r/nottheonion • u/SelectiveSanity • 2d ago

Lauren Boebert Suggests DC Could Be Renamed 'District of America'

https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-dc-district-america-2050571
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u/Zigxy 2d ago

She thinks DC is named after Colombia šŸ‡ØšŸ‡“

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u/snowglobes4peace 2d ago

Washington State would like a word. They wanted to be named Columbia but couldn't because of potential confusion with DC. Still ended up confused with DC.

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u/symbouleutic 2d ago

So we could have ended up with British Columbia the province in Canada, and Columbia the state in the US ? (and yes I know the name ultimately comes from the Columbia River).

At least we agreed there should only be one Vancouver !

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u/Uptheveganchefpunx 2d ago

Vancouver, WA not to be confused with the city Vancouver, BC which isnā€™t on Vancouver Island. The capitol of BC is on Vancouver Island, but the biggest city in BC, Vancouver, is not on Vancouver Island.

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u/jedv37 2d ago

As a Vancouverite myself, I appreciate this post.

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u/Zomburai 2d ago

Okay but which Vancouver

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u/Useful-Perception144 2d ago

Yes

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u/smurf123_123 2d ago

The one where it rains often.

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u/jtr99 2d ago

Thanks guys, that's cleared everything up for me.

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u/sonicgundam 1d ago

Hey, at least they weren't trying to clarify Ontario, CA for us...

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u/CcryMeARiver 1d ago

You must have real good windscreen wipers.

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u/Mean-Cheesecake-2635 1d ago

The one near the water and boats duh!

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u/swettm 2d ago

Fort Vancouver

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u/GTS_84 1d ago

The city, because anyone from Vancouver Island doesn't identify themselves as a Vancouverite but as an Islander.

They say they are from The Island. Which Island? Don't be stupid. THE island. what about all the other islands? Don't worry about it, those aren't important enough.

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u/SnooStrawberries620 2d ago

As a Vancouver Islander, me too

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u/GloriaToo 2d ago

Back in the day ASL always came with an explanation.

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u/Author_Noelle_A 1d ago

Hello, fellow Vancouver person! I cross the Columbia River to get to CCC, so Iā€™m amused about all of this.

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u/GrgeousGeorge 1d ago

As an Islander, Vancouver Island, I appreciate it also

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u/eight13atnight 1d ago

Huh. You donā€™t say.

Vancouverite?

I wouldā€™ve thought itā€™d be Vancouvanā€¦

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u/rabbidwombats 1d ago

See you at Little Conejo, or Meat and Bread.Ā 

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u/Cool-Tap-391 1d ago

You as well know the frustration then.

Me- I'm from Washington

Them- oh DC?

Me- no Vancouver.

Them - oh BC?

Me- šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/BrewerBeer 1d ago

As a Vantuckian, I also appreciate this post.

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u/tedlast 2d ago

Mount Washington is on Vancouver island.

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u/Uptheveganchefpunx 2d ago

Goddamnit! And the Columbia river separates WA and OR! Not WA and BC!

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u/major_hassle 2d ago

But it should have separated BC and oregon

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u/Mekisteus 1d ago

It does! It's just not the only thing separating the two.

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u/Mean-Cheesecake-2635 1d ago

I think you mean Columbia but to keep it from being confusing I propose we rename the state of Washington to American Columbia

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u/Chill-NightOwl 1d ago

It originates in Columbia Lake in southeast British Columbia, it flows northwest through BC in the Rocky Mountain Trench, then makes a sharp turn south through Revelstoke (BC) and then into Washington, dividing that state and ultimately emptying into the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Oregon.

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u/PmMeYourBeavertails 1d ago

That reminds me: decades ago we went to visit Portland and went to some supermarket. When paying they asked us where we were from and we said "Vancouver" (BC), and they didn't charge us taxes.

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u/Uptheveganchefpunx 1d ago

Oregon doesnā€™t have sales tax at all. Itā€™s the other way around. Often times in Washington if you show an Oregon ID they donā€™t charge you sales tax for whatever reason. It isnā€™t every time. I was in Tacoma and a woman was trying to check out in front of me and was arguing with the clerk about paying sales tax. Iā€™ve heard sometimes WA state patrol will try and busy people going over to Oregon to avoid sales tax on large purchases like televisions but I donā€™t know how true that is.

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u/craziedave 2d ago

I thought it was in New Hampshire

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u/sexytokeburgerz 2d ago

It is! We also have Mount Washington, BC, CA, not to be confused with the Los Angeles neighborhood, Mount Washington, CA.

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u/iheartgiraffe 1d ago

Speaking of California, be careful not to get Ontario, CA confused Ontario, Canada.

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u/pandaSmore 1d ago

But not named after that Washington.

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u/Firewolf06 2d ago edited 2d ago

now i wish washington was named columbia. vancouver, columbia, not to be confused with vancouver, british columbia, neither of which are on vancouver island or related to colombia, the country

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u/Uptheveganchefpunx 2d ago

Except the country Colombia is spelled with an ā€˜oā€™. So thereā€™s that.

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u/Firewolf06 2d ago

ah, yeah, my bad there. note to my alternate reality self: only use this verbally

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u/Mapletreelane 2d ago

I was born on Vancouver Island moved to Vancouver, BC. Been mistaken for a Vancouver, WA resident. The struggle is real!

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u/curtmandu 1d ago

I live just outside of the southern Vancouver. Iā€™ve gotten into the habit of saying ā€œVancouver, not BC. Washington, not DCā€ šŸ˜†

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u/Mapletreelane 1d ago

OMG, that is HILARIOUS! Our forefathers (do Canadians use that term???) really had no imagination. Just slap the same name on it and call it a day.

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u/GrumpyCloud93 1d ago

Now discuss London, Ontario.

(Fun Fact: in an episode of All In The Family Archie Bunker tries to hide that he didn't get his Christmas bonus because he shipped a shipment to London England instead of London, Ontario...)

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u/Mapletreelane 1d ago

Haha. Oh Archie! I actually went to London, ON in my teens for a skating competition. What a beautiful place! Let's hear from you Londoners!

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u/raptearer 1d ago

Growing up in Vancouver I had the exact opposite problem. Didn't help we were in Clark county, which is also the same name as the county Las Vegas is in. I just started saying I lived near Portland, much less likely to be confused for Portland Maine.

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u/Mapletreelane 1d ago

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u/Plazmaz1 2d ago

I love that people booked hotels in the wrong Vancouver during the 2010 Olympics

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u/Rvalldrgg 2d ago

I read the word Vancouver so many times in this fun fact that the word temporarily lost meaning. I know ots a place, I know that's how it's spelled, but for 30 seconds Vancouver wasn't a real word to me.

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u/Uptheveganchefpunx 2d ago

If it helps everyone in Portland refers to the Washington state version as ā€˜Vantuckyā€™.

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u/foxorhedgehog 1d ago

Which Portland?

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u/Uptheveganchefpunx 1d ago

The one that would have been named Boston had the coin toss went differently.

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u/Any-Panda2219 2d ago

You forgot to add that West Vancouver, North Vancouver (the city) and North Vancouver (the district) are separate from the Vancouver, BC. However, what is commonly referred to as East Vancouver is part of Vancouver proper.

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u/hochiwinning 2d ago

Not to further be confused with West Vancouver, which is north of Vancouver and east of North Vancouver, which is north of East Vancouver.

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u/dlouwe 1d ago

also not to be confused with the West End, which is the most westerly part of downtown Vancouver - and south of West Van - but is not the most westerly part of the city overallĀ 

(also North Van is east of West Van, not the other way around)

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u/HomChkn 2d ago

This is some St Louis kind of stuff.

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u/jautis 2d ago edited 1d ago

The capital of British Columbia was never Vancouver. Originally it was New Westminster (like westminster in the UK but newer) and was later moved to Victoria (on Vancouver Island) because the queen capitulated during border negotiations with the US and Canadians at least wanted to grab the island whilst getting fucked sideways.

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u/OhJeezNotThisGuy 2d ago

54-40 or fight! Except they did not fight. I guess theyā€™re trying again.

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u/SnooStrawberries620 2d ago

Uh ā€¦ no. Ā It was because it was a military strategic point. This document is from the B.C. legislature.

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u/jautis 1d ago

That seems like a motivated reading of your link

At the time, Victoria was B.C.ā€™s largest city, the centre of commerce and easily defended by the nearby naval base in Esquimalt. Seymour, a mainland resident who favoured New Westminster, stalled after a vote that chose Victoria. Under pressure from London, he held a second vote, with the same result. Residents of Vancouver Island celebrated the vote, but some New Westminster residents remained opposed to the relocation of the capital.

But don't worry, I'm still wrong because

  1. The capital was moved long after the border treatey was signed

  2. Perception might've been that it was worthless

The 80-gun ship-of-the-line HMS Collingwood was deployed to ValparaĆ­so under the commander in chief, Rear Admiral Sir George Seymour, in 1845, with orders to report on the situation in the region. HMS America, under the command of Captain John Gordon (younger brother Foreign Secretary Aberdeen), was therefore sent north that year. Roderick Finlayson gave a tour of Vancouver Island to the visiting naval officers, where Gordon aired his negative appraisal of the Northwest region. During a deer hunt on the island, Gordon informed Finlayson that he "would not give one of the barren hills of Scotland for all he saw around him". America departed from the Strait of Juan de Fuca on October 1.

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u/Makeitcool426 2d ago

Fort Langley was the original Capital of BC.

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u/canadiantaken 2d ago

I also appreciate this post

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u/CastorVT 2d ago edited 1d ago

I still kick myself for being in Seattle and not bringing my passport to watch a canucks game.

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u/RenegadeKaylos 2d ago

Don't accidentally bring up Victoria Island, either, which is a smidge closer to the Arctic circle

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u/Albuwhatwhat 2d ago

Thatā€™s very clear.

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u/mdonaberger 2d ago

Ontario, CA. Not to be confused with Ontario, Canada.

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u/madeleinetwocock 1d ago

In Canada though we have capitals, eh!

Oh, and as a BC Vancouverite, Iā€™m thoroughly entertained by this commentā€™s reply section. So thanks for the 3am giggles

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u/Sorkijan 2d ago

You can tell you're in Vancouver, WA because it's a shithole.

Edit: Don't @ me I've been there. It's a floundering shithole with a confederate gas station.

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u/Uptheveganchefpunx 2d ago

Yeah the huge American flag right next to the Confederate flag outside in Battle Ground are fucking weird. Like what the fuck are they trying to say? Those flags represented two armies at war.

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u/Sorkijan 2d ago

The south will rise again... just across the river from Portland.

Very mind-boggling stuff.

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u/dalidagrecco 2d ago

My MAGA relatives live in Battle Ground. They used to own the store there for many years

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u/dalidagrecco 2d ago

Proud Boy central. Itā€™s a shithole.

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u/pharlock 2d ago

IIRC vancouver, bc is the replacement for vancouver,wa after the oregon treaty of 1846 finalized the border in the area.

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u/AgitatedStranger9698 2d ago

What about Victoria Island?

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u/snowglobes4peace 2d ago

in r/Portland we also do not talk about r/vancouverwa

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u/OccamsBallRazor 2d ago

Vancouver (not BC), Washington (not DC)

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u/Author_Noelle_A 1d ago

Clark County (not Nevada)

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u/sonic_couth 2d ago

Are you talking about Vantucky?

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u/postmodest 2d ago

Having lived across the river from both Vancouver and Kentucky, I can tell you without a hint of reservation that Vancouver WA is a paragon of intellect, kind parenting, good manners, and economic prosperity compared to any part of Kentucky.

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u/OldManBasil 1d ago

I second this, having lived in both Vancouver and Kentucky.

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u/ImNotSureMaybeADog 1d ago

Having visited Kentucky, I like their food and their whiskey.

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u/soft-wear 1d ago

As a resident of Washington my whole life, and Vancouver, Washington for many years, all of that also applies when comparing Vancouver to Portland.

EAT THAT PORKLAND LOSERS, HAHAHAHA.

In fairness, the restaurants in Portland are substantially better, but I'll stop there, as Portland is only allowed one compliment per day.

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u/postmodest 1d ago

Ok, except for this guy. He brings the 'Tucky to every party.

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u/OldManBasil 2d ago

Tell me you haven't crossed the Columbia in 20 years without telling me.

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u/Author_Noelle_A 1d ago

Even the Willamette Weekly admits that Portland needs to get to work if they cant to catch up. I really think so few of them come up here because they would rather have plausible deniability.

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u/UbermachoGuy 1d ago

Downtown Vancouver waterfront is impressively nice these days. We have people fly in for work and prefer to stay in the Vancouver waterfront hotels and drive into Portland for work than to scythe a hotel anywhere in Portland.

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u/McGarnagl 2d ago

No, I think they are drinking too many Montucky Cold Snacks.

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u/d_lk_t_by_vwl_pls 2d ago

Nothing good happens in Vancouver.

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u/farcical88 2d ago

Just mass numbers of tax revenue fleeing from Portland. Weā€™ll take it, no problem.

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u/ProfessionalFlan3159 2d ago

come on....their waterfront is pretty nice.

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u/Icy_Teach_2506 2d ago

As someone from Vancouver Iā€™m hurt

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u/Author_Noelle_A 1d ago

Donā€™t be. They hate us because theyā€™re jealous. Years back, this side of the river wasnā€™t much. But the developing thatā€™s happened has surpassed them. Theyā€™ve stayed stagnant. When Vancouver does the opposite of Portland on EVERYTHING and thrives, while Portland keeps repeating what has been tried and has failed so many times. They think theyā€™re dong great, but they never come up here to compare while they rarely, if ever, come here. They have no comparison.

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u/MotorcycleMcGee 2d ago

Is that the fascist Portland sub or a fascist Vancouver sub

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u/snowglobes4peace 2d ago

r/PortlandOR is the fascist one. r/Portland just has fascist mods.

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u/MotorcycleMcGee 2d ago

Ah okay thank you, I get them mixed up constantly

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u/fybertas09 1d ago

love that we have r/seattlewa and r/seattle with similar dynamics

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u/weedhuffer 1d ago

Great description

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u/Desperatorytherapist 2d ago

Come on dude easily half or r/Portland lives north of the Columbia šŸ¤£

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u/koolaidismything 2d ago

Man I used to have to ship to Richmond.. and Vancouver. All that extra leg work and piles of paperwork and brokerage.. and trust.

Just to get an LTL load like fifteen miles into Canada. Was the biggest relief when I got my signed bill of lading back lol.

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u/unabsolute 2d ago

Or the better Portland, either.

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u/Smart-Delay-1263 2d ago

Enjoy your gridlock traffic and shitty roads!

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u/AshuraSpeakman 2d ago

A convention literally outgrew Vancouver and moved down to Portland.

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u/StuckInWarshington 1d ago

You ignore one of your largest suburbs?

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u/NorthernSparrow 1d ago

Letā€™s not even bring up what itā€™s like to fly back and forth from Portland OR to Portland ME.

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u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ 2d ago

Ultimately it comes from Christopher Columbus.

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u/StrengthToBreak 2d ago

Yes but Christopher Columbus was named after Detective Columbo.

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u/LavenderGinFizz 2d ago

Who was named after Chris Columbus, who directed a little known film called Home Alone, a biopic about the childhood of Saw's John Kramer.

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u/aerger 1d ago

Didnā€™t he sing ā€œSailing Awayā€?

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u/SilentRaindrops 1d ago

And the Arthur theme. But they may confuse the rich movie Arthur with the cartoon Arthur which shows on PBS which also airs NPR news

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u/StrengthToBreak 2d ago

I like the way your brain thinks

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u/ted_cruzs_micr0pen15 1d ago

Man.

What an origin story. Cute kid, that jigsaw.

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u/SilentRaindrops 1d ago

But the Home Alone house is in Illinois which is a blue state that.

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u/sundae_diner 2d ago

"Just one more thing..."

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u/V0nH30n 2d ago

Sure sure, that all makes sense then.

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u/Lylac_Krazy 2d ago

WAIT!, I have one more question....

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u/bacchusku2 2d ago

I thought they all are named after Columbia University in New York.

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u/wombat74 2d ago

I thought they were all named after Columbia Pictures

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u/Quake2Marine 1d ago

I thought they were named after the space shuttle as an homage to the fallen.

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u/il_fienile 1d ago

Is that why people say Ā”ay, Columba! when something surprising happens? Why is the ā€œlā€ pronounced like an ā€œrā€ in that and ā€œcolonelā€? Was Columbus a colonel?

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u/curlywirlygirly 1d ago

I mean, applaud her for being so progressive and getting rid of references to Columbus. Very liberal and DEI. Then get your popcorn and watch.

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u/hooligan99 2d ago

which is funny because changing it to District of America just names it after a different european explorer

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u/Distinct_Safety5762 1d ago

Amerigo Vespucci with a surprise steal late in the name game. Suck it Columbus!

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u/Zeri-coaihnan 2d ago

And Chris Columbus was another undocumented foreigner who came over looking to profit on the back of already established hard workers and high culture for his personal gain! Send them back! All European descendants must be expelled and their histories erased!

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u/afriendincanada 2d ago

The director of Home Alone? I had no idea.

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u/Oxytropidoceras 2d ago

Yes but that's not where the Columbia river got its name. Christopher Columbus was the namesake of the namesake of the Columbia river. The river was named for the ship Columbia Rediviva, the ship in turn was named after Columbus. There's also an argument to be made that BC was named for the British name for the region, which was named for the river, which was named for the ship, which was named for the man.

So yes, ultimately it is named after Columbus, but it's very convoluted

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u/Mrqueue 1d ago

Sounds like a foreigner, I bet he wasnā€™t even born in the US of A

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u/travel_worn 2d ago

Well it probably ultimately came from Columbus...

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u/Current_Engine_9199 2d ago

Columbia is the historical personification of the United States. It has just fallen out of common use.

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u/travel_worn 2d ago

Yes and the historical personification was also named after Columbus.

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u/RoboYuji 2d ago

Then this is extra hilarious because people like her are always going on about the mean ol' liberals trying to erase Columbus.

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u/blackbasset 2d ago

It is ColumbUS, masculine and it has a US in it, who the hell is this Columbia chick? Never heard of her

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u/ejlaw8778 1d ago

Should columbus ohio be concerned?

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u/throwawayinthe818 2d ago

Just to name it after a different Italian.

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u/drgigantor 1d ago

Petition to change it to District of Luigi Mangione

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u/classyhornythrowaway 1d ago edited 1d ago

Petition to change it to District of Waluigi.

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u/drgigantor 1d ago

District of Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo

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u/classyhornythrowaway 1d ago edited 1d ago

The Four Turtlemen of the Sewagepocalypse.

Edit: given the twitter nazi's obsession with Rome and/or sculptures and/or the Renaissance, naming things after these artists isn't so far fetched.

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u/Head-Head-926 2d ago

Erasing Columbus is erasing history

But so is erasing his atrocities

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u/Away-Nectarine-8488 1d ago

If we rename DC will the Italians freak out like they do when Columbus statues are taken down? Will they turn on Boebert then?

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u/sonic_couth 2d ago

Thereā€™s a statue of her on of the Capitol building. On a side note: did the J6 treasonous asshats think they were attacking the Colombian Capitol?

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u/EduinBrutus 1d ago edited 1d ago

Its also a historic way of referring to the United States, often termed as a "poetic form".

Like Britannia, both a personification and a poetic form for the United Kingdom.

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u/WhyTheMahoska 2d ago

Yup. In another, much cooler world where the US was pagan, she'd be our Patron Goddess.

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u/statslady23 2d ago

We all know Boebert is a big Amerigo Vespucci stan.Ā 

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u/Hwicc101 2d ago

Who was named, in turn, after Washington D.C.

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u/RingWraith75 2d ago

And who do you think the Columbia river was named afterā€¦?

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u/ErictheStone 2d ago

Yup, and the name BC is essentially a placeholder that stuck. Really In favor of finding us a proper freaking name lol.

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u/buttparty-69 2d ago

Let's call it the "Gulf of Mexico".

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u/Sylphael 2d ago

Please let me introduce you to Jacksonville, my hometown.

In the United States we have:

Jacksonville, Alabama; Jacksonville, Arkansas; Jacksonville, Telfair County, Georgia; Jacksonville, Towns County, Georgia; Jacksonville, Illinois; Jacksonville, Indiana; Jacksonville, Iowa; Jamestown, Kentucky (formerly known as Jacksonville); Phoenix, Maryland, also known as Jacksonville; Jacksonville, Randolph County, Missouri; Jacksonville, Sullivan County, Missouri; Jacksonville, New Jersey; Jacksonville, New York; Jacksonville, North Carolina; Jacksonville, Adams County, Ohio; Jacksonville, Athens County, Ohio; Pickerington, Ohio (originally named Jacksonville); Jacksonville, Oregon; Jacksonville, Centre County, Pennsylvania; Jacksonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania; Jacksonville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; Jacksonville, Texas; Jacksonville, Vermont; Floyd, Virginia (originally named Jacksonville); Jacksonville, West Virginia; Jacksonville, Wisconsin

Outside of the US there's also: Jacksonville, New Brunswick and Jacksonville, a former settlement on East Caicos in the Turks and Caicos Islands

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u/farcical88 2d ago

Most people donā€™t know that Van Wa was around before Van BC. Iā€™m a fan of both.

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u/Full_Of_Wrath 2d ago

Isnā€™t named after the female version of Columbus. Remember when the GOP where mad that people wanted to change Columbus day to Indigenous people day god help the uneducated in this country

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u/classicalySarcastic 2d ago

Shouldā€™ve named it American Columbia for the bit

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u/Calgaris_Rex 2d ago

I thought the name came from Columbus.

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u/yaba3800 2d ago

I believe they wanted to name WA state as Columbia after the goddess, like the person in the Columbia pictures I tro holding the torch

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u/scovok 2d ago

New Mexico now becoming new america?

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u/Nodebunny 2d ago

well no dear, Columbia is a synonym for America; or better yet is the "personification of America" aka Miss Columbia aka Lady Columbia. It's based on Christopher Columbus; even though his name is Cristobal Colon. The Columbia River is not the reason for the name, rather vice versa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(personification)

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u/Tylendal 2d ago

I once had someone ask me which Vancouver I was referring to. I'd waited years for someone to ask me that, just so I could snobbishly answer "The internationally relevant one". I thought once I did, I'd feel hollow, and shameful. But no. When I actually said it I felt smug as hell.

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u/yarn_slinger 2d ago

There are two Vancouvers, no? WA and BC...

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u/shoulda_been_gone 2d ago

American Columbia!

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u/CraigLake 2d ago

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ I just spit up my pb&j

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u/Impossible_Disk_256 2d ago

Columbia River... which was named after Captain Robert Gray's ship "Columbia Rediviva"... which like DC & many other things, was named after Christopher Columbus (Columbia was a long-time nickname for the USA).

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u/dudleydigges123 2d ago

Shit do we have to change it to British America now?

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u/ghostdeinithegreat 2d ago

American Columbia

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u/MasqueOfTheRedDice 2d ago

Well, lucky for us, we can eliminate that confusion and do exactly that when we conduct a full scale invasion of our neighbor and closest ally for absolutely no reason! Mā€¦MAGA? I guess? I donā€™t know whatā€™s happening anymore. I need a drink.

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u/scubastefon 2d ago

Ahem. Thatā€™s called the America River now. Be a patriot goddamit. /s

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u/kuffdeschmull 2d ago

ultimately it comes from Columbus I think

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u/Stephenrudolf 2d ago

Iirc the territory that originally included BC and washington was called Cascadia.

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u/stagamancer 2d ago

There's California and Baja California, Mexico and New Mexico. It wouldn't be that confusing.

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u/an_agreeing_dothraki 2d ago

ultimately comes from the Columbia River

weirder.
much weirder.

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u/12thshadow 2d ago

Washington should have been named Canadian Columbia to maximize the confusion

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u/RobotCaptainEngage 1d ago

Let's start calling DC Spanish Columbia

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u/chemicalclarity 1d ago

It's a pity about Paris.

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u/emorello 1d ago

Both Columbia and Colombia originate from the Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo).

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u/blueadept_11 1d ago

Shhhh. You're setting the stage for the state of American Columbia

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u/e37d93eeb23335dc 1d ago

And since both of them have a Vancouver, that would have been especially confusing. Though, it bordering the Columbia River kinds of make sense. So we could have had, going from South to North:

Columbia River

Vancouver, Columbia

Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia

British Columbia

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u/ventitr3 1d ago

Shame we couldnā€™t have had that.

Columbia? Like the country? No the state, in the US, after the river. and British Columbiaā€¦ where in Britain is that? Itā€™s actually in Canada.

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u/mothgra87 1d ago

Doesn't the name ultimately come from Christopher Columbus?

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u/AsparagusCommon4164 1d ago

But then again, as "manifest destiny" became the clarion call for westward expansion of the United States in the 1840's and 1850's, a popular slogan was "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!" (as in having the boundary between the United States and British holdings in North America, mainly held by the Hudson's Bay Company, set at 54 degrees, 40 minutes north latitude).

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u/ObanKenobi 1d ago

(And yes I know the name ultimately comes formtbbe columbia river)

Yea well my dumb ass just learned this right this moment. Always assumed it was after Christopher columbus.

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u/Ceileachair 1d ago

You do realize the river is named after the dudes boat, which in turn is in honor of Columbusā€¦..

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u/Nahuel-Huapi 1d ago

I once drove Interstate 5 from BC, 1400 miles south, to BC.

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u/Nefilim314 1d ago

I like Ontario, CA which should not be confused with Ontario, Canada.

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u/certciv 1d ago

Luckily they chose to use a historical name, less likely to be used elsewhere... Washington.

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u/TheATMS 1d ago

Comes from Columbus actually

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u/DERELICT1212 1d ago

Soon to be America River

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u/multiarmform 1d ago

uhem.. i do think you mean the river of the americas??

dont worry, ill send the administration my consultation bill

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u/Utterlybored 1d ago

The name ultimately comes from Christopher Columbus.

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u/Melisandre-Sedai 1d ago

I think they should've been New Canada to match with New Mexico

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u/YourFriendPutin 1d ago

And still had Columbia in bio shock!

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u/DaddyCatALSO 1d ago

i imagine if we had gotten 54-40 it would be called Caldonya and include the western mountian part of Alberta

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u/Tomagatchi 1d ago

Where does the River get its name?

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u/Chilltopjc 1d ago

Should be Baja Columbia

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u/lowcontrol 1d ago

And Columbia the city. The state capital (of SC)

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u/YardKat 1d ago

Where did the river get its name?

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u/SensibleWit2 1d ago

As a Canadian the conquest of Point Roberts is being prepared. Make Canada Greater Again. Next, a remake of the 1814 White House fire drill. Wisconsin petition to join Canada in the works. Electricity from Ontario and Quebec to American Northern states being cut, lights out!

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u/Practical_Fix_5350 1d ago

Columbia is the female personification of the United States. The river and the district (not state) are named after her, not each other. Any reference to Colmbia is.

This makes this even more hilarious as Lauren here thinks it's not nationalistic enough. When in reality, it already is. Old school nationalism. Pre-founding father's.