Too many British people in Los Santos

[monkeymonk]

 

 

Edit: I've never been to Northern Cali so I have no idea how the people are up there.

Outside of the major cities, Northern Cali is rural for the most part, but I can't speak for how the people act since I live in Washington State. I can say this though: the more you go north from Los Angeles, the more people tend to get laid back, but I hear San Diego is really chill. People here in the Seattle and Portland areas are really laid back, more so in Portland, so I guess people can take that any way they want to.

 

On this whole nationalism thing going on, it's not fair to say all Americans are bad people when the sample pools being used consist of jerks on the internet/video games or the mass media. We do have a lot of stupid people, that is true, but what country doesn't? Besides, they shouldn't represent the whole nation... but people love to take the negative things out of a group and use that to represent them. It's getting pretty old.

Portland looks great from watching "Grimm "

Lol!

I'm really not enjoying the "all Americans are ignorant and arrogant" anymore than I'm enjoying listening to the arrogant and ignorant examples within this thread.

I'm English btw.

If you're wondering about metric/imperial measurements they were developed in Britain, hence the term Imperial. They worked fine for measuring land, cloth and beer; but made engineering and science more complicated than they could be with the decimal metric system - that's why we changed (and also why we still buy pints of ale!)

We drive on the left because on our crowded roads it was safer for coaches to pass right side to right side so the coachman's whip was whipping away from the other coachman as a righthanded person will whip from right to left.

Americans drove either side, there are many early right hand drive american cars, but as the left hand drive model t became so prevalent it was sensible to standardise driving on the right in the states.

You see, no one is better or cleverer, we just had different conditions to deal with. ...

 

 

 

Actually, driving on the right and the decimal system were both Napoleonic introductions. They were both introduced into countries that Napoleon conquered, to make it more difficult for the English. The Americans introduced driving on the right after the war of independence, for pretty much the same reason that the French used it.

 

Driving on the left actually makes more sense, as your dominant side is against the oncoming traffic. But metric is better than imperial.

[Miss Malevolent]

 

See my point, American makes a derogatory generalization about an entire country based on his experience and he is being the "stereotypical stuck up arrogant American", Someone from another country makes a derogatory generalization about Americans and it is acceptable?

 

double standard

Well sure.

 

Just like every other person from XYZ country can say they're a proud XYZ and not get beat up for it, but the minute an American does, the world starts crumbling for most.

 

It seems jingoism, hypocrisy and xenophobia are shared across borders and cultures the world over and not simply an American construct which is the lie people like telling themselves to feel superior.

 

Basically the good Americans live in Southern California, New York, Massachusetts and Florida. The others are all assholes (believe in patriotism and hillbillyism too much). No offense to any good people that live in those " other" states. I'm just saying the majority.

 

Edit: I've never been to Northern Cali so I have no idea how the people are up there.

So if you lack common sense and you have no sense of hard work, ethics, you hate your privilege while enjoying the fruits of said privilege, and think that discrimination against people that don't believe as you do is okay without the faintest sense of irony nor the shame of hypocrisy...You're better?

 

See how generalizations work?

Edited April 21, 2015 by Miss Malevolent

[JC Hammer]

 

Driving on the left actually makes more sense, as your dominant side is against the oncoming traffic.

I'm sure that's why the Romans invented roads that way..

[Delta Echo]

Oh well.

 

British squeakers amuse me.

 

Today, sir, why it's Christmas Day

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5tCqerCQAAq8zN.jpg

[monkeymonk]

 

 

Driving on the left actually makes more sense, as your dominant side is against the oncoming traffic.

I'm sure that's why the Romans invented roads that way..

 

 

Well, nobody actually knows which side of the road Romans used. Physical evidence points toward the left, but there isn't much evidence around.

[Niko the awesome]

For god sakes close this thread.

[Uncle Sikee Atric]

Oh well.

 

British squeakers amuse me.

 

Today[/size], [/size]sir[/size], why it's [/size]Christmas Day[/size]

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5tCqerCQAAq8zN.jpg

In the same way Yankee squeakers and their N word gutter talk amuse me....

 

Seriously, if you want to pretend you're a gangbanger, at least let your voice break first!

[Forager]

There are only two Brits in the game whom I find annoying.

[manicmechanic71]

There are only two Brits in the game whom I find annoying.

Tragically they're not that exaggerated, I know people who speak like that but without the celebrity thing!

[-----]

Patriotism: the belief that your country is better than someone else's for no other genuine reason than you were born in it.

[Mr. Scratch]

This thread is the reason Hitler wanted to invade the world.

Edited April 21, 2015 by Mr.Scratch

[AzelfandQuilava]

This thread is the reason Hitler wanted to take over Europe.

Quick-Fix'd it for ya.

[Mr. Scratch]

How cute, think he would've settled for that?

[Sir Michael]

If somebody is crazy enough to invade Russia, you know they want to take over the world.

[Murciélago]

 

 

See my point, American makes a derogatory generalization about an entire country based on his experience and he is being the "stereotypical stuck up arrogant American", Someone from another country makes a derogatory generalization about Americans and it is acceptable?

 

double standard

Well sure.

 

Just like every other person from XYZ country can say they're a proud XYZ and not get beat up for it, but the minute an American does, the world starts crumbling for most.

 

It seems jingoism, hypocrisy and xenophobia are shared across borders and cultures the world over and not simply an American construct which is the lie people like telling themselves to feel superior.

 

Basically the good Americans live in Southern California, New York, Massachusetts and Florida. The others are all assholes (believe in patriotism and hillbillyism too much). No offense to any good people that live in those " other" states. I'm just saying the majority.

 

Edit: I've never been to Northern Cali so I have no idea how the people are up there.

So if you lack common sense and you have no sense of hard work, ethics, you hate your privilege while enjoying the fruits of said privilege, and think that discrimination against people that don't believe as you do is okay without the faintest sense of irony nor the shame of hypocrisy...You're better?

 

See how generalizations work?

 

The f*ck does that mean?

[Big_Boy_Bmw760Li]

Wow the liberalism is real in this thread Are you guys voting for Hilary next year?

[dante財閥]

All these f*cking British immigrants in my American video games.

 

I blame Stu.

[LBCWorldWide]

I rarely here British banter from the peds. Usually it's some feminine dude yelling "you f*ckerrr" all f*cking weird and sh*t, or I get some bitch yelling "you pathetic little nobody".

 

I'm usually the one yelling 'Wanker!' into the mic even tho I'm not a Brit.

 

LBC

[Lisha]

Yeah, we're invading Los Santos.

 

Seriously though, I said hello to one NPC who was obviously from the UK. He then threatens to call the old bill on me. Yeah... he got knocked out.

[Sangers]

I for one want more multiculturalism in the game. Would be great to hear some NPCs with Jamaican or African accents. Even a really strong FOB Asian accent would be funny.

[Dest45]

I thought "America" was the home of the free and all that stuff?

so why are the british here?

 

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA IM SO FUNNY

[Chloroform]

 

I thought "America" was the home of the free and all that stuff?

so why are the british here?

 

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA IM SO FUNNY

For American pie?

[monkeymonk]

Wow the liberalism is real in this thread Are you guys voting for Hilary next year?

God.

 

1. The Democrats arn't 'liberals'

2. It's left and right wing politics

3. The word 'liberal' means open to new ideas and reform. It's only an idiot in the US, where the republicans have made being a reasonble person an insult.

 

Not that it matters, any country where you can pay Senators to lobby for you isn't a democracy anymore.

 

It's one of the things about America that GTA highlights, big business and corrupt politicians make all the money.

Edited April 22, 2015 by monkeymonk

[T.V. Eye]

Patriotism: the belief that your country is better than someone else's for no other genuine reason than you were born in it.

/thread

 

 

How do individuals even generalize an ENTIRE NATION's people as having a single, unified temperament?

 

Get educated, go abroad and actually talk with people from different backgrounds than yourself for a change. Damn. Pen pal-ing should be updated to video chatting and made mandatory from primary school through university.

[CrysisAverted]

 

This thread is the reason Hitler orchestrated 9/11.

Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.

Quick-Fix'd it for ya.

 

 

I can honestly say I can never tell who's british

I mean f*cking Christian Bale

Edited April 22, 2015 by CrysisAverted

[Deadman1996]

If somebody is crazy enough to invade Russia, you know they want to take over the world.

This is not truth. Russians don't want take over the world.

[Delta Echo]

OBAMA'S A LIBRUL MOSLIM!!!

[Uncle Sikee Atric]

 

If somebody is crazy enough to invade Russia, you know they want to take over the world.

This is not truth. Russians don't want take over the world.

No they don't.... It is Putin that wants the U.S.S.R. back. He is the problem! Since the opposition leader was murdered there has been very little to stop him either....

 

Ah, off topic we go....

[Deadman1996]

 

 

If somebody is crazy enough to invade Russia, you know they want to take over the world.

This is not truth. Russians don't want take over the world.

No they don't.... It is Putin that wants the U.S.S.R. back. He is the problem! Since the opposition leader was murdered there has been very little to stop him either....

Ah, off topic we go....

No he don't want to reunite USSR, we are trying to keep trade relations with everyone and as first with former soviet republics. Opposition leader (Boris Nemtsov) was killed for criticize something about Islam. Murders were found at the 2nd day after execution. Edited April 22, 2015 by Deadman1996

[Wombater]

Exca - use me?