Yes, extremely flat affect works as well. Also recommend pretending you don't understand English.

Yeah and I want to say both Romania and Vietnam have almost hilariously violent ones. US is def top half but it's far from craziest.

Romanian: "Priests, lead with your crucifixes, for our army is Christian, The motto is Liberty and its goal is holy, Better to die in battle, in full glory, Than to once again be slaves upon our ancient ground!"

And Vietnamese: "Our flag, which is dyed with the blood of victory, carries the soul of the nation (…). The path to glory is paved with enemy corpses. (…) For so long, we have contained our hatred! Let us be ready for all the sacrifices so that our life is radiant."

That's lovely to hear honestly. Way better than everyone hating on it.

Do you feel like this is a "yeah we're gonna stick around and keep improving it/lots of it is great" vibe or more of a "fuck anyone who talks bad about my crazy relative, they're perfectly fine and normal and nothing needs to be done" one? Genuinely asking as I come from a small town with decline issues and the former is rarer than the latter (but does exist).