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The dipshit in the photo above is George McClellan. He was the leading general of the Union army during the early stages of the American Civil War. He was an infamously risk-averse general, and he likely prolonged the war by a couple years with his inaction.
Thankfully, Lincoln eventually fired his dumb ass, and the Union started performing much better in the war with army under the control of generals who were willing to actually do their job, like Grant, Sherman, Meade, etc.
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For the United States, it's the Cleveland Browns. You could make a 5-season documentary series about all of the things this team has done to fuck itself.
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In the USA, the classic example of this is Prohibition. There were serious alcohol-related issues in this country, and there were good reasons why people wanted to ban it. However, this just didn't work. Alcohol consumption was simply too ingrained into American culture, and people quickly created loopholes to continue drinking.
On the top of this, now that alcohol had been pushed to the black market, the government lost all ability to regulate it, and in many ways this made many of the issues that Prohibition tried to fix even worse than they were before. Additionally, this created a golden age for organized crime in America, as the mafia became filthy rich off the illegal booze trade.
In the United States, it's probably the New York accent. The Boston, Southern, and "Valley Girl" accents are not far behind.
Given that the United States of America is a relatively young country and torture is technically unconstitutional, we have been far less "creative" with our forms of punishment in comparison to what was seen in medieval Europe or various ancient empires.
However, make no mistake about it, the United States government has used torture on numerous occasions, despite it being in clear violation of the 8th Amendment which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment". Some examples include waterboarding, walling, cramped confinement, stress positions, beating and slapping, sleep deprivation, sensory bombardment, temperature extremes, forced nudity, exploitation of phobias, sexual humiliation and threats, dietary manipulation and force-feeding.
The United States has the largest foreign-born population of any country in the world (~50 million people). As of 2024, our 30 largest immigrant populations come from the following countries:
Their names are Mika and Archer.
Recently, the town changed their name to "Fugging", because people kept stealing their signs, which I don't think really makes it that much better. 😂
Pictured here is the BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in Robbinsville, New Jersey, which is the world's second largest Hindu temple.
Shown here was a clip of an Argentina supporter shouting racist remarks and making monkey gestures at popular streamer, IShowSpeed. Other clips of Speed facing racist insults during his streams at the World Cup.
Needless to say, this behavior has no place at event that attracts an audience as diverse as the World Cup does. What, if anything, can FIFA do to mitigate this?
I am 90% sure that Taco Bell's menu was specifically designed to be perfect for this exact occasion.
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