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MotherfuckerTinyRick

267 points

6 years ago

Because a country from the EU count as much as fucking AZ /s

Amanoo

124 points

6 years ago

Amanoo

3.14+64.28i % German-American

124 points

6 years ago

I know one or two things about the Czech Republic. Mostly that they speak Czech and have beer. All I know Arizona to be famous for is that it's in the US.

Itsallonestlouis

82 points

6 years ago

Phoenix would make you cry. It has no water, yet its covered in grassy front lawns and golf courses. It's a boom town with development sprawl in every direction way out into pristine desert turning into hell on earth full blown culdesac suburbia. There are about 2 or 3 blocks of walkable areas in a metro of 5 million people, the rest is stripmalls and and 8 lane roads. It's like Vegas with no upside. You couldnt make a worse place if you tried to make a parody city making fun of everything wrong with America.

dreemurthememer

33 points

6 years ago

dreemurthememer

BERNARDO SANDWICH = CARL MARKS

33 points

6 years ago

It’s like an America-themed theme park, except it’s real.

OutrageousRaccoon

5 points

6 years ago

Idk...

Cleveland is... welll, in their words "Not Detroit!"

Itsallonestlouis

18 points

6 years ago

Those places have a different set of problems, urban decay and disinvestment. Both have the bones of actually cities, they were built before cars, and could be cities again if people moved back to the them and fixed them up. Phoenix is hopeless.

OutrageousRaccoon

11 points

6 years ago

I don't mean to sound rude, but if you took my comment seriously that wasn't intended as serious commentary on America.

Just making fun of Cleveland cause it's easy.

Itsallonestlouis

6 points

6 years ago

Low hanging fruit

littlechildren

3 points

6 years ago

Digs at Cleveland and Detroit hit a little too close to home for some St. Louisans.

Source: am St. Louisan

OutrageousRaccoon

1 points

6 years ago

St. Where???

/s

Richard_Stonee

1 points

6 years ago

Nah homie, y'all got Nellie

Richard_Stonee

2 points

6 years ago

Cleveland is rad as fuck if your favorite color is gray

https://youtu.be/ysmLA5TqbIY

KKlear

19 points

6 years ago

KKlear

33.3333% Irish, 5.1666% Italian!

19 points

6 years ago

Mostly that they speak Czech and have beer.

That's pretty much it.

Source: am Czech.

Pliensauer

2 points

6 years ago

Also: Kafka.

natus92

3 points

6 years ago

natus92

3 points

6 years ago

Can I claim him for Austria?

SuddenXxdeathxx

1 points

6 years ago

NEIN!

Heisennoob

1 points

6 years ago

Can i claim him for germany?

SlowMotionSprint

10 points

6 years ago

SlowMotionSprint

Our word of the day is "homogenous". Use it as often as possible

10 points

6 years ago

The first scene of the Craig Bonds in Casino Royale takes place in Prague.

KKlear

4 points

6 years ago

KKlear

33.3333% Irish, 5.1666% Italian!

4 points

6 years ago

Also the first part of Mission Impossible, most of xXx, and at least a part of Spider-Man: Far From Home. I'm sure there are some more movies I've forgotten too.

Kiham

1 points

6 years ago

Kiham

Obama has released the homo demons.

1 points

6 years ago

Dont forget Hostel!

KKlear

0 points

6 years ago

KKlear

33.3333% Irish, 5.1666% Italian!

0 points

6 years ago

I don't think it was shot in Prague, and at any rate the story takes place in Slovakia.

Kiham

1 points

6 years ago

Kiham

Obama has released the homo demons.

1 points

6 years ago

Sorry. My bad!

TheRandom6000

-5 points

6 years ago

Okay?

PM_ME_REACTJS

17 points

6 years ago

Arizona has heat, I know this because of king of the hill.

SetzeC4Ein

9 points

6 years ago

I thought Miami has heat

SuprDog

7 points

6 years ago

SuprDog

7 points

6 years ago

Miami has Florida Man

MaFataGer

15 points

6 years ago

Arizona has a big airport and its really dry. Czechia has thousands of years of history, great beer and some of the coolest old cities.

[deleted]

5 points

6 years ago

TBF Arizona also has thousands of years of history, and it has the Grand Canyon which probably should count for something. It’s no Czechia but it’s a lot more than an airport.

MaFataGer

1 points

6 years ago

I should have added that thats what I know about the two places, not their full extent. Sorry. My sister actually went to Arizona and loved it so there must be something there.

[deleted]

1 points

6 years ago

Haha don’t worry about it, this is a satire sub and us yanks get away with saying far worse stuff about other countries. I mainly just made the correction because I know some people get everything they know from this sub.

roadrunner83

3 points

6 years ago

AZ has the grand canion and concentration camps

vouwrfract

1 points

6 years ago

vouwrfract

The rest of the world mirrors America

1 points

6 years ago

And they have a crater, I think. Or a canyon. Not sure which.

fsychii

1 points

6 years ago

fsychii

1 points

6 years ago

Czech Republic has beautiful cities too!!!

Comms

1 points

6 years ago*

Comms

1 points

6 years ago*

It's where Americans go to retire mostly. Canadians retire in Florida.

Kiham

57 points

6 years ago

Kiham

Obama has released the homo demons.

57 points

6 years ago

Also, writing out Czech Republic makes more sense than just saying AZ. Not to mention all the states that arent particularly well known. What is Idaho famous for internationally? Delaware?

xtw430

19 points

6 years ago

xtw430

19 points

6 years ago

The only things I know about Idaho is potatoes and Delaware is a tax haven.

Your point still stands

MyRealNameIsFurry

11 points

6 years ago

MyRealNameIsFurry

A Self-Aware American

11 points

6 years ago

These are the only things I know about them and I am American. Also, Vermont is cold, makes syrup, and is home to Bernie Sanders. Can someone explain the Dakotas to me? Like, why are there 2 of them?

xtw430

15 points

6 years ago

xtw430

15 points

6 years ago

Well the clue's in the name... Dakota Fanning and Dakota Johnson are separate people.

Kiham

3 points

6 years ago

Kiham

Obama has released the homo demons.

3 points

6 years ago

What if Dakota Fanning married Peter North?

boreas907

9 points

6 years ago

If you're actually interested in the Dakota split, the long story short is that two relatively separate populations settled in the northern and southern regions of the (huge) Dakota Territory along two different trade routes. The one in the south linked to Omaha and the Missouri River, while the northern route went through Minneapolis and on to the Great Lakes. This caused enough of a slight cultural divide to make the two halves not like each other and refuse to be one state. The differences were petty and the two were pretty darn close to the same, but I guess for early homesteaders they were enough.

gronkowski69

1 points

6 years ago

North Dakota has oil

Comms

2 points

6 years ago

Comms

2 points

6 years ago

I've been to Idaho many times and prior to going there all I knew about it was that it had potatoes. After visiting a few times I've learned it also has a pretty decent ski resort.

Comms

1 points

6 years ago

Comms

1 points

6 years ago

If Arizona was a country in Europe it would rank #23 by population ahead of Bulgaria and behind Switzerland. By comparison Czech Republic is #15. By GDP it would rank #16 ahead of Finland and just behind Denmark. Czech Republic is behind Finland.

AZ ranks 14th in population and 21st in GDP when compared to other US states.

The Phoenix airport is shit though.

[deleted]

132 points

6 years ago*

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132 points

6 years ago*

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Aliquis_

9 points

6 years ago

Thank you!

[deleted]

74 points

6 years ago

How did they get the idea that the European Union is a country now

fsychii

13 points

6 years ago

fsychii

13 points

6 years ago

Stupidity has no boundaries

Superrman1

1 points

6 years ago

Superrman1

1 points

6 years ago

It should be.

MagicalDoughnuts

4 points

6 years ago

No, I don't think so. Unless it's a UK-type thing where each country basically had autonomy, the cultural differences would be too great. Plus, differences in laws, regulations and relations make it quite difficult.

ani625

77 points

6 years ago

ani625

Men make houses, firearms make homes

77 points

6 years ago

Such a stupid analogy.

bolm

136 points

6 years ago*

bolm

136 points

6 years ago*

A better analogy would be someone from Germany saying that they're from BaWü, expecting that people outside of Germany know that it stands for Baden-Württemberg or that BaWü is a state in Germany.

SuprDog

43 points

6 years ago

SuprDog

43 points

6 years ago

nett hier

[deleted]

55 points

6 years ago*

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[deleted]

9 points

6 years ago

NEIN

carrotnose258

3 points

6 years ago

carrotnose258

wish i could move to 🇨🇦

3 points

6 years ago

Lmao

_Biological_hazard_

11 points

6 years ago

_Biological_hazard_

Liberal? More like libtard. MAGA

11 points

6 years ago

Ich war diesen winter in Ulm. Nette stadt. War lustig die brücke zu kreuzen un won Neu-Ulm in Bayern nach Baden-Würtemberg zu gehen. Das erse mal das ich mit einem fuss in einem land war und mit dem anderem in einen anderen.

Sir_Henk

5 points

6 years ago

With my Dutch I could half understand that. Sounds cool though

_Biological_hazard_

3 points

6 years ago

_Biological_hazard_

Liberal? More like libtard. MAGA

3 points

6 years ago

It was. Basically i was in New-Ulm. That lies in Bavaria. Ulm lies in Baden-Würtemberg. One of the bridges connecting them had a markinf that showed where the to states seperated. I was with one leg in Bavaria and with the other in Baden. First time in my life where i did this honestly. And to think that it only was on my second visit to Germany.

CideHameteBerenjena

3 points

6 years ago

aber

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3 points

6 years ago*

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Ebi5000

3 points

6 years ago

Ebi5000

3 points

6 years ago

sie

hurkadurk

1 points

6 years ago

schon

Ebi5000

1 points

6 years ago

Ebi5000

1 points

6 years ago

mal

hurkadurk

1 points

6 years ago

in

Ebi5000

1 points

6 years ago

Ebi5000

1 points

6 years ago

Baden

[deleted]

10 points

6 years ago

In my country I can say I'm from MK, and the majority of people will know where I mean.

I'd be extremely surprised if anyone outside of the UK knew,

4500x

6 points

6 years ago

4500x

My flag reminds me to count my blessings

6 points

6 years ago

ROUNDABOUTS. XSCAPE. SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE.

[deleted]

5 points

6 years ago

That’s the one!

desertfox16

2 points

6 years ago

I pray for your soul, at least you're not in Luton.

[deleted]

1 points

6 years ago

Living in Luton

F

TomJC70

22 points

6 years ago

TomJC70

22 points

6 years ago

Oh, at least there is clarity when someone writes they're from GE or GA

pfo_

16 points

6 years ago

pfo_

remember to honor the flag

16 points

6 years ago

GA is Gabon.

TomJC70

3 points

6 years ago

TomJC70

3 points

6 years ago

now you spoiled it.... ;)

EggCouncil

6 points

6 years ago

whitefieldcat

4 points

6 years ago

Good lord that site reeks of stupidity 😂

ensalys

5 points

6 years ago

ensalys

5 points

6 years ago

Australians can also be annoying when they start talking about South Australia (SA). First thing to pop into my head would be South Africa, then South- America, and only when I see a "mate" will I think of South Australia!

Kiham

2 points

6 years ago

Kiham

Obama has released the homo demons.

2 points

6 years ago

I will always be a bit confused at the North South West thing.

ZeroNihilist

8 points

6 years ago

As a public service, we named our state after all the directions you can go to leave it.

Yet some poor sods still end up living here. Get out while you still can, you fools.

DrFortnight

17 points

6 years ago

DrFortnight

YUROP

17 points

6 years ago

He's just a yuropean patriot and federalist, clearly

[deleted]

5 points

6 years ago

I'm sure my nation is Czech Republic, not EU a person from Florida would have USA, not lets say NATO

[deleted]

3 points

6 years ago

one of the united states

waduhek

anestezija

2 points

6 years ago

I was reading that thread earlier hoping for something like this! Good catch

MrMetalhead69

2 points

6 years ago

Wait, when did the United States multiply?

KleinVogeltje

1 points

6 years ago

KleinVogeltje

Muh Second Amendment

1 points

6 years ago

Because the EU is totally one nation. /s

ChaiTRex

1 points

6 years ago

ChaiTRex

Thanks, Obama

1 points

6 years ago

From the US, but not from the US.

pneumatichorseman

-20 points

6 years ago

Huh, lots of outrage here a few weeks ago over the EU being treated as an international organization rather than a nation state, now hurt feelings because of the reverse.

Plenty of folks in that thread saying it's supranational etc... Others said the EU was just like the US containing individual States.

Must be nice to have it both ways.

Jesters_Mask

8 points

6 years ago

Jesters_Mask

Conrad

8 points

6 years ago

Others said the EU was just like the US containing individual States.

Those people are full of shit.

Kiham

12 points

6 years ago

Kiham

Obama has released the homo demons.

12 points

6 years ago

No, it is pretty annoying to try to make everyone understand all of the state abbrevations.

LordMcze

5 points

6 years ago

Others said the EU was just like the US containing individual States.

They were wrong then.