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of you miserable lot that will be stuck with the Trumpkins when this country inevitably shatters once Sessions sends in US Marshals to shoot black people in Chicago. Bookmark this thread to learn about California's exciting culture and history, so when you arrive at our border checkpoints in 2018 asking for asylum, you can say a few nice things and we won't send you back to Arizona. Fun California Fact #1 The name California (probably) originally derived from "caliph" as in "caliphate." quote:The name California is surmised by some writers to have derived from a fictional paradise peopled by Black Amazons and ruled by Queen Calafia, who fought alongside Muslims and whose name was chosen to echo the title of a Muslim leader, the Caliph, fictionally implying that California was the Caliphate. Actually London, not San Francisco, but whatever. That leads right to Fun California Fact #2 People used to think California was an island! quote:The Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro made an expedition to Cabo San Lucas on the tippy tip of Baja California in the mid-1500s. The explorers saw water separating California from the mainland, and they presumed that it must hold true all the way north to Oregon. Wouldn’t you? Come back daily(-ish) for more FUN CALIFORNIA FACTS!
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Fun Fact #3: California banned guns because black people started carrying them.
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california's got sunshine. hanging out w/your friends,
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California Fun Fact: They voted for Ronald Reagan 4 times.
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Peanut President posted:California Fun Fact: They voted for Ronald Reagan 4 times.
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Fun California fact #69: it sucks here, do not come here, go back to your country
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fun fact #420: california knows how to party. california knows how to party. in the city of l.a. in the city of good old watts. in the city of the city of compton, we keep it rockin' we keep it rockin' now let me welcome everybody to the wild wild west the city that's untouchable like eliot ness the beat hits your eardrum like a slug to your chest pack a vest for your jimmy in the city of sex [some stuff here] i've been in the game for ten years making rap tunes ever since honeys was wearing sassoon now it's '95 and they watch me diamond shining like i robbed liberace it's all good from diego to the bay the city is the bomb if the city making pay throw up a finger if you feel the same way dre holding it down for californ eye ay
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Peanut President posted:California Fun Fact: They voted for Ronald Reagan 4 times. haha yeah those dipsh oh god the call is coming from inside the house
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wizard on a water slide posted:haha yeah those dipsh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_gubernatorial_election,_1966 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_gubernatorial_election,_1970 Go gently caress yourself
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California Fun Fact 666: Richard Nixon was also from California
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Thank you for these interesting California facts op
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Peanut President posted:California Fun Fact 666: Richard Nixon was also from California I thought Nixon was 'cool' in a real politick way.
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your avatar is two hands holding up a butthole all reverent like
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"everywhere the light touches, it belongs to you, butthole."
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:I thought Nixon was 'cool' in a real politick way. Nixon resigned which means he's a failure just like every Californailure.
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Welcome back to another edition of Sincx's Original "often imitated, never duplicated" Fun California Facts! Fun California Fact #3 I wasn't kidding about those border checkpoints. California has 16 border checkpoints that covers every major roadway into the state. While a few other states like Florida inspects trucks and vans, California is the only state that asserts a right to stop every single vehicle, including passenger cars, and perform a physical inspection in the name of protecting agriculture: quote:The sight of a cooler will prompt a carefully worded question from an inspector. Asking generally about a container's contents can make drivers feel they are being called liars after initially saying they have no fruits or vegetables, Du Bose said. Papers please, bitches. Fun California Fact #4 In addition to fruits and vegetables, those border stations also check for pests, which in California include ferrets. California is the only state in the continental US that bans ferret on a state-wide basis. (Ferrets are also prohibited in Hawaii, New York City, and Washington, D.C.) Of course, this has led to a decades-long movement by ferret owners to get the ban overturned. After getting no where with the state, ferret owners have been trying to get a ferret legalization proposition on a statewide ballot. (California's referendum system will definitely be a recurring feature of Fun California Facts...) In the meantime, ferret lovers have banded together and found ways around many of the border checkpoints so they can smuggle their ferrets into the state. They have 8 of these maps for their bootleg runs. In any case, the ban doesn't seem to be too successful. Even though ferrets are illegal, apparently 25% of ferret supplies sold in the US are sold to California. Remember to check in over the weekend for another installment of Sincx's Original Fun California Facts! sincx has issued a correction as of 22:32 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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these are good fun facts, maybe you could do one about lake tulare since i'm waaay too lazy
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Mayor Dave posted:these are good fun facts, maybe you could do one about lake tulare since i'm waaay too lazy Fun California Fact #5: A Confederate general designed California's state seal California's seal was actually designed by a Virginian who was briefly sent to California around 1849 as part of the U.S. Army. Afraid that his design would be rejected by California's constitutional convention, Garnett asked Caleb Lyon, one of the participants in the convention, to submit the design on his behalf. Garnett quickly returned to the east coast, and when the Civil War started in 1861, he resigned his commission in the US Army and became a brigadier general in the Confederate Army. He died that same year, becoming the first general officer killed in the Civil War. Garnett and the California State Seal design in 1849 Fun California Fact #6: Various California state seals are not identical As soon as the seal was adopted in 1850, people started arguing as to whether the body of water in the seal is San Francisco Bay or the Sacramento River. The designer, Garnett, wrote in a letter to Lyon that his design was a view of San Francisco Bay with Mt. Diablo in the background. However, the official dispatch from the convention was that the seal depicted the waters of Sacramento. Printers in various cities would "nudge" the elements of the seal to favor their personal interpretation. Eventually, in 1937, the state legislature decided the split the difference and standardize the seal as follows: the gap between the mountains would be similar to the proportions of the Golden Gate, but the mountains themselves would be snow-capped, like the Sierras visible form Sacramento. Redesigned seal in 1937 But this hasn't stopped the proliferation of different seal designs. For example, this 1955 seal on the Employment Development Department headquarters has the Golden Gate Bridge: This 1998 seal in the Hiram Johnson State Building has hills instead of mountains, a terrifying bear, and also only 26 stars instead of 31 (Fun California Fact #6a: California was the 31st state to join the Union!): The designer of this 1950 seal got a bit creative with the Greek letters: And my personal favorite rendition, the 1894 statute where Athena and the bear have escaped from the seal and are now grimly surveying the gritty streetscape of the Tenderloin. sincx has issued a correction as of 10:49 on Feb 19, 2017 |
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Fidel Castronaut posted:your avatar is two hands holding up a butthole all reverent like gonna need some organic superlube
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sincx posted:This 1998 seal in the Hiram Johnson State Building has hills instead of mountains, a terrifying bear, and also only 26 stars instead of 31 (Fun California Fact #6a: California was the 31st state to join the Union!): lolling at that beer. Also the American Vexillology Society gave California top marks for its flag design.
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a lot of 69ing goes on in the golden state, or so ive heard
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I have my dvr set to record all his old shows when they come on. He rules and I miss him.
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this is a good thread, more fun facts please
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Ali Alkali posted:this is a good thread, more fun facts please Black Amazons! Sounds p. hawt California uses its massive size to regulate national emissions regulations in cars. While the EPA can set one standard, CARB (California Air Regulation Board) often set tougher standards. Given California's huge economic size, car manufacturers often choose to comply with the tougher regulations nationally (as long as they are not batshit delusional, like CARB's late 90s electric car mandate.) When Dick Cheney called California out on this, it was like one of three times I agreed with Dick Cheney
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The Emperor Josh Norton story is great. A guy who lost all his money declared himself emperor and the whole city of San Francisco played along with it. He got free meals at restaurants, free tickets to concerts, printed his own currency to pay off debts and would regularly walk around the San Francisco inspecting the things such as cable cars.
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etalian posted:The Emperor Josh Norton story is great. He stopped a race riot by blocking their path and saying the lords prayer. cool guy.
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Piggy Smalls posted:I have my dvr set to record all his old shows when they come on. He rules and I miss him. You can view all eppies here https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/archives/ etalian posted:The Emperor Josh Norton story is great. If you like that guy you will love this visit by Huell Howser to the Baghdad Cafe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImpGsMenmSs
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etalian posted:lolling at that beer. it says california right on the flag that's dumb as all hell
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My favorite California history bit is the story of Bruce's Beach. Bruce's Beach was the first (or one of the first, accounts differ) all-black beach resorts on the West Coast. It was located in Manhattan Beach, CA, a town which was whitebread as all hell up until the late 1990s. The local Klan didn't much approve of blacks getting access to the beach; the city tried to imminent domain black people's beach houses; there were also a couple mysterious fires that the fire department took over an hour to respond to (the fire station was located about a 10 minute walk away from Bruce's Beach). The land was later acquired by the city and bulldozed; it is now the site of a park, lifeguard station, and some kind of sewage management apparatus. My grandpa told me about it and said that it was pretty awful, he heard about it when it happened and he was all the way down in Long Beach at the time.
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Killer Low Life posted:Fun California fact #69: it sucks here, do not come here, go back to America ftfy
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Piggy Smalls posted:I have my dvr set to record all his old shows when they come on. He rules and I miss him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWVFEVWJMz8
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Californians are 30% less likely to die a violent death than other Americans
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