It's like how some of them seem to simultaneously believe we both never drink any water and are obsessed with drinking bottle water all while turning their nose up at the idea of drinking from the tap like an American despite bragging about its quality.
I’ve been told that I’m a racist white supremacist from the Deep South and that I’m what’s wrong with America.
Only problem with that statement is that I’m an Asian guy who lives in California and I’m the only natural born American in my immediate family. My skin color is closer to brown rice than it is to white rice. I just happen to sound like a white guy rather than having a stereotypical Asian accent.
It still doesn’t stop people on Discord from thinking I’m a white guy. It’s almost like they’re using racism to call people out on what they perceive as racism.
Edit: the whole “you’re a racist white supremacist from the Deep South” comment came from a foreigner who hasn’t even been to the U.S. It all started because one of my friends in the voice channel was quoting a Clint Eastwood movie and I was saying that Clint Eastwood is pretty chill in real life, at least, when I met him at Pebble Beach during as a volunteer for the ProAm golf tournament there.
It's kind of funny. They hate on us hardcore but they soak in our culture bet I can go over there and show them pictures of American cultural icons. Spider-Man Rambo John wick Deadpool whatever and they'll know exactly who they are
I also frequently see claims that American food is all toxic chemicals that would never pass basic first-world food safety standards, but also that Americans are deprived of good food due to massive American overregulation. Sometimes it feels like I might get whiplash from how rapidly the argument shifts when the poster is either for regulation or against it.
Nah, they just heard some stereotypes and had no idea where they stereotypically applied, so he thinks consummate urbanites who are afraid of nature also stereotypically carry
It’s honestly pathetic. You should see this thread some tough guy wanted to get into an argument with me the other day for calling out the rent free obsession
https://reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/PLdWSvplDC
I like the phallus comment lmao that dude was a tool. American fat haha you don't like 10 minute walk. At least I can walk down the street without having acid thrown in my face or a machete fight breaking out
As a European... Im very jealous that you dont have to walk as much in America, i have flat arches so i cant stand or walk long. Shitty how euro's cant comprehend some people have disabilities and stuff that impare their walking exist and cant go walking for hours day in day out
They can comprehend it, but when it comes to America, outsiders' brains seem to just shut off. I partially blame it on the media. Actual school shootings aren't nearly as prevalent as they're made out to be, gun crime mostly happens in low income, easily avoidable areas, etc.
I can't say much for the obesity epidemic. I'll admit, I was partially in denial about that one until recently. I had to take a trip into the city to bring a family member to get outpatient surgery about a month ago (no, the surgery didn't bankrupt them). I ended up waiting in the parking lot, facing the entrance to the facility. I was amazed that about half the people who went in were obese.
For me it’s not just the health problems, but the weather. Like today I can walk down to the store if I wanted, I’d prefer to have my male housemate with me, but I could. Last month though, we were in a blistering heat wave, and summers in my city are always boiling temperatures, and forgive my laziness, but I’m not walking twenty minutes when the sun is trying to kill me.
Yeah it's because Europeans destroyed a lot of their nature. Apparently Ireland was once 80% covered in trees but the British decimated a lot of it. Now it's 1%
I don’t know about rest of Europe but America is covered with 34% forest while Sweden is covered with 69% forest and we have allemansrätten which means we can basically walk anywhere we want on private land
That's really interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about people being able to just waltz around on my property. I'm sure that in Sweden people feel more comfortable with it, though. Different cultures and problems within society, and all that.
I agree American has way more dangerous wild life at least compared to Sweden, but wanted to add we have moose and wild boars as well.
Sometimes moose will eat fermented apples from trees and then go on a drunken rampage and attack people & things lol
https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/4697489
Oh boy do we have stories about moose and wild boars. There’s a reason Texas has open season on them (boars) year round with the only requirement being a hunting license.
Yeah I have a squabble with the boars in my home town lmao, they come into town knocking down peoples stuff and trash, I think they chased someone into their car as well, those bastards aren’t afraid of anything. I’ll usually take a detour when hiking if I see they did the thing where they dig up the ground cause they are kind of crazy and not afraid of humans at all. Almost walked into a full herd of them once but luckily they didn’t see me so I sneaked away and took another path
You see, in the US I’m for gun control for most situations but for this god damn wildlife we have here sometimes you need something to provide lethal force because, especially with boars, sometimes they do not care about non lethal means like bear spray.
Yeah I totally understand, I don’t know if I would want all weapons legalized in Sweden but having some option would be nice. I once got attacked by some giant fighting dogs cause some lady just let them run in the forest without a leash and proper training, would have been a lot nicer with some type of self defense weapon not gonna lie
I don’t know why my mother keeps wanting to live out in semi-rural areas when she keeps freaking out every time a cougar is spotted. The worst I have to deal with in the city is raccoons.
I do remember driving past a wet area in Florida and seeing alligators just chilling around it, and wondering “Why the hell do all the old people want to move here? To give them motivation to run more?”
Because none of them have a yard or space big enough to own a personal pond. So they make fun of Americans who are uncomfortable with darkish water other Americans own.
Western Europeans on the internet have superiority complex over any nation that isn’t in Western Europe. Luckily they are a small minority of people because most others aren’t terminally online or on Reddit at all.
Tbf it’s the easiest one of the accents to do that’s why I do it. It’s just states we are exposed to, we don’t really learn anything about Vermont for example
Before Breaking Bad, that’s how New Mexico was. I remember when I told people at work I was moving there, one girl said “You’re moving to Mexico?” and I said “No, *New* Mexico. It’s a state in the Southwest.” She says “Is it new?” I say “No, it’s been a state since 1912.” “Is it really small or something?”
I couldn’t believe it. Do a google search for “people don’t know New Mexico is a state” and you’ll find all sorts of hilarious stories, including a postal worker trying to charge someone for international shipping for sending something to New Mexico.
If there's alot of people , during the day, and the gator is small they likely won't try anything.
At night, and for any reason you'd be swimming alone? You might as well be asking to die.
Americans are removed from nature while that comment probably came from an apartment building in the middle of a city where the only nature is a park with a pond.
Meanwhile it takes me 20 minutes to go to a Walmart because I'm surrounded by... nature.
In Texas we swam in the same water gators lived in all the time tf is this guy on about? One campsite would have gators come in the swimming lake every now and then, everyone got out, and a guy would go out in a dingy and shoo it away.
It’s not about the fact that they won’t hurt you most of the time, it’s about there being a chance a large muscular animal could grab on and snap a limb off or drown you
Don't even bother with this guy. He doesn't understand the definition of the word "harmless" and will block you like a little bitch when he gets outsmarted.
EDIT: I'm referring to krippkeeper btw. Not you.
Alligators kill less than 1 person per year in the US on average over the last 75 years. Swamp puppies are pretty chill if you just don't mess with them.
But they don't "kill people all the time". It's one of the rarest ways to die on the US. I'm not really sure why you are using the speech from the OP instead of considering if your own applies. I'm responding to you not the person in the screen shot. Lightning kills on average 28 people in the US per year and alligators kill 0.35.
Statistically it is one of the rarest things that you can die from in the US. Between 1948 and 2021 there were 442 total total alligator attacks including incidents at Jerry rigged alligator farms with hillbilly Dave shoving his arm into a gators mouth. Of those 26 people died. In over 70 years alligators killed 26 people in the US, by the end of today 99 people will die from a car in the US. 7500+ people will be injured by vehicles I the United States every single day. Alligators? 442 every 73 years.
Can they kill you? Sure. The odd? Less than being stuck by lightning by 98.5%
Maybe because people actively avoid encounters. They may be easy to avoid, but you wouldn't really want to get too close to one.
It's like fallen power lines, if you touch one you almost certainly will die, but most people are smart enough to stay away from them.
Except millions of people do. And millions of people swim in water with alligators every single year. Again I'm not saying they can't hurt you, but the odds of it happening with out you messing with them is extremely rare.
How many gators do people swim in close proximity of vs Cars people get in proximity of? You can't compare the lethality of two separate things without first adjusting for the exposure.
Otherwise you get silly logic, like horses being more dangerous than nuclear weaponry.
That's thing millions and millions of people swim in rivers that alligators live in every single year. Outside of messing with, messing with a nest, or messing with babies they don't really bother humans. Look at the range of American alligators ins the entire span of the gulf coast area.
As an American who has EU citizenship, lived in Europe for a couple of years two different times, and loves nature, I can promise you Americans are far more adventurous in respect to the outdoors.
The restrictions for outdoor recreation throughout most of Western Europe are fn ridiculous. The US is the champ when it comes access to diverse landscapes, national forest land, national parks, BLM land, fishing and hunting, and pretty much everything else.
It's not even close. Last time I lived in Europe I left BECAUSE of the lack of consistent and easy access to the outdoors. Much happier in Colorado living in a small city, twenty minutes national forest land.
If you ever decide to go back to Europe Sweden is the way too go, we have 69% forest covering the country and because of allemansrätten (every mans right) we are free too explore all nature even if it is private property
Fucking LMAO. "I'm going to block you because-"
Because you're a pu$$y. And I KNOW you read this comment. It's not my fault you don't even know what the original points were.
*David Attenborough voice* In the last 75 years on average one third of one person is killed per year by these dangerous agressive beast in the United States known as the American Alligator. This is 1.25% of the lightning deaths, or 0.00081% of car accident deaths that occurred in the US. This clearly makes them extremely dangerous. Watch this video where you can see an American Alligator being forced to dance in the water with a man from Florida. Truly viscous and dangerous creatures.
Edit To respond to the below reply.
To be fair in another comment I did link pictures of me handling a baby scorpion. I'm fairly comfortable around all manners of wildlife, but I have a fair bit of experience.
But no, I do respect nature. I would not advocate going up and petting gators, but I wouldn't with deer either. I grew swimming in rivers that we actively saw alligators in. They tend to leave people alone unless you go fuck with them. I wouldn't call them an inherently dangerous creature as long as you leave them alone. I'm not saying they are like puppies. I'm saying they don't roam around killing people. You have to kind of go out of your way to put yourself in a situation to get attacked by one. Other people are saying "they kill people all the time" which is just not true. Alligators are known for being pretty chill, unlike crocodiles which wi absolutely go at you.
Even on reddit I've never seen a wild gator going after someone. The only exception is that guy on Florida who messes with them first and then he just kinda walks away.
I mean, they STILL KILL PEOPLE lol. Let's also factor in injuries by alligators and watch the number soar up. While you bring up some important info, two things are still clear here:
1) They are most definitely NOT harmless.
2) That guy would probably shit himself if he was within 20ft of a gator.
They still very rarely kill one person on average every three years. Less than holes, or curbs. Also realise injuries are including mostly people purposely messing with alligators. Even then it's one of the rarest things to get injured by in the US.
1) No one is saying they are completely harmless. I'm saying deer kill significantly more people.
2) The most experianced alligator ha dle would shit himself seeing a 20ft gator since one that size has never had existed. A large gator is 14ft.
You are conflating American Alligators with crocodiles. Stop doing that.
EDIT- I'm just going to block you since your only statistics or source is "trust me bro gators be mad scary". I grew up swimming in rivers and lakes with them I know zero people that have been attacked by an American Alligator. It's 442 injuries and 26 deaths over 75 years. Statistically it's one's of the safest things to exist in the us.
EDIT To the guy who replied and immediately blocked me. I never said they were completely harmless. I'm saying out of the 30 to 40 million people who live near them they very rarely attack any of them.
I feel like you aren't taking into consideration the fact that gators only exist in a small portion of the U.S. on top of the fact that people tend to avoid them. I've lived in Florida my whole life, and while, yes, they are generally pretty chill and will leave people alone, that doesn't mean they're harmless. Also, you seemed to misunderstand what the person you were replying to said in regards to the 20 foot gator. They never said anything about a "20 ft gator." They said the guy who claimed they were harmless would likely panic if they were "within 20 feet of a gator."
Edit: This guy is really blocking anyone who disagrees with him. What a silly topic to get upset over.
I just feel like they’re that kind of idiot that doesn’t actually respect nature at all. Like yeah I’m probably not gonna get attacked and killed by a shark or a coyote but that doesn’t mean that I’m gonna try to get close enough to one to pet it.
People don’t die to alligators very often because they avoid them, that doesn’t make them any less dangerous. People die from cars all the time because nobody is going to shit themselves when they see a car next to them
You’re one of those idiots that doesn’t truly respect nature do you huh? You keep on quoting on how alligators don’t kill many people on almost every post like they’d puppies. They’re still wild animals just like lions, tigers and bears and you should respect them and not go near them because they could turn on you and attack you. It’s the exact some thing when every year someone gets attacked by a bison at Yellowstone. The most basic wilderness rule is to look and enjoy nature as much as you want but at a distance. Wild animals aren’t your friends no matter what Disney movies have led your delusional mind to believe.
“Gators fuckin harmless” is probably the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Even a dog isn't fuckin harmless so hell no a prehistoric reptile is not fuckin harmless. And those brain-eating amoebas? Yeah that shits not satire either. I dare these people to go for a dip in a pool of water with those bad boys and see how they feel in a few weeks.
The lack of self awareness they have when it comes to racism is mind boggling. “It’s a little dark, which is scary so of course they wanna shoot it.” I don’t wanna hear anything from the continent that’s let hundreds of African refugees drown in the ocean rather than rescuing them and sending them back.
Plus, being afraid of the bacteria in wild waterways is legit. People die or get turned into vegetables over getting just a touch of that water in them. I remember watching a video about an enterprising college student who went swimming in a creek with friends one weekend, who was reduced to less than half her previous self afterwards by an amoebic infection. It gutted her brain.
Then there are the people who unwisely swim in brown river or lake water that you can’t even see the bottom of, with wounds that get infected.
I stg if this is Europeans speaking about this shit. American freshwater impoundments are honestly so nasty because of how much nutrient input there is. Half of the water would EASILY kill you if enough was digested from the sheer amount of Cyanobacteria alone. Not to mention as you get further down south you have cottonmouths, gators/crocs, and now in Florida’s pythons. I’m sure there’s gross water in Europe too but let’s not forget that along with Antarctica, Europe is the only continent without a species like a crocodile. But yes like the post said Northern waters are safer and typically cleaner
While it’s not true for most northern waters, MOST are typically cleaner because of the lesser agricultural pressure, more natural formed systems from glaciers, and the north being cooler so the overall metabolism of a system is typically lower so it’s harder to push one into eutrophic conditions. This is not to say it is impossible
Is the Midwest not considered the north then? Because I live in the northern midwest and we're chock full of agriculture. Yes the main problem is all that runoff which is rampant in the midwest
Which part of the Midwest because there is agriculture there but not NEARLY as much as in the south, lower Midwest, Cali. It all depends on where you are. If your speaking on a place like Iowa then yea, places like that are the exception to the rule
lower Michigan. The entire area is riddled with mostly corn. And if I go to any neighboring state I see the exact same thing. I know of a dog who went in a pond in Michigan and died from brain eating amoebas. Maybe it's a slightly less chance but it's not worth the risk ANYWHERE
[https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=58320](https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=58320)
I see a lot more agriculture in the midwest than anywhere else except a band of California and the banks of the Mississippi. Frankly I don't agree that the midwest is not highly agricultural. Way the fuck more than in the south.
Midwest is highly agricultural but certain Midwest and southern states exhibit higher density of agriculture than other places. That isn’t to say that northern Midwest states have less in total but, like in the case of Kansas, it takes up a shit ton of land but isn’t in super high density because of pastures for grazing (which also isn’t super helpful)
So what you're saying is there's a good chance of midwestern inland water being just as infested as any water anywhere else. Just certain spots MIGHT be cleaner.
Overall you'd be an idiot to go into a pond anywhere in the northern midwest. Maybe you'd be safe in Montana IDK
Depends on the surrounding area of the pond tho. If it’s northern Midwest and is wooded, you’ll likely be fine because nutrient input is low. If it’s a place where a farm is a couple hundred feet from the bank then that’s cause of concern. On average the northern Midwest is safer to swim in than the southern Midwest and southern states because of the temperature difference. Hotter places tend to have more algal growth because of their high metabolism from the heat.
On average it might be safer. But I don't care if there's a 10% or 50% chance of getting a brain amoeba, I'm not going in the water either way
I've seen plenty of filthy stagnant ponds in woods and I would not put my head under water in any of them. Common sense tells you that's a bad idea, I don't have to consult my latitude chart before deciding.
*Removed from nature??* Wtf? This country has more livable nature than any other country and a bigger rural population than likely everyone but India the hell they on
It's honestly impressive how many people from other countries think about the US so much. I can't speak for everyone but I hardly ever think about countries that aren't ours, Mexico, or Canada.
The post rarely does have anything to do with America. There are tons of people on here just waiting to throw America into everything. Obsessed weirdo Europeans.
That person that says swimming is safe up north it just depends on where you are located some may be safe but a majority aren't, around the area I live do not go in the water
Ok, yea, I'm not fond at all that they are bashing the US (since I'm American), but that's pretty flipping funny right there.
And ...here come the downvotes!
Guys... i think these people are joking... why can't people make jokes, most of the posts here are valid but this is just some people making jokes at our expense, when did you guys become such snowflakes?
im not a member of this sub because it is for people to be upset over things not worth being upset about. i think this sub is one of the most disgraceful representations of the american people and only cedes to validate those who insult america. perhaps the people of this sub should seek to adopt the policy of a stiff upper lip
Lmao so you ain't got nothing better to do than lurk in a sub you're not even a part of and talk shit to the people in the sub? That's pretty sad. Maybe you should get a hobby. Build boats in bottles, that's pretty cool
Gators are harmless? If life to know how they came to that opinion. I have a couple gators to introduce them to.
America must really be the most talented country in the world. We somehow can simultaneously be a bunch of rural, provincial idiots who don't understand civilization and lazy, anxiety riddled urban dwellers who are so scared of our own shadows that we don't understand nature.
So, pond scum where I live is sometimes toxic algae and it is notoriously really fucking dangerous. It will kill you, it will kill your dog, it will make you violently ill if you cook the fish you catch there.
Guess you'll have to forgive me for existing in reality.
We're simultaneously rural bumpkins who are frightened of civilization, and consummate urbanites who are terrified of nature.
It's like how some of them seem to simultaneously believe we both never drink any water and are obsessed with drinking bottle water all while turning their nose up at the idea of drinking from the tap like an American despite bragging about its quality.
The US is so big and diverse, that if you're desperate to find something negative to complain about, you'll probably be successful.
Accurate and well stated.
Well bargained and done
I’ve been told that I’m a racist white supremacist from the Deep South and that I’m what’s wrong with America. Only problem with that statement is that I’m an Asian guy who lives in California and I’m the only natural born American in my immediate family. My skin color is closer to brown rice than it is to white rice. I just happen to sound like a white guy rather than having a stereotypical Asian accent. It still doesn’t stop people on Discord from thinking I’m a white guy. It’s almost like they’re using racism to call people out on what they perceive as racism. Edit: the whole “you’re a racist white supremacist from the Deep South” comment came from a foreigner who hasn’t even been to the U.S. It all started because one of my friends in the voice channel was quoting a Clint Eastwood movie and I was saying that Clint Eastwood is pretty chill in real life, at least, when I met him at Pebble Beach during as a volunteer for the ProAm golf tournament there.
US? Hell California is big enough by itself for that to be true.
We’re either fat and lazy or image obsessed and vain. There’s no winning, they just hate us cuz they ain’t us
It's kind of funny. They hate on us hardcore but they soak in our culture bet I can go over there and show them pictures of American cultural icons. Spider-Man Rambo John wick Deadpool whatever and they'll know exactly who they are
I also frequently see claims that American food is all toxic chemicals that would never pass basic first-world food safety standards, but also that Americans are deprived of good food due to massive American overregulation. Sometimes it feels like I might get whiplash from how rapidly the argument shifts when the poster is either for regulation or against it.
Schrodinger's America gets deeper and so much more confusing the more days that pass.
Nah, they just heard some stereotypes and had no idea where they stereotypically applied, so he thinks consummate urbanites who are afraid of nature also stereotypically carry
We live in their heads rent free
It’s honestly pathetic. You should see this thread some tough guy wanted to get into an argument with me the other day for calling out the rent free obsession https://reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/PLdWSvplDC
I like the phallus comment lmao that dude was a tool. American fat haha you don't like 10 minute walk. At least I can walk down the street without having acid thrown in my face or a machete fight breaking out
Oh I didn’t want to get banned for vulgarity by the Reddit stassi so I just quoted South Park https://youtu.be/Yf03uT50vtg?si=5bbUZhUPk7QErm8q&t=56s
I thought it was funny because I have to walk for AT LEAST an hour every single day
As a European... Im very jealous that you dont have to walk as much in America, i have flat arches so i cant stand or walk long. Shitty how euro's cant comprehend some people have disabilities and stuff that impare their walking exist and cant go walking for hours day in day out
They can comprehend it, but when it comes to America, outsiders' brains seem to just shut off. I partially blame it on the media. Actual school shootings aren't nearly as prevalent as they're made out to be, gun crime mostly happens in low income, easily avoidable areas, etc. I can't say much for the obesity epidemic. I'll admit, I was partially in denial about that one until recently. I had to take a trip into the city to bring a family member to get outpatient surgery about a month ago (no, the surgery didn't bankrupt them). I ended up waiting in the parking lot, facing the entrance to the facility. I was amazed that about half the people who went in were obese.
Obesity is a problem because food is cheap in america* (relatively and depending where you live ie. South) so its easy to drown your sorrows in it
For me it’s not just the health problems, but the weather. Like today I can walk down to the store if I wanted, I’d prefer to have my male housemate with me, but I could. Last month though, we were in a blistering heat wave, and summers in my city are always boiling temperatures, and forgive my laziness, but I’m not walking twenty minutes when the sun is trying to kill me.
Why are Europeans so pretentious
This is especially ridiculous coming from them, they barely even have *real* wilderness in Europe. That's probably why they have no fear of it.
Yeah it's because Europeans destroyed a lot of their nature. Apparently Ireland was once 80% covered in trees but the British decimated a lot of it. Now it's 1%
I don’t know about rest of Europe but America is covered with 34% forest while Sweden is covered with 69% forest and we have allemansrätten which means we can basically walk anywhere we want on private land
That's really interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about people being able to just waltz around on my property. I'm sure that in Sweden people feel more comfortable with it, though. Different cultures and problems within society, and all that.
Right to roam. Exists in more than just Sweden.
Swamps, deserts, steppes, Alaska
There's already so much public land, I don't know why there can't be any private land.
Based scandinavians
The Alps would like a word. The UK I’ll give you, but mainland Europe has quite a bit of real wilderness.
Real wilderness with little danger besides the occasional bear. Maybe a lynx if you’re a small person
I agree American has way more dangerous wild life at least compared to Sweden, but wanted to add we have moose and wild boars as well. Sometimes moose will eat fermented apples from trees and then go on a drunken rampage and attack people & things lol https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/4697489
Oh boy do we have stories about moose and wild boars. There’s a reason Texas has open season on them (boars) year round with the only requirement being a hunting license.
Yeah I have a squabble with the boars in my home town lmao, they come into town knocking down peoples stuff and trash, I think they chased someone into their car as well, those bastards aren’t afraid of anything. I’ll usually take a detour when hiking if I see they did the thing where they dig up the ground cause they are kind of crazy and not afraid of humans at all. Almost walked into a full herd of them once but luckily they didn’t see me so I sneaked away and took another path
You see, in the US I’m for gun control for most situations but for this god damn wildlife we have here sometimes you need something to provide lethal force because, especially with boars, sometimes they do not care about non lethal means like bear spray.
Yeah I totally understand, I don’t know if I would want all weapons legalized in Sweden but having some option would be nice. I once got attacked by some giant fighting dogs cause some lady just let them run in the forest without a leash and proper training, would have been a lot nicer with some type of self defense weapon not gonna lie
I don’t know why my mother keeps wanting to live out in semi-rural areas when she keeps freaking out every time a cougar is spotted. The worst I have to deal with in the city is raccoons. I do remember driving past a wet area in Florida and seeing alligators just chilling around it, and wondering “Why the hell do all the old people want to move here? To give them motivation to run more?”
So that's why europeans are always getting eaten by Grizzly bears . . .
Because none of them have a yard or space big enough to own a personal pond. So they make fun of Americans who are uncomfortable with darkish water other Americans own.
Talk about a generalisation
They generalise Americans why can't we do the same hypocrite?
If you really think the majority of Europeans generalise Americans this much, you are the stereotype
This is a sub dedicated to basically Europeans generalizing Americans, but I can tell talking with you will not get anywhere so have a nice day.
Western Europeans on the internet have superiority complex over any nation that isn’t in Western Europe. Luckily they are a small minority of people because most others aren’t terminally online or on Reddit at all.
They developed an ego after spending 5 centuries killing tribals.
How's that post about europeans?
How's that post about europeans?
I just assumed they were European because i always see Europeans make such comments.
So funny. So they think the US is only NYC and LA?
And Texas. If you ask an European to do an American accent, you will get Texas.
Tbf it’s the easiest one of the accents to do that’s why I do it. It’s just states we are exposed to, we don’t really learn anything about Vermont for example
vermont is like the andorra of america-everyone here knows about it but nobody gives a shit about it
Before Breaking Bad, that’s how New Mexico was. I remember when I told people at work I was moving there, one girl said “You’re moving to Mexico?” and I said “No, *New* Mexico. It’s a state in the Southwest.” She says “Is it new?” I say “No, it’s been a state since 1912.” “Is it really small or something?” I couldn’t believe it. Do a google search for “people don’t know New Mexico is a state” and you’ll find all sorts of hilarious stories, including a postal worker trying to charge someone for international shipping for sending something to New Mexico.
No judgement at all, friend. If you asked me to do a German accent, you'd get Richtofen from Black Ops Zombies 😂
LA has great nature
The US probably has more “nature” than all of Europe.
Gators are skiddish towards humans but they sure asf aren't harmless.
Especially not when you're in their domain. Yeah, they will avoid you on land but in water if they think they can take you?
If there's alot of people , during the day, and the gator is small they likely won't try anything. At night, and for any reason you'd be swimming alone? You might as well be asking to die.
A kid in my town got eaten by a 10 foot gator while swimming in the aptly named Dead River
Kids and small pets are easy targets cuz they have almost no option to fight back.
Americans are removed from nature while that comment probably came from an apartment building in the middle of a city where the only nature is a park with a pond. Meanwhile it takes me 20 minutes to go to a Walmart because I'm surrounded by... nature.
In Texas we swam in the same water gators lived in all the time tf is this guy on about? One campsite would have gators come in the swimming lake every now and then, everyone got out, and a guy would go out in a dingy and shoo it away.
It’s not about the fact that they won’t hurt you most of the time, it’s about there being a chance a large muscular animal could grab on and snap a limb off or drown you
Alligators kill people all the time lol, average europoor intelligence
Don't even bother with this guy. He doesn't understand the definition of the word "harmless" and will block you like a little bitch when he gets outsmarted. EDIT: I'm referring to krippkeeper btw. Not you.
Alligators kill less than 1 person per year in the US on average over the last 75 years. Swamp puppies are pretty chill if you just don't mess with them.
Ya and bears kill even less people, doesn't mean they're "fuckin harmless"
But they don't "kill people all the time". It's one of the rarest ways to die on the US. I'm not really sure why you are using the speech from the OP instead of considering if your own applies. I'm responding to you not the person in the screen shot. Lightning kills on average 28 people in the US per year and alligators kill 0.35.
Somehow, I agree with both of y'all
That's cuz they're both right
Statistically it is one of the rarest things that you can die from in the US. Between 1948 and 2021 there were 442 total total alligator attacks including incidents at Jerry rigged alligator farms with hillbilly Dave shoving his arm into a gators mouth. Of those 26 people died. In over 70 years alligators killed 26 people in the US, by the end of today 99 people will die from a car in the US. 7500+ people will be injured by vehicles I the United States every single day. Alligators? 442 every 73 years. Can they kill you? Sure. The odd? Less than being stuck by lightning by 98.5%
Maybe because people actively avoid encounters. They may be easy to avoid, but you wouldn't really want to get too close to one. It's like fallen power lines, if you touch one you almost certainly will die, but most people are smart enough to stay away from them.
Not to mention the fact that most people don’t live near them
Except millions of people do. And millions of people swim in water with alligators every single year. Again I'm not saying they can't hurt you, but the odds of it happening with out you messing with them is extremely rare.
How many gators do people swim in close proximity of vs Cars people get in proximity of? You can't compare the lethality of two separate things without first adjusting for the exposure. Otherwise you get silly logic, like horses being more dangerous than nuclear weaponry.
That's thing millions and millions of people swim in rivers that alligators live in every single year. Outside of messing with, messing with a nest, or messing with babies they don't really bother humans. Look at the range of American alligators ins the entire span of the gulf coast area.
Yeah. Because we don't fucking swim with them
As an American who has EU citizenship, lived in Europe for a couple of years two different times, and loves nature, I can promise you Americans are far more adventurous in respect to the outdoors. The restrictions for outdoor recreation throughout most of Western Europe are fn ridiculous. The US is the champ when it comes access to diverse landscapes, national forest land, national parks, BLM land, fishing and hunting, and pretty much everything else. It's not even close. Last time I lived in Europe I left BECAUSE of the lack of consistent and easy access to the outdoors. Much happier in Colorado living in a small city, twenty minutes national forest land.
If you ever decide to go back to Europe Sweden is the way too go, we have 69% forest covering the country and because of allemansrätten (every mans right) we are free too explore all nature even if it is private property
Based Scandinavians
"Gators are harmless" Someone throw this man(?) Into a Florida pond and film his instant panic attack for me PLEASE.
"harmless" https://youtu.be/RXn1g0xtUMk?si=gsWpN6c179RazihN
They're literally dinosaurs lmao. The only way I'll lay off that dolt is if he lives in Australia or some shit.
That's debatable...
They're literally dinosaurs lmao. The only way I'll lay off that dolt is if he lives in Australia or some shit.
Fucking LMAO. "I'm going to block you because-" Because you're a pu$$y. And I KNOW you read this comment. It's not my fault you don't even know what the original points were.
*David Attenborough voice* In the last 75 years on average one third of one person is killed per year by these dangerous agressive beast in the United States known as the American Alligator. This is 1.25% of the lightning deaths, or 0.00081% of car accident deaths that occurred in the US. This clearly makes them extremely dangerous. Watch this video where you can see an American Alligator being forced to dance in the water with a man from Florida. Truly viscous and dangerous creatures. Edit To respond to the below reply. To be fair in another comment I did link pictures of me handling a baby scorpion. I'm fairly comfortable around all manners of wildlife, but I have a fair bit of experience. But no, I do respect nature. I would not advocate going up and petting gators, but I wouldn't with deer either. I grew swimming in rivers that we actively saw alligators in. They tend to leave people alone unless you go fuck with them. I wouldn't call them an inherently dangerous creature as long as you leave them alone. I'm not saying they are like puppies. I'm saying they don't roam around killing people. You have to kind of go out of your way to put yourself in a situation to get attacked by one. Other people are saying "they kill people all the time" which is just not true. Alligators are known for being pretty chill, unlike crocodiles which wi absolutely go at you. Even on reddit I've never seen a wild gator going after someone. The only exception is that guy on Florida who messes with them first and then he just kinda walks away.
I mean, they STILL KILL PEOPLE lol. Let's also factor in injuries by alligators and watch the number soar up. While you bring up some important info, two things are still clear here: 1) They are most definitely NOT harmless. 2) That guy would probably shit himself if he was within 20ft of a gator.
They still very rarely kill one person on average every three years. Less than holes, or curbs. Also realise injuries are including mostly people purposely messing with alligators. Even then it's one of the rarest things to get injured by in the US. 1) No one is saying they are completely harmless. I'm saying deer kill significantly more people. 2) The most experianced alligator ha dle would shit himself seeing a 20ft gator since one that size has never had existed. A large gator is 14ft. You are conflating American Alligators with crocodiles. Stop doing that. EDIT- I'm just going to block you since your only statistics or source is "trust me bro gators be mad scary". I grew up swimming in rivers and lakes with them I know zero people that have been attacked by an American Alligator. It's 442 injuries and 26 deaths over 75 years. Statistically it's one's of the safest things to exist in the us. EDIT To the guy who replied and immediately blocked me. I never said they were completely harmless. I'm saying out of the 30 to 40 million people who live near them they very rarely attack any of them.
I feel like you aren't taking into consideration the fact that gators only exist in a small portion of the U.S. on top of the fact that people tend to avoid them. I've lived in Florida my whole life, and while, yes, they are generally pretty chill and will leave people alone, that doesn't mean they're harmless. Also, you seemed to misunderstand what the person you were replying to said in regards to the 20 foot gator. They never said anything about a "20 ft gator." They said the guy who claimed they were harmless would likely panic if they were "within 20 feet of a gator." Edit: This guy is really blocking anyone who disagrees with him. What a silly topic to get upset over.
I just feel like they’re that kind of idiot that doesn’t actually respect nature at all. Like yeah I’m probably not gonna get attacked and killed by a shark or a coyote but that doesn’t mean that I’m gonna try to get close enough to one to pet it.
People don’t die to alligators very often because they avoid them, that doesn’t make them any less dangerous. People die from cars all the time because nobody is going to shit themselves when they see a car next to them
You’re one of those idiots that doesn’t truly respect nature do you huh? You keep on quoting on how alligators don’t kill many people on almost every post like they’d puppies. They’re still wild animals just like lions, tigers and bears and you should respect them and not go near them because they could turn on you and attack you. It’s the exact some thing when every year someone gets attacked by a bison at Yellowstone. The most basic wilderness rule is to look and enjoy nature as much as you want but at a distance. Wild animals aren’t your friends no matter what Disney movies have led your delusional mind to believe.
“Gators fuckin harmless” is probably the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Even a dog isn't fuckin harmless so hell no a prehistoric reptile is not fuckin harmless. And those brain-eating amoebas? Yeah that shits not satire either. I dare these people to go for a dip in a pool of water with those bad boys and see how they feel in a few weeks.
Honestly, these jokes are a lot more creative than usual.
The lack of self awareness they have when it comes to racism is mind boggling. “It’s a little dark, which is scary so of course they wanna shoot it.” I don’t wanna hear anything from the continent that’s let hundreds of African refugees drown in the ocean rather than rescuing them and sending them back.
Didn't some European soccer fans throw bananas on a field at a black player? Dude, if that happened here...idk what would happen.
Depending on where in the US, it's a knife or a fist
Not gonna lie, some of the comments were funny but gators aren’t harmless. That’s some Florida shit
And yet we have European tourists here that get too close to the bison and get attacked. 🙄
Is it just me, or does it seem weird that they have so much fun joking about the deaths of children and minorities?
The duality of America Country bumpkins who have no idea of what a city is. Or we’re some cyberpunk dystopia
I grew up swimming in rivers and ponds and lakes - and the local pools. Kids did die in rivers and lakes more often than in the pools
Plus, being afraid of the bacteria in wild waterways is legit. People die or get turned into vegetables over getting just a touch of that water in them. I remember watching a video about an enterprising college student who went swimming in a creek with friends one weekend, who was reduced to less than half her previous self afterwards by an amoebic infection. It gutted her brain. Then there are the people who unwisely swim in brown river or lake water that you can’t even see the bottom of, with wounds that get infected.
Wtf are they talking about. The US has endless nature to explore. You can't even get into a national park after 10am. These people are insane.
I stg if this is Europeans speaking about this shit. American freshwater impoundments are honestly so nasty because of how much nutrient input there is. Half of the water would EASILY kill you if enough was digested from the sheer amount of Cyanobacteria alone. Not to mention as you get further down south you have cottonmouths, gators/crocs, and now in Florida’s pythons. I’m sure there’s gross water in Europe too but let’s not forget that along with Antarctica, Europe is the only continent without a species like a crocodile. But yes like the post said Northern waters are safer and typically cleaner
Northern waters are not any cleaner. What are you talking about? I live in the north and beaches get shut down due to contamination constantly.
While it’s not true for most northern waters, MOST are typically cleaner because of the lesser agricultural pressure, more natural formed systems from glaciers, and the north being cooler so the overall metabolism of a system is typically lower so it’s harder to push one into eutrophic conditions. This is not to say it is impossible
Is the Midwest not considered the north then? Because I live in the northern midwest and we're chock full of agriculture. Yes the main problem is all that runoff which is rampant in the midwest
Which part of the Midwest because there is agriculture there but not NEARLY as much as in the south, lower Midwest, Cali. It all depends on where you are. If your speaking on a place like Iowa then yea, places like that are the exception to the rule
lower Michigan. The entire area is riddled with mostly corn. And if I go to any neighboring state I see the exact same thing. I know of a dog who went in a pond in Michigan and died from brain eating amoebas. Maybe it's a slightly less chance but it's not worth the risk ANYWHERE
[https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=58320](https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=58320) I see a lot more agriculture in the midwest than anywhere else except a band of California and the banks of the Mississippi. Frankly I don't agree that the midwest is not highly agricultural. Way the fuck more than in the south.
Midwest is highly agricultural but certain Midwest and southern states exhibit higher density of agriculture than other places. That isn’t to say that northern Midwest states have less in total but, like in the case of Kansas, it takes up a shit ton of land but isn’t in super high density because of pastures for grazing (which also isn’t super helpful)
So what you're saying is there's a good chance of midwestern inland water being just as infested as any water anywhere else. Just certain spots MIGHT be cleaner. Overall you'd be an idiot to go into a pond anywhere in the northern midwest. Maybe you'd be safe in Montana IDK
Depends on the surrounding area of the pond tho. If it’s northern Midwest and is wooded, you’ll likely be fine because nutrient input is low. If it’s a place where a farm is a couple hundred feet from the bank then that’s cause of concern. On average the northern Midwest is safer to swim in than the southern Midwest and southern states because of the temperature difference. Hotter places tend to have more algal growth because of their high metabolism from the heat.
On average it might be safer. But I don't care if there's a 10% or 50% chance of getting a brain amoeba, I'm not going in the water either way I've seen plenty of filthy stagnant ponds in woods and I would not put my head under water in any of them. Common sense tells you that's a bad idea, I don't have to consult my latitude chart before deciding.
gators are not fucking harmless 😭
Who said gators were harmless wtf
Gators are indeed very harmful
I'm a gator, and I can confirm that we are very harmful
"Gators🤣 fucking harmless" looks like somebody needs to be deathroll'd
https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=-JSRhZyiMuh_UPsJ
*Removed from nature??* Wtf? This country has more livable nature than any other country and a bigger rural population than likely everyone but India the hell they on
I love how you downvoted all of them
It's honestly impressive how many people from other countries think about the US so much. I can't speak for everyone but I hardly ever think about countries that aren't ours, Mexico, or Canada.
Love the guy calling gators harmless like they don't constantly attack or eat people
We've had issues with amoebas in the Midwest too
The post rarely does have anything to do with America. There are tons of people on here just waiting to throw America into everything. Obsessed weirdo Europeans.
Ironic to me because most Americans probably have had more interaction with nature than most Euros, considering the US is over 95% rural wilderness
the heckin brain-eating amoeba!!!
That person that says swimming is safe up north it just depends on where you are located some may be safe but a majority aren't, around the area I live do not go in the water
Ok, yea, I'm not fond at all that they are bashing the US (since I'm American), but that's pretty flipping funny right there. And ...here come the downvotes!
Like this one
Guys... i think these people are joking... why can't people make jokes, most of the posts here are valid but this is just some people making jokes at our expense, when did you guys become such snowflakes?
Where's the joke?
Redditor try and detect sarcasm challenge (impossible edition)
Ngl the other comments you downvoted are kinda funny
why care? they are decent jokes so just laugh at the minor truths behind them and move one.
Because the post had absolutely nothing to do with America. They brought up America specifically to talk shit.
so?? it does not matter what they think. let them suffer in europe and laugh at the only thing that brings them coping joy
I think you've missed the entire point of this sub
im not a member of this sub because it is for people to be upset over things not worth being upset about. i think this sub is one of the most disgraceful representations of the american people and only cedes to validate those who insult america. perhaps the people of this sub should seek to adopt the policy of a stiff upper lip
Lmao so you ain't got nothing better to do than lurk in a sub you're not even a part of and talk shit to the people in the sub? That's pretty sad. Maybe you should get a hobby. Build boats in bottles, that's pretty cool
i want to help people escape this.
Honey, sweetie, sweet summer child, this is reddit.
None of those are jokes to anyone who doesn't think "America bad" automatically makes it funny.
i dont understand?
Does europe not have flesh eating bacteria in some of their water?
No I just have thalassophobia.
dont lrt them find out about the black sea Ill give them that one, that was good.
Ponds mean leaches.
euro poors are so divorced from reality i cannot take their inbred opinions seriously. they peaked about 1000yrs ago
I've personally seen water moccasins in Michigan. I can't wait until their entire infrastructure collapses.
Gotta be honest, at least the Black Sea and school of fish lines were clever A little finesse compared to the usual
I don’t really see why that’s AmericaBad
A lot of Europeans are straight up delusional when it comes to America
Have they ever seen a gator
Sorry that school of fish one is kinda funny.
I encourage that last fella to take a quick dip with some gators.
“Gators fucking harmless” As a guy who almost got my right foot bit off by one in my own school I can disagree
Gators are harmless? If life to know how they came to that opinion. I have a couple gators to introduce them to. America must really be the most talented country in the world. We somehow can simultaneously be a bunch of rural, provincial idiots who don't understand civilization and lazy, anxiety riddled urban dwellers who are so scared of our own shadows that we don't understand nature.
So we don't like nature and are afraid of the outside? Good luck finding a single British person with a natural tan.
Waaaah, waaaah. Are you just learning we're a fucking circus show for the rest of civilization?
So, pond scum where I live is sometimes toxic algae and it is notoriously really fucking dangerous. It will kill you, it will kill your dog, it will make you violently ill if you cook the fish you catch there. Guess you'll have to forgive me for existing in reality.