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Nyarlothotep posted:I'm pretty sure this has been a clever ruse to attempt to demonstrate that it's unfair to say Americans suck at geography based on a single example (I.E. not being able to exactly locate Ukraine). Titus Sardonicus posted:The Ukraine? You are showing your age and your Cold War mentality, Mister Carter
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I believe all Americans should not finish a basic education without knowing the location and name of every US state and Afghan province.
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I knew the capitals of every state by age six, thank you Carmen Sandiego.
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Peanut President posted:To be fair The Ukraine is a country and I'm not convinced Kansas exists. Not only is "The Ukraine" a country, it's bigger by population than any single US states, let alone one of the flyover ones with more cows than people.
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Redeye Flight posted:I knew the capitals of every state by age six, thank you Carmen Sandiego.
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Tumblr of scotch posted:Same but Animaniacs Any excuse is a good one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNUDDaEOvuY
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Ikasuhito posted:Any excuse is a good one. I just noticed that Massachusetts is missing Cape Cod when he mentions Boston.
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mobby_6kl posted:Not only is "The Ukraine" a country, it's bigger by population than any single US states, let alone one of the flyover ones with more cows than people. There's a difference between saying "The Ukraine" and just "Ukraine".
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A Buttery Pastry posted:El Niño isn't even about climate change as it is usually discussed, being a cyclical phenomenon instead of a trend toward something. So Europeans don't even have basic climate knowledge.
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Mr. Belpit posted:There's a difference between saying "The Ukraine" and just "Ukraine". Fine, we'll split the difference and call it Southern Russia.
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Phlegmish posted:Here's the EU (pre-Brexit) divided into countries of approximately equal population: Man, Sealand has really come up in the world. I wonder if they still keep the captial at Roughs Tower.
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"Danovia?" What, was Danubia too on the nose?
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 The US interstate system as a subway map. The guy who made it also has another, more complex one for the full US highway system:  My favorite part is, judging purely by highways, Kansas appears much more important than it actually is.
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Haha, americans am I right *produces european new right* haha but Trump
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Koramei posted:as a European who's lived in America for a long time, I feel qualified to say Euros are pretty unjustifiably smug about a lotta poo poo If other continents made so much noise about few hundred years of domination they would have been nuked already We're all going to be speaking Mandarin in a century or two again so the world will be as it as always has with glorious East supreme  vintagepurple posted:Haha, americans am I right I mean yeah (as an European) but if you had a parliamentary system Trump would be polling at like 30-35% and would probably get the first shot at forming the government  on the other hand nobody would probably join him so you would have a Clinton/Sanders/GOPe coalition government...
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Baka-nin posted:Fine, we'll split the difference and call it Southern Russia. I like to pull out the factoid that Ukrainian is as different from Russian as Dutch is from German.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:I like to pull out the factoid that Ukrainian is as different from Russian as Dutch is from German. So, Ukrainians are just poo poo at spelling? 
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If we had a parliamentary system, then Trump likely would not have been able to exploit a deep-seated and long-standing sense of rural disenfranchisement. It's unclear that he'd be capable of any other tactic, and the far-right would, at least, face a much different strategic landscape.
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Bongo Bill posted:If we had a parliamentary system, then Trump likely would not have been able to exploit a deep-seated and long-standing sense of rural disenfranchisement. It's unclear that he'd be capable of any other tactic, and the far-right would, at least, face a much different strategic landscape. I dunno, worked for UKIP.
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computer parts posted:So Europeans don't even have basic climate knowledge.
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A Buttery Pastry posted:That is not possible to argue from their lack of knowledge of a single specific phenomenon. Well yes, you can't argue a negative.
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computer parts posted:I dunno, worked for UKIP. The UK has a FPTP system of voting instead of simple representation by percentage votes, making it almost as undemocratic as the US.
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Phlegmish posted:Here's the EU (pre-Brexit) divided into countries of approximately equal population:
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He has a lot of this stuff on his website: http://www.cambooth.net/ Including a zoomable map of the entire US Route and US Interstate systems: http://www.cambooth.net/maps/highways-usa.html#3/67.34/-29.88
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Bongo Bill posted:If we had a parliamentary system, then Trump likely would not have been able to exploit a deep-seated and long-standing sense of rural disenfranchisement. It's unclear that he'd be capable of any other tactic, and the far-right would, at least, face a much different strategic landscape. Conservative rural areas are over-represented in Congress. If anything, a parliamentary system would give them less of a voice.
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Bongo Bill posted:If we had a parliamentary system, then Trump likely would not have been able to exploit a deep-seated and long-standing sense of rural disenfranchisement. Pretty sure he is exploiting a deep-seated and long-standing sense of nativism and white supremacy, just like our European far-right parties
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HorseRenoir posted:Conservative rural areas are over-represented in Congress. If anything, a parliamentary system would give them less of a voice. Good impression of a teenaged western liberal
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The CIA actually looked into fomenting Azeri separatism in Iran. They decided that it would be wasted effort because pretty much all Azeri within Iran view themselves as Iranian and didn't really express any desire to become part of a seperate state. Independent Azeribaijan only really exists because Russia conquered it. The CIA ended up deciding Balochs of all people were the group to try to whip up. e: also lol at claiming Hamadan.
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computer parts posted:I dunno, worked for UKIP. No, it didn't. They have one seat out of 650 in Parliament.
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Funnily enough, speaking as someone from the UK, I just got 47 out of 50 on a "click on US states" game* but when I tried doing one of European countries I got to "Click on Slovenia" and went "aaauuugggghhhh I know it's in the Balkans somewhere  "* I'd've got 48 if I'd actually thought for a second when it asked me to click on Louisiana. Other two I got wrong were New Mexico (clicked on Arizona) and Indiana (can't remember what I clicked on, to be honest).
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computer parts posted:I dunno, worked for UKIP.  DarkCrawler posted:Pretty sure he is exploiting a deep-seated and long-standing sense of nativism and white supremacy, just like our European far-right parties cinci zoo sniper fucked around with this message at 08:42 on Oct 17, 2016 |
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Over 20,000 local government seats
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Bloodnose posted:Over 20,000 local government seats
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Don't you mean is? How else do they get to 20k local government seats?
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Every town and district has a council. It adds up.
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Bloodnose posted:Don't you mean is? How else do they get to 20k local government seats? e: oh ok, turns out the 20k is only for the 217 unitary and upper tier councils, there are also parish councillors to add on top of that. Or maybe I'm reading this wrong: http://www.lgiu.org.uk/local-government-facts-and-figures/ Paul.Power fucked around with this message at 09:19 on Oct 17, 2016 |
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Bloodnose posted:Don't you mean is? How else do they get to 20k local government seats? Well, out of how many total local government seats in the UK? What's the context for that figure?
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Paul.Power posted:Funnily enough, speaking as someone from the UK, I just got 47 out of 50 on a "click on US states" game* but when I tried doing one of European countries I got to "Click on Slovenia" and went "aaauuugggghhhh I know it's in the Balkans somewhere Why do you feel compelled to stare at maps of murrkah and not Europe? Like lol at anyone ever who identifies Wyoming but not Slovenia and isn't from the american intermountainy west But still Gj proving my point
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