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Little known fact(oid).

Ohio's original state motto was "75% of our name is vowels"

Iowa's State motto was "…God dammit Ohio!"

These are the most interesting things about both states. I should know, I'm from Ohio.

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In case anyone is curious, as far as I can tell neither of these mottos are real
- factoid (2) - an assumption or speculation that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact.
  Absolutely 100% made up. So, if that's the most interesting thing about each state, and it's fictional, imagine how mind numbingly boring the corn states must be
  (I'm joking ofc, Ohio has a few redeeming qualities. The southeastern portion is particularly beautiful, Idaho has some staggering vistas, and Iowa… I mean, 75% of their name is vowels I guess)
- Don't forget Idaho's state motto:
  "Idaho."
I thought that the most interesting fact about Ohio is that the name looks like a tractor.
- I can't unsee it anymore. It really does look like one.
The driving in the hills of southern Ohio can be pretty nice. I used to spend a lot of time in the Dover area. Michigan and Ohio were my sales territory for a few years
I dunno, Jungle jims is kinda neat. And a few scattered museums across the state. But otherwise yeah.
- Don't forget the Hocking Hills too.
  I just went to Jungle Jim's for the first time this weekend actually. What an amazing place. For those that don't know, it's basically an IKEA sized grocery store. Over 6 acres (24000 m^2 )
Bird Bird Bird song
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as someome who knows neither the us states nor australian areas well, i dont het any of this :33

As someone who lives in Auscalifornia, it is kind of uncannily accurate.
- As someone from New Mexico, I’m just happy to be included (Americans often assume it’s a country outside the USA)

My dumbass who just woke up is like "How do you pronounce Qld?"

Queensland. It's Queensland.

I just assumed that qld was some archaicism that just kinda still existed.
- It's the state of something that has been on the receiving end of kvlt.

I sometimes also call Australia as a whole the Texas of the Commonwealth nations. We're big, we have snakes and desert, we love big things, we're ornery and we've flirted with secession more than once.

I work on a remote team with three Australians who live in three different states. I'm sure they'll appreciate this! Especially the Ausalabaman guy!

In Australia we believe in equality, so I'll piss off all the states.

Victoria : "afDanistan", wokeville. Small latte drinkers who don't have a driver's licence. Labourers and Stop/Go people on $200,000.

New South Wales: dumb boomers on $3m property. Driving at 80kmh on their Learner drivers plates. Shit at rugby. Sydney nightlife ends at 9pm.

South Australia: "oh yeah I have an auntie there I think." Nothing to do. Their water tastes funny. Churches everywhere. Weird 1.5hr timezone.

Western Australia: If you want to know why there's a wait time for Toyota's, it's bloody WA buying them all. Full of cashed up bogans in lifted land cruisers. Have to watch footy at lunch time because they are 3 timezones away. If you are anti social and don't mind a 6hr drive to anywhere live there.

Tasmania: 10 people live there with a mild sense of imbreeding. Looks kinda nice, but why would you go to Tassy if you can go to New Zealand for the same price.

Northern Territory: biggest employers, the mines and Pine Gap (the CIA base). Otherwise it's Australia's poverty lane.

Australian Capital Territory: Australia's Uni campus. A concrete jungle, a tiny town where we keep the big wigs who are driven everywhere in black BMWs or Camry's.

If you are anti social and don’t mind a 6hr drive to anywhere live there.
Looks like I'm bound for West Australia, boys
A concrete jungle
The bush capital being referred to as a concrete jungle is so out of touch it’s almost poetic.

Oregon looks very happy.

I can't speak for the Australian version, but US Oregon is pretty hit or miss depending on which part.

I don't think this person knows much about either country beyond stereotypes

Queensland

batsh*it crazy but fancy

I'm in this picture and I don't like it.

I don't like it
No I don't, never did
I don't like it
Yep, sounds Queenslander-y
The Margot Robbie account is here now? No wonder this place feels different. It isn't the gay lil leftist meme page it was a few months ago.
It's nice that it's bigger, but there are more right wing trolls targeting this instance than there used to be as a result.
- Esteemed Academy Award nominated character actress Margot Robbie shows up wherever she please!
  Also, randomly showing up in places is like, one of my thing here.

As a US southerner I think you want to make Queensland a combo of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia With SE Qld as Atlanta. Only thing fancy about Louisiana is the food

So which region does Bluey take place in?

Bluey is based in Queensland, top right.
- Thanks!!
Brisbane, capital of QLD
Bluey Locations to visit in Brisbane - Brisbane Kids - https://brisbanekids.com.au/bluey-locations-to-visit-in-brisbane/
- Oh cool! Thanks!

New Jersey right in the middle of California? Sounds like Bakersfield/Fresno/Modesto.

Now do it for a German.

Bavaria=Texas Swabia=West Virginia Niedersachsen=Ohio West Berlin=New York East Berlin=New Jersey Ruhr=Illinois Bielefeld=doesn't exist
- Thanks, some German will inevitably enjoy that!

Nice, does Australian NJ also have a very beautiful environment once you leave the populous north, or is it flipped since it's Australia?

Canberra is called the Bush Capital. It's a small city in the middle of a lot of bush, it's very beautiful.

Why is Tasmania Oregon???

99.9% of the population is in one super liberal hipster city and the rest is racist farmers? 🤷
- This is amazingly accurate for Oregon.
With the amount of inbreeding in Tasmania, it's probably more Alabama than Queensland... Which probably should have been marked Florida - if you've ever been to the Gold Coast
Really more of an Alabama with all that incest going on.
Because it is south of Australian California, like Oregon is north of American California.

I like that if you squint really hard, you could almost flip that map upside down and get a reasonable cultural map of the United States.

Well.. it's Australia. It is upside down.

as a Florida man, I understand this.

A repost of something made by a guy who doesn't see beyond stereotypes, on both fronts

Because 99% of the people live near the coast line and it's all beaches and generally laid back.
Whereas the large interior is dry, hot outback with very few people.