▲ 84 r/AskGeography+1 crossposts

There are more Mongols in China than Mongolia. There are more Azeris in Iran than Azerbaijan. Any other examples?

What are some countries in which the main ethnic group is more numerous in a single different country than inside it? Bonus if the country is named after its ethnic group. Irish/Ireland debatable.

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u/42cardpickup — 5 days ago
▲ 11 r/RedScarePodMusic+1 crossposts

What's your favorite song to sing in Down Syndrome voice?

My girlfriend and I have been discussing this all afternoon. So far, our favorite is "wivin' on a pwayow." What's yours?

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u/42cardpickup — 13 days ago

Random Complaint

At every big museum, zoo, or gallery, you never get to enter through the original historic front entrance. You always enter through their new modern wing on the side of the building. The grand, beautiful front doors and staircase just sit there unused :/

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u/42cardpickup — 1 month ago

CASHNADO ALERT!!!

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u/42cardpickup — 1 month ago

Math is Fun! It's like a treasure hunt to find "X!"

Math is fun, kids! No really, it's like a treasure hunt; like a fun puzzle! Lets try this fun puzzle together... okay, no, we do have to follow the rules though, haha. But if we follow the rules we can complete the treasure hunt! Okay, we're going a little off course here, haha, let's remember the rules!

Okay, math is fun but we do have to follow the rules. It's important; otherwise, we can't do the puzzle. No, that's not right. No, follow the rules. Memorize the rules and follow them. Seriously.

Follow the rules or you're in trouble. Follow the rules or I'll call your parents.

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u/42cardpickup — 1 month ago

Separatist movements I despise

Quebec, Scotland, Catalonia, Basque, Flanders, Punjab, Cascadia, basically any snobbish comparatively wealthy province that wants to print government documents in their special little second language. Also delusional ones like PR or Greenland, like that wouldn't be a disaster.

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u/42cardpickup — 1 month ago

Why is there no imaginary number for 1/0?

i is the imaginary number, a variable introduced to stand in for sqrt(-1), because there is no number that if multiplied by itself will yield a negative result. Conceptually/logically, this seems similar to how dividing by zero makes no sense (splitting a quantity into zero parts). Why then, has there been no variable to get around dividing by zero, like 1/0=j or something?

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u/42cardpickup — 2 months ago

Ben doesn’t get enough credit

For defending Steven A Smith. Jeff’s attack on him, and on those with autoimmune disorders in general, is so cruel. Also, he sold out the belly room of the comedy store, twice! that is so impressive. At this rate he’ll be in the green room in no time. What will Jeff have to say then?

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u/42cardpickup — 2 months ago

Calling Jeff a f@ggot and then when Jeff retorts he laughs at him and goes “you’re so mad! You’re so mad, what’s the matter buddy?” Legitimately reminded me of high school bullies, like actually psychotic shit.

“Jeff you’re closeted gay and you molested a gay guy at a show.”

“Wtf that is not true why would you say that.”

“Hey man, why are you so mad? Take a chill pill lmao.”

I wanted to cave Ben’s head in when I heard that shit, that is insane. That interview made me hate Ben and it reminded me of the abuse Tim Dillon threw at him. This is a father of two we’re talking about, btw.

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u/42cardpickup — 3 months ago
▲ 290 r/Aquariums

I see this often: a beginner, bless his heart, excitedly posts a pictures of his new spongebob-themed aquarium and is immediately battered with the refrain "get real plants." Plenty of correct benefits for the real plants are always listed: increased oxygenation, hiding places, nitrogen uptake, etc. etc. Everyone's heart is in the right place, to be sure.

The problem here is that if our beginner simply wedges an amazon swordplant into his pink-and-black gravel, it will die. Plants can only give as good as they get, and if they get a sterile and fluorescent bikini bottom, they'll quickly become an expensive pile of brown mush. Ironically, water quality declines at this point. Plants need the right substrate, light, temperature, fertilization, which all need to be taken into account beforehand. It's a process, and it won't work without the right starting materials. I'd love to be proven wrong, but I've never once seen a brightly colored spongetank with vibrant, healthy plants; its just not an environment for them, and therefore, also not an optimal environment for fish that evolved to live in planted ecosystems.

All this is to say, are we setting beginners up for failure by encouraging them to buy plants without also encouraging them to create an environment where the plants will grow? What exact advice should be given, I don't know. We can discuss that. But I would argue "just add plants" is unfortunately bad advice.

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u/42cardpickup — 3 months ago

People still referring to him as “Shohei Ohtani” in posts, instead of just “he” or “him.” It’s the Shohei Ohtani subreddit, who else would we be talking about

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u/42cardpickup — 3 months ago