup truck when I was 9 years old. This was on the family farm in very rural Central Texas in the mid 1960s. I grew up in suburban Dallas but spent much time at the farm when school was out. While I like my modern conveniences, I could never go back to living in the big city. Work there, OK, since I must. But live there, never again. I like my open spaces and room to move. The daily commute is but a small price to pay for the peace I enjoy out here in the boonies.
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Points: 113 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 23 2015 at 22:18
Originally posted by Smurph Smurph wrote:

Originally posted by tbonson04 tbonson04 wrote:

I Pseudo/Sentai your band? If so, you guys are f***** amazing!!

Yea! That's me! Thank you! Big smile That'll probably make me feel awesome all night. Embarrassed

I just got Bansheeface on bandcamp. Can't wait to see what else you guys put out.Thumbs Up


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