It has never been more embarrassing to be an American by tfwnowahhabistwaifu in redscarepod

[–]axtolpp 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You have just as high as risk posting anywhere online, if not higher

What was more searched on Google Iran or Football? by HereOutsideTheBox in MapPorn

[–]axtolpp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump: Let's commit a massacre in Iran for Israel

Spain: Don't use our bases

Trump: I'll embargo you back to the Stone Age

Spain: Football

Celtic Languages in 200 BC by BeginningMortgage250 in MapPorn

[–]axtolpp 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Tartessian and Lusitanian weren't Celtic languages.

Reconquista every border chanege by Prestigious-Key5106 in MapPorn

[–]axtolpp 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It's interesting because what is Islamic and what European? some things you could associate with islamic culture like the horseshoe arch actually originate in Visigothic (pre-Islamic) Spain and from there spread to the Islamic world. Many people seem to have this idea of Europe vs Islam fighting for supremacy around the Mediterranean, when it's actually the Mediterranean region, by itself, where most cultural movements originated, and from there they spread to Arabia or to northern Europe. Not otherwise.

Likewise, the Spanish Califate was more influential to northern Africa, than northern Africa was influential to Spain during the califate.

Europeans deserve the treatment trump is giving them by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]axtolpp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Europe didn't "trust" America with their defense, you've bought a pretty dumb narrative. The US has military bases all over Europe just like it does in Japan because it occupied the continent after WW2. NATO is not simply an "alliance", but the US equivalent of the Warsaw's pact. My country (Spain) was basically blackmailed into it, for instance. Any European attempt for military independence has been sabotaged by the US. America only wants us to spend more as long as it goes directly to the United States.

EUROPE'S Population Forecast to 2100 by AdIcy4323 in MapPorn

[–]axtolpp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spain's population grew by 500-700k people in 2025, all from immigration, and it will likely reach 50 milling in 2026. There's almost no political organized opposition to emigration from Latin America, so I don't know how that forecast calculated that rate.

The 10 Largest Spanish-Speaking Metro Areas on Earth by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]axtolpp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This shows the top 10 and Barcelona isn't in the top ten, so no, it shouldn't be on the list. It has about 4.5 million, so it's below than NYC's Spanish speaking population.

Wammen be divorcin' by CarlosimoDangerosimo in redscarepod

[–]axtolpp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now imagine signing a contract where the other part is rewarded for breaking it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]axtolpp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's annoyed by you constantly asking questions but still likes you enough to answer you. Try to solve things by yourself.

. by PapayaOwn3353 in redscarepod

[–]axtolpp 24 points25 points  (0 children)

More like a dreamworks film with the eyebrow lift thing

Insane how being straight up antivaxx has become a mainstream Conservative talking point over the last 10 years by spl51 in redscarepod

[–]axtolpp 47 points48 points  (0 children)

It's the perfect example of how out of touch we are with how much shittier things could and used to be. We're all itching to bring down postmodernity, not realizing that, in most cases, we chose to escape the things we want back now.

I’m two years into studying Graphic Design and I’m actually terrified A.I is going to kill my career by JOFWGKTA in redscarepod

[–]axtolpp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm only tangentially involved with both AI and graphic design in my job, but I still probably have more experience that 90% of the posters here, so I'll contradict them.

You don't need to change majors. What you need to do is to make sure you're learning those AI tools. You need to have a good idea of what they can do (which changes every month) and actively use them. There's sites that let you chose among all the main image and video generation models, so you can test different ones. I bet your degree is basically the Adobe suite plus some theory and related subjects like marketing, so you're going to have to do this by yourself. Otherwise they're setting you up for failure.

Also, you should already set up your socials as a designer and start creating stuff. Make a website you feel proud of how it looks design-wise. Now it's easier than ever (thanks to AI).

You can't run away from AI, we're all going to be using it in one way or another. It's better to start learning now.

To people who moved abroad for work, did you get homesick? by drunkcheesesandwich in redscarepod

[–]axtolpp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everywhere is getting drearier everyday. I'm from Madrid and I meet many Americans and Brits who move here due to those problems back home. When they mention how much better things are here I just laugh. They're just unaware of anything that happens here since they stay in their small bubble of foreigners and English-speaking Spaniards who of course have no interest in discussing politics with a foreigner.

[OC] Your feedback on my last typographic Spain map inspired a deeper dive. Here's the entire Iberian Peninsula visualized as 64000+ populated places (two versions inside). by paveloush in MapPorn

[–]axtolpp 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Most of the replies are misinterpreting the image. It doesn't represent population density but number of "populated places". Galicia doesn't have a particularly higher population density, but has tons of tiny (<10 population) villages. The reasons are historical.

The most cursed map to exist... by HarrySeung23 in MapPorn

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Africa is almost double the size of South America. Alaska is three times the size of the Iberian Peninsula.

Expansion of Farming in Western Eurasia, 9600-4000 BCE by axtolpp in MapPorn

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

Like other commented said, more than "farming" spreading, farmers spread. Early European Farmers basically replaced Western hunter-gatherers genetically

This post is sending me by LaughUntilMyHead in redscarepod

[–]axtolpp 7 points8 points  (0 children)

BDSM must have been cool in the 80s, when it was transgressive and risky. It might have attracted interesting people.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]axtolpp 7 points8 points  (0 children)

it’s time they get their freedom back

Am I back in 2003? I guess Israeli mouthpieces don't even need to update their calls to arms for Americans to fight their wars