What are some of America's Greatest Contributions to the World?

[revelator]

Having dished out lots of criticism of America over the last few years, I thought it would be nice to have a thread to acknowledge the many wonderful things America has contributed to the world.

1) Rock'n'Roll music.

Thanks America!

 

[Pengwuino]

1) Rock'n'Roll music.

Thanks America!

I knew this was going to turn into another america bashing thread

 

[brewnog]

2. Spongebob Squarepants.

Thanks America!


I like this thread already!

 

[Townsend]

Having dished out lots of criticism of America over the last few years, I thought it would be nice to have a thread to acknowledge the many wonderful things America has contributed to the world.

1) Rock'n'Roll music.

Thanks America!

Thats not ours...we stole it

 

[Smurf]

Thats not ours...we stole it

There you gow ith your America bashing again!

 

[Townsend]

There you gow ith your America bashing again!

...what I said is not an insult...

It just means that people will have to think harder for something positive to say...

 

[brewnog]

3. Kentucky Fried Chicken.

 

[Townsend]

3. Kentucky Fried Chicken.

I hate American fast food. I think that is one of the worst things to come from this country.

 

[revelator]

Thats not ours...we stole it

Dang. From who?

Alright well I got others.

4) Putting humans on the moon.
5) Samuel Clemens

 

[Townsend]

Dang. From who?

Alright well I got others.

3) Putting humans on the moon.

That was just to beat Russia...

4) Samuel Clemens

Ok, I will give you that one.

 

[revelator]

That was just to beat Russia...



Ok, I will give you that one.

You guys still did it.

And who'd you steal Rock'n'Roll from?

 

[Townsend]

Dang. From who?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music

http://www.menziesera.com/origins_of_rock/origins_of_rock.shtml

Mostly from the people we enslaved.

 

[Pengwuino]

3. Kentucky Fried Chicken.

brewnog, the threads about what you LOVE about America, not what makes you puke about america :P

 

[brewnog]

brewnog, the threads about what you LOVE about America, not what makes you puke about america :P

Ha, well, they must have made it nice especially for export to the UK. In any case, short of several musicians who most will never have heard of, and Spongbob, I'm having a hard time thinking of much else! I'll get there, I'm sure.

 

[Townsend]

Ha, well, they must have made it nice especially for export to the UK. In any case, short of several musicians who most will never have heard of, and Spongbob, I'm having a hard time thinking of much else! I'll get there, I'm sure.

I can tell this thread is going to go a long ways...

 

[revelator]

I was really hoping this would be a successful thread. I mean, geez, let's give some credit where credit is due.

 

[neurocomp2003]

mmmm...
[] its the country south of the border.
[] rap/r&b
[] basketball
[] $$$...and importing Canadians.
[] mmmmm some science magazines.

 

[kaos]

Barney the dinosaur, power rangers, The village people , cowboy movies






YECCCCHHH

 

[Townsend]

I was really hoping this would be a successful thread.

I appreciate the the gesture...

 

[LeBrad]

Baseball.
________________

 

[Townsend]

Is that the extent of what everyone has to say?

There are a lot of things that have come from America...I guess I will have to help...

Lets start with...
The internet? Does anyone like that?

 

[mattmns]

Internets, is the correct term.

What about Porn videos? I would say that we have to be good at those.

 

[revelator]

Is that the extent of what everyone has to say?

There are a lot of things that have come from America...I guess I will have to help...

Lets start with...
The internet? Does anyone like that?

Hear, hear!

What about Porn videos? I would say that we have to be good at those.

Good yes, but in this field the Japanese have you guys beat

 

[kaos]

Yeah, hooray for pooornnn... and bT

wooohoooo!

 

[Townsend]

How about aviation? Does anyone like Airplanes?

 

[revelator]

IIRC the modern refrigerator comes to us courtesy of an American?

 

[Townsend]

Computers?

 

[Smurf]

You can hardly say that Aviation and Computers are from America. They contributed sure, but let's not give them too much credit either.

 

[klusener]

Is that the extent of what everyone has to say?

There are a lot of things that have come from America...I guess I will have to help...

Lets start with...
The internet? Does anyone like that?

I thought it was some guy from New Zealand.

 

[Townsend]

You can hardly say that Aviation and Computers are from America. They contributed sure, but let's not give them too much credit either.

Ok how about a powered, heavier-than-air machines able achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. Those are from America...

http://www.nasm.si.edu/wrightbrothers/

As from computers...let me be more precise...electronic general-purpose computers started in America.

How is that?

 

[Townsend]

I thought it was some guy from New Zealand.

The story of the Internet begins in 1969 with the implementation of ARPANET by academic researchers under the sponsorship of the United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet#Creation_of_the_Internet

And even that started at MIT...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

 

[Smurf]

Ok how about a powered, heavier-than-air machines able achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. Those are from America...

Of course. And what a giant leap that was.

As from computers...let me be more precise...electronic general-purpose computers started in America.

Personal Computers? Really just a matter of mass producing them rather than actually inventing something.

 

[Echo 6 Sierra]

Air Conditioning!

 

[Smurf]

Air Conditioning!

I was waiting for someone to say that!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

The transistor was discovered at Bell Labs. How much more fundamental can you get?