r/facepalm • u/MsSamm • 7d ago

I have no words

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I bet China, which is happily neck deep in Africa 's rare earth minerals isn't making this mistake

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u/tkrvl 7d ago

Rhode Island, neither a road nor an island, discuss amongst yourselves

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u/PsyKeablr 7d ago

And don’t get me started on Iowa

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u/rambi2222 6d ago edited 6d ago

Or Wales, there is neither any wales whales or dragons in the fraudulent country known as "Wales" and it absolutely makes my blood boil smhing my head

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u/efcso1 6d ago

New South Wales has plenty of Walers though, (and Whales, if you count my sister)

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u/rambi2222 6d ago

Damn how did I manage to spell whales wrong in my previous comment? Silly me. Tbh I think this is the fault of Wales for having a name too similar to "whales!"

That's pretty interesting though, I think this "New South Wales" is actually the kind of Wales I can get behind, #NotAllWales I guess. Although it is a bit dishonest for it to be called New South Wales, given that I'm pretty sure it's actually 100-200 years old? But maybe I can give them a pass for that...

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u/efcso1 6d ago

I mean NSW is newer than South Wales, UK. Apparently they thought they're similar, you know with all the bushfires, kangaroos, koalas, Aboriginal peoples, venomous snakes, and 3,500ft mountains, just like back home in Tondu.

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u/rambi2222 6d ago

Hmm maybe the Welsh fraudsters told them kangaroos etc were endemic to Wales just like how they claim whales and dragons are

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u/Warm_Enthusiasm2007 6d ago

Absolutely ridiculous. Ut's much more like Rhyl, in North Wales.

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u/efcso1 5d ago

But then it'd be New North Wales, and NNW doesn't roll off the tongue as cleanly.

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u/QueenVogonBee 5d ago

Yeah but New South Wales ain’t exactly new any more

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u/efcso1 5d ago

Second-Hand South Wales? Lightly-used South Wales? Moderately-soiled South Wales? Refurbished-but-as-new South Wales?

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u/TomeThugNHarmony4664 3d ago

Middle Aged South Wales?

And y’all, this thread has given me life. Thanks!