Ask an american - here's your chance
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What do you think is the point of having NATO after the Cold War.
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I see, thanks for the clarifications.Originally posted by pagemap:Most people get paid every two weeks. But when they are hired they are quoted an annual salary that will be divided out amongst those two week periods.
Regarding pension again. How does pension work in the US? How does one get entitlement to his/her pension and who is responsible for the pension. I was quite buffled by my friends who said the country/state is responsible while another saying that the company is responsible. -
A lot of kids from probably age 13 down probably don't really care to be informed about current events, so they are happy enough watching MTV and being ignorant. But as you might guess as people get older they start to mature and become more aware of what's going on around them...
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You are answering some difficult questions...! The way it works is the US government runs a program called social security that will pay a small pension upon retirement. If I can remember wayyyy back from a class I took two semesters ago....the way this works is 12.5% of your paycheck is deducted and deposited in social security, while you're employer is required by law to match that 12.5%. So every paycheck you are getting 25% of it in social security.Originally posted by Nelstar:I see, thanks for the clarifications.
Regarding pension again. How does pension work in the US? How does one get entitlement to his/her pension and who is responsible for the pension. I was quite buffled by my friends who said the country/state is responsible while another saying that the company is responsible.
I'm not very well educated on how company pensions work here... I know we have something called a 401(k) which is a tax free retirement plan, usually the way it works is the employee will pay into that plan and the employer matches it up to a certain percentage of the employee's annual salary. -
You know, with Bush so poor in most things, how come they state had not decided to offshore the white house to india?
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Thanks. I knew it was hard to understand, but could not get the correct answers all the time. At least you enlightened me.Originally posted by pagemap:You are answering some difficult questions...! The way it works is the US government runs a program called social security that will pay a small pension upon retirement. If I can remember wayyyy back from a class I took two semesters ago....the way this works is 12.5% of your paycheck is deducted and deposited in social security, while you're employer is required by law to match that 12.5%. So every paycheck you are getting 25% of it in social security.
I'm not very well educated on how company pensions work here... I know we have something called a 401(k) which is a tax free retirement plan, usually the way it works is the employee will pay into that plan and the employer matches it up to a certain percentage of the employee's annual salary.
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i know... to attack DPRK when the usa wants toOriginally posted by fallin:What do you think is the point of having NATO after the Cold War. -
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Erhmm, see I play a lot of games on USA servers and it never fails to amaze me how some adults there are so ignorant about things happening around the world.Originally posted by pagemap:A lot of kids from probably age 13 down probably don't really care to be informed about current events, so they are happy enough watching MTV and being ignorant. But as you might guess as people get older they start to mature and become more aware of what's going on around them...
Well, its not because they are some gaming nerd, because the Europeans are gaming nerds too and they are not that ignorant.
Of course you get the really smart and well-informed ones as well, but they are rare and chances are they are Canadians or Europeans who converted their citizenship.
Don't flame me. This is my experience so far.
Oh, and its the kids who have a better understanding of world geography and culture. I wonder is it due to the subjects they study. -
do you like blacks?
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Well just because it's on a USA server doesn't mean everyone on there is from the USA. I mean you admitted yourself that you played on USA servers and clearly you are not american...Originally posted by elindra:Erhmm, see I play a lot of games on USA servers and it never fails to amaze me how some adults there are so ignorant about things happening around the world.
Well, its not because they are some gaming nerd, because the Europeans are gaming nerds too and they are not that ignorant.
Of course you get the really smart and well-informed ones as well, but they are rare and chances are they are Canadians or Europeans who converted their citizenship.
Don't flame me. This is my experience so far.
Oh, and its the kids who have a better understanding of world geography and culture. I wonder is it due to the subjects they study.
And my guess is that it would be the younger generation who plays computer games online, probably from age 25 down. I dont know many older people who play computer games. -
Erhm, just wondering... you know all those shows, like CSI and SVU... erh, is there any basis in them? Like, the image they project is someone gets killed in a weird way every few days...
Is the society in US really that bad? As in, you keep seeing shootings and stuff
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The really poor areas of a city, the gang infested trash dumps have shootings every day. Mostly over drugs and gang territory. But I have never seen a shooting and I have lived here all my life.Originally posted by Crystal_Dumpling:Erhm, just wondering... you know all those shows, like CSI and SVU... erh, is there any basis in them? Like, the image they project is someone gets killed in a weird way every few days...
Is the society in US really that bad? As in, you keep seeing shootings and stuff
You have to realize CSI, etc are television programs which bear very little resemblance to real life. They are realistic enough that they are believable...but real life is nothing like that.
I'm surprised you get CBS down there -
be very surprise what we get from Amiercan TV here...
Anyways. Do you guys really eat that much MacDonalds there?
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What are the Top ranked food by americans..?
Are they:-
Pizza
Burgers
Hotdogs
and what else..?
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hey pagemap the white chicks there are nice eh...........
bbtw how much would an Evolution 8 cost there?????
and is it winter there????
i know interstate highway.........australia also have one.....
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Maybe I didn't make myself clear.Originally posted by pagemap:Well just because it's on a USA server doesn't mean everyone on there is from the USA. I mean you admitted yourself that you played on USA servers and clearly you are not american...
And my guess is that it would be the younger generation who plays computer games online, probably from age 25 down. I dont know many older people who play computer games.
When I say Americans, I'm not assuming everyone is one, but after I clarified that they are American and are they originally an American citizen, that was why I made such a statement.
So its, yes I am American but not originally American to those I spoke to. Those who has a better idea of world affairs are American but not originally American, if it makes better sense to you now.
You are wrong there. There are in fact alot of those who are 25 and above and I have met people up to their 40s who are in the games I play. Some even turn it into their job, trading and selling pixels for real money, and it s lucrative business. -
Yeap, heard of some of them selling Gil in FFXII, and camping out in some places.Originally posted by elindra:Maybe I didn't make myself clear.
When I say Americans, I'm not assuming everyone is one, but after I clarified that they are American and are they originally an American citizen, that was why I made such a statement.
So its, yes I am American but not originally American to those I spoke to. Those who has a better idea of world affairs are American but not originally American, if it makes better sense to you now.
You are wrong there. There are in fact alot of those who are 25 and above and I have met people up to their 40s who are in the games I play. Some even turn it into their job, trading and selling pixels for real money, and it s lucrative business.
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hi, US citizen. i sure like this thread title of yours,Originally posted by pagemap:I feel there is a lot of "bad blood" between the US and the rest of the world, and a lot of misinformation is being spread about americans. The point of this thread is to ask me (a US citizen) questions about something or another you may have heard about the US. I'll tell you whether what you heard was true, or I will expand on a topic you may have a question about.
Ask away!
"-here's your chance". like an american's granting me a scoop interview. am i supposed to be thankful? oh, you thought i've always dreamt about going there to live the american dream, so you're letting me in the know? what a pal. you're answering questions like an ambassador on a mission. ashamed to say, i don't know half as much about my own district as you do your country. by the way, you're white american or thereabouts, aren't you? -
two questions,
(1)Before you went to australia (i got that from another thread of yours i think), did you (i)think that there were kangaroos all over the roads of sydney and that (ii)people rode 'roos to work?
(2)Why, praytell, do most people in English speaking countries know what Ketchup and Tomato Sauce is, but not in the US?
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Originally posted by thinger:three questions,
(1)Before you went to australia (i got that from another thread of yours i think), did you (i)think that there were kangaroos all over the roads of sydney and that (ii)people rode 'roos to work?
(2)Why, praytell, do most people in English speaking countries know what Ketchup and Tomato Sauce is, but not in the US?
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ah, okay, thanks!Originally posted by pagemap:The really poor areas of a city, the gang infested trash dumps have shootings every day. Mostly over drugs and gang territory. But I have never seen a shooting and I have lived here all my life.
You have to realize CSI, etc are television programs which bear very little resemblance to real life. They are realistic enough that they are believable...but real life is nothing like that.
I'm surprised you get CBS down there
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page, why do u bother to answer the questions ? how the hell would an american find his/her way to sg forums ???
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Why the hell do you care?
It's not everyday we see someone *ang moh* to interact with. Me too, have my reservations about westerners, especially americans.
*Singapore slang for caucasians.Originally posted by elektra:
[b]page, why do u bother to answer the questions ? how the hell would an american find his/her way to sg forums ???[/b] -
i have reservations for all fuc*ing Bush supporters around the worldOriginally posted by chnl_c:Why the hell do you care?
It's not everyday we see someone *ang moh* to interact with. Me too, have my reservations about westerners, especially americans.
*Singapore slang for caucasians.