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[Flagg]

Americans are large people.

Try gigantic. Those Earthquakes aren't from fracking, it's from fatasses fucking.

[Darksi4190]

Oh god. I just got the most horrible mental image.

[Civil War Man]

Americans are large people.

I resemble that remark.

[RogueIce]

Large and in charge baby!

[Civil War Man]

Nah, just large. I have a lot of responsibilities in my job, but I don't run the company.

[Nietzslime]

americans are statistically the most productive (per person, not per hour) and most generous people in the world

i maintain that american-sized meal portions are the secret causal factor in this

[Questor]

americans are statistically the most productive (per person, not per hour) and most generous people in the world

We cheat* almost as badly as the UK and Germany for the first, and the second I've seen differently.

Here's a hint: Wall Street gets counted in the numbers, that's why American productivity went down during the crash and has come back since.

[Nietzslime]

americans are statistically the most productive (per person, not per hour) and most generous people in the world

We cheat* almost as badly as the UK and Germany for the first, and the second I've seen differently.

Here's a hint: Wall Street gets counted in the numbers, that's why American productivity went down during the crash and has come back since.

having the financial capital of planet earth is not a cheat

[F.J. Prefect, Esq]

Actually the statistics I've seen suggest that French people are substantially more productive than American people

[Nietzslime]

per hour, yes, but not per person (partly because the french work so few hours and there's a natural diminishing returns thing to that)

and even then i think that right now only norway and singapore actually top america

and being an oil-rich single-culture nation and modern totally urbanized city-state help with that

[F.J. Prefect, Esq]

I'm not really sure that makes any sense as a statistic

[F.J. Prefect, Esq]

Like if you say 'Americans are the most productive people in the world'

But the reality is that they're not really the most productive people????

[Nietzslime]

the average american worker produces more wealth per year than workers from any other country

pretty basic as a statistic goes

[F.J. Prefect, Esq]

Look the true vision of productivity is George Jetson

[Nietzslime]

tho year by year, exact gdp per capita fluctuates, so according to some statistics i'm seeing america is behind norway and singapore in that - still, being in the top 3 when the rest of the top ten combined don't add up to america's population is fairly impressive

and 'hong kong' shouldn't count why is that listed as its own country

[Infinity Biscuit]

When the statistics look at charitable givings for Americans does it account for the fact that America has a small social safety net that is partially filled in through charities?

[Nietzslime]

i don't know how you would possibly account for that other than in the most arbitrary fashion imaginable

so probably not

[Nietzslime]

but since americans give more than twice as much as the next leading country

i imagine it would still reflect pretty well on them

[adr]

me: hehe
her: We posted the same comment
me: yes it made me lolol (lol out loud)

lolol

[Phantasee]

Looking for trucks in the Auto Trader magazine. One of ours got written off in an accident recently so we need a replacement. The worst of it is I don't know what I should look for. I know engines, I know we want a Pete, 18 speed Eaton tranny, but I don't know what kinds of axles and riffs to look for or anything.

[zhaktronz]

the average american worker produces more wealth per year than workers from any other country

pretty basic as a statistic goes

Thats because wages are so low that the wealth production appears higher

[Nietzslime]

cite? according to all my research it has much more to do with the amount of hours americans put in and the high levels of educational attainment making training more efficient

[Phantasee]

And now my dad wants me to book a flight to Montreal for tomorrow to look for trucks out there. "Rent a car! Book a hotel room! Enjoy the sights!"

This is how I know he just saw the bank balance after I deposited a couple cheques yesterday. We're flush, for now, but I don't think we can afford to send me on sight-seeing tours on a whim.

[adr]

i've never seen back to the future

i feel like i should

[Aaron]

Drive it back, stop here, we'll go put some rounds down range.