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Generalizing to all US americans and implying that they are not 'normal' compared to the rest of the world is certainly not nice, is it? And I say that as someone who isn't even directly addressed by that statement.

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And the following is literally the first paragraph on the article:

"Glass can be recycled infinitely without losing any of its properties. Why, then, are most countries — with the exception of those in Europe "

Thanks for serving as the perfect excample to the type of attitude I was referring to

So far I thought you were talking about perceived higher risks because of liability in the US which you thought were unwarranted because a bottle that survives refilling would also survive normal handling by customers (+language that deterred from your point which I critized). Now I don’t know what attitude you are talking about.

A bit of internet collective wisdom borrowed from the highly reputable source of reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/22j0n6/why_do_am...

The attitude I am referring to is that of when people having it too good need to find something to complain about insted of brushing off a generalization (which as most stereotypes is based on factual bases)

Based on the snarky-ness of the article favoring "the greatness" of European nations (compared to the rest of the world), maybe I should have said "not in the US, where 'most' will sue you for looking wrong at them"

As a side not suporting my case, haven't you seen how many post here in HN talk about "patent trolls"; and why all (oh excuse me, most) of those are actually talking about America?

Maybe "slide to unlock" rings a bell?

You dont see those type of things in, lets say, Brazil or Mexico (where I am from) since in case the bottle has an anomaly you go back to the counter and they would just say... "Oh sorry about that, here is a new one", you know... Being civil, instead of keeping it as a "golden ticket" to take it to the court. Why, because people realizes that the coca-cola truck may have it a bump a bit too hard and that just life, we know it and we just go on with it...

In the US, truth is a defense for libel. It would be correct to generalize North Koreans aren't normal due to shared trauma. Living in the US but having traveled overseas, the US seems to have its own traumas.

This isn't a court of law. And legal definitions aren't super relevant in day to day conversation. You could say any country isn't "normal" compared to the rest of the world, and then find some "true" way of defending it. That doesn't make it nice though.

Tone policing is used to reinforce the status quo. It's not nice to talk about the crimes someone is abetting; how many dead in Iraq due to the unnecessary invasion? The 40,000 US citizens who die every year from automobiles? The hundred thousand innocents dead because some people won't wear masks? It's certainly reasonable to suppose people of the unchallenged world superpower 1992-2019 are not normal.

You legitimately just proved my point. As I said, you can say any country is not normal and be correct, because every country is unique.

Just reread my previous comment. Your response makes no sense in relation to it

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