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[-] LordOfLocksley@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

So this is how Hollywood aliens see earth

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

No Alaska. Just NYC, LA, and a couple spots between.

[-] Melt@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Which country will they sell weapons and send airstrike to if they are the only country in the world?

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Texas

Edit: also I just remembered the air strike range in Utah, so there too

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Texas and Florida are the natural third world countries to invade. Especially texas. The US would move quickly to secure the energy resources and 'free' the citizens of a corrupt failed state.

[-] scoobford@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

See, I know what you're trying to say, but that would unironically be an improvement for most of us...

[-] Glemek@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Damn Hawaii, you've been eating well

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's American.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Someone forgot about the colonies. Guam, Puerto Rico, and the USVI.

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Nope they are fictional

[-] loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Oh fine. Just tell Midway Atoll to fuck off, why don't you?

[-] loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Technically, Midway is considered uninhabited, so while I wouldn't dream of telling them to fuck off, most census measurements already do...

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's because census takers are smart enough to keep away from the monk seals.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just like real life.

Don’t forget to forget about American Samoa, too.

[-] TurboHarbinger@feddit.cl 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If the US territory were to exist on its own, there wouldn't be a~~n~~ United States.

[-] deranger@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A United States. You wouldn’t say “an uniform”. You would say “an underling”. First one has a y sound to start, second has a u sound to start. The usage of a/an depends on the next sound, not the next letter.

[-] ultimitchow@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I'm gonna say "a uniform" and u can't stop me

[-] technohacker@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

I'm gonna read the u as an oo and oo can't stop me

[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

You wouldn’t say “a uniform”.

Why the hell not?

[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

because 'a' vs 'an' is dependant on the first sound not the first letter. For some reason the "yew" in uniform counts as a consonant.

[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, so 'a uniform' is the correct formatting, not 'an uniform'.

[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

oh, you were concerned about a typo and not the logic behind their comment?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You wouldn’t say “an uniform”.

You would if you wanted to be an jerk about it.

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It wouldn’t look the same, but the US could domestically produce enough food and energy to sustain itself.

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

That could probably be said about anywhere, given time, money, and willingness to reduce population.

I could probably build an underground vertical farm in the Sahara and feed myself, if I pumped in saltwater to desalinate.

[-] TheControlled@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I don't think that's true. Many, many countries don't have what it takes to self sustain in a modern world.

[-] TheControlled@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean, it absolutely could. California alone supplies the planet with a massive percentage of food. If the this image was accurate, we'd have a surplus of food. We might just have to tolerate losing a lot of stuff we can't (?) grow, like bananas. Or they'd be remarkably expensive because only Hawaii or Florida or somewhere that could grow them.

Power? Again, we have collosal amounts of energy or energy potential. From green energy to fossil fuels and natural gas. Without selling it to our allies, we'd have a surplus of energy.

This is literally why America is the superpower. But a lot of countries could likely do this. Russia could for sure too.

Economically, however, I can't even speculate.

Fun thought experiment, worthy of a Kutzgesagt video!

Edit: I thought you said "couldn't" but I already posted so 乁⁠༼⁠☯⁠‿⁠☯⁠✿⁠༽⁠ㄏ

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Nah you did good explaining it in detail, nice work.

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