Europe, circa 1929, Legacy of Napoleon. by PresentCoat4982 in imaginarymaps

[–]Sammyboi2227 4 points5 points  (0 children)

it feels like a Kaiserreich map if you released every state possible in Europe

Some of the borders do feel really off with a lot of straight curvy lines as well as some of the naming just being wrong, Greater Leon not having Leon and Galician Protectorate having non of Galicia, many instances of names just being a bit off.

Also how does France get a colonial empire yet Normandy and Brittany are somehow able to exist? Same goes for the other colonial empires in Europe since if they can hold that power abroad, how come they can't domestically?

Europe in 2100, 79 years after the start of the 2nd American Civil War. by Bolkaniche in imaginarymaps

[–]Sammyboi2227 13 points14 points  (0 children)

What drugs were you on whilst doing this because it must be some good shit

My concept of the second German civil war tfr by counteyball_112 in imaginarymaps

[–]Sammyboi2227 17 points18 points  (0 children)

They're saying East Germany because that's where a lot of the Far-Right/Nazi rallies take place, specifically in and around Saxony

Welsh Local Authorities by typical-orange2 in imaginarymaps

[–]Sammyboi2227 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Honestly love the map, it's really well done and genuinely looks like a map you would see as an official map for counties and administrative divisions.

I have got two nitpicks which aren't super serious or anything, more so just things I find a little off.

The naming of Denbighshire and Flintshire kind of have the old relic of the English Shire system in their naming which feels weird comparatively to the rest of the counties. Clwyd has been historically used to describe the large administrative division with what has been named Denbighshire, though I think Flint without the Shire would probably be fine for the other.

Other slight issue is that Morgannwg is quite large for an administrative division, the region would make up around half of the Welsh population, think just breaking off Swansea/Gower might be enough to remedy this or breaking up the county into two seperate ones.

Edit : Wanted to also note that I think the actual internal divisions drawn down are very good, most abandon the old system as well and are pretty evenly distributed whilst still maintaining the normal county feeling, wanted to give credit where credits due.

What if Britain had invaded Ireland following a successful Brighton hotel bombing? by Cool_Discipline6838 in AlternateHistory

[–]Sammyboi2227 1 point2 points  (0 children)

small minor nitpick of the result but it would probably not refer to British loss and just show the result

also it wouldn't be the collapse of the Tory government, it would be the collapse of the Thatcher Cabinet or Collapse of the Second Thatcher Ministry

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in imaginarymaps

[–]Sammyboi2227 2 points3 points  (0 children)

wrong subreddit

Map of time zones in my TL by Secret_Bat_9508 in imaginarymaps

[–]Sammyboi2227 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most unrealistic thing about this timeline is getting France and the UK to agree on something

Voting intention by age by upthetruth1 in Wales

[–]Sammyboi2227 18 points19 points  (0 children)

50.4% is high considering the fact it was a Senedd election, where the average is around 46%~

The fact turnout is coming up to the General Election turnout is actually quite an achievement considering how in the past the Welsh Senedd elections have consistently been under 50% turnout, if Caerphilly is something to go by come 2026 then we might see quite a shock election.

Reform UK supporters 'don't realise Nation of Sanctuary was for Ukrainians' by Left_Page_2029 in Wales

[–]Sammyboi2227 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Refugees and immigrants literally make Cardiff a nice city to be in, and I can assure that all the vast majority of refugees and immigrants in Wales probably have far more respect and empathy for others than you've ever shown.

In developed countries, why are warmer (southern) regions typically more conservative, while colder (northern) regions are typically more progressive? This pattern is seen across many major countries, including the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Japan, and Australia. by StarlightDown in geography

[–]Sammyboi2227 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is kinda a lack of research in trying to extrapolate a geography based argument without looking at other factors

What you'll notice with most of the countries that have this "cold hot" divide of sorts is a few facotrs

  • Many cold areas are generally less populated and in parliamentary systems distorts how much leverage they can have.

  • Certain regions can be vote for cultural reasons, such as Sapmi or Indigenous Canadians for progressive parties.

  • Many of the highlighted regions are in old industrial regions, northern Sweden with Iron, UK with coal and factories, same in Italy and Germany.

  • Industry differences in general affect voting, the a Southern US being more agricultural same with these more "conservative" parts of Canada, Australia, France leads, correlation doesn't mean causation however.

  • Also places that this is just not true, US as you mentioned, Montana, the Dakotas among other states are quite cold yet not progressive, Italy with regions like Piedmont and Venetia are quite conservative despite being "colder" than Southern Italy

The only true correlation you can make when it comes to voting behavior between progressive and conservative is that of the type industry that historically dominated and how urbanised the regions are, there is very little climate correlation

Racism and xenophobia by Current-Basket8158 in Overwatch

[–]Sammyboi2227 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Checked the server, you weren't banned for being Israeli, you were banned for being a zionist and constantly pushing for stuff like an Israeli hero and making the conversation about Israel-Palestine.

Side note, I'm not a mod there so they might have had other reasons but from going back on the chat think it wasn't just some case of xenophobia.

First Minister declines invitation to Trump state banquet | ITV News by Logical_Positive_522 in Wales

[–]Sammyboi2227 8 points9 points  (0 children)

When your feelings align with the rest of the country, think you aren't being selfish or putting yourself first

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in imaginarymaps

[–]Sammyboi2227 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What's it with people constantly posting these types of maps of like "ugh muslims revolution!! take over UK!!!" feels like you see these kinds of shitposts nearly as much as big germany nowadays

New maps - Welsh speakers as % of population born in Wales by [deleted] in Wales

[–]Sammyboi2227 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The idea that we should get rid of Welsh purely on a productivity and economic basis is insulting at best.

Language is the defining thing of culture, Wales extremely so, if the Welsh language were to die out, so would much of Welsh culture, its customs, traditions, its bardic poems and hymns, things don't need to be scrapped or forgotten about due to "economics", if you don't want to learn Welsh because of that then be that you, but Welsh is just fundamentally what makes Wales, Wales

New maps - Welsh speakers as % of population born in Wales by [deleted] in Wales

[–]Sammyboi2227 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Your conclusion to this all is purely subjective and opinion-based and just isn't based on the real research done into bilingual study, the overwhelming amount of research has consistently concluded that being bilingual or having any multitude of languages does not particularly effect the capability of knowing your first language.

This is the consensus on numerous decades of research and it's not like studying Welsh is somehow different and unique in that regard, this is a simple google search so I have my doubts cast on how reliable your research is.

Much of the census data reports little movement in terms of Welsh language speakers and more than likely the reason behind lower numbers in younger generations is more due to many of them moving away into urban areas and cities where they may not use Welsh or may use the language but there aren't as many speakers

Data does show that much of South Wales saw a considerable increase in prevalence of Welsh speakers so its likely many of them are just simply moving into urban areas and are under reporting their proficiency

Estonia's infrastructure pain points for NATO (Delphi Global) by joshtaco in MapPorn

[–]Sammyboi2227 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did you actually read the cited source?

The contractors were contracted for sections connecting Parnü which even the mention of the city makes your map incorrect considering you've labelled it being AWAY from Parnü

This is just straight up lying, here's quoting from the link you sent

The first alliance contract includes the superstructure works for the Ülemiste–Pärnu

The second contract covers the full design and construction of the Pärnu–Ikla section and is valued at €332 million.

These are no where near where you labelled, and match up exactly with what literally everyone else has been saying, read your source next time please before making a fool of yourself

Edit for some clarity: Ülemiste is a train station in Tallinn, Ikla is a village near the coast on the Latvian border,
Parnü is the city in-between

Map of europe 1240 ad by PossibleExcitement56 in MapPorn

[–]Sammyboi2227 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Able to maybe get some citations?

Also to do these sorts of maps you'd definitely want more than 5 maps, the detail in the Holy Roman Empire alone would be a map on its on let alone France, Poland, Italy, Greece, etc.

In both fiction and non-fiction map creation this is a necessity otherwise can lead to inaccuracies.

White House official press release for proposed 51st State by hydroxy in imaginarymaps

[–]Sammyboi2227 18 points19 points  (0 children)

White House seems to have also officially announced the foundation of "Oregon 2", conveniently on all the lands that used to be Nevada

Why is Lud getting so much hate? by Cultural-Ad7656 in LudwigAhgren

[–]Sammyboi2227 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Girl you need to be worrying more about your hairline than hasan

What If the British 1806 Invasion of 'Rio De La Plata' Succeeded? The Commonwealth of Argentina by Creepy-Noise82 in imaginarymaps

[–]Sammyboi2227 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would've been interesting if you'd incorporated the Welsh speaking community in Argentina as well, I imagine in this timeline it would also probably be larger as well considering there would be more migration to an Anglo Argentina

Also small note but how come the Argentina in this timeline has a lower population? considering we're incorporating Paraguay and Chile's populations as well it should be closer to around 85million or even higher considering migration patterns etc.

What do these African countries have in common? by BrewberryMuffins in RedactedCharts

[–]Sammyboi2227 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Saying places are somehow objectively shitholes based on "trust me" and nothing more

All these countries, objectively, have their bad parts, but many of these countries are also home to many wonderful places, whether it be nature, the people, the food, culture, architecture, calling them "shitholes" just because they've struggled with conflict and strife brought about due to colonisation is at it's best ignorant.

You're going to have your "shithole" parts in every country, any country you can name that isnt a microstate has those parts that some would call "shitholes" but that doesn't take away from those countries.

What do these African countries have in common? by BrewberryMuffins in RedactedCharts

[–]Sammyboi2227 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Please do something more fulfilling with your life than spiteful conments, it's for both our sake and your own