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[–] [email protected] 175 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 81 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Somehow they included Great Salt Lake. It is a "great" "lake" ;)

But they left out Great Slave Lake, and Great Bear Lake because they don't know Canadian geography. ;)

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Great Salt Lake

lol, i guess that must be why.

fwiw, regardless of its name or how great it is, it is not one of the Great Lakes 😂

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Not to mention the high likelyhood of it pulling a Salton sea remake in the next couple decades.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

To be fair, the Great Salt Lake isn't so great anymore.

[–] Cipher22 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure a friend out that way mentioned "Lake" may be a generous title anymore.

[–] Darorad 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, it's like 1/3 the size of used to be, and there's also toxic dust that'll give a bunch of cancer when the Republicans refuse to do anything about it in like 5 years.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/drying-great-salt-lake-could-expose-millions-to-toxic-arsenic-laced-dust-180981439/

[–] [email protected] 49 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Why is Quebec included? They don't even want to be part of the country they are a part of

[–] greedytacothief 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think it has to do with the st. Lawrence. But yeah the queebs are weird.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

great st Lawrence lake river

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Although no-one likes the Québécois, and they don't like anyone else either, their linguistic and cultural ties to Europe allowed them to bring the Civil Code, delicious pastries, and proportional representation to the Constitution of this new country.

However they are now very resentful of the positive effect this had on the other States and a separatist Québécois party is trying to impose a Federal Pastry Export Moratorium.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Could you say more about Quebec and proportional representation? I tried searching all I found were some articles about Quebec hating non proportional representation.

I live in the US were as far as I know proportional representation is not a thing, which is incredibly useful to maintain the two party system. I come from a more civilized place with proportional representation and universal healthcare and it hurts so much to see how broken this country is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Québec doesn't have it, I'm European but I can only surmise that were they given a chance, they'd run with the opportunity to fix FPTP. Unlike the Anglosphere they are way less stuck with the "we have to democracy the British way" mindset.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Thank you, it's just crazy how bad the electoral system is in the US.

Pointless side note: autocomplete wrote "electrical system" above and that is also true.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 8 months ago (3 children)

No state that includes Quebec can be considered great.

~~Also why is Utah highlighted.~~

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago

Screams at you in poutine.

[–] 0110010001100010 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nor Ohio, we're anything but great.

[–] AngryCommieKender 3 points 8 months ago

You got King's Island and Cedar Point

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What the Utah doin? I’m sorry but there is nothing great about the salt lake.

[–] Darorad 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Then you seem to be missing a chunk...

Both of those are significantly greater than lake saltyboi

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The name is a lie, it is not great

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I don't see any ports to the ocean. The map is a lie!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Believe me, you don't want Utah either. Mormons are nice but you have to deal with rogue polygamist communities, hyper conservatives, and the fact that the state is essentially run by the church.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This is just the Iroquois Confederacy with extra steps.

[–] captainlezbian 5 points 8 months ago

The Iroquois confederacy wasn’t perfect but it was actually a far bigger influence on American governance than people act like. It was a major nation and should be treated as an equal nation to the colonizers similarly to how we are treating such folks as the Aztec and Inca Empires. Also it still exists which I didn’t realize until I was fact checking some statements before making them and found the website of The Hadenosaunee Confederacy. So yeah they’re still around and their influence helped shape one of the most powerful nations the world has ever seen.

And on that note can we please rename Columbus Ohio to Hiawatha.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is just the Haudenosaunee with extra steps.

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[–] captainlezbian 14 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Unironically it would be an immensely powerful nation. Good food production, good infrastructure, two of the three largest cities in the United States, many world class universities and research institutes, good mineral wealth as far as the industrialized northern hemisphere goes, lots of water, great commercial projection capacity, and a metric fuck ton of people. All without any of the dead weight states except Indiana. And all we’d have to do is deal with a bit of people who speak French poorly and a province that’s far more liberal than its insane government (ON, but swap province for state and that describes OH too)

It’d also be an absolute powerhouse of workers rights

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[–] EvilEyedPanda 14 points 8 months ago

Together we can kick out Nestlé and supply the world with affordable drinking water!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

You gotta hope Robert Evans doesn't get access to those nukes tho...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Trust me, you don't want Indiana. You really don't.

If it comes down to it, carve out the lakeside and discard the rest. Keep the dunes and miss the crazy racist Christo-fascists...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Good luck getting Quebec to agree to that

[–] thesporkeffect 6 points 8 months ago
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[–] Betch 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Aw please don't leave Atlantic Canada out, we're good people I swear!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m curious. What even goes on up there? Seems like it’d be so cold all the time!

[–] Betch 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's super cold and we're very poor but we've got big hearts and lots of fish :3

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Very poor ? Sell the fishes ! Problem fixed.

Gif

[–] Betch 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We do and fishing has always been a huge part of our economy but things have changed. The money doesn't stay here anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not even surprised. Politics and greed have been screwing over good people since... ever. Sadly, It's the same thing everywhere.

[–] Betch 2 points 8 months ago

Yup, it's heartbreaking to see good hardworking people slowly lose everything like this.

[–] niktemadur 3 points 8 months ago

Utah, WTF?
No.

[–] KuroiKaze 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Lol NYC is easily the only really valuable thing here. Chicago and Philly are way past their prime.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There's also Toronto and Montreal.

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