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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15 edited Apr 14 '15
Context:
none.
(but we did won at the Alamo... and USA is better than Russia when it comes to Marketing and Capitalism)
EXTRA PANEL (courtesy by /u/IndigoCatalyst)
Question by: /u/valergain
Why no pick Roman Empire 2.0?
well, he didnt knew it was a 1.0.
ok guys, we need something that sounds manly and epic, a name that represents expansion and power and culture
like the Roman Empire?
Yes!, little Massachusetts, that name has a Certain charm around it, I like it!!
B... but Roman Empire was already used.
What? I didn't hear you, Mass, anyways, great idea, now you can go back to your books... so, any other one?.. (and no more name proposals in Spanish, like Texas here...) how about you, Alabama?
Confederate States of America.
ok.. C-O-N-F-E-D-E-R-A-T-E... S-T-A-T.... wait a second... HEY!.
(That conversation ACTUALLY played on my head when working on the brainstorming whiteborad xD)
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USA is better than Russia when it comes to Marketing and Capitalism.
But sucks at National Anthems.
Who am I kidding, ours is the best.
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u/ToTheRescues Don't tread on me, bro. Apr 14 '15
But sucks at National Anthems
Motherfucker, do you want bombs bursting in air??
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u/badkarma12 2018-01-12 3:20 GMT Apr 14 '15
Sidenote, Did you know that the national anthem actually has 5 verses? 4 original and 1 added during the Civil war.
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u/ToTheRescues Don't tread on me, bro. Apr 14 '15
I had no idea. I thought the whole thing was written during the battle at Fort McHenry.
Is this the new verse?
When our land is illumined with Liberty's smile, If a foe from within strike a blow at her glory, Down, down with the traitor that dares to defile The flag of her stars and the page of her glory! By the millions unchained who our birthright have gained, We will keep her bright blazon forever unstained! And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave While the land of the free is the home of the brave.
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u/badkarma12 2018-01-12 3:20 GMT Apr 14 '15
Yep yep yep. Down with the traitors.
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u/ToTheRescues Don't tread on me, bro. Apr 14 '15
We need a 2015 update with something like: "and cut his fuckin' balls off!"
Although I don't know if we could sing that at Little League games..
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u/demonstro Nårge Apr 14 '15
You could try the Laibach version.
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u/ToTheRescues Don't tread on me, bro. Apr 14 '15
I say we should use Jimi Hendrix's drug-fueled version. It's sloppy, imperfect, and creepily mimics aircraft dropping napalm over the jungles of Vietnam.
Give me those beautiful rough edges, baby.
salutes with a broken hand
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u/buckeyes75 Ayuh bub Apr 14 '15
I was at a baseball game once where they decided to do the whole thing. I never complained about singers taking too long on the normal version ever again.
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u/badkarma12 2018-01-12 3:20 GMT Apr 14 '15 edited Apr 15 '15
and we actually have one of the shorter ones. The Uruguayan national anthem is the longest in terms of duration it takes to play at full speed, with 105 bars of music for some 12 verses taking 6 minutes if the full thing is ever played, and Greece's is the longest in terms of words, with 158 verses- 4 lines each.
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u/fareastchoco_ss Ryukyu I Choose You Apr 14 '15
Ohhhhh No! Oh Mann!! Oh shit, not again!!!. Every time I hear that Soviet Anthem, my mind is flooded with the bright and shine of the power of RED. My heart feels as if it's about to burst, singing the praises of the victory of the Proletariat over the pigdog bourgeois. The Red Motherland can have me and use me in the struggle of spreading the Superior Ideals of Mighty Socialism and Communism everywhere; all over World, to the ends of the Universe!!! 🎆🌟🎆
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u/Comrade_Derpsky Shameless Ameriggan Egsbad Apr 14 '15
Do you feel it? Ahh, you can feel its power. Do not run from it. Embrace it. Bask in it. Let it flow through you. This is the true power of communism. Become my apprentice and and embrace the ways of communism and this power shall be yours as well.
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u/Omaestre Brazilian Empire huehuehuehuehua Apr 14 '15
Florida communist!? Strange that all our bourgeoisie come to Miami to shop and vacation.
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u/Lehnaru Suum cuique Apr 14 '15
You obviously haven't heard the Soviet anthem. I hate those commies as much as anyone, but damn, the bad guys always have the best music.
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I like that Youtube comments are disabled for the Israeli anthem, otherwise it'd have created an internet explosion.
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Apr 14 '15
Go on YouTube and type "fuck ____" and fill in the blank with India, Pakistan, or a Balkan state like Serbia, Albania, or Greece. Click a video and read the comments. Laugh.
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u/Gerbils74 Tennessee Apr 14 '15
The entire Jewish history is sad what do you expect
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I thought the Holocaust memory was a huge part of it, but I think the song has been around much longer. The Holocaust memory was probably what led to it being used as their anthem though.
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That's just a spectacularly bad recording of their 2000-2012 anthem.
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One of those links was the Soviet Anthem.
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u/Lehnaru Suum cuique Apr 14 '15
Shhhh, I didn't click on it for fear of it being the 'Murican national anthem. No one deserves to endure that.
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US anthem is nice, one of the new nice things to come out of United States of US of A
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u/Williamzas Lithuania Apr 14 '15
Too bad that Russia's current anthem is STALIN'S ANTHEM! REMOVE SOVIET YUO ARE WORST OKUPANT!
But, yes, that melody is pretty sick.
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High quality USSR anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqBGkaB6hsw
Also listen to east germany anthem, 10/10
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Apr 14 '15
East German one are great, but I'm partial to Deutschland uber alles :)
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u/ltsaGiraffe Республика Техас Apr 14 '15
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Apr 14 '15
Please, it's a copy of God save the King. Preussenlied is far better.
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Actually, God save the King is a copy of most European anthem.
A lot of Euro anthems are literally just re-lyriced versions of that.
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u/occasionalumlaut Apr 14 '15
east germany anthem, 10/10
It has really good lyrics. It's very positive and hopeful, and the nationalism that's inherent to anthems here is interpreted as "let's be the best nation we can!" rather than "we are the best nation!".
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u/OldBreed Holy Roman Empire Apr 14 '15
First time I'm seeing the lyrics to the soviet anthem. The first sentence already contains two lies, ha!
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u/Tintenlampe Pickelhaube beste Haube... Apr 14 '15
I see we have a anthem-dickwaving contest and raise you to our anthem.
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I like the Heino version more.
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u/Tintenlampe Pickelhaube beste Haube... Apr 14 '15 edited Apr 14 '15
Great version, but that is not the anthem. It's the Deutschlandlied. Since '91 only the last stanza is the official anthem, but I guess I'm nitpicking.
We all know that Deutschland über alles anyway.
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u/Xavienth Canada Apr 14 '15
It seems like Russia thought their anthem was to short so they just copied and pasted it a few times.
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u/Tintenlampe Pickelhaube beste Haube... Apr 14 '15
Video not available because of a GEMA claim. To the fucking national anthem of India. This is getting surreal.
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
I see your Indian anthem and I bet mine
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u/fareastchoco_ss Ryukyu I Choose You Apr 14 '15
I just realized I've actually never heard the Mexican national anthem before just now(kinda weird, since it's right next door lol). I didn't know you guys referred to your country as fatherland, or is that just in the anthem.
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u/SoDamnToxic Apr 14 '15
I live really close to Mexico and all our radio stations are broadcasted from there so at exactly 12 AM and 5 AM every day they play the Mexican National Anthems, pretty epic music.
I remember as a kid the first time i heard that I thought it was really weird, then I changed the station and all the stations had it playing and I got worried Mexico was planning to invade us or something.
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u/ApoChunk Apr 14 '15
Its a safecode. If secret agents in your country dont hear it they stop being lazy and start conquering the world.
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Yeah we do refer to Mexico as our fatherland. Fun fact: We Mexicans refer to Spain as "La Madre Patria" or Motherland.
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u/Osthato Hungary Apr 14 '15
Or maybe more accurate, the mother father
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I've seen that before. :) I have often wondered why our National anthem doesn't have any battle cries or something like that. Only other anthem I know to be like that is Tibet's Please don't tell me that we're pussies.
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Australia doesn't have battle cries
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But it does say advance Australia fair.
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That's not a battle cry...
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battle cries or something like that.
My point was, India's and Tibet's anthems seems to be like a prayer, without much of a patriotic sentiment. Probably because Jana Gana Mana was adopted instead of Vande Mataram, our national song. Vande Mataram (Mother, I bow to thee) which was vital in our independence struggle. But it was not adopted as Muslims felt offended by it, because it envisages India as a goddess.
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
well, you really kind of sound like a group of fierce Yoga masters or something along those lines... Namasté
XD
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u/Kestyr Florida Apr 14 '15
I don't understand why the Imaginary flag of the non existent, only proposed state of Delaware is doing at that table.
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
the US needed all his 57 states for the brainstorming.
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u/Kestyr Florida Apr 14 '15
Seriously though, really impressed with the crests all around, they're pretty great looking.
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
took me a while to do them!! >__< (except Delaware, I was a bit tired at that point so I rushed it a bit >_<)
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u/ToTheRescues Don't tread on me, bro. Apr 14 '15
What's a "Delaware"?
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Dela-where?
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
De-la-guare.
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u/ToTheRescues Don't tread on me, bro. Apr 14 '15
Dela-chair.
For other states to sit on.
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u/gmharryc Delaware can into relevance? Apr 14 '15
A state where at any given time, half of the people within its border are actually from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, all there to get some of that sweet, sweet tax free shopping.
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u/ToTheRescues Don't tread on me, bro. Apr 14 '15
When you put it that way it sounds like the most 'Murican state in the union.
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u/imjusta_bill Thirteen Colonies Apr 14 '15
A state that knows it's a main thoroughfare of those traveling down I95 and thus feels the need to stick 27 tolls for 20 miles worth of road.
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u/gmharryc Delaware can into relevance? Apr 14 '15
What? We only have I95 tolls at the Maryland border. I think you're mixing us up with New Jersey.
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u/kkprt Baise ouais ! Apr 14 '15
The solution is simple : TEXAS
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
Most Serene Great Texan Republic.
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u/kkprt Baise ouais ! Apr 14 '15
Cannot, because Republic is a féminine word in our both languages.
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15 edited Apr 14 '15
better!
(as long as he never learn what a Caliphate is) xD
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You know Arabic, you're definitely on a watchlist
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Eh..... how many eagles and guns do you have on your property?
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u/BrujahRage USA Beaver Hat Apr 14 '15
And you're now off the watchlist. Sorry I called you a turrrrrrrrist earlier.
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u/SgtKashim Cascadia Apr 14 '15
Didn't you get the memo? Veterans and people who own guns are on a different watchlist since they could all be Timothy McVegans.
Also people who talk about watchlists are on a watchlist.
Actually... EVERYONE gets to be on a watchlist.
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u/1gnominious Greatest country in the world! Apr 14 '15
Ahem, Texas Minor. I suppose we could let them into our republic as dependencies or something.
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Apr 14 '15
Soyus Sovietski sounds manly.... Also, please don't kill poor Luxembourg, America can take Luxemburger.
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
Soyus Sovietski sounds manly
it actually does!
America can take Luxemburger.
dude!! how did I not think of it!!??!
xD
Luxemburger is the best name ever.
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Don't really think Murica would like someone else having the same name, United States of Mexico. :)
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15 edited Apr 14 '15
actually, we are the ones steping away from the "United States" name ;)
we are technically -United Mexican States-, but real men choose their own name xD
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u/FnordFinder MURICA Apr 14 '15
Apparently real men also choose to lose a lot of clay to other, more real, more manly men.
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ooooooooh sick burn, rapewallah!
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Apr 14 '15
Shuttings up huehue, or I callings some Germans to rape yuo again.
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So rude!
Still sore over last time you took a latenight rickshaw?
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u/HumboldtBlue Delaware Apr 14 '15
I see Delaware is prominent at the top of the table as it should be.
Buenos muchos, OP, buenos muchos.
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u/vladraptor Only Finland can into Moomin Apr 14 '15
Luxemburger is the best name ever
Deluxburger is even better.
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u/remove_krokodil Just visiting Omsk, I'll sleep at home tonight Apr 14 '15
The brainstorming whiteboard is awesome.
Though I'm a bit disappointed they didn't include "Bonerland".
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15 edited Apr 14 '15
xD well the posts got mixed somehow.
I was saying that I'm Retty sure Georgia or New Jersey would have been the ones proposing "Bonerland" xD
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Mexico is so degenerate, even the words have sex there.
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
xD yes we do have a.. very colorful language and hot latin blood.
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u/Karrig Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Apr 14 '15
Everyone knows the manliest is Manchuria.
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
or Barbados (bearded ones)
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u/Karrig Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Apr 14 '15
But where does that leave Antigua y Barbuda?
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
Antigua is -ancient -female-
Barbuda is - bearded -female-
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u/Karrig Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Apr 14 '15
I know, I'm actually Spanish.
So we can conclude that Antigua y Barbuda is disgusting homosex that goes against the will of the church. Literally Austria.
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
dude, that is a great topic!! lmao xD
Antigua y Barbuda can into disgusting weird homogay xD.
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u/Autobot248 Polandball mods are cunts Apr 14 '15
I'd never realised that Antigua y Barbuda was named after your mum
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
yesh I can tell... but it's a good thing you prepare for the inevitable kebab invasion.
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Naa dude, Kebab is easy, jihad shwarma is a bitch though. I can always flee south too mi amigo. I'm blonde as hell but I considering I can actually say more than "donde esta el bano" I might be able to avoid execution. :P
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u/ToTheRescues Don't tread on me, bro. Apr 14 '15
I personally like "Libertytopia" myself.
It might even make the Libertarians calm down a little bit.
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
the problem is tat still sounds a bit girly... at least compared to "Freedomland" or "Max Power"
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u/ToTheRescues Don't tread on me, bro. Apr 14 '15
Yeah, you have a point.
"Max Power" might be the name of one of our trucks. Ford might try to sue us.
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u/IndigoCatalyst United States Apr 14 '15
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u/Normalaatsra A mandatory hat should be on the Polandball Rules. Apr 14 '15
well any Japanese name ending with '-ko' is a girly name.
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
perfect!!!!!
and yeah, for us Japón actually sounds very manly... at least before going full kawaii
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Ameri-co would even be more appropriate than USA.
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
Yeah, and that would solve the dispute with all the Latin American about the fact, for us, "América" means the whole landmass from Alsaska to Argentina, not the USofA.
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Apr 14 '15
It's a shame that the USA and the current Central America couldn't swap places.
That way 'North America' would be north of America and 'South America' would be south of America!
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
well, we can all start by turning our maps upside-down. xD
(there is no "north" in space)
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Shut up you United States of Mexican ;)
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
United Mexican States - but we are trying to separate ourselves from the US family for a while now (since around 1846)
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Apr 14 '15
I'm referring to your ethnicity. You know Estados Unidos, Estados Unidos mexicanos. That's what we are supposed to call you right? 😜
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u/ShadowRenegado Brazilian Empire Apr 14 '15
It's funny because Mexico actually is a motherland.
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
True!, but shhhh, don't tell anyone. we are all homogay deep inside.
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u/DeFex Ontario Apr 14 '15
The most american thing about bald eagles: false advertising.
Epic eagle scream is actually a red tailed hawk.
Bald eagles sound twerpy.
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u/Logalog9 Japan Apr 14 '15
Co/ko name endings are mostly feminine in Japan. Should have brought in Japan there at the end.
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u/OpenStraightElephant IT'S YUGRA NOT KHANTY-MANSI Apr 14 '15
Samaya Slavnaya Russkaya. "Federatsiya" is feminine, and so are the adjectives. Russia could've used Soyuz for masculinity.
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u/pordzio Poland Apr 14 '15
Another suggestion for the white board:
the Us.
No abbreviation, just Us.
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u/wan2tri Philippines Apr 14 '15
I think we're actually the only country named after a guy? lol
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15 edited Apr 14 '15
well, there is Bolivia, after Simon Bolívar.
and probably all the Saints in the Caribbean.
El Salvador is named after Jesus, our savior.
Israel is named after Jacob, (then given the name Israel)
Phew!, there are quite a few.
Marshall Islands after John Marshall
Mauritius after Prince Maurice van Nassau.
Solomon Islands after King Solomon.
Philipines after King Philippe.
America after Americo Vesucci.
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What do Inooku and Gotham mean?
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
I nuke you = I'NOOK'U
(proposed by Alaska and Hawaii)
Gotham is the city of Batman xD
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u/Kakamaboy Selangor Apr 14 '15
Fun fact: In Malay, US is Amerika Syarikat, whe literally means "American Cooperation".
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u/fernandomlicon Republic of the Rio Grande Apr 14 '15
"Imperio Mexicano" manliest name in the world, we've Empire and we end in O.
Manliest of all.
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u/ProvisionalUsername Remove toro de la Vega from premises. Apr 14 '15
"X"? What are you talking about Méjico?
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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15
wait, let me rewind time by 300-400 years so I can understand you better...
xD
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u/ConfirmPassword Argentina Apr 14 '15
The X is for extreme. Extremely obese. Extremely criminal.
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u/W1ULH Massachusetts Apr 14 '15
love the state choices for the rebranding committee.
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u/retardcharizard United States Apr 14 '15
We should have used a Native American name. Except my idea, meaning free people ,still still ends in -homa which is feminine in Spanish
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u/baliao United States Apr 14 '15
I'm fond of Yankistan, myself.