The Off Topic Topic

[Tamas]

Hello,

What's up?

Oh hi!

[Iormlund]

People in their 20s in Spain have to spend 95% of their average wages to be able to live on their own. Over 80% still live with their parents.

[Razgovory]

I have become a true Yankee.  I'm eating a pie for breakfast.

[Josquius]

People in their 20s in Spain have to spend 95% of their average wages to be able to live on their own. Over 80% still live with their parents.

Surprising.
Expected for the major cities but in the country too?

[Eddie Teach]

I have become a true Yankee.  I'm eating a pie for breakfast.

What kind of pie?

[Tonitrus]

I have become a true Yankee.  I'm eating a pie for breakfast.

What kind of pie?

Better be apple pie!

[MadImmortalMan]

People in their 20s in Spain have to spend 95% of their average wages to be able to live on their own. Over 80% still live with their parents.

Surprising.
Expected for the major cities but in the country too?

The whole world is in an asset bubble. There are places in Manila where the average home costs 80 times the average annual wage. The 1% rule has become a joke. Whole neighborhoods in major cities have gone to AirBNB and short term rentals for tourists because the landlords can't make a profit renting normally. Real estate just costs too much.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/29/the-airbnb-invasion-of-barcelona

[The Brain]

People in their 20s in Spain have to spend 95% of their average wages to be able to live on their own. Over 80% still live with their parents.

[Iormlund]

People in their 20s in Spain have to spend 95% of their average wages to be able to live on their own. Over 80% still live with their parents.

Surprising.
Expected for the major cities but in the country too?

Well, outside Madrid and Barcelona the main problem is getting a decent job. There's a reason why most young people move there (same as London in the UK).

[Razgovory]

I have become a true Yankee.  I'm eating a pie for breakfast.

What kind of pie?

Steak and Potato.

[mongers]

I have become a true Yankee.  I'm eating a pie for breakfast.

What kind of pie?

Steak and Potato.

Nice choice Raz.



Now I'm hungry. 

[Syt]

https://brilliantmaps.com/worst-world-map/

I've seen a lot of bad maps in my time, but the one above has to be among the worst. Vexillology or flag maps can be a beautiful thing when done right. The map above, on the other hand, is hilarious in its randomness.

Allegedly, the map was found in reddit user Capntallon's school planner from "a small school in Iowa." Reddit user Stephen1986UK quickly tracked down the source to an althistory wikia page.

Titled 'A World of Difference' the map imagines a whole host of counterfactual changes to our world. In that context, the map is an interesting piece of fiction.

However, that then raises the even more troubling question about how anyone could seriously take this map as an accurate '2012 Political Map of The World.'

Maybe one of these books would help:

The Complete Book of Maps and Geography, Grades 3 – 6
Flags of the World
Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free

What do you think of the map? Harmless mistake or portent of something fundamentally wrong in American education?

Source of the map: https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/A_World_of_Difference

[Eddie Teach]

Surely we control more than just Mexico and Canada? 

[Zoupa]

It seems Trump managed to buy Greenland after all.

[crazy canuck]

It seems Trump managed to buy Greenland after all.

And Iceland was thrown in as a signing bonus.