10 Reasons To Be Excited You Live In America

You forgot the #2. So clearly we shouldn’t be excited about counting.

Carly Rae Jepsen is Canadian!

Also, Carly Rae Jepsen is Canadian. So.

Carly Rae Jepsen = Canadian

Most hilarious mistake.
Take her, we don’t want her! She’s yours!

Dear lord, this was an awful list. Incoherent and stupid.

And also, Carly Rae Jepsen = Canadian

Wasn’t 50 shades written by a British author who learned everything about America through the Twilight series?

yeah even though she’s canadian…we have to listen to her in AMERICA, and that is seriously a tragedy

Umm, Carly Rae Jepsen is canadian and E.L. James (author of Fifty Shades) is actually british…

Yes, Carly Rae Jepsen is Canadian, and yes, E.L. James (50 Shades of Grey) is English–in fact, the phenomenon started in the UK since the novel was released there first.

Even with these minor irritations, the worst thing about your list is claiming English and rap music, however “loosely,” as something that America shares. The U.S. has no official language, and Spanish is undoubtedly engrained as a language of this country. African-Americans also began hip-hop and rap as a counterculture movement against the atrocities of white authority, specifically police brutality in the ’90s and a long-deserved permeation of the mainstream in the early ’80s. Rap music is amazing, but if the entire nation now stands responsible for it as a one-up in the music world, their only role in its creation would be historical hubris.

I’m sure this was just a fun list, but I’d say a real way to celebrate the holiday is with an awareness of everything good and bad about this nation, and an idea of how we can continue to improve it.

Enjoyed reading this, and it’s so perfect for the occasion.

Also, what is this company of which you speak? I have no idea how I’ve lived this long without knowing this existed. I would absolutely shell out $10 bucks in exchange for a surprise!

I liked this list because it wasn’t overtly AMURICA…I hate those people who are like “YOU SHOULD LOVE AMURICA BECAUSE IT IS THE LAND OF THE FREE AND WE CAN VOTE AND WE START WARS TO SHOW WE’RE TOUGH AND LOVE THE BIBLE BLAH BLAH BLAH” This is just a silly list of things that make American unique that no one would think to equate a country with in terms of achievements…brilliant

Stop. Please, just stop. I don’t think I can stand to see another one of your “articles.”
TC: When are you going to stop posting this crap?

I don’t understand why everyone gets worked up about a fun list. It’s supposed to be silly and light-hearted. Give it a break. Not everything on thought catalog has to be serious or thought provoking. Also, I never knew that people hated Call Me Maybe…

AMERICA IS A CONTINENT, NOT A COUNTRY

This should really be titled “Reasons Americans are Thick as Pigshit”.

#1 is a language invented by the English so not American.

#2 rapping came from West Africa.

#3 that is about Mexico not the USA

#6 hamburgers= German, French fries = French.

#7 Canadian

#8 English

Good effort…

What’s the name of that company that ships you a surprise for $10?

You may want to rethink #10. I understand this was supposed to be a lighthearted and fun list, so I won’t piss in your fruit loops.

Is it really light-hearted and fun when all it does is trade in stereotypes and cultural detritus? If you want to be funny you can do so without coming off as a raging moron. Number 1 is the kind of thing only a monoglot thinks, and number 2 is unabashedly racist.

If you want to be offensive while being funny (instead of just offensive and funny only to idiots) you must be smart about it. For examples of funny and offensive comedy done right, please absorb some Bill Hicks and George Carlin.

Or at least google “privilege” and unpack yourself. (i’m at least happy that we can agree that taco platters are, in fact, awesome.)

Also, there are some damned good “American Style” burgers here in Thailand. Come out of your bubble and see the world, i’ll buy you a burger.

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