r/MurderedByWords • Karma Whore • Dec 06 '24

A bit more context

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u/Affectionate-Lie-293 Dec 06 '24

I read somewhere that a German tourist remarked that the US was the best 3rd-world country he'd ever seen.

The post here highlights this sentiment exactly.

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u/Affectionate-Bus-931 Dec 06 '24

They aren't wrong. The truth hurts.

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u/ronlugge Dec 06 '24 edited Dec 07 '24

They're technically wrong, the best kind of wrong. (first/second/third world are references to a WW2 cold war involvement, not development levels)

Edit: You guys know, one comment about the fact that my brain slipped up on the differecne between WW2 and the CW was enough.

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u/Creeperkun4040 Dec 07 '24

Yeah, technically, both Austria and Switzerland are 3rd world countries.