Google: What country is...
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So, I learned a few minutes ago that you can go to google and type in
what country is canada
and get an interesting result:It's not just Canada or North America either:
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I have to wonder if some Google engineer got stuck watching old runs of
HistoryHitler Channel based on this:
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Hit Enter: Also, liking the autosuggestAnd @MathNerdCNU wins
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Someone done goofed.
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It's not just Canada or North America either:https://what.thedailywtf.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/f/9f0ad160ca5e6fdf55c4c0c54f9f98fbac928fec.PNG
I found Belgium for you. Turns out it's France!
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No repro.
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I tried on some U.S. states, no weirdities except for some kind of "Hawaii isn't actually a state" conspiracy theory:
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Dang, it happened way too quick for me to get a screenshot, but "What country is Mountain Dew" briefly flashed Nepal.
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I smell a @OffByOne somewhere...
Filed under: INB4 someone forgot RDBMS X / language Y 1-indexes arrays
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Mildly surprised it got Taiwan correct.
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Why isn't that Belgium-ed? Think of the children!
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No, this is a repro. You see you searched for 'Canada' and found 'Kanada'. That's wrong!
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I think I have an idea. As you type the question, Google auto "completes it". In my case I had an "in". The result would sort of make more sense then
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Try a few other Island states, I reckon they should work
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Well my point is that China (the big one) claims that Taiwan is part of China. Taiwan, of course, claims that mainland China is (or, realistically: should be) part of Taiwan.
Somehow Google gives the most sensible answer, at least for an American while the US maintains diplomatic connections to both countries. I'm guessing the result would be different for an IP in mainland China.
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I'm surprised there is any concern. Last time I was there (@10 years ago) the amount of visible US merchandise was impressive. Also, I am of the opinion that the China / Twian situation suits China as it gives them a back door access, so to speak, to the finances of commercially driven non-communistic world. Let's face it. If they wanted it they would take it - who could, realistically, stop them?
These days they also have Hong Kong
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some kind of "Hawaii isn't actually a state" conspiracy theory
Clearly utter nutjobs; everyone knows the four states that aren't are Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
(they're technically commonwealths, not states)
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they're technically commonwealths
I defy any true red blooded 'merican to say "commonwealth" in a geo-political context - and mean it, without having apoplexy or similar...
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On a similar note: I was watching an "episode" of Modern Life is Goodish a day or so ago, and the guy was going on about the effect of insults. I learnt that 'mericans pledge allegiance to their flag as soon as they are old enough to swear. This can have a serious effect on some of them, especially if their Flag is disrespected - and rightly so. As far as us Brits are concerned; if the only bit of cloth available to wipe our hands after clearing the blockage is a Union Flag, we would have clean hands.
I mention all this because the guy went on to describe / show the rules and protocols that exist concerning the US Flag.
It was an education and it was entertaining.
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Yeah, flags are sort of a big thing over here.
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Am I right in thinking they're not allowed to touch the ground?
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You are.
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Possibly, except at State / Military funerals
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Additionally, burning is simultaneously verboten and the only permitted method of disposal.
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Am I right in thinking they're not allowed to touch the ground?
Well, that would end well here... See, traditional weddings here include a flag bearer whose duty it is to "lead the celebration". His props are a flag and a seemingly bottomless bottle of very strong liquor that he distributes around the place as he sees fit.
Also, the unwritten rule is that he's the first one to get drunk and start doing stupid things. If he manages to keep that flag from ever touching the floor I'd be impressed.
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One of the "things" mentioned in the programme I mentioned earlier, is the burning of the Flag. Humour was created by stating that the best way to dispose of a Flag that is no longer in a good condition is burning it. Yes, I know there is one hell of a difference, but it was a UK programme and that sort of "surface" contradiction goes a long way to making us laugh.
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Additionally, burning is simultaneously verboten and the only permitted method of disposal.
And yet we'll happily wipe our arses with ours.Literally:
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A subtle difference between the UK and the USA in those circumstances.
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Fuck me the s are coming in thick and fast
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"The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning"
Coincidentally, I see nothing in the rules regarding burning the flag in an undignified way, though usually people who burn it put it on the ground, so they're breaking the rule that it must never touch anything below it.
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We have some really fucking bizarre nationalist practices. Since our government is so mutable, the flag is really the only concrete symbol available.
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But then, one of the nice things about the UK is that we can call our State / Institution a pile of shit. And there are even those who are the State / Institution that would be the first to agree.
One of the bad things about the UK is that nobody gives Jack Shit about it, or does anything about it.
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Am I right in thinking they're not allowed to touch the ground?
Note that none of those rules have force of law.
Well... confusingly they do, but there's no defined penalties for breaking any of them. So. They kind of don't. I guess.
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Lynch Law
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The 30 days in the clink sounds a lot harsher than $100; I'd have expected something like 100 hours community service.
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Only applies to DC (the only territory the Federal Government has direct control over)
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Has nothing to do with the rules discussed so far in this thread about how to properly display and dispose of flags.
But hey, whatever. Pedantic dickweeds ahoy.
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It's from 1947.
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And if that's enforced at all in DC, I would be fucking astonished.
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I honestly am not even sure what the exact crime is that warrants these punishments, and I'm not going to take the time to parse it out. Best I can tell, if you display or sell something in DC with anything resembling a defaced US flag, you're going to jail. Or, perhaps, if you sell something with the flag on it at all. Or maybe even if you sell something while a flag is nearby.
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I'm guessing that between 1947 and today it has been enforced approximately zero times.
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I've seen all 3.
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I don't recall seeing a defaced flag, but the other two I do recall.
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I'm inclined to agree.
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I was going to say, any city with a Hot Topic has at least 5 clothing items for sale featuring defaced flags.
Example found in literally 2 seconds of Googling: