Forgive my ignorance :DL

Ignorance? Errors are how you learn. We need legions of young people such as you.

One can only learn when one is open to criticism and feedback

Learning? Kids aren't supposed to be learning! They're supposed to be hanging out and having sex with adults and running the world.

Wow, a fecesload of interesting topics derived from this troll's thread. :up:

ok, I try to adress some points:

Bolly-/Hollywood:

from the output of films they are both equal in amount, but for most of us who are raised in western culture the Bollywood productions look strange and unappealing. On a global scale I would just say that Hollywood productions just meet the taste of the masses - and have the biggest production and PR budget ;)
When we speak of Hollywood outside of the US we mean generally all big-budget productions from the States, regardless if they were shot in Berlin, Germany or Berlin, KY.
Yes, Hollywood dominates the global market, but in terms of quality I am a big fan of the independent cinema. USA, Scandinavia today, France, Italy, Japan in the 60s-80s.
Personally I think the most innovative moving pictures which come from the states are series productions of the cable networks, They have great authors and most important take the time to tell a story and don't shy off to touch controversial themes.


the decline of the heavy industry
The region where I was raised was also dominated by the heavy industry. It went down in the 80s till the 00's. Sadly it never fully recovered from it's decline. I must add that our tertiary sector (service industry) was much lower in terms of percentages than in North America, but anyway it was not able to replace all the lost jobs. So I cannot give away muich hope here...:cry:

next: the dumbing down of the people/pupils (us:students :03:) - gotta grab some food and a beer first :cool:

Don't forget Chilling with friends! And being Independent. EVERYONE must be independent.. Wait..

YES! We must all be independent together!

Edit:
(And if you're not like us, then you're just being one of them conformist sheep!)

Exactly, because who wants to be the same as everyone else!? We're all different. See I'm a Jock but he's just a wannabee Jock

Brian: "You are all individuals"

masses: "Yes, we are all indivuals!"

single voice: "Not me!"

:rotfl2:

The USD is the international dollar used by the United Nations and other international organizations.

Also, whenever you sign up for a forum or website, and it has a drop-down box of countries to choose from, United States of America is pretty much always the first option, and then it goes alphabetically after USA.

Thanks.

But this is Subsim, not the rest of the internet. Here we have some fun, but mostly try to comport ourselves as adults. You say you are 18, yet you post like the 13-year-olds you lust after. Krauter also says he is 18, yet I would have thought him in his mid-twenties at least.

The image you project is everything. Yours needs a lot of improvement.