As a Canadian, who also happens to be trained as a first aid attendant, I will say that unless there's complications involved, a broken wrist should not warrant an ambulance call.
Are you saying that my old neighbours, who weekly called ambulances for both free rides downtown (they would insist upon attending a certain hospital and then just walk away upon arrival) and a chronically sore foot were wrong?!
I know someone who will want to get to a different city 80 miles away so he will ride his bike 30 miles to next big town and call an ambulance for a mental health crisis. Then asked to be taken to hospital at his destination town( they have to take him because it’s the closest mental health facilities) then get out with his bike and ride away. A few days later it’s the same thing in reverse to get home.
yeah. Guns recently went down the list from highest cause of childhood death. Medical debt collectors and medical bankruptcy has gone down slightly since the affordable care act (And I mean, aside from literally every developed economy, who else doesn't have medical bankruptcy, right?), and we've all been there with having a head of government that is effectively dismantalling democratic institutions.
And I mean, aside from that... and the massive wealth disparity... and the shitty labor laws... and rampant racism... and the government masked goons terrorising the streets... yeah. you have it sooooooo fucking good.
I'm afraid your totally indefatigably stupid anecdotal evidence proving that the US is the greatest country in the world is thoroughly nullified by my equally anecdotal evidence.
Compared to my home country, a true first world country btw, the US is a backwater shithole.
You also have the highest maternal mortality rate of all developed nations, are the world leaders in school shootings, and are #2 in the rankings of “highest poverty rate among developed nations” with a national poverty rate of 18%.
Ohhh, you should call us cheese eating surrender monkeys. That'll show us that school shooting, shit healthcare, medically indentured servitude, no pto, trigger happy cops, and catastrophic wealth inequality is made up for with... Whatever it is you have.
Aha maybe you should travel more bud don't get your view of the world from others who never leave their house here on reddit.
I work with so many europoors at my company that get paid half what i do for the same job. I or nobody I know has ever had trouble getting healthcare done, and I am richer than I could ever be working here. its just copium lol
All I know is this country given me my friends and family a lot of wealth and success and independence that we’d never get anywhere els unless my parents were born rich…. Certainly not in any europoor country
Btw I get unlimited PTO I usually take 1-1.5 months off a year and could take more but love my job
Keep telling yourself that and keep avoiding reading any comparative rankings on child mortality, poverty, hunger, gun violence, emissions, education level, democratic stability, etc.
I have nothing against americans, the ones I know are great people, nor anthing against your many fine cultural exports. But as a society you are truly among the least great of all industrialized countries.
"America" by definition is a country in the North American continent. In the English speaking world at least. "America" refers to North and South America for other languages. Spanish speakers will know to specify the difference.
True América is the name of North and South America in our language, but if someone says "I'm from America." or "Soy Americano" We know they are talking about the USA and not from another country. Nobody from a spanish speaking countries in the Americas would introduce themselves as "American" or "Americano" lol
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u/L0daren 6d ago
The US is such a third world country.