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Texas has a county with a population of sixty‐four persons. It’s Loving, and it’s over half the size of Rhode Island.
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Albino Squirrel posted:Apparently like every settlement in Georgia is technically a city. There's a city called Edge Hill in Glasscock County with a population of 24. It's Glascock County (unfortunately), although there is a Glasscock County in Texas. Also, apparently the latest population figure is 22, which means (if he still lives there) that Phil now represents 4.55% of the population
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May 14, 2022 17:00
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Platystemon posted:Texas has a county with a population of sixty‐four persons. No idea if this is still true but as of the mid-aughts they still used the “write name of candidate you want to vote for, fold up ballot and drop it in a box” form of voting.
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May 14, 2022 17:58
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Carthag Tuek posted:i like the inside but good lord the outside looks like half a corporate sponsorship got dropped I'm guessing that the more bland portion off to the right is like a cultural community center type place rather than the church proper. Lots of smaller religious groups (especially those with as much ethnic purpose as religious, which is def the case with Greeks) are gonna have like a whole part of the thing for indoor event space and poo poo like that.
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May 14, 2022 19:28
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Platystemon posted:
You don't need to type out "Loving" the profanity filter is only when you're not logged in.
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FreudianSlippers posted:You don't need to type out "Loving" the profanity filter is only when you're not logged in. That was in Austria, but in the last couple of years, the residents voted to change the name.
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May 15, 2022 00:10
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May 17, 2022 11:07
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Barbelith posted:https://twitter.com/Babble____/status/1526132920930418688?t=iSsKjxEfIdRtFGDv7uU8cw&s=19 Every division of England should entail Wales recovering the rightful clay of Oswestry
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May 17, 2022 14:38
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I found this map of las vegas that is seriously awesome https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701pm.gct00089/?sp=3286&st=single&r=0.088,0.003,0.694,0.404,0
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Barbelith posted:https://twitter.com/Babble____/status/1526132920930418688?t=iSsKjxEfIdRtFGDv7uU8cw&s=19 Northern Ireland should be Ireland 3 and a dependency of Ireland 2
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May 18, 2022 13:50
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Derrylondon is a nice touch. Maybe there could be a long-running dispute over whether or not to add the 'Derry' part. I've always been fascinated by the Troubles. My gut feeling as an outsider, considering the centuries of violence and discrimination against Catholics, would be to support reunification, but I get that that's not realistic as long as unionists are the most important political faction. Actually, according to polls, even among Catholics there isn't a plurality in favor of a united Ireland, which did somewhat surprise me when I read it. Interesting to see Sinn Féin come out on top during the last elections. I wonder if it's a sign of demographic change, or just unionists being more divided and losing a disproportionate amount of voters to Alliance. 
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May 18, 2022 20:23
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Phlegmish posted:Derrylondon is a nice touch. Maybe there could be a long-running dispute over whether or not to add the 'Derry' part. I think an important thing to remember is that for most of the 20th century Ireland was considered a bit of a backwater run by yokels, so even a lot of catholics weren't super enthused about joining Ireland. Re-unification seemed like more trouble than it was worth especially when it was probably going to lead to civil war and pogroms. I guess younger people who have grown up in a period when Ireland has been doing relatively well and where all out communal violence of the thing of the past are more willing to push for and end to northern ireland. The whole thing is very depressing. The Irish side of my family were all Anglicans who supported independence but in the North all the decisions of the governments ensured it became a religious conflict even if it hadn't really been one before.
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Phlegmish posted:Interesting to see Sinn Féin come out on top during the last elections. I wonder if it's just unionists being more divided and losing a disproportionate amount of voters to Alliance. Mathematically, this is the case, since they only won a plurality instead of a majority. A majority government has to be formed out of a coalition parties that can agree, which still there's a majority of pro-britain, but also they've decided to refuse to elect a leader in protest of the UK government not having figured out a good way to deal with the border with Ireland after Brexit, so I guess they're not going to get anything done, which I guess puts them on par with the whole UK parliament, which also has decided to never get anything done. No real idea how reunification would go. I think earlier on in Ireland's independence they were implementing a number of fairly harsh policies to forcibly distance themselves from England, but I think a lot of that has cooled off by now, so maybe unification now wouldn't be immediately paired with as much hostility to the protestants and people with ties to what's left of the UK?
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a pipe smoking dog posted:The whole thing is very depressing. The Irish side of my family were all Anglicans who supported independence but in the North all the decisions of the governments ensured it became a religious conflict even if it hadn't really been one before. It is quite depressing to read about the Troubles, I agree. Thankfully, Northern Ireland seems to be doing better nowadays. Maybe that's why so many Catholics want to preserve the current situation - the realization that rocking the boat too much could lead to renewed violence and instability. SlothfulCobra posted:No real idea how reunification would go. I think earlier on in Ireland's independence they were implementing a number of fairly harsh policies to forcibly distance themselves from England, but I think a lot of that has cooled off by now, so maybe unification now wouldn't be immediately paired with as much hostility to the protestants and people with ties to what's left of the UK? Ireland is much more secular than it used to be, and judging by how Protestants are currently treated there, I think reunification would go just fine. There probably wouldn't be any major issues in that regard. Of course, convincing Northern Irish loyalists of that is a different matter altogether. That community is known for having a very strong siege mentality, and it's doubtful that they'd accept reunification any time soon. Phlegmish fucked around with this message at 21:41 on May 18, 2022 |
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Alliance are basically the “I just wanna grill for god’s sake” party. They’ll get a lot of votes from soft unionists west of Lough Neagh but also votes from nationalists in the east. The problem going forward for the peace process is that the unionist community has developed the same Brexit Brain that England has developed. It’s to be expected from the half of the community that never liked the Good Friday Agreement to begin with, but for the other half… Phlegmish posted:That community is known for having a very strong siege mentality, and it's doubtful that they'd accept reunification any time soon. https://youtu.be/wxpYW_w5pgo
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The biggest problem with Irish unification at this stage is likely to be economic. Northern Ireland has a deficit of about £10bn pounds a year funded by the UK, an absolutely monstrous amount given the small 1.9million population. Its a complete economic disaster. Nevermind the other costs of unification on top - the Nordies would demand (and be right to) an NHS equivalent to be set up down South before any unification which would be hugely expensive, and the Unionists would also need some very costly policing and placating. So whatever about a majority not being in favour of unification up North, even polls in Ireland itself these days only show a majority in favour of unification in theory. Once the economic costs are explained a majority is against it. Unification at this stage is a nice idea to most modern Irish people but very much in an abstract way that doesn't affect our day to day lives. The reality of every adult in the country having to pay approx €5000 a year in extra tax on average, every year, for decades, makes it rather less attractive.
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Blut posted:The biggest problem with Irish unification at this stage is likely to be economic. Northern Ireland has a deficit of about £10bn pounds a year funded by the UK, an absolutely monstrous amount given the small 1.9million population. Its a complete economic disaster. Nevermind the other costs of unification on top - the Nordies would demand (and be right to) an NHS equivalent to be set up down South before any unification which would be hugely expensive, and the Unionists would also need some very costly policing and placating. Did the Treaty side not set up a reunification fund like the FDR/RoK did during their partitions? (Although both were/would be massively inadequate)
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May 19, 2022 23:47
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Platystemon posted:
Russia doesn't have that good a memory, it seems
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Tree Goat posted:Did the Treaty side not set up a reunification fund like the FDR/RoK did during their partitions? (Although both were/would be massively inadequate) No. There were no economic provisions made for reunification. Which is why you can see that it would be unpopular even in Ireland these days - not many people are willing (or able) to give €5000 a year out of their pocket for something that doesn't affect their day-to-day lives in any way.
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May 20, 2022 11:08
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Just make the Brits pay reparations.
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Platystemon posted:
Carthag Tuek posted:booo!
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Blut posted:The biggest problem with Irish unification at this stage is likely to be economic. Northern Ireland has a deficit of about £10bn pounds a year funded by the UK, an absolutely monstrous amount given the small 1.9million population. Its a complete economic disaster. Nevermind the other costs of unification on top - the Nordies would demand (and be right to) an NHS equivalent to be set up down South before any unification which would be hugely expensive, and the Unionists would also need some very costly policing and placating. so NI is cursed to forever be an unwanted, vestigial appendage?
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The population increasing by 30% would probably also wreak havoc with whatever political balance they've got too. I think it's pretty rare for democracies to amicably annex large territories.
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AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:I'm disappointed that Rhodes gets a little piece but none of the Danish islands that are bigger got anything. Or Gotland or Cyprus. Otherwise... i am happy that my island was not memorialized on that map
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SlothfulCobra posted:The population increasing by 30% would probably also wreak havoc with whatever political balance they've got too. I think it's pretty rare for democracies to amicably annex large territories. Germany hasn't done terribly
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Ras Het posted:Germany hasn't done terribly they havent done well either de_map_voting_patterns.gif laender_pkeinkommen.png
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Yeah, Germany being an undiluted success is debatable...although its issues would pale in comparison to those surrounding the reunification of North and South Korea (if it ever happens). The two Koreas have been divided in one way or another since 1945, and led by vastly different regimes during all those years. There are few people left who still remember a time before the division. Culturally, the two societies have completely diverged from each other, and there is no longer a common sociological frame of reference to unite them as a single nation. It would also be an immense economic burden for the south to carry, given the north's notoriously poor performance (to the point of famine) in that regard. I wouldn't be surprised if, much like in Ireland, many South Koreans are ambivalent about reunification. It's probably something you're 'supposed' to be in favor of, with many people privately having their doubts. 
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Phlegmish posted:I wouldn't be surprised if, much like in Ireland, many South Koreans are ambivalent about reunification. It's probably something you're 'supposed' to be in favor of, with many people privately having their doubts. South Koreans generally hate North Koreans (look up how North Koreans are treated when they escape to the south if you want to be depressed) and nobody in SK under like 50 gives a poo poo about the north or unification. If North Korea could just magically cease existing entirely I think that would be the overwhelming favorite option in SK. Grand Fromage fucked around with this message at 20:28 on May 20, 2022 |
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 Reposted from another thread in memory of my friend from Altay Kray who died in a war that somehow doesn't affect anyone from Russia's rich regions, where you get to choose if you want the army.
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sorry about your friend. that sucks.
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poo poo, they're just sending the Siberians to the meat grinder aren't they EDIT: Also Caucasians
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People just familiar with the cliche Dublin accent for Ireland are truly in for a surprise if they head far north (or far south for that matter). Platystemon posted:
"Cyprus is right next to Greece right?" said everyone's faulty memory ever. Though I guess that could be Rhodes. Grape fucked around with this message at 13:32 on May 21, 2022 |
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Grape posted:People just familiar with the cliche Dublin accent for Ireland are truly in for a surprise if they head far north (or far south for that matter). It's Crete
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It's Crete, then there's a dot for the aegean islands, then a dot for Cyprus. The takes on the gimmick map must flow
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Count Roland posted:It's Crete Yeah, I know which one is supposed to be Cyprus, and as I've commonly experienced it's where people (who don't already think we're talking about Crete) think it is. Right next to Greece where like Rhodes is, rather than way over next to Lebanon.
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Depending on how old the map is, the island might be Armenia.
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This seems appropriate here. I'm Nevada's obnoxious pronunciation reminder. https://twitter.com/cityafreaks/status/1527915978016931840
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