Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "How Geography Made The US Ridiculously OP" video.

@thokim84 Pride before the fall
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@TrendyStone Statistically, I am correct. If you are an American, there is a 70% chance you are overweight or obese. You likely drive a car, and because everyone there drives a car, often get stuck in traffic- how fun! Depressed, because their mental state is worsening, but they hate the idea of socialized medicine. Housing prices there are going up even in rural areas. Could you tell me which part of what I said was untrue? If that random person is a yankie, i am almost 100% correct
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@jdeuraud1096 China did not build them all. And you are trying to shift away from my point: the US, despite all of its wealth and power, is unable or unwilling to provide basic services for most of its citizens. The wealth and power just makes the fact much more pathetic. "when Africa defaults on their loans China is going to take that" By whatever means necessary. The US must be brought back down to earth. It gained most of its overseas bases and territory from Europe in WWII. The Europeans got them through colonialism. I see that as far, far less moral than a "debt trap" (not exclusive to China, and never called that when France does this is Africa, or US does in Micronesia). "The US has the #1 commercial rail system in the world" Why do Americans have a psychological need to both rank everything, and insist they are #1? I think it is projecting some kind of insecurity. No country self-assured in its achievements would need to scream it at everyone so much. The US has the longest rail network, yes. But it is not as efficient as other countries, because it is older, and it is not even necessary. You have many rivers and could use barges for cheaper. "the reason we do not have a major passenger rail system is because we like our private automobiles to much" This reminds me of our nationalists who say, 'we don't need your silly Western technology, we have our own things here!" A very nativist, "look how much cool stuff we have" sentiment. And it is not even true. Zoning laws simply disallow any infrastructure to exist which could eventually be connected with a transit network. Would you like to know how I know you're wishfully thinking? The areas that have been grandfathered in (before the zoning codes) are usually the highest-selling. Those dense, non-American styled places are the most valuable and the most popular. You do not even allow a free-market, which you love so much, to dictate what type of housing you have. And here you sit typing to me about what every American wants. Maybe they want a Soviet-style microblock neighborhood? Too scary?- let me rename it: a Lisbon-style "megablock" neighborhood, fancy!! "(My first new vehicle was when I was in the US Navy.)" Well, this explains a lot about how you think. Did they tell you that the US has never lost a war, like they do in the Army? Well, if not, I see your spending habits are just as sensible. Was it a Charger or a Mustang?? :) "I’ve owned 5 properties and my top pay was 65K per year" This is not the majority of Americans. It is like telling Marie Antoinette about the starving French, and having her list you her dinner menu. Your problem is country-wide, it is not solved just because you have it good "You ever done this on your own property?" Not mine, a friend's dacha. We have bears instead of quail)) "that has become an issue in every developed nation" Whose fault is that? Which event usually causes obesity to spike? Maybe, the introduction of certain companies, from a certain country?... "you can be so fucking ignorant of the US after watching this vid" Me, ignorant? I have lived there. I do not understand why immigrants come. Unless you are dirt poor, it is no country to build a life. It seems you are ignorant-- every problem I stated, you replied with your single, individual experience. You seem unable to consider that there are 330M population, and trends persist across them.
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@nothuman3083 Hovel? You're one to talk. You couldnt muster a good train if your life depends on it. These are basic things in Africa which the richest nation on earth cannot seem to produce Enjoy getting stuck in traffic, being fat and depressed, and never owning a house or even a flat. you've really used your land to its fullest potential:)
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@LE64SAM-IAM No, I went into specifics because your reply was vague. And incorrect. If you're so insecure that you need to feel like someone is jealous of you or your country, then keep going, whatever helps you sleep at night "My" shortcomings-- lol so it is personal for you! Where did I mention myself, I said 'russia' not me, and 'US' not 'you.' LMAO
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@Defective1313 How exactly was I troll? All he did was attack my character, and denied the facts put out by the CDC (America is 70% overweight and/or obese, cry about it but it's true). "Getting called out on it" Lol dude, on what? On being factually correct? On pointing out how shitty your country's infrastructure and public services are? I have used American public hospitals (Midwest & south), and accessing them as a citizen in like pulling teeth. Wait times are long, service is average, and outside of major metro areas it's horrid. But go on about how OP the US is, lmao. What's the point of a fortress if there's nothing inside worth protecting?
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@teen_laqueefa My sympathies. Move to Europe if you can- Anglophone areas, like England, (de facto) Netherlands, Scandinavia are easiest to settle into The pace of life is so fast over there, you make lots of money but there is no time to enjoy it, maybe until retirement. And even the promise of wealth is slipping away, more and more old people are forced to work into 70-80s due to lack of pensioned jobs. The Dream is fading, all things must come to an end Best of luck friend
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@Defective1313 Thanks for telling me how everything I said was correct, love it when they resort to name namecalling :)
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@scottanderson691 I'm aware that statistics are more a measure of, "if we run this set of variables X number of times, then this is how often we get these results". This is why people misunderstand the weather. But repeating the thought process of the statisticians themselves, for aske of accuracy, provides no practical use. For all intents and purposes, given the enormous sample size, repeatability, and good methodology, the data regarding obesity can be extrapolated to the entire American population with a 99% or higher confidence level. The results go well beyond statistical significance or p-levels. TLDR; Americans are, indeed, fat
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@JudeMalachi "the best geography, the best government, the best people" Lord. The comments are just oozing with exceptionalism, not the ironic kind either. Not even China fawns over itself as much as you
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@xylynthian753 The last slave in the US was released in 1941. Not metaphorical slave, chattel slave. So... you can get snarky, but yes, he probably was working some factory in WWII.
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@Racko. China is parallel in strategy-- while only the US (due to geography) is surrounded by water, China has desert to its west, jungle to its south, ocean to its east, and an unpopulated tundra to its north. It's also extremely fertile, and Tibet controls much of South Asia's water. There is a reason the US sees it as a threat-- it is a mirror unto the US
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@Racko. Not for long. With China's recent advancement into 7nm semiconductor tech, noth fabs and designs, Taiwan will have no 'silicon shield' to protect itself-- its industry will no longer be irreplaceable, so nothing would be lost by destroying their factories. Of course, the US would be stuck in a bind, because it officially subscribes to the One China policy, and doesn't recognize Taiwan. Ot is trying to have it cake and eat it too-- to control China's access to the ocean (why would you even want to control another country, since your own geogroaht is already protecting you? What more do you need?), the US would need to cut off ties with China and all the consequences that come with that. It's not ready to do that, so when the time comes, it will be stuck
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@Defective1313 Keep eating
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@Defective1313 No, but it amuses me that you derive pleasure from thinking others are mad
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@LE64SAM-IAM Actually, no it's not. Unlike the US, Russia is not claiming to be "the best country on earth, with the most innovative people, we're perfect we have everything we're better than everyone else and they're all jealous of us!!' lol Russia has many problems. But it does not have a pathological need to insist that everyone is jealous of them, and that everyone is seething over how much better they are (see the other comment "You're so deliciously mad" haha). It is like creating a game, just so you can get satisfaction of winning. Whether the game is good, who cares? I won! As for Russia being the same things I called the US... we do not have such an over-reliance on automobiles, our obesity rates are not that of the US, only risen in 1990s after the 'good' Western culture and diet came in. There is a stereotype about Russians being depressed, but really it is apathy, not clinical depression. And Russians handle depression better than Westerners because the collectivist mindset makes us see past mistakes not as personal moral failings but as symptoms of a problem. We are not so neurotic as you. So no, everything I gave was very US-specific.
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@LE64SAM-IAM Oh so I'm the one going into specifics? LOL you went to look it up at least once because you think that's not true, which it is 40% overweight, + 30% obese. Fat fucks
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@LE64SAM-IAM No, it was vague. I can't read your mind when you say "if this is coming from a Russian"-- you could have meant the things I was criticizing about, or the mere fact that I was criticizing to begin with If you meant to say 'your nation's shortcomings', then that is what you should have said. Again, I cannot read your mind, so when you say "your" with no explanation, that is what you communicate. You only ever referred to me specifically, talking about my pfp and insisting I'm jealous (of what? being fat and depressed?) in some weird "pleeease seethe and cope I want you to so bad please bro" act. So it is not what I have made it. You only sad "you" to refer to me and attack me personaly
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@LE64SAM-IAM So which is it then? You're flip-flopping to avoid admitting that you don't even know what you're saying, just saying things from moment to moment. Changing as you go.
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@Defective1313 Oh, and I replied, but he didn't. Maybe give him a reminder that he can't keep his story straight
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@Defective1313 fuck around, find out simple
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@jillfeatherman5523 Emergency room is only a fraction if what hospitals do lol Does not change the fact that after they treat you, if you have bad insurance, no insurance, or are treated "out if network" they will charge you after saving your life. Bad flex, and my point is still true. Most powerful OP country does not afford basic services that every other country does
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@chickenfishhybrid44 This is true, but compared to the rest of the world (outside a few places in China, Indonesia, India) it is simply worse because everyone is on the road. You have no other options, no freedom to choose. Housing is cheaper in the US because of more land, yes, but also because of quality. Houses in America are made of poorer materials, insulate worse, and do not last for much longer than 80 years at maximum That is a big trade off to most people. Also regarding zoning, the US has very restrictive zoning, nothing besides a single-family home is legal to build outside grandfathered-areas (90% of the land).
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@8bert9 Like I said before- not all. Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam is being constructed with Italian and domestic labor- and is wholly domestically financed. Egypt's new capital is being built with domestic labor, possible thanks to its huge and low-cost labor pool. The larger projects (outside the AU building) are almost always done with a mix of domestic labor and international expertise.
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@8bert9 Thank you. Cannot believe it took so much arm-wringing for someone to acknowledge that I'm just stating American-published facts. I swear, the Peter Zeihan crowd has a massive hateboner for Russia and China, and would love to simply wipe them from the earth (which is reflected in Zeihan constantly "predicting" that both will "die" very soon, for the last 15 years). I agree, housing prices are bad in Europe as well, but the situation is inherently better, since their laws allow multi-family housing in most of the country. Only in places where there is genuinely no room left, or all spaces have been bought, do the prices skyrocket like in America
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@chickenfishhybrid44 SS pays notoriously poor, and the issue is that you are advocating for 401k (IRA comes out of disposable income and depends on markets) when it is objectively worse than pension. America's social safety nets are crumbling and you all will be simping for its military and Op geography all the way down lol
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@chickenfishhybrid44 "Plenty" lol Houses in the US are built of wood, now "MDF" and chicken wire. It is good engineering, more efficient materials cost, but bad for people. Even if we take the lifespan of the US, or the lifespan of a house, it is obvious. A house built 250 years ago in a village will last today, because it used logs or dense wood. There are many such in russia, central and western europe. Meanwhile, a house from the 1700s is a novelty in the us Then take lifespan of the house now- us homes are rated for fewer years than a European house, let alone an apartment built of concrete "do you think there's just no busses anywhere or something?" With a bus service like Pace, Jefferson, Greyhound... it is better to just not have any buses haha The servce is worse. They are late, dirty, and have no infrastructure (no separate bus lanes, no lane-split for stops, no frequent service to rural areas, etc etc etc)
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@8bert9 I hope we will all come to a peaceful solution. But, I must warn you: this will require compromises on all sides and leaves nobody happy. This includes on Ukraine, NATO, Nuclear weapons, etc. The American people will need to swallow a bitter pill if they really care about ending the conflict
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@staywokecuhh Lol people on here care so much about what I said that they replied months later If I'm so obviously wrong why do you people keep returning to take another shot???
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@staywokecuhh Also... you are missing the original point. One would expect a country with so much wealth to be able to solve those issues quickly and become like a Switzerland. But no, the problems keep getting worse. The mere fact that I can reasonably compare the US to third world countries, and people reply getting defensive and angry with me, is proof of what I have been saying. The US is pathetic-- all the resources in the world, and still incapable of using them to establish even the most basic services that Russia, China, Cuba have sported for decades. A magnificent house with no foundation. I will also say that the US has the best top research universities. At the high end, US is best. But for the average person, university is either poorer quality than a typical European or Asian one, or prohibitively expensive. Many of the Chinese students come to the US not because it is their first choice, but because they couldn't pass the gaokao to get into Tsinghua. Their standards are simply higher, but some end up settling for an American education. And regarding the mental health crisis.. you reap what you sow. Feed the people garbage food, isolate them from community, and the outcome is obvious.
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