Spoiler alert: No, it fucking doesn’t.

  • AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I mean, can we allow them to?

    Make Puerto Rico or Guam a state. Better food, infinitely cooler people.

    We wouldn’t even need new flags.

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      I mean, lot of federal infrastructure needs to be moved out (NASA Houston, for example) so it’s not just as simple as “k bye”. There are probably nuke silos etc too and we don’t really wanna leave that kind of shit laying around…

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        2 years ago

        I was being a little tongue in cheek.

        My point was, they aren’t a state that is loved by the rest of the country, and they wouldn’t be missed, so their attention seeking behavior is pointless.

        At least Florida, for its innumerable flaws, has nice beaches and attractions. Save for the rodeo crowd, not many Americans are like “ooh lets go to Texas for vacation!” It’s Nebraska with a bad case of short man syndrome.

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          It’s the child who constantly threatens to run away while their mother says “yes dear, would you like more pancakes?” and the child excitedly claps and says yes please before remembering that they’re supposed to be brooding and mad.

          Except the pancakes are just federal funding.