• Fuck u/spez
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      9 days ago

      We wouldn’t have that problem if they would just voluntarily surrender their sovereignty and become the 51st state smh

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      Edit: hopefully I don’t need the /s but there it is anyway

  • @[email protected]
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    159 days ago

    I understand that this is just a shitpost, but the scaling here is crazy 😆 Alaska is more than twice the size of Texas

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    219 days ago

    And why didn’t they just call it the Gulf of Hawaii? That would’ve been a lot less controversial.

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    159 days ago

    Because there’s a country between the Mainland and Alaska. Any bridge would need to be negotiated with Mexico.

  • @[email protected]
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    529 days ago

    It’s because Alaska has migratory patterns, that’s why it’s sometimes southwest of Texas, other times it’s right next to California.

    How are you going to build a bridge that moves that far, dumbass?

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      79 days ago

      A suspended bridge can be really flexible. Or make it out of ropes, like in the Indiana Jones movies.

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        89 days ago

        Alaska doesn’t like being tethered, it will just buck around and turn the whole Pacific into a churning gyre. The wildness would have to be beaten out of it first. Don’t worry though, that’s being worked on.

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      39 days ago

      To be fair, ambushing anyone on the street, out of context, is extremely likely to get a dumber answer than normal.

      This would make a good study, actually. Ambush people on the street and quiz them. For the control group, quiz them immediately, on the street. For the experimental group, take them to a more relaxed location, allow them to sit, give them a minute or two to get collected, quiz them and measure the difference from the control group. You can do it with easy, medium, hard questions.

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      79 days ago

      Pfft. We all know that map isn’t official.

      The reason you can’t build that bridge is because Alaska is farther southwest near Hawaii, and there is a big wall around them.

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    549 days ago

    Yes. VERY. I have encountered three people in the wild who actually believe that Alaska is an island. The best time was when I was traveling with my kid and they said we were from Alaska to a group of people in an elevator. One of the kids in the elevator said “can you drive to Alaska?”. the mom told then her , “they can’t drive to Alaska because it’s an island! and that’s why there at the airport!” To which the DAD replied “ARE YOU FREAKIN SERIOUS? WTF.” 

    That was pretty good.

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      109 days ago

      I’ve done that to my ex wife in public a couple of times.

      I learned that someone being hot does not compensate for stupid.

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    9 days ago

    Don’t forget to build one to Hawaii too. That’s where the delicious pizzas grow, right?

  • Mwa
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    9 days ago

    Because America doesn’t have enough money to build the bridge they are saving it to get 6 trillion luxury cars and houses /s

  • LousyCornMuffins
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    19 days ago

    Buncha crackheads live there and we don’t want to provide shelter to bridge trolls