Let's name some things Americans are GOOD at:

[Killerme33]

Basketball
(American) Football
The best universities

 

[LongCoolMother]

higher education! Not so much K-12 though...

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: aplefka

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: E equals MC2

Originally posted by: Ns1
filling up landfills

producing top quality marijuana

Leave marijuana upto Mexico and Columbia.

they are not producing top quality marijuana

mexico produces top quality marijuana like china produces lead free toys


But seriously...

- Guitars
- Basses
- Amps/Cabs
- Rock music

Ehhh I think Europe as a whole has us beat there too. Especially as of late.

meh, I beg to differ. The only bands I like from that side of the pond are radiohead and artic monkeys. Well, current bands anyway

 

[secretanchitman]

i thought intel cpus were made in fabs like israel, but created in america...

pizza is DEFINITELY 100000000000000000x here then anywhere else in the world. everyone and their dog has told me that italy's pizza is the best...uhm..........no. american pizza will always be the best pizza.

 

[Oceandevi]

Ligers

 

[gururu2]

mass production
distribution
advertising
litigation
antidepressants
energy and waterworks
law enforcement
insurance
motion pictures

 

[foghorn67]

Furniture
Medicine
Tools
Machinery
Arts (music, cinema, photography, etc.)
Avionics
Airliners
Jet Engines
Software publishing
And yes, we still have some good automotive technologies we are pioneering.
Chemicals
Food (all the ethnic food in the world, we have too! And we rock at the BBQ)
Sports

 

[meltdown75]

kicking ass

 

[Juno]

obesity?

 

[slackwarelinux]

bulk beef

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Originally posted by: OS
skanks
guns
rap, thug and meathead culture
self destructing mortgages and asset bubbles
steak and alcohol - I don't see a problem here.
crappy fast food and soda

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
i thought intel cpus were made in fabs like israel, but created in america...

Pentium M, Core, and Core 2 were all designed in Israel. Older designs were generally designed in Santa Clara, CA (i486, Pentium), or Oregon (P6).

Intel has fabs all over the world, including some in Israel and some in the US. AMD has fabs in Dresden, Germany, only.

 

[TheKub]

Getting fat.

And sueing each other.

 

[ultimatebob]

We invented both Google and Hollywood! Beat that!

 

[MovingTarget]

Hot air! If only we used some of it to power generators... ;-)

[hint: we do]

 

[laurenlex]

High end bicycle frames.

 

[WingZero94]

Liberating ungrateful continents from evil dictators.

 

[Sluggo]

Building a whoop-ass full size truck.

Even Toyota knows that we do this well.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Devaluing their currency.
Debt spending.
Zero savings rates.
Indebtedness.
Arrogance.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

<George Carlin> Bombing Brown People

 

[her209]

Police Taser Victims

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: Aluvus

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
i thought intel cpus were made in fabs like israel, but created in america...

Pentium M, Core, and Core 2 were all designed in Israel. Older designs were generally designed in Santa Clara, CA (i486, Pentium), or Oregon (P6).

Intel has fabs all over the world, including some in Israel and some in the US. AMD has fabs in Dresden, Germany, only.

Dude, Intel is populated with Indians and Chinese people.

But on a serious note, America is good at:

- Military
- Wide availability and wide selection of products (do you know how hard it is to buy cars in other countries? Cars are dirt cheap in the US and you can get pretty much ANYTHING). In other nations you either buy domestic cars or you're screwed. If they don't have plants in your country, you're screwed. Toyota has plants in Taiwan so that is why you don't see as many Civics/Accords as you do Camrys/Corollas (it's like a 10:1 ratio if you just stare down the street).
- CHEAP ELECTRONICS! Dell's sales alone can pwn anyone. You think Taiwan is the home of motherboards? At best the prices match Newegg, but Slickdeals/Fatwallet is American! You can't get that anywhere else
- Education - How many foreigners want to come here for education all the time? Yeah. There you go. World class education FTW! Ok, I didn't mean like K-12 because clearly we struggle, but in terms of Universities, we rock.

Honestly, a lot of innovation in this country is pioneered by the foreign engineers who immigrate here. Look at Silicon Valley and if you work around here, tell me how many Indian engineers you have and how many Chinese engineers you have. It's absurd. I'd like to say America's good at these things, but honestly it's not an inherent quality of America. That's why we see outsourcing, and so I cannot say that Intel and AMD and all that are awesome because they're American.


Sports is pretty awesome though IMO. I know that the world loves soccer, but sometimes the love and the passion in college football seems to blow that all away. In terms of professional sports, we're ok, but seeing the college view of things is just amazing.

 

[intogamer]

blowjobs

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: foghorn67
Furniture
Medicine
Tools
Machinery
Arts (music, cinema, photography, etc.)
Avionics
Airliners
Jet Engines
Software publishing
And yes, we still have some good automotive technologies we are pioneering.
Chemicals
Food (all the ethnic food in the world, we have too! And we rock at the BBQ)
Sports

I'd say that's a pretty good representation of what we do well. Manufacturing/medical technology and technology in general. Basically all things that involve innovation.

American are REALLY good at innovation, specifically technology. We invent/make, other copy and try to inprove. Reverse engineering has it's place, but it isn't something you should be proud of.

 

[Saint Michael]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Devaluing their currency.
Debt spending.
Zero savings rates.
Indebtedness.
Arrogance.

Wait, are you American? Or Swedish? Or something?