Tacobandit Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Over 40% of Americans believe evolution is a lie and creationism is the truth.Young Earth creationism, mostly, not the compromise kind. Flat Earth Societies consist of a mix of eurotrolls and true believers almost exclusively from US. US is really only one foot part of the world, the other foot in its own. >Implying Europe is any different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWP Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 It is quite different. US is a very special and different place from ROW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacobandit Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 It is quite different.US is a very special and different place from ROW. What is ROW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 everywhere that you're not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacobandit Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 everywhere that you're not. So in other words, nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWP Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 "ROW" is a US acronym for "the rest of the world". It really indicates the lines of thinking; generally, the impression in US is that Earth is divided into US and ROW, both about equally important, then each of these is subdivided into various states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 So in other words, nowhere. Considering that I interpreted the use of RoW as "rest of the world" and HWPs next comment this comment is a bit scary.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacobandit Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Considering that I interpreted the use of RoW as "rest of the world" and HWPs next comment this comment is a bit scary.... Makes no sense. I guess you have to be a socialist to understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Makes no sense. I guess you have to be a socialist to understand it. If you consider "everywhere you aren't" to be "nowhere", that would mean that you consider that the rest of the world doesn't exist. that everything revolves around you. I find the thought that you think this way to be scary.. I guess I phrased it a bit awkward. I have no Idea why you assume me to be a socialist, or why you use it in a derogatory manner. I do not consider myself as such and I would ask that you please do not make any further assumptions regarding my political, social or economical views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacobandit Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 If you consider "everywhere you aren't" to be "nowhere", that would mean that you consider that the rest of the world doesn't exist. that everything revolves around you. I find the thought that you think this way to be scary..I guess I phrased it a bit awkward. I have no Idea why you assume me to be a socialist, or why you use it in a derogatory manner. I do not consider myself as such and I would ask that you please do not make any further assumptions regarding my political, social or economical views. I don't remember saying that being a socialist was a horrible thing. And I would please ask that you do not make assumptions about me either. No one likes a hypocrite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) You must have very short memory then or possibly be blind to your own prejudice. You implied that socialists were a bunch of loonies with the phrase: "Makes no sense. I guess you have to be a socialist to understand it." As though the only way to make sense of the senseless is to be a socialist. Maybe you forgot a smily and didn't mean it in that way in which case I will have to apologize. Edited January 8, 2013 by Gorlom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacobandit Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 You must have very short memory then or possibly be blind to your own prejudice. You implied that socialists were a bunch of loonies with the phrase: "Makes no sense. I guess you have to be a socialist to understand it." As though the only way to make sense of the senseless is to be a socialist. Maybe you forgot a smily and didn't mean it in that way in which case I will have to apologize. Except you also implied that all Americans are idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) Except you also implied that all Americans are idiots.No, I've insinuated that Americans in general don't know geography some time back (with what I meant as a heartfelt jokingly tone), but I have not to my recollection insinuated that all Americans are idiots. Where did I do that? If you are talking about anything I have said in the last page in this thread then applying anything I've said about you to every American is a stretch. I don't even know if you are American. Nor can I read where anything would imply that I think you to be an idiot. Where exactly am I discussing someones intelligence? Edited January 8, 2013 by Gorlom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kigurai Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (Everyone knows what a gallon looks like, but what the hell is 3.785 L?) It's about 2 packs of ice cream packs of 2 liters each. Easy! I second the person who said he had no idea what a "gallon" is. It could be the size of an elephant or a hedgehog for all I care. For the game, I don't really care that much, although I would prefer metric since that what I am used to. For reality, please just use the metric system and perhaps we can avoid this kind of mixup in the future: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter#Cause_of_failure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacobandit Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 It's about 2 packs of ice cream packs of 2 liters each. Easy!I second the person who said he had no idea what a "gallon" is. It could be the size of an elephant or a hedgehog for all I care. For the game, I don't really care that much, although I would prefer metric since that what I am used to. For reality, please just use the metric system and perhaps we can avoid this kind of mixup in the future: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter#Cause_of_failure I guess gallons of milk only exist in America. No that's not meant to be mean, I don't know if they sell milk in europe in liters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacobandit Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 No, I've insinuated that Americans in general don't know geography some time back (with what I meant as a heartfelt jokingly tone), but I have not to my recollection insinuated that all Americans are idiots. Where did I do that? If you are talking about anything I have said in the last page in this thread then applying anything I've said about you to every American is a stretch. I don't even know if you are American. Nor can I read where anything would imply that I think you to be an idiot. Where exactly am I discussing someones intelligence? Nevermind that was HWP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kigurai Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I guess gallons of milk only exist in America. No that's not meant to be mean, I don't know if they sell milk in europe in liters. In Sweden we obviously get milk in cartons that are measured in mjölkenmätenborken which is an old measurement unit that goes back to the viking ages. For everything else we use liters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) Nevermind that was HWP. Hehe, I'd have some serious split personality issues if me and HWP were the same person In Sweden we obviously get milk in cartons that are measured in mjölkenmätenborken which is an old measurement unit that goes back to the viking ages. For everything else we use liters.How do you translate that to English? themilkthemeasuthecann?I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out what bork(en) is. seems to either be a town in Germany, a misspelling of "broken" or a misspelling of "burken". Edited January 8, 2013 by Gorlom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kigurai Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 How do you translate that to English? themilkthemeasuthecann? It's untranslatable. Like ombudsman. I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out what bork(en) is. seems to either be a town in Germany, a misspelling of "broken" or a misspelling of "burken". Bork! Bork! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 ... ah Swedish chef muppet? OFC how silly of me to not recognize my own language like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Milk is always sold in pints in the UK, although the pint cartons also now have litres listed on them that no one I know uses or would bother to think about. Alcohol is sold in pints in the pubs but if you want to buy a bottle of soft drink you would pick up a 2 litre bottle. We also buy fuel by the litre rather than the gallon. A persons height is generally measured in feet and inches (though not always) while measurements for construction are usually in metres, cm, or mm. It is always handy to know that as I am 6'1" tall my new 2040mm door casings will give me plenty of headroom. Oh and we generally have two taps on wash basins, one that is usually too cold and one that is usually too hot so you have to run your hands under them alternately in order to wash your hands properly, mixer taps are still not all that common in some places. Not strictly a metric/imperial thing I know but my friends from other countries usually find that a bit odd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonStealth Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 This thread is too funny! =) Metric ftw! Gauddlike: If I wanted to make heaps of money I would bring swedish construction workers to the UK and build proper houses, with proper heating, proper plumbing, proper insulation and noooo carpets in the bathroom (And designer mixer taps will be mandetory). I'd make a fotune.. Unfortunatly I want to keep working in IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordenkien Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 thx gauddlike ....i thought it was just me that suffered also have you noticed that angel delight comes with metric instuctions sometimes and some times imperial not to mention shepards pie mix and........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 "mjölkenmätenborken" I thought it was going to mean Milk Marketing Board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) "mjölkenmätenborken"I thought it was going to mean Milk Marketing Board Time for some useless Swedish words lessons. (att) mäta = to measure mätning = a taken measurement, or the process of taking a measurement mått = measurements mäten = nonsense marknadsföring = marketing marknad = market bräda = board (as in lumber) {brädan = the board} styrelse = board (as in board of directors) {styrelsen = the board} bord = table {bordet = the table} smörgåsbord = smorgasbord ubåtsbrandsläckningsapperatursupphängningskroken = the hook on which you hang the fire extinguisher inside a submarine. Edited January 8, 2013 by Gorlom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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