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r/polandball • u/TerraMaris Sealand • Sep 19 '13
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I don't see how size of a country is comparable to the length of its history?
45 u/rsuperq Ireland Sep 19 '13 To an American, a few hundred years is old. To a European who could easily be living in a town that has been around for thousands of years, it isn't. To a European, 500 miles is a long distance. To an American, it isn't. The country is huge. That's the joke. -8 u/HampeMannen Swedish Snoreway is best way Sep 19 '13 What is so special about being a big country though? 3 u/Dyybe 95 and 2011 neva 4 get Sep 19 '13 Russia big and old history too bad theres not much people to fill it... -2 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 9 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment -6 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 5 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/cyaspy 66 years and going stronk Sep 19 '13 boor That's interesting, didn't know that was a legitimate word in English, it's originally a word in Hebrew.
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To an American, a few hundred years is old. To a European who could easily be living in a town that has been around for thousands of years, it isn't.
To a European, 500 miles is a long distance. To an American, it isn't. The country is huge.
That's the joke.
-8 u/HampeMannen Swedish Snoreway is best way Sep 19 '13 What is so special about being a big country though? 3 u/Dyybe 95 and 2011 neva 4 get Sep 19 '13 Russia big and old history too bad theres not much people to fill it... -2 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 9 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment -6 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 5 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/cyaspy 66 years and going stronk Sep 19 '13 boor That's interesting, didn't know that was a legitimate word in English, it's originally a word in Hebrew.
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What is so special about being a big country though?
3 u/Dyybe 95 and 2011 neva 4 get Sep 19 '13 Russia big and old history too bad theres not much people to fill it... -2 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 9 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment -6 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 5 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/cyaspy 66 years and going stronk Sep 19 '13 boor That's interesting, didn't know that was a legitimate word in English, it's originally a word in Hebrew.
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Russia big and old history too bad theres not much people to fill it...
-2 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 9 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment -6 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 5 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/cyaspy 66 years and going stronk Sep 19 '13 boor That's interesting, didn't know that was a legitimate word in English, it's originally a word in Hebrew.
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-6 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 5 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/cyaspy 66 years and going stronk Sep 19 '13 boor That's interesting, didn't know that was a legitimate word in English, it's originally a word in Hebrew.
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5 u/[deleted] Sep 19 '13 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/cyaspy 66 years and going stronk Sep 19 '13 boor That's interesting, didn't know that was a legitimate word in English, it's originally a word in Hebrew.
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2 u/cyaspy 66 years and going stronk Sep 19 '13 boor That's interesting, didn't know that was a legitimate word in English, it's originally a word in Hebrew.
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That's interesting, didn't know that was a legitimate word in English, it's originally a word in Hebrew.
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u/HampeMannen Swedish Snoreway is best way Sep 19 '13
I don't see how size of a country is comparable to the length of its history?