mitchty

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[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 day ago

And an eagle and truck nuts and maybe tactical crocs.

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 days ago

Heh i love making Nunavut jokes around Canadians. They split it off a while back forget the reason it’s recent ish ~25 years ago.

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But even Canada gave up on that approach and is having Nunavut.

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

As a former Dakotan of the north, screw South Dakota aka the lesser Dakota. North Dakota actually pays taxes unlike Switzerland of the us. A joke we had: how do you know you’re in South Dakota? Potholes every quarter mile instead of every mile in the road.

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

None I could find, spraypaint those 3 out at least >.< I’ve no idea on the other countries accuracy my bet is that graphic is pre 2017 at the least cause the enterprise was decommissioned that year.

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

Sure just better to say Americans that haven’t resided in a state in the past then. Or more simply Puerto Ricans but at some point I feel like we’re just language lawyering here.

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

Amen to that! I was worried I’d get fat in pr, but ended up losing weight. Maybe I should move…

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s not forced, every state was a territory and chose to become a state. That’s the prescribed way for this to go. Why do we want to change that now? Part of statehood also changes things like federal aid etc as you’ll now be paying federal taxes but a part of this representation involves all this extra.

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fair should have said Puerto Ricans.

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And the bonhomme Richard basically got arsoned in port. The enterprise is definitely out of it since 2017, this graphics full of bs.

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 week ago

That exception was the 23rd amendment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-third_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Puerto Ricans as an example don’t meet the same conditions e.g. paying federal income tax. Hence statehood as their option to representation.

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Only citizens residing in a state for the majority of the year can vote for federal elections. Basically you need a senator to vote federally. Hawaii and all other states were the same way when they too were territories. All PR needs to do is vote for statehood and then I guess the political shitshow starts as well as flag redesign.

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