09-12-2014, 03:02 AM
So, I'm german, or at least mostly german with a little irish whiskey poured in. I work with mexicans, or at least mostly mexicans with a little americanization poured in.
The topic came up today, while working, about who does what better, or more specifically who invented what. Of course, my mexican comrades were completely convinced that they did everything better than americans (everything but work, if you ask me), and in response I was about to claim how we germans were these geniuses that invented airplanes and submarines and wagons for folks (cookie for getting that one).
Then I corrected myself, and went "Nah, germans dont invent things, we just make everything else better. We didnt invent the airplane, the wright brothers did that, and they're english - but we made the first jet engine. We didnt invent the submarine, first one was the HL Hunley in the civil war, but we did perfect submarine warfare with the uboat. We didnt invent the bomb, but we did turn it into the atomic bomb."
So does this line of thinking extend to our future fatherlanders? Could be an interesting discussion, thought I, so I says to myself let's post and see what people come up with.
We certainly do asteroid pinballing better than anyone else, eh?
The topic came up today, while working, about who does what better, or more specifically who invented what. Of course, my mexican comrades were completely convinced that they did everything better than americans (everything but work, if you ask me), and in response I was about to claim how we germans were these geniuses that invented airplanes and submarines and wagons for folks (cookie for getting that one).
Then I corrected myself, and went "Nah, germans dont invent things, we just make everything else better. We didnt invent the airplane, the wright brothers did that, and they're english - but we made the first jet engine. We didnt invent the submarine, first one was the HL Hunley in the civil war, but we did perfect submarine warfare with the uboat. We didnt invent the bomb, but we did turn it into the atomic bomb."
So does this line of thinking extend to our future fatherlanders? Could be an interesting discussion, thought I, so I says to myself let's post and see what people come up with.
We certainly do asteroid pinballing better than anyone else, eh?