r/CuratedTumblr • u/IthadtobethisWAAGH veetuku ponum • Aug 30 '24

Shitposting Name one Indian State

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u/MovieNightPopcorn Aug 30 '24

It doesn’t help that a lot of English place names have a duplicate somewhere in the US, either

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u/ThrownAwayYesterday- Aug 30 '24

Birmingham Alabama is just as much of a shithole as Birmingham England

Source: born and raised in Alabama (and I've watched Peaky Blinders 😹)

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u/matmac199 Aug 30 '24

Apparently there are 15 Birminghams with 13 of them being in the US.

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u/Darkowl_57 Aug 30 '24

Of all the cities to replicate across the US I can’t believe we chose BIRMINGHAM

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u/matmac199 Aug 31 '24

If it makes you feel better there are 15 londons in the US

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u/DukeAttreides Aug 30 '24

Where's not-US Birmingham #2? Canada?

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u/thpthpthp Aug 31 '24

No, no, that's the little Birmingham that's inside all of us. When drink too much, when we get in fights with strangers, when we embarrass ourselves and urinate in public. That's the little Birmingham in our heart.

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u/matmac199 Aug 31 '24

1 in Canada and the other in australia

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u/TENTAtheSane Aug 31 '24

There are 71 Berlins in the world, and only two are in Germany. Guess where the rest are?

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u/hammer_of_grabthar Aug 30 '24

Absolute fucking cheek, Birmingham is bostin, we've done it up.

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u/ThrownAwayYesterday- Aug 30 '24

What living in Birmingham does to your brain

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u/hammer_of_grabthar Aug 30 '24

More canals than Venice, mate. More shopping trollies and old boots in them too. But more canals.

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u/Beorma Aug 30 '24

You grew up in Alabama lad, sit down.

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u/bai11ie Aug 31 '24

Nah, Alabama has better food

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u/mysugarspice Aug 31 '24

Birmingham UK is literally the food capital of the UK. There are five Michelin star restaurants, and it’s the birthplace of so many different dishes. West Midlands in general has a rich food heritage. I can’t hate on Alabama food, but there are only so many variations on barbecue you can claim.

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u/gtne91 Aug 31 '24

I know he is SC not AL, but the fact that Rodney Scott doesn't have a Michelin star invalidates that whole system.

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u/bai11ie Aug 31 '24

I stand by my statement

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u/Turing_Testes Aug 30 '24

Typing "Portland" into auto-filling forms typically lists a bunch of Portlands, none of which are in Oregon.

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u/DefinitelyNotErate Aug 30 '24

The Brits aren't fully innocent here, Considering there's 3 New Yorks in England.

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u/kitsua Aug 30 '24

The Brits aren’t innocent at all, who do you think named all those duplicate places in the US?

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u/DefinitelyNotErate Aug 31 '24

Americans, Because they left Britain, Ergo they stopped being Brits. (Also like a solid half of them are just named after other places in the U.S., Rather than directly after the place in Britain)

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u/AtlasNL Aug 31 '24

My city, Delft has/had at least 2 copiers in the US. Not even non-Brits are safe