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Where Google Streetview is Available
Countries That Do Not Use the Metric System
The 22 Countries Britain has not Invaded
Pangea with Current International Borders
Paid Maternal Leave Around The World
Where the McDonald's Are
Most Common Surnames in Europe
Worldwide Driving Orientation
Time Zones of the Antarctic
Global Internet Usage Based on Time of Day
xkima
WHO DRIVES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD NOW, TOP GEAR?
Zartain
Some maps are a little bit wrong.
bluemofia
Except for... Wait for it... The Mongols.
ValidateMyNameBeforeIRegister
2 and 5 still piss me off...
underdogoverhead
The Borg are Sicilian?
originalsomething
Maltese
tooseriousaboutcheerios
We actually don't have Google streetview everywhere in Germany, only in the bigger cities, since Google received too many complaints.
sum1else
I'm in the US and I don't even have streetview.
lovelexie
I love things like this. They make me feel like my procrastination is productive...
PeteVenkmann
I like this logic.
OfficialJimmieRustlers
The price of a burger in Norway.. Now add that much % on anything ever you can purchase in Norway, plus some more.
itsnotstrangeatall
Wonder if the price has anything to do with the "number of McDonald outlets" in those "expensive" places ...
GlassBomb
Most Common Surnames in Sweden is actually more or less a tie between Andersson and Johansson. Roughly 250k for each.
shadowboyce
prettyyyyyy
madmardagan
PAPADOPOULOS!
KingoftheAndalsthe1stMenLordofthe7KingdomsProtectoroftheRealm
GOD, I LOVE MAPS!
MarcusPlautusMolesworthus
God has heard, and acknowledged you, my child. He appreciates your enjoyment of his creation, and encourages further feedback sessions.
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KingoftheAndalsthe1stMenLordofthe7KingdomsProtectoroftheRealm
BAM!
MeessterVal
Would you like a map to my penis?
KingoftheAndalsthe1stMenLordofthe7KingdomsProtectoroftheRealm
Well, I never say no to a nice penis.
DualWieldingNESZappers
Dat Atlas.
MarcusPlautusMolesworthus
So who are you addressing this to? Old gods or new? R'hllor?
KingoftheAndalsthe1stMenLordofthe7KingdomsProtectoroftheRealm
To the Lord of Light, of course! For the night is dark and full of terrors.
LaissezLesBonTempsRouler
countries with mcdonalds don't invade each other
Rastivus
Russia invaded Georgia. Sorry!
jumaru
It was interesting the first time this was posted. Not that interesting after 100th time.
HeyFolks
America, you should pay for Mat leaves.
mkalvas
Most companies do. It's just not mandatory. Also, most people here don't know how to negotiate a contract so the employer pays minimum.
Thuperduper
Nah, we don't really like women. We'd rather take away their right to get an abortion than help new mothers
Momof2needsabreak
They do. I had 6 weeks when my first daughter was born. It is also offered to dads. It just may not be that way for all states.
DoodGai1
No, the taxpayer/business owner shouldn't suffer because you can't afford to have a child.
HeyFolks
Every other country seem to think that it's not a bad idea to pay a part of a maternity leave.
DoodGai1
Oh, well, I guess it's impossible for them to be wrong.
HeyFolks
Not at all but you have to admit that it's unlikely that 95% of the countries on earth are choosing the wrong option out of two solutions.
unijaw
Streetview isn't available in Germany.
sum1else
I'm in the US, and it's not available for me either.
mypetgiraffewouldbecalledleopold
but it is available in the english channel apparently..
Pharya
From what I recall that's due to Germany's Supreme Court, and only recently. Germany's streets were street-mapped and available at one point
unijaw
Yup. Germany's streets have been mapped but it is no longer available due to law.
peterapa
Britain has not invaded Finland
WholeLottaNopeYaGotRightThere
I love how America's internet usage only goes blue for a brief moment before going back up. Freedom never sleeps, indeed.
arkemiffo
What the hell Brittain. What's wrong with Sweden?
Zikore
From what I read on Cracked. Sweden is a BAMF country that issues guns to it's citizens and has secret cannons everywhere.
soob
Also they were consistently powerful during the time when England was conquering, but don't let that get in the way.
arkemiffo
*Britain
gayhorse420
Look what the chinese call Sweden: http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/literal-map-of-europe-by-chinese-name.jpg
WadeUnLuminePictor
Nothing! We just thought we'd leave it alone for a little while. Nice country.
MadeAccountSoICanRememberImagesToRepostLater
As a Brit, I stole one of your women and brought her back to my village. HOW DOES IT FEEL SWEDEN?!
Pinkbunnyman
Actually, most of the Swedish vikings went east to russia and the baltics. Your beef is with the norweigans my friend.
arkemiffo
Understandable. http://media.moronail.net/images/stories/dg_pictures/0904/1184.jpg
Raskar
We are too good for them
skipperwolf
Too cold, chap.
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
the went to, iceland, norway, finland and russia...
skipperwolf
Volcanoes, whisky, vodka, vodka.
Kiyohime56
...There are other countries that don't use the metric system? THEY LIED TO ME COUNTLESS TIMES IN SCHOOL AND I AM NOT IMPRESSED. CAPS LOCK.
GeneParmesanHowYaDoing
Also the map doesn't take into account that the UK for whatever-the-fuck reason uses MPH, and Canada uses feet and inches for human height.
AuBoss
A lot of people use feet and inches for height because of basketball but officially those countries use metric.
Mobax
Officially we use the metric for measuring people. ie: my driver's license. In general practice ya, we use imperial.
Seba4386
False.... Denmark have never been English! AND WE WILL NEVER BE!
sixfoothobbit
Danmark er ikke godt.... og mig dansk er ikke godt :(
tondemageren
But England on the other hand, was Danish at some point!
Seba4386
You sir... Just got a upvote.
martiantripod
Well done on not reading the caption. Said countries "invaded by" not conquered. Battle of Copenhagen ever turn up in your history lessons?
Momof2needsabreak
Im in California... and I had paid maternity leave for 6 weeks. It was also offered to my husband.
fezzesRcool
I'm not very smart and I'm not looking this up, but I doubt African women get 14 weeks of paid maternity leave...
underdogoverhead
Provided by your employer, yes? The map refers to public/tax-funded programs.
littlebrownbird
CA has their own leave and disability programs. NJ does too, I think.
sum1else
State laws != national laws. Many states have laws requiring it. That's an issue that falls to the state level.
monkeyronin
It's typically provided by the employer. What the map refers to is the minimum REQUIRED paid maternity leave.
cheesesteakjimmys
Username suggests not enough
Jme3kerek
But ... but .. but we have McDonald's in Morocco :(
SpeakingAsTheDevilsAdvocate
Also Indonesia.
RobertPaulsen
And of course another example how Norway is so god damn pricy.
imgursample
We'll switch to metric when the brits and ausies start driving on the correct side of the road.
FoxyEllie
When I saw that map, it blew my mind that places with actual land borders drove on the opposite side of the road. How do you border cross??
IAmTheDangerIAmTheOneWhoKnocks
Never! >:D
samconnolly94
We'll start doing that when you accept to start saying 'mum' instead of 'mom'!
tinyrye
never
MeessterVal
But asking mummy for something sounds morbid. Who wants a mummy around?
maggiethecat
never!!!
janeshep
If I were a Brit or an Aussie I'd say 'deal'. It'd be a small price to pay to get rid of them damn feet and inches.
GeneParmesanHowYaDoing
Canadians uses feet and inches, and the UK uses MPH. They can't even commit to what is considered a superior system.
Blarjgrhgajhfjdfldghuihfb
It's mostly because changing road signs and things from miles to km would be very expensive so we just use both systems.
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
So Iceland has the third most expensive McDonalds though we dont have any McDonalds...
thosewomenwereinthenip
I don't believe that Murphy is the most common surname in Ireland
SirChadwellHeath
Oh, Really? It's Prawo Jazdy
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ringox
Alles Müller oder was?
thatguymurphy
I do! :D
hiperson134
Borg. Papadopoulos.
yourpostisbadandyoushouldfeelbad
Just looked at my Facebook friends list & I have 8 Murphys from 400 friends!
thosewomenwereinthenip
I've only 3 and they're brothers.
catcatcatcatcatcatcat
My 2nd name is Dunne, common as potatoes :P
elpietro
Murphy is very common down South.
LeonOHaodhagain
I could get ya a phone book if you want to check?
thosewomenwereinthenip
Well considering I'm from Dublin I don't think that's necessary.
deliciousninja
I believe it is O'Murphy.
narfnarfnarfnarfnarfnarfnarfnarfnarfnarf
You takin the piss? I have never heard a single person called O'murphy
CheesusTakeTheWheel
MacMurphy?
cousteau
That'd be in Scotland, right? McSmith.
mynameisjonnyhowareyou
I'm from N.Ireland and I don't know a single Wilson.
ZimSkathing
3 Mullans in my school year alone. None related (immediately at least)
cianjg
I always assumed it was something like Doherty. At least in Derry it seems to be Doherty
cousteau
WIIILSOOOOON!
MadeAccountSoICanRememberImagesToRepostLater
Jonny Wilson has a nice ring to it.
thaitong
I think it's Fitzpatrick, what do you think? (pls only answer if you live in Ireland)
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identicalWorlds
I only came across one McCabe in my 5 years there and she was Dutch! Haha
YoureThinkingAboutFoolyCoolyingRightNowArentYou
Actually, please only answer if you have conducted, or read, a study on the subject
thaitong
I would have said that if I thought a professional would be browsing imgur
absolutelyfaboo
In my experience, Walsh, Murphy, Kelly and Moran are the most common, but that could just be in the West.
jmeyers1983
I think it's Chang.
PhantomK88
nailed it
thosewomenwereinthenip
Well I'm Irish and in Dublin. There's too many to pick. Murphy is the stereotype but I would have said something like O'Reilly or Walsh
justletmesignupalready
O'Reilly?
janeshep
Ya'Reilly
justletmesignupalready
O'Reilly!?!
superscubasteve
Is it not Byrne or something like that?
thosewomenwereinthenip
Probably that too. There's endless surnames. Could be Kelly, O'Brien, O'Connor! But I don't believe it's Murphy
identicalWorlds
I lived in Ireland (Cork, Dublin and Belfast) for 5 years, I think I saw Murphy and O'Connor the most.
StormyTeacup
I know a lot of O'Reillys. And Ryans, but I'm in Tipp.
thosewomenwereinthenip
It's Lynch and Dempsey here in Dublin. Really depends on the geography.
condoulo
The no maternal leave map is incorrect: http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/
NosferMarki
It says in the very first line there, UNPAID. This is a map of paid leave.
monpetitchou
i have 2 friends going on maternity leave. they are getting paid.
condoulo
It does however allow the mother to maintain health benefits, which because of how our tax system works, is considered "income."
NosferMarki
It maintains benefits simply because it maintains employment, this still isn't paid leave.
MidLifeChrysler
Don't be dense. Clearly the map is referencing the mother receiving her usual wage.
condoulo
Many employers that aren't high-school level jobs offer paid maternity leave of at least 60% of your regular income anyway. (1/2)
condoulo
If you're working a low income job, you probably should take great precaution when having sex
karmakarmakamelion
The paid maternity leave really surprised me. America leading the way at being an asshole.
jluia
1 problem with paid maternity leave is, given 2 similarly qualified candidates, male and female, it encourages employers to hire the male
notsallysparrow
I didn't even know other countries had paid maternity leaves..
karmakarmakamelion
Its funny because I didn't expect most of asia or africa to have any either, but even they seem to realise its importance.
sum1else
The US does, it's just not mandated by law.
xTheMaestro
Most businesses offer paid leave but it's left to employers. I don't think most small businesses could afford it.
supremacysun
No small businesses in Europe?
marblesinmahmouth
I learned this a couple years ago in a class that discussed common social issues and how european countries deal with them 1/2
marblesinmahmouth
as opposed to how america does. It really opened my eyes and made me pretty sad. 2/2
legbreaker95
you can thank karl marx for that, beautiful german bastard
Thesinlesssinner
Plenty of companies will fire you if you say your pregnant just so they don't have to pay you and lie about why you were fired here.
MeessterVal
I know! ...You have to tell them YOU'RE pregnant, then they will respond better :)
shellshock3d
Yeah my sister got fired when she was pregnant. She went to court but they didn't have a strong enough case.
sum1else
They should have. Her lawyer must not be very good.
whitetiger379
http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/
karmakarmakamelion
At least you get unpaid leave but still it really penalises women. It makes them unequal and that is not a good thing in my eyes.
whitetiger379
It's just not required by law.
whitetiger379
Many small businesses can't afford to pay for a worker who isn't able to do work for several weeks. Bigger companies can, and many do.
karmakarmakamelion
I get it is hard for small business, I really do. But that is why where I am from your government will step in to help pay part of maternity
utgort
Until you factor in all the unpaid maternity leave men get.
karmakarmakamelion
I totally believe men and women should get paid leave after having a child, an equal amount of time for both. Either to be taken together 1
karmakarmakamelion
Or to be taken at different times giving the child more parent time before childcare steps up. 2
erinking1006
Short term disability is what it is called. And I got 8 weeks of it.
utgort
Many companies in the US do have paid maternity leave, it is just not a law.
anotherpersonhere
That's true, I have never worked for a company that did not offer maternity leave
karmakarmakamelion
Its good most companies have it but why the government won't go out there and say we look out for women in our law boggles me.
TheKingOfTown
(1/2) I think that companies shouldn't be allowed to fire you for taking a leave of absence to have a kid but why should they have to pay
TheKingOfTown
(2/2) you for work you didn't do?
afrofrycook
As an expecting father and as an American, I don't think the government should be mandating that.
Hiimconner
thats because paid maternity leave is ridiculous. you get paid for working.
MAC99
Maternity leave is a form of unemployment insurance. It's there so you don't starve to death and lose your home until you can work again.
moarcaffeine
I think it's more of a bribe to by the government to make more babies. The fertility rates in Europe are really low even with the leave.
MAC99
Fertility rates in Canada are very low too. Our population growth is mostly due to immigration. I think it's because we know there (1/2)
MAC99
are far too many people in the world already. It's the third world that's producing too many babies and we have to compensate somehow.
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
so almost every contry in the world is doing it wrong...
karmakarmakamelion
So how are women meant to work and reproduce? It is penalising women for having a vagina which is wrong, I certainly didn't ask for mine.
AnnaKendrickLamar
Just save up some money till you're ready?
karmakarmakamelion
or just use your holiday time? I assume in america you get paid holiday time too? 20 days a year you can take off kind of thing.
poopadocduvalier
You can do anything you want. On your own.
Leafus
It's about pregnancy. Most people who get pregnant choose to have sex.
Dreissen
So everybody with a vagina is perpetually having children, right? Having a child is a personal choice, not a biological requirement.
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Dreissen
So that argument only works if women choose to put their education on hold around 18-20 to have a child. 2/2
Dreissen
Several? I'm only familiar with it reducing breast cancer rates in women who have kids while young(before 20 or so). 1/2
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Dreissen
How does paid maternity leave allow you to use your education on your career? You're staying at home getting paid to raise a kid. 1/2
Dreissen
The better option is to have one's partner help raise the child, or even stay at home, if the woman wishes to keep working. 2/2
OzGirl
America, you really should just swap to the metric system...
starrychloe
Yeah well you should just swap to driving on the right side, so there!
clearcontroller
theyre to proud... :p
HardAsARockMainline
pass.
Longtimewatcherfirsttimewritingblahblahblahblah
As a Brit, por que no los dos?
ohdearme
As an Engineer this is REALLY annoying. Use the right units dammit.
OzGirl
Engineers are the issue. Metric, imperial AND whitworth?!
maelstr0m
As an American I couldn't agree more. We're just waiting for the old folks who are used to the old system to die out.
august98
Go back to Europe, or Canada.
OzGirl
You're wrong on both accounts. Also, most of the world is against you. Stop fighting the tide.
august98
Well I'm from Pluto. And i'm used to going against the flow. I'm not like you who blends in with everyone and never gets noticed.
OzGirl
0.o I'm going to go ahead and assume you're 15.
keane714
Half our population thinks Europe is a country.... if we switched to the metric system we'd all have aneurysms and die.
BlackRonaldo
we won both world wars....we can do whatever we want
khora
Why don't you?
JustAHumanist
Britain was on the winning side of those wars as well :P
semirelatedcomments
Isn't there a decades old American decision to change the system? Just takes time.. Especially since no one gives a fuck :)
ReggieWedgies
only if you start using Fahrenheit, a much better system
Thuperduper
And get paid maternity leave
Konoton
Who think you deserve to be negative for this? I'll pull you up to 0, brother.
wonderboyblue
We leave it up to the employers. Paid maternity leave is the norm, although it is not required by law.
IAmInspectorSpaceTime
As an American, I think you overestimate the mathematical ability of the average American.
CoeusDarksoul
Yeah... we're not all that great at this whole "Change" thing...
MadeAccountSoICanRememberImagesToRepostLater
Yes we can!
CoeusDarksoul
But we won't! lol Well, maybe after a few beers, but only if we tape it for hilarity.
garbagejuice
I'm ok with that, but these things aren't really up to me.
InkblotCosplay
Imperial units, while not global standard, are actually quite practical. I think base twelve system for length is actually great.
wangusangus
That's actually why it was originally more common. If you're a carpenter or baker, eg, a unit of 12 is easier to divide evenly more ways.
Kwat
As a transportation engineer using measurements like this every day, I don't know why you were downvoted. +1 for practical sense.
InkblotCosplay
Thanks! :D I'm not too torn up with it. Pretty much what I've come to accept as "the comic sans effect." Hysteria for its own sake.
WhatzitTooya
Calculating with a base of 10 while measuring with a base of 12 sounds not very practical to me.
xTheMaestro
He's talking about dividing into things like quarters and thirds. You can divide 12 into halves (6), thirds (4), and quarters (3) more 1/2
InkblotCosplay
Dividing a meter-long board into six equal parts? Have fun inaccurately measuring 16.666666666666666666 cm pieces, dude.
WhatzitTooya
You see, I get my measuring tape and simply make a mark at 16.6 cm. Now, how do you make 7 pieces out of a 24 inch long board, dude?
InkblotCosplay
Why on earth would you ever try to cut something into a prime number of pieces?
F0rger
Cut it 6 times.
xTheMaestro
easily than you can factors of ten in which you get decimals. It's more intuitive for things like mechanics, agriculture, and construction.
WhatzitTooya
Mechanics? Especially for mechanics I would suggest millimeters. That way you can work with whole numbers and not with fractions like 7/32"
xTheMaestro
When calibrating for pressure, hydraulics, fluid, and the like they use gallons and pounds because its more intuitive for the general user.
MrSirNobody
-No one ever
InkblotCosplay
Using base-12 works with halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, and twelfths with whole numbers. It truly is a great time-saver in many tasks.
wangusangus
I wrote my reply above, then saw you already handled it much better. Apologies.
Bombideer
I always find it great for measurement of things like human height. It goes straight from centimeters to meters. :I
ChangedMyName
Working construction this is a huge plus. I have never thought about that before
MrSirNobody
Using base 10 doese,too.
milante
Correct for halves and quarters, incorrect for thirds, sixths and twelfths.
nuclearwaffle121
thought people would have too difficult a time switching from base 10. (2)
Konoton
I remember that the Romans used base 12 division for counting, using a systems with dots & S. The Mayans used base 20 for each finger & toe.
ElPsyCongroo
I... have never thought of that before. Wow.
nuclearwaffle121
I know there's at least one civilization (I can't remember which) that had considered switching to the base 12 number system, but (1)
sezyoo
Just as soon as GB starts driving on the right side of the road.
themouseking
By which you mean the wrong side.
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mmurrbles
'MERICA. Fuck yeah!
sezyoo
It just makes life more confusing for tourism, like the imperial system.
DickGelato
Left side has always been the correct side, the Romans rode on the left so they could use their sword in their right arm.
BrobiWanKenobi
What about jousting?
mmurrbles
Driving on the right side is the right thing to do not the left thing to do that makes no sense!
sezyoo
I don't drive with a sword, it just makes life more confusing for tourism, like the imperial system.
SweetAdultJesus
Does the average British driver need to be prepared to draw their sword while driving?
DickGelato
Obviously there is no need anymore, but it has always been standard pratice to drive on the left.
MayorLittlefingerCarcetti
More often than you would think.
sezyoo
Plus, what did lefty Romans do?
ThaddeusThunderCock
Except a vast population of people across many countries drive on the left, whereas the US is pretty much the only country not using metric.
sezyoo
The majority of the world drives on the right, not the left. Just like the majority of the world uses metric.
ThaddeusThunderCock
The number of people driving on the left is much more substantial than changing a system of measurement (1)
ThaddeusThunderCock
The logistics and cost of changing to the other side of the road would be far too high, the last time it was done was decades ago (2)
ThaddeusThunderCock
Whereas changing to metric would be considerably easier and much less costly. The really is no excuse (3)
TheThingNoNotThatOne
Yeah, it'd totally be cheap to create all new signs for every road, reteach everyone a new system, and have businesses switch all their 1/2
sezyoo
You do realize how much it would cost to transfer to metric right? Every road sign in the entire country would have to be changed, including
TheThingNoNotThatOne
signs, packaging, advertising, etc. Not to mention all the things like ovens that will have the "wrong"" temperatures on them. 2/2
sezyoo
Alaska, which is like its own county. Several times larger than Britain. Every bit of mass produced product would have to have machinery
sezyoo
adjusted for measurements. Scales and rulers need to be remade. The list goes on, but the point being, it's probably the same price.
Longtimewatcherfirsttimewritingblahblahblahblah
We do, the left is most certaintly the right side of the road to drive on. The Romans drove on the left and were the best Empire builders...
Longtimewatcherfirsttimewritingblahblahblahblah
prior to us, once there is one better than us we may consider it
BeanBagKing
We do... when we're selling drugs or in the military... you know, when it matters :)
Dominian
When I watched "Weeds" they always talked about prices for ounces. I have no idea how much they paid for the weed.
Kazzack
don't forget soda!
sum1else
20 oz is not metric.
Kazzack
"2 Liters" is
sum1else
Yeah, but 24 oz, 16 oz, and 20 oz all are. What's the most common size? probably 12 oz cans.