A phrase referencing the TV show 'The Good Place' and used when life in the United States isn't living up to the standards its people should expect.
SPOILER The final episode of season one of The Good Place can be used as a metaphor for how those in the United States are often brought up being frequently told that they are in the greatest country in the world, but are then disappointed every time they discover something new that the U.S doesn't statistically do well in.
Examples:
- No other wealthy nation lets its people die of treatable illnesses, simply because they can't afford treatment.
- The majority of other countries mandate employers to provide 20-40 paid days off a year.
- Very few countries force students into crippling debt.
- All but three countries have paid maternity leave.
SPOILER The final episode of season one of The Good Place can be used as a metaphor for how those in the United States are often brought up being frequently told that they are in the greatest country in the world, but are then disappointed every time they discover something new that the U.S doesn't statistically do well in.
Examples:
- No other wealthy nation lets its people die of treatable illnesses, simply because they can't afford treatment.
- The majority of other countries mandate employers to provide 20-40 paid days off a year.
- Very few countries force students into crippling debt.
- All but three countries have paid maternity leave.
"You know Jill next door, who got married to her boyfriend, Chad, five months after they met, just so he could get on to her medical insurance?
Well, they both got new jobs but now Chad's got cancer and his insurance won't cover enough of the costs, so they've had to get divorced to avoid Jill being bankrupted by his medical debt. America is the Bad Place"
Well, they both got new jobs but now Chad's got cancer and his insurance won't cover enough of the costs, so they've had to get divorced to avoid Jill being bankrupted by his medical debt. America is the Bad Place"
by America is the bad place October 27, 2021
Short hand for America is the bad place.
Used when the USA fails (often to protect the profit of a Fortune 500 company) what is often times seen as a public good in other highly developed countries.
Rooted in the meme “orange man bad” but in reality it’s just no matter whose in charge “America bad”
Used when the USA fails (often to protect the profit of a Fortune 500 company) what is often times seen as a public good in other highly developed countries.
Rooted in the meme “orange man bad” but in reality it’s just no matter whose in charge “America bad”
“I twisted my ankle and didn’t go to the doctor due to cost and now I have chronic ankle pain”
You laugh it off by going “America bad” because this country is bad.
Or “I couldn’t afford to go to the dentist for 10 years and now I have chronic pain” you go “America bad” and laugh at America being in fact trash.
Other examples include: laughing at our high infant mortality rate, lack of paid family leave, and lowest vacation rate in the western world.
“Tragic. Sad. America bad”
You laugh it off by going “America bad” because this country is bad.
Or “I couldn’t afford to go to the dentist for 10 years and now I have chronic pain” you go “America bad” and laugh at America being in fact trash.
Other examples include: laughing at our high infant mortality rate, lack of paid family leave, and lowest vacation rate in the western world.
“Tragic. Sad. America bad”
by L12 April 27, 2025