• Cyborganism
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    559 months ago

    Europeans thinking a 2h trip is a long ass trip. Then they come visit North America thinking they can visit from coast to coast by car in two weeks.

    North Americans going to Europe thinking it’ll take 4 hours to go from one city to the next when they can actually cross three whole countries in that time frame.

    • @[email protected]
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      739 months ago

      The most culture shock I’ve ever experienced was being in southern France, craving some Italian, and realizing I can literally just go to Italy for dinner.

      • Cyborganism
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        9 months ago

        Hahahahaha right??? Ain’t that crazy?

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        Same happened to me. Was in South West of France. Saw a board on the highway that said Barcelona was 3h away. Like what???

        So we went to Barcelona for a weekend because why the fuck not.

    • @[email protected]
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      199 months ago

      No we don’t think 2 hours is a long ass trip. We think 2 hours is a long ass commute.

    • @BluesF
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      199 months ago

      Honestly I blame American TV for this. Especially anything involving the FBI! In Hannibal they zip between states non stop like it’s nothing. I assume it’s all supposed to be happening over many days, but it just seems like they’re going to and from work in Minnesota and home in Virginia lol

      • @[email protected]
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        69 months ago

        The thing about TV is they have a tendency to broadcast a lot of “fiction.”

        Also you can do that, especially if you have the FBI paying for your flights, and rental cars, and TSA Clear (if FBI agents even need that). It’s only 2 1/2 hr by plane from VA-MN, though without TSA Clear or the “I’m a goddamn FBI agent on duty” equivalent the airport will be a bitch, and hopefully it’s a direct flight.

        • @PM_Your_Nudes_Please
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          It’s also much easier to do on the east coast, where you’re always within farting distance of at least two other states. The northeast is so tiny that you can absolutely just “pop over” to another state. This is especially true in the DC area, where lots of political/FBI dramas tend to be focused.

    • @candybrie
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      109 months ago

      I’ve done LA to DC in a week. You just don’t pass through many cool places along the way.

  • @[email protected]
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    549 months ago

    “Texas needs to shut up before we split in half and make Texas the 3rd biggest state”

    • Alaska probably
    • stebo
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      169 months ago

      even Russia is smoll compared to Africa

      • Maco1969
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        199 months ago

        The Mercator scale on maps makes everything equatorial look tiny compared to northern and southern latitudes.

  • @clearedtoland
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    339 months ago

    So you’re saying they should secede from the Union and be an independent world superpower because they don’t need the rest of us, right? Right?

  • @hactar42
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    199 months ago

    I grew up in Texas and moved to England. I remember my first weekend there looking at a map thinking of going to visit Cambridge. It was a couple of inches away on the map and I thought, should be an hour maybe an hour and half drive. Imagine my surprise when I arrived in Cambridge in 20 minutes. I forgot to take into consideration scale.

    Yes it was a paper map, I know I’m old.

  • ares35
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    149 months ago

    “that’s not where paris is.”

    --any texan.

  • @BigWumbo
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    119 months ago

    That’s not where Paris, TX is….

  • @captainlezbian
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    99 months ago

    This is just a piece of the land we stole from a country that spain stole once

  • @Mr_Blott
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    69 months ago

    France and Texas are around the same size, yous insecure cunts 😂

  • 𝚝𝚛𝚔
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    59 months ago

    I expected Texas to be a lot bigger, given the memes.

    Fun fact: the largest cattle station in Australia is 8x larger than the largest cattle station in the US (which is in Texas).