Yes and the guy at the bottom is a famous “geo guesser” that tries to pinpoint the location of street view pics from minimal information. So he pinpointed the original poster to “Alabama” because they be fuckin their cousins a lot there i guess. (i assumed its Alabama without looking at a USA map)
Just a great example of non-Americans getting a taste of “what, you don’t know what state this shape is? What are you, stupid?” That they like to give us for not recognizing the shape of Lichtenstein on a map
Okay but like, how could you miss Lichtenstein? As long as it’s in scale, you should be able to know it’s the smallest country on the continent and go from there.
The American Gulf States and the Appalachian Region that parallels the East Coast up to about Maryland/Pennsylvania has a reputation.
To be honest, historically I could see it. It was mostly tiny towns, stuck way out in the middle of nowhere, with teenagers that had very few options. As they’ve gotten more centralized though it doesn’t happen nearly as often as it used to happen.
I’m sure all those old European royal families are going, “Yeah, yeah, it’s those tiny middle of nowhere American towns where the inbreeding happens. Not here. Never here.”
You’re correct, that is Alabama. A good method for differentiating it from Mississippi is that Alabama has mostly straight borders and Mississippi has a long wiggly border (the Mississippi river). Not sure if that’s actually helpful but it’s how I remember them.
I’m from the south and have been to a quite a few of those states (and the ones I haven’t been to, their reputation precedes them). I say this because I wouldn’t really recommend visiting them. Georgia is a pretty good example, as most of the state kinda sucks, outside of Atlanta and maybe Savanna. A lot of these states are just really poor, and it drastically affects their living standards and the people who live there. They might not be a complete monolithic block, but they’re similar more often than not.
Yes and the guy at the bottom is a famous “geo guesser” that tries to pinpoint the location of street view pics from minimal information. So he pinpointed the original poster to “Alabama” because they be fuckin their cousins a lot there i guess. (i assumed its Alabama without looking at a USA map)
alabama’s rep so bad there are more people that know they fuck their cousins than there are people who know where alabama even is.
Never been to America, no idea where Alabama is, but it’s a well known fact that they… love family very much.
I don’t think that’s all that surprising, really
Just a great example of non-Americans getting a taste of “what, you don’t know what state this shape is? What are you, stupid?” That they like to give us for not recognizing the shape of Lichtenstein on a map
Okay but like, how could you miss Lichtenstein? As long as it’s in scale, you should be able to know it’s the smallest country on the continent and go from there.
Monaco, Vatican and San Marino are smaller than Liechtenstein.
Aren’t all of those essentially just city-states? I’ll forgive anyone who’s not able to tell which dot is which, that’s pretty fair.
The American Gulf States and the Appalachian Region that parallels the East Coast up to about Maryland/Pennsylvania has a reputation.
To be honest, historically I could see it. It was mostly tiny towns, stuck way out in the middle of nowhere, with teenagers that had very few options. As they’ve gotten more centralized though it doesn’t happen nearly as often as it used to happen.
I’m sure all those old European royal families are going, “Yeah, yeah, it’s those tiny middle of nowhere American towns where the inbreeding happens. Not here. Never here.”
Hahahahha, yeah they were straight up open about it.
It’s also why there exist no laws on marrying your cousin.
Because that was keeping the gene pool fresh enough I guess
Some places don’t allow your first cousin. But that’s actually okay science wise. The probability for issues after the first cousin rapidly declines.
You’re correct, that is Alabama. A good method for differentiating it from Mississippi is that Alabama has mostly straight borders and Mississippi has a long wiggly border (the Mississippi river). Not sure if that’s actually helpful but it’s how I remember them.
Eh i dont think there is any value in remembering stuff like that, especially if you are not from the US. But thanks for the explainer :)
The only reason we americans need to know this is to make sure we never accidentally end up going there.
Yep. Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and most of Georgia (Atlanta is pretty different, thus is better).
Those please aren’t a monolith and this whole discussion is super ignorant
Don’t kid yourself, bud.
–Lifetime Southerner
I’m from the south and have been to a quite a few of those states (and the ones I haven’t been to, their reputation precedes them). I say this because I wouldn’t really recommend visiting them. Georgia is a pretty good example, as most of the state kinda sucks, outside of Atlanta and maybe Savanna. A lot of these states are just really poor, and it drastically affects their living standards and the people who live there. They might not be a complete monolithic block, but they’re similar more often than not.
Ah! LOL!