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Why the hell are China and Brazil getting over a billion euros in aid each?
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Nov 27, 2014 17:05
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Why the hell are China and Brazil getting over a billion euros in aid each? They've since stopped that aid but it didn't actually come into effect until this year.
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Nov 27, 2014 17:09
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Zaleov posted:I'm wondering what this is! I can't think of anything to unite these regions, and I have no idea what the orange might mean. I was originally thinking adoption of some sort of uniform law? It's the bestiality/zoophilia map. Orange is felony, yellow is misdemeanor (the orangish-yellow in Connecticut and Alaska is both), and gray is no law against it.
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Nov 27, 2014 19:13
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Nov 27, 2014 19:19
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How did so many Llamas manage to find themselves in Europe, Asia, and Africa? Aren't they native to South America?
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Nov 27, 2014 19:32
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VerdantSquire posted:How did so many Llamas manage to find themselves in Europe, Asia, and Africa? Aren't they native to South America? fade5 fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Nov 27, 2014 19:41
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VerdantSquire posted:How did so many Llamas manage to find themselves in Europe, Asia, and Africa? Aren't they native to South America? Same way the goats found themselves in America (The Colombian Exchange, aka the biggest thing to happen in human culture ever).
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Nov 27, 2014 19:41
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Jordan? Armenia? Somalia? North loving Korea? That is a very strange distribution there. Do llamas out-compete goats in the wild or something? Spain makes sense; but then Portugal is still a goat place.
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Nov 27, 2014 19:52
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That map shows how often those words get mentioned on Twitter, so all it tells us is
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Nov 27, 2014 20:00
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Count Roland posted:Jordan? Armenia? Somalia? North loving Korea? That is a very strange distribution there. Do llamas out-compete goats in the wild or something? Spain makes sense; but then Portugal is still a goat place. In most cases I'm sure it's not wild animals that are really tipping the scales here. Llama's are growing in popularity as an agricultural animal, and aside from wool production, they apparently a pretty good deterrent to animals like coyotes who have never seen a Llama or Camel.
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Nov 27, 2014 20:04
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Mygna posted:That map shows how often those words get mentioned on Twitter, so all it tells us is North Koreans have twitter?
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Nov 27, 2014 20:06
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VerdantSquire posted:How did so many Llamas manage to find themselves in Europe, Asia, and Africa? Aren't they native to South America? Someone owned a llama in my grandparent's tiny village in Corsica.
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Nov 27, 2014 20:07
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PittTheElder posted:In most cases I'm sure it's not wild animals that are really tipping the scales here. Llama's are growing in popularity as an agricultural animal, and aside from wool production, they apparently a pretty good deterrent to animals like coyotes who have never seen a Llama or Camel. Guard llamas are a thing (as a replacement for sheep dogs and the like) but usually you just keep one of them.
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Nov 27, 2014 20:14
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PittTheElder posted:In most cases I'm sure it's not wild animals that are really tipping the scales here. Llama's are growing in popularity as an agricultural animal, and aside from wool production, they apparently a pretty good deterrent to animals like coyotes who have never seen a Llama or Camel. I've only seen the creatures at petting zoos, I wonder what they taste like. I also bet they wouldn't deter predators for very long, coyotes can get pretty crafty when hungry. e: ^^ crafty until they get kicked in the head
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Nov 27, 2014 20:31
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420 Gank Mid posted:North Koreans have twitter? North Korea now has internet/cell phone access for tourists. They'll show up on North Korean ISPs and locations.
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Nov 27, 2014 20:48
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Nintendo Kid posted:North Korea now has internet/cell phone access for tourists. They'll show up on North Korean ISPs and locations. North Koreans have tourists?
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Nov 27, 2014 20:55
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my dad posted:North Koreans have tourists? That's pretty much the only thing they have any more.
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Nov 27, 2014 21:14
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Nintendo Kid posted:North Korea now has internet/cell phone access for tourists. They'll show up on North Korean ISPs and locations. From what I've heard all internet access in North Korea is a domestic connection that doesn't even get access to mainstream Chinese internet.
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Nov 27, 2014 21:15
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oldswitcheroo posted:Puerto Rico because they're very close to being a state, because it would strike a blow to all the 'English-only' nonsense coming out of right wing politicians. Why is a common language for a country so all citizens can communicate with all citizens considered a net negative in your opinion? edit: Some map art by Félix Pharand-Deschênes:  Source: http://globaia.org/portfolio/cartography-of-the-anthropocene/ rzeszowianin 44 fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Nov 27, 2014 21:33
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Switzerland does well enough with 4 languages (actually 3 because one of them is Romansh).
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Nov 27, 2014 21:35
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rzeszowianin 44 posted:Why is a common language for a country so all citizens can communicate with all citizens considered a net negative in your opinion?
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Nov 27, 2014 21:39
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my dad posted:North Koreans have tourists? Few thousand a year, on tightly-planned tours out of Beijing by Koryeo. I almost went once. Kurtofan posted:Switzerland does well enough with 4 languages (actually 3 because one of them is Romansh). It's not official, but English might as well be in Switzerland for how many people speak it.
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Nov 27, 2014 21:41
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rzeszowianin 44 posted:Why is a common language for a country so all citizens can communicate with all citizens considered a net negative in your opinion? "English-only" doesn't mean "we're going to teach everyone English so all of us can communicate together". It means "we're going to make anything public available only in English so anyone who doesn't already speak it will be marginalized".
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Nov 27, 2014 21:42
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rzeszowianin 44 posted:Why is a common language for a country so all citizens can communicate with all citizens considered a net negative in your opinion?  Kurtofan posted:Switzerland does well enough with 4 languages (actually 3 because one of them is Romansh).
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Nov 27, 2014 21:42
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point of return posted:Because the goal of "English-only" politicians is to make it harder for monolingual Spanish speakers to use government services, like voting. So what? Why shouldn't that be hard for them, at least outside of the areas where Spanish was historically spoken?
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Nov 27, 2014 21:48
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Count Roland posted:I've only seen the creatures at petting zoos, I wonder what they taste like. Llamas are pretty well-equipped for dealing with predators.  Those are fighting teeth. Winklebottom fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Nov 27, 2014 21:53
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drat, those are some mean teeth.
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Phlegmish posted:So what? Why shouldn't that be hard for them, at least outside of the areas where Spanish was historically spoken? Ah yes, that tiny, insignificant portion of North America with Spanish colonial influence.  You may have to zoom in a bit to see it here. Spanish is every bit as American as English is. 420 Gank Mid fucked around with this message at 22:04 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Nov 27, 2014 22:01
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420 Gank Mid posted:Ah yes, that tiny, insignificant portion of North America with Spanish colonial influence. That still leaves a pretty substantial part of the current US with Spanish roots, of course, not to mention the assorted areas with thorough non-English roots. Basil Hayden fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Nov 27, 2014 22:05
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You shouldn't leech from Wikipedia.
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Nov 27, 2014 22:07
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Phlegmish posted:So what? Why shouldn't that be hard for them, at least outside of the areas where Spanish was historically spoken? English-only crap is entirely about asserting the domination of the ethnically white majority. It also effects people like this: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/new-mexico-begins-new-policy-of-refusing-voter-ids-to-navajo-speaking-illiterates/ quote:The New Mexico Motor Vehicles Division (MVD) has reportedly stopped issuing driver’s licenses or photo identification cards used for voting to so-called “illiterates” who only speak the Navajo language. 
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Nov 27, 2014 22:07
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Guess the map! I haven't edited out the legend because
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Nov 27, 2014 22:08
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Bigfoot sightings, apparently. The acronyms stand for different organisations tallying sightings.
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Soviet Commubot posted:English-only crap is entirely about asserting the domination of the ethnically white majority. Er, as many African-Americans are equally hostile to Spanish in the US. Nativism and racism are similar, but not the same thing.
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Nov 27, 2014 22:12
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420 Gank Mid posted:Ah yes, that tiny, insignificant portion of North America with Spanish colonial influence. Louisiana was only theoretically under Spanish control, and for less than four decades at that. Even the Southwest was only very sparsely settled by the time it was conquered by the United States. Soviet Commubot posted:English-only crap is entirely about asserting the domination of the ethnically white majority. It also effects people like this: Spanish is just as 'white' a language as English. Seriously, Americans are so weird about this. Also, 'Aurora Lopez' certainly sounds like a typical Anglo supremacist.
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Kopijeger posted:Bigfoot sightings, apparently. The acronyms stand for different organisations tallying sightings. That was kinda fast. I hope you weren't cheating 
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Phlegmish posted:Louisiana was only theoretically under Spanish control, and for less than four decades at that. Even the Southwest was only very sparsely settled by the time it was conquered by the United States. Mainly just DD posters.
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Nov 27, 2014 22:14
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Spanish is 'white' only in Europe, where people don't understand 'Latino' as used in the Americas.
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Phlegmish posted:Spanish is just as 'white' a language as English. Seriously, Americans are so weird about this. Also, 'Aurora Lopez' certainly sounds like a typical Anglo supremacist. Even if it were true that Latin American Spanish speakers were generally considered white, I still have to wonder what the hell your point is. Just looking for a reaction?
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