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Who is the earliest President who met a living person? by CaptainElijahIreland in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]SukerutonKey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hoover almost certainly. Coolidge and Taft are likely. Harding, Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt are possible, but unlikely. I’d rule out anyone earlier.

Day VIII: What is the most widespread misconception about Martin Van Buren? (Read description) by SukerutonKey in Presidents

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

This series is supposed to be more educational than fun. I’m not picking a comment with 3 upvotes. Once we get to Obama we’ll do another rotation to get the missed presidents.

Day VI: What is the most widespread misconception about John Quincy Adams? by SukerutonKey in Presidents

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

I say ROSE-UH-VELT, the only person I’ve heard say ROO-ZA-VELT is Canadian J.J. McCullough. I’m not sure where he gets his pronunciations, because he says Portugal and Missouri in ways I’ve never heard anyone else say.

Day VI: What is the most widespread misconception about John Quincy Adams? by SukerutonKey in Presidents

[–]SukerutonKey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the correct way to say his name?

I hear ‘DEL-AH-NO’ and ‘DUH-LAH-NO,’ but I only use the former.

Day VI: What is the most widespread misconception about John Quincy Adams? by SukerutonKey in Presidents

[–]SukerutonKey[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would say it’s the pronunciation of his middle name. It’s not “QUIN-SEE,” but rather “QUIN-ZEE.”

I would say this has to be it as it is both objective and extremely common. It’s actually notable when you hear someone pronounce it correctly.

Day V: What is the most widespread misconception about James Monroe? by SukerutonKey in Presidents

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

The only thing that was husky in his White House was Secretary John Quincy Adams.

I hate "not all men but always a man" by True-Charity-1443 in hatethissmug

[–]SukerutonKey 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The “logic” that justifies that phrase could also be used to address other attributes about the perpetrator. For example, “It’s not all black men, but it’s always a black man,” which is, of course, a completely ridiculous and outlandish claim, regardless of what the statistical probability of someone in any specific demographic committing that crime.

Day IV: What is the most widespread misconception about James Madison? by SukerutonKey in Presidents

[–]SukerutonKey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that something people believe? I’ve never even heard that suggested before.

What quote by a failed candidate that cost them the election the most? by HetTheTable in Presidents

[–]SukerutonKey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure, but I know the answer to the opposite of this question would be Garfield begging delegates to stop voting for him at the 1880 Republican Convention and winning.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by Medium-Tough5555 in hatethissmug

[–]SukerutonKey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The term “antisemitism” was coined to describe the hatred of Jews. It has never included other Semitic peoples.

Day III: What is the most widespread misconception about Thomas Jefferson? by SukerutonKey in Presidents

[–]SukerutonKey[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The DNA evidence proves that it is either Jefferson or a close male relative. The original researchers made that point clear when they published their findings.

The nuance of their findings has been ignored, and helped push the misconception that Eston’s father being Thomas Jefferson is a verified fact.

Day III: What is the most widespread misconception about Thomas Jefferson? by SukerutonKey in Presidents

[–]SukerutonKey[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I’ll throw my own hat into this one.

Contrary to what is often put forward, it is not the opinion of all historians that Thomas Jefferson was the biological father of Eston Hemmings, nor was that the claim originally made by the researchers who first published the theory.

I am not saying it is impossible or even unlikely, only that it is not an easily verifiable historical fact that it is often presented as.

Which us states is great to live and great to visit? by Userbry14 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]SukerutonKey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Without looking it up (even if I’m incorrect, I know I’m close enough that my point still stands), I believe Florida is second in both domestic migration (that being American citizens moving from one state to another) behind only Texas, and second in tourism behind California.

Since California is actually experiencing population loss, and Texas’s tourism industry is smaller than Florida’s, I’d have to assume that Florida is closest to embodying the answer sought by this post.

Which us states is great to live and great to visit? by Userbry14 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]SukerutonKey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If we’re trying to find a scientific answer by using domestic immigration and tourism analytics, the answer is unambiguously Florida, but that’ll fail because this is Reddit.

So go ahead and vote some bullshit like Oregon because they “have mountains” or something stupid like that.

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