What Has Your Country Ever Done For Us?!

[Van M]

As Americans, we gave the world the mouse wheel(according to wikipedia)

That's right, the mouse wheel. We are THAT awesome.

Mousewheels, Big Macs, and the nuclear bomb. ain't america grand

Thanks. Now everyone's going to die of disintegration/radiation poisoning, obesity and exhaustion from running on that bloody wheel.

 

[robincb]

Fine, you guys won't take KEYBOARD for and answer, America invented airplanes. Their you happy?

Also Canada came out with him. <img src=http://www.yaare.com/wp-content/themes/gazette/2010/01/Justin-Bieber.jpg> But you also have deadmau5 so that's fucking alright.

America has <img src=http://elessar20.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/metallica-0007.jpg> But then again we have Rebecca Black/Arc Music Factory, but that's all made up for by <img src=http://www.ilovethatsong.com/images/local/250/51e4964a-3fa2-443d-9744-308dd82852c1.jpg>

Also America invented the internet.

the dutch invented flight, buddy, the Fokker brothers man

 

[Airsoftslayer93]

International language.

 

[Gulleko]

Swedish people created dynamite and the Tetra Pak.
We blow stuff up, but we have very fresh milk... ^^

 

[King Toasty]

Canada has graced the world with it's presence. You're welcome.

This, also.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_inventions

http://www.celebopedia.net/nations/ca.php

And

Thats right Superman was invented by transplanted Canadians.

Oh, and Bioware That's right, fuckers. Bioware is in Montreal.

and in texas soo..its half and half.

Mass Effect was produced in Montreal. Aww yeah.

TOR was made completely in texas,so half and half yet again.

It was FOUNDED in Montreal, that's it's main HQ.

 

[novixz]

Fine, America didn't invent the plane, we invented microphones and the internet so take that for ya ***** ass.

 

[CaptainTrilby]

Let's see here:
The World Wide Web
Christmas cards
The pencil
The MP3 player
DNA fingerprinting
Cheddar Cheese
Ice cream
Tin cans
Light switches
Toasters
Lawn mowers
Rubber bands
Stainless steel
Smallpox vaccine
Viagra
The tank
Depth charges
Stun grenades
Fighter aircraft
The Periodic Table
Cricket
Football
Darts
Rugby
Tennis
The Modern Olympics
Boxing
Table Tennis
The jet engine
The lifeboat
The submarine
Crosswords
Plastic
The English Language
Stephen Fry
Patrick Stewart and of course
BRIAN BLESSED!

seems no one looks too far back,England didn't invent the language,they merely adapted what was left after the roman empire left....so stop taking credit for adapting,cause if you can America can and therefore invented the language we speak.

Well, no. Your American point is just plain wrong. The language I'm speaking and typing in isn't American, it is English. You may have created a dialect of English which is used in America but that isn't a language. The English language isn't just the remnants of Latin, it contains bits of Norman French, stuff from the Norse invaders as well as the Saxons. Even bits of Sanskrit crop up now and then which were then absorbed by the already existing Celtic languages and then turned into Old English by the Angles that existed in Great Britain. Plus, the words were invented, by using the other languages as a derivative to start off before making brand new words.

 

[Sparrow]

We gave you your language, America. You are forever our *****.

[sup]Psh, naw. I'm just kidding. You guys gave us Coke so we'll call it even.[/sup]

also the roman empire gave the language to you guys so.....

I'll just go and find a Roman so I can thank them.

Oh. Wait.

 

[LobsterFeng]

The U.S. begot movies. I'd say that's pretty cool.

Coughcough. Ahem. The world's first feature film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_the_Kelly_Gang] was, in fact, Australian.

Yeah but we still invented Hollywood.

 

[aba1]

Canada has graced the world with it's presence. You're welcome.

AND the telephone dammit!

And most of the cast of Firefly, so yeah. We're pretty rad.

we have all this but not insoline for people suffering from diabetes I mean that discovery saved millions. I tend to feel the country isnt to thank for what individuals do however.

 

[Chelsea O'shea]

Canada has graced the world with it's presence. You're welcome.

This, also.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_inventions

http://www.celebopedia.net/nations/ca.php

And

Thats right Superman was invented by transplanted Canadians.

Oh, and Bioware That's right, fuckers. Bioware is in Montreal.

and in texas soo..its half and half.

Mass Effect was produced in Montreal. Aww yeah.

TOR was made completely in texas,so half and half yet again.

It was FOUNDED in Montreal, that's it's main HQ.

and the star wars IP is American,but i see you point and raise you valve.

 

[aba1]

The U.S. begot movies. I'd say that's pretty cool.

Coughcough. Ahem. The world's first feature film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_the_Kelly_Gang] was, in fact, Australian.

Yeah but we still invented Hollywood.

Hollywood is just a place not a thing.

 

[infohippie]

The U.S. begot movies. I'd say that's pretty cool.

Coughcough. Ahem. The world's first feature film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_the_Kelly_Gang] was, in fact, Australian.

Yeah but we still invented Hollywood.

Yes, and one day we'll forgive you.

 

[fates_puppet13]

Nothing. People have done things for the world, Thomas Edison built this, Issac Newton discovered that, Gandi supported this, etc, etc but not an entire country.

Sure, the governments of these countries may have pitched in with some funding, groups of people may have teamed up, but never in the history of existence has every man, woman, and child of a society banded together to create this, help that, or the like. Hell, plenty of people in said country have probably opposed a lot of these things. Sure maybe a majority did pitch in, but there has always been someone at home not giving a fuck.

Sorry if I'm a bit off topic, I've just never been a fan of "Well our country created Z"
discussions.

Edit: Though just to play along...

On behalf of the Moon and it's inhabitants...me, I must explain to you that the Moon may have played a crucial part in the creation of life on Earth. Also it's gives man a goal, controls your tides, and is pretty to look at.

edison has no inventions, only patents

also newton copied most of his work from hooke

js

ot: the UK

we more or less wrote the book on special forces
we at one point owned and therefor forced our values on most the world (not unlike america)
we invented island prisoners
the who
david bowie
hadouken (we do appologize for their bad music)
grand thieft auto
v for vendetta (the graphic novel no credit to the film )
rowan atkinson
stephen fry
hugh laurie (thats right doctor house ;P)
david tennant
ewan mcgregor

 

[Sigma Van Lockheart]

We more than likely took over your country for our great queen. THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE" eheheheh.

 

[King Toasty]

Canada has graced the world with it's presence. You're welcome.

This, also.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_inventions

http://www.celebopedia.net/nations/ca.php

And

Thats right Superman was invented by transplanted Canadians.

Oh, and Bioware That's right, fuckers. Bioware is in Montreal.

and in texas soo..its half and half.

Mass Effect was produced in Montreal. Aww yeah.

TOR was made completely in texas,so half and half yet again.

It was FOUNDED in Montreal, that's it's main HQ.

and the star wars IP is American,but i see you point and raise you valve.

...You win this time. THIS TIME.

Canada has graced the world with it's presence. You're welcome.

AND the telephone dammit!

And most of the cast of Firefly, so yeah. We're pretty rad.

we have all this but not insoline for people suffering from diabetes I mean that discovery saved millions. I tend to feel the country isnt to thank for what individuals do however.

Yeah, I agree with you there. While the culture of a country can help, it's your own actions that define you.

 

[Micklet]

The submarine, half the transcontinental railroad, the whitehouse, modern day genetics, most of the worlds greatest race horses and trainers, Dracula, Yeats, Gulliver, Wilde, Beaufort Scale, the Delorean and some of the best rugby players in the world but to name a few.

 

[Coraxian]

Belgium here:
Fries, Saxophone, mercator map projection, oil paintings, modern road asphalt, pralines, modern anatomy, BMI, quite a few decent guns, loads of good beers a little thing called the Big Bang theory and quite a few other things.

 

[Hawkmoon269]

The Beatles, and consequently, most of all modern music.

As a non Beatles fan, I call foul. They were influenced by 1950's rock where blatantly stole from blues in America. Blues being the foundation of almost all rock and roll, I must say, you are welcome.

Aha! But I would have to counter your argument with the fact that the Beatles took those 1950's rock n roll influences and went on to create the genres we know now as pop, alternative and psychedelic. In fact, if you check out this article....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles'_influence_on_popular_culture

...you'll see that the beatles influence stretched far and wide.

Of course i dont doubt the importance of blues and rock n roll, its just that it was the Beatles' innovation that helped modern music to develop into newer, more lasting institutions, rather than languishing and going stagnant.

 

[Harveypot]

Pegg and Frost. Need I say anymore?