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PittTheElder posted:There might also be a significant enough ethnically Indian minority within the country that they've reached some sort of fetishized status. I'm not sure exactly why, but tons of Indian people wound up in South Africa during the old Imperial days, and I wouldn't be overly surprised to learn that happened in Nigeria as well. Indians were all over the British Empire. That's why Trinidad-Tobago is known for its Diwali festivities. And delicious fusion curries. So good! Particularly after the British outlawed slavery, they moved a lot of Indian "indentured servants" around. Plus, educated Indians could be used as non-white intermediaries. For example, Gandhi in S. Africa. By pitting Hindu against Muslim and Indian against Black, the British were able to focus a lot of anger that should have been focused towards them towards other groups. Sound colonial policy. hosed up as poo poo, but that's colonialism for you.
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Disco Infiva posted:How about "sister" being number 1? 
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Kopijeger posted:Other notables: Pakistan has "indian" in second place Ammat The Ankh posted:If that was the case, wouldn't those countries' results resemble America's as a whole more?
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I found it hilarious how basically every country in Europe had their own nationality as the top search. Except for Ireland, which went: 1) Gangbang 2) Drunk 3) Irish I also had no idea that "casting" was a fetish/BDSM thing. It was a top result all over the place. edit: and whats up with the top corner, where you can choose between "Straight", "Gay" and "Tranny". I was on the US, and clicked Gay, and the top result was "Straight". The gently caress?
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Ammat The Ankh posted:If that was the case, wouldn't those countries' results resemble America's as a whole more? American servicemen googling for porn overseas probably don't constitute a representative sampling of America.
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Count Roland posted:edit: and whats up with the top corner, where you can choose between "Straight", "Gay" and "Tranny". I was on the US, and clicked Gay, and the top result was "Straight". The gently caress?
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PittTheElder posted:I'm not sure exactly why, but tons of Indian people wound up in South Africa during the old Imperial days, and I wouldn't be overly surprised to learn that happened in Nigeria as well. I'm not sure about Nigeria, although obviously the Dutch part wouldn't apply, but there were a large number of Indians in other British possessions in Africa, notably Uganda. Mostly Sikhs, they were again on indentured contracts for building railroads, and remained afterwards until Idi Amin started a campaign of hate against them and many left for Britain.
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Flagrant Abuse posted:Probably ostensibly-straight people having gay sex. Yeah, I'm informed by a gay friend that this is a huge thing in gay porn.
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Guavanaut posted:A large number of Indians and Malays were imported as slaves by the Dutch prior to British rule in the Cape. Subsequent to that, a lot of Indians from lower caste groups in British India moved seeking a better life, often paying for that by way of indentured servitude, and gaining some rights when their terms concluded. Then when Imperialism was over and apartheid came in, they were stripped of a lot of rights again (although not as many as the native African groups, and they got rights to representation back sooner). Gandhi got all of his good ideas during the 20 years he spent in South Africa.
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Torrannor posted:And interesting that simply "Japanese" was number 1 in China. What does that tell us about the Sino-Japanese rivalry? I figure since there's not that much Chinese or Korean porn, if you're Chinese, and want to find people who look close to Chinese having sex, Japanese porn is your best search term. You can get back to the local ethnic rivalries after you get off.
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I don't think that any internet statistics coming out of China are reliable, to be honest. Isn't porn illegal there?
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Afghanistan has a bunch of nearby peoples and then bizarrely "Dutch bitch."
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reignonyourparade posted:Afghanistan has a bunch of nearby peoples and then bizarrely "Dutch bitch." Could this be caused by the relatively large Dutch military presence (a few thousand troops) in the Afghanistan war?
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Fojar38 posted:I don't think that any internet statistics coming out of China are reliable, to be honest. Isn't porn illegal there? Doesn't mean that people don't watch porn.
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withak posted:American servicemen googling for porn overseas probably don't constitute a representative sampling of America. Getting all kinds of strange (internet).
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If I had to guess, it's the popularity of search terms relative to overall results. So Nigeria's most popular search term likely isn't "Indian porn", but rather that the some internal formula determined that "Indian porn" is some combination of sufficiently popular in Nigeria and more popular than "Indian porn" is in other countries.
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I'd think this has to do more with English speaking expats in those countries. I'd imagine that Japan would have its own assortment of porn websites that are actually in Japanese.
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I wonder how many of the more bizarre things are influenced by robots feeding the engine rubbish. Particularly considering that most countries do indeed have their own porn sites of preference so the legitimate sample probably isn't all that large.
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ulvir posted:Let's see how it is up here in the Nordic region. I was about to get mad at you for omitting Estonia from the Nordics but then I found that you just can't click on Glorious Eesti. 
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Mister Adequate posted:I was about to get mad at you for omitting Estonia from the Nordics but then I found that you just can't click on Glorious Eesti. I thought only Estonia saw itself as a Nordic country, while the Scandinavians typically exclude it? There are even two Scandinavia and the World comics to back that up! http://satwcomic.com/party-crasher http://satwcomic.com/new-nordic
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Got this from another thread:John Dough posted:The Netherlands has detection loops installed in the asphalt of most major highways. These measure vehicles travelling over them, and are used to monitor traffic remotely. Because they consist of multiple loops, one pair can determine how fast a vehicle is travelling over it. This way you can detect traffic jams, and this information is also available in real-time. Traffic organizations, news agencies and (maybe?) navigation software use this to warn people about stopped traffic and suggest alternate routes. The maximum speed on most highways in the Netherlands is 130 km/h, on others it's 120 km/h or lower. However, it seems there might be some 'false' results caused by the loops being unable to detect separate vehicles driving close together. 200 km/h during rush hour is rather unlikely.
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I had the mumps last year. I've read that people in the Dutch bible belt are probably to blame, so now I hate them.
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I'm surprised that there haven't been more outbreaks in Australia, because, really.
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Torrannor posted:I thought only Estonia saw itself as a Nordic country, while the Scandinavians typically exclude it? There are even two Scandinavia and the World comics to back that up! 
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Torrannor posted:I thought only Estonia saw itself as a Nordic country, while the Scandinavians typically exclude it? There are even two Scandinavia and the World comics to back that up! Russia has merely intimidated them. Estonia is Nordic!
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That could be why some Estonians want to do exactly that.
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made of bees posted:That could be why some Estonians want to do exactly that. I've stumbled on this before and I've got to say the Nordic version looks way better.
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It really does, and I think the existing Estonian flag is already sweet.
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TheBalor posted:Is it true that the Scots were told they'd be welcome with open arms, though? Seems rather silly that Scotland could be let in, but Estonia couldn't. Scotland has tons of famous people and cool national gimmicks, Estonia is a former Soviet state with a notable Russian minority. I tried to write more serious answer but nah, basically Cool Countries Club doesn't want to stain the brand. Next we'd have to accept Latvia and Lithuania, ack!
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Kennel posted:Scotland has tons of famous people and cool national gimmicks, Estonia is a former Soviet state with a notable Russian minority. TheBalor posted:Is it true that the Scots were told they'd be welcome with open arms, though? Seems rather silly that Scotland could be let in, but Estonia couldn't.
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Don't forget that the Union Jack is really just a variant of the Nordic Cross. Duh.
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Scotland is also culturally closer to the Scandinavian countries, with centuries of Scandinavian colonization and influence creating strong links between the two regions, especially between Scotland and Norway. (The influence obviously also going the other direction as Britain became a world power.) On top of that, Scotland's geographical position and general economic interests fit in pretty well with the other members of the Nordic Council. Which is not to say that Estonia being a poorer ex-Soviet state doesn't mean anything, but Scotland does have some pretty legitimate things going for it. That seems like a very dubious assertion to me, unless you purposefully exclude Sweden/Finland from Scandinavia. Certainly, Estonia has closer ties to Sweden and Finland, at least, than either Sweden or Finland has to Scotland, and, arguably, than Scotland ever had to Norway or vice versa. Doubly so in regards to economy and trade. If you exclude Finland from Scandinavia (as some/most do, although I don't see what difference it would make in a Nordic context) then the same still applies for Sweden by itself and Sweden by way of Finland (historically and at present). Any argument in favor of Scotland goes twice or triple for Estonia (except for "riches", I guess). Plus, obviously, Scotland has stronger ties to other “cultural spheres”, making any attempt to paint them with a nordic brush kind of silly (tortured even,) whereas the same cannot really be said for Estonia. Personally, I'm all for counting Estonia as a Nordic nation. Never leave a bro hanging  A Buttery Pastry posted:Yes, by the prime minister of Iceland, and the deputy leader of the far right Danish People's Party. So basically nobody said anything, in short. Shbobdb posted:Don't forget that the Union Jack is really just a variant of the Nordic Cross. A double Nordic Cross, if you will. Seriously though, don't get that busy abomination mixed up with our junk. I mean, a centered cross? Really? It's like you people (non-nordic cross havers) never heard of the golden ratio 
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Benito Hitlerstalin posted:A double Nordic Cross, if you will. Seriously though, don't get that busy abomination mixed up with our junk. I mean, a centered cross? Really? It's like you people (non-nordic cross havers) never heard of the golden ratio And any argument you can make for Scotland being Nordic you can also make for the UK as a whole (Orkney aside). Even discounting the Viking period a third of the Germanic tribes that formed the Anglo-Saxons were from Jyland.
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Scotland is also culturally closer to the Scandinavian countries, with centuries of Scandinavian colonization and influence creating strong links between the two regions, especially between Scotland and Norway. (The influence obviously also going the other direction as Britain became a world power.) On top of that, Scotland's geographical position and general economic interests fit in pretty well with the other members of the Nordic Council. Which is not to say that Estonia being a poorer ex-Soviet state doesn't mean anything, but Scotland does have some pretty legitimate things going for it. Estonia was colonized and ruled by both Danes and Swedes though. There's also still a Swedish minority in Estonia. Economically Estonia is also still growing and it has strong trade ties with Scandinavian countries.
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Benito Hitlerstalin posted:That seems like a very dubious assertion to me, unless you purposefully exclude Sweden/Finland from Scandinavia. Certainly, Estonia has closer ties to Sweden and Finland, at least, than either Sweden or Finland has to Scotland, and, arguably, than Scotland ever had to Norway or vice versa. If you exclude Finland from Scandinavia (as some do, although I don't see what difference it would make in a Nordic context) then the same still applies for Sweden by itself and Sweden by way of Finland (historically and at present). Doubly so in regards to economy and trade. Any argument in favor of Scotland goes twice or triple for Estonia (except for "riches", I guess). Plus, obviously, Scotland has stronger ties to other “cultural spheres”, making any attempt to paint them with a nordic brush kind of silly (tortured even,) whereas the same cannot really be said for Estonia. Benito Hitlerstalin posted:So basically nobody said anything, in short. Rumda posted:And any argument you can make for Scotland being Nordic you can also make for the UK as a whole (Orkney aside). Even discounting the Viking period a third of the Germanic tribes that formed the Anglo-Saxons were from Jyland. Davincie posted:Estonia was colonized and ruled by both Danes and Swedes though. There's also still a Swedish minority in Estonia. Economically Estonia is also still growing and it has strong trade ties with Scandinavian countries. 
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An independent Scotland would be economically viable in the long run anyway. The main reason scotland would want to join the nordics is so norway won't take its portion of the north sea oil before the EU lets them in, still not a certain thing. Any ways Scots are just as imperialistic as a whole as the rest of us are in Britain are. It more a generational thing than anything else. Rumda fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Jan 21, 2014 |
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A Buttery Pastry posted:
I'm not sure how many would have such sentiments in Wales Or Northern Ireland, really. I think the question might be a bit moot really since current polls favour Scotland staying within the Union. I also find the idea of merging Scotland under a Nordic identity strange - they're a Celtic nation.
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Rejected Fate posted:I'm not sure how many would have such sentiments in Wales Only in the highlands and possibly in Clydesdale, the Hebrides has a strong Norse link, Orkney is practically Norwegian and the lowlands is Germanic. Though an expanded northern European cultural sphere would obviously included the Baltic Celtic and Western Germanic peoples as well as the Nordic and Finnic.  Northern Europe blue Western Europe cyan Eastern Europe pink Southern Europe green Rumda fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Jan 21, 2014 |
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