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I feel you. I am normally quite critical of nearly everything about the US, but the Americans who treat every problem they have as uniquely, hyperbolically horr
by filleduchaos 6y ago
I feel you. I am normally quite critical of nearly everything about the US, but the Americans who treat every problem they have as uniquely, hyperbolically horrible (even when considering the "western" world alone) are a special kind of frustrating. To hear them talk, you'd think that Europe and Australia/New Zealand were perfect utopias. Meanwhile take this particular issue for example; many of the friends and acquaintances I have in Canada, Germany and Australia have plenty of complaints about internet service as well (even the Twitter thread has someone from Canada post a screenshot where they're only getting 0.38Mbps).
- Mandatum 6y agoUp until 2007 or so, similar story in New Zealand. The government broke up our internet monopoly, then the subsequent duopoly 10 or so years after that.
- jcelerier 6y agoidk, as a french who went to palo alto for a week, I found speeds to be embarrassingly bad in what is a major tech hub of the world compared to the gigabit fiber I've had in medium french cities since something like 2012 ?
- pessimizer 6y agoNobody thinks Australia is a utopia.
- refurb 6y agoYup. This is it exactly. Having spent time in the US and other western countries the US is much better in some aspects and worse in others.