+189 They're right, us stupid Americans. Without which you wouldn't have, the submarine, the elavator, the burglar alarm, the typewriter, the electric fan, the dishwasher, the escalator, , AIR CONDITIONING, , , microsoft, space shuttle.... OH WAIT before you go call your friend to tell her this, you should know we invented that too,! amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

And the light bulb

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And the car.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

ok yes.. theres lots more that americans invented i just couldnt fit all of them in one post

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know, I'm just trying to help you prove your point.. just sayin'.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The U.S. did not invent the car.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Alright, calm down, you didn't invent them.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But Americans did.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Things_America_Did_Not_Invent

by Anonymous 13 years ago

that website isn't legit proof we didn't invent those things just so you know... for all we know it could just be some angry british person who hates america.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know it isn't "legit" proof....hence the name.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And if it weren't for swooping in, kinda lke Leeroy Jenkins, but being the victors, the Allied might've... Lost. Wir haben zu sprache sie Deutch, fun, right?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Which brings me to a joke: How do you get America to join a war? Tell them it's nearly over.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

lol, we may've invented all of crap you Scottish(or what you ever) people still use, but that doesn't mean we're not lazy as hell... Well, most of us aren't lazy... But with the money and the costs... And what's the point of joining mid war? Things like that...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Welsh. Scottish is Gaelic. We might not be represented on the British flag, but we are still awesome. America was named after a welshman, and it's possible a welshman arrived there before Columbus, because there were welsh-speaking colonies there when he got there. A welshman also started the New York Times. Welsh is Americas oldest ethnic society. Somebody needs to do their homework, methinks. Sorry if I'm being a bitch....touchy subject, see.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

America was named after Amerigo Vaspucci(don't think I spellt that right)... An Italian... Because he was first to realize that America was not India... I think I know the history of my nation better than you...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Who worked for a welshman.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And used his ship, but still, America is named after an Italian.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes America is named after an Italian.. we all know that, but that doesnt mean Italians imvented that stuf...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Wel, o leia mae gen i iaeth fy hyn, yn lle cymryd un gwlad mor dwp a Lloegr.....does dim ganddyn nhw UNRHYWBETH fel Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, sef pentref bach yng ngogledd Cymru, sy'n dal y record am yr enw orsaf tren hiraf yn y byd. Ag er does dim llawer o siaradwyr Cymraeg ar ol, rydym ni'n bobl balch, a dydyn ni ddim yn hoff o gael gwledydd mawr fel yr Amerig na Lloegr yn cachu arnom. Deall?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Google translator won't translate that giant word... so i'ma assume you forgot a space or what ever in that... America and England is shit on us? Jesus, they need to do a little work on translator... And you're just mad 'cause we're bigger than you, despite your country's age, we have prolly a bigger populace, more guns, more of a threat now that we aren't the worlds Leeroy Jenkins... Oh, and we got a big ass group of people who actually know what America's like... Not just a bunch of foreign people who've never been to America, who've been stereotyping us...(kinda like our media is doing to Islam with propoganda) Americans aren't stupid, and we are very resourceful! Oh, and America's oldest ethnic society, if you don't call them savages, are the Native Americans, aka, Indians.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah i know, google translate is shit with welsh, and no, that giant word wasn't a typo, it's welsh. Fuck to the yeah.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Wow... And this got off topic... And that's a long word...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's a place name :) The actual place isn't that exciting, but the street signs are awesome :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Like Fucking, Austria? (may've misspelled that) Americans, because their friends wouldn't believe, might actually steal those signs. I would.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://media.lonelyplanet.com/lpimg/26472/26472-12/preview.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lonelyplanetimages.com/images/495372&usg=__AkyHJ98cn_xr5apmkfx7fEmQA_0=&h=400&w=600&sz=73&hl=en&start=0&sig2=Zruo6nEjWb9bkEx6og_bbQ&zoom=1&tbnid=PtOvyDju5stOPM:&tbnh=138&tbnw=191&ei=s_KUTLPsJIHCswazluVa&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dllanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch%2Broad%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1442%26bih%3D723%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1128&vpy=385&dur=1245&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=216&ty=80&oei=s_KUTLPsJIHCswazluVa&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:0

by Anonymous 13 years ago

lol, holy crap. That really is it's name...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes my friend. We are. The. Shit.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

So, do you know any welsh?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Nope, just English, and a bit of German... Still can't get the type of letters with umlauts down, so I use google translator to help with that

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's terrible with welsh, it would translate something like "My cat has four legs" into "Is four my cat with the legs"....or something.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No. If anyone got to the Americans before Columbus it was the Polynesians or the Vikings.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If America didn't join World War 2, The French and Brits might be Germans right now.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(Mein_Geist):" we have to ___ ( they or she) german... I'm pretty sure, I just started german1

by Anonymous 13 years ago

what?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(Mein_Geist)wait what! where di your comment go! it was in german and i was trying to translate it now i look like a freak

by Anonymous 13 years ago

lol, idk

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Americans invented my friend?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

And the term "obese."

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Your ellipsis has tails...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

XD Submarine - Netherlands Elevator - Rome Burglar Alarm - England Typewriter - Britain Electric fan - India Air conditioning - China Telephone (which you implied in your last sentence) - Canada You only got the dishwasher, escalator, space shuttle and Microsoft right.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Canada (technically) is America. North America.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They're two different countries, though. That's like saying any two places in South America are technically the same.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I was just taking advantage of the fact that the post said "America". This means the post could still technically be considered correct on that one.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't want to start this argument all over again, on a nearly identical post. Here's what I said: http://amirite.net/583822/1222780

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The STEREOTYPE that Americans are stupid involves the majority of Americans, and does not say no American is smart. And after all, it is a stereotype.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm tired of Americans constantly boasting on how superior and better they are which is something I'm noticing in this post. Keep in mind that I don't mean to characterize every American being like this. Anyways, there are so many other countries that have invented very useful things yet you don't see them bragging about it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You know what, I'm sick of non-Americans hating on America. Sure some of us are fat and lazy, but not all of us. Sure we're not perfect, but neither is any other country. I'm not fat, only a little lazy, fairly intelligent if I do say so myself, and you don't even know the majority of Americans who are like me. /bitchy rant

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"Keep in mind that I don't mean to characterize every American being like this" I'm not calling all American's "boasters" neither do I mean to call all Americans fat, lazy, or non-intellectual. I know country has its flaw and imperfections, but I feel as if the OP will not admit that.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ummm no I'm not bragging about our country, but other courtier don't get called fat and stupid all the time just thought I would point out how were smarter than people seem to think

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I feel like a lot of U.S. citizens take the "America sucks" jokes too seriously and the bragging is kind of a defense mechanism to say "no we don't". (Note that I am from the U.S.)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

To be honest I wouldn't get too cocky about our countries inventions, due to recent creations. Jersey Shore, 16 and Pregnant, Pop-Up Ads, Spam-E-Mail etc.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This post sounds like an e-mail that a 56 year old woman would forward to everyone on her friends list including her 22 year old son.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh yeah. We also invented the internet.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If you're trying to make Americans look smart, this post is not helping. What is going on with the punctuation? And to all the Americans who get all pissed off at stereotypes: Honestly, get over it. Every country gets stereotyped. Canadians say "eh", are overly polite, and a little slow. The Germans are recognized mainly for Hitler and are apparently all nazis. And etc. They are what they are; stereotypes. They aren't true, and the only people who believe them fully are idiots. Most people are aware that they are not true. My God people are sensitive.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ha. If you're trying to prove a point, at least use proper grammar. You would say "we" stupid Americans, not "us".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

HA they made a grammar mistake on the internet. All points are now invalid!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Haha, those stupid Americans. Haha, those snobby, tea-loving Brits. Haha, those Asians who take pictures of everything and have Tiger Moms. Haha, those maple syrup chugging Canadians. Haha, those flirtatious French. Haha, those stupid humans stereotyping and getting all worked up like that!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You do realize that stupid was the only stereotype in there that is actually insulting." Tea loving " how is that bad? " take pictures of things" ... So? " flirtatious" that doesn't sound that mean.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If you can't laugh at yourself, you have no right to laugh at others. I was merely laughing at myself :3

by Anonymous 12 years ago

May I say that the stereotype of the stupid american is not misplaced. A significant amount of the people that I know are so stupid I'm surprised they remember how to eat. But I do have to say that our flag on the moon overrides that. Booyah.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why are people getting worked up over the post. It was meant to entertain not be taking seriously.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Apparently people get really into arguments on the internet

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah! I think it's stupid, just state your mind and keep going with your life

by Anonymous 12 years ago

, , , ? Really?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

hey mate, dig the post, but umm alexander Graham bell invented the telephone - he was Canadian lol. also, umm for everyone saying how wonderful it was of the Americans to join ww2, remember they only joined after a surprise attack on us turf, and after witnessing a European genocide. I'm Canadian, and quite frankly, Im overjoyed to be partners with America. every country has its faults - but to demand American superiority with wealth and military power is invalid - with the landmass vs. the resource carrying capacity of American territory, it would be hard to screw that up. you guys have a perfect recipe to maintain the role of a superpower.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You act like you personally invented these things. Your excessive use of comma's annoys me.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Clearly we didn't seem to invent grammar, since you can't seem to use that to your benefit.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Which language is this written in? Oh, right... Trollface.jpeg Seriously, I'll never understand patriotism. You happened to be born in the same country as someone else who did something important without any contribution from you personally..... good job?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wow no I see why an american woman was able to sue Mc Donalds because her coffee burnt her people relax and stop over reacting

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Okay so I'm gonna rant a little about this comment. That case was actually extremely valid. For a tort to be valid a wrong had to have been done by one of the parties that they are responsible. This woman was very elderly. She ended up getting third degree burns over 17% of her body, including her genitalia. Now you may be thinking, "Well she should have been more careful with the coffee. McDonald's didn't do anything wrong". Well that's where this next part comes into play. McDonald's had been heating their coffee to nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit over the safe temperature as set by the FDA. They had received hundreds of burn complaints over the years and had ignored all of them. The woman originally did not want to take it to court and only wanted coverage of her hospital bills. McDonald's offered her a measly $800 which was not nearly enough. I forget the exact numbers of her winnings, but it was originally very high and was later reduced vastly. Also, she was restricted from talking about it publicly and McDonald's was able to use all of their resources to make her look crazy. /rant

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Just because Americans may have invented those things first does not mean that others wouldn't have if you weren't here. ;)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wow, this post is //so// American.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wow. Perhaps you should take it easy on the patriotism.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I have a friend who is a foreign exchange student and she said she was shocked to see that most of us are actually skinny, have good teeth, and use proper grammar. She went on to explain how it is taken as fact that every person here is a fat, lazy, redneck.

by Anonymous 12 years ago