America is Fucked
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- NBQ002
Trump just slapped a 50% tariff on Lesotho—a country where the average person lives on less than $5 a day. Why? Because we import a few hundred million in diamonds and textiles from them, and they’re too poor to buy anything back. That’s it.
We’re hammering one of the poorest nations on Earth like they’re China. You think Lesotho is the reason we lost steel jobs in Ohio? Be serious. This isn’t strategy—it’s punching down for applause from people who can’t find Lesotho on a map.
- I don't think anyone has a clue what's going on. I buy shit from Walmart all the time, they buy nothing from me, is that a defect? probably, is that a bad thing_niko
- of course not. When the US buys natural resources from countries rich in them, they turn those resources into products and sell them to the rest of the world at_niko
- a huge profit. So why punish Lesotho for not buying back equal amounts of shit?
Retarded._niko - Trumps' easily the dumbest president of all time (and that's saying something with GWB) the dumbest world leader ever and generally, one of the stupidest human_niko
- beings to ever walk this earth._niko
- Less punching down, more driving a van into a crowd.i_monk
- grafician-4
@canoe show us bro exactly were the US had the golden age?
Links to wikipedia, articles, anything, please teach us your golden ways
this after I showed monospaced his home country does actually import eggs
- Btw the English language and the WWW were invented by Brits, not in America and everything we use from the US we pay for you cringe ass font ignorant dorkgrafician
- The scourge of QBNutopian
- So next time you turn into JD Vance telling anybody about the US supremacy on anything, maybe don't look at a couch with sexy eyesgrafician
- Oh and for sure I will never help you with identifying any fonts forevergrafician
- Grown up designer now knowing fonts since 2011...grafician
- @utopian make a list of your latest 10 posts that were useful you AI slopper then come commentinggrafician
- @graf - you use AI all the time as your mini-me so you can sound like the know-it-all you're not, so fuck off with your double standards.canoe
- LOL What?grafician
- I know about AI because I work with people in AI
I barely use any of the models for myselfgrafician - But in general I read as much as I can and try to keep up with the world.
Not my fault you guys barely know what's going on under your nosesgrafician - Anyway @canoe you not knowing much about fonts, clearly shows a lack of skill
Maybe you should brush up your design books or whatevrgrafician - And ofc history books :)grafician
- maquito5
I guess the most recent "golden age" of the US might be post-WWII boom, around the 1950's; America emerged as a global superpower, with massive industrial growth, suburban expansion, strong middle class.
A high school diploma could get you a house, a car, and support a family. College was affordable and often free in public institutions. There was a big government investment in infrastructure, education, and science (think: highways, NASA, public schools). There was more trust in institutions, and America was a manufacturing powerhouse.
Today, dual-income households still struggle to afford basics like housing, childcare, and healthcare, sadly.
- I don't care how big anyones ego can get, it's just stupid to argue that the United States didn't have a golden age...canoe
- I'd even argue that pre-tech-bubble-burs... and during Clinton, America was feeling very golden.canoe
- yupmaquito
- Wars everywhere? Healthcare? Education?
Infrastructure?
The US barely survives man...grafician
- canoe0
@graf
Just another day for you - spiraling between insecure sarcasm, shaky historical claims, and what amounts to a tantrum disguised as a roast.
You keep asking for proof of America’s golden age like Google’s blocked in your timezone. We literally had a multi-decade stretch of booming industry, tech dominance, middle-class expansion, global cultural export, and innovation from the microchip to moon landings. But sure — act confused so you can keep playing the smartest guy at QBN, the designer's forum that you haven’t contributed actual work to, Mr Buttons.
You wanna lecture us about fonts? Graf, you’ve been on QBN since 2011 and still haven’t posted a single piece of real design — but suddenly you’re the final boss of typography? No one’s begging you for font help, Mr Bitters, and you easily confuse font identification with actual creativity, concepts, composition and design all of which you apparently lack or you would've posted work here.
And yeah, the Web was invented by a Brit — congrats. So were teabags. America still built the platforms you're whining on daily, in English, using American software, on American hardware, complaining about American elections like you have voting rights. You hate the U.S. so much, but you orbit it like it’s your sun. You blame all Americans for Donald Trump because your critical thinking is critically low.
You're not the scourge of QBN. You’re the mascot for empty flexing and intellectual cosplay. Either post work or log off, we’ve got fonts covered "bro".
- He's also the arbiter of what constitutes "good" photography, too, it bears remembering. Apparently.
https://www.qbn.com/…Continuity - woah! what a bump, Cont hahamaquito
- :DContinuity
- Another wall of text?
Oh well
¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯grafician - Actually I was here since 2007, you can just click on my username and find that out
the rest you wrote is pretty much bullshit
and is YOU showing insecuritygrafician - it's you showing insecurity and feeling threatened by me or whatever you consider in your mindgrafician
- And for the record, yes like all people OUTSIDE the US getting their lives directly affected now because of YOUR IDIOT CHOICES :)grafician
- He's also the arbiter of what constitutes "good" photography, too, it bears remembering. Apparently.
- canoe-1
It must be so frustrating as a graphic design fan boy to run into successful designers who don't know every font published.
Knowing every font and never designing is like being a librarian who’s never read a book — technically impressive, functionally useless. Like memorizing every guitar chord and never writing a single song.
I’ve worked with national brands and global agencies while you’re over here acting like a glorified font sommelier... swirling around typefaces without the design to back it up.
It's UNREAL.
I don't care whether I've earned your respect, I've got this list of REAL WORK and REAL BRANDS I've worked with in the REAL WORLD.
BRANDS YOU KNOW
American Express
Camel
Chrysler
Dentsply Sirona
Dodge
Dodge Racing
Jeep
Kimberly-Clark
Kleenex
Land Rover
Mazda
Mercedes Financial
Mopar
Motorstate
NVIDIA
Orient-Express Hotels
SEGA
Thompson Hotels
Vail Resorts
YUASABRANDS YOU MAY KNOW
Agency 7 (Kickstarter)
American Academy of Building Arts
Andersen Material Handling
Aries (automotive)
Beachman (electric bike)
Bilstein (automotive)
Blackbridge Motors
Casa Saltshaker
Cedar Palace
Charleston Area Rapid Transit Authority
Coastal Tees
Collectors Automotive
Coverland (car covers)
CURT (automotive)
Cypress Capital Group
Detour Auto
Fiberspoke (racing steering wheels)
Get’em Garage
Gourmet Easy
Hilton Parker (law)
InMotion (automotive)
Just Dashes (seen on Jay Leno)
Kalitta (automotive)
Luverne (automotive)
Michigan Facial Surgeons
MOJA (event)
Moorehead Dentistry
Oil Advantage
Parks Auto Group (fleet management)
Performance Improvement
Power Direct (marketing)
Pro Leasing Services (fleet management)
Quest Defenders
RawleMurdy (advertising)
SHEA Construction
South Carolina Aquarium
St Clair Inn
Teal Autoparts
Tenurgy (utility & finance)
The Charleston Place
USS Yorktown
Venture Technologies (IT)
Voltbox (product)
Whip-It! Inventions (cleaning products)This is like the third time you've mentioned the What the Font thing, I hope you get it – your opinion of me and anyone who doesn't know all the fonts in the world is completely irrelevant to being a successful designer.
I've got new music coming out, can imagine how stupid it would sound if someone dogged me for not knowing how to play the french fucking horn or bassoon. Even if they did, I got music signed, and they don't, so there's really no argument to have anymore.
So, nice try, and please stop trying.
- < @graficiancanoe
- *facepalm*grafician
- I do not care about your career man, good for you for boasting LOL
I just tried to help you find some fonts man...grafician - I feel that facepalm, anyone who judges the worthiness of a designer based on their font identification is not a designer, they're a cynical, jealous, fan boy.canoe
- But ANOTHER wall of text?
Bro...
¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯grafician - Judges is strong word, just pointing out obvious things man
Do bettergrafician - Good luck with the music too, maybe that will work out just great for you and keep you focusing on something else than me and this forumgrafician
- Clearly I hurt your feelings, maybe think about that a bit too, arguing online is pretty useless...grafician
- You helped me ID a font that was I used in an old project and then you held it against me and judged me. This is a reminder to you that I'm the real deal.canoe
- You're a catfishcanoe
- You can keep posting this crap, I have other stuff to dografician
- "you cringe ass font ignorant dork" feels pretty judgy to me. You'll never take responsibility for the shit you say because you're always in fake mode. Catfish.canoe
- No, that was actually a pretty accurate IMAGE I have about you.
Maybe the REAL you outside QBN is beautifulgrafician - So maybe STOP projecting and being insecure with the boasting about careers to make a point
*facepalm* AGAINgrafician - You called me a font-ignorant dork and now you’re pretending you’re the victim of projection? That’s rich.canoe
- I pointed out that doing actual design for real clients means more than memorizing type catalogs like a trivia night host.canoe
- You don’t sound like someone defending a point — you sound like someone scrambling to save face after realizing being a font snob doesn’t make you a designer.canoe
- Don't you understand basic language?
YES I called you that because thay is MY opinion of you.
Just like you project a lot of bullshit about me.
Fair? :)grafician - Being a "font snob" is not a thing. You projected that.
I consider a designer a person with basic typography skills and I am surprised you don't seem to havegrafician - any, not to mention recognising typefaces by their look.
I consider normal a good designer that recognizes typefaces
¯\(°_o)/¯grafician - So when YOU fail to do that, I QUESTION your design abilities.
Fair? :)grafician - Also after 20 years of design, my clients list is longer than yours :)
But I will wait for your music to come out. Maybe that is good stuffgrafician
- grafician-3
So about America's "golden age" a simple grok ask is pretty clear
¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯
- But we will check back in 4 years to see what's leftgrafician
- Next time just ask the AI first, save yourself the tantrum.canoe
- What tantrum? The one that you threw when I said there was no golden age?
< this basically says there was no golden age, it's written right theregrafician - People ARGUE or they have CANDIDATES but there is no true "golden age"
Deal with it.grafician
- grafician-3
now to clarify the eggs situation with more facts
again with a simple grok ask
- So yes, even if the US is the greatest country on Earth as the inhabitants claim, they are still importing basic goods...like eggs!
Because eggs are wonderfulgrafician - That's right. You were wrong. We import and produce the same commodity. It's not news, it's called global trade.canoe
- But please as a Romanian tell us more about your insight into America to us Americans.canoe
- Again, all of this combined is less than 1% of domestic production. It’s so small it’s funny.monospaced
- The USA EXPORTS 4 BILLION eggs a year. How about them facts? Need clarification you fucking dunce?monospaced
- Cano man I just posted to let monospaced know the US actually imports eggs. It was a BASIC FACT.
THEN YOU TURNED IT A FULL BLOWN "DRAMA" :))))grafician - Your facts failed to make the point you were after though. It’s so silly watching you this triggered. Grow up.monospaced
- My point was YOU didn't knew US IMPORTS EGGS.
Now YOU know! :)grafician - But aparently you live in the US the country that rejects facts for no reason :))
¯\(°_o)/¯grafician - No, your point was to show America is fucked and used eggs as an example. It failed. Own it.monospaced
- That maybe what you thought :)))
I specifically posted YOUR comment then THE FACTS here again take a look:
https://www.qbn.com/…grafician - So don't get it twisted mono
But at least now you know more about the US egg tradegrafician - No, I knew this already, that’s why I called out your bullshit about how we need help from shithole countries like Romania or Turkey. We don’t.monospaced
- So we imported 0.17% of our eggs during a 3 month lulls and you act like it’s godfamn disaster relieve like a fucking retard. Own it.monospaced
- You obviously didn’t know the producing power of the US in that context and clearly got schooled into utter embarrassment. Own it. Fucking juniormonospaced
- So yes, even if the US is the greatest country on Earth as the inhabitants claim, they are still importing basic goods...like eggs!
- monospaced0
In 2024, the United States exported approximately 172.8 million dozen eggs, encompassing both table eggs and egg products (measured in shell egg equivalents). This represents a 4.5% decrease from the previous year.
That’s more than we imported. Weird.
- monospaced1
In 2024, the United States produced approximately 109 billion eggs. During the same year, the U.S. imported around 15 million dozen eggs (equivalent to 180 million eggs) and exported approximately 344 million dozen eggs (equivalent to 4.13 billion eggs).
This indicates that imported eggs accounted for approximately 0.17% of the total eggs consumed in the U.S. in 2024.
- So let’s call me names and insult my knowledge and then flex about some insignificant imports again. It’s funny watching you corner yourself into this stupiditymonospaced
- Or are you going to keep comparing a 150 million to 450 billion?monospaced
- holy fucking shit. you're actually right here and now, on the internet, arguing about eggs.face_melter
- lol, is this an argument anymore?monospaced
- it's not about eggs, it's about grafician spreading lie after lie after shit talking lie about our country. He's like a shit machine.canoe
- grafician-6
now let's learn about flat eathers
Apparently 10% of people in the US think that Earth is flat.
( º﹃º )
- Fun facts.grafician
- So busy with important work, yet still finds time to chase nonsense like it's a full-time side hustle.utopian
- Yes utopian, I'm almost done with the mobile app I was working this week.
Still have time to learn more about the US everydaygrafician - The flat earth thing is tied in with people who take the bible as gospel. So 10% isn't that unbelievable for Americans.PhanLo
- Yep, unfortunately.
Yet, I am still to find a person met in Europe that thinks the Earth is flat, including really religious types.grafician - Most Americans haven’t met anyone who believes the earth is flat either. It’s a bigger nation than you seem to think it is.monospaced
- < it's in the reply were you can find many
maybe you don't leave NYC area that oftengrafician - I've met loads of folk who believe the earth is flat in the UK. they act like you're the fool for even questioning their genius.PhanLo
- < yes, they are mentionedgrafician
- So I asked you if you were a flat earther because you said the USA didn't have a golden age(s). You kept arguing that the USA never had one, but you were wrong.canoe
- And this is your bitch-ass way to make up for being wrong.canoe
- Maybe I do t leave NYC? I don’t live in NYC and I GUARANTEE I see more of the world on a regular basis than you do.monospaced
- robotinc-5
Ive been gone for bit. Grok is respectable now?
- i_monk3
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda…
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/…
https://time.com/7275746/food-sa…
Enjoy your food poisoning, contamination, and mass recalls.
- neverscared0
- ohh yeah ..these kids will be an a1 innovitaion generation...neverscared
- maquito2
Now China raises tariffs on US goods to 125%.
- maquito4
“For over 70 years, China’s development has relied on self-reliance and hard work — never on handouts from others, and it is not afraid of any unjust suppression”
Xi Jinping
- neverscared1
Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial
Man who says he had previously left and re-entered the country multiple times alleges border officials called him ‘retarded’ and boasted ‘Trump is back in town’
- wonder what canoe thinks of this? :)))
I told him nobody will visit the US anymore soon and he flipped outgrafician - 2025 Romania Vacation Packages starting from $167utopian
- monospaced too
anything to add?
Should I visit NYC soon?grafician - MAGA country now, everybody will avoid it for the next 4 yearsgrafician
- @utopian Come to Romania habibi!grafician
- Here ya go again lying through your teeth on a new thread trying to talk shit behind my back as usual. If you think making fun of your lack of logic...canoe
- ...is flipping out, then you don't know what flipping out really means. Lost in translation. Now, if you don't mind, stop bringing up my name...canoe
- STOPcanoe
- THEcanoe
- NOISEcanoe
- ANDcanoe
- LIEScanoe
- Funny, friends of mine from Europe are visiting right now. Others are coming in fall. Just visiting. Fuck off graf.monospaced
- Even you can’t be so narrow minded as to think ALL travel to the US stopped and will not continue for years. It’s just stupid.monospaced
- He's got that "speaking in superlatives" issue, just like our own stable genius, Donald Trump.canoe
- No, no, tell us boys what do you think about deportations?
< That was the topic, don't try to squeeeze your waygrafician - You literally asked me what I thought of tourism, you fucknut. You made like 3-4 comments in this side about it. I didn't change the subject, you clownmonospaced
- Also, the USA isn't being avoided. I have visited two of the most visited cities in the nation the last month, and it's just crawling with neckbeard euro trashmonospaced
- I'd suggest you visit the US, but we all know you never have, and have never planned to, and never will, no matter who is president here.monospaced
- wonder what canoe thinks of this? :)))
- DaveO3
That above story is super scary.
My wife has a habit of giving the border guards a bit of attitude when she comes in off a long flight and i'm super worried she's gonna get thrown in jail. She has a greencard in the system that hasn't been cancelled and they always ask about it, and it pisses her off.
I fucking hate that this is what America is coming to. I always loved the idea that everyone was welcome and you could come here and be accepted.
Now it feels like a fucking Reddit board.
- Every time I go to the US (San Diego), I give the guards the shaka and I get a “have a nice one, man”. Spanish passport. Never had any trouble.maquito
- Coming back from Italy I told my wife... I don't care what we have or don't have to bring into the country, DO NOT FUCKING LIE TO THEM.canoe
- I have the same worry with my wife. That she's going to say something rude or wrong and they're just going to take her away.canoe
- Has a passport, but even that doesn't feel safe. Fucked up.canoe
- I think it’s more about attitude, complying and body language.maquito
- grafician-2
- Try to argue with hard data
@monospaced
@canoegrafician - Just because you have some friends visiting now, doesn't mean the majority of other people around Europe will travel to the US anytime soon.grafician
- Canadians toografician
- Yes, the situation is scary, nobody wants to be thrown in jail for some random shit at the border. So people will cancel all plans.grafician
- These are facts, I'm not making this stuff up
And it will only get worse in the futuregrafician - We're down about 10%, mainly because they're more than 8 countries that visit the USA! Nice try kid, your argument is weak sauce.canoe
- I said it didn’t stop completely. Maybe reading is still your weakness. This shows a 20-30% drop, not a complete stop. Grow up.monospaced
- Why are you obsessed with this? Like why do you care? It’s not like you ever have or ever visit, Trump or not. It doesn’t make any good point either.monospaced
- This stat doesn’t bother us like you might think it does. What’s annoying is YOU and what a little bitching chihuahua chip on the shoulder little personyou aremonospaced
- He won't answer that, he's still so backwoods that even with a 17% drop from the EU (alone) is still 700,000 people that visited in ONE FUCKING MONTH YOU IDGET!canoe
- Looks like we argued, and won. Stop riding your life on this bullshit wagon ffs.canoe
- I am not obsessed, just telling you it will get way worse under Trump. You keep telling us the US is great. When then rest of the World telling YOU it's not.grafician
- But good luck.
we'll talk again on this subject next year and compare the data again.grafician - When a 30% drop in 3 MONTHS doesn't worry you, maybe you're cooked
Just sayinggrafician - Ok, Karen Bloomberg. I never said America was perfect. I started reading Chomsky when you were growing pubes, way before you could grow a neckbeard.canoe
- Your personal history is not relevant in this topic, AGAIN discuss how people don't come to the US anymore and whygrafician
- IF you can't do that, then byegrafician
- AND for your general knowledge Chomsky is frowned upon by many liberals as he liked communism a bit too muchgrafician
- I did, 700,000 from the EU alone visited last month, that includes the 17% drop. People DO come to the states. Are you fucking retarded now?canoe
- You don’t even understand why I brought Noam up. But thanks for proving my point: you don’t process ideas—you scan for ammo.canoe
- The man literally pioneered modern linguistics and dismantled U.S. foreign policy propaganda—but you reduce him to a quote you just found on the internet.canoe
- So you can continue your petty arguments. I know an ex-girlfriend of mine that used to do that shit. Makes my dick soft.canoe
- Who the fuck cares about you reading Chomsky, stay on topic!
700k visited from Europe? Compared to 2014? or?
Give us some links, ask chatGPT post somethinggrafician - Let's work with DATA not PERSONAL ANECDOTESgrafician
- I NEVER said the US is great with Trump. You're delusional.monospaced
- You're absolute OBSESSION with trying to cut the USA down is super weird, and you are only seeing a small sliver of the picture.monospaced
- Data: I went to NYC for the day yesterday. CRAWLING with euro trash as usual. Fucking packed with tourists.monospaced
- But if you're trying to show America is "fucked" because of this, then it's you who is wrong. Again.monospaced
- the USA doesn't function on tourism, fucking idiot, and a drop in tourism doesn't equate to a decline in the nationmonospaced
- Romania runs on a heavy cycle of argument and deflection.canoe
- Try to argue with hard data
