Just as well I'm not an American.
btw there seems to be too much melancholy in this thread.
Yes the world can be brutal, people can be mean ****s who like nothing better than to kick you in balls. Life itself can also do that, but out there there's also people that can make you smile, people who spare their time to offer a shoulder or at least shout you a drink, so that must count for something?
And besides, as long as the world doesn't get BORING, that's OK with me.
Damn, I think I need to go over there one of these days and get drunk with everyone of you, so much so you'll be too busy to wonder when I'm going to leave when I outstay my welcome to worry about this...melancholy.