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  • To be fair, it isn’t a terrible idea to merge entities that have the same name, regardless of context or consequence.

    Georgia: Georgia (country), Georgia (US State), and South Georgia (the UK overseas island territory)

    Washington: Washington State and Washington DC

    Carolina: North and South Carolina

    Dakota: North and South Dakota

    Virginia: Virginia and West Virginia

    For funsies let’s do it with companies as well

    Delta Airlines and Delta Faucet (the plumbing supplies company)

    Dominos Pizza and Domino Sugar

    United Airlines and United Van Lines

    X (Twitter) and X.org, provided that X.org takes full ownership away from Elon

    Just mash them all together!



  • Gork@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    I wonder if anyone rich enough has decided on undertaking the quest to get and hold as many citizenships as possible.

    There’d probably be difficulty though getting simultaneous citizenships for North Korea / South Korea citizenship, Russia / Ukraine, or Republic of China / People’s Republic of China.




  • Gork@lemm.eetoMemes@lemmy.mlI've lived a good life
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    Appliances are super expensive. It doesn’t help that so many of them have planned obsolescence built in so they fail just after their warranty period.

    One little thing I learned is that upper “tier” appliances that cost more share many of the same components as cheaper models. The fancy clothes washing machine might have a color touchscreen but the motors and control boards are the same, so you could save a lot of money by just getting the cheaper model with buttons rather than one that is capable of running Skyrim.

    A good way to check is to look for maintenance manuals for these appliances. If you see parts lists that are shared between the more expensive and cheaper models, you’re better off going with the cheaper one.