{"id":65149,"date":"2023-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/65149\/11-american-concepts-we-should-steal-for-lebanon"},"modified":"2023-10-04T12:13:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T12:13:24","slug":"11-american-concepts-we-should-steal-for-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/65149\/11-american-concepts-we-should-steal-for-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"11 American Concepts We Should Steal For Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USA! USA! Land of the free, dome of the brave, or something. Despite the obvious cons, the world\u2019s premiere empire still has a few interesting pros that can be of use outside their 50 states. Here are 11 American concepts we should just steal and Lebanonize, and pretend was ours all along.<\/p> <p> <b>1. Jury Duty<\/b> <\/p> <p>So let me get this straight&#8230;you get 12 people, put them in a courtroom for months, and then make them judge a person to life or death? I love it, sign me up. Of course, we need to make it jury duty with Lebanese characteristics, so it will be 18 people, one for each sect.<\/p> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/249T60RB3c8ec\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p> <p> <b>2. A Sport Only We Play<\/b> <\/p> <p>World Champions of Cedarball for 99 years and running, thank you, thank you. <\/p> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media3.giphy.com\/media\/26xBsTS9WJ7THk4mI\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p> <p> <b>3. Deep Fried Fattoush<\/b><\/p> <p>No comment. <\/p> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media2.giphy.com\/media\/y4yJaxSPmxgEo\/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952uu4bjxvp86rr55iq4n45m7usn1gnzetcry40iw9h&amp;rid=giphy.gif&amp;ct=g\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p> <p> <b>4. Bas Vegas<\/b> <\/p> <p>So there\u2019s just this city in the desert entirely dedicated to gambling and illicit activities? Casino du Liban, it\u2019s over for you when Bas Vegas opens.<\/p> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.giphy.com\/media\/ShZ1AHZ1AKyt2\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p> <p> <b>5. Goofy metrics<\/b> <\/p> <p>When the temperature is 1194 goop, you need to walk for 15 cedars then to get to the 29 boot tall building with 1,000,000 rubix cubes of water.<\/p> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.giphy.com\/media\/l2JdTJkL1ly0XnBeg\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p> <p> <b>6. Secret Tax<\/b> <\/p> <p>Lebanese businesses? Are you bored of all the traditional customer scams? What if I told you you could start excluding tax from your prices? Who doesn\u2019t love <a href=\"\" target\"_new\"=\"\">more maths<\/a>? <\/p> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media4.giphy.com\/media\/xUPGcGqQZevNCJeiCA\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p> <p> <b>7. A Senate<\/b> <\/p> <p>Sounds cool and evil, buy it.<\/p> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gifer.com\/origin\/dd\/ddc288a355edb161dc372cfa9a518cab.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p> <p> <b>8. Make all our money look the same<\/b> <\/p> <p>Oh oops I thought that 1,000 was 100,000, my bad. <\/p> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/7ZuDgIvZtvgAAAAd\/money-dollars.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p> <p> <b>9. Ad Break<\/b> <\/p> <p>This post is sponsored by [DRUGS]. Feeling a light cough? Is your toe slightly hurting? Breathing a bit too normally? You need the latest and greatest in prescription drugs, talk to your doctor today! Or not because you can just walk up to any pharmacy and get yourself hooked up easily. What are you waiting for?!<\/p> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/r94YzLgbVWYAAAAC\/commercial-return.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p> <p> <b>10. Saul Goodman<\/b> <\/p> <p>Our lawyers do too much honor and justice, and too little actual extravagant lawyering. I want giant billboards, I want TV ads, I want you to chase some ambulances, let\u2019s turn it up a notch please.<\/p> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/pMhSj9NfCXsAAAAd\/saul-goodman-better-call-saul.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p> <p> <b>11. Dumbass red cups<\/b> <\/p> <p>When you\u2019re right you\u2019re just right, of course I want to drink out of a red cup rather than a normal transparent one. 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