Today I learned...

[sweggeh]

Washington DC is not the capital of the state of Washington. Apparently it is near Virginia? :wtf:

My whole life has been a lie.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

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[NumberSix]

And Brussels is not the capital of some fictional Europe.

[9erempiree]

Washington DC is not the capital of the state of Washington. Apparently it is near Virginia? :wtf:

My whole life has been a lie.

Wtf.

You never knew that?

Reason why Americans call Washington, 'Washington State' to differentiate from Washington or just call it DC.

[sweggeh]

FYI, I aint American so how am I supposed to know this shit. I thought it was a New York, New York type deal.

I also always wondered why that Washington Redskins team always played in Maryland. Turns out Washington DC is next to Virginia and Maryland. And nowhere actually near Washington. Plus DC is not a state? Just like Hawaii? So why is there 50 states when there are actually like 52 states? Actually is Alaska counted as one of the 50? This shit so random.

ffs Murica get your shit together :facepalm

[KingBeasley08]

DC is not a state, no. It is a city between Maryland and Virginia. Washington State is its own thing. Alaska is one of the 50 states.

I think we need to add 3 more states. Then we can really be an indivisible nation :bowdown:

[NumberSix]

FYI, I aint American so how am I supposed to know this shit. I thought it was a New York, New York type deal.

I also always wondered why that Washington Redskins team always played in Maryland. Turns out Washington DC is next to Virginia and Maryland. And nowhere actually near Washington. Plus DC is not a state? Just like Hawaii? So why is there 50 states when there are actually like 52 states? Actually is Alaska counted as one of the 50? This shit so random.

ffs Murica get your shit together :facepalm
So you never noticed that Washington DC is in the Eastern Conference despite the state of Washington being on the west coast?

:coleman:

[Im Still Ballin]

California is #1

[9erempiree]

FYI, I aint American so how am I supposed to know this shit. I thought it was a New York, New York type deal.

I also always wondered why that Washington Redskins team always played in Maryland. Turns out Washington DC is next to Virginia and Maryland. And nowhere actually near Washington. Plus DC is not a state? Just like Hawaii? So why is there 50 states when there are actually like 52 states? Actually is Alaska counted as one of the 50? This shit so random.

ffs Murica get your shit together :facepalm

I know you're not but you still should know.

[sweggeh]

So never never noticed that Washington DC is in the Eastern Conference despite the state Washington being on the west coast?

:coleman:

Conferences and divisions and shit are always ****ed up anyway. For example isn't Texas central bottom, but a bit more to the left? Why is Dallas in the East then?

[aj1987]

Conferences and divisions and shit are always ****ed up anyway. For example isn't Texas central bottom, but a bit more to the left? Why is Dallas in the East then?
:biggums:

:facepalm

[sweggeh]

I know you're not but you still should know.

My younger sister is the one who told me. I googled it immediately and felt kinda dumb lol.

At least I know now.

I will bet you though that a lot of people in England think the same as I thought.

[NumberSix]

I know you're not but you still should know.
To be fair, most Americans still call The Netherlands "Holland" despite that being like calling the USA "Carolina" or "Dakota".

[9erempiree]

Here bro

http://www.sculpture.org/documents/parksdir/usa/images/usamap.jpg
http://www.superchefblog.com/images/westcoast-eastcoast_72dpi350x225pxl.png
http://globalyoungpeople.org/images/usmap.jpg

[KingBeasley08]

Conferences and divisions and shit are always ****ed up anyway. For example isn't Texas central bottom, but a bit more to the left? Why is Dallas in the East then?
Originally, I think the East division needed one more team so Dallas joined DC, NY, Philly, and St. Louis. Eventually, they needed to cut it to 4 teams per division but even though St. Louis is further East, the Cowboys had legit rivalries with every team in the division and no one wanted to split that up so they kicked St. Louis out since no one cared about em


At least that's why I think it was. I just remember readin about this. Could have been a bit different but that's the basic story

[sweggeh]

Originally, I think the East division needed one more team so Dallas joined DC, NY, Philly, and St. Louis. Eventually, they needed to cut it to 4 teams per division but even though St. Louis is further East, the Cowboys had legit rivalries with every team in the division and no one wanted to split that up so they kicked St. Louis out since no one cared about em


At least that's why I think it was. I just remember readin about this. Could have been a bit different but that's the basic story

Thanks man. I never knew that.

[9erempiree]

NFL is not a good example. They had to realign the conferences recently because in the past it was all screwed up.

[NumberSix]

Originally, I think the East division needed one more team so Dallas joined DC, NY, Philly, and St. Louis. Eventually, they needed to cut it to 4 teams per division but even though St. Louis is further East, the Cowboys had legit rivalries with every team in the division and no one wanted to split that up so they kicked St. Louis out since no one cared about em


At least that's why I think it was. I just remember readin about this. Could have been a bit different but that's the basic story
And also that little thing about the Rams being in Los Angeles for 40 years.

[9erempiree]

Ok...here is something for sweggeh....why do you have this flag for England....
http://mavuk.org/wp-content/uploads/England-Flag.jpg

but when a sportsman wins something, they use this....
http://www.pics4world.com/vb/imgcache/2/6885showing.jpeg

[sweggeh]

Ok...here is something for sweggeh....why do you have this flag for England....
http://mavuk.org/wp-content/uploads/England-Flag.jpg

but when a sportsman wins something, they use this....
http://www.pics4world.com/vb/imgcache/2/6885showing.jpeg


They use the union jack because it represents Great Britain, which includes Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. At the Olympics they use that flag. Though in Football, Rugby, etc., they compete as individual countries, so the English team uses the English flag, the Scottish team uses the Scottish flag, etc.

[NumberSix]

Ok...here is something for sweggeh....why do you have this flag for England....
http://mavuk.org/wp-content/uploads/England-Flag.jpg

but when a sportsman wins something, they use this....
http://www.pics4world.com/vb/imgcache/2/6885showing.jpeg
Because St George's cross is the flag of England and the union flag is the flag of the United Kingdom.

[9erempiree]

Another thing....the people of England call themselves British but Britain is Wales and England, how come the Welsh don't call themselves British and the British don't call themselves English.:confusedshrug:

[9erempiree]

Because St George's cross is the flag of England and the union flag is the flag of the United Kingdom.

Yes, I already know that.

[KobesFinger]

Another thing....the people of England call themselves British but Britain is Wales and England, how come the Welsh don't call themselves British and the British don't call themselves English.:confusedshrug:

Britain is made up of England, Scotland and Wales. All Englishmen are British but not all Brits are English. As for calling ourselves British instead of English, its a personal thing. I personally don't call myself English because I'm not white, as racist as that may sound.

[9erempiree]

I guess it is the same shit there.

American-Mexican will just call themselves Mexican rather than American even though they are born here.

[9erempiree]

Just wanted to know how it is applied there because their may be certain social implications.

[NumberSix]

Britain is made up of England, Scotland and Wales. All Englishmen are British but not all Brits are English. As for calling ourselves British instead of English, its a personal thing. I personally don't call myself English because I'm not white, as racist as that may sound.
Well, if English people are white, and you're not white, it would stand to reason that you're not English.

I could not imagine that anybody would be silly enough to accuse you of racism for your point of view on that. Seems like solid logic.

[KobesFinger]

Well, if English people are white, and you're not white, it would stand to reason that you're not English.

I could not imagine that anybody would be silly enough to accuse you of racism for your point of view on that. Seems like solid logic.

If I were white and I said somebody who isn't white can't be English, I'd be called racist. Just how it is unfortunately

[NumberSix]

If I were white and I said somebody who isn't white can't be English, I'd be called racist. Just how it is unfortunately
Well, that's the leftist swamp that is UK political correctness.

I mean, just imagine. There is a political party that wants to treat all potential immigrants equally regardless of what country they are from, whereas all the other parties want immigration that favours Europeans. The party that wants to treat all potential immigrants equally is regarded as "the racist party". :wtf:

You can't make this stuff up. :roll:

[KobesFinger]

Well, that's the leftist swamp that is UK political correctness.

I mean, just imagine. There is a political party that wants to treat all potential immigrants equally regardless of what country they are from, whereas all the other parties want immigration that favours Europeans. The party that wants to treat all potential immigrants equally is regarded as "the racist party". :wtf:

You can't make this stuff up. :roll:

You mean UKIP? Thats not the reason they're called racist. Some of their representatives have been caught saying racist stuff e.g. Rozanne Duncan who doesn't like "negro faces" (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11333422/UKIP-councillor-had-a-problem-with-negroes-faces.html), though she was expelled.

[Dresta]

Well, that's the leftist swamp that is UK political correctness.

I mean, just imagine. There is a political party that wants to treat all potential immigrants equally regardless of what country they are from, whereas all the other parties want immigration that favours Europeans. The party that wants to treat all potential immigrants equally is regarded as "the racist party". :wtf:

You can't make this stuff up. :roll:
Haha, yeah, this shit is too much, and they won't even let the man answer questions about anything else, because they barely ever ask them.

What's funny is that in the debates you get the others replying with things like 'we don't want to close ourselves off like UKIP, we want to be open to different cultures and different groups blablabla..' even though the EU is one of the most exclusivist institutions in the world, and its high tariffs hurt many much poorer countries around the world.

In the BBC Newsnight interview all the interviewer could talk about was his 'tone' being a bit nasty. I was sure the political establishment would come down hard on UKIP, but i never expected it to be such a batty froth-fest - it's literally Orwellian (and people laugh at Putin's propaganda, when actually, our own propaganda-systems are much more subtle and effective in controlling how individuals think about things, because its victims aren't even aware that what they are reading is propaganda; many still think of the BBC as an 'objective' news source and broadcaster :oldlol:).

[Dresta]

You mean UKIP? Thats not the reason they're called racist. Some of their representatives have been caught saying racist stuff e.g. Rozanne Duncan who doesn't like "negro faces" (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11333422/UKIP-councillor-had-a-problem-with-negroes-faces.html), though she was expelled.
A councillor? That's not a 'representative' any more than the many Labour and Conservative councillors who are now in prison are representative of their parties.

[QUOTE]June 2008

[lilandywiggins]

Washington DC is not the capital of the state of Washington. Apparently it is near Virginia? :wtf:

My whole life has been a lie.

Please tell me you are not this dumb and you are just trolling.

[MavsSuperFan]

Washington DC is not the capital of the state of Washington. Apparently it is near Virginia? :wtf:

My whole life has been a lie.
Are you an american?:biggums: I dont know why but I remember you saying you are a black british person.

If so, no big deal.

[NumberSix]

Are you an american?:biggums: I dont know why but I remember you saying you are a black british person.

If so, no big deal.
Didn't he say he's Pakistani or something?

[sweggeh]

Didn't he say he's Pakistani or something?

The f*ck? :biggums:

Yeah Mavs, Im a black guy from England. I thought I knew stuff about America but guess I was wrong :oldlol:

[Bandito]

Op is a moron.