Fun with maps
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@Zecc I personally like Flod. It has a delightful sound to it.
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@HardwareGeek no, I’d be Flod N.
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@Arantor said in Fun with maps:
@HardwareGeek no, I’d be Flod N.
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It must of bean an acident
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@BernieTheBernie Brillant! Although perhaps we should be careful with too many of these things in one place. HardwareGeek isn't getting any younger, and Zerosquare's Reboot as a Service might not be able to help
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@PleegWat said in Fun with maps:
Which is the obligatory state that survives this projection?
Nw Yok's close, especially in terms of pronunciation.
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@dkf Ohio is only missing one letter.
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@dkf said in Fun with maps:
@PleegWat said in Fun with maps:
Which is the obligatory state that survives this projection?
Nw Yok's close, especially in terms of pronunciation.
Identical pronunciation is about as good as you can ask for, really
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@Gribnit In general, or just in this particular case?
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@loopback0 This must've come about after that viral observation that Ohio is the only state that shares no letters with the word "mackerel".
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@remi said in Fun with maps:
That looks like the setup for a joke. A British, a French, a Pole and a (???) are on a boat and they discover an island...
And a Sri Lankan. Kiribati means milk rice in Sinhala.
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@loopback0 said in Fun with maps:
I don't find that surprising at all. I think of Tokyoians as living in closets and iron lungs.
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@PleegWat said in Fun with maps:
@remi Eh, if it ever gets so far that we have to dam the North Sea, it'll be Dutch engineers doing it. Then we'll drain Doggerland, parcel it up, sell it, and run a profit on the whole endeavour.
Probably not in our lifetime though. Blocking off the warm, salty water flowing into the North Sea won't just cause it to become fresh water. It'll also cool it down significantly, and the warm water will probably be redirected towards Greenland and the Arctic, which cannot possibly be a good idea climatologically.
Only if change is a bad thing. This is always assumed, but seldom considered.
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@Carnage said in Fun with maps:
@HardwareGeek said in Fun with maps:
@Zecc Foie gras, if you didn't know what it is, sounds like something you might eat. Liver paste, however, belongs in that other thread.
I'm fairly sure it's actually called liver pâté in English. It's not at all horrible, though best combined with cucumber.
The horrible part is how it's made.
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@Applied-Mediocrity FRESH HORSES
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@boomzilla Also, California is , .
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@boomzilla nevermind the corn... carrots?!
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@loopback0 and tuna. Lots of suspect data here.
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@boomzilla Tuna can be OK (provided you like fish in the first place), and most of the other options are pretty common. I've seen corn on pizza too, even if it isn't something I'd ever actively choose.
But both avocado and carrots are downright strange on a pizza. Avocado's too wet, and carrots need far more cooking than ordinary toppings...
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@boomzilla said in Fun with maps:
@loopback0 and tuna. Lots of suspect data here.
Plenty of pizza places here do tuna on pizza - often with other seafood like prawns and anchovies, or sometimes with sweetcorn (which I'm assuming is what the map means by corn).
I don't think I've ever seen carrots offered as a topping though.
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@loopback0 said in Fun with maps:
I don't think I've ever seen carrots offered as a topping though.
Well, I guess you've never been to New Mexico. (I have, but I didn't see carrots on a pizza, either.)
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@GuyWhoKilledBear said in Fun with maps:
@boomzilla said in Fun with maps:
States 1. Commonwealths 0.
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@boomzilla said in Fun with maps:
@GuyWhoKilledBear said in Fun with maps:
@boomzilla said in Fun with maps:
States 1. Commonwealths 0.
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The full name of Pennsylvania is "The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," whereas the full name of my state is "The State of New Jersey.
I assure you, the favorite pizza topping of New Jersey (which isn't listed in your infographic) isn't Corn. Pennsylvania, which is a Commonwealth, is doing something silly.
There's no legal or practical or meaningful difference between States and Commonwealths. (The Kentucky Territory actually did a full historical and legal study of the issue when, prior to statehood, they had to decide whether to be a State or a Commonwealth.)
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@GuyWhoKilledBear said in Fun with maps:
@boomzilla said in Fun with maps:
@GuyWhoKilledBear said in Fun with maps:
@boomzilla said in Fun with maps:
States 1. Commonwealths 0.
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The full name of Pennsylvania is "The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," whereas the full name of my state is "The State of New Jersey.
I assure you, the favorite pizza topping of New Jersey (which isn't listed in your infographic) isn't Corn. Pennsylvania, which is a Commonwealth, is doing something silly.
There's no legal or practical or meaningful difference between States and Commonwealths. (The Kentucky Territory actually did a full historical and legal study of the issue when, prior to statehood, they had to decide whether to be a State or a Commonwealth.)
New Jersey appears to be Black Olives. That's definitely worse than corn, if more common. Also, the Commonwealth of Virginia has the king of toppings, pepperoni.
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@loopback0 I don't think I've ever seen any fish or seafood other than anchovies on pizza
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@boomzilla said in Fun with maps:
@GuyWhoKilledBear said in Fun with maps:
@boomzilla said in Fun with maps:
@GuyWhoKilledBear said in Fun with maps:
@boomzilla said in Fun with maps:
States 1. Commonwealths 0.
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The full name of Pennsylvania is "The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," whereas the full name of my state is "The State of New Jersey.
I assure you, the favorite pizza topping of New Jersey (which isn't listed in your infographic) isn't Corn. Pennsylvania, which is a Commonwealth, is doing something silly.
There's no legal or practical or meaningful difference between States and Commonwealths. (The Kentucky Territory actually did a full historical and legal study of the issue when, prior to statehood, they had to decide whether to be a State or a Commonwealth.)
New Jersey appears to be Black Olives. That's definitely worse than corn, if more common. Also, the Commonwealth of Virginia has the king of toppings, pepperoni.
Black Olives are a normal pizza topping, although I'd be surprised if they're actually New Jersey's favorite pizza topping.
I've never even heard of corn as a pizza topping. What?
Obviously, I'm not going to jump down your throat over Pepperoni being the favorite pizza topping of your Commonwealth. But the real king of pizza toppings is sausage and peppers.
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@GuyWhoKilledBear said in Fun with maps:
But the real king of pizza toppings is sausage and
peppersmushrooms.
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@hungrier said in Fun with maps:
@loopback0 I don't think I've ever seen any fish or seafood other than anchovies on pizza
Now that's more surprising than any of those choices, maybe except for avocado.
Tuna pizza is a common thing all over the world, and stuff like shrimps or squid at least in beach places. Ordering pineapple (and probably avocado, too, I'm not gonna try) can purportedly get you thrown out of some traditional pizza places; "al tonno" is canonical.
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@LaoC Yeah, but he's ian. He thinks poutine is a normal pizza topping.
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@LaoC said in Fun with maps:
Ordering pineapple (and probably avocado, too, I'm not gonna try) can purportedly get you thrown out of some traditional pizza places;
And as a pizza chain offering it can get you thrown out of the country (see domino's Italian endeavour going bankrupt).
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Can confirm florida loves pepperoni. So glad I moved away.
Cannot confirm olives in Oregon. Maybe it is, but I have insufficient data to judge.
King of toppings is cheese. /thread
Runner ups: sausage and jalapeno; cheese and onion; pesto and onion; bbq chicken pizza toppings; buffalo chicken pizza toppings;
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What I’m wondering about is why the distinction is made between pepperoni and other sausages. Probably for the same reason there is a commonwealth on that map as well as a bunch of states, I guess.
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@Gurth said in Fun with maps:
What I’m wondering about is why the distinction is made between pepperoni and other sausages.
Because they're different, at least in terms of pizza toppings.
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I figured, but it goes against my sense of uniformity to name one type of sausage specifically and lump everything else together as just “sausage”. Unfortunately there are no other things on that map that do the same, like if somewhere it said “fruit” and elsewhere “avocado”.
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@Gurth said in Fun with maps:
I figured, but it goes against my sense of uniformity to name one type of sausage specifically and lump everything else together as just “sausage”. Unfortunately there are no other things on that map that do the same, like if somewhere it said “fruit” and elsewhere “avocado”.
I'd suggest they make distinction between cheese and cheddar as well, but that might actually make sense so they probably don't. Or they only offer plastic.
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@Gurth said in Fun with maps:
What I’m wondering about is why the distinction is made between pepperoni and other sausages.
Because one is an abomination as a topping and the other one is pepperoni.
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@Gurth said in Fun with maps:
What I’m wondering about is why the distinction is made between pepperoni and other sausages.
In North America, Italian sausage (salsiccia [salˈsittʃa] in Italian) most often refers to a style of pork sausage. The sausage is often noted for being seasoned with fennel as the primary seasoning.
Any Italian (or pseudo-Italian) food that mentions "sausage" means this.
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@HardwareGeek still don’t know if that means “sausage” is something like salami or pepperoni, which belongs on a pizza, or something like hot dog wieners, which absolutely do not.
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@topspin said in Fun with maps:
@HardwareGeek still don’t know if that means “sausage” is something like salami or pepperoni, which belongs on a pizza, or something like hot dog wieners, which absolutely do not.
Neither.
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@topspin said in Fun with maps:
@HardwareGeek still don’t know if that means “sausage” is something like salami or pepperoni, which belongs on a pizza, or something like hot dog wieners, which absolutely do not.
Once upon a time a US-originating pizza chain advertised a pizza where the outer rim was filled with hotdog. I will not name them here because I do not remember the name of the chain and most definitely not to protect the guilty.
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@topspin Most often, it's irregular pieces of sausage meat/spices without a casing, not sliced link sausage. The whole fennel seeds are easily visible, typically with some amount of visible red pepper. (Think of what crumbled ground beef looks like, but pork sausage.) Whether it belongs on pizza, my opinion is definitely yes, but I don't force my opinion on you.
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@dkf said in Fun with maps:
Tuna can be OK (provided you like fish in the first place)
Tuna is a very unlike other fish. I'd say it's closer to veal than to most ‘white’ fish.
@loopback0 said in Fun with maps:
sometimes with sweetcorn (which I'm assuming is what the map means by corn)
Indeed, sweet corn does appear in some of the styles. Quick look at local pizza delivery menu shows sweet corn in 6 of the 36 items.
@GuyWhoKilledBear said in Fun with maps:
Black Olives are a normal pizza
The usual ‘al tono’ is sugo, mozarella, tunna, onion, olives.
@LaoC said in Fun with maps:
and stuff like shrimps or squid at least in beach places
In seaside Italy, everything is ‘frutti di mare’ (to the point that in Cinque Terre we had problems ordering something that wouldn't include any prawns or calamari).
@Captain said in Fun with maps:
King of toppings is cheese.
Cheese is a base ingredient. You normally start with Marghareta, that is sugo and mozarella, and then add toppings. The cream-based options have greater variation of which cheese is included, but it is very rare that there isn't any.
@PleegWat said in Fun with maps:
distinction between cheese and cheddar
When the other options are mozarella, gorgonzola, camambert and parmigiano, cheddar is the closest one to ‘generic cheese’.
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@Bulb said in Fun with maps:
we had problems ordering something that wouldn't include any prawns or calamari).
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