What do foreigners tell their babies about their country before they put their babies to bed?

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  1. The Original Faceman

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    There's a colorful map of America above my daughter's changing table. She points to it and makes noises indicating approval from time to time at which point I tell her that it's a map of the USA, the most important and best country ever and that all other countries are inferior knock offs.

    That got me to wondering, what do parents of other countries say to their children when they point at maps of their countries above the changing table? How do they apply a silver lining for living in a country like Iran, Syria, or even Ireland? "Well at least we're not North Korea." What about Canadians? Do they just sob in shame?
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  2. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    They say "well, at least Faceman doesn't live here".
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  4. The Original Faceman

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    What do you tell your children, Diacanu?
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  5. Diacanu

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    Could be worse, you could be born, and have to read Faceman's lame posts.
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    I think they have maps of the USA above their changing tables and tell them the same thing.
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    How mad will this guy's kids be when they find out daddy lied?
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    They show them the same map, but every Home Depot is marked, and they tell them every night how porous the southern border is.
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    ...except in Arabia, where they point to the map of the USA and say "this is where the people who are going to come and kill you if you're a backwards camel fucking beheading theocrat live. So say your prayers and take your vitamins so you can be big enough to wear a bomb vest and get on a US Air flight."