I think I did an image search for "obesity country year", and then went into the web sites of the more interesting charts to find the sources.

Regular Google searches have become less useful these days, as advertisers and "famous sites" appear to be bumped towards the top even for the regular results. So I more often start with an image search to narrow it down to places that have information, not something to sell. Unfortunately, I think it's only a matter of time before Google catches on to this, and skews image search results too. But for now, image searches tend to be more honest, especially when you want statistical results.

Are you by any chance British?
In both Scandinavia and Germany, I've always been expected to strip down, at least to my undies, but bare when needed.

Here in the US, you generally have to put on a gown, so the lascivious doctors can't get a peek at your innocent and pure body. (In reality, so you can't sue them for doing so. And possibly so they can charge extra for the single-use gowns.)
In tent sized gowns, there's no way the doctor can spot whether you're getting fatter and losing muscle mass, or have skin cancer for that matter.
They will even smuggle the stethoscope under the gown so you won't have to take it off and expose unholy flesh.

And socialized healthcare. There's no reason to not go see a doctor, who will tell you how serious your obesity has, and get you help if you need it. That European doctors usually see the patients nude, probably also makes them more aware of who needs a pep talk before it becomes a real problem.

Or six-wheeled cars, like the Covini sports car, or a six-wheel Land Rover?

I actually looked this up. For every year there are figures, the US obesity rate has been more than twice as high as Germany.
As for the UK, they're up there too, but has never had a higher rate than the US.

Many of the pacific countries have an even higher percentage of obesity, but among OECD countries, the US ranks top.

Um, no. The obesity here in the US is exceptional.

Many supermarkets here supply their obese customers with scooter like shopping carts because they're to fat to walk.
Levi's sells jeans with a 58" waist.
We've become the laughing stock of the world.

Forklift?
Unless the forklift goes under the wheels, I see this go terribly wrong for many cars. They're not designed to be lifted by forklift.

You can't be American, because you're apparently unaware that the Declaration of Independence was signed long after the war started.

It also didn't take effect until years later, when we became independent. Our nation's birthday is September 3 1783. July 4 1776 was more like a baby shower during pregnancy.

I live in the US and couldn't give a cluck about July 4.

As for fireworks, the US sure picked the worst time of the year for those. Not only is it too bright to see them well, at least in the Northern states, but it's also a season where it's easy to start fires.

Where's the line between "fantasy" and "conspiring"?
Surely you must have one defined to be able to make your judgement call?

And what's up with restricting people we find creepy for what they might do? I honestly think you are creepy and that you have the potential to commit some heinous acts. Should we put you under constant watch and psych monitoring too?

Due process. It's not a difficult concept.

And here I thought it was Guitar Center. I could understand people being a little upset with them, but...

That's only true for domestic SMS. You can't even send or receive a single SMS internationally without paying a $10 monthly fee first. After that, whether you have to pay extra per message too depends on the country.

True, you might not have no friends or other contacts elsewhere in the world, but that's certainly not the case for me.

It's not so much "can't bear", as "can't".

Moving a bigger monitor further back won't do the same. Think about it - do a projection from your eyes to the edges of a small monitor and further on until the diagonal is 50% larger. At that point, the monitor would be embedded deeply into the desk to get the same angles.

No, a high DPI smaller IPS monitor would be welcome. The technology is clearly there.
An angled monitor that tilts backwards like CRTs used to would also be welcome. Looking down is far less tiresome than looking up.

Indeed. Rights and duties have nothing to do with money, and aren't commodities to be bought and sold, or avoided if you're rich. The millionaire in the neighborhood is expected to pick litter during a "dugnad" and not buy his way out of it, and the poor man is expected to have the same right to vote (or not) as the rich man.

My decade old 18" viewable CRT does 1920x1440. So why should I be content to go down to 1080 height? That's a good chunk of screen real estate lost.
Or go up to a monitor size that I can't use without moving my head?

Desktop monitors need higher DPI, now. No, not touch screens or built-in USB hubs and card readers, but higher pixel densities. And zero-bad-subpixel warranties. Dear manufacturer, If you can't make a quality product, learn how to, and then come back.