What do you hate about your country?

[Uncle_Brainhorn]

Seriously, you don't need an Ak-47 with an extended magazine to protect yourself)

It's a good thing that automatic weapons are pretty much banned, then.

 

[superbatranger]

This country is too expensive, and sometimes I can't stand the rainy season.

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

US

The media and our ridiculous portions when it comes to food.

 

[Dfskelleton]

America.

We have an unsettling amount of stupid people.

I know. It's unsettling...
(I'm also American)

 

[Tim_Buoy]

Australia, Lack of R rating for games, and its too freaking hot I've been working in around 50 degree weather all week FUUUUU (I'm a roof tiler and the tiles on the roof I'm constantly working on add at least 10 degrees to the total temp)
Oh and the kangaroos charge to much to taxi you around in their pouches ,but they can because they hold a monopoly.....

50 degrees isnt hot its quite cold...... oh wait Celsius (does quick calculation)oh balls thats blazing
OT: usa i hate the politics and education system oh and most of the media that either depicts it as bieng okay to be a total douche jerk off idiot (jersey shore) or a complete rip of another countries show (bieng human)

 

[Kris015]

The fucking government! They apparenytly can't do anything right.

(Denmark)

THE. FUCKING. INTERNET.
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...eeeh what?

 

[Tim_Buoy]

At the moment I really hate Republicans.

At the moment? You're a far more forgiving person than I. I've always hated them.

dam im happy for you guys i hate them with all my soul and i am one

 

[AyatofArizonah]

US
Not sure about the rest of the nation but the people in my town are very stupid. For example, I bought tofu at the grocery store and the cashier asked if tofu was "A kind of imported cheese". That still bugs me and its been a few months.

 

[Audemas]

First off, I forgot to put down the lack of progress on alternative fuel, thanks for the reminder.

As long as we get to keep our big blocks I don't care what fuel you want to feed 'em.

Just make sure you can keep up with demand...

Why though would you collect guns?

I wouldn't collect them. I would have a stash of guns I shoot at inanimate objects in either my back yard or at a rifle range for the enjoyment of it.

Not everyone who buys guns is either a murderer or a collector. Some of us just enjoy shooting and never fire a round in anger from most of them.

They are weapons with the sole purpose of killing, not hanging in a cabinet.

So? That automatically means we can't terrorize cola cans and milk jugs in peace with them?

The whole issue people with your sentiment seem to have is the inability to fathom that many gun owners simply enjoy shooting the guns and do so safely at inanimate objects. It's no different than someone building a muscle car with an enormous big block in it. Sure he doesn't need that car, a Camry would do fine, but he enjoys hearing the engine scream and feeling the back end squirm around. It's the same with many gun owners, myself included.

Why can't people collect other things like stamps

People do

or RC's?

Most RCers don't like shelf queens. We tend to, erm, drive them.

I suppose you're right, my main problem is the inability to understand what entertainment comes from guns and shooting them. Guns have always struck me as a killing tool and nothing more.
And yes not everyone uses guns to murder one another, but the fact that anyone can go and get a gun no problem disturbs me. Yeah most gun stores make you fill out forms and what not but people get around that. If you want a gun and a gun show happens to be in town, you can get one that day. No background check, no waiting period, nothing. I guess then I'm more for gun law reform then, I don't know anymore.

 

[Jackpot524]

Stephen Harper.

(Canadian)

I'll counter with Jack Layton... Sure, he's not in power, but he irritates the fuck out of me!

He keeps campaigning on the promise to increase government services without increasing taxes... Where will the money come from?

Also, he should move out of the CBC headquarters... I'm tired of seeing him on TV all the time, mostly because he forgets to think before he speaks and I think Peter Mansbridge is sick of him not paying his share of the rent.

 

[Drummodino]

Our education standards. Some of us want to be challenged from time to time. I suppose having lower standards is a good way to weed out the people who wouldn't care in the first place, making it so that the truly motivated longhairs (old timey word!) would appear as better as such. But come on. I hear the German education system is teaching differential calculus in high school. I'm not saying go really far, but just something a little better?

USA, by the way.

I finished year 12 last year and I did differential calculus in Australia... Although it is the highest level you can do, only 12 people in my year did it out of about 120.

I am from Australia. The things I hate most include

-Everything is poisonous! All the mean animals and insects. Especially freaking redbacks, those buggers are everywhere where I live.

-The heat. Right now I am meeelllllttiiiingg. But that is partly because I live in SA....

You think it's hot in SA? Try living in northern WA or NT. I don't live there currently (South West atm) but in the summer it gets up to 45+ Celcius with 100% humidity. It's brutal.

 

[That_Guitarist_Guy]

Guns are as much a hobby as stamp collecting and RC.

When was the last time a stamp or an RC car killed someone?

US

Like someone said earlier, too much bipartisan shit. We need compromise, tougher regulation on big business, and we need to get off of fossil fuels. Companies =/= People

 

[-Drifter-]

-Words-

EDIT: Nevermind, I re-read your post and my argument doesn't really apply.

 

[FuzzyRaccoon]

US
Also the poor educational standards.

YES. God, I hate that about the U.S. Also, the ever increasing tuition rates, the ridiculous amounts of taxation in pretty much everything they can contrive and the staggering number of racist bastards trying to humbly convert you to Catholicism.

 

[The Rockerfly]

UK

The weather
How miserable everyone is
Chavs
Our taste in music, it really is unbelievable shit
X factor
Pregnant teenagers who consider getting pregnant a career path
Petrol prices
and the amount of people who should be in jail on the streets

Not that bad because do have free health care, free education until you're 18, cheap university fees (I know they are going up but most aren't going up by much), technically we have freedom of speech, religion isn't shoved down your throat, mostly sexy accents, the internet connection here is (mostly) pretty good and I've managed to be able to live of of £20 a week for about 6 months which I don't think you could do anywhere else

 

[Mister Swift]

In Australia; Corey Worthington:
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[Engarde]

I am from Australia. The things I hate most include

-Everything is poisonous! All the mean animals and insects. Especially freaking redbacks, those buggers are everywhere where I live.

-The heat. Right now I am meeelllllttiiiingg. But that is partly because I live in SA....

You think it's hot in SA? Try living in northern WA or NT. I don't live there currently (South West atm) but in the summer it gets up to 45+ Celcius with 100% humidity. It's brutal.

Yeesh, SA can be bad and all, but it is never that humid. Ouch.

 

[Audemas]

And yes not everyone uses guns to murder one another, but the fact that anyone can go and get a gun no problem disturbs me. Yeah most gun stores make you fill out forms and what not but people get around that. If you want a gun and a gun show happens to be in town, you can get one that day. No background check, no waiting period, nothing. I guess then I'm more for gun law reform then, I don't know anymore.

But you have to consider that the kind of people who are going to use guns to do bad shit don't care if it's illegal to own them; they'll simply go around the system, so none of that security matters. It leaves law abiding citizens at a disadvantage. It's not even a matter of self-defense should a situation arise, but simple prevention: If there's a good chance that the person you're about to try to mug is carrying, you'd probably think twice before attacking them, yes?

First, I think people who resort to mugging will still try to mug you regardless if they think you're holding a weapon or not. Second, I'm not for getting rid of guns completely, I'm for people not having access to assault rifles or high caliber weapons. If a person has a handgun and uses it for protection, sure why not. Now if the handgun has an extended magazine and hollow point rounds, that's where I draw the line.

 

[Spekter068]

America.

We have an unsettling amount of stupid people.

We certainly do, but I've come to realize that like slapstick, ignorance and stupidity are some of the few things that are universal among all sentient beings. The US has lots of idiots (in part due to the fact that we are indeed a large country in terms of population), but I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of Europeans, Australians, etc that aren't exactly sophisticated.

Now, I know this seems like I'm a "Gaud Bless Amerikuh" drone, but I'm really not. Upon seeing all the complaints about the United States, I felt obliged to stand up for my home. I'm what many would call a bit of a "shut-in"- though I'm actually just too lazy to get up and mingle (I am an American, after all- laziness is a way of life)- and I can name no less than sixty acquaintances of mine (given time I could probably think of plenty more) who are all very intelligent and genuinely fun to be around. My social circle is very small, so if there is such a high number of smart people per capita who are also Americans, we can't be doing absolutely EVERYTHING wrong.

I don't hate America- I just hate our very own special breeds of idiots (Johnny Knoxville and company accepted, though). If you come here, I can pretty much guarantee that you're going to encounter at least some idiocy, but there ARE good bits here that aren't too hard to find, and they're really worth looking for.

 

[Grabbin Keelz]

Ghetto people, the fucking ghetto people. Even famous celebrities with millions of dollars feel the need to be ghetto. It's like de-evolution. An entire subculture dedicated to sacrificing things like education, hygiene, and any trace of common sense just to be cool.