If the UK 64 . 1 million people was the same size as the US 319 million people , we would have expected 164 people killed by police . The police in the US kill people at about seven times the rate they do in the UK . Crime levels are definitely not seven times higher in the US o v e r a l l i n f o c o m p a r e U n i t e dKingdomUnitedStatesCrime , so that ' s not enough to explain it either although it ' s important to note that you guys have a shitload more violent crime . Still , that shouldn ' t make a difference , unless you think that Americans are just inherently more criminal than Europeans . It ' s still a serious problem that needs a solution , and the solution isn ' t ' I hope the media stops harping on about it '.<| sep |> My office puts up a tree every year and we pool resources to get a really nice ornament , usually on the pricey side . For example , 8 years ago we got a really nice , hand crafted ornament from Hawaii . We liked it so much , we decided to get another one just like it 4 years later . Well , this year we all got together and chose a sedate , classy ornament from a shop in New York . My New York friends swore by their work and so we voted and chose it . But then this red and gold POS showed up in the mail and we can ' t figure out why ! We went through the vote hat again and we definitely voted for the New York piece with overwhelming numbers . I ' m a bit worried that our manager , who thinks he ' s special and soooo sELECTIVE , might have gone over our heads and ordered this one instead . It turns out we can ' t get a refund and now we ' re stuck with the ugly thing . We put it on the side of the tree facing the wall , but it must be bewitched or something because it keeps reappearing at the top of the tree every morning ! We found our angel topper in the corner crying . We don ' t know what happened and she says she ' s afraid to tell us I would not have sanity if it weren ' t for satireEDIT Looks at OP ' s username You have officially made my day .