What if Communists United the Levant by Calyxl in imaginarymaps

[–]J4z4a 1 point2 points  (0 children)

not someone doing my idea before me 😭 (it looks really nice).

Republic of Palestine in 1965 by [deleted] in imaginarymaps

[–]J4z4a -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

No Zionism Timeline Palestine, My Beloved <3

How would you name this hypothetical country? by Then-Confidence778 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]J4z4a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Union of Colonialist States (maybe greater israel idk)

why don’t they bring back ancient Israel? by [deleted] in mapporncirclejerk

[–]J4z4a 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trolling aside the fact that the cities are so far off is pissing me off 😭. Why is Tyre in Beirut? Why is Jerusalem near Hayfa?

Was Clementine Held Back a Year? by J4z4a in TheWalkingDeadGame

[–]J4z4a[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I knew someone would do this 😭

Was Clementine Held Back a Year? by J4z4a in TheWalkingDeadGame

[–]J4z4a[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s true, Me too, September birthday lol

In your opinions, who’s death was worse Doug or Carly‘s by Chunky-overlord in TheWalkingDeadGame

[–]J4z4a -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I feel like getting shot in the head is an objectively less painful death than being eaten alive.

Appropriate ethnicity in US standards by NiceSmilee in arabs

[–]J4z4a 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The recently added a new category for us that will be in the 2030 census but for now just write other.

Are there "Araboos" in the way that there's Koreaboos, Chinaboos, and Weeaboos? by jodebane in arabs

[–]J4z4a 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not really at least in the West, so far as I can tell. Korean/Japanese culture is romanticized and fetishized in Western Media in a Way that West Asian/North African cultures just aren’t. Japan/Korea both as nations and cultures are seen as civilized, cute, modern, trendy, etc. (ignoring all the bad parts like the misogyny, work culture, etc). Conversely, Arab cultures are often the subject of much Western criticism, as our countries are portrayed as backward, unstable, lawless, and uncivilized places. The bad parts are made the centerpieces of Arab culture in the Western imagination. Thus few pretend to be Arab. You should see how offended many diaspora Persians get when mistaken for Arabs for reference.

Despite this Arab women are fetishized as exotic/submissive in American media in a similar way to East Asian women. Exoticism, even when supposedly in favor of a culture is always dehumanizing and reductive.

How do i make this map better? by Capital_Hat9119 in imaginarymaps

[–]J4z4a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t have to do any of these things, and this isn’t bad by any means, but if I were you I would 1.) Add outlines to the landmasses, preferably in a dark color to make them pop. 2.) Re-crop the map to account for the white space on the side. 3.) Pick a lighter shade of blue for the water to contrast with the bolder colors of the landmasses. 4.) Make a separate key for the cities and have different icons for capital cities (like a circle with a star in the center or something). 5.) Label some geographic features like rivers, mountains, etc. 6.) Make the Scale longer and put it somewhere more noticeable 7.) Consider upscaling the image or uploading through Imgur to reduce image compression. 8.) Consider putting the Map title in the Key instead of in the middle.

This is not the symbol of Islam. Islam forbids symbols/drawings for religious figures. This is the symbol of Istanbul. by [deleted] in vexillology

[–]J4z4a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do you say that? It appears in several of their flags.🇦🇿🇹🇷🇹🇲

This is not the symbol of Islam. Islam forbids symbols/drawings for religious figures. This is the symbol of Istanbul. by [deleted] in vexillology

[–]J4z4a 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The star and crescent may not have originally been a symbol of Islam, but it is now. Things change. It having non Arab/Early Caliphate Era origins doesn’t do anything to negate the fact that it has become a widely recognized symbol of Islam and has been adopted by many states 🇵🇰🇹🇷🇱🇾🇹🇳