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Maybe get rid of districts as a voting instrument and just have proportional representation?
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:I think it's more likely the other way around Not in the case of Jefferson Davis Parish.
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jeebus bob posted:Maybe get rid of districts as a voting instrument and just have proportional representation?  Who could possibly understand such a thing?? 
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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drk posted:No it doesn't? It depends how the population is distributed. If it was purely random, there would be zero black majority districts. There are multiple different ways things can "make sense."
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May 6, 2024 22:54
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I'm the minuscule 9 over Texas. So clearly incorrect even the map maker declines to format it in the same way as other states. e: it would be interesting to see this broken down by county.
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Count Roland posted:I'm the minuscule 9 over Texas. So clearly incorrect even the map maker declines to format it in the same way as other states. I assume it's people really close to the Oklahoma border who are also insane to think they are in the Midwest.
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May 7, 2024 00:50
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Idaho confirmed dumbest motherfuckers on the planet.
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May 7, 2024 01:13
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I'm the 3% of Iowans who somehow think they aren't in the Midwest
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May 7, 2024 01:16
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Pakled posted:I'm the 3% of Iowans who somehow think they aren't in the Midwest that's the 3% of responders who give joke answers. from every poll i've seen, there seems to be a consistent 3% of the population who respond with the silly answers, to the point where i'm suspicious of polls that do not have this 3% group
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May 7, 2024 01:21
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Platystemon posted:Not in the case of Jefferson Davis Parish. But yes in the case of Grant and Lincoln. Land of contrasts.
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May 7, 2024 01:35
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That's just the 3% who looked at a map of the US and answered extremely literally.
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redleader posted:that's the 3% of responders who give joke answers. from every poll i've seen, there seems to be a consistent 3% of the population who respond with the silly answers, to the point where i'm suspicious of polls that do not have this 3% group Also people who misread the question
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May 7, 2024 02:13
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Everything between the Old Northwest and the Pacific Northwest is the Midwest. That’s just science.
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May 7, 2024 02:28
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I'm gonna take to calling the east coast the "atlantic's west"
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May 7, 2024 02:57
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Gonna start using “South Sea Northwest”.
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saintonan posted:Idaho confirmed dumbest motherfuckers on the planet. Idaho just confirms that 25%-50% of people in large areas of the country with weak geographical identity are using “Midwestern” as shorthand for “white, Conservative, Christian.” Probably correlates strongly with positive “anymore” usage, which feels like it has exploded in recent years. King Hong Kong fucked around with this message at 10:55 on May 7, 2024 |
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May 7, 2024 12:49
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Ukraine a Central European country, confirmed (Melnik is the equivalent of Mueller). Also, does Belarus have a male majority, or them using the feminine version for Russia just accidentally getting it right?
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May 7, 2024 14:36
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I never trusted those Maltese!
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May 7, 2024 14:48
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Well, there are only, like, five of them.
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Mano posted:I never trusted those Maltese! 
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May 7, 2024 14:53
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I was curious, so here's a map of all voting districts of Germany
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If all the different spellings of Schmied/smith in German (Schmid, Schmidt, Schmit, Schmitt) were counted as one, it would also be the most common, just like in Angloland. I wonder why that is. With great (physical) power comes great fertility?  
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Smith was a pretty common profession, you need them for all sorts of tools and repairs, so they were present in a lot of villages, like millers. I guess "farmer" wasn't enough of a vocation to be a surname on account of most people in rural areas being one? But also, the history of when and how inherited surnames became commonplace in different countries is relevant and interesting.
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Carthag Tuek posted:whats going on with the offset borders Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:is it this
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BonHair posted:Smith was a pretty common profession, you need them for all sorts of tools and repairs, so they were present in a lot of villages, like millers. I guess "farmer" wasn't enough of a vocation to be a surname on account of most people in rural areas being one? theres a tons of people named -gaard around here, but even also just "bonde" isn't that uncommon also, Jensen dropped below Nielsen a couple years ago, so that map is already outdated
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Antigravitas posted:I was curious, so here's a map of all voting districts of Germany Very enlightening:  (on dark mode)
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Issaries posted:Very enlightening: 
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Salamander, retitled Gerrymander in North America.
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EasilyConfused posted:Also people who misread the question One of the hosts of a podcast I listen to used to tell stories of when he took part in focus groups for tv-pilots. They would be given a kind of remote with a knob that they were supposed to turn to indicate how much they liked/disliked various characters, plots etc. The guy leading the group would always guide them through a test before they started watching the show where he would ask everyone to turn their knob all the way towards "like" or "dislike" just to check that the equipment worked. Every single time there would be one or two dudes who would "fail" during this intro, even after one or two promptings by the leader. "Ok, there's a few of you who still haven't turned your dial to the right. Can everyone please check again that YOUR dial is turned ALL THE WAY to the right?" [ten second pause] "Ok, there's still one of you that hasn't turned their dial." [another few seconds] "Nr. 8, can you please turn your dial to the right?" [pause] "That's you, mister Johnson, you're number 8. Can you please turn your dial as well?" "Oh, sorry" "Thank you"
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Offler posted:One of the hosts of a podcast I listen to used to tell stories of when he took part in focus groups for tv-pilots. They would be given a kind of remote with a knob that they were supposed to turn to indicate how much they liked/disliked various characters, plots etc. The guy leading the group would always guide them through a test before they started watching the show where he would ask everyone to turn their knob all the way towards "like" or "dislike" just to check that the equipment worked.
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OddObserver posted:Ukraine a Central European country, confirmed (Melnik is the equivalent of Mueller). Also, does Belarus have a male majority, or them using the feminine version for Russia just accidentally getting it right? Might be a maiden name thing (or they counted both gendered versions together).
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Mr. Johnson then gets added as a premium member for future focus groups. Definitely part of the focus group dream team now, together with people like the one who filled out a comment card for Rain Man with "I wanted the little guy to snap out of it at the end." Offler fucked around with this message at 02:05 on May 8, 2024 |
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Issaries posted:Very enlightening: Seems like the borders are clearly visible. Works fine on my machine.
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is georgiou in cyprus not a profession surname? i thought it meant farmer the real politically loaded element is deciding what counts as a surname across much of the middle east
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Carthag Tuek posted:theres a tons of people named -gaard around here, but even also just "bonde" isn't that uncommon -Gaard is a different thing, it's not a profession, but a location. I don't know about Bonde, but it might refer to a land owning farmer or something, or it was only used for people who came to the city after being a farmer, where it would actually be a useful designation. If you're living in a farming community, referring to people as "John the farmer" is useless, but "John the smith" or "John from the eastern house" is usually more useful. I don't actually remember the specifics, but Denmark hosed up and decided to freeze patronymics at one point, which is why there's so many -sen names instead of more interesting stuff like place names, professions and weird poo poo based troll names. They are also on the decline, since a lot of people don't feel strongly for -sen names when they get married or have children. Also we have double -sen names like Claussen-Jensen, which are either newish marriage compromises or a name given to children born out of wedlock (father's name and mother's name)
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Carthag Tuek posted:also, Jensen dropped below Nielsen a couple years ago, so that map is already outdated Nielsen ratings are up; Denmark confirmed for another season.
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Platystemon posted:Nielsen ratings are up; Denmark confirmed for another season. Booo
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Platystemon posted:Nielsen ratings are up; Denmark confirmed for another season. Not so, they're all going down: 
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