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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #1 on: 01 Jun 2008, 12:30 »

God, I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #2 on: 01 Jun 2008, 12:44 »

Oh, god, according to this I live in the sea.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #3 on: 01 Jun 2008, 12:52 »

I think my favorite part is Fuzzy Wuzzy Land.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #4 on: 01 Jun 2008, 13:00 »

I like the Singapore one.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #5 on: 01 Jun 2008, 13:01 »

I think it's been mentioned that we're all pretty thankful for Singapore.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #6 on: 01 Jun 2008, 15:05 »

Another world map:



And one of the USA:

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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #7 on: 01 Jun 2008, 15:11 »

I love how Portugal is in three different places in that Tory Atlas
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #8 on: 01 Jun 2008, 17:09 »

I like how Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Massachusetts are all absent from that map of the U.S..
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #9 on: 01 Jun 2008, 17:19 »

Rhode Island?

Eh, it's alright.  Nobody really cares about Rhode Island.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #10 on: 01 Jun 2008, 18:07 »

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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #11 on: 01 Jun 2008, 18:54 »

is Godzilla attacking the Capital building?
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #12 on: 01 Jun 2008, 21:48 »

It certainly appears that way.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #13 on: 01 Jun 2008, 21:53 »

and in Quebec, too
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #14 on: 01 Jun 2008, 21:57 »

Dudes I hate to break it to you but that is not the Capitol, nor is it Canada's Capital building because as we all know that is a giant igloo.  However it is Godzilla, so you're both winners!
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #15 on: 01 Jun 2008, 23:14 »

oh man this is some of the best stuff I've seen all week, thank you!
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #16 on: 01 Jun 2008, 23:29 »

Welcome to the forums, Bob.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #17 on: 02 Jun 2008, 14:57 »



I need to scan in some of the disproportionate maps from The Atlas of Fantasy. 'America as viewed from the state of Texas' is particularly golden.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #18 on: 02 Jun 2008, 23:40 »

i love how the north of englad was erased in the tory map, leaving just the M1 connecting to scotland
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #19 on: 03 Jun 2008, 04:00 »

You mean that isn't how the world is? Dammit my education lied to me.

Knowing a lot of Tories that is exactly how they think, it would be funny if they had no power of influence.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #20 on: 03 Jun 2008, 05:28 »

I like how "darkies, cannibals, and HUNS" all live together in a country.  Ah, racism is so amusing.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #21 on: 03 Jun 2008, 10:17 »

georgia and azerbaijan are apparently populated by "dervishes, yellow hordes and people who'd shit in your airing cupboard if you let them"
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #22 on: 04 Jun 2008, 07:32 »

Rhode Island?

Eh, it's alright.  Nobody really cares about Rhode Island.

Yeah, seriously. I dated a girl from Rhode Island once, and not even that made me care about Rhode Island.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #23 on: 04 Jun 2008, 19:39 »

pssh South Georgia

I live there
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #24 on: 05 Jun 2008, 14:58 »

The racist aunt map is right about Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

I take it tories are basically the ultra-conservative pro-colonialism type?
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #25 on: 08 Jun 2008, 07:56 »

Not really so much anymore, British politics is very central nowadays, but stereotypically they're like your slightly racist granddad.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #26 on: 10 Jun 2008, 12:04 »

The New Labour and Conservative parties are not central at all. They're both fairly right-wing authoritarian parties.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #27 on: 10 Jun 2008, 12:13 »

I think schimmy meant that there isn't really a scale any more, everyone is basically all the same. Is it?

These days, I think people are more likely to vote based on whether they think the leader of the party is an idiot or not, rather than on issues, since they all have the same stance (ie they have no stance).
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #28 on: 10 Jun 2008, 18:44 »

Let's have someone put up some more amusing maps, eh?
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #29 on: 11 Jun 2008, 03:57 »

Not a map, but if your world includes serious web design....



OK then, a map....

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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #30 on: 11 Jun 2008, 05:06 »

The New Labour and Conservative parties are not central at all. They're both fairly right-wing authoritarian parties.

We could have a big debate about this! It all depends, really. I mean, sure the parties are pretty right-wing by today's standards (and New Labour is ridiculously right-wing by it's own standards) if you compare them to how politics used to be, they're not that right wing. Remember, right-wing is NOT necessarily authoritarian. One of the main values of right-wing politics is giving the state as small a role, and thus as little power as possible. That's why they're all for privatisation. They don't believe any government should have that much say in the way people live their lives. Pretty hypocritical when that belief to most of their social policies, but that's politics for you.
AND authoritarian parties don't necessarily have to be right wing. The USSR was just as authoritarian as the Third Reich ever was.
So yeah, basically parties only really appear to be right-wing and authoritarian because modern values are much more left wing on the whole you dirty goddamn hippy.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #31 on: 11 Jun 2008, 05:22 »

I said right-wing as in economically and authoritatian as in people that think everyone should have ID cards and be monitored everywhere.

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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #32 on: 11 Jun 2008, 05:23 »

Ah, yes. But remember, the Tories are against ID cards and monitoring people. They're just not doing a very good job at being the opposition.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #33 on: 11 Jun 2008, 05:55 »

surely Labour were further left in 1982 under michael foot than in the wilson days of 1972?

and economically they're hard to pin down, with privatization and PFI on one hand, and on the other hand the extension of welfare state, as well as things like the minimum wage, which as intervention is definitely not right wing
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #34 on: 11 Jun 2008, 05:58 »

Ah, yes. But remember, the Tories are against ID cards and monitoring people. They're just not doing a very good job at being the opposition.

Actually, I'm pretty sure they're just against the current ID scheme not the principle of it. And although I personally agree that they aren't doing a great job as opposition they are thrashing Labour in the polls and looking increasingly like they'll be the new government, so by their own terms they're doing great.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #35 on: 11 Jun 2008, 15:23 »

Um. Well shit you britons, how about that terrorist detention bill that passed parliament over there? 40-some days? That's a bit excessive, don't you think? (I know, this coming from a person who lives in a country that basically operates a gulag at Guantanamo, but still..)
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #36 on: 11 Jun 2008, 15:30 »

<bites lip>.  <hard>.
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« Reply #37 on: 11 Jun 2008, 15:50 »

Yeah, 42 days without charge is more than slightly ridiculous. It's quite annoying knowing that the only two parties that currently have any chance of winning are both more or less awful for their own unique reasons.
Frankly, though, I'd still rather have Labour in (who we have now) than the Conservatives (Tories, the opposition) because at least a half-decent argument can be made for Labour policies that I oppose, but no such thing can be said for the Conservatives.

edit: I just read about the 42 day detention limit. Fucking hell. I assumed that if someone is detained under it, then they would eventually have to be charged. Apparently not! If the police release the person before the time limit, they don't have to charge them. What the fuck, guys, seriously? What the fuck?
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #38 on: 12 Jun 2008, 12:20 »

Um. Well shit you britons, how about that terrorist detention bill that passed parliament over there? 40-some days? That's a bit excessive, don't you think?

in b4 PATRIOT Act
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #39 on: 12 Jun 2008, 12:42 »

The World According to the United States

It's missing a few things, so I fixed it:



P.S. - DISCLAIMER!  This map in no way represents my beliefs, but instead a bunch of stereotypes as I have observed here in the United States.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #40 on: 12 Jun 2008, 12:57 »

You forgot to colour California purple and write "The Gays"
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #41 on: 12 Jun 2008, 12:58 »

This blog has got a lot of pretty cool maps.  So far I think my favorite is the March 9th one--"Area Codes in Which Ludacris Claims to Have Hos."
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« Reply #42 on: 12 Jun 2008, 13:02 »

That link is no good, Elizzybeth.

Here's one that amuses me:

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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #43 on: 12 Jun 2008, 13:03 »

Damn it, I am stuck in Jesusland. But if I cross the river I am in Canada.

Either way I cannot win.
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Re: THE WORLD as it should be
« Reply #44 on: 12 Jun 2008, 13:08 »

Oh god Luda has hoes in Phenix City, Alabama. I know who I should avoid if my "service engine" light is on.
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« Reply #45 on: 12 Jun 2008, 19:42 »

Come to Canada, we have bears and really nice looking trees
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« Reply #46 on: 13 Jun 2008, 13:17 »



Oh America, you are so silly.
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« Reply #48 on: 13 Jun 2008, 14:17 »



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« Reply #49 on: 13 Jun 2008, 15:38 »

Well, Canada is just moose and hockey.
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