E Equals MC Hammer posted:

Thanks for ruining a promising thread dare/k8/markov bot.

100 HOGS AGREE posted:

Do a lot of comas happen in Nauru?

Lascivious Sloth posted:

True story; I lived in Nauru for over a year. What a poo poo-hole.

One of highest rates of obesity, no economy, 90+% unemployment, huge domestic violence and alcohol problem, high rate of diabetes, literally has no export except phosphate which is almost all depleted, and imports 90+% of products. Coral is all dead from mining, and it has one main road that is just a circle around the island. It's just a country Australia can dump it's asylum seekers (to deter asylum seekers coming by boat because the conditions on island are worse than in a war zone.) It's also a tax haven but even that is going because they're so bad at it.

When I was there a 7 year old girl was eaten alive by dogs on the beach. There are roaming packs of wild dogs everywhere, and they're super aggressive.

AMA

Lascivious Sloth posted:

AMA

Lascivious Sloth posted:

True story; I lived in Nauru for over a year. What a poo poo-hole.

One of highest rates of obesity, no economy, 90+% unemployment, huge domestic violence and alcohol problem, high rate of diabetes, literally has no export except phosphate which is almost all depleted, and imports 90+% of products. Coral is all dead from mining, and it has one main road that is just a circle around the island. It's just a country Australia can dump it's asylum seekers (to deter asylum seekers coming by boat because the conditions on island are worse than in a war zone.) It's also a tax haven but even that is going because they're so bad at it.

When I was there a 7 year old girl was eaten alive by dogs on the beach. There are roaming packs of wild dogs everywhere, and they're super aggressive.

AMA

SneakyFrog posted:

Waqa Waqa Waqa

like an islander fozzie bear

Hector Beerlioz posted:

You told the joke i was going to say before i had the chance. You jerk!

AKA Pseudonym posted:

SneakyFrog posted:

i will share it with you butt/taint and groin faced person

glowing-fish posted:

I've always had an interest/obsession with small islands, but often its with very cold ones instead of warm ones.

Here is Edinburgh of the Southern Seas:



This is a town of 250 people. The next inhabited place is 1200 miles away, the island of Saint Helena, and its not exactly a busy place either, with only 4200 people.

There is no air flights to the island, and its pretty much cut off from the world.

SneakyFrog posted:

I was still trying to understand Baron Waqa and here you go changing the island.. jeez.

the king of this island better have a bitchin name like Lance Fightmaster or something.

glowing-fish posted:

The thing about islands is there is a lot of them, and they are often forgotten about by the rest of the world, and they often have peculiar customs and history.

glowing-fish posted:

I've always had an interest/obsession with small islands, but often its with very cold ones instead of warm ones.

Here is Edinburgh of the Southern Seas:



This is a town of 250 people. The next inhabited place is 1200 miles away, the island of Saint Helena, and its not exactly a busy place either, with only 4200 people.

There is no air flights to the island, and its pretty much cut off from the world.

Bundle of Keys posted:

Once the Naaru's phosphorous mines are depleted I hope they will be left alone. Just like Jake Sully wanted it.

Jerry Mumphrey posted:

Lascivious Sloth posted:

True story; I lived in Nauru for over a year. What a poo poo-hole.

One of highest rates of obesity, no economy, 90+% unemployment, huge domestic violence and alcohol problem, high rate of diabetes, literally has no export except phosphate which is almost all depleted, and imports 90+% of products. Coral is all dead from mining, and it has one main road that is just a circle around the island. It's just a country Australia can dump it's asylum seekers (to deter asylum seekers coming by boat because the conditions on island are worse than in a war zone.) It's also a tax haven but even that is going because they're so bad at it.

When I was there a 7 year old girl was eaten alive by dogs on the beach. There are roaming packs of wild dogs everywhere, and they're super aggressive.

AMA

Windows 98 posted:

How can the island function at all with 90% unemployment?

AKA Pseudonym posted:

It's time to learn about Nauru!

Nauru is an island nation. It's in the Pacific Ocean. It is 8.1 square miles. That means it's the third smallest country in the world!

Darth123123 posted:

Can we blow up nukes on these islands?

spud posted:

Same bro!

The weird thing about Tristan da Cunha (that's the island), is that the inbreeding is so high that: "There are instances of health problems attributed to endogamy, including glaucoma. In addition, there is a very high incidence of asthma among the population and research by Dr. Noe Zamel of the University of Toronto has led to discoveries about the genetic nature of the disease.[45] Three of the original settlers of the island were asthma sufferers.[46]"

I think there are only 9 surnames on the island Collins, Glass, Green, Hagan, Lavarello, Repetto, Rogers, Squibb and Swain.

You would think this would make them want immigration to reduce the incidence of this, but nope, new settlers are forbidden. It's also a British overseas territory.

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The Nauruan economy peaked in the early 1980s, as it was dependent almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. There are few other resources, and most necessities are imported. Small-scale mining is still conducted by RONPhos, formerly known as the Nauru Phosphate Corporation. The government places a percentage of RONPhos's earnings into the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust. The Trust manages long-term investments, which were intended to support the citizens once the phosphate reserves were exhausted.

Because of mismanagement the Trust's fixed and current assets were reduced considerably and may never fully recover. The failed investments included financing Leonardo the Musical in 1993. The Mercure Hotel in Sydney] and Nauru House in Melbourne were sold in 2004 to finance debts and Air Nauru's only Boeing 737 was repossessed in December 2005. Normal air service resumed after the aircraft was replaced with a Boeing 737–300 airliner in June 2006. In 2005, the corporation sold its property asset in Melbourne, the vacant Savoy Tavern site, for $7.5 million.