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Terrible event on this day in history

Jul 3, 2015#1

mikerc

239 years ago a bunch of uppity colonials decided to quit on the British Empire. This has almost universally come to be thought of as "a bad thing".

The former colonists would Found a country that would be thought of by other countries as as consisting of a bunch of overweight, none too bright hicks with a gun fetish & a tendency to sue each other at the drop of a hat.

The Empire on the other hand would decline to the point where, well it wasn't an empire at all anymore. It's people would go on to be both inordinately proud & utterly ashamed of their country's history, spending most of their time either apologising for having once been an empire, apologising for not being an empire anymore or, oddly, apologising for still being an empire (which we aren't).

All of this could have been avoided if those damn colonists had just accepted their place in the Empire instead of labouring under the deluded belief that they could actually make a successful independent country.

I mean what did the US ever give the world? Apart from the swivel chair obviously.

Actually fuck it, swivel chairs are cool. Maybe it was worth it after all.

Jul 3, 2015#2

sixpackshaker

What have the Americans ever done for us?

The integrated chip.

(the aqueduct)

Jul 3, 2015#3

Ravenpoe

The internet.

YOU'RE WELCOME!

Jul 3, 2015#4

PatrThom

Shame they spelled "'Murrica" wrong, though.

--Patrick

Jul 3, 2015#5

Bubble181

Ravenpoe said:
The internet.

YOU'RE WELCOME!

....You're Al Gore?[DOUBLEPOST=1435974275,1435974091][/DOUBLEPOST]

PatrThom said:
Shame they spelled "'Murrica" wrong, though.

--Patrick

Murricans: America's chief export? Yes, that seems about right.

(happy 4th of July)

Jul 3, 2015#6

PatrThom

Bubble181 said:
Murricans: America's chief export? Yes, that seems about right.

Crunch all you want, we'll make more.

--Patrick

Jul 3, 2015#7

MindDetective

mroosc1979 said:
239 years ago a bunch of uppity colonials decided to quit on the British Empire. This has almost universally come to be thought of as "a bad thing".

The former colonists would Found a country that would be thought of by other countries as as consisting of a bunch of overweight, none too bright hicks with a gun fetish & a tendency to sue each other at the drop of a hat.

The Empire on the other hand would decline to the point where, well it wasn't an empire at all anymore. It's people would go on to be both inordinately proud & utterly ashamed of their country's history, spending most of their time either apologising for having once been an empire, apologising for not being an empire anymore or, oddly, apologising for still being an empire (which we aren't).

All of this could have been avoided if those damn colonists had just accepted their place in the Empire instead of labouring under the deluded belief that they could actually make a successful independent country.

I mean what did the US ever give the world? Apart from the swivel chair obviously.

Actually fuck it, swivel chairs are cool. Maybe it was worth it after all.

Nice. Almost like it came out of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Jul 3, 2015#8

Jay

PatrThom said:
View attachment 18660--Patrick

Not from what I hear/see/smell.

Jul 3, 2015#9

Emrys

MindDetective said:
Nice. Almost like it came out of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

I was thinking "1066 and All That".

Jul 3, 2015#10

Gruebeard

Bubble181 said:
(happy 4th of July)

Jul 3, 2015#11

checkeredhat

Happy American Canada Day!

Jul 3, 2015#12

WasabiPoptart

Jul 3, 2015#13

Cheesy1

My theme for tomorrow:

Jul 4, 2015#14

jwhouk

Yeah, we're messed up at times. But people are still beating down our doors to come here.

Happy birthday, US of A! You put the "funk" in dysfunctional, but you're still the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Jul 4, 2015#15

GasBandit

Jul 4, 2015#16

GasBandit

Jul 4, 2015#17

filmfanatic

Jul 4, 2015#18

GasBandit

Jul 4, 2015#19

PatrThom

WasabiPoptart said:
View attachment 18663

I love how this has replaced the traditional cigarette with the magnetic "awareness" ribbon.

--Patrick

Jul 4, 2015#20

WasabiPoptart

Jul 4, 2015#21

evilmike

Jul 4, 2015#22

ThatNickGuy

Jul 4, 2015#23

GasBandit

[DOUBLEPOST=1436052553,1436052370][/DOUBLEPOST]And remember, 3 years ago tonight, when San Diego accidentally all the fireworks. (TURN IT DOWN, R.I.P. headphone users)

Jul 4, 2015#24

PatrThom

Let's remember, everyone. Be safe today.

--Patrick

Jul 4, 2015#25

GasBandit

Or, you could always just...

Jul 4, 2015#26

GasBandit

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Jul 4, 2015#27

Gruebeard

What's with the cat tacks?

Jul 4, 2015#28

PatrThom

Gruebeard said:
What's with the cat tacks?

Many imgur galleries end with an ostensibly "obligatory" picture of the OP's cats, or some other cute cat picture.
This is referred to as the "Cat Tax."

--Patrick

Jul 4, 2015#29

Gruebeard

Ah. I approve.

Jul 5, 2015#30

GasBandit

Jul 5, 2015#31

Dave

Jul 5, 2015#32

filmfanatic

Jul 5, 2015#33

GasBandit

Dave said:

Everybody does stupid things sometimes.

Here's a video from July 4th, 1999 of my friend Greg riding a lawn tractor around while we shoot fireworks at him, and he doesn't look where he's going and runs over the propane grill.

No need to watch anything after the 1:00 mark, nothing interesting happens after that (and I'm not being funny, it's just trying to launch fireworks regularly with varying degrees of success).

Sorry for the potato quality, it was 1999.

Jul 5, 2015#34

Dei

Darwin Award nominee!

Jul 5, 2015#35

GasBandit

Jul 5, 2015#36

PatrThom

Dei said:
Darwin Award nominee!

GasBandit said:
ButtBoom!

I find it very sad that some people feel they need attention so badly that they resort to this kind of stuff...stuff that makes even Russians say, "Hmm...maybe not. That sounds dangerous."

--Patrick

Jul 6, 2015#37

Bubble181

I like how the American doesn't get the spelling right in the German/French joke. Makes it so much more authentic

Jul 6, 2015#38

GasBandit

Jul 6, 2015#39

GasBandit

Oh, and it's officially called SOCCER NOW! HA HA HA HA

Jul 6, 2015#40

GasBandit

Jul 6, 2015#41

tegid

That flagstache makes me think of Australia

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