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hymen_destroyer t1_j6uj9yr wrote

Reply to Who here has moved out of state, regretted it and came back? by [deleted]

I was born here, went to college in Canada, fucked around in upstate NY for a couple years, then moved back. The thing is it's not particularly better or worse than most other places but I never really felt at home anywhere else. I just fit in here better. It's not the most exciting place and it's pretty expensive but I love it anyway

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hymen_destroyer t1_ixrn6n4 wrote

Reply to TIL about the Nauruan Civil War. It went on for 10 years, killed more than 1/3 of the population and ended when the German's intervened. Shortly afterwards, it was annexed by Germany. by New_Blacksmith_115

That's interesting...it seems like these sorts of conflicts were common in Nauruan society, but would be relatively low-intensity affairs and protracted "blood feuds" rather than full-blown wars. But add guns to the equation and it quickly boils over into a bloody civil war.

And then of course the Europeans go "well clearly these people just can't handle governing themselves" after making this whole thing possible

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hymen_destroyer t1_ixec3wt wrote

Reply to comment by hkohne in TIL that Evelyn Nesbit, dubbed "the world's first supermodel" became known for her involvement in a feud between her husband Harry Thaw and architect Stanford White who drugged and assaulted her age of 16, this led to Thaw murdering White inside Madison Square Garden in 1906. by TopAbies9056

I thought it had way too short of a run, but was lucky enough to see it on broadway.. It immediately came to mind when I saw this post

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hymen_destroyer t1_iwwi85t wrote

Reply to comment by Johnny_Appleweed in I think most here would agree. by IndicationOver

I’m sure the pizza there is fine but it’s probably limited to a handful of restaurants. What people need to understand about these discussions is that if you say “x has the best pizza” and you’re not talking about a specific restaurant you’re talking about the average experience. Take any random pizzeria in Connecticut and compare it to a similarly random place elsewhere in the country. There are actual pizza deserts in this country and I’ve lived in them. We have plenty of mediocre pizza here but looking at the big picture you’re probably going to get a decent piece of pizza by throwing darts at a map of the state and finding the nearest pizza place. I would posit CT is the only geographical region with this distinction

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hymen_destroyer t1_iuaibko wrote

Reply to comment by Acheron13 in Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes, Republican challenger tied in heavily blue Connecticut: poll by jr_reddit

She had a tumultuous freshmen term, got her name put on some unpopular proposals, and was seen as a weak link in the democratic stranglehold on the state so they went after her pretty hard.

I've actually met her, she's a pretty cool person and very much pro-labor. Unfortunately she doesn't represent my district so I can't vote for her

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