If Dr Suess was in charge of naming the states:
Time to redraw America's borders in a way that finally makes sense.
Submitted 10 months ago by Gork@sopuli.xyz to [deleted]
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thatradomguy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
[deleted]pineapplelover@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
“Where you from?”
“Middle”
ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
as an Oregonian I 100% accpt the decision to merge us with Warshington
doingthestuff@lemy.lol 10 months ago
Now I want to see this cross referenced to a population map and overlay major cities and show us the population of each new state and what cities would be in each.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Could they at least be an alphabetical order!
moakley@lemmy.world 10 months ago
As a resident of Floxus, I propose we make the creeping phlox our state flower.
(It smells like rotting skunk.)
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 10 months ago
isn’t that the shit that Trump smells like?
Pulptastic@midwest.social 10 months ago
Flopsweat and diaper rash cream
jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Americans are so dumb when it comes to timezones we could just assign Maintana to GMT+5, Washconsin GMT+6 and so on downwards. It wouldn’t make any difference to them and it’d be a lot more fun for the rest of us.
True story: “The meeting is at 1500 EDT”. “Your state is currently on EST so if I turn up at the specified time I’ll be an hour late. Are you sure it’s 1500 EDT and not 1500 EST?” “Yes, definitely 1500 EDT”. /me turns up at 1500 EDT to find the meeting has already finished.
I misread IDOTA as IDIOTA.
pyre@lemmy.world 10 months ago
no that’s floxas
frezik@midwest.social 10 months ago
Which sports team am I supposed to root for with this map? Do you expect me to make a careful analysis of team history and current lineup? Or do I pick the one in the state I was born in like a normal person?
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What’s the timezone in Missarota?
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Utucky
No u.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 10 months ago
I feel like idiota would be overcrowded
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
There’s precedence in Connecticut history
Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Alascanada?
Hawacuba?
fraksken@infosec.pub 10 months ago
Floxas made me lol
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
I like how the map shows the curvature of the north border (49th parallel), meaning all these lines bulge north in the middle.
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 10 months ago
You should sort them in alphabetical order, my European brain won’t be able to remember them otherwise
Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You just gotta remember the mnemonic for them!
Many Wild Owls In Winter Never Make Unusual Noises, Always Calm and Focused
But that’s just taught to us in class as little kids so I forget it’s not second nature for the rest of the world!
makyo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And put them all to a catchy jingle
evening_push579@feddit.nu 10 months ago
Split it along the time zones instead. Less states and simpler administration. Washington DC can be its own time zone just to mess with people.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I especially like IDiOTA
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I think “America” implies a hierarchy, dominance, and soothes their egos though
FelixCress@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yup. They misappropriated a continent’s name to feel more important. Otherwise they would feel smaller than Australia presumably.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“America” is a shortened name for “United States of America,” in addition to the name of the continent. It can be both, you know.
Manalith@midwest.social 10 months ago
Just saying USA has less syllables and letters.
can@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
But we don’t have to like it
makyo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Believe it or not, those two terms are use interchangably and somehow no one gets confused. A continent AND a country can both have the same name without the world ending.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Let me point you to this handy little guide:
Jackcooper@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Floxas gonna absolutely kill at college football
Cort@lemmy.world 10 months ago
But the target of basically all the hurricanes
Etterra@discuss.online 10 months ago
It’s not actually all that differently stupid.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We all still hate Floxas and the mutant abomination AbbSantis.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Sounds more like a new line up of pharmaceuticals for the treatment of those suffering from delusions of grandeur and acute narcissism
ashenone@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Maintana most beautiful state
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Bullshit. I just moved from Oklahoma to California to escape the hell hole that is that backwards ass state and I’m not reincorporating.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Is that why you hate the internet?
remotelove@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
The Internet would be great if it wasn’t for all the other computers attached to it.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Residents of Floxas notice no change.
arrow74@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
I think it becomes the most populous state
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I was about to say—we lost the panhandle, and nobody realistically knows what lives there anyway.
Lembot_0004@discuss.online 10 months ago
One line would be enough: to divide North from South.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 10 months ago
You need 4 lines. North East, South West, Wastelands.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I think we tried that once.
Lembot_0004@discuss.online 10 months ago
At that time only the South wanted independence, now it might be that both parts would rather live on their own.
mhague@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Flower petal distribution.
Like a voronoi grid with limited colors, each color a state. Every state would have a bit of everything.
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