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People love to conquer America

Day 1,322, 18:26 • Published in United Kingdom USA

• by Emerick

And I've figured out why. It's not because they hate the country irl, it's not because it's humorous to conquer the most powerful country in real life in an internet game that was coded by a few guys who hoped that attaching irl names to guilds and clans would bring them massive amounts of Euros, it's not even because the people who conquer America on this internet game are clicking fight with one hand and furiously scrubbing themselves dirty with the other. No, it's all because of the cultural references. "Pig Mac", "Viva Lost Bases", et cetera. There are literally several cultural references that anyone in the game can make about America. And that's the most fun we'll find in this game.

To help make my point, how many can we make about, say, Hungry? Well, let's go over what we know about the country: they were relevant on the world stage in WW1, and then they disappeared forever and no one even knows what language they speak or how to spell it properly.

Ohio, the state that LeBron ran away from.

And don't take it the wrong way, Hungry, I know just how you feel. Because, Hungry, I used to live in Ohio. Never heard of it? Exactly. Ohio is like the Delaware of the heartland and Hungry is the Delaware of Europe. Also so is every other country in Europe that isn't France, Germany, or Greece. Greece is the Detroit of Europe. Scandinavia is something else entirely.

Point is, Hungry has no culture that anyone cares to care about, except maybe Rumania, which is where vampires come from, so their opinions are creepy.

That wasn't the point of this prose, the point is that America has beaucoup cultural references that everyone around the world knows and loves. Don't believe me? Post if you know who the LeBron character that I referenced above is. And then post if you know who Arnold Schwarzenegger is. And then if you knew him before Terminator. Sure he's not Hungrian, but that's the point, isn't it? Who knows any Hungarian that wasn't assassinated in 1914? No one. That's who. Because America is exciting. Hungry, on the other hand, is an adjective.

THE END

Comments

Calin2009 Day 1,322, 18:42

= )) " Who knows any Hungarian that wasn't assassinated in 1914?" He was from Austria...

Penguin4512 Day 1,322, 18:45

I think you're overselling Hungary in this one.

logan Dunleavy Day 1,322, 18:45

Yeah, the Arch Duke wasn't even Hungarian. No one knows any Huns period, they're just totally irrelevant.

Emerick Day 1,322, 18:56

I think I've made my point.

Tomazim Day 1,322, 19:03

attacking irl names to guilds
attacking irl names
attacking

HAHA A TYPO

YOU SUCK

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Paul Proteus Day 1,322, 19:10

I agree with Penguin's comment

it is far worst than Ohio, at least Ohio I can spell...also it had a river which caught on fire which is p cool > _>

SexyCicko Day 1,322, 19:13

what point?
this troll article shows a lack of knowledge about a european country, who was one of the strongest when they came in the middle ages, they had a union with croatia and later austria, and whos cavalry was known all over europe
their buildings and capital of budapest are also very beatiful, and twice the age od the USA
no need to talk about their pornstars xD

Trezisto Day 1,322, 19:25

hungary makes the best world porn, that i surely know

Emerick Day 1,322, 19:33

>hungary makes the best world porn, that i surely know

Feel free to share it

Tim_Holtz Day 1,322, 19:42

so your saying the one redeeming quality of Hungary is its pornstars?

Klemensa Day 1,322, 19:58

lol @ignorant Americans, same thing you will see in rl; at least you can say that no one likes you because you don't even try to be liked ; )

10.1.13.5.19 Day 1,322, 20:27

@klemensa
You see, these are internet Americans, they are all ignorant. But in real life they are cool people if you ever get to know them. Some are like this, but its like that in every country. You can't base your knowledge of a country on what you see on the internet. Didn't your parents teach you that?

Radu Pangaiu Day 1,322, 20:44

I'm Rumanian, but I don't care shit about the Hungarian culture.

Radu Pangaiu Day 1,322, 20:46

Arnold was born about 10 to 15 miles away from the Hungarian border, BTW.

Anyonymous Day 1,322, 21:27

Well this was tastefully done.
>mfw I have no face

John DeLarosa Day 1,322, 22:12

@Klemensa
It's true that a lot of Americans are not likable. Mostly our government. But there are some cool people also. Same as in any country.

I don't agree with this. It's just a giant put down to non-americans. It's makes us look stupid and prideful. Other countries deserve more respect. Sure were cool (I mean I am an American after all) but so are plenty of others.

Sir Hypnotoad Day 1,322, 22:14

>Also so is every other country in Europe that isn't France, Germany, or Greece. Greece is the Detroit of Europe. Scandinavia is something else entirely.

You forgot Scotland.

Also, Indiana is worse than Ohio. At least Ohio has nice facilities for urination and calorie consumption off of the highway.

trisno Day 1,322, 22:15

Dio Soryu Day 1,322, 22:54

>who was one of the strongest when they came in the middle ages

Well, there's culture we all know and can relate to.

the1akshay Day 1,322, 23:45

V+S

gagiMW Day 1,322, 23:49

Yeah, you are triyng to be a troll, but you seem like you're just not doing it properly. Frankly, USA is one s*itty, but rich and powerfull nation, with no culture. When your ancestors were nomads back in middle ages, rampaging through wastelands of today's Germany, France and UK, Serbian and Hungarian people lived in castles and ate from golden plates and with golden spoons, knives and forks. Read about what happened in civilisations like those and then judge about their cultures. Believe me, this article made you quite stupid. Cheers.

PimpDollaz Day 1,322, 23:54

actually, hungarian porn is pretty decent. no lie

germanicus secundus Day 1,323, 00:08

Emerick you made yourself look like a uneducated little brat.
Maybe there are no good trools left.

Manny Calavera Day 1,323, 00:22

Who cares about the past? The fact is everyone hates America because of the wealth and power they have and nobody else can attain anymore, so you whine about what used to be... pwned.

vladb Day 1,323, 00:26

Ofc people would leave Ohio for Florida .

Baldrick1 Day 1,323, 00:41

Those 300 years of existence sure can breed arrogance.

enFalse Day 1,323, 01:06

Matt Smidley +1

Khebit Day 1,323, 01:08

Who cares about the past? The fact is everyone hates America because of the wealth and power they have and nobody else can attain anymore, so you whine about what used to be... pwned.

x2

Jon Show Day 1,323, 01:22

sino301:
"...they had a union with croatia and later austria..."

lolol

Idk what they teach you guys at school, but Croatia was subjugated to the Hungarian crown as a vassal...
: 3

Btw, humorous article, vote!

Maegalodonus Day 1,323, 01:27

I smell butthurt. Superior Butthurt in an article full of RL references. Or how RL America has Lebron, Governator, etc... and it's most powerful, fk yeah!!!. On the contrary, erepublik USA...meh, cheezburgers. Just cheezburgers.
Hence the butthurt and sexually molested ego. Superior Butthurt.

And I'm geographically speaking thousands of miles away, but the smell of buthurtness and baw-baw-baw in this article is stupendously far-reaching.

Max Blue Day 1,323, 01:30

Why are you in the UK? Please go home.

Giorgos Zaikos Day 1,323, 01:35

trolololo

Dio Ymdar Day 1,323, 01:57

Excellent article

Marcellus Bracara Day 1,323, 02:52

Emerick,

Do you know where is Iraq? There was more "americans" suporting the war then with the knowledge what thew hell is Iraq.

No more comments...

Jovan Tekelija Day 1,323, 02:57

hungarian porn rules!

people don't hate america coz it's wealthy. people hate america cuz they practically destroyed every other nation in the process, one way(by bombing it, literally destroying it) or another(by killing it economically thru methods that are not supported by its economical policy)

this is not what im used to, from emerick.
you trolled america a lot more than you trolled hungary with this. : )

Ther0n Day 1,323, 03:12

Troll

Reported!

: P

Ther0n Day 1,323, 03:15

= )) " Who knows any Hungarian that wasn't assassinated in 1914?" He was from Austria...

loled x2

Simio Bueno Day 1,323, 03:15

you really are an emoprick !!!!
ignorant emo prick !!!

Seanan Day 1,323, 03:19

I detect cultural-less swine, everywhere.

Being a European, I can say my only knowledge of anything Hungarian is only when Irish were involved - It also seemed to be battles which were won (funny that). Like many countries, our history is taught based on our national history.

This brings me on to our American cousins, who when either an Irish or British person visits their States (and eats their delicious food) these Americans are compelled to be related (if you are Irish) or just hear you talk (if your Irish or British). Simply because Irish/British is the USA's historical culture. Its not like killing native Indians latest that long.

However, the USA is one of the few places, where not having a historical culture is a problem. As they have such a modern deep mixed, and unique culture. Personally, when you come to Europeans whos only claim to fame happened way back in history... Yes talking to you Brits, the Empire has crumbled - Tories are soft... the US is a new breed of relevance in the world.

Also trolololo if you read this wall of text.

Shumor Day 1,323, 03:22

You would be amazed how many people actually know about history of some countries that are quite far away from us.
Personally, I do know a lot of USA and Hungarian history, culture and geography...
However, I just adore to watch KassemG:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEwcIEV-fEk

Kretenk0 Day 1,323, 03:28

we all know what americans are..thery "runing" rl world but all they know is bomb weaker nations..and in "weaker" i mean the millitary strenght..thats the only thing they hawe...also thery fat,stupid,ignorant,idiots,morons,assholes,punks, did i meantion they fat and stupid? xD

Vojvoda Prijezda Day 1,323, 03:30

Ignorant Emerican assh*le : )

FG Lexia Day 1,323, 04:10

Arnold is Austrian.

Vampires are Serbian. (no, really, check wherever you want)

Btw, we did learn geography in school, on a level to draw the world map in details on a blank paper from scratch including countries, capitals, rivers and everything else important, also to know what resources are available in which part of every country. So, we actually do know of Ohio, to say the least.

FG Lexia Day 1,323, 04:15

PS: Our geography lessons were so detailed because we had to be prepared for world domination. This game is just a test, the real game starts on 2012-12-21 ; )