@onewithshoes
Why is it pathetic this time around? You find it sad? Why?

@sree251 I absolutely agree . The story of Asias progress is part of the story. The other side is Americas failure to continue. Its almost as if they reached the Moon, then sat down and said ""Game over.. We won" and focused on reaping the rewards. Not looking for the next challenge. The fall of the Soviet Union left America with no direction. So they became a self satisfied hedonistic society.. And others picked up the slack and moved in..😷

@whowasthatmaskedman
Hitler did say that America was a nation of playboys. Perhaps, it is in our DNA, this hedonistic bent. Yet, we are prudes compared to the Europeans. We have a law against prostitution but not so in Europe. Infidelity is rife in France.

@sree251 I think there is a whole theseis in there on the differing attititudes. My personal view is that the regilious bent in America sees all this as "Sin"but still cant help themselves. Where more secular nations accept it as human behaviour, to be done discretely..Religion is certainly a big factor in America that isnt seen in other developed countries..(Naturally Americans see this as "normal")😷

@sree251
Yes, she is good as evidenced by her achievements but men don't hold as many free-style skiing awards as she does, more daring or not.

I'm into acrobatic gymnastics, endurance running and competitive aquatic high diving.

@swirlie
Impressive. I like gymnasts; men, that is. They have great bodies. Can you do the balance beam routines?

Diving is my greatest fear. I couldn't jump from a 10 ft high diving board. The body just won't let me. How high can you dive from?

@sree251

Yes, no problem.


Approximately 10 meters ...which is almost 33 feet.

@Munumbis
We give China money?

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Paradoxical, isn't it?

@sree251

No we don't "all have different meanings for the term seafood", sree.

The term "seafood" which includes only shellfish and crustaceans, is an internationally recognized definition of what specific aquatic life constitutes "seafood".

I know that Americans classify any edible food that grows in the sea as "seafood" which in American standards includes seaweed and other vegetative life. The rest of the world however, does not recognize those American standards of aquatic cuisine.


It is a deliberate abstinence because I've been an athlete for my entire life, which means that booze does not form any part of my diet.


What is rude is the contempt that Americans have toward the culture and traditions of other countries of the world, which of course includes the cultural traditions of Muslims.

If you drink alcohol in front of a Muslim, you are conveying a contemptuous American attitude toward Muslims which is fundamentally why Muslims around the world hate Americans in general.

But I understand why you think a Muslim's preference for your abstinence from drinking alcohol in their presence is rude sree, because like most Americans, you simply don't know any better if you find their preference rude.


Smoking is a filthy, disgusting habit sree. Smoking has been banned inside all restaurants, bars, government buildings and public mall spaces in Canada for over 20 years now. For you to light up a cigarette in an American restaurant whilst dining with someone who doesn't smoke, you would be conveying another typical form of contemptuous behavior that Americans don't hesitate to convey toward others, including their fellow Americans.

@swirlie
Oh wow! An athlete. I like that. A woman athlete's body is beautiful to look at. Allison Stokke looked great at her prime. Generally, I go for 100m women athletes' bodies. Ripped and well-proportioned. I prefer mens' physiques when it come to swimming. What do you think of Eileen Gu?

Ok, you are still young and committed to fitness. No wine. Fair enough.

@sree251
What do I think of Eileen Gu? She's a downhill free-style skier and part-time model. What am I suppose to be looking for here?

@MoveAlong So, who is going to win? Would be heartbroken if China wins?

@sree251


You are right about the tortoise and hare analogy. For a decades now China has been long term planning while the US has been short term reacting. Or at least that's what it looks like to me.

I don't know who is going to win or what winning would even look like. But we seem to be two world powers that are going in different directions. They are becoming more influential in the world while the world is becoming more skeptical and less trusting of the US.

@FreddieUK You might want to watch the Apple series For All Mankind. It's an alternative history of what might have happened if the US and Russia had aggressively pursued space exploration and exploitation after the moon race was over.

@sree251 I can’t see why they would be any different, but perhaps more mealy mouthed about it.

@MoveAlong That sounds really interesting. I’m afraid I don’t subscribe to any of those expensive streaming services.

@swirlie
Whoa. I did answer all your comments.


Really? I thought he said he has a farm somewhere in the US. I forget. Doesn't matter to me if he is a Martian coming on as a Californian. I interact with everyone at face value. You've got to be free.

@sree251

No actually, you never answered a single comment that I posted to your thread here. Not a problem. I don't really give a shitte whether you do or you don't.


He told you lots of things, including racing dirt bikes in Utah but which was really an event that was held in western Canada at the time, which is where the photos were taken of him standing beside a white dirt bike.

@sree251 I have to disagree on a few points. The US has not innovated much in half a century.

And China is not copying US tech. To be blunt you don't copy obsolete tech. For example the US is using tariffs to keep Chinese cars out of American markets because if US auto companies had to compete Detroit would be out of business. Western cars are 20 years behind. And Deepseek made the entirety of Silicon Valley look like amateurs.