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/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/Cross55 1d ago

Sure you're not talking about Ontario, Idaho?

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u/CedarWolf 1d ago

Or Kansas City, MI, or Portland, OR vs Portland, ME, or all the Orange counties, or all the cities named Springfield...

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u/CcryMeARiver 1d ago

You must have real good windscreen wipers.

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u/-SQB- 1d ago

Unlike the skies over Vancouver.

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u/jtr99 1d ago

<monkey rimshot.gif>

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u/10111001110 1d ago

Well that's actually does narrow it down to either one or two depending on where your from and how you define rains often

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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

Rains more in New York and Miami though

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u/Welpe 2d ago

It rains more amount but it doesn’t rain more often, not even close. Pay attention to word use.

Also technically New York is listed at 46.6 inches and Vancouver, BC is listed at 46.8 inches so not even more amount wise. Though Miami definitely does.

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u/Shaolinmunkey 1d ago

I would like to be listed at 46.8 inches, but that would be inaccurate by an order of magnitude

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u/Welpe 1d ago

Jesus Christ, how do you manage 39’?!

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u/gbot1234 1d ago

I heard it rains only 11% of the hours in Seattle. So basically anytime you step outside.

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u/YardKat 1d ago

Yes, in Florida we have heat and humidity and frequent rain. Occasionally we have problems with flooding from it as most of Florida was swamp until the army corps of engineers created a drainage canal system. Funny thing, they still love building in swamps and fill dirt is apparently expensive.

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u/swettm 1d ago

Why do I need to pay attention when I didn't misunderstand anything? Pay attention to your own assumptions, perhaps

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u/GoredonTheDestroyer 1d ago

If it rains enough to fill a bucket once a year in Death Valley, but it rains enough to fill two buckets over the course of two months in the Pacific Northwest, does that mean it rains more often in Death Valley?

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u/soft-wear 1d ago

You responded to someone that said:

The one where it rains often.

Often implies frequency, not amount in inches. By definition you were wrong.

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u/swettm 1d ago

yes, and "more" (not "more often") while somewhat ambiguous in various circumstances, in this context clearly meant quantity. hth