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[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

I can guarantee you that Oregon is absolutely not looking at Idaho.

Idaho chose to be antivax, then flooded Oregon/Washington hospitals for treatment.

Idaho chose to restrict women's health services, then medical staff ran off to work in Oregon/Washington.

While OR/WA chose to increase hourly pay, Idaho chose against it.

The average Idaho citizen is absolutely worse off than their neighbor.

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 17 points 11 months ago

You must live in western Oregon then, because practically the entire eastern half of Oregon counties have approved ballot measures to secede from the state and join Idaho.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Idaho_movement

[-] alliswell33@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 11 months ago

It shows how much people are fueled by culture war nonsense in rural Oregon. I lived in one of the counties that voted to join Idaho and I never heard a single reason from anybody that was reasonable. It was all based on far right talking points about transing the kids or taking the guns. Meanwhile stuff like minimum wage that would actually affect everyone was just ignored.

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[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 8 points 11 months ago

Oregon/Washington getting all the educated medical personnel sounds like a great deal for them

[-] june@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

It is and I’m glad to be here right now.

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Could you explain that to the eastern half of Oregon that unironically suggested switching to become part of Idaho about a year ago?

[-] WhimsicalSofa@lemmynsfw.com 26 points 11 months ago

Why does she have a hedgehog

[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 46 points 11 months ago

Why don't you have a hedgehog?

[-] WhimsicalSofa@lemmynsfw.com 27 points 11 months ago
[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's a good question. And why is he such a pervert? The hedgehog, I mean.

[-] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

The hedgehog isn’t a pervert, everyone knows that the hedgehog can never be buggered at all

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 5 points 11 months ago
[-] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago
[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for explaining the reference. I had not heard this song before.

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[-] OpenStars@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

Nevada, 'nuff said.

[-] ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com 18 points 11 months ago
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[-] june@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

I thought she was holding a hedgehog for a second

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 5 points 11 months ago

You're not the first, but upon closer inspection I think it might be some sort of fur accessory.

[-] june@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yea I think it’s a purse or a jacket

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 5 points 11 months ago

Certainly far more likely than a hedgehog.

[-] piracysails@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago
[-] june@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago
[-] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 8 points 11 months ago

Can someone explain the shape of the state lines of Idaho ?

Is it because of a geographic feature? (The squiggly side)

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not entirely sure but I think it follows along a mountain range, most likely the watershed line.

EDIT: looks like that's correct and it follow the Bitterroot Range. Here's a link with more info and some history: https://mtbeyond.com/history/how-montana-got-its-shape/

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago
[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I'm my United States? Unbelievable.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

451: Unavailable due to ~~Legal reasons~~ greed, power, politics and discontent

(they opted to avoid complying with completely reasonable EU law by blocking all of Europe from accessing the site)

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Then here's the text for anyone interested:

I have always loved the shape of Idaho—so much more interesting than so many of our rectangular neighbors in the West and Midwest. Some have described it as a fist with the index finger pointing up. Lay it on its side and it resembles a handgun.

But Idaho wasn’t always so distinctive. When Abraham Lincoln signed the act creating Idaho Territory on March 3, 1863, it was a large rectangle that included Montana and most of Wyoming. It was a fascinating journey getting to where we are today.

From 1849 to 1850, the southeast corner of Idaho was part of the large provisional State of Deseret (meaning “honeybee”) established by the Mormons. But Congress was not fond of the Mormons and chipped away at their proposed state, giving portions to surrounding territories, including Idaho, and leaving what is now Utah, “the Beehive State.”

Until 1863, Idaho was part of Washington Territory. When Idaho petitioned Congress to create a new territory, two competing versions of its territorial boundaries were presented to the Senate. The first was created by Lieutenant John Mullan and would have kept the Idaho panhandle and part of Montana in Washington Territory leaving southern Idaho and Wyoming as the new Idaho Territory. Idaho Territory Map

The final plan gave Washington its current boundaries and created a very large new Idaho Territory that included not only all of present-day Idaho, but also virtually all of Montana and Wyoming. Courtesy Idaho Senate

The people in western Washington were eager to get rid of present-day Idaho and Montana. Washington’s territorial capital was in Olympia, but the discovery of gold in Idaho caused an influx of population further east. Eventually, Walla Walla became more geographically centered for the capital, but only if the Idaho panhandle was retained. Mullan owned property in Walla Walla and was working to establish it as the capital.

At the same time, Mullan’s political rival, William H. Wallace, was promoting his own plan with the Senate. Wallace was Washington’s territorial delegate to Congress and, as a resident of Puget Sound, wanted to keep the capital in Olympia. Wallace’s plan gave Washington its current boundaries and created a very large new Idaho Territory that included not only all of present-day Idaho, but also virtually all of Montana and Wyoming. On the last day of the 37th Congress, debate went well into the night. After midnight on March 4, 1863, Wallace’s bill was passed by Congress and later that day was signed by President Lincoln.

Mullan had hoped to become governor of the new Idaho Territory, but was again outmaneuvered by Wallace. Wallace was already a close friend of Lincoln and a fellow Republican whose plan had prevailed in Congress. Lincoln appointed him Idaho’s first territorial governor on March 10, 1863. Idaho Territory Map

The final plan gave Washington its current boundaries and created a very large new Idaho Territory that included not only all of present-day Idaho, but also virtually all of Montana and Wyoming. Courtesy Idaho Senate

Lewiston, on the western edge of this vast new Idaho Territory, was selected as the capital. When the territorial legislature met in the winter of 1863, at least one delegate from present-day Montana, reluctant to travel across the treacherous Bitterroot mountains, journeyed all the way to the Pacific coast then took a boat up the Columbia and Snake rivers to Lewiston. It didn’t take long for those first legislators to unanimously request their own territory. The very next year, Montana withdrew from Idaho Territory. Idaho wanted the Continental Divide to become the border between the two territories, but Montana’s proposal to establish the Bitterroot Mountains as the boundary was approved by Congress before Idaho could even communicate its objection.

As we celebrate Idaho Day on March 3, we are reminded that Idaho’s boundaries were determined by greed, power, politics, and discontent, but also perhaps by the same Divine Destiny that formed this great nation. We may live in two time zones, but one state. We may be separated by steep mountains and deep canyons, but joined in purpose. We are One. We are Idaho.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks! Saved your comment to read later when I'm not on my way to bed!

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Fun Fact: Montana and Wyoming used to be part of Idaho.

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago

Yes, back when it was still a territory and not a state.

[-] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Is this a plot to one of the latest PornHub not my sister, but step brother productions? If it was further south a arguement could be made not my step, but full brother..

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago
[-] fossphi@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Is this something I'm too unamerican to understand?

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 10 points 11 months ago

Not really. If you look closely enough at the shapes and positions of these states on the map, you should be able to figure it out.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

She shouldn't be calling herself a ho though.

[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah but she's not a ho, she da ho!

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 11 months ago

What do you suggest instead, Idaescort perhaps? Idacourtesan? Idaprostitute? Idaworkinggirl?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

She isn't. The state was named by her bitter ex.

[-] angrymouse@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

A as non English native I can't see Wyoming without pronouncing "mhamm mhaam" in my head.... Holy fuck this is stupid.

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