I feel like any major restructure like that would require some sort of open border policy, even if temporary, simply because people have never had any reason to not move..? And if we Balkanize with closed borders from go, well that’s for sure going to cause conflict.
Linux isn't derived from Unix, just originally based on it. The BSDs and Darwin (Mac) would be the unfortunate casualties, but at least most of the country won't be stuck with Windows?
Edit: And, I guess, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4/5. The former "borrowed" the networking stack from OpenBSD, and the latter are based on some BSD variant if I recall correctly.
Americans are so dumb when it comes to timezones we could just assign Maintana to GMT+5, Washconsin GMT+6 and so on downwards. It wouldn't make any difference to them and it'd be a lot more fun for the rest of us.
True story: "The meeting is at 1500 EDT". "Your state is currently on EST so if I turn up at the specified time I'll be an hour late. Are you sure it's 1500 EDT and not 1500 EST?" "Yes, definitely 1500 EDT". /me turns up at 1500 EDT to find the meeting has already finished.
Believe it or not, those two terms are used interchangably and somehow no one gets confused. A continent AND a country can both have the same name without the world ending.
I think to most of those people it's like the US is trying to "steal" the name America from the rest of the continents, but it's really only the Spanish speaking parts of the Americas that feel that way about it. But they can have it their way in their language, and it doesn't detract from anything. It's like getting pissy because some cultures count continents by separating Europe from Asia and others have Eurasia (without even getting started on Afro-Eurasia).
Which sports team am I supposed to root for with this map? Do you expect me to make a careful analysis of team history and current lineup? Or do I pick the one in the state I was born in like a normal person?
Now I want to see this cross referenced to a population map and overlay major cities and show us the population of each new state and what cities would be in each.
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gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 66 pts · 1y
Residents of Floxas notice no change.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 1y
I was about to say—we lost the panhandle, and nobody realistically knows what lives there anyway.
arrow74@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 1y
I think it becomes the most populous state
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu · 39 pts · 1y
You should sort them in alphabetical order, my European brain won't be able to remember them otherwise
makyo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
And put them all to a catchy jingle
Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
You just gotta remember the mnemonic for them!
But that's just taught to us in class as little kids so I forget it's not second nature for the rest of the world!
Lembot_0004@discuss.online · 35 pts · 1y
gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 1y
I think we tried that once.
Lembot_0004@discuss.online · 11 pts · 1y
CorruptCheesecake@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Lembot_0004@discuss.online · 8 pts · 1y
CorruptCheesecake@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y
We’ll smuggle you out.
I feel like any major restructure like that would require some sort of open border policy, even if temporary, simply because people have never had any reason to not move..? And if we Balkanize with closed borders from go, well that’s for sure going to cause conflict.
Triasha@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Smuggling is what it will cause. I'll risk dying in a hot truck.
expatriado@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
bible belt and sane people
CorruptCheesecake@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
parody@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 1y
Right thooooo
meh ain’t hurting nobody
little our fault innit, also don’t wanna punch down
Get your emotion though not denying your feeling :)
CorruptCheesecake@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y
You need 4 lines. North East, South West, Wastelands.
evening_push579@feddit.nu · 24 pts · 1y
Split it along the time zones instead. Less states and simpler administration. Washington DC can be its own time zone just to mess with people.
Akasazh@feddit.nl · 16 pts · 1y
I feel like idiota would be overcrowded
fraksken@infosec.pub · 15 pts · 1y
Floxas made me lol
Hubbubbub@fedia.io · 14 pts · 1y
Fuck that. The Northeast created this country and we're not gonna be erased.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 1y
you also created new jersey, take some fuckin responsibility for your sins
VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Fine, New Jersey is taking its Unix and going home then
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
oh shit.
well, bsd, er, linux-shit... uh.... TempleOS it is!
pivot_root@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Linux isn't derived from Unix, just originally based on it. The BSDs and Darwin (Mac) would be the unfortunate casualties, but at least most of the country won't be stuck with Windows?
Edit: And, I guess, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4/5. The former "borrowed" the networking stack from OpenBSD, and the latter are based on some BSD variant if I recall correctly.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
TempleOS is the only way bro.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y
So a track record of treachery and treason?
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 1y
I like how the map shows the curvature of the north border (49th parallel), meaning all these lines bulge north in the middle.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
No u.
Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Alascanada?
Hawacuba?
jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 1y
Americans are so dumb when it comes to timezones we could just assign Maintana to GMT+5, Washconsin GMT+6 and so on downwards. It wouldn't make any difference to them and it'd be a lot more fun for the rest of us.
True story: "The meeting is at 1500 EDT". "Your state is currently on EST so if I turn up at the specified time I'll be an hour late. Are you sure it's 1500 EDT and not 1500 EST?" "Yes, definitely 1500 EDT". /me turns up at 1500 EDT to find the meeting has already finished.
I misread IDOTA as IDIOTA.
pyre@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
no that's floxas
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y
as an Oregonian I 100% accpt the decision to merge us with Warshington
pineapplelover@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 1y
"Where you from?"
"Middle"
FelixCress@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
I especially like IDiOTA
Also
USA borders.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
“America” is a shortened name for “United States of America,” in addition to the name of the continent. It can be both, you know.
Manalith@midwest.social · -1 pts · 1y
Just saying USA has less syllables and letters.
can@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 1y
But we don't have to like it
Edit: fine, I guess we're obligated to like it.
makyo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Believe it or not, those two terms are used interchangably and somehow no one gets confused. A continent AND a country can both have the same name without the world ending.
FelixCress@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 1y
Let me point you to this handy little guide:
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/36440098
makyo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I will never understand why y'all get such a pedantry hard on for this specific topic
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
I think to most of those people it's like the US is trying to "steal" the name America from the rest of the continents, but it's really only the Spanish speaking parts of the Americas that feel that way about it. But they can have it their way in their language, and it doesn't detract from anything. It's like getting pissy because some cultures count continents by separating Europe from Asia and others have Eurasia (without even getting started on Afro-Eurasia).
Triasha@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
Separating Europe and Asia is just racism really.
can@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 1y
Are you from the USA?
FelixCress@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y
I never understand why USians get really pissed about them being called USians.
Triasha@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Honestly a better convention.
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 1y
I think “America” implies a hierarchy, dominance, and soothes their egos though
FelixCress@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y
Yup. They misappropriated a continent's name to feel more important. Otherwise they would feel smaller than Australia presumably.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
There's precedence in Connecticut history
https://medium.com/@andyvillanueva_maps/long-long-connecticut-a6e014c52261
ashenone@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y
Maintana most beautiful state
moakley@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
As a resident of Floxus, I propose we make the creeping phlox our state flower.
(It smells like rotting skunk.)
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
isn't that the shit that Trump smells like?
Pulptastic@midwest.social · 3 pts · 1y
Flopsweat and diaper rash cream
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Bullshit. I just moved from Oklahoma to California to escape the hell hole that is that backwards ass state and I'm not reincorporating.
CorruptCheesecake@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Is that why you hate the internet?
remotelove@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 1y
The Internet would be great if it wasn't for all the other computers attached to it.
Zier@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y
Those damn macintoshes. Get off my LAN!
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y
If you have MACs on your LAN, that's your problem.
Jackcooper@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Floxas gonna absolutely kill at college football
Cort@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
But the target of basically all the hurricanes
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
I feel for Louisiana getting lumped into Floxas, run by the mutant abomination AbbSantis.
Etterra@discuss.online · 4 pts · 1y
It's not actually all that differently stupid.
frezik@midwest.social · 3 pts · 1y
Which sports team am I supposed to root for with this map? Do you expect me to make a careful analysis of team history and current lineup? Or do I pick the one in the state I was born in like a normal person?
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
Sounds more like a new line up of pharmaceuticals for the treatment of those suffering from delusions of grandeur and acute narcissism
thatradomguy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
If Dr Suess was in charge of naming the states:
doingthestuff@lemy.lol · 3 pts · 1y
Now I want to see this cross referenced to a population map and overlay major cities and show us the population of each new state and what cities would be in each.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
mhague@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Flower petal distribution.
Like a voronoi grid with limited colors, each color a state. Every state would have a bit of everything.
CorruptCheesecake@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
What's the timezone in Missorado and also historians will debate if that was eldorado just so you know.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Could they at least be an alphabetical order!