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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
Tue Dec 19, 2017, 05:12 PM Dec 2017

Explanation of Strange Behavior That We Often See in The U.S.A.

(strange behavior from some people in the U.S.A. explained.)..

U.S. Population is 323 million (estimate) We rank 3rd in the world in population. That is a lot of people. And the variety is endless. Every kind of person from every kind of place. From Nome Alaska to the Everglades Florida. From Bangor Maine to Grand Forks North Dakota. We got people that have come from all over the world to this place.. It is a good place. The variety is endless. So, this country has a whole lot of good people who are honest and kind. We got some that are not so good and they are mean and very selfish. And everything in the middle.

If someone goes to the bank with 10,000 dollars, and asks for 10,000 dollars in pennies, and the bank could give you those pennies, and then you laid them out in your living room there would be a million pennies. Picture that. Picture all those pennies. Multiply that by 323, and picture the people. Lots of people. All kinds imaginable. Some of those 323,000,000 people are indeed strange and exhibit strange behavior. Yes. Yes,....Some are strange, some are not so strange. Some are smart and some are not so smart. You name it, the U.S.A has got it. That is why we have strange behavior in the U.S.A. That's all folks..

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Explanation of Strange Behavior That We Often See in The U.S.A. (Original Post) Stuart G Dec 2017 OP
I'm lost... When do I get my $10,000? I'll take it even in pennies... Blue_Tires Dec 2017 #1
I forgot to tell you..that has been sent to you...it is in the mail.. Stuart G Dec 2017 #2
I'm picturing Trump with 1,000,000 pennies spread out on the oval office desk. rgbecker Dec 2017 #3
Yes we do. Caliman73 Dec 2017 #4
I don't think my bank would have that many pennies on hand ... surrealAmerican Dec 2017 #5

rgbecker

(4,871 posts)
3. I'm picturing Trump with 1,000,000 pennies spread out on the oval office desk.
Tue Dec 19, 2017, 07:28 PM
Dec 2017

That would be a strange behavior that would fit into Trumps strange character.

Thanks for this summary about where we are in America, and where we are headed.

Caliman73

(11,767 posts)
4. Yes we do.
Tue Dec 19, 2017, 07:34 PM
Dec 2017

There are also systems and institutions that have been created which were designed to provide some advantage to some of those people and less so to others. People can be strange individually, but remember that no one person is an island onto themselves. We all interact with, learn from, affect, and are affected in deep ways by systems of interaction. Sometimes the system subsumes the will of the individual and sometimes individuals have significant influence on the systems. Human behavior is exceedingly complex. Other places have strange behavior as well, but they have certain differences in their systems which guide that behavior in other directions.

surrealAmerican

(11,462 posts)
5. I don't think my bank would have that many pennies on hand ...
Tue Dec 19, 2017, 08:16 PM
Dec 2017

... to give me - this is assuming I had $10,000.

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