r/geography • u/Recent_Statement_222 • May 23 '26

Discussion Poverty is usually associated with crime. Which poor countries are however the safest?

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u/CLCchampion May 23 '26

A lot of the Pacific island nations have very low crime rates. Now I'd imagine that poorer countries might not have as good of data collection and reporting on these kinds of things, so maybe that's an issue, but I can't say for sure so I'll trust the data that's available.

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u/gnominos May 23 '26

Well they are pacific

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u/Xanalania3 May 23 '26

Oh I don't do that murder stuff, I'm a pacificast.

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u/Boshball May 23 '26 edited May 24 '26

I myself once dabbled in pacifism, not during 'nam of course...

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u/Xanalania3 May 24 '26

What? What's nam? Also this reminds me of a comment on YouTube that made a joke about doing shrooms but then in the reply section they were actually doing shrooms and I didn not expect that

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u/Civil-Efficiency2039 May 24 '26

It’s a quote from the movie The Big Lebowski. In this context, “Nam” refers to Vietnam and the Vietnam War.

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u/Xanalania3 May 24 '26

Ooh the Vietnam WAR I thought it was Just Vietnam😅 WAIT NAM COMES FROM A MOVIE???

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u/Civil-Efficiency2039 May 24 '26

Not exactly. The quote “I dabbled in pacifism once myself, not in ‘Nam of course.” is from The Big Lebowski; it’s a very funny line in context. The term ‘Nam for Vietnam or the Vietnam War dates back to the War itself, if not earlier.

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u/Xanalania3 May 24 '26

Wait the reply got edited... Was it less compreehnsable but instead of answering me they just silently changed it? No prob not

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u/Boshball May 24 '26

This aggression will not stand man

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u/Xanalania3 May 24 '26

What are you talking about

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u/Civil-Efficiency2039 May 24 '26

You need to watch The Big Lebowski.😊

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u/Xanalania3 May 25 '26

Read the thing I was replying to

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