politically-loaded maps: sputtering flemishly

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Teriyaki Hairpiece: Dec 29, 2006; I'm nae the voice o' the darkened thistle, but th' darkened thistle cannae bear the sight o' our Bonnie Prince Bernie nae mair.

Grand Fromage posted:

Real missed trolling opportunity here by not including the Simpsons. Preferably in a state that doesn't have a Springfield at all.

Yeah all the gray N/A states should've been The Simpsons

# ? Aug 23, 2022 01:55

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Diqnol: May 10, 2010

Angepain posted:

I looked it up and apparently it was a fictional city inspied by NY among others, so we weren't completely wrong

I mean Helga�s dad is an explicit reference to a NY politician lol

# ? Aug 23, 2022 02:03

Powered Descent: Jul 13, 2008; We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Placing the setting of Peanuts anywhere specific is a hell of a stretch. I googled it, and apparently some people have guessed Minnesota since that's where Charles Schulz grew up, but that's hardly conclusive.

# ? Aug 23, 2022 02:41

RoastBeef: Jul 11, 2008

Bobs Burgers is probably correct but ATHF ran almost as long with only one season in Seattle.

# ? Aug 23, 2022 02:50

SlothfulCobra: Mar 27, 2011

There's a lot of incredibly short-running shows up there that end up as just the only thing ever set in the state. I think Sniz and Fondue might be the shortest because technically it wasn't even its own show, just a segment on Kablam.

There's also shows where the main focus of the show is escaping to somewhere else, so that's a real insult to Wisconsin and Connecticut.

i say swears online posted:

the deep south seems like a pretty big oversight

I think people are very wary of the culture of the South from uh...everything, so they became kind of a cultural void that nobody wants to talk about. If they want to set a show away from the cities of the northeast, they'll generally choose somewhere in the midwest to be a generic suburb (although a lot of those shows still end up in California or Texas). I think Craig of the Creek is the first show I've seen that really embraced being specifically south-ish.

# ? Aug 23, 2022 03:24

BIG FLUFFY DOG: Feb 16, 2011; On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog.

chalk zone did not take place in wisconsin it took place in the chalk zone

# ? Aug 23, 2022 03:29

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

The Simpsons is set in Oregon.

Arguments to the contrary are simply trolling.

# ? Aug 23, 2022 03:35

Archduke Frantz Fanon: Sep 7, 2004

Platystemon posted:

The Simpsons is set in Oregon.

Arguments to the contrary are simply trolling.

if your definition of oregon is everything north of marin county then i guess youre correct

# ? Aug 23, 2022 03:56

AgentF: May 11, 2009

Milo and POTUS posted:

whats the spying outpost

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Gap

# ? Aug 23, 2022 06:06

moonmazed: Dec 27, 2021; by VideoGames

steven universe takes place in a fictional state :colbert:

# ? Aug 23, 2022 11:32

Badger of Basra: Jul 26, 2007

Angepain posted:

Also I had always assumed Hey Arnold was set in New York as a kid. There's only one city in the US, right?

Whoa what the gently caress

# ? Aug 23, 2022 12:37

mandatory lesbian: Dec 18, 2012

Xelkelvos posted:

I was gonna guess California. I know it took place in a state that didn't have white Christmases iirc, but not Arkansas of all places

I have a vague memory that the recess movie had a scene where space is shown and like...a laser? Missile? Or something is being shot from the town to space? Am i...i must be making this up that couldnt be a real memory.

Uh well if it is real that could help make a good guess as to where the town is located

# ? Aug 23, 2022 12:37

Brawnfire: Jul 13, 2004; 🎧Listen to Cylindricule!🎵
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Seattle?

(That's how the Space Needle works, right?)

# ? Aug 23, 2022 13:28

Triskelli: Sep 27, 2011; I AM A SKELETON
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Elyv posted:

C'mon, can SC get an honorable mention for Gullah Gullah Island?

# ? Aug 23, 2022 13:40

ulmont: Sep 15, 2010; IF I EVER MISS VOTING IN AN ELECTION (EVEN AMERICAN IDOL) ,OR HAVE UNPAID PARKING TICKETS, PLEASE TAKE AWAY MY FRANCHISE

Angepain posted:

Also I had always assumed Hey Arnold was set in New York as a kid. There's only one city in the US, right?

Close.

Tennessee Williams posted:

America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans.

Everywhere else is Cleveland.

# ? Aug 23, 2022 14:04

Archduke Frantz Fanon: Sep 7, 2004

ulmont posted:

Close.

Tennessee Williams just wanted to grace the rest of the country with the awesomeness that is the west side market

# ? Aug 23, 2022 14:24

FreudianSlippers: Apr 12, 2010; Shooting and Fucking
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Everyone knows The Simpsons takes place in Kentucky.

# ? Aug 23, 2022 16:03

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

i say swears online posted:

wait recess took place in ARKANSAS?? i would have guessed chicago

Hey Arnold not taking place in nyc is boggling my mind

ulmont posted:

Close.

Eh, Chicago is kinda different enough to be tacked on I feel. But yeah, most american cities suuuuuck

Milo and POTUS fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Aug 23, 2022

# ? Aug 23, 2022 16:40

Bongo Bill: Jan 17, 2012

I think that the map is bullshit because Hey Arnold made direct references to multiple NYC landmarks.

# ? Aug 23, 2022 17:55

a fatguy baldspot: Aug 29, 2018

Chicago is just Cleveland with more corruption imo

# ? Aug 23, 2022 18:01

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

haven't read this yet don't get mad at me

# ? Aug 23, 2022 18:02

Archduke Frantz Fanon: Sep 7, 2004

a fatguy baldspot posted:

Chicago is just Cleveland with more corruption imo

and worse food

# ? Aug 23, 2022 18:04

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

Archduke Frantz Fanon posted:

and worse food

# ? Aug 23, 2022 18:05

Diqnol: May 10, 2010

Archduke Frantz Fanon posted:

and worse food

Facts

# ? Aug 23, 2022 18:14

SlothfulCobra: Mar 27, 2011

moonmazed posted:

steven universe takes place in a fictional state

A fictional state, but a real name for the Delmarva peninsula. Kinda realer than Delaware.

Other states in the Steven Universe US include Keystone, West Keystone, and Jersey.

# ? Aug 23, 2022 18:18

Freudian: Mar 23, 2011

i say swears online posted:

haven't read this yet don't get mad at me

Arkansaw is the most controversial one here

# ? Aug 23, 2022 18:33

Rebel Blob: Mar 1, 2008; Extinction for our time

i say swears online posted:

haven't read this yet don't get mad at me

Giving this a solid "Trying way too hard."

But "Tennessee Valley Authoritarianism" did get a chuckle.

# ? Aug 23, 2022 21:06

Grape: Nov 16, 2017; Happily shilling for China!

Why are they joking about Puritans in Virginia, or am I missing something.

# ? Aug 23, 2022 21:33

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Archduke Frantz Fanon posted:

and worse food

Not sure if you�ve never been to Cleveland, Chicago, or both.

# ? Aug 23, 2022 21:42

SlothfulCobra: Mar 27, 2011

Rebel Blob posted:

Giving this a solid "Trying way too hard."

But "Tennessee Valley Authoritarianism" did get a chuckle.

Trying, but not thinking at all. A lot of these don't reflect the politics of the state at all, although I guess I understand the wishful thinking of some of the inaccurate non-joke ones.

New Mexico's a blue state and Oklahoma's a red state, but the map has them reversed.

Texas is accurate.

# ? Aug 23, 2022 23:31

SlothfulCobra: Mar 27, 2011

The cartoon map reminded me of this, which shows DC also having a void in most of the south.

As opposed to a map of marvel heroes

(okay that's not all of them, and they do have a bunch of heroes in wider locations that seldom maintain their own books for long like Man-Thing in Florida, a separate Spiderman in Texas, Hulk is sort of midwest but travels around everywhere, the X-Men are sort of in Connecticut, a few extended family branches of the Avengers are scattered all over the place, and there was the whole thing where at one point Iron Man tried assigning a hero to every state during Marvel's Civil War, but that didn't really go anywhere)

# ? Aug 24, 2022 03:08