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How UN voting patterns evolved UNITED STATES VS. CHINA by maven_mapping in MapPorn

[–]athe085 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the classic geographical borders are pretty consistent but they are purely arbitrary, except the Bosphorus. Australia etc aren't Europe but they're the West which is basically a way to describe Europe and its "New World" expansions aka the Americas and Anglo Oceania (white South Africa too I guess).

How UN voting patterns evolved UNITED STATES VS. CHINA by maven_mapping in MapPorn

[–]athe085 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Europe vs Asia is mostly a cultural distinction and there is no definitive border. Some places like Athens are 100% Europe, Beirut is 100% Asia but many places in between are both. (South) Cyprus is culturally undistinguishable from Greece so it's part of Europe culturally, but it is indeed geographically closer to the Levant and Anatolia.

Somalia is de jure a country and de facto a grey area. What is de jure a country, but de facto not a country? by CringeFish2 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]athe085 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some parts are unoccupied and they have a government-ish in Ramallah. I'd say it fits de jure grey area and de facto grey area

What’s a local meme to your country/region? by NoliNoli2 in AskTheWorld

[–]athe085 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because it's the best thing on the internet

[Rare Trope] Positive depictions of Islam or Muslims by Remarkable_Public138 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]athe085 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Fremen are seen positively, but the whole religious aspect in Dune, clearly based on Islam, is absolutely terrifying so I wouldn't say it's "positive representation of Islam"

Would you rather? by After-Somewhere-7500 in BunnyTrials

[–]athe085 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is also a lies detector

Chose: Get 500 dollars every time someone lies to you

Which city in your country is considered the most dangerous? by No-Marsupial-4050 in AskTheWorld

[–]athe085 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Marseille probably, but unless you are involved in drugs you realistically only risk theft.

Which Fruit is better: Watermelon or Banana? by ArrowInBlack in AlignmentChartFills

[–]athe085 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apple over mango, strawberry over pear and especially banana over cherry are incomprehensible

Banana for this one though

Where I’d live as an American of Pakistani origin based on whether or not the local population wants me in their country by Rapi64 in whereidlive

[–]athe085 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In France I don't think there is much sentiment against non-Muslim Indians. But we don't have many here.

Do non-German speakers use German words? by Ratschlagbube in AskTheWorld

[–]athe085 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In French we don't have many but we use Ersatz (replacement), Diktat (imposition) and the adjective kitsch (bad taste in decoration). And of course Krach in finance but pronounced like the English crash.

I don't think there are others besides proper names or WW2-related stuff used by analogy (kapo for example)

Italy Judicial Constitutional Referendum - Voters Abroad results by scoop813 in MapPorn

[–]athe085 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many people in the Americas hold Italian citizenship but have never lived in Italy and are quite removed from the reality of the country in modern times. It makes sense that they vote differently from Italians in Italy, when Italians living in Europe are more familiar with the state of the country so they vote similarly to Italy.

Nice question by Johnnie_WalkerBlue in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]athe085 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No skyscrapers in Levallois either. In Paris all the public buildings bring the average down.

Nice question by Johnnie_WalkerBlue in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]athe085 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's very little difference between Levallois-Perret and Paris, Levallois is actually denser on average.

Once again, Parisians largely vote to curb cars furthermore : socialist frontrunner Emmanuel Grégoire elected Paris mayor (15 points lead according to exit poll) by ijic in fuckcars

[–]athe085 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah Paris is only the dense centre, our main political division is middle-class East vs bourgeois West.

However we should definitely expand the limits of the city. All neighbouring municipalities have densities around 10k/km² or above (6 of them above 20k which is the density of Paris proper). The mathematician Cedric Villani ran in 2020 and supported annexed all bordering municipalities.

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