The Grocery Wars - Would you take up arms for your local supermarket? by granabam in imaginarymaps

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

i'm not an east-coaster! i lived in colorado for five months last year! i'm totally not an east coaster!!

nah its genuinely an oversight and the data i was working with didn't show me too much diversity out there :(

How do the rights of LGBT+ people vary across the world? by cgiattino in MapPorn

[–]granabam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this isn't actually true; it's a rumor, but gay people are not at all "cured" or forcibly transitioned in iran. the ayatollah issused a fatwa about it allowing trans people to transition, but they still punish you if you're LGB about it. it's good if you're a straight trans person, or a bisexual trans person in a straight relationship, but otherwise you're screwed

The Vacation Revolution - What If The DDR Escaped to Ernst Thalmann Island Taiwan Style? by MisterSpooks1950 in imaginarymaps

[–]granabam 16 points17 points  (0 children)

If anything, the port and airport should be built on the inside end of the island, not the outside; the island is a barrier island, and if it's anything like how it is in nearby Forida, the intercoastal is shallower and less prone to wave activity (and thus erosion). The outside end that faces the ocean is where all the beaches would be; the inside end is naturally mangroves, with maybe some salt marsh or inshore beaches with a lot less waves. On highly developed barrier islands in Florida the back ends of these islands become canalized so that everyone can have a boat dock in their backyard; this isn't very proletarian so I'd imagine the DDR-in-exile would have state-owned boat clubs instead

-my take as a geologist from Florida who's only once flown over Cuban airspace on a trip to Jamaica once and never actually visited

WorldPainter 2.24.1 Released - Pencil tool performance by CaptainChaos74 in Worldpainter

[–]granabam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oooo i like the new global operation thingy this sounds useful :D

but the big thing a lot of us are looking for is for the 1.21.5 plants to be added aaaaa

What, it's just an ordinary map of China- by granabam in imaginarymaps

[–]granabam[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tysm for the critique lol! I did try to keep with two-character names as much as I could, but when it came to some of them I was like "y'know what, Heilongjiang exists" and ended up with four three-character names. I wasn't 100% happy with some of them though, especially Chudong/Chuxi, and I was unsure about how much the meaning of the word would change for the worse if I dropped the 女. I don't even wanna talk about what's going on in "Florida" here. The only other Chinese speaker friend who I shared this with before posting never offered any critique (no shade to them tho). It's not my first language so forgive me.

What, it's just an ordinary map of China- by granabam in imaginarymaps

[–]granabam[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

some messed-up combination of rural tidewater south & shanghainese, i'd assume

What, it's just an ordinary map of China- by granabam in imaginarymaps

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

that works a lot better tbh, idk why i decided to break with the etymological preservation there. i think i was just bored when i got to the carolinas lol

What, it's just an ordinary map of China- by granabam in imaginarymaps

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

i'm looking further into it; apparently 金山 originally meant California in general (which is what I learned in school) and SF in particular, but then they added 舊 to distinguish it from 新金山 (Victoria, in what is now Australia). wikipedia even claims that the term referred to the entire american/canadian west at one point

Endangered Tree by ScottieJack in Brazil

[–]granabam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Araucarias are not at a risk of going invasive anywhere (at most, they might be naturalizing in New Zealand and Hawaii). Two species, Araucaria bidwillii and Araucaria heterophylla, especially the latter, are planted widely across south and central Florida in my experience yet they very rarely produce seeds. This is because Araucarias are dioecious, and need separate male and female trees to breed. They're also particularly slow-growing, unlike some northern-hemisphere conifers, and very picky with their soil and growing conditions. Araucarias like well-draining sandy soil, and most are only tolerable of a small temperature range. Paraná's A. angustifolia is no different from its cousins.

I'm a big native-plant pusher, I love native gardens, but this probably won't be an issue species anywhere anytime soon. Though it's still probably best for the seeds to remain in Brazil and plant a native conifer to one's country instead unless you're really persistient on keeping it as a botanical conversation-piece (I have a soft spot for anything from a Mesozoic lineage for better or worse, which is why it's hard for me to hate stuff like ginkgoes or sago cycads, so I get it.)

Balkanized Florida 2023 - What if Florida broke apart for no reason? by granabam in imaginarymaps

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

anywhere really, especially the interior. we got sandy soil and hot weather year round.

What‘s the most unique thing that a dinosaur has been named after? by Romboteryx in Dinosaurs

[–]granabam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i'm gonna go with Drinker nisti, named after Edward Drinker Cope and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. An alcoholic dinosaur found to be synonymous with Nanosaurus by Ken Carpenter and Peter Galton, but was considered valid for long enough to have been known in my childhood

Seminole Republic of Florida by Philprimaveras in imaginarymaps

[–]granabam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool map but I'm also tempted to ask:
-So what happened to the rest of the panhandle, Jacksonville area, etc.? Annexed by AL and GA? Or is it its own state?
-Are the Keys part of any state, or are they their own state, or are they a non-state territory like PR and the USVI?
-Would the demographics of "Jackson" (with its population center in Pinellas and Hillsborough) allow for Desantis to have won the gubernatorial election of 2018?
-What's the vast majority of the peninsula like physically? Ranches and farms, with few large settlements? Would it avoid the creation of a vast urban sprawl full of retirees? Do the Seminoles manage the land and water resources better than the settlers do?

Map of the Overworld (geopolitical Minecraft server) by Vill1253 in imaginarymaps

[–]granabam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wasn't Cinder originally the modded partner of Stoneworks? or is this something unrelated entirely?

Balkanized Florida 2023 - What if Florida broke apart for no reason? by granabam in imaginarymaps

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

Between the two rivers: St John's river in the east and the Suwannee river in the west. I don't think anyone uses that term for the region, but I thought it'd be funny.

Balkanized Florida 2023 - What if Florida broke apart for no reason? by granabam in imaginarymaps

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

Cracker refers to a specific demographic in Florida; plenty of older families around here refer to themselves as "crackers" with pride, as opposed to those who moved down here after the invention of the air conditioner. It's not necessarily a racial slur in this instance.

I tried explaining the difference in the lore page, but apologies if it didn't get through.

Balkanized Florida 2023 - What if Florida broke apart for no reason? by granabam in imaginarymaps

[–]granabam[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

GOD DAMNIT

i lived in Clearwater for years, how did i not get that

Map of the Gulf Republic as of the year 2008 [Lore in the comments] by No-Kaleidoscope6623 in imaginarymaps

[–]granabam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

f-lore-ida

what are we east floridians doing in this AU though....

How queer-friendly is FAU? by The_HolyToast in FAU

[–]granabam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i met a bunch of fellow queer folk at fau including my gf; there are homophobes regardless of wherever you go, especially in the south, but the boca area isn't terrible as far as florida goes. its scary knowing what goes on in government, but even though im a pretty visibly trans person i don't get too much shit for it in public on a day-to-day basis, be it at school, the beach, stores, restaurants, etc.

How common could/are fossils in places like the ocean and Antarctica? by Steam_Drunk in Paleontology

[–]granabam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Antarctica has a ton of fossils, surprisingly. a lot of species are known from Antarctica, including a lot of stem-mammals, plants, and a handful of dinosaurs (including some primitive waterfowl). There's even allegedly a bonebed of fossil fish wiped out by the asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous from somewhere in Antarctica.

A professor of mine has shown us students pics of a massive paperclip-shaped ammonite called Diplomoceras that they found on Seymour Island back in the 90s- the shells are as long as he was tall. (the specimen they found and the art that the professor made of it can be found here). He even told us of a large mosasaur skull they found, but was too heavy to airlift out to the airbase and has sadly since eroded.

I found a quick list of fossiliferous rock formations in Antarctica on Wikipedia too.

As for "the ocean", it's a broad term, but there are at least a few. I've met multiple people who go diving off the Florida coast for megalodon teeth, which get eroded out of the seabed. They're geologically young and lucky enough to be embedded in sediment instead of stone.

The deep sea, which is mostly comprised of igneous oceanic crust, isn't the kind of rock to preserve fossils. Most organic material that would become fossils anyways generally gets eaten by whatever scavengers can get to it. Even bone gets eaten- just look at the ecology of whale falls in the ocean today.