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Maximum Tomfoolery posted:The Empire State building is as tall as Texas is wide. The ISS has to dodge it every 90 minutes. you have some very outdated ideas on what the tallest building in New York is 
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Alaois posted:you have some very outdated ideas on what the tallest building in New York is I just learned today that the One World Trade Center is exactly 1,776 feet high. That's actually kinda cool. For non-US goons, that is the year of America's independence. Also, in case you wanted actual information instead of that bullshit map about building heights, Wikipedia has a pretty good article about it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_by_U.S._state The highest building in Vermont is 38 feet tall. 11 meters. edit: I am a very silly and wrong person. trapped mouse has a new favorite as of 21:12 on Feb 10, 2016 |
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Feb 10, 2016 21:03
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I think you mixed up your columns there. 38 meters, 11 stories.
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trapped mouse posted:I just learned today that the One World Trade Center is exactly 1,776 feet high. That's actually kinda cool. For non-US goons, that is the year of America's independence. the tallest building in Wyoming is a dorm hall at the University of Wyoming
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trapped mouse posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_by_U.S._state It's 38 meters, 11 floors. Did you really think no building in the state was higher than 38 feet?
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trapped mouse posted:
I saw it last I was in Burlington, and it's as massively unimpressive as you'd expect. That said, Vermont's best quality is its quaintness and charm so it works well.
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Torrannor posted:Please tell me that all these crazies supporting Trump are just liberals trying to screw over the Republicans I'm a liberal that is registered Republican so I can vote in the GOP primary, because that is the election that decides Sheriff and eventual country commissioners in my podunk county. I vote Democrats in the general election. Haven't decided on Trump or Cruz for my troll vote yet, Paul dropped out too early, his dad would always stick around to NC.
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Feb 10, 2016 21:45
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trapped mouse posted:I just learned today that the One World Trade Center is exactly 1,776 feet high. This still doesn't mean anything to anyone in most countries, since that's not a real unit of measurement. it's 540 meters
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trapped mouse posted:I just learned today that the One World Trade Center is exactly 1,776 feet high. That's actually kinda cool. Falls flat to non-Americans, though.
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Pick posted:I saw it last I was in Burlington, and it's as massively unimpressive as you'd expect. Please don't make fun of my state's tiny tallest building. 
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Feb 10, 2016 22:55
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zedprime posted:Did somebody say Venn diagram
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LethalGeek posted:My GF said gently caress this and wrote a table that is a hell of a lot easier to read. Cheating? Don't care You cheated on your girlfriend by loving the table?
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Feb 10, 2016 23:41
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my dad posted:You cheated on your girlfriend by loving the table?
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CannonFodder posted:I'm a liberal that is registered Republican so I can vote in the GOP primary, because that is the election that decides Sheriff and eventual country commissioners in my podunk county. I vote Democrats in the general election. In 2012 I was in Michigan for school, but still registered in SC at the time of the primary. Primaries are open in SC, so I decided to absentee vote for Huntsman in the Republican primary. He dropped out between when I mailed my ballot and the date of the primary. 
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DrBouvenstein posted:Please don't make fun of my state's tiny tallest building. Your state is neat, I appreciated the lack of billboards, but my back hurts from having to bend down and pinch its cheeks every few meters.
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LethalGeek posted:My GF said gently caress this and wrote a table that is a hell of a lot easier to read. Cheating? Don't care I think you're now required to post the table for review and critique.
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my dad posted:Falls flat to non-Americans, though. TBH the WTC fell flat for everyone.
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HardDisk posted:TBH the WTC fell flat for everyone. 
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HardDisk posted:TBH the WTC fell flat for everyone.
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CannonFodder posted:I'm a liberal that is registered Republican so I can vote in the GOP primary, because that is the election that decides Sheriff and eventual country commissioners in my podunk county. I vote Democrats in the general election. Wait, what? There are elections for public officials that are part of an internal party election not open to the public in general?
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Tiggum posted:Wait, what? There are elections for public officials that are part of an internal party election not open to the public in general?
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To make sure everyone's on the same page with wording, the simple explanation is there are closed elections for determining a party's nominee in an election for an elected position. The complicated explanation is there are closed elections who's results are used to inform voting members of a conferring body in their selection of a nominee in an election for an elected position because it isn't a presidential election unless you have 10 different sets of white men deciding at different levels on behalf of the people.
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Tiggum posted:Wait, what? There are elections for public officials that are part of an internal party election not open to the public in general? If you live in a town that's so solidly red that the Democrats don't even bother to run a candidate for a local office, then the Republican primary election is the only one that matters. To have a vote in that one, you might have to register as Republican, depending on the rules in your state. The general election still happens on Election Day, but there's not much point. The exact same situation happens in big cities, favoring the Democrats this time.
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Flagrant Abuse posted:Yup. Some states have what are called closed primary elections, where only registered members of the party can vote for who the party's nominee will be. Other parties have open primaries, where you don't have to be a registered member of the party, or of any party. Powered Descent posted:If you live in a town that's so solidly red that the Democrats don't even bother to run a candidate for a local office, then the Republican primary election is the only one that matters.
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Tiggum posted:Yeah, that wasn't the bit that was confusing me. Yeah, the parties also have won several lawsuits stopping more open primary systems saying that not being able to exclude people from their primary harms their right to assembly, that is, their right to decide who is a part of their party and not. Washington State used to have a completely open primary system where you could choose which primary to vote in for each position. Vote in the Democrats for Sheriff, vote in the Republicans for Attorney General, it's all fine! That got shot down. They moved to the more common open primary where anyone can pick any party and do it across the board, but eventually they gave that up and all positions except the Presidental elections use a top-two primary (also called a jungle primary). All candidates are in the same primary, and top-two winners move on to the general regardless of party. So it's kind of like IRV but way worse because if you wanted to vote for a third party candidate, you run the risk that your 2nd preferred mainstream candidate loses to two candidates you hate. Also, while it has the possibility for third parties to make the general election, the reality is that much more often the mainstream candidates for each party coast on by in a low turnout, and congratulations, third parties, you wasted your time and money on a election that your most likely voters didn't know happened! Maybe one day we'll stop treating the Constitution like the Bible and consider saner systems, but nah, we're Slim Pickens riding the nuke all the way down.
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CannonFodder posted:I'm a liberal that is registered Republican so I can vote in the GOP primary, because that is the election that decides Sheriff Pretty sure this is the part Tiggum was wondering about. As am I. What the gently caress?
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foobardog posted:Maybe one day we'll stop treating the Constitution like the Bible and consider saner systems, but nah, we're Slim Pickens riding the nuke all the way down. Besides the Electoral College, I don't think the Constitution mandates any of the other voting systems we use. It's just tradition
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TotalLossBrain posted:Pretty sure this is the part Tiggum was wondering about. As am I. What the gently caress? Having the sheriff be elected directly is the system that gave us Joe Arpaio. If you don't know who that is, don't google him until you're ready to get really angry and really sad, simultaneously. But since this the graph/chart thread, here's something to whet your appetite: 
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TotalLossBrain posted:Pretty sure this is the part Tiggum was wondering about. As am I. What the gently caress? We do it for judges too.
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Fuschia tude posted:Besides the Electoral College, I don't think the Constitution mandates any of the other voting systems we use. It's just tradition Yeah, this is true, though I think PR is unconstitutional (as determined by a Supreme Court case) because representatives must be tied to a district to preserve the idea of one man one vote. Even though we fail at that. But that may only be a law not a decision.
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foobardog posted:We do it for judges too. So only registered Republicans can vote for sheriff/judges in the Republican primary in some places? That's what CannonFodder stated. I live & vote in the US. I have never heard of this. (not the bit about directly electing a sheriff or judge, but rather restricting it to registered party members in a closed primary) Edit: Content to make up for this stupid derail A chart about banana exports from a German wikipedia article. 
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foobardog posted:Yeah, the parties also have won several lawsuits stopping more open primary systems saying that not being able to exclude people from their primary harms their right to assembly, that is, their right to decide who is a part of their party and not. TotalLossBrain posted:Pretty sure this is the part Tiggum was wondering about. As am I. What the gently caress?
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Feb 11, 2016 06:32
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It's that one season of the Wire.
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For anyone who doesn't understand the U.S. election stuff: The President is chosen by popular vote of the Electoral College, which is a small group of people. Each state gets to send the same number of people as they are allowed legislators in Congress (2 + however many representatives they have this decade), and D.C. also gets a few. Each state's legislator gets to choose how they select their Electors. Right now, every state has some form of popular election to choose the electors, but there is nothing in the federal law requiring that (except for D.C., which is run by Congress). Also, no federal law requires the electors to vote for a particular candidate. They just promise to vote a given way, and some states have laws requiring them to vote for who they say they will, but their vote still counts even if they break their promises and/or state laws.
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Are there laws saying an elector should be a citizen of their state? Or even an American at all?
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Oh, and AFAIK because Electors are by state with a special exception for DC, citizens of Guam, Puerto Rico etc. can't vote.
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Carbon dioxide posted:Are there laws saying an elector should be a citizen of their state? Or even an American at all? All I know is that I think it was someone in a Freep mock thread over in D&D figuring out that a child born in America to two illegal immigrants would be completely legally capable of running for President.
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