I'm sick of all these threads moaning about things being better in other countries...

.....especially America, ask me anything.

See this thread: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2919045 as an example of what I mean.

It's true though. That's why so many multinational companies employ immigrants as they are more likely to be polite and appreciate the work than look miserable. It just seems to me that you cannot accept criticism of the United Kingdom and you also cannot accept that a lot of other countries do a lot of things better. Typical British arrogance claiming to be better than everyone else. There's a lot of good things we do but there's also a lot of things we do that are just blatantly idiotic.

Have you been outside the UK to find out?

Customer service is so much better in the United States...it's not even funny.

It's true though. That's why so many multinational companies employ immigrants as they are more likely to be polite and appreciate the work than look miserable. It just seems to me that you cannot accept criticism of the United Kingdom and you also cannot accept that a lot of other countries do a lot of things better. Typical British arrogance claiming to be better than everyone else. There's a lot of good things we do but there's also a lot of things we do that are just blatantly idiotic.

.....especially America, ask me anything.

See this thread: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2919045 as an example of what I mean.

PRSOM.

I absolutely hate the UK being bashed at every opportunity! Why oh why oh why are people allowed to post crappy "<insert name of country> is better than us at this" style propaganda threads!!!!!

I accept somethings in other countries may be better than here, but the way the media ram it down our throats so often is borderlining on depressing.

The media is generally depressing, regardless of this. There's loads of stories every day about people giving money to the homeless, people building shelters, people giving to charities or fundraising for charities, children with life long illnesses battling against them and doing well in life overcoming the mental struggles, soldiers doing the same after returning from service - I could go on forever - but the media would rather tell you about the rapists, the murderers, the pedophiles, the politicians that are involved in expenses scandals and so forth because it has the shock value and gets more of a reaction.

Find a story with a bit of shock value, throw in a bit of yellow journalism and you have a borderline fictitious piece of rubbish that people will read and react to. It's what sells.

You've got yourself a +1 rep.

Most European countries are 'better' than the UK though. Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland and others are all better than this country at stuff people care about like education, healthcare, crime and overall living standards. Even Ireland is now a better place than the UK according to the HDI. This country has too much inequality to be even considered as a good place to live.

Most European countries are 'better' than the UK though. Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland and others are all better than this country at stuff people care about like education, healthcare, crime and overall living standards. Even Ireland is now a better place than the UK according to the HDI. This country has too much inequality to be even considered as a good place to live.

Jesus wept, he really did.

I didn't ask or choose to be born in this country.

Besides, you don't know how good we have it in comparison to the likes of Belarus, North Korea and Cuba etc! In Belarus for example, a rant about the government or a rant like this thread could have cost me my life!

Why is it in the countries where they are worse than we are, they are grateful for what they have got and learn to have a happy life, whereas here, we are quick to belittle ourselves in comparison to another country?

We wouldn't need to be if we left the EU. It's about time this country starting pulling its weight in Europe.

Though tbh we don't actually need to be in Europe! We need to be out of the EU. Then things would change.

When do the media ram it down our throats? What country is portrayed as being better than the UK in the media? Definitely not America, most representations of the USA in the media involve people being shot.

I'm sick of all these threads moaning about things being better in other countries