• Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    So, what, there are going to be twelve Danes in arms instead of 6?

    Why is there international reporting about these weird, quaint little quasi-countries? My high school class was bigger than Denmark. Why does a national border catapult you out of the local interest section?

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        When Europeans first arrived in China people refused to believe that all these tiny little European countries existed. Makes no sense for some peninsula smaller than 1/3rd of Shandong to be its own country.

        We had Danish exchange student visit once and they literally talked about crossing the border to buy groceries.

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            European Denmark has a little more than half the population of LA county. I’m not shitting on your culture or anything I think you and all the other nordic countries should re-unify. RETVRN to tradition, invade Norway.

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      on the contrary, i think we should build a catapult with which to launch denmark over some national borders. be pretty funny to fling denmark into slovakia i think

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      Your highschool class was the size of Wisconsin?

      I’m not American and know about Idaho because they have potatoes and sketchy apps that cause Mayor Pete to win primary/caucuses, and they’re 1/3 the size of Denmark.

      It’s not like this is a completely town-like country, like Andorra or San Marino. Being the setting of Hamlet and having Lego count for something.

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        Yeah, I’m just being a shit. We should make Denmark and Wisconsin fight, though. Put them both in a jar and shake it to find out who the true heirs of the Vikings are.

        Re: Idaho - Despite having a much smaller population, Idaho has like six times the land area of Denmark. It is very much a “shithead ignorant american” thing, but the scale of many other countries compared to the USA is often so skewed it makes comparisons weird. I’ve lived in metropolitan areas with populations several times that of Denmark. I’ve lived in states that are about a quarter of the size of the EU, but with less than 1% of the population. America is a whole ass trip.

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          I’ve lived in states that are about a quarter of the size of the EU, but with less than 1% of the population

          Besides Alaska there aren’t multiple states that would fit that description tho. Texas is about one-sixth of the size of the EU but has a huge population, Montana’s the 4th biggest state (after AK/TX/CA) but around one-twelfth the EU’s size

          You’re probably being hyperbolic or smth this is just me being pedantic lmao I have OCD

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        Being the setting of Hamlet and having Lego count for something.

        Not really

        Being the setting of Hamlet

        Lmao this is the same mindset of people from small towns where a movie was once filmed

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          Lol, you completely destroyed my point.

          If anything those small-towns have a better mindset because at least the director actually stepped foot in their towns, Shakespeare didn’t go anywhere.

          Wisconsin have high quantities of beer and cheese (not necessarily quality), and redlettermedia. Idk how you can really quantify places you’ve never been to other than by your cultural/food export.

          I will go to the small town, I will feign being impressed when the local greasy spoon has a picture of Sylvester Stallone’s second cousin eating while shooting a movie there.

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    Jesus this thread is ruined by Americans…

    This is the core of why I hate Americans. Just the mention of another country’s name and they start shouting at the top of their voices, “HHAHAHHA OMG YOU GUYZZ ANOTHER COUNTRY!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 IMAGINE EXISTING WHILST NOT AMERICA!!! 😂😂😂😂”

    Comment thread is complete with “hey this is like an obscure American pop culture thing!!!11!!!” , plus excruciatingly detailed discussion of irrelevant American geography.

    Americans are scum. Imagine not being able to hear the mention of any other country without feeling the need to howl your disrespect. I have beaten people up irl for this shit.

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      Nah, it’s because our armed forces are a joke and have been since like 1870. Denmark has never been a great power and our elites seem satisfied with just being leeches on the Americans. The current government’s obsession with “strengthening the army” is just a way to ensure that the SocDems don’t get wallopped because everything has gotten worse and Mette Frederiksen is a lunatic who’s eyeing a job at NATO. Fortunately for us, she doesn’t seem to be itching for another war the way Anders Fogh Rasmussen did, but she is still hellbent on proving her dedication to the Neoliberal circus.

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      Hahahaha! Your non-American post reminds me of this one time when I was in Denmark, New York for the 4th of July. Haha! Imagine being a country named after a random place in New York 🤣

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      Either I shit on Denmark for being 1/3rd the size of Shandong or Europeans start using Shandong being 3x the size of Denmark as a reason for drawing their shitty Balkanization maps. Sorry buddy you guys started this one. It really is none of my business but if I don’t point out the absurdity of Denmark and Norway being seperate nations then I’ll have to constantly be on the rhetorical defense.