Terra Firma
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Inventions come about by necessity. If they weren't invented in America, sooner or later, they would have been invented elsewhere.
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Where would the world be without American inventions?
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Man is right, you know. Not only that, America was the bit Europe didn't want. Britain had the naval capabilities to retain either the Caribbean or the Thirteen Colonies against French intervention, but not both. So, like any wise man, they chose where the rum came from.
Aren't we really all just god's inventions?
lastplayed
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I thought god was an American invention.
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Do you know who invented that phrase? A European.
Winterfang
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You would probably be using electric things of old ass products, like an Electric Kettle, heck they would be Queens still.
Vulcano's assistant
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We would have these instead
AllIsOneIsNone
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Americans invented "y'all", therefore y'all would not exist if it weren't for us.
lastplayed
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We would have these instead
I want to live in that world.
The United States is 237 years old.
Winterfang
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Glad to admit that Europe invented Slavery.
Is that a water unicycle? What is even the point of living in a world with no water unicycles. First Mattel fails to deliver on the only American invention worth caring about, the hoverboard, now I find out there was a possibility to have floaty unicycles. I'm devastated.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_inventions
Some quick picks:
Desk chair
Crackers
Suspension bridges
Ferris wheel
Tesla coil
Some quick picks:
Desk chair
Crackers
Suspension bridges
Ferris wheel
Tesla coil
can you imagine that? having a fucking Queen in 2013? lol
what kind of savage nation would still force their citizens to pay taxes to feed some "queen" who received that title by no qualifications of their own in this age. Oh shes the queen and you all are peasants, thats how it always works. sorry mr. obama you cant be a queen, you have to be born one, otherwise you are a peasant. But dont forget to pay your taxes so my grandkids can get married in chariots
Glad we live in a free country
Soviet Union won the European Campaign, the German War machine was broken in the Soviet Union ...... not in France or Holland.
That guy isn't serious is he?
vas_a_morir
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American inventions... and I'm of English descent, so I get to claim their shit too. I'M VICARIOUSLY UNSTOPPABLE!
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NinjaFridge
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Slavery was up and going in Africa a long ass time.
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That said, we did invent the abolition of slavery.
Well this led me to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_inventions_and_discoveries
Which in turn led me to learn this:
Lasagne – Contrary to popular belief, the first recipes for a lasagne-styled dish were found in an English 14th Century cookbook called Forme of Cury, it was a popular dish during the reign of King Richard II.
wat?
Nobody invented slavery you imbecile, it's always been around.
Many items in your list simply wouldn't have been possible without the prior research of others, and other items just aren't true.
But really, who cares. It seems that this thread is just a silly troll attempt and you just know that no good will actually come from this discussion. I mean Lunchbox has already posted multiple times in this thread, that tells you everything you need to know.
But really, who cares. It seems that this thread is just a silly troll attempt and you just know that no good will actually come from this discussion. I mean Lunchbox has already posted multiple times in this thread, that tells you everything you need to know.
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
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Where would the world be without capitalism?
vas_a_morir
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Well, let's think... the first US states to ban slavery did so in 1777 upon declaring independence from GB. Who has that beat?
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I hope most of it. Faux-patriotism can be fun sometimes, is all.
Not surprising coming from a TeamCG member!
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Still Great Britain. Slavery hasn't been legal since 1102 on our fair isle.
CornBurrito
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Jared Diamond actually makes a somewhat convincing argument that this isn't necessarily the case for a good deal of inventions.
Zing!
And proud of it!
Also, if TeamCG was a guild, I would have at least been an officer.
ThoseDeafMutes
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In the second half of the 20th C America was definitely a hotbed of innovation and contributed a lot to the world. It really shares a lot of the talent pool with Europe and her colonies though, and sometimes its hard to separate "American inventions" and "Inventions made in America by non-American people".
SirMossyBloke
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You get lawyers for free, but fuck you if youre sick.
Hows that working out for your freedom?
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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I was pretty deliberate in my jabs, but in all seriousness, I think the list is really amazing. Something about the way this country works promotes innovation and I'd hate to see that stifled. I think technical innovation has done more to promote the common good and well-being of humanity than anything else. I don't think that's even debatable. Is it?
VanquishUK
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I fully expected it to become a dick measuring contest, but I'm pleasantly surprised.
Would have been interesting to see how well the SU would have fared without Lend Lease though.
Portugal did in 1761.
Obama.
I like to pretend that is you in your avatar.
freenudemacusers
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I use my iphone a lot more than math or science so uh not sure I buy this.
Yeah. Are people really serious when they boast about stuff they had absolutely no part in?
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