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Kamrat posted:Eurovision song contest: They are not part of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), while Israel and Lebanon are. The EBU holds the song contest. Note that Lebanon is a founding member of the EBU.
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Torrannor posted:They are not part of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), while Israel and Lebanon are. The EBU holds the song contest. Note that Lebanon is a founding member of the EBU. Ah that would explain it, thanks.
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Kamrat posted:Eurovision song contest: I find it funny that Vatican is eligible to enter the contest. Dancing Popes anyone?
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Disco Infiva posted:I find it funny that Vatican is eligible to enter the contest. Dancing Popes anyone?
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They would win because ESC would delight in the absurd novelty.
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the jizz taxi posted:They would win because ESC would delight in the absurd novelty. and because of the prospect of the next eurovision in St. Peter.
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Does the Swiss Guard have a band? Yes, the Swiss Guard does have a band. They hold a concert every Christmas and released an album in 2012.
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PittTheElder posted:
It doesn't really refute the claim, the r^2 on that chart would be terrible.
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Jehde posted:Some of the happiest people I've met were on the poverty-stricken outskirts of Tijuana. I'm pretty sure there have been studies showing an inverse correlation between happiness and level of education. My personal theory is that the happiest people are those who are both very wealthy and very dumb.
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Well if you accept the claim that it can measure happiness, then it shows that a higher average income leads to a higher happiness in the 'worst' country at that income level.
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Torrannor posted:Israel is part of UEFA and participates in the Eurovision Song Contest! Finally someone else Gets It!
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As von Clausewitz so eloquently said, "Eurovision is just another means to continue warfare"
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Sporcle quiz about maps, how many do you remember? http://www.sporcle.com/games/chair/30-maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world
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Dude you can't just loving link to Sporcle, some of us had plans for the next several hours 
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God created war so that Americans would learn geography, and this war is in the news every day, so here we go! Novorossiya, province of the Russian Empire.  Vladamir Putin's claims for the Federal State of Novorossiya.  Territory controlled by the Federal State of Novorissiya as of yesterday. 
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Mu Cow posted:Sporcle quiz about maps, how many do you remember? http://www.sporcle.com/games/chair/30-maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world 26/30. You're right, I've seen pretty much all of them in this thread. Ghetto Prince posted:Territory controlled by the Federal State of Novorissiya as of yesterday. The source and the use of the word 'terrorists' (though objectively correct in many ways) has me doubting the neutrality of this image. Phlegmish fucked around with this message at 12:04 on Jul 26, 2014 |
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Phlegmish posted:The source and the use of the word 'terrorists' (though objectively correct in many ways) has me doubting the neutrality of this image.
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PittTheElder posted:
Venezuela is happier than Germany, Italy, Korea, and Japan. Mexico is happier than the US.
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vintagepurple posted:Venezuela is happier than Germany, Italy, Korea, and Japan. Mexico is happier than the US. I'm not particularly knowedgeable about statistics, but doesn't the line on your graph depict a correlation between increase in GDP per capita and the percentage of people who are very happy? There are obviously points far outside that line, especially the Latin American nations, but I'm not sure how pointing these out shows that your graph is one which does not refute the idea that there is no correlation between wealth and happiness. That there are outliers to me would only suggest that there are many other factors which impact on happiness, which seems so obvious as to be trivial. If I'm reading your graph wrong, can you explain it for me? Are you saying this graph does not show that there is a correlation--even a weak one--between GDP per capita and happiness? If so, what does the line on the graph represent?
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 Guess the legend. Edit: Forgot timg.
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vintagepurple posted:Venezuela is happier than Germany, Italy, Korea, and Japan. Mexico is happier than the US. Sure, there's obviously going to be variation, it would be insane to say wealth was the only thing that impacted happiness, but there's clearly a correlation there, especially suggesting a 'minimum' level of wealth before people start getting particularly satisfied.
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Sinestro posted:
Relative support for legalizing marijuana? Though that doesn't really account for how red Washington is or how blue New York is.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Relative support for legalizing marijuana? Though that doesn't really account for how red Washington is or how blue New York is.
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mobby_6kl posted:States closest to major Canadian cities? Is it Washington or New York that's super-far from Canada?
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Quality of pizza? But then Illinois would be the brightest red, not Washington.
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Muscle Tracer posted:Quality of pizza? But then Illinois would be the brightest red, not Washington.  I am thinking it could be percent of people living in urban centers, but I would think Nevada would be much bluer.
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Muscle Tracer posted:Quality of pizza? But then Illinois would be the brightest red, not Washington. You mean best tomato casserole? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaiJxB-Jy9Y "I want to know that if I get drunk and fall asleep on my pizza, I'm not going to drown."
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Peanut President posted:Number of white people? Eh, Georgia wouldn't be the same color as Iowa and Vermont.
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