Yes, you were glad to lose the most profitable colony you ever had. which set off a domino effect and left the once most powerful nation in the the bitch of their former colony. You were very glad that happened. USA, USA, USA!!!!
Actually the colonies in the Caribbean were more profitable due to the plentiful sugar plantations. The "13 colonies" (USA at the time) did not include the richer farmland you have in,say, California. The U.S is the most successful former colony though.
British people won't get fazed by you singing the American national anthem because most of us think that most Americans are overly patriotic dicks anyway.
In an unrelated story, I have this younger sibling who I'm irrationally spiteful toward because I helped him along while he was growing up yet as soon as he was old enough he ditched me and became much more successful than I ever was...
Ah yes, the old (but still completely illogical) "You're speaking English!" argument. Yes, thank you, Brits. We should be eternally grateful for you allowing us to borrow your language, even though you had no choice and it wasn't even a decision we made...but thanks again, I can't imagine where we possibly could have found a different one.
Well, let's be fair, your ancestors could've made up you're own language, but hey, typical lazy Americans.\nWhich leads me to one of my most favourite movie quotations ever.\n"ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!" - Pulp Fiction, 1994.\n\nAnd the answer to that question is, Yes, yes you do. Enjoy your day, good sir.
Oh it's spelled "favorite" now...thought we told you guys. Just kidding, but the point isn't that we could have made up our own language, it's that we already had one. It's not like Americans were like "Oh, I like what those Brits did with these word things, let's take it!" The colonists already spoke English because they were...English. Why would we thank you for creating a system that made your own people want to break away from your country?(But Pulp Fiction i
I hate to be a downer but I'm sure there was a disgruntled Muslim that now has you on a kill list for your patriotism. They are taking over Europe you know.
Two years ago I was the only American at a fourth of July party full of Brits. They sang "god save the queen" as the fireworks started. It was awesome.
The Caribbean, however profitable, was plagued with conflict between international superpowers, rendering it ultimately useless. In the colonies, you had far more profitable port cities, as well as plantations all along the southernmost colonies. England easily lost the best source of colonial income with the USA.
I stopped to think about it once...then I realized that you fought a war to keep us, lost, and subsequently became a shadow of your former selves while we quickly became the most powerful country in the world. It wasn't a very long or challenging thought process. (I have nothing against the British, and I don't think the U.S. is some incredible utopia, but let's not practice revisionist history, especially when it's so blatantly wrong.)
amazing! people who probably haven't even been to London are talking shit. all the non-English londoners kicked ass. the actual british English were the dicks... unless you've been there and met them shut the Fuck up.
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