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skipweasel
There must be a Bluesky link somewhere....
Apeofdeath
Time for me to move to California
IgnisInvictus
I'd move to California even if I had to walk there.
ssjalhazred
This actually will piss him off. He can't stand being mocked.
VeryBombDiggity
I think the rest of the US would be totally OK with selling Cali, and I think Cali would be totally OK with being sold. Haha
lurkyloos
Thousands of Danes sign petition to buy California from U.S.
https://ktla.com/news/california/thousands-of-danes-sign-petition-to-buy-california-from-u-s/
Revicus
And for the benefit of anyone not aware, you can add "cancel" to the URL after "X" (ex: xcancel.com/blah/blah) for any such link to access it via a redirector without any advertising fuckery.
kylefromterminator
Take Oregon and Washington too please
Stellori
SmashySashimi
“…immediate flights to California…”
PleaseRespectMyAsshole
Honestly, the red states would just be absolutely fucked if California left the union.
Kimona007
Please also buy Oregon. We have Intel fabs and Nike's HQ...
qyrriqat
I, for one, welcome our new Danish overlords.
SnuggleHam
Good to know, your mobile oppression palace won't build itself get started
Boatsntoes
What’s hilarious is how much of the federal budget blue states pay for. I wish this would happen.
bourbonandbaddecisions
I don’t think they have the $$$ for that 5th largest economy and all. But what if California loaned them the capital?
StuckUpNorthSendHelp
I mean, who even sets the price? If California sets the price maybe they're sold for a good danish dessert.
xenjamin
DANIFORNIA!
drthatoneguy
Dani California can be our state song
wickerandcork
Can we thrown in Oregon with the deal?
MyCatIsMissingAnEar
And Wisconsin. We're close enough, right?
bearstrap
I mean, the Cascadia part of Oregon would like to come along. The rest wants to be... Greater Idaho and that just sounds like the hell they deserve.
NR97420
F them, they can move to Idaho. Or we can force them out. I'd looove some property near John Day if all the crazies were gone.
Silverbananahorse
And NY?
TNSCLuotaMEa4fVN
WaOrCa
Mommyshiba
OrWaCa ... waka waka waka
MachoMandalaEffect
As long as I can pump my own gas
Smoretank
Wish my state could join but it had to be a southern state.
justanoldfatladystealingmemes
and Washington state?
sureasyourebornyourenevergoingtoseenounicorn
Buy New England, please! We’re closer!
thinkybrainpains
Mainer just waiting for Canada to invade, annex us and provide us with healthcare.
ErynGalen
No need to fight over us, we'll take you both
sureasyourebornyourenevergoingtoseenounicorn
I wish
bindedig
Jeg kan Lear dansk !!!
ErynGalen
As a Dane, that's great, just put a potato in your mouth and talk through that. You'll fit right in
bindedig
👍
CobainsSarcoma
fun fact: the danish pastry is actually Viennese. if you're in Denmark and ask for a Danish pastry, they'll give you a funny look but you will eventually get your pastry. that's as close to passive-aggressive as they get
userfriendly19777
It's because Austrian bakers brought their recipes of sugar bread to Denmark during a strike among danish bakers in the 1850's. For some reason Denmark got the credit for that.
CobainsSarcoma
wow didn't know that
OccasionalManatee
They're called wienerbrød in Denmark. Asking for a "Danish pastry" might land you a translation error (pastry is a broad category after all), but that oughta be about it.
CobainsSarcoma
when i experienced it, it was usually americans, and the danes knew what they were asking for. they were never rude about it though, seemed like more of an inside joke than anything
WhichNameDoIChoose
They need to buy more. Taking just California would doom all other blue states to Gilead. Take the blue, leave the rest.
Sonicschilidogs
Problem is, all states are purple.
greentights
So can we finally divide states as Metro areas and the rest of the state? The tri-state area really should've just been one state - NYC Metro area. CA wants to be like 6 states but even 3 makes sense. DC should be a state.
citybadger2
State capital would be moved to Solvang of course.
dorsolateral
I've been to Solvang dozens of times. This comment makes me so happy.
Efreeti
As a Scandi that has driven through Solvang a few of times when visiting, damn that town looks nothing like any parts of Denmark I've seen. More Dutch chic. No idea if the dining options are properly Danish, never had the opportunity to stop.
EatPieLander
You had me at "Rule of law"!
CrisprCAS
You underestimate how many pastries I can eat in a lifetime
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
that depends heavily on what they're laced with
raitchison
Especially with a real health care system to keep you alive longer despite all the diabeetus and heart disease.
Escapist83
Do Vermont next. We can be be New Scandinavia if you want.
userfriendly19777
Isn't that the state that Bernie Sanders is representing. He's basically the most Scandinavian politician you have.
RtsWillH1Mself
If anything, California could be its own country. Pretty sure their GDP alone could buy another country.
gman003
Los Angeles alone has a higher population and GDP than Denmark. If they pull off this purchase, Copenhagen would be the *seventh* largest city in Denmark, and Danish would be the third-most-spoken language, with Chinese not too far behind. Their national guard has about as many people as the Danish armed forces.
On the plus side, California already has a Legoland, so Danish cultural outreach has a good starting point.
unluckyandbored
California gets delicious pastries, and Denmark gets to experience the joys and wonders of Mexican food.
samwyze
I must remember, Lego is already plural. There are no Legos. Lego is already plural...
OhIfIMust
Thank you for your service!
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
I think California, if it was its own country, would have the 5th highest GDP in the world.
FlyingButtPliers
3rd. California alone is slightly behind Japan in #3. With Denmark that would put them just behind China.
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
I just meant California alone and it looks like 6th https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomina">nominal)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_GDP
jebstat59365
Californians say they're not keen on the idea of having a king (Frederik X) but they think the new flag is a big plus...
Isthe4thtimethecharm
Plus, if their baseball teams keep playing the US. It will really be a world series.
ricpaul
Fun fact, dad of a (Dutch) friend bought an old house in France, tiny rural settlement few miles from a small village where the neighbor would walk out with his shotgun draped over his arm to see who we were when us 20 year olds drove up to the house for a holiday. When friend was there when they just bought the house, they registered for a petanque (Jeu de Boule) tournament and the organisers renamed it an INTERNATIONAL tournament ;)
DanimalRC
OhIfIMust
LordOfTheFleas
jethroismaxbaer5772
Not keen on a king but they did love an emperor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton
OhIfIMust
Awww...
OhIfIMust
VikingHobbit
The king is cool - he was in the special forces.
Blank1612
Well he completed training with them at least.
skipweasel
Kings aren't all bad - in extremis you can decapitate them. Or exile them if that seems a bit drastic.
InTangier
Yeah, many nations do have a tradition of assassinating kings around these parts.
justthatguyfromthatplace
To be fair, we have a couple occurrences of people deciding a president was better off with bullet holes. And we're very likely in extremis, right now. (Apologies if I used that phrase incorrectly)
BeaverOnFire
EmeraldNight
the thought "Yeah, guillotine is a bit drastic. Let's just use a woodchipper instead" is hilarious
DeadyBearr
We can use the body mulch as fertilizer
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Well, looks like they're gonna get a king whether they like it or not. So why not go for the actual human being, instead of the orange shitstain?
stonetemplefox05
Oh no, we didn't get the coolest state flag just to give it up.
jetact12
But dude...free health care and no cheeto....
Doompug
From your priorities I can tell you haven't eaten danish pastries.
userfriendly19777
Dane here and kind of republican. (Not the party!!) Our Kingdom is a kind of paradox, but most of the European kingdoms are quite well functioning as societies and so are we. The king's duty is to ratify any new government and that's about it. He has no formel executive power. You'll like Frederik the tenth better than Donald the first.
jetact12
Yup. Totally agree
DougTheLlama
As long as I can still root for Pogačar over Vingegaard in the Tour, I'm ok.
Blank1612
You can root for anyone you want, but you will have to appreciate Handball if you become part of the Danish kingdom.
DougTheLlama
Deal!
SirDigger13
Isnt Donald the Jester to President Musk? Or Donald the Worst?
IHaveGreatKittenRecipes
My guy, I like a pile of dog shit I just stepped in with brand new Louboutins better than I like tRump. Your king is a pretty chill dude and waaay beats the bar of 'more likeable than tRump'.
PosthumousExile
The bar is so low it went past bedrock twice and is now in orbit
ArgumentativeArguerJustBecause
To use one of my favourite phrases.
"The bar is so low the devil uses it to limbo"
agonarch
They pretty much only serve as a backup for if the government shuts down or fails somehow these days, technically they're still doing it 'for the royals' so they can get fired if the government pulls that shit. (happened in AUS a while back, the US would have -so many- opportunities on government shutdowns!)
Besides, the orange guy is acting like an old-fashioned king and the rich guy is just as bad (but unelected, so even more like an old-fashioned king I guess) so you're there already.
nsaspyingonuranus
Well, I see this as a real plus!
kspice
Sonofabitch. Take my up vote
CompressedInfo
The flag is a nice plus!
SirPrized
Error406
Well I'm in sign me up
AimingForAdorkable
Coloradan here—can we join you please???
ArchonIlladrya
I should move back to California.
Cervidaesigns
This is the only thing that could possibly get me to even think about moving back, but if they got Oregon too I'd choose that instead.
imreallytrying
Like seriously. Wtf. I will vote for this.
imakesoap
Sending my hell yes from Long Beach!
Table5
Look. We have a land border with Denmark, and one with France. That qualifies us for the EU.
Bring WA and OR with CA, and we can start talking about annexing the rest of Northern Mexico into a 1st world country.
Who's with me?
Itslukus
Certainly not against you my guy.
dillluethesciencedude
I'll speak for washington... you had me at... getting the hell away from this dystopian nightmare we are living in... universal healthcare and pastries sound nice too
reliot
As a Washingtonian living in Oregon, sign me up...
PyroDragon
Can you take Minnesota with you?
I can't move down there due to a disability that prevents my body from properly regulating temperature. I cannot handle the heat, literally.
marlinhr3
How would you protect the border?
alluro2
That's easy! Mr. Trump solved it in a heartbeat - a pit of crocodiles. The most beautiful pit of crocodiles you have ever seen.
DejDek
Canada has a solid military and the trio of California, Oregon, and Washington have a hefty amount of military hardware and personnel.
Given the fucking catastrophe that is the Trump presidency, I would not be shocked if the majority of those states are willing to secede.
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lordmaxwell
My guy, if I can get it in legal writing I don't care if they're joking and making fun of me, the alternative is not having an alternative.
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lordmaxwell
You know you can be both serious and yet still allow yourself to have a little fun right? Embrace and admire the absurd from time to time. They can win on two fronts, there's the obvious one they're building to, the other is demoralizing you. If you smile while you beat them down, you'll demoralize them, instead. Don't let the bastards grind you down. It's only going to get tougher soon. Be willing to go a little mad, or the anger and fear will consume everything faster than they can.
suicidalpokemon
Speaking for us scandinavia here in Minnesota we will join ya
heijoe1021
Go ahead! :) https://denmarkification.com/
figuringeights
Since I read it on the site, just a heads up for the Danes, palm trees are not indigenous to California. Just be aware of that and maybe plant more indigenous trees when you buy us. But otherwise please , I need more danish pastry, bike lanes, and trains here in California thank you. (I do realize those things are also not indigenous but we all get to pick and choose ok)
VikingHobbit
You'll have to learn danish. The language, not the pastries. The language is so hard, even most danes are using it wrong.
thinkybrainpains
Have you heard how they mangle English in the south?
Athol
I mean, folks there already mangle Spanish and English, what's one more?
reverendbonobo
So they won't mind if I use it wrong.
VikingHobbit
Honestly? No, not if you are an otherwise decent person
userfriendly19777
Most Danes speak English. We'll be friendly colonizers.
sisuandserenity
I make a darn good æbelskiver at christmas. We could be good friends.
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There’s only 1 correct Danish and it’s East Jutlandic. And not that Ømål crap. Fight me.
ErynGalen
You pronounced North Jutlandic wrong, my friend
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Jeg fortrækker jysk til vendelbomålet.
SnuggleHam
Ok kammerat vi mødes på Samsø. Hans Ø regler, vi skiftes til at drikke snaps og whiskey, sidste mand der kan stå oprejst vinder
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Ligesom Hans Ø er jeg både Dansk og Kanadisk. Aalborg Taffel Akvavit og Crown Royal?
SnuggleHam
Foretrækker Høker snaps, men det er en aftale makker
PythonIndentAwwwYiss
Ahhh, Kamelåså!
hungoveratworkguy
Californian here. Please, get me out of this clown car of a country.
VaultGirl69
Oklahoman here. Please knock me out so I can have a temporary reprieve from this insanity. I did vote today. It was probably pointless, but I did it anyways. The other candidates wanted to defund aid to homeless programs, expand police surveillance and use tax money to create an arena for our already wealthy public college. He has no backup plan for the homeless aid. Just for homeless children to suffer hungry on the street. Oh, and a needles turnpike that would destroy the lake in the area.
OhIfIMust
Seems like a good opportunity for California to reassert States’ Rights.
SharkoutofWata
They made a movie about this
Burinal
"That's not what we meant!"
ICheckUsernameAndSuch
I would absolutely love to live "abroad" too. Unfortunately for us, I'm confident that GOP would never let California go. Deriding CA and its people every chance they get may win them easy points with their rabidly hateful voter base, but I'm quite certain that they're all fully aware of the fact that the US would be MUCH worse off without CA.
jayhaJapeLord
5th largest economy in the world and largest in the US. They aren't that stupid(I think).
hungoveratworkguy
GOP brass isn’t. The base is definitely stupid.
IHaveNoIdeaAnymore
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VaultGirl69
*Update - Unlike the last few votes, this one went well. We have a better mayor and our city counselor is keeping her seat. It's nice for something not terrible to happen once in a while.
Ruderali
No, you pissed the rug. This is the world rubbing your face in it
hungoveratworkguy
ICheckUsernameAndSuch
California didn't, tho. The last time a republican president won the general election in California was Reagan in 88. That was, admittedly, a pretty big fuck up, but it was also 37 years ago. Given demographic data for imgur users, it's fairly statistically likely that CA hasn't voted for a republican in your lifetime.
Ruderali
You have guns and Nazis in your country. That means you're choosing it.
ICheckUsernameAndSuch
I promise you that both of those things exist in some capacity wherever you live. When was the last time you shot a nazi?
And, as much as we'd all like it to be, it's unfortunately not quite that simple. Almost none of the nazis admit to being nazis, and the media has an unprecedented amount of influence over public opinion right now. One wrong move and all you've done is create more support for the nazis. Not to mention that civilian guns vs government arms are WORLDS apart. Can't buy missiles
raitchison
California native here, I would welcome this. Same if Canada wants to adopt us.
TheRealBrebby
As a West coast Canadian, we've been pushing the Cascadia movement for decades
thedarkcanuck
Why would we want to take on all those wildfires?
Hexidimentional
If you toss the drone pillot in prison for at least 10 years you can be a Province.
tyblu
Fun fact: California is the only state with a GDP larger than Canada.
rossimus
I'd move back to Cali in a heartbeat if it could somehow get out of this dumb country
nihiltres
As a dual citizen (born in Canada, naturalized in the US) I’d welcome it *except* that California alone has nearly as many people as all of Canada. Destabilizing Canadian politics would defeat the point.
If you’re serious, then step one is a plan to peacefully secede from the US and to harmonize state laws with Canadian federal ones to the extent possible. That’s not trivial!
thatwoodguy
We'd make a deal for Washington and Oregon to, but not the part east of the Cascades too many rednecks there they can join Idaho
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
3rd or 4th largest economy in the world (depending on assessment).
starkiller34
hol up now, I'm Canadian and all... but you should really think about those pastries... lifetime supply is a damn good deal.
davcam
Between the Kingdom of Trump or the Kingdom of Denmark. I wanna more about this offer.
apairofpetducks
US citizen who moved to Canada: it's not as good as you think. Don't get me wrong, I'm not moving back to the US any time soon, but it's not quite the wonderland we often think it is.
Agreement2agree
As a Canadian I'd welcome you if you guys could ditch the handguns.
AgainstMethod
Much as I love my native land and would like to see it governed better, (1) CA succession would be a disaster for the rest of the US and (2) you might be disappointed by how big Canada's right wing is.
Lynkfox
My wife would be ecstatic to move back to California. Id go with her
Magus25
Are you okay with us changing the name to South British Columbia? If so, hop on board.
mintyfreshismygod
I would happily become Canada's pantleg.
chufly
I would move to Canada if this happened
Fadetoblack021
I'd merge with Denmark to buy California.
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
Fellow Californian native ( yay SacTown! ), where can I sign up?
AbeFromanSausageKingOfChicago
As someone who lived in California and now Washington, how about Canada just takes the west coast.
ekzeko
Odd of trump making a move for canada are low. But as far as plebyscites go, the biggest issue is that the Canadian supreme court ruled it was legal for a canadian province to leave the confederation, and the US supreme court ruled it was illegal for a state to leave. Even if you tried it as a counter maneuvre its legally dead.
Quenya3675
Trump is ignoring the supreme court. So can we.
imightbeabearindisguise
Had to visit a customer in Maine a while back. Total magat. He told me he would love it if Canada would take everyone from California. I asked him why and he couldn't give a definitive answer but said he doesn't like them so I challenged him further and countered with "but you don't even live there. Why would you care? You live completely on the opposite side of the country. How could you judge an entire state full of people like that?" He got pissy and changed the subject. Fucking moron.
celestedrake
NJ would also like to sign up if possible.
nicholcm
Maybe a joint custody agreement between Denmark and Canada?
icantbelieveistillhavetoprotestthiscrap
As another CA native, hell yeah
ElChupaNuggra
We'll take the West Coast, and the East coast down to Florida, maybe one or two Blue Northern States, everything else can stay United States of Trumpland, but anyone wanting OUT of those states are also more than welcome. :P
StuckUpNorthSendHelp
...I vote we let them keep Florida. That's a special kind of crazy we don't need.
ElChupaNuggra
That's what I meant by down TO Florida, aka everything up to that point, but I could have been clearer :P
IVerifyPeoplesUsernames
Oh god, what happens if both Canada and Denmark want to adopt California? Is it gonna be another Hans Island dispute?
NR97420
Sweet, California gets free booze, too?!
datphone777365
Do both, set up a new econ bloc
PressthamGravey
As a Canadian, whoever gets California, we'll respect the decision.
StuckUpNorthSendHelp
As a fellow Canadian, I'd respect the decision more if Canada gets California. We deserve some warm weather lands. And just think of all the water bombers we'd send if you were a part of Canada!
lemogera
Lmao, so California would be like the child of a divorce, and move back and forth between the two
onlyhalfghost
Denmark gets weekends and alternate Wednesday evenings, Canada gets weekdays.
Hexidimentional
Californias are going to get tanked if we keep air dropping whiskey on them
DamnThursdays
Canadian here. I speak for all Canadians when I say bring Hawaii and the answer will be yes.
Groznek
Long as they're treated right. Force Zuck out at gunpoint.
EmilyPseu
Can I interest you in a lovely Minnesota?
Hevach
There's already major problems with TSA demanding passports for travel to Hawaii might as well make it official.
Hexidimentional
Did you see how they fucking treated our quebecquoi firefighters? Cali can rot
Riouxyz
What happened?
Hexidimentional
one of the quebec water bombers sent to assist with the palisades fire was downed by a dipshit recording the fire with his drone. Rich entitled asshat got a fine. The Canair bomber and its crew were downed for the entire fire and were unable to help with the blaze.
sporkulese
And Minnesota?! Please?!
jayhaJapeLord
As a manitoban, I always thought of you as one of us.
jackal696
Oh man that might be too much... but sure
onlyhalfghost
you have to join Ontario, but together we'll resist Quebec-Ohio.
hereforthebewbs
Minnesota has been part of Canada for a long time, no?
AzraelEternity
Californian ex-pat here. I'd move home if this happened.
algavinn
Same
MistressTacoPants
Me too, in a heartbeat
IrishPub
Ditto. I moved because it was too expensive, but if I became a Dane by moving back, the high cost of living would actually be worth it!
PlanckEraWasMyBestEra
I would also move to California if this happened. As it is, I'm a trans POC and desperately trying to figure out how to make it out of the country when I have nothing to really offer any other country and they don't super want us.
Strategicgnomer
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/refugees/about-refugee-system/2slgbtqi-plus.html
PlanckEraWasMyBestEra
I'll look into this, thanks
Strategicgnomer
Many Canadians would be willing to help you out, trust me. If you need a good lawyer, an old friend of mine was excellent. Though we don't talk anymore, she's got a good heart and does immigration, often helping those who need it for no charge. She's good people.
alittlekinkinthenuts
Same....I miss home:(
AzraelEternity
Me too. I tried Austin, TX for a while but got priced out of there also. Now I'm in Ohio.
DoctorNoodlesMD
ThrowAwayAcct0000
Yeah, Austin was flooded with ex-Californians for a while. We left Austin because it got too expensive.
alittlekinkinthenuts
Yeah the area i moved to is now one of the fastest growing places in the US it feels like. Except for wages... still rock bottom.
TheFlutterbyChronicles
I find this to be false, no one MOVES to Ohio, Ohioans just kinda materialize and immediately want to leave (speaking as a former Ohio resident)
raitchison
My son moved to VERY rural Iowa last year.. for a job working for the USDA. Things aren't looking very good for him RN.