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[fqllve]

It is satire, they just don't know it. Which makes it the best kind of satire.

[Sirus]

I'm guessing that some of it is submitted as satire. Problem is that Andy himself is quite sincere, and he deletes anything he doesn't agree with.

[Delta Foxtrot]

It was started as a serious project by a serious man. Then the trolls came. It's pretty much 50/50* satire/real deal these days.

* = arbitrary numbers chosen randomly.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

These days, Conservapedia is basically a giant game of internet espionage-trolling between the actual reactionaries and the horde of people pretending to be like said reactionaries while they all laugh at them while they aren't looking.

There was once a point where Andy's second-hand man was, in fact, someone playing a very impressive long troll.

[Truean]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/southern-miss-band-chants-where-green-card-puerto-205326741.html

As the article says, Puerto Rico is a part of the United States. People there are American Citizens. Thus, no green card is required (a type of immigration paper). Asking where his is, is rude.

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So, Flashlight...?  http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/google-low-tech-security-plan-remove-lightbulbs-193423347.html They'll never see that lone black cable pumping out all the secrets in all that darkness....

[Bauglir]

In a perfect world, the correct response would be, "Why, right here, in my fist. Why don't I give you a closer look?"

I kid, of course. In a perfect world, such preposterous questions would not be asked.

[penguinofhonor]

I'm personally annoyed that nobody gets taught about the US territories in school. 50 states, 50 states, 50 states. I feel like that contributes a lot towards the racism/disrespect.

[kaijyuu]

Yeah it's pretty disgusting.

Nitpick on that article though:

Ignorant ignorance; it's the best kind.

Err, the only kind. Common things misconstrued as ignorance would be delusion and malice.

[Fenrir]

Joking aside, I agree that Puerto Rico should be a state. I am not even sure why a racist would care, as the United States has not been comprised wholly of a single race in hundreds of years (if it ever has).

[kaijyuu]

MEXICANS TAKIN' OUR JOBS N VOTIN' IN OUR CONGRESS


I think I'll mention it to my rather racist family and see what they have to say. Once I explain the concept of non-state territories and all that.

[fqllve]

I'm personally annoyed that nobody gets taught about the US territories in school. 50 states, 50 states, 50 states. I feel like that contributes a lot towards the racism/disrespect.

It's not just school, how often do you ever hear about the Commonwealths and territories at all? I would not be surprised to learn that many adults do not even know about them. Heck, I have met people who do not even know the difference between Puerto Rico and Costa Rica.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

People mention the Virgin Islands every once in a while, but it's generally only about vacations and fails to make the distinction that some of the islands are owned by the U.K. and some others by the U.S.

Guam is fairly often mentioned for various reasons, but it isn't immediately obvious to a lot of people that the U.S. owns that too.

America Samoa gets a little attention, but not much.

The Northern Mariana Islands, on the other hand, are the forever alone of U.S. territory.

There's also Wake, Midway, and the other minor pacific islands that have been uninhabited for a while now, but those hardly count.

Not many people know that the U.S. used to own the Philippines as well.

[fqllve]

I'd say that after Guam and Puerto Rico, Midway and Wake are the most mentioned US territories. Wake often gets overshadowed by Pearl Harbor, but Midway is certainly well known. They're also both astoundingly beautiful

[FearfulJesuit]

Of course, historically, we almost annexed Nicaragua and Cuba and made them states. Thing is, Puerto Rico is likely to become the last state, until Newt gets his way with the moon base- we simply don't have any other territories that are big enough to even think about qualifying. Well, there's DC...but since it's full of black people and is very heavily Democratic-leaning, it'll have to wait until the Republicans start languishing in obscurity.


Assuming, of course, that a small clan of reactionary Kiwis don't get their way.

Off the top of my head, too, I can think of the various following proposals for the 51st state that have been floated at one time or another: Québec; Long Island; the east coast of Maryland; Jefferson (almost became a reality!); the upper peninsula of Michigan; Taiwan; and Albania.

[Max White]

What is this? New Zealand belongs to us, like an angsty teenager we let think have his own way just because it is easier at the time than sending him to his room. And don't let any rabbits tell you otherwise!