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TranscriptA threads post saying "There has never been another nation ever that has existed much beyond 250 years. Not a single one. America's 250th year is 2025. The next 4 years are gonna be pretty interesting considering everything that's already been said." It has a reply saying "My local pub is older than your country".

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Your analogy has nothing to do with the topic. The topic is about the age of the countries, and their constitutions.

[–] Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yes, I'm suggesting that the US constitution was impressive and exciting and set a lot of new records, but everyone quickly moved onto bigger and better things while the US lagged behind pretending its outdated rules were still the best in the world.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 16 points 2 days ago

So it’s like a teen who’s really proud of having the oldest sneakers of all the competitors then.