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jberryhill

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41. It doesn't

Tue Oct 22, 2013, 10:41 PM

Oct 2013

The internet is accessible to millions of people.

They don't all like you.

Why does it matter if someone on the internet gives a shit where someone is born?

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] darkangel218 Oct 2013 OP

welcome to DU! Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #1

Whoa, wait, I love you Pretzel_Warrior and the OP, darkangel218!!!! NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #3

thanks!! we are all very similar and only alotted a few decades here. Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #9

Zactly! NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #27

Just about everyone. The latest post i got was that i dont hail from a nordic country, darkangel218 Oct 2013 #4

really? Wow. that is horrible. Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #5

Link? R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2013 #10

Here tammywammy Oct 2013 #14

Well, must be that Nordic Menace I read so much about... Katashi_itto Oct 2013 #16

Now you've done it jberryhill Oct 2013 #58

I don't see that in the reply. cyberswede Oct 2013 #66

Nope. This is the entire text of the reply that led to this OP: pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #87

Anyone doing that is a jackass. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #2

Atell me about it...some expat Anarchist on another thread calling Obamacares a "Shitpile" VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #74

You'd think an anarchist expat would be too busy in their utopia right now. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #131

agree totally! VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #136

I see your delete thread. tammywammy Oct 2013 #6

No thanks, i wont have a "break from DU". darkangel218 Oct 2013 #8

That's your choice. tammywammy Oct 2013 #24

There was ONE reply in that thread! Rex Oct 2013 #21

Apparently it's also this thread. tammywammy Oct 2013 #31

I don't see the hate. Rex Oct 2013 #37

Me either. tammywammy Oct 2013 #42

PWI again, would be my educated guess. nt Electric Monk Oct 2013 #86

Ahh, yes that would make sense. tammywammy Oct 2013 #90

follow your won advice. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #112

I'm not the one trying to start a pissing contest tammywammy Oct 2013 #115

Contest in your eyes only. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #116

Whatever. tammywammy Oct 2013 #118

You too darkangel218 Oct 2013 #119

Some folks.... jberryhill Oct 2013 #85

Love means understanding that America has serious flaws, and R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2013 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Oct 2013 #20

So sorry about your mom Southside Oct 2013 #128

Blah Blah Blah... Change has come Oct 2013 #11

Yah?? I dont visit faux news websites, so you would only know. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #13

I don't watch Fox Nooze and I agree with her 100%. Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #49

And here's proof of that: kentauros Oct 2013 #12

Because she knows it so well? truebluegreen Oct 2013 #15

She knows it well enough through me. kentauros Oct 2013 #22

I'm betting it is you she knows, not Texas or the US. truebluegreen Oct 2013 #29

She's tired of NZ; it's changing for the worse (i.e., conservatively.) kentauros Oct 2013 #36

Given it is the second time you have mentioned it, truebluegreen Oct 2013 #44

Your own statement implies that for me, unless you wish to point me kentauros Oct 2013 #53

You kinda made my point: it is you she knows. truebluegreen Oct 2013 #62

All of it. kentauros Oct 2013 #69

Whatevs. I guess I just find it interesting that she, or you, or anyone truebluegreen Oct 2013 #81

We see things differently than most, or kentauros Oct 2013 #89

I know nothing about "it"??? darkangel218 Oct 2013 #123

Well it wasn't NZ, but it was Michigan. All it took was a visit to Texas' beautiful ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #50

The Piney Woods are amazing, aren't they? kentauros Oct 2013 #63

I, like what appears to be at least a few other DUers, had a misconception about the state. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #67

Just subscribe to Texas Highways and forget about the problems kentauros Oct 2013 #73

I don't think moving somewhere infinitely more conservative would work well... Violet_Crumble Oct 2013 #137

That is the story of my life. I spent half my life outside USA. MADem Oct 2013 #127

I would gladly swap citizenships with her 1000words Oct 2013 #18

US immigration doesn't quite work that way. kentauros Oct 2013 #25

The Texas Hill Country is truly beautiful Nevernose Oct 2013 #40

We used to always go to Camp Warneke kentauros Oct 2013 #47

I love my country.... Bigmack Oct 2013 #17

Links please, such comments should be alerted and are not welcome on nor Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #19

Here darkangel218 Oct 2013 #26

Yeah...ummm... that's rather rude to "fuck you" to us all... ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #23

I didnt mean it that way. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #28

It doesn't to me. Not in the least. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #33

It doesn't jberryhill Oct 2013 #41

The person who posted about Nordic countries was making a point about government, not about where Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #139

This OP oozes a kind of idiotic dickishness not seen often here. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #30

Huh?? darkangel218 Oct 2013 #32

You gave us all the proverbial middle finger. Thanks. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #35

I gave the middle finger to those who deserved it. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #38

Read the title of your OP and get back to me. You appear to have just told... Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #45

Calm down. She explained herself and the word "some" lets a good many of us ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #52

I was born a broad. My brother was born a dude. REP Oct 2013 #34

lol darkangel218 Oct 2013 #43

I must be tired. kentauros Oct 2013 #77

I'm right there with you sister. Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #39

Seriously? Fuck everyone who disagrees with you? Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #46

What's the matter? You can't handle a difference of opinion? Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #56

Swerving a little bit on/off topic, Modern Marvels had the episode about Mount Rushmore ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #65

Thank you. Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #75

"BTW, I do believe in American Exceptionalism" tkmorris Oct 2013 #78

That we are a country that, despite it's faults, Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #80

How exactly is the US exceptional? Violet_Crumble Oct 2013 #138

Do you actually know what happends whe gravity collapses? snooper2 Oct 2013 #76

The best whisky is from Scotland. ( n/t ) Make7 Oct 2013 #48

Aye, Laddie.. 'Deed it does. opiate69 Oct 2013 #94

nope. Canada is the bestest, most amazing. Sorry! Whisp Oct 2013 #51

And fuck Canada NoOneMan Oct 2013 #54

I would say America is very unique Skittles Oct 2013 #55

Not really. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #61

"I dance now at every chance at honky-tonks for drinks and tips.... Schema Thing Oct 2013 #57

I won the lucky sperm lottery and... a la izquierda Oct 2013 #59

Good luck. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #64

It is getting incredibly difficult to do my job here... a la izquierda Oct 2013 #82

The US is not the best or most amazing....it has good and bad like every other country. bowens43 Oct 2013 #60

A bit silly? darkangel218 Oct 2013 #70

Agreed. Vashta Nerada Oct 2013 #79

I think your post sou sounds trollish to be honest. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #88

The OP sounds trollish because she has a differing opinion on her adopted country? ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #91

When America dies, will its soul goto heaven, hell, or the Caymans? NoOneMan Oct 2013 #68

The US is best at what? Vashta Nerada Oct 2013 #71

lol ok. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #83

Watch this. Vashta Nerada Oct 2013 #125

Whatever people say online doesn't matter snooper2 Oct 2013 #72

What a fucked up thread Go Vols Oct 2013 #84

Easf block??? darkangel218 Oct 2013 #92

You are drinking? Go Vols Oct 2013 #93

No im not!! are you?????????? darkangel218 Oct 2013 #96

! cyberswede Oct 2013 #97

I don't see any East Block vs US tammywammy Oct 2013 #95

... Kali Oct 2013 #98

Are you sharing with your cattle, horses, dogs, ... kentauros Oct 2013 #100

.... darkangel218 Oct 2013 #103

Not necessarily the alcohol, kentauros Oct 2013 #105

Thanks Kali. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #101

I'm sorry people felt the need to be asses. Arcanetrance Oct 2013 #99

Its ok, karma is a b***=. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #102

Tis is true . Besides the rude people have you been doing ok Arcanetrance Oct 2013 #104

Im great thanks. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #106

That's great news. Arcanetrance Oct 2013 #108

FT Lauderdale is nice. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #110

That's what my relatives keep saying. Arcanetrance Oct 2013 #111

You could get a job working nights and be a night owl like me darkangel218 Oct 2013 #113

As a chef I basically do Arcanetrance Oct 2013 #114

Same here. I get blinded even by headlights. darkangel218 Oct 2013 #117

So do I Arcanetrance Oct 2013 #120

I guess we is vampyres darkangel218 Oct 2013 #121

Yeah real vampires not sparkly ones Arcanetrance Oct 2013 #122

due to my eyes HangOnKids Oct 2013 #132

100+ posts, and nobody's posted this yet? opiate69 Oct 2013 #107

Well, that movie was kentauros Oct 2013 #109

well, goody for you! You win the ultra-nationalist award! quinnox Oct 2013 #124

Read Some Howard Zinn . . FairWinds Oct 2013 #126

I think we all recognize this. liberalmuse Oct 2013 #129

Don't you know the main thing it takes to be a 'Merican is to not know stuff? Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #130

No one really loves a country .. what you love are the people and their values .. huh? YOHABLO Oct 2013 #133

All of you are posting your undying love for the United States. JayhawkSD Oct 2013 #134

thank you for your service BootinUp Oct 2013 #143

where were you born? I was born in Germany. gopiscrap Oct 2013 #135

I honestly don't understand why citizens of countries with single-payer health care prefer the US. MrsKirkley Oct 2013 #140

I just want us to be better BootinUp Oct 2013 #141

Did you have an affair with Calista Gingrich too? applegrove Oct 2013 #142

That's nice. I certainly don't love the US... Violet_Crumble Oct 2013 #144