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▲ 1.4k r/hatethissmug+1 crossposts

I HATE WHEN PEOPLE CALL THE USA A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY (LONG)

Okay, so this is going to be a long rant about why I hate it when people call or act like the USA is a third world country. Note that I was born in an ACTUAL third world country (India) and now live in the United States so I believe I can speak on this subject.

Firstly, no it isn't. Stop coping. You don't have open sewers. You don't have one SA case every SIX MINUTES. You don't have crumbling infrastructure. You don't have trash piled up on the side of the road (except in the hood but they have bits of litter on the road, not a whole ass gigantic heap that can be seen from multiple miles in a protected marshland with many species of animals!).

Secondly, lemme just say some stuff about the other arguments that people say.

School shootings - average American school kid never sees one his life. They're horrible, but again, the closest most people get to it in their lives is with drills. Besides they're a lot rarer nowadays thanks to better security systems. But, I will not try to say they aren't a problem to be fixed. Yet they're still not as bad as actual third-world countries like Mexico (you heard of funkytown?) and India (statistic above).

Crime overall - while yes, the USA has more crime per capita than Canada, it's still safer than most third-world countries as long as you know where the fuck you're going and use basic safety precautions, compared to Mexico where you get kidnapped even in the capital. Oh, and I'm sorry for putting shade on Mexico, they have great food and they're a good people, but they're plagued by crime. Pretty much the entire Americas except for small Caribbean nations and Canada (whose crime is ever increasing) have more crime than the USA.

Supposed lack of freedom - Despite democratic backsliding the USA is still a democracy. Next election cycle this will 180, yet people seem to think that this is the normal USA when it's a country of immigrants and will be even despite hiccups in it.

Racism - a problem but people seem to think it's like Sudan levels. Nope. Compared to what I felt in my 5 years in Malaysia (I was rejected from my dream school because I was not a Malay for example) this is nothing, and it's not increasing, it's decreasing, once hyper-racist states like Georgia (my home state) and North Carolina now barely have any Dixies beside rural areas. The problem is going away, and while I do feel it still needs fixing, it's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be.

Income inequality - this is a problem, I'm not going to deny it, but pretty much the entire country is taking a step in the right direction to fix it. Besides, it's much better than in most third world countries, even though the gap itself is bigger the quality of life difference is not. The average poor person in the USA still lives a much, MUCH better life than the average poor person in Brazil or India. I think again, this is a problem to be fixed, but it is much less of a factor than people think it is.

Healthcare - insurance. Of course they try to deny coverage but states like Georgia are expanding medicaid and our senator (da goat Jon Osoff (yes I'm biased)) is trying to force them to accept coverage, which would fix the problem, it'd essentially just turn into an outsourced tax system at that point. I know other states may not have similar campaigns but the country is moving in the right direction and insurance doesn't deny coverage most of the time anyway, it's just that only the times when they do deny it are actually sensationalized, giving off the illusion that they're doing it to everyone because 'insurance company denies coverage for heart attack patient' is a much more notable headline than 'insurance company accepts coverage for heart attack patient'.

Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant. If you want to debunk my arguments feel free to do so as long as you don't go too Redditor on it (as in refrain from ragebait). I'm ok if you respectfully try to debunk my arguments though.

u/Background_Humor5838 — 2 months ago
▲ 38 r/hatethissmug+1 crossposts

I hate US people obsession with wearing gloves when cooking

Every time I come across a video of someone preparing food and they are not wearing gloves, there is always a few, sometimes even many people who just won't shut up about it.

I've seen it with videos in a restaurant's kitchen, food truck, even people just cooking for themselves, and then I see someone who is wearing gloves, taking out the trash, touching every surface and then handling the food with the same fucking gloves.

Just wash your hands bro.

u/Background_Humor5838 — 2 months ago
▲ 0 r/centuryhomes

Help me not hate my black fixtures in my century rental

I hope this is the right sub for this. If not, please accept my apologies in advance and I'll take this request elsewhere.

I can't post a picture because I know people can search the image and find the house it belongs to online but basically I'm renting a home from the 1920s and the bathroom was updated with trendy black hardware and white subway tiles. The mirror, lights, towel racks, and trim are all black.

The bathroom itself is lovely but the black accents don't fit the style or period of the house. I can paint the walls and decorate and probably temporarily remove or replace any fixtures that can be put back when I move out like the shower rod or something but I'm not sure what is reasonable.

Assuming I have to keep my faucet handles and things like that, how can I make this bathroom feel more vintage with just paint and decor? Have any of you had to do something similar?

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u/Background_Humor5838 — 3 months ago
▲ 1.1k r/AmericaBad+1 crossposts

Hello Amerika. What the hell are you doing?

Hello America. What the hell are you doing? I'm Swedish and if it were just about your own country I couldn't care less. But your president is now affecting all of our lives in Europe, Asia, and everywhere else. Not to mention the war zones. How can it be that a man who lies an average of over 20 times a day (first term) is your president? How can it be that a man who promises you the moon and delivers nothing (e.g., gas prices, inflation) is your president? How can it be that a man who is a laughingstock in the rest of the world is your president? Look beyond your borders at what the rest of the world thinks. Fox News is definitely not a reliable source for that. How can it be that a man who keeps getting richer while the country keeps getting poorer is your president? How can it be that a man who leads you into one war after another is your president? To Maga: everyone makes mistakes, that's human. But clinging to decisions even when they're wrong is just plain stupid. Trump wants another term? Your own Constitution states that's not allowed. You're so proud of your history. And yet there's no outcry across the country?

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u/Background_Humor5838 — 3 months ago
▲ 42 r/AustralianShepherd

Is it possible to give my dog a day on a farm to live her dreams?

Sometimes I feel guilty that I robbed my dog of her purpose in life and would love to give her an opportunity to experience a bit of that. Is that crazy? Do people have day camps for herding dogs?

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u/Background_Humor5838 — 3 months ago
▲ 2 r/Gouache

When I mix a color, can I seal it and leave it for a few days?

I have tubes and sometimes I mix more color than I use. I have a tray and I sometimes tape over the well I'm using and use the color again the next day but I have some color I haven't used in a few days. Is it still ok to use or does it get bacteria or something since it's mostly water? I'm sorry if that's a dumb question I'm just an acrylic painter who knows nothing about watery paint styles lol I'm trying to learn.

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u/Background_Humor5838 — 3 months ago
▲ 16 r/CaregiverSupport

I'm so tired of someone needing me

This is gonna sound like a big selfish rant but just hear me out. I feel like I was somehow born to bear the burden of my entire family and I can't even focus on my own life. No matter what I do, somebody needs a favor from me. I cannot relax or plan my week ahead with confidence because I am certain a call or text will come thru soon enough. (This complaint is about certain family members, not all of them.) I'm tired of only being thought of when I can be useful. Nobody seems to have time to have dinner with me or go for a walk in the park but they need my time to deal with their lives both emotionally and literally. Lives they've chosen for themselves. Beds they've made if you know what I mean. What would they do if I wasn't here? I'm sure they would manage but since I am here, they don't need to manage I guess.

This is complicated to explain but basically, I've been a live in caregiver for a family member for a while. I recently moved back to my home town for my own well-being, needing a break from the toxic caregiving environment I was in. As soon as I get here, one of my parents immediately has all kinds of urgent needs they can't solve on their own because they are busy and stressed and whatever. Suddenly I'm running errands and getting the shit end of their attitude for things out of my control because they are stressed. Technically, they should be the one helping ME further my own life, not the other way around. I have siblings nobody bothers. They get to live their lives and focus on their careers and their kids while some of my family wants to know why I don't have kids yet. Hello I'm busy I holding everyone else's lives together and bearing a huge emotional burden.

I'm tired of being asked for things I can't say no to. Technically I can say no but I don't have good reason other than it's inconvenient and I don't want to but I'm tired of being put in the position to want to say no to something in the first place. Please just stop asking me. I don't work for you. I don't want the constant guilt of wanting to say no. When I do say no I get guilt trips and woe is me stories. After all this time caregiving for a different family member I feel like I'm just out of empathy. I don't care about everyone else's problems anymore. I dealt with this from this parent before I moved away and every time I came home to visit and now I feel like I just need to disappear somewhere people can't find me so I can live my life. I'm so behind in my life and my mental health is really suffering from my caregiving experience. It should have never been me in the first place. I feel like it's not normal for parents to rely on one particular child so much and for things they should be able to deal with. I'm struggling to articulate what's really going on but bottom line is I'm done being available. I don't want to have a reason to say no I just don't want to and that's it. I don't want to do anything.

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u/Background_Humor5838 — 3 months ago
▲ 1.3k r/AmericaBad+1 crossposts

Americans, what's with the paper plates?

I belong to a number of food/eating/nutrition subs where people often post pictures of their homemade meals. I'm often struck by how many people use paper plates. I remember using paper plates for kids parties but that's about it. Is it common to use paper plates for home eating in the U.S.?

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u/Background_Humor5838 — 4 months ago
▲ 60 r/Watercolor

Silly question but can someone tell me how to make a true purple with these colors?

Idk what I'm doing wrong lol I feel so silly because I know how to make purple but it's my first time working with these particular paints and I can't seem to figure it out.

u/Background_Humor5838 — 4 months ago