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Posted by: Alex Mac Kee
If pen­ises were planes Jimmy's mouth would be an airport


Posted by: DarkBen64
Don't punch a British kid, the queen'll come after you.

Yeah, top 10

Whoo

Go Britland

  • 11.29.2012 10:10 AM PDT

Posted by: Alex Mac Kee
If pen­ises were planes Jimmy's mouth would be an airport


Posted by: DarkBen64
Don't punch a British kid, the queen'll come after you.

Posted by: ArchNinja64
What a fool. Your education isnt free. Nothing is. Your tax rates are extremely high. Thats where you pay.
Maybe yours is just stupidly low

More tax means that the government can subsidise important things without leaving it to direct payment from civilians.

(Like healthcare)

  • 11.29.2012 10:12 AM PDT

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Call me Rdog, not RdOG or RdOG1507. I made that username when I thought it was cool to use alternating capital and lowercase letters...

Not America? Easy to guess. Yeah, that's why this thread was even made in the first place. That's why it's a hot topic.

Can you imagine if America was #1? No one would even know. A thread made about the subject would get 3 posts with something like "who cares?"

Gotta have something to argue about!!

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  • 11.29.2012 10:23 AM PDT

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I approve of this list, and honestly, it's mostly because the US isn't on it. lel

  • 11.29.2012 10:25 AM PDT

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Posted by: dazarobbo
Posted by: jew man man
I came into this thread thinking Sweden. Finland is totally what I meant.
Not really surprising, since Northern Europe is arguably the best place in the world to live.

I'm curious, have you been there?


I have, have you got questions?

  • 11.29.2012 10:40 AM PDT
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Posted by: Saphir Eagle
And just checked the tax rates. USA and Finland seem to have rather similar tax rates.

look it up



Those are pre-deductions brah.

Most Americans pay in the neighborhood of 5-10%, if any. Almost half pay no federal income taxes due to credits and deductions.

Effective tax rate reference by year.

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  • 11.29.2012 10:54 AM PDT
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W00t, top ten~!

  • 11.29.2012 10:55 AM PDT
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US has the best universities. Just saying.

  • 11.29.2012 10:57 AM PDT
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Woo! Number 6!

  • 11.29.2012 10:57 AM PDT
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Posted by: MadMax888
Why are you guys surprised the US isn't on that list?
BCUZ MURICA FUDGE YE

  • 11.29.2012 10:57 AM PDT

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Posted by: TH3_AV3NG3R
What house has a rocket pod, has legs, and has a long narrow barrel that probably shoots something powerful?

Sounds like you're describing the lower half of my body, actually.


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Posted by: ArchNinja64
And yet people in the U.S. still want to keep spending more money on a terrible education system with invasive teacher unions that are self serving.

End the Evacuation department at the federal level and end teachers unions, give the students and parents choices. Problem solved.

This is one of the few situations where money really is the answer...just now how we think.

What needs to be done in the US is an investment in restructuring the public school system in order to make if more efficient and more effective.

Yeah like that is going to happen. Our government is mostly full of idiots who play with their fingers trying to figure out what the next logical step would be, but they can't. You want to know why? Most of them aren't logical at all. HEY but the American people are okay with this.

  • 11.29.2012 11:15 AM PDT

If I don't believe in him...



why should he believe in me?

Im surprised China is so high ranked

every friend and person I know from China who came here to study in college/HS are the biggest cheaters and milkers of the system.

Other than that I am not surprised at all.

  • 11.29.2012 11:23 AM PDT

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Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: ArchNinja64
And yet people in the U.S. still want to keep spending more money on a terrible education system with invasive teacher unions that are self serving.

End the Evacuation department at the federal level and end teachers unions, give the students and parents choices. Problem solved.

This is one of the few situations where money really is the answer...just now how we think.

What needs to be done in the US is an investment in restructuring the public school system in order to make if more efficient and more effective.

Yeah like that is going to happen. Our government is mostly full of idiots who play with their fingers trying to figure out what the next logical step would be, but they can't. You want to know why? Most of them aren't logical at all. HEY but the American people are okay with this.
I voted against every single incumbent this year because I wanted to see some real change. That's the only way to achieve it.

  • 11.29.2012 11:24 AM PDT

Nice list.

  • 11.29.2012 11:27 AM PDT

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Posted by: Heart of Stone
US has the best universities. Just saying.

The amount of people who go to 4 year universities is nothing compared to the tons of people who fail out of our middle and high school systems because the US has a terrible education system.

  • 11.29.2012 11:30 AM PDT

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Canada is in the top 10!

ZING!

  • 11.29.2012 11:32 AM PDT

It's kind of sad that were are 17th. We need to make it a priority to drastically improve our education.

  • 11.29.2012 11:34 AM PDT

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Posted by: RebelVElite
The top five countries are also the most depressed. Funny how that works.
But nothing is more depressing than my hometown (except possibly Kiruna). Thank the power company for bringing us back into the light.
(Even if the bus drivers are complaining that they can't see -blam!- when they approach those bus stops.)

  • 11.29.2012 11:34 AM PDT

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Posted by: Heart of Stone
US has the best universities. Just saying.
Meanwhile, university tuition is skyrocketing, while entry level pay is decreasing.

  • 11.29.2012 11:35 AM PDT

WOO Canada made it!
But I already knew this. I'm living in Sweden at the moment so you hear about it a lot.

  • 11.29.2012 11:36 AM PDT

I thought Japan would be higher.

  • 11.29.2012 11:37 AM PDT

TRU7H. CARNAGE. BUNGIE


Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: Heart of Stone
US has the best universities. Just saying.
Meanwhile, university tuition is skyrocketing, while entry level pay is decreasing.

and US may have the best universities but the people in them are mostly foreigners, including (partly) the lecturers..

  • 11.30.2012 7:40 AM PDT
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Posted by: Saphir Eagle
and US may have the best universities but the people in them are mostly foreigners

lolwat

  • 11.30.2012 7:43 AM PDT

A competitive players main goal is to win.
A casuals main goal is to have fun regardless of whether that results in a win or loss.
It has nothing to do with individual skill or knowledge, it has to do with the reason you play.


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Posted by: EnragedAUSTIN11
yeah, but finland is stupid.  It hasnt even started any major wars.  So why should we care if its not even a cool guy?


We might not start wars but we as sure as hell know how to fight them..


Be afraid...


You honestly think that applies to modern day's warfare? Yes, pulling that off was huge feat, but there is no way it'd be possible today, especially with so many people dropping off from army because of "depression".

I also don't understand your act of thinking our country is perfect because we top the list, yes, this country has A LOT of things that are better than anyone could ask, but the country has it's issues, mainly with depression and alcoholism, which go hand to hand. The idea of people drinking just to make get themselves to "a better mood" is just idiotic, and a lot of people in this country seem to think it's ok.

Don't get me wrong, I love the country, but it's idiots like you who make us look bad, no matter how far on top we are on any list.

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  • 11.30.2012 7:57 AM PDT

Posted by: Duardo
I'd love to be a 10 year old and tell my mom I'm going on an adventure out into the world catching Pokemon, with her full support. Never mind the fact that there are rapists, criminals, and murders out there, or the fact that I may get killed by a Pokemon.

Luckily I have Pikachu.


Posted by: Garem
America's not even there?

Cmon, we're not that bad...
Yes you really are. I work in a call center for a major american cable company and it astounds me how a lot of Americans do not know what a Power cord is for a cablebox.

  • 11.30.2012 8:09 AM PDT