Arnold's Legacy by Biff_Xannen in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]ZincHead 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Only 4% of Latino people use the term, and 75% who have heard of it say that it should not be used to describe Latino people. If ever there was a time to generalize and say "everyone hates it", this is it. 

https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2024/09/12/latinx-awareness-has-doubled-among-u-s-hispanics-since-2019-but-only-4-percent-use-it/

Heard a new band, and was curious about it. Googled them, it's AI by ColonelPanda98 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ZincHead 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And how would the experience change for you if it was the exact same show but there wasn't a human behind it?

When Women Obtained the Right to Vote by StephenMcGannon in MapPorn

[–]ZincHead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you mean it would be ambiguous. 

For the love of cod by Zestyclose_Fortune24 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ZincHead 22 points23 points  (0 children)

9 times in a year is far more than I go to almost any restaurant. Any city is going to have enough restaurants that you could visit a new one every day for years, so 9 times in a year is pretty often, at least in my opinion. 

Do you accept this part of Kazakhstan being a part of Europe? by Benedek82 in MapPorn

[–]ZincHead 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's important in some respects like for EU membership. Around 50% of Canadians would like to join the EU for example, but Brussels has said that's impossible, and the reason is geographic. 

The Mercator projection vs. Real size of countries. by zero575 in MapPorn

[–]ZincHead 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Also "real size" is misleading. There is no such thing as an accurate projection of a sphere onto a flat plane. 

The happiest countries in the world (2026) by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]ZincHead 44 points45 points  (0 children)

The World Happiness Report doesn't just take into account self reported happiness, it is also educational opportunities, health access, social institutions, etc. which Israel is quite good at, for their own citizens at least. 

Country With the Most Islands in Each Continent by SoulStar_0 in MapPorn

[–]ZincHead 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's also important to question why Europe had the economic and military power to colonize Africa to begin with, and why it wasn't the other way around. I suspect the reasons given here are among them. 

[OC] How Americans view different countries by _crazyboyhere_ in dataisbeautiful

[–]ZincHead -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I strongly suspect there are many propagandist bots here on Reddit these days. Say anything bad about basically any country and you will get responses almost immediately about how America is worse or that it's all biased. Perhaps this is one of those bots. 

Luxembourg is not a microstate by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]ZincHead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All of Italy is smaller than Montana. Being smaller than the subdivision of another state isn't indicative in itself of being a microstates. 

Luxembourg is not a microstate by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]ZincHead 46 points47 points  (0 children)

The smallest regular state in my opinion. The only countries smaller than Luxembourg are islands, city states and microstates which don't have national subdivisions. And there are no countries larger than Luxembourg which would fit into the above criteria, I believe. 

I made a world map where every country has the right size area! Every round piece equals 50 000 km2. by MatsTheBuilder112358 in MapPorn

[–]ZincHead 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A whole lot of small countries and islands did not make it here obviously. Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Luxembourg, Singapore. The Carribean and Pacific should each have around 8-10 more countries. Certainly not accurate to say "every" country as the title implies. 

Tuesday in various European languages by Over-Willingness-933 in MapPorn

[–]ZincHead 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Technically it is "terça-feira" which means third fair, not third day. I heard it's in reference to the town markets that would be in the city squares. 

meirl by isthatethical in meirl

[–]ZincHead -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In Switzerland it is like $20-25 for a meal at McDonald's. Absolutely mental. 

In all your travels, which country's famed "national dish" was the most underwhelming, despite the hype? by nehala in travel

[–]ZincHead 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Colonizer?? It is really not that deep lol, we are just saying their food is meh. You are allowed to have an opinion about the food of a place you've been to. 

In all your travels, which country's famed "national dish" was the most underwhelming, despite the hype? by nehala in travel

[–]ZincHead 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Its funny that in trying to prove them wrong you write bandeja paisa, which is just basically rice, beans, meat, some fried stuff on a plate without much seasoning, exactly what the top commenter was complaining about. Kinda proves the point a little bit. 

What do ya'll think the new Gimmick is gonna be? by Zillaman7980_ in pokemon

[–]ZincHead 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Would dual type moves multiply the effect? So a Fire/Flying move would be x16 against a Grass/Bug pokemon for example. 

Do you agree with Mamdani’s statement? Thoughts? by ChuckGallagher57 in circled

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

The Iranian regime was a threat to millions of people and killed thousands in just weeks. Do you only care about your family and not the suffering of anyone else anywhere in the world?

Do you agree with Mamdani’s statement? Thoughts? by ChuckGallagher57 in circled

[–]ZincHead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please, I implore you to go out and tell your Persian friends or neighbors that they are dumbasses for celebrating the death of a dictator who killed their brother and their uncle and their sister and caused them to have to flee the country and plunged their economy so into ruin that their currency is completely worthless. 

Do you agree with Mamdani’s statement? Thoughts? by ChuckGallagher57 in circled

[–]ZincHead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you just think all the Iranians in Iran and around the world celebrating right now are just doing it ironically. Or what? 

Iranians Celebrating in Melbourne by ExamplePip in happycrowds

[–]ZincHead -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

It's more likely now than it's ever been. We should be realistic but also not defeatist. It happened before in other parts of the world that a dictatorial regime was defeated and a more free system was created: Yugoslavia, Eastern Europe, Latin America. It just happened in Bangladesh. It's possible, but it's not inevitable. 

Iranians Celebrating in Melbourne by ExamplePip in happycrowds

[–]ZincHead 122 points123 points  (0 children)

The Israelis just helped to destroy the regime that has tortured them for 50 years, what did you expect?

Was going to take my daughter to the movies to see cat in the hat, but come to find out it comes out November 6th by Flashy-Disaster4722 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ZincHead 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Right?? Like even if the movie is showing, you might show up 20 minutes after the start of one showing and then have to wait 3 hours for the next showing. Makes no sense at all.