why everyone gotta be hatin

the past few days everyone has been so down on america.
first some lady was going on and on (in german) about how dumb and loud americans are. As she left the train i yelled out 'THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU'RE SO KIND!'
probably could have been wittier but when i was done figuring out what she was saying and getting over that 'oh no she di'int' moment she was already heading towards the door of the train.

and then theres the old moraccan dude on my floor.
first things first, he's a creeper and speaks to me like a child. he reminds me of that weird lizard like character in monsters inc.
haha, bringing up monsters inc. after just complaining about being treated like a child. anyhow,
well to start things off he starts talking about how everything in america is genetically engineered.
and he said, nope, not in germany. it's a socialist government, they write it on the box.
well first off, virtually, if not ALL of animals and plants are genetically modified.
any sort of breeding is genetic modification.
and all our crops have been genetically modified through ancient methods so that we can produce lot's of it efficiently.
we've been doing this crap for hundreds of years. heck, the native americans even genetically modified their corn through cross breeding of two different species of corn to create a more digestible, easier to grow version.
and no, none of this is written on the boxes.
and with pesticides, EVERYWHERE uses that.
that is why 'bio' (aka, organic) products exist.
then he talked about how in america they fly around in planes and spray it everywhere.
and while my university city had planes fly over spraying pheremones to solve a moth problem, they aren't super willy nilly about that stuff. especially after past disasters.
but don't get me wrong, people will always be messing up big time with that type of stuff.

but this guy just got me so heated the way he was speaking to me. he kept repeating himself asking 'do you know what i'm talking about' 'do you know what genetics are' 'do you know what it means to be genetically modified?"
OF COURSE IF DO
i'm a BIOLOGY major!
anyhow,
this ended with me telling him he didn't have his facts straight and that what he was sayign is blatantly false.

and later he wouldn't stop trying to help me find where to pick up my package treating me like i was sooo helpless, even after me clearly telling him i knew exactly how to get there and that i could do it on my own.
due to the language barrier i was unable to fully express myself which was incredibly frustrating.

but i can rant here right :)

anyhow, even later he goes on talking about how everyone in america is moving out of their apartments and families now live on the streets.
and that it is everywhere in america, and everyone is homeless but you don't hear about it in the media.
um,
WRONG.
and then he goes on talking about how he predicted our economic crisis way before anyone else did and that our country is going to be gone in a few years.
he also said he will shoot bush...
to this i told him he was an actual crazy person.
then he spewed out some other far fetched things about america.

later he knocked on my door and asked if i had taken it personally. i said 'no, but you were saying a lot of false things'
he said 'you don't have to worry about it, your dads a lawyer'
UG

anyhow...