Thoughts on the American election: - it is a shame the meteor didn't run again - too many states start with M, not enough with E or Y, this strikes me as unfair - red and blue remain boring colours, why not try a nice fuschia?
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- if you were to combine the Midwest into one state you could call it Megahio. This is very ridiculous, but quite a good name
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- New York is similarly a silly name. Presumably it came into being at roughly the same time as Old York when the Earth's crust was formed, and so it should be renamed Also York - counting votes is meant to take time, unless we reimagine time as non-linear
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- if we imagine time as non-linear, then Biden and Trump have both won and lost and should accept their defeat/victory with magnanimity/anger - Massachusetts is a challenging word to spell correctly
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- if the American election was held in Australia, a huge number of people would simply be arrested for trying to unfairly influence the result - this is a strong reason to hold the US election in Sydney, which would be very democratic but challenging logistically
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- I now know the names of more American states than Australian ones, which is somewhat disconcerting - this is perhaps an unsurprising fact, given that there are only 6 Australian states, but I am nevertheless disappointed in myself somehow
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- people keep complaining about the electoral college being confusing and antiquated, which is odd because that's true of the whole election really - as one of the pivotal states still counting, it is annoying that Pennsylvania has so many syllables in its name
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- American state lines are all drawn badly, except for Wyoming and Colorado, which are pleasingly regular and thus the Best States - there are either too many or too few counties in Georgia, depending on how you feel about pointless redundancy
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Replying to @GidMK
Here are Iowa county lines. Look upon them and despair.pic.twitter.com/eGaZEXnlf1
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That is extremely unsettling
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Replying to @GidMK
Also the southern border is not straight. Because of slavery.pic.twitter.com/5OPLvH4vxY
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