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[-] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 167 points 2 years ago
[-] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

Big if true

[-] FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 years ago

It's all Texases, all the way down.

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 90 points 2 years ago

Who knew, Texas is bigger than Luxembourg

[-] Ledivin@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago

That's probably just a perspective trick, there's no way

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 years ago

I see you're joking but for anyone curious

Luxemburg: Total Area 2,586.4 km^2^

Texas: Total Area 695,662 km^2^

[-] bushvin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago
[-] can@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago
[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago

Which is crazy since Luxemburg has its own language while Texas is speaking the same as Ireland which is already bigger than Luxemburg

[-] Addition@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

Crazy how nature do that

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 68 points 2 years ago

Europeans thinking a 2h trip is a long ass trip. Then they come visit North America thinking they can visit from coast to coast by car in two weeks.

North Americans going to Europe thinking it'll take 4 hours to go from one city to the next when they can actually cross three whole countries in that time frame.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 82 points 2 years ago

The most culture shock I've ever experienced was being in southern France, craving some Italian, and realizing I can literally just go to Italy for dinner.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hahahahaha right??? Ain't that crazy?

Edit:

Same happened to me. Was in South West of France. Saw a board on the highway that said Barcelona was 3h away. Like what????

So we went to Barcelona for a weekend because why the fuck not.

2h is a long ass trip we've just been gaslit

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 years ago

If only we had a high speed rail system like in Japan...

[-] 018118055@sopuli.xyz 38 points 2 years ago

Am European. I drove from sfo to nyc in 4.5 days. Would I do that again? No.

[-] nick@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago

Same, took 5. Still brutal as hell

[-] BluesF@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Honestly I blame American TV for this. Especially anything involving the FBI! In Hannibal they zip between states non stop like it's nothing. I assume it's all supposed to be happening over many days, but it just seems like they're going to and from work in Minnesota and home in Virginia lol

[-] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 years ago

No we don't think 2 hours is a long ass trip. We think 2 hours is a long ass commute.

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I've done LA to DC in a week. You just don't pass through many cool places along the way.

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[-] hidden_splendor@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago
[-] nxdefiant@startrek.website 19 points 2 years ago

"Hey, has that state no one cares about seen this joke?"

"I don't know, I'll ask 'er.

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What would happen if you divide Alaska in two equally-sized states? Texas becomes the third largest state.

[-] Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zone 60 points 2 years ago

"Texas needs to shut up before we split in half and make Texas the 3rd biggest state"

  • Alaska probably

"That's an impressively well-typed threat for a moose."

  • Texas probably
[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Come up here and fight us then, we've seen how you handle snow."

  • Alaska probably
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[-] Maco1969@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago
[-] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 37 points 2 years ago

As the old saying goes, "Europeans think 100 miles is a long way, Americans think 100 years is a long time."

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 15 points 2 years ago

Europeans don't know what 100 miles is.

[-] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago

That's a common misconception. Europeans hate standard measurements, but they aren't dumb. They can do conversions.

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[-] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

So you’re saying they should secede from the Union and be an independent world superpower because they don’t need the rest of us, right? Right?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 20 points 2 years ago

No, that's ludicrous.

Give them back to Mexico.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

They’re welcome to attempt again. Though we were a bit too gentle last time

[-] hactar42@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

I grew up in Texas and moved to England. I remember my first weekend there looking at a map thinking of going to visit Cambridge. It was a couple of inches away on the map and I thought, should be an hour maybe an hour and half drive. Imagine my surprise when I arrived in Cambridge in 20 minutes. I forgot to take into consideration scale.

Yes it was a paper map, I know I'm old.

[-] ares35@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

"that's not where paris is."

--any texan.

[-] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

I realize it's all for jokes but I think neither the image nor comments images are adjusting for actual area, since on a projected map there will be warping outwards of center.

[-] CJOtheReal@ani.social 13 points 2 years ago

So big yet 0 culture besides guns...

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

and bbq and rodeo and jesus and warm smiles and cold daggers

also all the cultural influence from Mexico, but that doesn't count I guess

[-] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

I think the cultural influences from Mexico should count. As far as food goes, Mexican food is some amazing stuff, but the American variations are different, yet amazing in their own rights. Tex-Mex, New Mexican, and Cali-Mex are some of my favorite spins on traditional Mexican food. Plus I think you're already including Mexican influences with BBQ and rodeo.

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[-] BigWumbo@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

That’s not where Paris, TX is….

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

This is just a piece of the land we stole from a country that spain stole once

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Overcompensate much?

[-] trk@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago

I expected Texas to be a lot bigger, given the memes.

Fun fact: the largest cattle station in Australia is 8x larger than the largest cattle station in the US (which is in Texas).

[-] JackNapier@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago
[-] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

Now do Indonesia.

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