• hendrik
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    582 months ago

    The national parks? I’d like to visit one.

    • @pirating
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      102 months ago

      Don’t forget about the National Monuments! They’re not sculptures etc, but cool stuff like walls of dinosaur bones and canyons!

    • d00phy
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      52 months ago

      There are quite a few impressive state parks as well.

    • themadcodger
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      Totally worth it. The ones you’ve actually heard of though are too popular and generally require a reservation and waiting to visit. But there are a LOT of National Parks that are “less popular” that are just as amazing that don’t require reservations or possibly even entrance fees.

      • hendrik
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        22 months ago

        Sure. Oftentimes it’s the not so popular places that have their own charm. And I mean the USA is kind of a big place 😆 There are lots of very different experiences to choose from.

      • @[email protected]
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        52 months ago

        I’m used to the dot from all programming languages. And also the comma interferes with the CSV (comma separated values) file format. For the thousands separator, my favourite is the apostrophe.

  • @[email protected]
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    Content. Without it there wouldn’t be an abundance of free learning material. I’m already feeling the pain of trying to find any decent lesson about my interests after Russian government blocked YouTube.

    • @weeeeum
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      92 months ago

      How are things within Russia?

      • @[email protected]
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        Like for the past 23 years. In my life literally nothing is changing. (For the exception of this fucking censorship)

        • @weeeeum
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          42 months ago

          I have met some Russians in my community (MA) and they have all mentioned that they are scared of the censorship their relatives are now facing in russia. I remember hearing one of their nephews got a visit from the local police department for their social media activity.

          This was at a local repair cafe, and I was sharpening tools. Got to see some cool old Soviet shears, scissors and knives.

          • @[email protected]
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            52 months ago

            Yea, censorship getting worse day by day. Not sure about the cop situation, but I think it is probable, since I got cops called on me once for calling one annoying woman a few hearty names.

            • @weeeeum
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              42 months ago

              Any plans to move, or stuck with your cursed citizenship?

              • @[email protected]
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                I don’t have any money sadly, and it’s very hard to find a job for some reason (personally, my friends don’t seem to have this problem). There was only one person that hired me in 6 years, and only paid 20k rubles a month for back breaking labor. I would pretty much like to move, but that’s probably gonna stay a pipe dream.

                • @weeeeum
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                  That fucking sucks. The Russian/Slavic community here (new england, USA) is very hospitable, and many Ukrainians and Russians moved here after the “special military operation”. The local bazaar was even handing out free care packages to displaced Ukrainians.

    • @roofuskit
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      22 months ago

      That’s the first Amendment to our constitution that you like.

  • @[email protected]
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    As many have said, our National Parks are incredible, and even outside of them most of the western US is pretty awe-inspiring. I live in a place where, within an hour or two, I can go to desert badlands, alpine forests, coastal tide pools, and even skiing resorts for decent chunks of the year. I was recently up at 11k ft altitude in the Sierras and at -250 ft in Death Valley a few hours apart. The US is HUGE and big parts of it are still very wild. It’s something worth fighting to preserve.

    Edit: Also we can’t read, I am American. Look, I didn’t say the education system was good.

    • @Donebrach
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      Don’t worry; as a person born and raised in New Mexico most people would consider me an immigrant so I can say that I agree with your sentiment that the land is truly glorious. We got a freakin northern coast and a temperate massive grassland for farming all the food anyone could ever need (barring tornado or big agriculture ruining it). Not to mention a great trench in which to cast dissidents or non-virginal women who dared to miscarry their pregnancies. We also got The Big River and then built the bigger car-river! Truly, a wondrous land.

  • Ving Thor
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    The national parks. I visited Yosemite Valley two years ago and it was amazing. We don’t have acces to nature in this scale in central europe.

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      I’m an American but I remember talking to a gentleman from Belgium years ago while visiting Muir Woods. He said something along the lines of, “You all have some of the best national parks in the world. You should be very proud of them.”

      That conversation gave me a new appreciation for our national parks. We are fortunate to have some pretty amazing scenery in the US.

      • themadcodger
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        I criticize our country for a lot, but the National Parks we did right by. I’m so glad we did that.

  • slazer2au
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    302 months ago

    No matter how bad it gets, there is always you to show it could be worse.

    • @InverseParallax
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      62 months ago

      Seriously, as an American the best part of America are the Mexicans.

  • @[email protected]
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    242 months ago

    High quality and rugged leather goods. PNW boots, deer/elkskin gloves, belts, wallets and so on.

    • @CryophiliaOP
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      52 months ago

      We’re a nation of frontiersmen.

  • EvilHaitianEatingYourCat
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    222 months ago

    No matter how much you disagree with someone, there is always a possibility to shoot them in their face

  • @[email protected]
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    192 months ago

    The influence into rock music in general is nice and one of the only reasons why I’d like to visit the states, e. g. Seattle, Nashville, Chicago and so on.

  • @[email protected]
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    • Cultural influence: music, cinema, social movements of the 1960s and 70s
    • Beautiful nature
    • Agility in business environments (although I might have a limited sample)
    • not without criticism but I think NATO is generally a positive thing
    • Food (no not junk food, there’s several fascinating regional cuisines)
  • @[email protected]
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    102 months ago

    Movies/TV Show.

    Sure, with the 75 different steaming services all trying to produce content the majority is horseshit, but even if just around 15% is decent, that’s still more decent content than the output of entire other country’s film industries.