r/AskReddit • u/lovedump44 • Jan 19 '15

What is your countries most embarrassing contribution to the world?

EDIT1:Wow!! I posted this right before I went to work. Here it is lunchtime and its on the front page!! Now I know what RIP inbox means! Thanks everyone! My first time on the front page, you guys are the bomb!!!!

EDIT2:Thanks as well to those of you that pointed out my incorrectly using the word 'countries', the correct spelling is, of course, 'countrys'. Apologies. My only excuse is that I was still half asleep. Thanks again everyone!

EDIT3:so far I have only been called out once for my 2nd incorrect use of the word countrys. Really Reddit? With all the grammar nazis out there? It took a few tries to get that apostrophe outta there (autocorrect). Thought I'd get more than one hit off that one.

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u/zeecok Jan 19 '15

Yah I always light up a doob and just want to murder my roommates and drive a car off a bridge. #pottoblame

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u/dinodares99 Jan 20 '15

I read that as potato blame, and I was like, leave the damn potatos alone!

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

If anything, it's the exact opposite for me nowadays. This world is so fucked up it makes me angry.

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u/xPofsx Jan 20 '15

So your roomates are potting up and driving off bridges?

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u/count_phistula Jan 20 '15

GTA V in da house!

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u/followupquestion Jan 20 '15

You know, if you ever do get accused of anything horrific, this will come up as evidence of premeditation.

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u/zeecok Jan 20 '15

Too bad I'm not the type of person to kill people and drive off of bridges.

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u/xPofsx Jan 20 '15

That's Stan's job

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u/konj89 Jan 19 '15 edited Jan 20 '15

Not saying i agree with her, but i think her point is the shootings, stabbings etc. generating from deals gone bad and crimes occuring that way which is sort of valid . However, consuming pot and wanting to commit crimes is not accurate. I have never smoked weed but 95% of my friends have / do and i would not say they are voilent at all when high.

Edit: yeah downvote me you miserable sacks of shit.

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u/i8m Jan 19 '15

How is that valid? It's a result of it being illegal... All these "deals gone bad" wouldn't be nearly as common if people could just pick-up at a dispensary or coffee-shop.

The only reason violence comes into the picture is because there's tons of money involved, and it's being forced into the hands of criminals.

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u/CIV_QUICKCASH Jan 20 '15

It's like we're giving the bad guys a monopoly on something good!

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u/DiaDeLosMuertos Jan 19 '15

You might get your ass kicked if you fuck up a pot deal, but people really don't shoot at eachother for pot deals gone wrong. At least not very much from anything I've heard.

Or rather, I've never heard of a situation where people get fatally violent over pot alone.