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Incest often doesn't provide viable offspring though.

That's what happens when the antidax narrative takes hold.

Damn that's scary. I don't think there's many drag queens there but child abuse in those states are higher than most. /s

I only looked at this for ten seconds and I forgot how the real map looks.

As someone from Europe it looks fine to me.

And no Howoming, Whatoming, Wheroming, or Whooming, missed opportunities.

That’s my favorite. Plus, the way it can be read as “Ohenno” or Oh hell no. Columbia on the West Coast is also a neat idea, considering that Columbia was the manufactured goddess designed to be an avatar for American greatness, before we got the Statue of Liberty. Columbia still has a big statue on top of the Capitol building in DC that never gets mentioned.

Yse

This magazine has been cracking me up for weeks now. Had to share:
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Hmm, trying to understand your username, are you both very intelligent/ talented AND have a lift kit on your vehicle?

Because everything you know is wrong, nothing is real, nothing matters, have a panic attack, you deserve it!

Me too, it's better this way than the original

West of Wontanna

The closest is Arkansas which starts with an "A". Which is pronounced similar to an "A".

Likewise there are no states with a B in the name.

Isn't Kentucky the only one that starts with a K?

A recent XKCD was just the blank map with ~64 "states" and the direction to try and name them all.

One is Akansas

But where is Are-Cannot-Saw?

One has no R

That's because Arkansas (ARE-can-saw) retained the native language pronounciation, while Kansas (CAN-zuhs) was Anglicanized.

America explain!

Ahkansas, just to piss off the French

Ah-kansah, I would imagine.

Arkansas and yourkansas

English settlers arrived in the east. So wherever they were when they named an area, that was the original, and as they spread west, north or south, they had to add those directions to keep them distinct.

Serious answer: we started at the eastern seaboard and expanded west. "East Statename" implies eastern expansion.

That's because the expansion of the US across the continent was westward.

Are there any 'West _____' states? I know there are north and south

The names are an edit of the original xkcd comic, where the states are blank.

It's just a fancy name for "Dakota[citation needed]".

Oooo, you're right. I originally had (north–south) Washington → Columbia → Oregon but then realized that Oregon's shape was second and so lazily swapped the two names. Cool to know!

I'd also like to offer Moregon or Oreagain

Many residents of Kentessee would love to change the name to Elevennessee, but that's been found extremely exclusive by the former Kentucky residents who were lumped into the state upon its creation.

You didn't build the wall fast enough, all the Mexicos illegally came through the border and became states.

This map made me think that I'd love to teach US history and just drop this map on a bunch of 16yos.

"You must label all the states, I won't answer any questions."

And just wait for the first WTFs

The northern one has no r.

That's the other part of Michigan, unless the Upper Peninsula decided to become Upper Dakota while I wasn't looking.

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