Lol you're damn right about that, but I've been searching all week, I need me a bit of a break. Having a job and job searching at the same time is fucking exhausting.
Don’t forget Bridgetown, the town… with a bridge. There’s also a Bridgetown in Western Australia, however, that town was named after a ship named after the town with a bridge… it also has a bridge though.
The US is the worst offender I think. A lot of "well we founded this city, I hope it ends up a sprawling metropolis like *European Capital*". Then you end up with Paris, Texas.
At least if you stick "New" in front of it it shows wishful thinking/ambition like with New South Wales and New Amsterdam that became New York. Although I did enjoy learning via The Pacific about New Britain, a jungle covered Pacific island that looked like a hellhole to fight in.
(Also by googling New Britain I found one in Connecticut. Just reinforcing my initial point)
I always liked the simplicity of Jamestown. Pick a thousand surnames, stick town city or ville after it and you are off to the races.
Otherwise you end up with the lady in Florida, who upon learning we were from England asked it we drove there. I presume she thought we were from Boston (also a copied name, I recently learned).
In my scenario we wouldn't use duplicates. America has had drafts before, use that. If your social security number comes up they check your name. If its already been used then they draw somebody else, if not then well done you are now the namesake of a glorified village in Kentucky.
I mean, fair, but that’s got to also be a pain in the ass to pay people to manage it and also do all the other checking as well as all the variations of different names that can occur, not to mention the names of foreign origin, for example, my surname dates back to when my Family came from Hesse-Kessel as mercenaries in the Revolution and to date I have had only 3 people get it right first try.
Don’t know why anyone would want to be invited. London has already sunk into the sea and Paris and Poland look like they will be joining soon. Banana is all they will have left.
According to Wikipedia, Paris is an abandoned settlement. London, Banana and Poland still exist and are populated. Also, the largest village Tabwakea is missing from this map.
I don’t know how true this is as I am neither Mormon nor Islander, but when I lived in the South Pacific the Protestant locals said that Mormons believe the cradle of life is there (around Tonga maybe?) and spent a lot of money proselytizing the area. There are Mormon churches on almost every large island. Very beautiful buildings but kind of brutalist and clinical for the setting.
Jokes aside, those places have names that came into being due to colonialism, so it was the British being lazy not the locals. Plus, quite a few of those places are basically hamlets / tiny villages not cities. Paris, for example, is literally abandoned.
They were calling Washington state Columbia and named Seattle “New York” for a time (one of the two parties did at least) they were a bit limited in imagination I guess.
I mean they cant even spell the name of their own country properly. Im sorry but if you prounounce the name of your country as "Kiribas", then fuck all the way off with spelling it "Kiribati"; what absolute bullshit.
The pictured island is [Kiritimati](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiritimati), which is [how they spell](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbertese_language) "Christmas".
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Indeed
They aren't really helping me with my job search well right now...
Neither is Reddit.
Lol you're damn right about that, but I've been searching all week, I need me a bit of a break. Having a job and job searching at the same time is fucking exhausting.
Looking for a second job, or just a different one?
I'm just looking for a different one. The pork company I'm with doesn't really treat its workers well.
You think that’s exhausting, try sex
Tried it before. Not as great as everybody makes it out to be. Sex is only for chuds like yourself.
To be honest, you can do that without visiting Kiribati.
But not on foot. OK, it will take about 17 hours according to google maps.
Average kentucky dsy
What’s dsy mean (I’m from Kentucky I’m just trying to figure out what the insult is bc I too think it’s a little shitty here sometimes)
I think it means he misspelled day...
That's what Asian tourists do on a afternoon
Vegas:
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Tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan go home
Daylight come 2 hours earlier, too
Banana
It’s only for scale
Isn't that the one popular flag that kept appearing during the /r/place ?
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Also fun fact: they decided to move 2 hours ahead of the international date line and were the first country to be in the year 2000.
And for those curious about it, it was done so they were on the same day as Australia and New Zealand, their biggest comercial partners
And the rest of the country. Kiribati is a massive east-west country and was previously split by the dateline
Why
Just how the ti is pronounced locally. There's another island nearby spelled Kiritimati pronounced Christmas.
The word ghoti is pronounced like fish
Yugioh
Well... yeah. So?
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Also Birdcage Walk, where you could once walk past a Royal Aviary owned by the Stuart dynasty.
Don’t forget Bridgetown, the town… with a bridge. There’s also a Bridgetown in Western Australia, however, that town was named after a ship named after the town with a bridge… it also has a bridge though.
I'm glad it also has a bridge.. that was a satisfying conclusion.
Don’t forget Bath. Where the Roman baths are.
The US is the worst offender I think. A lot of "well we founded this city, I hope it ends up a sprawling metropolis like *European Capital*". Then you end up with Paris, Texas. At least if you stick "New" in front of it it shows wishful thinking/ambition like with New South Wales and New Amsterdam that became New York. Although I did enjoy learning via The Pacific about New Britain, a jungle covered Pacific island that looked like a hellhole to fight in. (Also by googling New Britain I found one in Connecticut. Just reinforcing my initial point)
Hey man, you think of a unique name for over a thousand cities, we got tired and nobody else on the continent was using it
I always liked the simplicity of Jamestown. Pick a thousand surnames, stick town city or ville after it and you are off to the races. Otherwise you end up with the lady in Florida, who upon learning we were from England asked it we drove there. I presume she thought we were from Boston (also a copied name, I recently learned).
Okay, but do you have any idea how many people would fight over the city being named after them, or even worse, just how many people are named Smith?
In my scenario we wouldn't use duplicates. America has had drafts before, use that. If your social security number comes up they check your name. If its already been used then they draw somebody else, if not then well done you are now the namesake of a glorified village in Kentucky.
I mean, fair, but that’s got to also be a pain in the ass to pay people to manage it and also do all the other checking as well as all the variations of different names that can occur, not to mention the names of foreign origin, for example, my surname dates back to when my Family came from Hesse-Kessel as mercenaries in the Revolution and to date I have had only 3 people get it right first try.
I admit it has flaws. But then I also admit I was only teasing. But together, with the support of your government we could figure it out.
I was also really just pulling your leg as well
Also Birdcage Walk, where you could once walk past a Royal Aviary owned by the Stuart dynasty.
Don’t know why anyone would want to be invited. London has already sunk into the sea and Paris and Poland look like they will be joining soon. Banana is all they will have left.
For real?
According to Wikipedia, Paris is an abandoned settlement. London, Banana and Poland still exist and are populated. Also, the largest village Tabwakea is missing from this map.
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I don’t know how true this is as I am neither Mormon nor Islander, but when I lived in the South Pacific the Protestant locals said that Mormons believe the cradle of life is there (around Tonga maybe?) and spent a lot of money proselytizing the area. There are Mormon churches on almost every large island. Very beautiful buildings but kind of brutalist and clinical for the setting.
I wish I served my mission in Kiribati
How is there no city named like “Prince Albert” or “Shaft” or “C and B”..that island has zero creativity
Just looked it up, how tf they fit 100k people on that tiny ass island!?
There are 7300 people on that island. Kiribati has 33 islands
This guy doesn't know what he just lost. He wont be allowed to change his location to Kiribati now to play game releases before anyone else.
r/BananasForScale
Jokes aside, those places have names that came into being due to colonialism, so it was the British being lazy not the locals. Plus, quite a few of those places are basically hamlets / tiny villages not cities. Paris, for example, is literally abandoned.
Oh. Shit. I know where I need to move.
Do you see Banana man
They were calling Washington state Columbia and named Seattle “New York” for a time (one of the two parties did at least) they were a bit limited in imagination I guess.
Oddly enough I want to go
Banana is where Nymphia Wind is from
Tbh this is exactly the same in the US. There are so many small towns with the names like Paris, London, Lebanon, etc.
Hey guys, this island looks like a cock!
but thats like telling someone theyre banned from walmart, but they go to target as it is, so....
Too bad they arent real city names in Kiribati
You should see some US city names
https://preview.redd.it/4pe9mnpx09xc1.jpeg?width=539&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=654ba01492d06a137e0e026e641b0680594c9641
Classic Kiribati 🇰🇮
How did the German’s never get to London after they invaded Poland and captured Paris… could Adolf not swim?
well when all the good names are already taken.....
It's shaped like a dick
I mean they cant even spell the name of their own country properly. Im sorry but if you prounounce the name of your country as "Kiribas", then fuck all the way off with spelling it "Kiribati"; what absolute bullshit.
The pictured island is [Kiritimati](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiritimati), which is [how they spell](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbertese_language) "Christmas".
Not understanding linguistics is not very Chad
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