Reasons to Come to America - Page 2

monster · 02-16-2012, 09:45 PM

(Sorry Guys, I do love you and I love living here, but American coffee sucks and you are not the freeest nation on Earth)

footfootfoot · 02-18-2012, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

(Sorry Guys, I do love you and I love living here, but American coffee sucks and you are not the freeest nation on Earth)

Honey, I've been outside the US and I know for a fact we don't have the best of anything when it comes to food or bevvies. Better than England, I'd wager, but I know we suck. The only times in my life when I've experienced "culture shock" were when I returned to the US.

The coffee is tolerable if you really apply yourself.

monster · 02-16-2012, 09:55 PM

Reasons to come: Depends why you're coming!

but as a tourist.....

The fantastic scenery: From deserts to ice highways. tumbleweed. old Route 66. Death Valley. Grand Canyon. Car Henge. Old Faithful. Lake Michigan. Niagara falls. the Everglades.

The stuff you thought was only in movies: yellow traffic lights hanging from wires, steam coming out of grids in the street, Halloween in a suburban neighbourhood, drive-thru liquor stores

Pico and ME · 02-16-2012, 09:57 PM

When you say 'the coffee', which coffee are you talking about?

monster · 02-16-2012, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Pico and ME

When you say 'the coffee', which coffee are you talking about?

"American" or "house" or "breakfast"

monster · 02-16-2012, 10:00 PM

If you really want to experience America, you need to get some experience of an American high school. They are soooooo different from UK high schools and they are the most formative years. So much we thought was fiction is fact...... I'm not bitching, it's not bad -Hebe is having a blast and doing well, but it's so different from the UK -and now I suddenly find myself understanding Americans so much better. Now I get the references they make.... etc.....

Aliantha · 02-16-2012, 10:01 PM

Any coffee really. Dazza reckons what you get from chains like starbucks is more or less the same as here, but he hasn't had a decent one in a restaurant or cafe ever.

monster · 02-16-2012, 10:03 PM

"French/dark roast" is closer to European coffee, but still has a hint of.... um, well... dirt? in the main

I have no idea what Aussies drink.

monster · 02-16-2012, 10:04 PM

Sorry, I know how much all y'all loved me 'til this point.

Aliantha · 02-16-2012, 10:07 PM

Yeah, that's what Dazza reckons. It tastes like dirt, and very bitter.

The whole coffee shop scene is pretty big almost everywhere here, and people very quickly decide if it's good or not. If you don't have a decent barista you're fucked.

fargon · 02-18-2012, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Yeah, that's what Dazza reckons. It tastes like dirt, and very bitter.

The whole coffee shop scene is pretty big almost everywhere here, and people very quickly decide if it's good or not. If you don't have a decent barista you're fucked.

Don't buy your coffee at Starbuck's, and you won't that over roasted crap. American coffee is the best in the world. And I have had coffee in European countries.

Aliantha · 02-18-2012, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by fargon

Don't buy your coffee at Starbuck's, and you won't that over roasted crap. American coffee is the best in the world. And I have had coffee in European countries.

As I said, the Starbucks type chains were the same as over here, and he went to restaurants and cafes and diners etc and couldn't find a cup he'd call good compared to what we have here.

Maybe it's just what you're used to calling coffee.

Undertoad · 02-16-2012, 10:14 PM

Literally thousands of excellent microbreweries.

20 fuckin' weird-ass landscape types in one single nation.

1000 television stations (although nothing is any good).

Gourmet-quality supermarkets.

Guitar Center: an actual chain of retail stores where they sell guitars. (Yes real musicians mourn the loss of the independent music store. But, Guitar Center.)

The Krispy Kreme donut when the HOT sign is on.

Personal treatments. Our many independently-owned nail salons will mani-pedi you until your cuticles are silken! Our day spas will put vegetables on your face and heated stones on your body! Our literally millions of trained, licensed massage therapists will relax your tension points!

Burning Man or the personal local equivalent such as the Philadelphia Folk Festival.

Broadway and Vegas shows where $50 million has been spent to put on a production to blow you away. Spectacle more than art - mmmmaybe, but it's an experience, anyway.

Aliantha · 02-16-2012, 10:18 PM

I look at your list UT and there's only a couple of things on it that we don't have here in Oz. The biggy being guitar center. We don't have thousands of TV stations either, but as you say, most of what's on is crap anyway. We probably only have hundreds of microbreweries, but that's enough for a sparsely populated nation.

Australia - just like America only smaller.

wolf · 02-17-2012, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Australia - just like America only smaller.

Yeah, we're both England's rejects, aren't we? Youse guys talk funnier, though. And get your drunk on better. I've been out with Aussies.

Other reasons to come to America:

Cheesesteaks
Hoagies
Pizza.

Yes, pizza is Italian, but it underlines something Americans excel at ... taking another culture's cuisine and making it uniquely our own. And Better. That's the American Way.

02-16-2012, 09:45 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(Sorry Guys, I do love you and I love living here, but American coffee sucks and you are not the freeest nation on Earth) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-16-2012, 09:55 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Reasons to come: Depends why you're coming! but as a tourist..... The fantastic scenery: From deserts to ice highways. tumbleweed. old Route 66. Death Valley. Grand Canyon. Car Henge. Old Faithful. Lake Michigan. Niagara falls. the Everglades. The stuff you thought was only in movies: yellow traffic lights hanging from wires, steam coming out of grids in the street, Halloween in a suburban neighbourhood, drive-thru liquor stores __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-16-2012, 09:57 PM	#4
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	When you say 'the coffee', which coffee are you talking about? __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

02-16-2012, 10:00 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	If you really want to experience America, you need to get some experience of an American high school. They are soooooo different from UK high schools and they are the most formative years. So much we thought was fiction is fact...... I'm not bitching, it's not bad -Hebe is having a blast and doing well, but it's so different from the UK -and now I suddenly find myself understanding Americans so much better. Now I get the references they make.... etc..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-16-2012, 10:01 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Any coffee really. Dazza reckons what you get from chains like starbucks is more or less the same as here, but he hasn't had a decent one in a restaurant or cafe ever. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-16-2012, 10:03 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	"French/dark roast" is closer to European coffee, but still has a hint of.... um, well... dirt? in the main I have no idea what Aussies drink. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-16-2012, 10:04 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Sorry, I know how much all y'all loved me 'til this point. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-16-2012, 10:07 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yeah, that's what Dazza reckons. It tastes like dirt, and very bitter. The whole coffee shop scene is pretty big almost everywhere here, and people very quickly decide if it's good or not. If you don't have a decent barista you're fucked. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-16-2012, 10:14 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Literally thousands of excellent microbreweries. 20 fuckin' weird-ass landscape types in one single nation. 1000 television stations (although nothing is any good). Gourmet-quality supermarkets. Guitar Center: an actual chain of retail stores where they sell guitars. (Yes real musicians mourn the loss of the independent music store. But, Guitar Center.) The Krispy Kreme donut when the HOT sign is on. Personal treatments. Our many independently-owned nail salons will mani-pedi you until your cuticles are silken! Our day spas will put vegetables on your face and heated stones on your body! Our literally millions of trained, licensed massage therapists will relax your tension points! Burning Man or the personal local equivalent such as the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Broadway and Vegas shows where $50 million has been spent to put on a production to blow you away. Spectacle more than art - mmmmaybe, but it's an experience, anyway.

02-16-2012, 10:18 PM	#14
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I look at your list UT and there's only a couple of things on it that we don't have here in Oz. The biggy being guitar center. We don't have thousands of TV stations either, but as you say, most of what's on is crap anyway. We probably only have hundreds of microbreweries, but that's enough for a sparsely populated nation. Australia - just like America only smaller. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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