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[spencer-mato.livejournal.com]

#2 [citation needed]

[whitetomger.livejournal.com]

Most certainly seconded. I also need to know if it's based on total rates or per capita to account for differences in population. One also needs clearer information on crime rates since what can be defined as a crime is incredibly varied.

[spencer-mato.livejournal.com]

Precisely. The CO2 emissions per capita put us at number 5, while total is at number 1. The US is one of the largest countries in the world, therefore it follows that our total emissions would be higher.

Citation http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_co2_emi_percap-environment-co2-emissions-per-capita

[spencer-mato.livejournal.com]

This site also seems to be where the comic got their data, but instead of using per capita data they used simple totals.

[ragnarok-now.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics#UN_Statistics

Still, even without normalization South Africa may be larger.

[ragnarok-now.livejournal.com]

And Canada doesn't appear to even come close either in total or per capita. This thing is complete BS.

[hazardous-filth.livejournal.com]

NZ has fewer people than many US cities, so the presence of it in the second cartoon suggests that the stats would have to be per capita.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

My guess is the data is cherry picked to make the point.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Really, I thought S.A. was number one for rape.

[david-deacon.livejournal.com]

It is. Avoid San Antonio at all costs.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

lol

Re: "We're #1"

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[david-deacon.livejournal.com]

"American cuisine"? You mean "pizza," for instance?

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Mmm New York pizza, not that shit they call "pizza" in Chicago or California ;)

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

"mmm eww ork eefa, ot hat het ey awwl "eefa" im Ikagah or Alforaah."

[telemann.livejournal.com]

lol

[spencer-mato.livejournal.com]

Oh fuck yeah. I had pizza in Germany and they used ketchup instead of tomato sauce. I ate it but I felt cheated.

Also, peanut butter and Wisconsin cheddar cheese.

[david-deacon.livejournal.com]

I don't think those would go well on pizza.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

I disagree. Peanut butter and cheese do awesome things when they're melted together. For instance a peanut butter and cheese sandwich is disgusting, but if you toast that shit it become teh awesomes.

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

Cajun Food, Tex Mex, some components of Chinese food etc...

[david-deacon.livejournal.com]

Damn right. American food: chow mein, chop suey, spaghetti and meatballs, enchiritos, California rolls. Washed down with vodka.

[tridus.livejournal.com]

Clearly that "tough on crime" thing is working out pretty well.

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

We are number one for incarceration after all.



YAY CAPITALISM

[edgar-suit.livejournal.com]

Not sure how I feel about Puerto Rico being listed separately from the United States.

[dwer.livejournal.com]

how do you think they feel about it?

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

Perpetually half and half

[david-deacon.livejournal.com]

It's a PR problem.

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

yes it is

[rimpala.livejournal.com]

to the first comic

Come on now, the United States is home to many great foods such as New England clam chowder, New York cheesecake, key lime pie, Chicago-style hot dogs, Tex-Mex, Cajun/Creole, BBQ, many different styles of pizza, California rolls, southern fried chicken and not to mention American Indian veggies like tomatoes, potatoes, and corn.

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

BBQ!

[rimpala.livejournal.com]

BBQ is the best cuisine ever!

BBQ

[labetephoque.livejournal.com]

There was an article (http://www.economist.com/node/17722664) about that in The Economist recently.

[cursethedark.livejournal.com]

Now I want fried chicken. Dammit.

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

That's exceptional!

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

The bottom left statistic causes all the rest. McDonalds food cotains exobrometheatecide which slowly poisons your soil.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Well, what's that do to yer innards?

[dwer.livejournal.com]

hey, if I can't see it, all that matters is that it's delicious!

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

*sigh* that's what I get trying to LJ from my phone.

I meant it slowly poisons your SOUL!!!

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

exobrometheatecide?

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

Yep. Kills thetans.

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure Canada or Australia have a higher per capita CO2 emission. I can't imagine the per capita rate on rape here is higher than some other countires. Were these normalized by population?

[mikepictor.livejournal.com]

not according to
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_co2_emi_percap-environment-co2-emissions-per-capita

but I can't vouch for the accuracy of this data.

Military factor

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

I would have thought Canada especially would have had a higher per capita CO2 emission level, but if that chart includes the U.S. military it makes sense.

Re: Military factor

[mikepictor.livejournal.com]

Why would you think that? Heating costs? Wider travel distances?

Just curious.

Re: Military factor

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

Heating costs, almost entirely. But now that you've asked the question, it could be that those are at least in large part balanced by extra cooling costs in the south. And America is actually more rural than Canada so there is probably more per capita driving, as well.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

Prison population too easy a target, it should be non-violent offenders.

[labetephoque.livejournal.com]

Considering that many American chefs are French trained, it's really silly to say that France offers something that the States don't. Besides, comparing Paris to, say, Youngstown, Ohio, doesn't work. Compare Paris to New York or Chicago, and it's competitive. For variety of expertise, I suspect the American cities would win.

Besides, in reality, the States are famous for haute cuisine. We have some of the most inventive and radical chefs in the world, in part because we they aren't bound by a long-standing food culture like France has.