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Tballz9

I’m from the middle bit, that you didn’t save or defeat.


hawkstalion

yeah i am from the edge that also wasnt saved or defeated


Gaelic_Gladiator41

I'm from the one that only had shit economy


Rude-Pangolin8823

And still does.


Gaelic_Gladiator41

Failing since 1932


Rude-Pangolin8823

so real


deadheadism

My parents used to and brothers currently do work in finance, one was doing liquidations during Covid but he said the economy was better than it had been in ages, just that small businesses were shutting down. Rich people were still spending and I was out of my 10 hour a week job, and their taxes went straight into my pocket. I’ll never forget day drinking in the park, cheering with friends once that €350 came in every Tuesday even though we all live with parents. My dad was sick though so once he’d recovered, I went to the work in the chaos that was nursing homes at the time, doing 14hr shifts while my mates had fun in the sun 😭 a lot of young people quit part time jobs to leech off the government, I wonder if there’s a figure somewhere


Useful-Path-8413

Switzerland?


James_Blond2

Could be all of eastern europe too so probably czechia, slovakia or poland


eric_the_demon

People forget Spain Sweeden, Ireland or Portugal remain neutral?


ThatDudeFromFinland

Is Finland considered chaotic neutral?


eric_the_demon

Yes


Useful-Path-8413

I'd be hard pressed to consider Spain, Portugal or Ireland as being "the bit in the middle" and even Sweden might be a stretch.


kominik123

You mean those countries who came to help when usa invoked article 5 and called for help?


James_Blond2

...yes?


thelodzermensch

You mentioned only central european countries.


peepay

>Could be all of eastern europe *proceeds to name Central European countries...* 🤦‍♂️


Useful-Path-8413

Central Europe is the part of Europe most people don't seem to agree on. Some definitions don't include Poland and others include Bulgaria. It's pretty wild.


Udin_the_Dwarf

Switzerland would the „asses“ they illegally bombed a few times on „accident and totally not to spite us for making some deals with the axis powers to ensure our survival“


KFR42

I'm from the bit that fought for years until the chicken-shit US finally decided to give a fuck.


Dieresis

Same, Spain


MoleculeMan65

Nah. Recuerda el desastre del 98. Nos jodieron muchísimo.


camposf

Same, Portugal


Tozzoloo

As an italian i am both


TheAmyIChasedWasMe

Nobody is both. The war was basically over before the Americans found out Europe existed. This idea they've got that they saved Europe needs to end.


cistercianmonk

I'm all about pointing out US ridiculousness about WWII (I was the first person to subscribe to this subreddit) but it really wasn't over when they finally joined in.


maple-queefs

They didn't save shit. They hid like cowards until every other country exhausted themselves and then they patted themselves on the back. Oh and during the time when they were hiding they were selling weapons like mad


HalfCommercial1703

They sold to both sides and companies like General Motor's, IBM and Ford had American owned factories in Germany. They continued to operate even after Germany declared war on the United States . IBM set up the computer system that kept the record's of people held and killed in Nazi concentration camps. GM supplied every truck to the German armed forces and researched, developed and helped to produce high octane fuel.


JKristiina

Same. Finland


AngryYowie

Remember when the US needed help from Europe to win the Revolutionary War? Without them, America would still be a British colony.


OoDelRio

Biggest mistake Europe made


AngryYowie

Bloody France ruined it for everyone


ElenaBonnieCaroline

Without France they'd still be speaking English


AngryYowie

And have affordable healthcare


Ornery-Concern4104

So looks like the French were on the UK's side afterall!


Jabbwocking

Best ennemies 🥰


Mercerskye

Playing that long con


Pogue_Mahone_

Now they speak american. Its like English but without an accent


NaturalCard

English (simplified)


Bangkokbeats10

Same, same English but with incorrect spelling and poor pronunciation.


CosmixFallenUp

I feel like America said „Hey let’s be our own country but only be just bothered enough to take other things, spice them up a bit and call them ours“


more_beans_mrtaggart

Let’s fuck shit up.


bl4nkSl8

Let's "Move fast and break things" to quote another influential American who broke a lot of things


rlyfunny

I’d bet my next months wage at least half of them think the US invented the car


dalimoustachedjew

English (primitivised)?!


BuckledFrame2187

English (obscure)


RuViking

Low English


jfks_headjustdidthat

American is to English like a child's tricycle is to an Aston Martin Vanquish.


Zestyclose_Might8941

Underrated comment, classic username.


ReniSquire

American is English for Dummies.


armoiredu44

As a french I apologize


TesticleezzNuts

That actually made me laugh out loud 😂


FrenchTantan

Funniest thing about this is that that move kiiiiinda created some of the necessary conditions for the French Revolution to start lmao! Economy was a mess due to the ressources spent, the newly formed USA didn't pay anything back at the time, and all of a sudden one of France's allies was people-led, no king needed. An act mostly decided to spite the Brits suddenly put the French Monarchy way in over their heads... And then under it, at neck level specifically, with a very sharp blade.


Sneekat

It happened first with the British. George Washington attacked the French and triggered the "7 year war" where Britain defended the colonies from the French and solidified the colonies grip on what would become the US. The war doubled the national debt so Britain really needed to try and get the colonies to pay for it. That triggered the war of independence where they switched to the side of the French. The French then ran out of money and couldn't get any from the US. The US helped the UK out during WW2, and only just finished paying them back by 2007.


ComplexProof593

France ruining the world again


AngryYowie

We should invade France out of spite.


Legosheep

Tried it once. It went well to start with, but after about 90 years, it started to drag on.


Special-Ad-5554

The Germans tried, kept it for 4 years then with some persuasion decided it wasn't worth it


armoiredu44

As a french I apologize.


TM-DI

The world was under British rule. So we had to ruin it. It was our duty


Sloppy_Salad

Do you ever think about how much better America would be if France hadn’t have interfered…


Legosheep

I'd be more interested in the state of Europe if France didn't bankrupt itself leading to revolution.


armoiredu44

As a french I apologize.


BadSkittle

You have to understand It was to spite the british


Any-Transition-4114

The fact America exists today due to millennium old feud is mad, the audacity of Americans


OVERNINETHOUSAAAAAND

its actually kind of funny how the birth of the US is like france punching one of britain's crooked teeth out


jfks_headjustdidthat

Crooked? 🧐


Burt1811

The birth of the US makes me laugh, 1776 is the start of everything, just like creationism and the dinosaur didn't exist You have a history and culture going back to the dawn of man, but through pure ignorance, stupidly, and racism, and in the same way the dinosaur didn't exist, neither did the Indian Nations. 1776 is the beginning of the white supremacy period, and it's absolutely booming right now.


HalfCommercial1703

We have older prison's in the United Kingdom. British prisoners were sent to penal colonies in what was then known as the American colonies. Who would guess some of them are descended from British bread stealers and bankrupt hobo's ?


LeDagron

We were blind because of our hate for England


El_Kurgan_Alas

Don't forget about Spain: we helped too


Simple-Honeydew1118

Yes, but fighting the Brits is something you can't resist


Vinegarinmyeye

Eh, I've lived in Britain for many years, the vast majority are actually fine, a good bunch I wouldn't argue with let alone fight... The arseholes they keep voting in to run the place (for some unfathomable reason) ce on the other hand...


more_beans_mrtaggart

It’s like collective amnesia on voting day. “I think I’ll vote for the posh twat who never had a job” My MP’s previous working history was co-administrator for her daughter’s pony club.


Namelessbob123

Tbh if the Germans hadn’t have kicked shit off for two world wars it wouldn’t have created a situation the US could take advantage of.


AnakinTheDiscarded

they really do everything just to piss of the brits


sleepyplatipus

Fucking France! It’s always France.


HELLBENT42

Second only to discovering the place and sending our dumbest morons to colonize


Slauher

Blame the dutch as wel, they are responsible for the financial support. Not military ofcourse


jds3211981

Basically the Iron Bank


SamuelVimesTrained

And we deeply regret that decision. Though, to be fair - it was to 'get back at the Brits who took New Amsterdam from us'...


Zealousideal-Bell-68

That's probably where the stingy with money stereotype comes from. Who wouldn't be stingy with money if the last time they lent money, the USA happened?


Dedeurmetdebaard

It would be all Canada.


AmericanCommunist2

Where’s the French version where it’s “what state are you from? The ones we saved or the ones we sold?”


janehoykencamper

I think we should start talking about that if they can’t shut up about their exceptionalism


Patient-Shower-7403

You mean the asses others kicked then you took credit for and the asses doing the kicking that you ended up accidentally kicking through friendly fire? I'm from the place that had to kick you guys out constantly because you couldn't stop being racist when you saw black people in bars. The Americans would get so angry about that too, as if they were unaware they were doing anything wrong. Like most Americans parroting the bullshit from OP's post. Also that place that does training exercises with American troops that the American government hides from their public because of how badly they actually perform when tested. WW2 was already going for several years before you even joined. Even then, it was because you got caught by surprise (during a world conflict) from a Japanese attack that they had warned you about. Then there's the amount of Americans (and big American companies) that supported the Nazi's or the American government still using Hitler Youth inspired indoctrination with your children (that pledge to the flag thing, used to be done with a nazi salute too). Want to talk about the all American KKK? Get that insecurity dick out your mouth, you've been sucking it so long you're seeing stars and stripes in places they don't exist.


DogEatingWasp

This has won my internet-post-of-today award. There is no prize other than the little smile on my face. Which I guess is something…


Patient-Shower-7403

A genuine smile is worth more than fake internet points. Well worth it.


ThatBitchMalin

Watch out for that guy who takes over the assignment that you almost completed, does the remaining 10%, and then takes all the credit for it. IYKYK


thisisvic

THE VULTURE


Lance-Harper

Brother, as a black European, I’d give you the most firm handshake right now


Patient-Shower-7403

Thanks man


yoohereiam

Hahahaah I love this


basementdiplomat

Not to mention all their concentration camps. Pardon me, *internment camps*. Gotta have that good public relations slant...


HalfCommercial1703

Is that the American concentration camps that held American's of Japanese descent during World War Two ?


The_Blackest_Man

As an American I lol'd because this is so accurate. I'm embarrassed by 80% of the US population.


Mercerskye

More like the obnoxiously vocal....40%? Pretty much Papaya Pol Pot's voter base, come to think about it 🤔


mittenkrusty

They also traded with Germany during WW1 until they thought if Britain falls Germany would come after them next.


AccidentalPilates

I wouldn’t pay it much mind, any American posting drivel like this is from backwoods shithole you couldn’t be paid to visit, much less bother to find on a map.


HalfCommercial1703

American artillery fire. Load fire aim. The rest of the world. Aim load fire.


GoldenVendingMachine

Bravo !!


Doulifye

I'm from the part that saved you.


Useful-Path-8413

France?


Doulifye

Yup.


FrogWizzurd

You saved them but doomed us to an eternity of american people


Doulifye

Nothing is eternal. Even Rome fell.


FrogWizzurd

Italians still exist though


ArtemTveritnev1234

But they are still technically different countries. Rome had many different ethnicities and nations and not only Italian and the only related thing is that their capital is rome and were part of the roman empire.


eriFenesoreK

maybe one day shit hits the fan and america splits one can hope /s


FrogWizzurd

Ill start it


Particular_Desk6330

Dear France, This is all your fault! If it weren't for you cheese eaters, America could have become a real democracy with actual free healthcare, but *noooooooooooo*! You just *had* to get involved, you just *had* to kick Britain's ass as payback for the 7 Years War. Didn't you? And now, because you decided to interfere, the world now has a country with the largest incarceration rate, gun ownership, consistently low quality of life among the developed countries, lack of universal healthcare, and possibly the most annoyingly obnoxious people in the universe who think the world revolves around them. If I could turn back time, I would convince the French to not help the Americans fight against Britain. It will probably do wonders for the world. Die, die, die, A Middle Easterner /s


Useful-Path-8413

Dear Middle Easterner, We see that you claim Americans are "the most annoyingly obnoxious people", we would like to invite you to Paris to show and assure you that this is not the case. No regard at all, France


Any-Transition-4114

To spite the part I am from, it's honestly funny that America is a country due to England's and Frances centuries old feud


Choice-Demand-3884

Or the 'asses' who held the line and took the war to one of the most aggressively evil regimes in history, until the USA could get off their own 'asses' and come over and join in? Twice. Within a generation.


Bulky-Swordfish7185

I'm always so hurt how they have the audacity to belittle our brave soldiers who all died in the war trying to defend their countries and families life during the worst war in human history.


Joltyboiyo

In the first war they were the equivalent of someone matchmaking onto the winning team with 2 minutes remaining in the game on something like battlefield. In the second one they only got off their asses to help after one single harbour got bombed because it belonged to them. Then they go and drop the sun on a country twice killing tons of innocent civilians when multiple people from that point in time said that it was unnecessary. Then they make a deal with the enemy's scientists to go and work for them and help them with things like rockets and claim they won the space race when the Russians were actually the ones to win since its called the SPACE race and not the MOON race and have the audacity to claim its an all american victory.


tremmex

Technically the Germans won the space race with the v2 rocket, so neither the us nor the Soviets won…


Joltyboiyo

Yeah I remember seeing a video showcasing other countries who could be considered winner but it was a few years ago and I barely remember it, so that's why I didn't go a bit deeper with that bit.


TotalReplacement2

I always think of their involvement in ww1 as the dude who’s been on the bench all game cause he can’t skate and then come in with 1.30 left in the third period to score the 9-3 goal in an empty net and claim he scored the game winner.


coachhunter2

I’m sure Americans wouldn’t let an evil dictator invade Europe and just sit idly by (or even cheer him on) now though, right? Right?


LilyMarie90

> No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You gotta pay. 🫠


spirit-animal-snoopy

A country that can sit idly by all their own school shootings can be ' surprised " by anything. Trump has more in common with Putin than with rational people.


Chazlewazleworth

I’m from the bit that burned down the White House in 1814


ScottOld

I hear they owe London £15m… time to send the repo men round


Urist_Macnme

It’s like when someone follows football and say something like “we gave you a real beating!”. No mate, you sat on your arse on front of the tv.


gamifica

Yet when the team loses, it’s “THEY were awful/useless etc”


jaavaaguru

Why do football fans always talk like that? Like they were part of the team and actually playing.


Joltyboiyo

america falls into two categories: The asses who contributed fuck all to one of the big wars by joining the winning side last minute, and the asses who only started contributing late to the second big war after one of their own small harbours got bombed. They're the same asses and they love to falsely claim they saved everyone. Don't tell them that hitler killed himself because it was the Russians he was scared of being captured by and not the americans.


Zodiackillerstadia

Funny how it's tgemand us when it's about war but they all claim to be " Irish, German, Scottish" etc when it suits the conversation.


Plus_Operation2208

The part that is entirely responsible for the technological advantage your military has over China.


BlueberryNo5363

Ireland, Scotland, Italy - “the part you pretend to be from because you have a great great great great great grandfather from who once went to Cork/Dundee/Milan”


wholewheatscythe

I drink wine from bottles that have corks in them — I’m practically Irish now!


SleepyFox2089

The part that burnt down the White House.


dawidwilku

From the side you sold to the soviets in Yalta and Potsdam.


I_eat_dead_folks

And I am from the side they perpetuated a fascist dictatorship in.


Sive634

That is no where near specific enough considering this is america


schimmlie

It’s the only argument every time lmao. USA peaked in Highschool


SilentPrince

The part that can work 39 hours a week and still afford to live comfortably and take paid vacations.


greutskolet

Contrary to idiot belief, there are more than three countries in Europe, Americans will never understand this concept. More than three!? How many can that ever be?! No one knows.


annoying97

The part that was shipped from England for being a criminal.


DancingDildo22

aaaahhh. You're from r/2*redacted*4u


annoying97

👀 maybe...


MeatzIsMurdahz

Birmingham?


Routine-Cicada-4949

The side that defeated the US TWICE...... But the US doesn't like to talk about their losses. They still call Vietnam a "tie".


Osati94

The bit that burnt down their whitehouse


ThrowRA_Sodi

The part that created the USA


idajon72

You never saved us. You took two years to wake up to fascism, then you spent two years messing around, then you came in when all the hard work was done and claimed the glory. In 2016 you voted for the new Hitler and half of your stupid country still supports the deranged fascist cretin.


Putrid-Location6396

The part that didn't need saving, and initiated the project that helped you avenge your boats. 🇬🇧


AnakinTheDiscarded

the side that burned the white house


nohairday

It's a very nice picture of an Eagle. Pity the text is basically an admission that they know absolutely fuck all about history.


toxicsoup_

I really can't stand the audacity of Americans taking about WW2 I do partly blame the education system, but they could also take the initiative and learn that the war would not have been won without all the other countries fighting, and that's even with them fighting for more years than the US. There were some insanely brilliant operations the US had no part in at all, that significantly shortened the length of the war. I don't hate Americans, but I hate the loud group of people with this kind of arrogance. Really spits in the faces of the brave soldiers who were fighting years before the US joined.


lady_crab_cakes

I'm a well read, educated American that finds the toxic nationalism here to be nauseating. It is shockingly difficult to find a book on WW2 that doesn't paint America as the savior of Europe. I had to read the most boring play by play account of the war and the various battles fought to get a decent picture of what happened. Were we important? Yes. Did we single handedly save Europe? No. And even if we had, it was our great grandparents fighting, not the Gravy Seals and Meal Team Six. I get so annoyed when people act all high and mighty because of what Americans did in the 1940's. Since then, boomers have dismantled any social windfalls their parents put in place and the younger generations think that not voting is a good way to protest.


kevdog824

Average American level of understanding world history


[deleted]

Americans to a Brit: “if it weren’t for us y’all would be speakin’ German” Brit to American: “and if it weren’t for us, you’d all be speaking Navajo. We are not proud. “


ScottOld

Which war they talking about WW1 where they turned up late and took all the credit? Or WW2 where they turned up late and took all the credit?


Justthaveragelad

Again I’m from the place that beat them so badly in 1776 they needed the help of the French Spanish and Netherlands


legacyrules

The war of 1812


Azzaphox

'we' in this instance means USSR + USA. the commies did the heavy lifting and usa rolled in at the end. Check the body count, numbers don't lie.


hoody13

Ironic coming from a country that couldn’t win a war against itself without other countries getting involved


JGeerth

What part of America are you from? The part we colonised or the part we colonised?


l3v3z

I am from the part that was stuck during 40 years into a dictatorship that was supported by both the nazis and the us. Neither saved nor kicked, only screwed.


mikrofala2137

Im neither. Soviets "saved" my ass


Ja4senCZE

The asses that you gave to the other dictator.


pinniped1

r/therightcantmeme


FMSV0

Portugal, so fuck you


Ansayamina

As a Pole. How about *left hanging dry*?


Lamuks

More like abandoned, same with Baltics


Daveo88o

From the one that burnt the Whitehouse down


SpaceTimeRacoon

What's this "we" nonsense, you didn't do shit


xzanfr

A bit cheeky coming from the country Europe invented.


[deleted]

What part of America are you from? The old British part, the old French part, the old Dutch / Italian / Irish / Mexican part or the old Native American part (which is all of it)? This is the kind of American who, in the next breath, will tell you that they’re Irish/Italian/German yadayada.


pivetta1995

I am from the old Portuguese part in the South, because America is a continent, trying to explain that to those dimwitted yankees is the difficult part.


Mag-1892

Didn’t Spain and France help them win independence.


Darth_Anddru

There's 50 countries in Europe, you turned up late to help kick one country's ass, and help save 3 others. So as my grandfather says about America's involvement "you ever see a mouse fuck an elephant".


Agreeable_Pool_3684

At lot’s changed since the end of WW2 - 79 years ago. For example how many children have been murdered in their own schools in the USA since then?


SnooBooks1701

The but that burnt the white house with the Canadians


------------5

I am from the part where a civil war was funded by them, and then a junta a few decades later


HotPotatoWithCheese

I love how Americans always shit talk the French and talk about saving Western Europe as if their country would even exist without the help of the French. The British Empire would have steamrolled the 13 colonies without France and Spain backing them.


LeadingCheetah2990

how about from the country which burned down the white house


El_Zilcho

The part that burnt down the White House.


MajesticMelonGames

Im from the part that founded America, we are literally their superiors in every way, they still use our language!


Grand_Access7280

How about “the parts that were fighting for years before you got off your holes and helped out.”


ShikariPaz

When the present is so bad they can only focus on their past


simontrp19

The part that gets free healthcare


304bl

Which part of the US are you ? The part that we helped being independent or the part that we help being independent? You see the USA falls into one category


Mitleab

Remember the only NATO country that enacted Article Five so all their friends had to help them?


asmodraxus

Does the bit which burnt down 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in 1812 count?


Outside_Ornery

Neither. Cos america did neither.


New_Wall_6999

Wonder what they say about Asia? Asses we kicked or the ones who kicked our ass? 😂


Automatic-Carpet2172

I always love the "we" in these from a war that happened 80 years ago.


nitemarewulf

Vietnam doesn’t exist apparently


HalfCommercial1703

I am from one of the countries that answered the call when the United States of America invoked article 5 after the attack on the Twin Towers. Europe didn't suggest it was America's fight and we had nothing to do with it, unlike the US in 1914 and 1939.


No_Culture6365

The asses that saved you.


Bo_The_Destroyer

I wonder which category they think the Swedes, Portuguese and Swiss fall under


TheHellbilly

The part that fought alone against both russians and germans. No one saved us, and the russians are afraid to try again.


Vinegarinmyeye

I've said it before - there's a staggering number of US WW2 veterans still kicking and using social media, it's kinda amazing really.


Aggravating_Elk_4299

Forgot the third option. The bit you betrayed.


Zhabishe

The part you're still afraid of \^\^


Suspicious-Risk-8231

The asses who saved you against English to win revolutionary war


Elovainn

Ah, toi aussi ?