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May 6, 2018 1:47 AM
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sjbrooksy7447
Are we assuming they mean 9pm?
WeaponizedJerk
If Hawaï freaks that person out ever tell them about the French territories over the globe.
ThisNameIsNotAboutYou
Are they surprised that Hawaii, an island, is surrounded by sea?
CommonSnowflake
This was written by an American, a British person would know there's a difference between Britain and Ireland.
digitalutopia
Someone better not tell them about Alaska, and how we have to go through another country to get there.
JhericFury
As an Englishmen, everyone is bigger than us, we're tiny, get used to it
5P4C3M4N
alexjonesisagayfrog
Did you pick this up from a dump like three posts back cause I sure did
BoomaBB
Americans think 300 years is a long time, Europeans think 300 miles is a long distance.
Crazynastyasshoneybadger
I guess Britain forgot about the part when their empire spanned the globe...
MadMupp
I personally think this is fake, not one Brit I know freaks out about the size of the US. We understand geography quite well
MyFrontPorchInMississippi
I fucking hate Tumblr
ashipthatshipsshippingships
I like tumblr for one reason and I stay my ass away from the rest of it.
sassybeckalicious
cousin from Manchester "No one walks here...and it's so. big. so... hot. (we are in tx and az) how do you do this??
Fardays
Ireland isn't part of Great Britain
thornus67
This person is mad that there's no road to Hawaii but later used a map of the UK as comparison. Going from Aberdeen to Sumburgh requires a
thornus67
16 hour ferry ride. So it's not like all of the UK is accessible with one another by roads. And let's not forget their overseas territories.
zenoshogun
Hey at least Hawaii has an interstate highway, that might help.
ComeOnPookie
As a person from Columbus, NE. Omaha is not in a different time zone. Both are central time zone.
SlowPonyRideth
This always peeves me cause Columbus and Omaha are in the same time zone, only like and hour and a half drive apart. 1/2
SlowPonyRideth
But a good part of Nebraska is in Mountain time as compared to central. There's so many correct cities to choose from other than Columbus!
MetaSomma
I grew up 30 minutes from another time zone. Always felt weird
riotareaproductions
That's cute - Australian here.
teenageasshat
You can drive 2 full days and still be in the same state
Hydrapod
I used to have a car like that, too.
stoutde
Wait until they see how big Alaska is...
littlegingerone
The republic of ireland is not in great Britain... seriously this is not new news...
KeatonJazz
But it only took Ireland 1000 years!
KeatonJazz
Even then you lost a bit of your island.
dietderpsy
Versus the biggest super power ever with a supply line of only 22 miles, that could call troops from 90% of the world, we were lucky.
rockarolla
I HAVE TO TYPE LIKE tHIS bECAUsE IM ON TUMBLR
MagpieNI
They're probably like 13. Chill.
SomethingFunnyUsername
I waNt To stAb Ppl wHo WRiteS lIKe thIs
thesplashingblumpkins
https://i.imgflip.com/29qgqu.jpg
Scando
So did you stab yourself?
KeatonJazz
I like your shabby phrase. Can we use it at work at Behavioral Health?
KeatonJazz
Shabby phrase, not shabby.
KeatonJazz
I hate autocorrect
Femail76
So much wasted energy into pissing off the world
TheBurritoConfederacy
Right. We only use this for sarcastic memes, not for actual communication.
ssjalhazred
Oh this is nothing, you should've seen the Tumblr 'panic attacks' people were totally having for real when the creators of a show
ssjalhazred
told the fandom "wow you shouldn't bully people into a suicide attempt because you don't like their fanart."
chicksandboozeandgunsandfiretrucks
Wrong! Columbus and Omaha are in the same time zone.
Taking3
but omaha ne and ogallala ne are in different time zones and the same state
chicksandboozeandgunsandfiretrucks
That wouldve been an acceptable example
BarderBetterFasterStronger
Came to say this. Pretty weird to cite two relatively unknown cities in Nebraska for this example when 1) it's false 2) there ARE cities in
BarderBetterFasterStronger
NE where this is actually true, and 3) um, duh? There are 4 timezones in the continental US alone.
supersomatic
if this truly confuses someone then life's actual conundrums are gonna blow their fucking mind
Fireguy97
When I worked at Logan Airport in Boston, we had clients from France, come in and ask for directions to Los Angelas. Apparently they had >>>
Fireguy97
<<< dinner reservation for six pm. It was noon. They wanted to make sure that they had enough time to drive to LA, from Boston.
MetaSomma
I have a feeling France sent you their dumbest ambassadors
Fireguy97
Everything is Europe is just a couple of hours away. They didn't realize that Boston to LA was 4 days, not 4 hours away. >>>
Fireguy97
<<< A lot of Europeans have a hard time grasping the concept of the land mass that we have here.
MetaSomma
Can't say I've met any that have that problem, but the ones I meet are generally well-traveled so I may be biased
Effehezepe
Brits colonize fuckhuge countries, then freak out about how huge the countries they colonize are.
SexuallyAwkwardDonkey
As a Brit, I feel like most of us Brit's understand massive countries, but I do think it's cool
Goose1124
We did from massachusetts to Georgia the rest was you fuckers
dangerousDoc
To be fair to Britain they only did new England in the US. The rest was the colonies after they broke off
SexuallyAwkwardDonkey
Sir, despite it being the only new England in America, what you said is false
notwhoutink
You're wrong.
buttdestroyer
I came here to inform you people about the cancer I got from all these random capital letters.
apistograma
It's also pretty stupid since the UK has lots of islands located around the planet.
ashipthatshipsshippingships
My condolences, butt destroyer.
ShradersOfTheLostArk
Oh, man. You are not ready to hear about Spongebob mocking people. That shit’ll make you really mad.
DeadlyFood
Oh nO aRE YoU AlrIgHt?
buttdestroyer
Yes, I'm closer to getting rid of you all.
deathloop
iT's tErMiNaL :(
aCartographer
I stopped reading half-way through because of that, shame, seemed like an interesting post
moltencorgi
A capital punishment all its own
buttdestroyer
How the fuck did this not become top reply. This reply is fucking brilliant. What the fuck imgur?
Jallepalle
Get well soon
BluOwll
Kinda funny seeing a Brit annoyed by another country controlling distant islands
SexuallyAwkwardDonkey
Hmmm well we're smaller and still have a huge influence across the world, you just destroy the world ;)
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notwhoutink
Jesus man.. Wtf..
zenoshogun
Unexpected Benedict Arnold
KhevaKins
I mean, America is bigger and has a great influence across the globe. Coming from an Aussie. Trump takes a shit and it is on the news.
SexuallyAwkwardDonkey
Well yeah but it's not the influence the world wants
GaryFrickingOak
Don’t tell them about Alaska
JeffTeck
The Canadian state
meenagetutantneetleteetles
As an Alaskan, yes.
thehungryguy
Cut alaska in half and texas is number 3 in size
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tacojuggler
over twice as big. The two "new states" would be tied for first and second or one got slightly more than half if you cant do it prefect.
Piloerection69
Cut alaska into pieces..?
BobaDefett
it would be our last resort.
ChimneyImps
Technically the easternmost part of the US is in Alaska.
ewokkid01
fun fact, Alaska is the eastermost, AND westernmost state in the us.
ScottaHemi
Alaska should buy a tiny island in the south pacific so they can also be the northern most and southern most state as well!
IThinkYouGotAFineBrainJack
AND WHY THE HELL IS ALASKA IN ANOTHER FREAKING COUNTRY?
idontwanttogotobed
‘Mericua. That’s why.
madbydesign
Because Canada didn’t want it.
RiverBear
We bought it from Russia. True story
TheTrashCanMan
7 million dollars
GasBandit
Two cents an acre!
Randomman96
Wonder which was cheaper (when adjusted to today's value for simplicity): Alaska or the Lousiana Purchase?
vitaminRmademefat
Or Puerto Rico
WalkerCalvert
Or Guam.
SolaceHaestas
Or The Panama Canal.
WalkerCalvert
Uh... Doesn't belong to us anymore, pretty sure it hasn't for like... 30 years? More?
SolaceHaestas
Closer to 40.
Cal1te
You really need to just give that to Canada and end the border gore.
CharlieTheCharlingCharlie
But you can drive to Alaska
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needanamedammit
You have to drive through a completely different country to get to Alaska.
CalifornianEskimo
You can drive to Alaska, but a lot of Alaskan towns & villages are super remote & can’t be driven to.
WalkerCalvert
Bro, Alaska's CAPITAL can't be driven to. Can I remind you that's fucking weird? No, the ferry doesn't fucking count.
ScottaHemi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxnqbP5Rqhk you can if you have the right car ;)
WalkerCalvert
That car, a ludicrously large bladder capacity, and a death wish could probably get you there yeah.
AlaskanAmbassador
Shhhhhhh, we just stay low....
inmediasrays
Don't tell them about when technically their country was like half the world.
ScottaHemi
did time zones exist back then though?
gotchasucka
St. John's, Newfoundland is closer to Vienna, Austria than Victoria, British Columbia at the other end of Canada.
edgarMELLONCAMP
BriefausdemGeist
thenewteddy
we put all our people in a strip along the border so we'd have less provinces (IE states) to remember.
MrMineHeads
What the fuuuuuck
Strongharbour432
And both can be a bitch to travel to from here
finetoroastasimamarshmallow
Shhhh that was our little secret
YouCapturedMe
Vienna is almost a Canada away from Canada.
MrMineHeads
Whaaaaaaaat
thedarkcanuck
While we're at it, why the fuck does Newfoundland have it's own half hour ahead of Atlantic time zone?
HiddenSanity
Because Get Hosed.
Allanonshea1
Cause it's just ever so farther ahead than the eastern coast of the American landmass
Wattsupdoc
Because it takes us half an hour to understand what anyone from there just said
MakeLikeAtreeNfkoff
Strongharbour432
It's far enough out to sea for it to be a pain in the ass to use east Atlantic time
SteveHarringtonBabysittingServices
Also, I got engaged there. It snowed on July 8th. I was like what is happening.
Babadork
They found out that St.John's (which is at the eastern edge of NL) is technically in that time zone. So, they made the whole province (1/2)
Babadork
That time zone. My geography teacher at the time noted that it was the most newfie thing they could have done.
SteveHarringtonBabysittingServices
I feel like it’s begging to be different due to the fact that everyone teases NFLD for being NFLD. You know what I mean?
thedarkcanuck
I don't see why the rest of Canada rips on NFLD. I love those people
SteveHarringtonBabysittingServices
Me too. They’re the best.
FlyingRhino
Got any newfie jokes
Wattsupdoc
A Newfie is out fishing in his dory, singing “I's the b'y that builds the boat And I's the b'y that sails her I's the b'y that catches 1/?
Wattsupdoc
the fish and brings them home to Liza.” When some aliens come down, abduct him, remove half his brain, and put him back. He continues 2/?
c0v4h
Yeah.... that's exactly how timezones and distance works? Why is this such a surprise?
conolypatrick1
Yep exactly that’s why I’m lmao... confused
youareabsolutegarbage
Because on tumblr it's considered funny and popular to spaz out over mundane things.
Fluffycorn
Yeah! Whats wrong with Hawaii .. I mean Britain has the Falklands and shit you know
bongles
Tumblr
Dottygreencamo
Europeans
stevema
you would think the british(assumption) who had an empire so large it was said that the sun never set on it, would understand timezones
OOSpaceDwarf
Theres no way this person is A) actually british and B) serious, as opposed to just being a tumblr dramatista for reblogs
stevema
probably true, but the world gets really boring if you just assume people lie on the internet
OOSpaceDwarf
If you count the British Overseas Territories as the empire (and you should), then the sun still doesnt set on it!
stevema
if the british can tax them, they count
Shargan8
A country where they pronounced GMT / UTC 0 because all of you measure to us.
stevema
isn't there a timezone that goes through a town/city too? iirc they have a line you can cross & jump 1 hour depending on the side you start
RoxanneLaWin
*greenwich shade* get them James.
filben7
Most countries are tiny. Europe thinks 100 miles is a long distance and americans think 100 years is a long time.
Justapartofyourimagination
I used to drive 300 miles a day on my school bus route...
Mycologics
Also I don't know why this person is freaking out. It's a damn continent of a country. We have different timezones. Britain is one hour
Mycologics
Behind mine. And France is one hour ahead of mine (parts of France anyway. It's a different time in Denmark and Russia. This guy's an idiot
Mycologics
We don't think 160 km is a long distance. Takes me about two hours. But it only takes me a few hours to get out of my country
derekmatters2
This is a very intuitive statement
RoxanneLaWin
Ooh that’s good.
johnzaku
I was reading a short story earlier and 400 years was regarded as “ancient“ and I laughed.
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johnzaku
Sorry, I should clarify, it was in reference to the history of a planet
Gacva
Maybe it's because muricans think the earth is 6000 years old :p
guactopus
100 years is a long time. 6 hours from now when i get off work is a long time.
Kignite
Wow way to frame that perspective +1
ImgurEatSleep
That depends, though. 160 kilometers a couple of times a month? yeah no problemo. Daily or nearly daily? fuck that shit.
Conocoryphe
That's... surprisingly true
bamblebimble
Wow I drive 180 miles 1 way to visit my grandfather. Just a 3 hour drive
Masteryota00
4hrs to my dad...and it is nothing...guess travel by car means less to us ????
vauhtihirmu
Not that unusual in Finland either. The question is how often you visit.
WinoCrimesand69s
Texans, and probably most America measures distance in how long it takes. 1 mile on 60mph highway in Houston could take 5 minutes some days
felofilipino
a whopping 12mph
WinoCrimesand69s
Which turns to "I'll be the in 5minutes"
QotU
In CA, time is the *only* way we measure distance. I live 5 minutes from work. I don’t know how many miles. True story.
AstartesLibrarius
I live 1-2 hours away from my surgeon, depending on traffic (fuck the 37). According to Google, it's 55 miles away.
papertiger09
I drive 120+ miles round trip just to go to the movies.
ButIWanttobeanonymous
I was like, no way... Then I realized it's a fifty mile trip for me round trip and I'm 'in the suburbs'.
Masteryota00
Well...I would walk 500 miles...
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
I wouldn't bother at all if such ordinary stuff as movies wasn't right in the city where I live. (So few minutes via public transport)
papertiger09
I enjoy going to the movies. It's not unusual to travel an hour away to do stuff here.
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
I live in a small country in Europe. An hour travel is A LOT.
ApathyBadger
Out of curiosity, how much does that cost you in fuel? UK here, it would be maybe £14 ($19) if driving efficiently.
piranha1537
My car goes roughly 350ish miles per tank which cost $25ish to fill up. Depends if said person is driving an F150 or a Prius lol.
OneOfTheOnes
My car does about 350ish miles per tank. Costs £75 - £80 to fill from the cheapest place I can find.
papertiger09
$10-15 depending on traffic.
mitotinytims
See, I'm American, and that still sounds absolutely absurd to me...and it's because I've lived in NYC and Philly. My theater is <3 mi away.
m00nWatcher
Your theatre is ‘heart’ miles away?
DanniLuxgarbe
Less than 3 miles away. #Don'texplainthejoke
ButIWanttobeanonymous
It's better than 3==D miles away.
EnragedCucco
The theatre is always in their heart, no travel needed
dbba
Russians laugh at this
makesense
Well, considering that most of the Russia is the equivalent of North Dakota there isn't much reason to travel far.
AskARussian
You betcha
circlebreaker
Was going to say; kind of like RUS & CAN, there's a fuckton of undeveloped/uninhabited km² in the US. Literally nothing between some towns.
RussianMafia1337
Especially Russians in Australia
kmikl
It's one of the few things they can laugh about when sober... let them have their fun.
Youbuttonhole
Hellooooo from Canada eh? We kind of have a similar problem. We're far less populated though haha and 90% live near the US border
dbba
Yes, I know. I live here too and used to live up North. I frequently drove 1400km in a day
AReallyBakedTurtle
That would be at least 14 hours of driving..... you sure you frequently did that?
dbba
Yes, it was actually about 16 hours with breaks and yes
ReLeVaNtUSERNAMESareReLeVaNT
Yeah much of Russia is empty
TheFastpaws
But people actually want to travel in America. People in Russia just want to live near Europe. You know where it doesn't suck.
GenGeorgePatton
Cyka Blyat
Caniac
Are they drunk or something?
Bearto
Just in the same way that greenland isn't actually that massive, neither is Russia.
NormyX
Russia is massive, truesize.com and move countries to the eqautor.
dbba
It may look bigger in some projections but it's easily the biggest country on the planet at almost twice the size of second place (Canada).
VioletMoonRising
Yeah but isn't everything outside of european russia basically empty or oil stuff?
fsm4president
That's ok, we laugh at Russians.
tighthead01
It's true, the Siberian province is so huge it's terrifying to think about.
HowistoadStoolTaken
There's literally no such thing as "Siberian province".
Catimodes
tighthead01
Christ! It's just over 2 days from Bar Harbor, ME to San Francisco, CA.
ashipthatshipsshippingships
That must be a kickass drive though.
kmikl
The question: is EVERY road passable for those 6 days?
JadeEye
Define "passable"
kmikl
Can be forded while only losing limb 3 out of 10 times.
JadeEye
Oh yeah, definitely
RigoryMorty
And yet France has more time zones than both USA and Russia...
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
What? Really? ...why?
RigoryMorty
Overseas colonies basically. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_zones_by_country
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
Ah ok, that makes a hell of a lot more sense
darkdragonempress
France seems to take joy baffling everyone. Look at how they order their school grades.
ISellEffinKias
go on (I'm too lazy to look into it myself.)
Jagernot
https://www.frenchtoday.com/blog/french-culture/the-french-school-system-explained
ShadusMacAoidh
Sixty-ten-eight... sixty-ten-nine... four twenties...
jbrightmans
While all of China is just in one time zone.
Ginkawa
thats just stupid though, to be honest.
SpruceCaboose
The wonders of communism. It's a shit deal for people in Western China, but I guess there aren't too many people out there.
Wankathon
It isn't really any more of a problem than latitude sharing the same time zone is considering sunset and rise differs that way as well.
SpruceCaboose
Uh, not really. Sunset is fairly affected, but sunrise is much less affected by latitude. The issue with the single zone is that 1/2
SpruceCaboose
longitude affects both significantly, making a FAR later rise and set. 2/2
Wankathon
I dont think it matters much, time by clocks is a social construct
ScorBun
So do Australians. You could drive for two days and still be in the same state.
smally1986
If you're not trying to leave the state yes, if you're actually going to another state it does not take 2 days. I went from Darwin to 1/2
smally1986
Sydney in 44hrs.
Nyoibo83
Yeah, now start in Perth
smally1986
You can drive from Perth to Sydney in almost 2 days.
Nyoibo83
About 40 hours, if you're driving continuously
promethbastard
14 hours straight driving and you're still not at the border!