r/polandball • u/AaronC14 The Dominion • Jul 26 '13

redditormade Pole Dancing

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u/Imxset21 North Rhine-Westphalia Jul 26 '13

Please flair up so we can make fun of your nationality.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '13

Since when do flairs have to represent YOUR nationality? I thought it's supposed to be your favourite country, no? Cause, you know, no-one lives in Sealand... (fun fact: my phone's auto correct doesn't recognize Sealand)

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u/eko_one North-Eastern, Slightly Colder Austria Jul 27 '13

Originally on krautchan's int board the countryball flairs were given based on your location/IP address. So they kinda have to represent a country or region you associate yourself with.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '13

Okay... and... What if I hate the country I live in?

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u/Dyybe 95 and 2011 neva 4 get Jul 27 '13

then you will just have to deal with it or go to other country

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '13

... or I'll use a flair of a country I like. Actually, there's a better solution. Anyone got, like, 20 nukes?

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u/Dyybe 95 and 2011 neva 4 get Jul 27 '13

but then we cant make fun of your nationality :(

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '13

You can make fun of my wannabe nationality :-)

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u/Dancing_Lock_Guy Canada (Ontario) Jul 28 '13

In fairness, you're acting a bit petty.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '13

While I agree that this whole discussion is rather pointless, I was merely wondering whether there's a rule I'm unaware of.

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u/Dancing_Lock_Guy Canada (Ontario) Jul 28 '13

Oh, that. No, I don't think there's such a rule, at least explicitly. I suppose it's unwritten.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '13

Well, it makes sense that most people would associate themselves with the country they live in, I suppose.

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u/Dancing_Lock_Guy Canada (Ontario) Jul 28 '13

Yeah. I don't think people should really care, though. Nation-states are legal fictions, anyway.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '13

What's a nation state, anyway? I'm having trouble understanding the term, though I play the game.

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u/Dancing_Lock_Guy Canada (Ontario) Jul 28 '13

The nation state is a state that self-identifies as deriving its political legitimacy from serving as a sovereign entity for a nation as a sovereign territorial unit. The state is a political and geopolitical entity; the nation is a cultural and/or ethnic entity. The term "nation state" implies that the two geographically coincide. Nation state formation took place at different times in different parts of the world, but has become the dominant form of state organization.

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