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Themes: 1 United States: masters of the Universe 2 China: evils commies, but biggest capitalists 3 India: H-1B source 4 United Kingdom: mother of colonial m

by wott 11y ago

Themes: 1 United States: masters of the Universe 2 China: evils commies, but biggest capitalists 3 India: H-1B source 4 United Kingdom: mother of colonial masters 5 Japan: funny robots 6 Russia: evil soviets conquering the free world 7 Canada: mounted police 8 Germany: nazi cars 9 Australia: other indigenous people genocidal colonists, but more discrete 10 France: messy/ordered, free/binding systems no one understands; Parisss 11 Israel: origin of half of the problems of the world, but nothing can be said against them for they are friends of the masters (even masters cannot say anything), so let us talk about drones 12 Spain: collapsing tomayto economics 13 Brazil: bikini crimelords, evil socialists 15 Pakistan : like H-1B, but terrorists 16 Netherlands: technical devices for growers 17 Sweden: boring devices 18 Greece: collapsing goat economics, might become evil socialists 19 Italy: romantic bunga-bunga 20 Ireland: collapsing potayto economics, less Irish than 4th generation American-Irish masters. 21 Mexico: builds and feeds Silicon Valley 22 Switzerland: safe, safes, savings

fennecfoxen 11y ago
> 9 Australia: other indigenous people genocidal colonists, but more discrete Psst. Discrete is when you're doing math with integers and exploring non-continuous phenomenon. Discreet is when you're trying to keep a low profile. Pass it on. > 11 Israel: origin of half of the problems of the world Certainly involved in half the problems, but is it the origin or is it the destination of the problems? One way or another: some day long after they're finally vaporized by atom bombs, history will surely look back on us and wonder what was wrong with humanity in our day and age (while pointing fingers about the next brewing crisis, obviously)
- forinti 11y ago
  I had to look up the origins of these words and they both derive from the latin "discretus". So this makes me wonder why there isn't one spelling only. It couldn't do more harm than the verb "to read".
  - kuschku 11y ago
    Interestngly, in German, there is only one spelling and pronunciation for both.
    - josemrb 11y ago
      Same in Spanish
      - forinti 11y ago
        And Portuguese (unsurprisingly).
- i26 11y ago
  Israel is neither involved in half the problems of world nor is it the cause of most the problems with which it is involved. Look at all the problems of the world. The vast majority have nothing to do with Israel. This holds by a count of problems as well as by weighting by magnitude or people affected. (Certainly it is featured in the media more often than other conflicts.) As for the problems with which Israel is involved, I don't want to start a political discussion, but I must dispute wott's assertion and say it is more a target of violence than an instigator.
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sdsk8 11y ago
"13 Brazil: bikini crimelords, evil socialists" I dont think you actually read something about Brazil here on HN, something like that will be better: 13 Brazil: zika virus, weak economy and bad politicians
patrickaljord 11y ago
> 11 Israel: origin of half of the problems of the world, but nothing can be said against them for they are friends of the masters (even masters cannot say anything), so let us talk about drones How on earth can Israel be the origin of half of the problems in the world? Anyone who knows a tiny bit about geopolitics knows how untrue this is. And Israel gets bashed all the time on the internet, tv, newspapers and even universities where they dedicate whole weeks criticizing this tiny country. How can you say "nothing can be said"? And how ironic that this comment is one of the most upvoted, contradicting itself. Last but not least, saying that Jews control the masters is basically, well you know Godwin and all that. I'm myself from Syrian/Muslim origin and I know Israel is not perfect, but I am sick of everyone blaming everything on them. We need to take responsibility and recognize our own mistakes so we can fix them instead of blaming everything on the juice. Seriously, stop it. And yes, Israel does build amazing tech so it deserves to be mentioned in here for that reason, not because "we can't say anything" about its politics.
- novaleaf 11y ago
  OK, not half the world's problems. Half of the USA's international problems. And if you are American, USA===World ... And I am ;)
  - patrickaljord 11y ago
    Still not true.
pron 11y ago
> Israel: origin of half of the problems of the world, but nothing can be said against them Over its 120 years (so far), the entire Israeli-Arab conflict (with 6 countries participating directly) has caused roughly 100,000 deaths[1]. That is a terrible, regrettable cost, but it pales in comparison with the 5-year-old Syrian civil war[2], the decade-old Mexican Drug War[3], or the nine-months-long Balkan wars[4] -- all unrelated to Israel, and just a sample of relatively recent world conflicts. So the fact that you think this relatively small (though long-lasting) conflict is the origin of half of the world's problems shows that there's plenty of "saying things against (or for) them" going on. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_Wars
svendlarssen 11y ago
As a Swedish citizen I am a bit offended by 'Sweden: boring devices' and yet at the same time I agree with you.

by wott 11y ago

fennecfoxen 11y ago

> 9 Australia: other indigenous people genocidal colonists, but more discrete Psst. Discrete is when you're doing math with integers and exploring non-continuous phenomenon. Discreet is when you're trying to keep a low profile. Pass it on. > 11 Israel: origin of half of the problems of the world Certainly involved in half the problems, but is it the origin or is it the destination of the problems? One way or another: some day long after they're finally vaporized by atom bombs, history will surely look back on us and wonder what was wrong with humanity in our day and age (while pointing fingers about the next brewing crisis, obviously)

forinti 11y ago
I had to look up the origins of these words and they both derive from the latin "discretus". So this makes me wonder why there isn't one spelling only. It couldn't do more harm than the verb "to read".
- kuschku 11y ago
  Interestngly, in German, there is only one spelling and pronunciation for both.
  - josemrb 11y ago
    Same in Spanish
    - forinti 11y ago
      And Portuguese (unsurprisingly).
i26 11y ago
Israel is neither involved in half the problems of world nor is it the cause of most the problems with which it is involved. Look at all the problems of the world. The vast majority have nothing to do with Israel. This holds by a count of problems as well as by weighting by magnitude or people affected. (Certainly it is featured in the media more often than other conflicts.) As for the problems with which Israel is involved, I don't want to start a political discussion, but I must dispute wott's assertion and say it is more a target of violence than an instigator.
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sdsk8 11y ago

"13 Brazil: bikini crimelords, evil socialists" I dont think you actually read something about Brazil here on HN, something like that will be better: 13 Brazil: zika virus, weak economy and bad politicians

patrickaljord 11y ago

> 11 Israel: origin of half of the problems of the world, but nothing can be said against them for they are friends of the masters (even masters cannot say anything), so let us talk about drones How on earth can Israel be the origin of half of the problems in the world? Anyone who knows a tiny bit about geopolitics knows how untrue this is. And Israel gets bashed all the time on the internet, tv, newspapers and even universities where they dedicate whole weeks criticizing this tiny country. How can you say "nothing can be said"? And how ironic that this comment is one of the most upvoted, contradicting itself. Last but not least, saying that Jews control the masters is basically, well you know Godwin and all that. I'm myself from Syrian/Muslim origin and I know Israel is not perfect, but I am sick of everyone blaming everything on them. We need to take responsibility and recognize our own mistakes so we can fix them instead of blaming everything on the juice. Seriously, stop it. And yes, Israel does build amazing tech so it deserves to be mentioned in here for that reason, not because "we can't say anything" about its politics.

novaleaf 11y ago
OK, not half the world's problems. Half of the USA's international problems. And if you are American, USA===World ... And I am ;)
- patrickaljord 11y ago
  Still not true.

pron 11y ago

> Israel: origin of half of the problems of the world, but nothing can be said against them Over its 120 years (so far), the entire Israeli-Arab conflict (with 6 countries participating directly) has caused roughly 100,000 deaths[1]. That is a terrible, regrettable cost, but it pales in comparison with the 5-year-old Syrian civil war[2], the decade-old Mexican Drug War[3], or the nine-months-long Balkan wars[4] -- all unrelated to Israel, and just a sample of relatively recent world conflicts. So the fact that you think this relatively small (though long-lasting) conflict is the origin of half of the world's problems shows that there's plenty of "saying things against (or for) them" going on. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_Wars

svendlarssen 11y ago

As a Swedish citizen I am a bit offended by 'Sweden: boring devices' and yet at the same time I agree with you.