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[@bluflaam777]

crims make meth on boats in the harbor where I live.

[@Iso-Lated]

React on Unmaking India pls!!

[@bluflaam777]

The paid leave isn't a law in most states. However, you can get up to 6 months of leave without losing your job in some cases. Many employers will split the time off and pay via insurance. That is insurance will cover your maternity leave up to a certain time point or dollar amount, then the employer will cover some. So, it would matter where you work and for whom you work and what type of insurance you have. Other places just leave you to fend for yourself.

[@derekwest4245]

I love nick johnson! As a gay conservative I feel a bit like a pixie fairy. Love seeing him

[@derekwest4245]

You’re cute! Just saying…

[@orko714]

"Where's all the UK prisoners?" Uh... You sent them all to Australia remember?

[@nowhereman725_]

And Georgia too.

[@christiroseify]

lol

[@nowhereman725_]

@@christiroseify It's true. Georgia began as a penal colony.

[@christiroseify]

@@nowhereman725_ I believe that is the true purpose and meaning God had in mind when He created "sanctuary cities". They are "lawless" when others are responsible for keeping the peace, but when they are left to themselves, they start changing their ways for survival. They can't continue in their old ways because the other guy will hold them responsible in their lawless ways. And their be people who think skinning you alive is an acceptable response to an offense against them... So by survival they become lawful people again... And from there they might find their way to God knowing it is His mercy and grace that gave them a second chance through sanctuary cities... All things are for God's glory. Amen

[@jasonnelson6624]

😂

[@JJ-vt7sh]

Meth labs are actually anywhere meth is made, not real labs.

[@JoeStanek-vu7rl]

As a retired meth cook, I can tell you that there are very few meth labs in America... Mexicans can do it for way less money.

[@imweakfordeaky]

Some years ago, a house blew up in the middle of my hometown. Dude had been using the house his grandma graciously let him live in (after she moved into a senior community) and turned it into a meth lab without her knowing. This f’ing loser destroyed the home his granny and grandpa raised their family in and lived in for over 50 years… the poor old lady was heartbroken and died less than a year later.

[@markhamstra1083]

And what is shown on that map are where people were arrested for making meth, which isn’t precisely the same as where meth labs exist, nor does it show you the scale of the operation. Several small, independent cooks being arrested will turn a county dark blue, but an undiscovered large operation won’t. Maps and data visualizations can be cool and informative, but you always need to be questioning what they are really showing you vs. what someone is trying to tell you that they show.

[@BrandywineCustomPercussion]

Right, presumably this map is where “labs” were discovered by law enforcement.

[@TrineDaely]

Whole lotta kitchen chemists.

[@pointnclick22]

20:02 that area with not many tornadoes is part of the Appalachian mountain range. Like he said tornadoes dont like mountains haha

[@user-jw8sz4jz7k]

It is still true that money doesn’t buy happiness, but on the other hand, lack of money causes sadness

[@XinaTheGM]

Money doesn't buy happiness, but it removes a lot of obstacles to happiness.

[@jbc1715]

"Who ever said money doesn't buy happiness doesn't know where to shop" said Mrs. Thurston Howard III

[@brianherold1835]

I heard it say that only money in excess of what is necessary to satisfy one's needs doesn't buy happiness. So, money CAN buy happiness, if it's enough to take care of all your needs, but money beyond that doesn't.

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

"Money can't buy happiness, but you can be miserable on a better side of town"

[@crimsonharvest]

as for school cancellations for snow, it might seem pretty minor but if your region doesn't get snow, it doesn't have the equipment to carry on operating despite the snow

[@wolfofthewest8019]

Exactly this. In the southern part of the country, they don't have snow plows, salting trucks, etc. It's basically a waste of money to buy these things and then have to store them and keep them maintained. I lived in the mountains of southern California for a decade, we got snow once. It was a quarter of an inch and was gone by noon. The valley below us didn't even get rain. If the county had a snow plow, they would never use it.

[@michelehenne2477]

In Southern Illinois, so much is rural. The roads are often small lanes, not paved, so snow and ice make them impassable. We are used to snow and ice, but salt and plows can only do so much.

[@neutrino78x]

@@wolfofthewest8019 "Seems it never rains in southern California Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in California, but girl, don't they warn ya? It pours, man, it pours Out of work, I'm out of my head Out of self respect, I'm out of bread I'm underloved, I'm underfed, I want to go home It never rains in California, but girl, don't they warn ya? It pours, man, it pours" --Albert Hammond, "It Never Rains in Southern California", 1972

[@Arldavis]

I live in Nashville. We got two days of falling snow, stayed on the ground for a week. Kids got the whole week off of school. Now it will be in the 60s until spring. Snow once a year. *sigh*

[@leighmoorehead4856]

I'm a Native Texan. We have some salting trucks and plows or a combo of the two but not enough. The cities( where more bridges and overpasses are) get the most attention. I live 20 min. out of Dallas. We get no help. When we get snow,it's not just snow We get solid blocks of ice. Which is more dangerous to drive on.

[@dangray]

Upward mobility is the possibilty of growing from a lower financial situation to a higher one.

[@TheW1ntersProject]

It's a nice way to say rags to riches basically.

[@mads4917]

Or maybe for Brits it's more like climbing up from one's station (since they had a more structured cast system) this Notton stems from the "American Dream " philosophy believing given the opportunity any American can succeed financially therfore making your own opportunities is worthwhile Most Americans of a certain age grew up with this trope because every generation in the US did at least as well as their parents or better only until recent generations specifically since 1990's has this economic trend charged

[@brookeepps1080]

Why is the south so low? Because they’re poor and got nowhere to go?

[@ndk2k4]

Upward mobility is difficult for Brits to understand lol. Its basically the ability to move from a lower class income bracket to a higher class income bracket. Like if you are born into poverty, the states with high upward mobility have the highest chance of getting out of poverty. On another note, I find if interesting that the happy states have more bars than grocery stores lol. Also the map with the 'brands a state is most known for' isn't the right description, its the most known brand that originated in that state.

[@ASMRDoodlez]

The "No parental leave" map is very misleading. There is no paid parental leave at a federal level, but there is a mandate of 12 weeks of unpaid leave for any company over 50 employees. 13 states currently require paid parental leave in some capacity. Most large companies also offer paid leave.

[@tallgirlhappyme]

*Yes, a lot of companies give* (often very generous) *PAID maternity leave* (as an added benefit to working at the company, even to new dads), *BUT it is NOT GOVERNMENT MANDATED or FUNDED.* If NOT, you'd have to use sick leave, or no pay.

[@Meg0307]

Came here to say this. This video makes it seem like there's no option for mothers. Lol so not true.

[@jaegybomb]

We give generous paid leave to those with good jobs and no paid leave to the people that truly need it. Kind of the American way.

[@mattryan7124]

@@Meg0307actually I wouldn’t say it’s A LOT. Only 27% of private companies in the USA give paid maternity leave (as of benefit data released in 2023 for the benefit year 2022) So only barely over a quarter of the reporting employers, not to mention the fact they did not report HOW MUCH they give either. The most generous amount I’ve heard this year was 3 months (and that was actually a company that did paid parental-available to any employee)

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

Wish I saw thos comment befor I commented the same thing.

[@thegrasslands4187]

Also came to say this

[@georgejkrauseiv]

As a proud bartender in Louisiana, I would like to clarify that first map. The difference between a bar and a restaurant is that a restaurant will sell at least 51% of the food. Most restaurants qualify as bars by most standards except legally down here. Also, almost any business that sells consumables will sell alcohol.

[@kristifontenot]

Right! Those other places think they drink a lot but they've clearly never been to Louisiana 😂😂

[@chrissyg55]

They also forgot the drive thru liquor places and daiquiri shops 🥂🥤🥤

[@michaelmaas5544]

@@kristifontenotyou’ve obviously never been to Wisconsin. I’ve been to 40 states, including Louisiana and love to drink, it’s different in Wisconsin

[@lorila-northrup7748]

​@@michaelmaas5544Lifelong Minnesota resident here, except for a 5 month stint in Wisconsin in 2012. I still have a hangover. 😮😂 Lol

[@kierstenridgway4634]

That makes much more sense!!

[@DopeSauceBenevolence]

Craigslist is the American version of Gumtree. It’s how I found my current apartment and how I’m buying my next car. It happens to have “community” features that basically nobody uses because they’re so weird.

[@tanman999]

I think missed connections are more for people who actually interacted. Like "i fell on my bike in front of X store on tuesday. You helped me up asked if i was ok, and we chatted a bit before we parted ways. I keep thinking about you and i regret not asking for your number. "

[@StrawberryShortcake12335]

I got six weeks paid maternity leave, I also used several weeks of paid vacation time. There is no national law requiring paid maternity leave, but many states require paid leave and many companies offer it without being legally required to.

[@PeteQuad]

Yes, people from other countries can't understand how local governments or individual employers can possibly do something without being required to by their central government.

[@jinaadara9259]

I live in New Zealand. Here you get a years maternity leave where your job is yours at the end of that year if you wish to go to work. You also get the first six months as paid parental leave and 3-5 year olds here also get 20 hours per week paid childcare.

[@thatbroad5848]

Wait. Many states require that companies offer leave for maternity, as in you can have the time off and not lose your job. MOST of those stop at that. No requirement to pay g th en. It’s a luxury most very small businesses could not afford.

[@fiddyate2711]

The "no paternity leave" thing is complicated. The federal government doesn't fund paid leave for non government employees, that responsibility falls under either the state you live in or the company you work for. This makes employers with better benefits more desirable. The company i work for gives 8 paid weeks for new mothers and 4 paid weeks for new fathers.

[@jadeh2699]

Wow. That's a generous company!

[@miniveedub]

In my country the more desirable companies are the ones who pay your salary on top of the 20 weeks of parental leave paid by the government to help with all the extra expenses.

[@michellearmenta1116]

I worked for the federal government and got 2 months paid maternity leave. Maternity leave is employer based and does not rely on taxpayers to pay for everyone. My previous job in the private sector did the same. The goal is to fund a job with good benefits unless you start your own business.

[@mandalash9998]

wow. i got two weeks lol.

[@WonderfulWorldofAwesomeness]

More and more companies hire contract workers, so give zero paid leave. The government doesn’t give paid leave. There’s no law protecting mothers in the US.

[@elissamurphy9964]

I was in the military. I did get paid maternity leave. However, I'd had a c-section and was required to report back to active duty at 4 weeks, but I wasn't released by the doctors until 6 weeks. Figure the odds.

[@aryeh-xw7mi]

To explain congressional districts: Members are elected from the states to the House of Representatives based on population. Each state divides itself (every 10 years after the census) into districts according to the number of representatives that state can send to Congress. By drawing the boundaries of the districts along demographic lines and voting patterns, a state (whichever officials happen to be in power at the time) can "rig the system" to make sure that an elected representative will be of a certain party. This dishonest practice is called "gerrymandering". It's used not only for federal representation, but for state, county and local elections as well.

[@naynay3710]

And it should be illegal, but it isn't.

[@YingShanLT]

@@naynay3710 No, it often is. If it's too brazen, judges can tell off the political party in question and tell them to redraw it proper.

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

That spot with no tornadoes are more mountains.

[@CoolPaDuke]

Mind you, they do sell alcohol in the grocery stores

[@kimmcsharry4256]

But, not in all states.

[@tearalewis7532]

But not in many southern states ..at least liquor. And beer/ wine is a no go on Sunday in grocery stores

[@tenofivelips]

Not in Massachusetts. We voted not to have alcohol sold in grocery stores to keep our small mom and pop liquor stores from going out of business.

[@CoolPaDuke]

I have officially been schooled

[@BaughbeSauce]

Dry state = no alcohol

[@liliesofthefieldyt]

9:44 “Pittsburgh has money?” DAMN, that was low key savage! 10:32 It’s important to understand that situation regarding “no maternal paid leave” does NOT mean that new mothers (and fathers) do not get paid leave. It simply means that there is no federally (I.e. nationwide government) mandated minimum regarding paid parental leave. Mothers and fathers can and often DO get paid leave! In fact, at my company (it’s the only situation I’m familiar with), new parents (both birth and adoptive) get 12 full weeks paid that can be taken at any time throughout the first year. Things vary because a lot of issues are different from state to state.

[@TD-rk7ez]

In the US, we do not have a nation-wide paid maternity/paternity leave. I think there are around 11 states that offer some sort of leave, typically 4-8 weeks of leave, though we are not always paid at 100% of our current salary. All state programs are funded through employee-paid payroll taxes, and some are also partially funded by employer-paid payroll taxes. If we don’t live in one of these 11 states, we have to be lucky enough to work for a company that offers maternity leave.

[@embee7434]

Data analyst here, and I immediately had an issue with the first map. :) Remember kids, correlation is not necessarily causation. What would have been a BETTER stat would be bars per capita (instead of compared to grocery stores). The map COULD also indicate that there are fewer (but larger) grocery stores in the north or more and varied grocery stores in the south (think like standard grocery, Mexican grocery, Korean grocery, etc.). It also could simply be that people in the south drink from their couch sourced from liquor stores (or bathtubs) instead of going to a bars. The map also doesn't indicate VOLUME. If you have ten bars that only get ten patrons each, that is still outdone by 4 bars that have a 200 headcount each night. Maybe that map more shows that the north just cares more about who they sit next to when they drink. (But I'm just messing around mostly to make the point. WI is heavily German and Polish in ancestry, so yeah... drinking IS a thing... it's just a thing everywhere and the count of bars is a poor measure). Also overlay some of those maps for some thoughts on happiness, drinking, snow, etc. (Could we say that snow makes people happy? Makes them need to drink? Probably not, but you'd be forgiven for thinking so...) Also also 'public employee' means 'paid by the government'. In most of those cases, they were coaches at state schools, which are funded by state taxes, so government-employee.

[@tcortez]

Another distinction is that many states still have ALL alcohol sold through package stores and on-premise locations. If a place like Louisiana sells any and all alcohol through grocery stores and convenience stores, then bars become social only and more expensive. However when the ABC rules eliminate such outlets then bars become more prevalent. Local laws have real impact.

[@ZoeJasper9]

Or if you look at the second map maybe they aren't at the bar because they're all on meth

[@robertvirnig638]

@@ZoeJasper9 The areas with the least bars were also the most unhappy. Life for all those right-wing Christians isn't as rosy as they would like you to believe.

[@ZoeJasper9]

@@robertvirnig638 My dude I just called them all meth addicts. Sure it was a bit tongue in check, but still I'm a bit confused why you're preaching to me about how being a right wing christian isn't great. I mean obviously not.

[@robertvirnig638]

@@ZoeJasper9 I wasn't trying to offend anyone, it was just a lighthearted point of the ridiculousness of mixing up correlation with causation. The maps with fewer bars match up with the areas known to have more fundamentalist Christians and greater unhappiness according to the map. It could be that the religious folk make everyone else nearby miserable. And yes that is a joke, I do not believe these types of Christians are more or less happy than any other group of people. I don't think any conclusions can be made by these kinds of statistics.

[@jaegybomb]

For the amount of snow to cancel school, here in Wisconsin it can snow 2 feet and 2 hours later the whole city will be plowed, salted and sanded and the roads are perfectly fine. Down in the south the roads will be covered in ice from a single inch of snow and no one has snow tires so it would actually be kind of tough to drive.

[@heathertanner5833]

And in Oklahoma a dusting of snow gets school cancelled because people here drive like idiots. Anytime people hear there’s a chance of snow or any kind of frozen precipitation it’s a major event. Tulsa had a major icestorm in 2007 though. So now people go into panic mode when they hear the word “freezing rain”. Anything over four inches is a lot of snow in Oklahoma.

[@sharonjames1255]

Yep! I've lived in both kinds of areas; those use to snow and those not. If they are use to snow, they have the equipment and people to take care of the roads, and they do so immediately. If not use to snow, that equipment nor the people, are available - so driving is very dangerous! It's dangerous anyway for people that don't know how to drive in snow and ice! I can drive in snow, but hate even trying with ice involved! Ice scares me to death!

[@RebelCowboysRVs]

Every time it snows down here in the Georgia mountains, the ditches fill up with northerners who expected fluffy snow. Had a snow storm 2 weeks ago. AKA, a dusting but roads were solid ice as usual. Most southern snow storms are rain that freezes with a little snow on top. 5 trucks an 30 cars in the ditch on the same half mile of road. All were from out of state following their gps around a wreck on the interstates. The locals stayed at home because the road down the mountain is the first to ice up, its a 20% grade an has 10 foot deep ditches meant for hurricane runoff. I called in that morning before it even started. The out of state people had no idea what its like here an got a rude awakening.

[@goldenlynx2756]

That's why here in Arkansas you may find a lot of people with sand bags in our truck to help with not sliding off the roads... Aside from people from out of state who aren't prepared and end up going off the road

[@PurePondering]

@@sharonjames1255 I grew up where we got a couple inches of ice under a couple feet of snow. My mom made me learn how to drive on it when I was 15. Now I live in the high desert, where people aren't used to rain, snow, and ice. I stay home if there's any type of weather, just to be safe.

[@tabbyt1658]

Snow days happening for almost no snow in the south is because we don't have the infrastructure to clear the roads. Our cars, buses, and other transportation services are not set up for snow. We don't have snow chains. We don't have the salt trucks and plows to clear the snow and ice. The roads are not safe with the tiniest bit of snow or ice. So, we just have to shut it down.

[@Barbara-lu2sj]

Draconian. The word is draconian. The punishment is worse than the crime.

[@chrisstott4100]

SAKS (5th Avenue) is a high end department store. The empty space on the east side of the U.S. map for tornadoes is the Appalachian mountains. Upward mobility map means basically you have a certain percentage in each area to start "poor", but end up "rich".

[@kathykelly6045]

In the south, when it snows, the roads turn to a sheet of ice that is impossible to drive on. During the day, the temperatures are above freezing, and then at night, the temperatures drop below freezing, causing very dangerous driving conditions.

[@marydohrenwend7612]

That happens in the north too. We just have the equipment to manage it and we know how to drive in these conditions because we get so much of it.

[@leefischer5814]

Not impossible to drive on, but with people panicked about it and not knowing how to drive or how to use the accelerator or properly turn using momentum, I can see where you're coming from.

[@shirleyallen1418]

I got my 2 wk vacation time used for maternity leave, laid off when I went back to work after 6 1/2 yrs working at that bank as a supervisor. TX is rt to work state

[@jaanfo3874]

Others have said this, but I’ll say it again. Paternity/Maternity leave is not Government mandated in the US. That doesn’t mean we don’t get any. Generally speaking paid parental leave is negotiated as part of the employment contract. Most large companies who want to attract specific people for career-long opportunities will offer parental leave, while part time jobs just looking for any desperate schmuck they can find for as cheap as possible won’t offer it (I’m talking about McDonalds, Walmart, etc.). This is similar to the discussion that was scored up by a recent video you watched which discussed healthcare in the US…. Most people have healthcare, it’s just that it’s provided by our employers and considered a perk of employment rather than a government-provided or government-mandated service. I wanted to address 15:00 since nobody else seems to be explaining this to you in any meaningful way. So our form of democracy means we elect a representative who represents our group of people (or “district”) to whichever government they are elected to (Federal/State/County/City). Those representatives are the ones who actually vote on policy or law changes at the government level, and hopefully they properly represent the interests of the majority of their constituents. Now every ten years we hold a census, and based upon the results of the census the government representatives are able to redraw the district maps. In theory they’re supposed to redraw them to make sure that the population and demographics are represented equally, however in practice the representatives will often redraw the maps in a manner which will benefit themselves and/or their political party. And like you see in the map shown, they can get pretty wild with how they accomplish this. Simply put, when they’re gerrymandering the districts the representatives are choosing their voters, rather than letting the voters choose their representatives. Now technically gerrymandering is illegal, but the fox is the one guarding the henhouse so they don’t usually call themselves on their BS. There are advocacy groups who will identify gerrymandered districts and will sue to get the districts redrawn, sometimes with success, other times without, and often times what happens is Judge: “These maps are gerrymandered. You have to redraw them.” Representative: “We’ll get right on that!” *Three months later* Judge: “Have you redrawn the maps?” Representative: “Naah, we haven’t had the time, and it’s too close to the next election to do it now.” Judge: “OK, you can use the gerrymandered maps for this election and then you must change them afterward!” Representative: “We’ll get right on that!” And of course we can’t change the laws regarding how the district maps are drawn because the people who have the power to change the laws are the same people who have gerrymandered the maps to begin with, and thus are the people who most benefit from the laws that are in place now, so they have no incentive to change those laws.

[@NikitaInShambles]

My dad owns a rental house in Missouri and a while back a renter turned the basement into a meth lab, the police caught them before it became a huge problem but still worrisome for my mom to see the cameras pan to my dad's rental house while working in the news lol

[@boarder6246]

You’re lucky they didn’t condemn the property.

[@missouriluv]

As someone who lives near St. Louis the meth labs map was not surprising 🙃 Also meth labs aren't actual labs, it's usually made in houses, garages, sheds, and abandoned buildings.

[@banditlegal7452]

I lived 4 yrs in st Charles,MO for university. Few times I went to st Louis, it was scary.

[@rtyria]

Or random spots out in the woods.

[@teressareeves5856]

Lived in Springfield, Missouri, for years. So much meth...& a surprising amount being made in low-rent motels. Met more meth heads there than I did in eleven years in California

[@mellycook]

@@teressareeves5856I’ve lived in Springfield Mo and a few cities in California and yep Missouri is known for meth. So that map was not shocking to me. Meth is a huge problem here. Also I think the race map was wrong cause by the looks of it Missouri was almost all white and that’s wrong. We have a lot of blacks and other races here. Did I read it wrong?

[@teressareeves5856]

@mellycook Yeah, you're right about that race map. While it's in the larger towns & cities that have become more colorful, the state is definitely changing to a much more colorful standard. The first time I lived there as an adult, it was sooo white & so monotone culture...weirdest thing I had ever seen & experienced. When I moved back decades later, it was such a relief to see & experience how much had changed.

[@briandillon2274]

Unless I have misunderstood this, in england a "public" school is paid by parents and it is $$$ posh for anyone able and willing to pay. On the other hand a "state" school is something you go to because you live there. In America, the terminology is "private" meaning it is paid for privately and "public" meaning it is paid for by public funds. We use the same terms private/public to refer to the funding source. Walmart is private. Courts are public. Some hospitals are private while others are public.

[@jeas4980]

In America... you still pay for "public" universities and hospitals... it's referred to as public or private based on the regulatory body and percentage of public (taxpayer $) funds that contribute to overhead costs. Nothing is free in America... not even Medicare.

[@tiffany_greeneyes4901]

@@jeas4980I think the most fun is public vs private prisons, all of which you have to pay for. So in America, we literally charge people to imprison them. Sometimes the prison even makes them work for private companies and takes the earnings for their work. So the people get paid minimum wage from a company, and the inmate working gets like .10 on every $1.00 they earn. The prison keeps the rest.

[@Lunarstar1323]

As far as death penalty, it doesn't work because 90% of people on death row died of old age waiting for their sentencing to be carried out. It would be more effective if it was carried out one week after sentencing.

[@thuirthiawindsong]

We are not guaranteed paid leave, but companies that employ 50+ people are required to allow 12 weeks unpaid leave to their full time employees who’ve put in a minimum number of hours of work. I think it equals about a year. That’s federally guaranteed. Many places carry short term disability insurance for their employees to take up to 6 weeks at 60% of their salary, but that’s company by company, and doesn’t cover everyone. New parents usually have to cash in sick or vacation time or not get paid during the first weeks of their baby’s life. And often we go back to work long before we should as a result.

[@twobitsandpepper8235]

I can confirm the Midwest does drink A LOT! But to be fair, it may coincide with the brutally cold weather that lasts half the year. 😂🤣

[@the_dog_says_moo]

I've lived in Iowa for 50 years. The cold winters are a factor, but having nothing else to do is the main factor!

[@ghunter182003]

North Dakota here and I can confirm this as well!🤣🤣

[@courtneyraymer6586]

When the US census was taken in 1950, one of their odd demographic questions was, “How many bars and taverns are there per capita in your city?”. The small town of Quincy, Illinois came in first @ 1:5. New York City came in second @1:7. Quincy is in the westernmost part of the state on the Mississippi River. It’s definitely in the red zone of the map.

[@joemoffitt7340]

Thing is, that's not really a good measure of how much people drink. It's a measure of how much people like to go to bars to drink.

[@ryanthune5716]

Lived I iowa for 30 years. If it's not beer it's whiskey. 😊

[@gwennahedden8485]

I've never heard of the missed connection sight. That is just creepy.

[@Jefehunter]

its on craiglist

[@LA_HA]

I've read them and they're pretty fun to read. There's nothing stalkerish or creepy about the majority of them. It's more like someone thinks they've made a flirty connection with another person, but were too shy or busy to pursue it on the spot. So, they post a notice to see if it's a Maybe. In my area, a lot of these take place at grocery stores, gyms, and places like that. The usual reason is shyness or the person couldn't stop because they had to get to work or somewhere important. And, they're just taking a chance by posting the Encounter. No one has to respond if they don't want to, so there's no stalking or creepiness. Honestly, This is exactly the reason why so many guys refuse to even try with women. Too many people think everyone and everything is creepy and stalkerish when it's not. Just because it's not usual or it's never happened to you doesn't mean it's weird. So many people will never hook up because nobody is willing to be labeled just for showing interest

[@twlghtangel8922]

Creepy

[@KK-ve7fh]

I remember these ads being in newspapers way back when. Chances of the person you saw, ever seeing your posting, is very slim. So not stalkers at all...just hopeful romantic.

[@deerdrickprancer295]

super creepy nvr herd of this... im in ny, so if they usen it they know its to creepy to let anyone know they use it.

[@roxannaweaver2155]

Green on the no one lives here map is where we have immense mountain ranges and difficult to get to land. The weather plays a big part in a lot of the area especially in Alaska. Quarantine searches: Wyoming = hot wings. Colorado = stop drinking.

[@pattil8959]

I'm from Wisconsin. It's a beautiful state with lots of different outdoor activities year round, plus we have the nation's largest water park. We're very happy here.

[@laughingaardvark3128]

Money can't buy happiness but poverty gets misery for free.

[@badbrad025]

Money can buy happiness if you have money, you can forward your bills if you can afford your bills you’re not depressed. If you’re not depressed you’re happy.

[@mastersnet18]

@@badbrad025also, you can afford a good therapist or life coach if you’re still unhappy.

[@jijitters]

​@@badbrad025 Because most people have misunderstood the saying. Not having your needs met, because you can't afford them, would of course leave anyone unhappy. But if you are an unhappy person inside, buying things and spending a lot of money won't magically fix that. A person who is rich but alone and miserable because they have no friends or family for example, is likely to throw around a lot of money trying to hide their loneliness, but it will never cure it.

[@dirangosoly2211]

20:10 That's a large chunk of the Appalachian Mountain range. And yeah, tornados don't like mountains. Not so fond of hills either, which is why moved to the side of one lol. It's kinda fun to sit on the porch with a beer or coffee and watch a storm front dissipate when it's trying to move up the hillsides.

[@mamajfortaytu187]

😂😂😂😂 Why is Texas so happy? Because I live there and entertain everyone who comes within the sound of my voice. I had 4 brothers growing up so I learned to talk louder than the crowd! And I make people laugh. I have been this way since I was 4 years old. My first memory of making people laugh was when I crawled under the pews of my southern Baptist church, stood up and belted out the words of this song: Old Stewball was a race horse and I wish he were mine. He never drank water. He only drank wine.... I knew it was inappropriate and I knew my mom was gonna spank my butt....but old ladies gasped.... Old men laughed... everyone else applauded... The butt whoopin' was so worth it.

[@toferg.8264]

In a government “by the people” a public employee is paid by the government. It isn’t a position of governmental authority; that’s a bureaucrat.

[@bjm9071]

Paid maternity leave is up to each employer. Plenty of companies do, but it is not mandatory.

[@kawkasaurous]

Varies by state. In CA it's state funded.

[@TKDragon75]

20:05 Appalachian Mountain Range. Torandos have trouble maintaining their form going over mountains.

[@maxzero9647]

Yep. Between the Rockies and Appalachians is called "Tornado Alley."

[@DrewsterRooster37]

Ha "Mountains"

[@themr_wilson]

Scotland shares the same mountains. The range split with continental drift

[@themr_wilson]

​@@DrewsterRooster37well, when you're a old as they are..

[@DrewsterRooster37]

@@themr_wilson I was born at a higher elevation than those mountains, and could walk up and down them without struggling. They're not mountains

[@chasebush7423]

Anyone else notice the happiness map lined up perfectly with the more bars than restaurants map😂

[@Britcarjunkie]

The gentleman that did that video is Nick Johnson, and he's a relocation consultant (if you want to move to another part of the country but don't know where you want to go, he can help you decide): he's currently posting weekly videos on a trip he did to Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and maybe Indiana. Never saw that padticular video before, though.

[@johnhebert754]

Your assessment of how snow days work in the south is spot on. It's total chaos. Doesn't even really have to snow. If we think the roads are too wet for the temperature it's almost a total lockdown. It is because of the warmer climate, and we do not have the salt trucks and de-icing infrastructure of the northern states that have to live with massive amounts of snow for half of the year.

[@kneelathisthrone9191]

Plus the warmth if the gulf stream from Gulf of Mexico melts snow coming down then rain hits freezing temps and turns to ice so therefore more ice storms in south then north.

[@DomDownTV]

A public employee is a government funded employee, so most of the highest paid employees are coaches at state universities. These coaches often make millions.

[@bluflaam777]

It could be local or federal gov. Most colleges are publicly funded or get a big chunk of funds from the gov. Universities are often private but can still get local and federal funds. Like a lot like hospitals. They are most often non-profits but get a lot of funding locally or from the feds. (doctors/nurses gotta paid somehow lol) And yeppers, Coaches are a big hunky-chunk of those millions. It's like the top 100 college/uni coaches get paid over a million, while the highest few get paid over 10 million.

[@wolfofthewest8019]

And the reason they make millions is they often receive a percentage of team memorabilia sales, which are massive. If you're getting a penny on the sale of every baseball cap and team jersey, you're going to make millions.

[@joemoffitt7340]

Keep in mind that college football (American football, not that kickball game) games often attract about 100,000 people to the stadiums with millions watching on TV. The schools make a fortune off of this and the most successful coaches are very well paid as a result.

[@aliciahowell9617]

I’m a University of Alabama grad. Roll Tide! We have the most National Championship for Football and the coaches get paid insane multi million contracts. Everyone else affiliated with University are paid poorly.

[@scout13fox]

Coaches are also university employees, but generally, a large proportion of the big bucks of a coach’s total compensation will be in exchange for duties that satisfy the university’s media, sponsorship, and apparel contracts, including a grant of the coach’s name, likeness and image (collectively, referred to as “supplemental compensation”). Though paid by the university, the "Talent Fee" is typically funded from revenue generated by its rights deals and sponsorships. (So it's self-funded in the "Revenue Sports" which also usually support the rest of the athletic department at universities which have at least one nationally competitive team in football or men's basketball.)

[@christophergeorgie762]

I grew up in Missouri. Meth is a real epidemic. I've lost friends, seen co workers escorted from work, neighbors arrested. It was normal to hear about drug busts in rural Missouri

[@kamiko70]

i know for a fact, new moms can get leave from social security if the pregnancy causes a temporary disability, i got paid for 3 months, while recuperating after a cesarean. but we applied months in advance.

[@atomsmasher101]

Craigslist is not just for meetups. It's essentially a giant classified ad section. Most people on there are looking for renters or selling objects they don't want anymore.

[@wpeale71341]

But it used to be a place where adults could advertise for sexual partners as well. That was before the government decided normal folks were having too much fun and used a couple of nutcases as an excuse to shut that part of the site down all together.

[@tudorjason]

15:22 - It's called gerrymandering. It should be illegal but it isn't in most places. Where it is legal, it's a way to increase odds that a particular political party will be the majority for an area. Each side accuses the other of using the practice to gain or stay in power.

[@tomhalla426]

There is no practical way to “fairly” divide districts. If one party clumps together, giving them a compact district is “packing”. If one distributes them in several districts, it is “cracking”. Trying to make a nonpolitical political choice is an oxymoron.

[@heathertanner5833]

@@tomhalla426All you have to do is make voting booths in a reasonable distance from everyone. Not make it harder for one race, ethnicity or income level to vote than others.

[@tomhalla426]

@@heathertanner5833Gerrymandering is playing with districts to favor one party over another. It has very little to do with voting per se. Putting most of the Democrats in as few districts as possible would be gerrymandering by packing. Spreading Democrats out into as many districts as possible, so they have a majority nowhere, would be cracking.

[@danmerget]

@@tomhalla426 Gerrymandering isn't 100% packing or 100% cracking. Gerrymandering involves packing with the opposing party until your party has a majority, and then cracking the rest. Here's a hypothetical example. I'll use a tiny population to make the numbers easier to follow: - There are 90 people, all of whom vote. - 60 of them are Democrats. - 30 of them are Republicans. - You have to divide them into 10 districts, with 9 people each. To gerrymander for the Reps, start by packing the Dems. After packing 4 districts, you're left with 24 Dems and 30 Reps. Now that the remaining voters are mostly Reps, you crack the rest. The final tally is: - 4 districts with 9 Dems each - 6 districts with 5 Reps and 4 Dems each So now 60% of the districts vote Republican, even though Democrats outnumber Republicans by 2-to-1 in this hypothetical example.

[@tommydeamon7657]

South park something wallmart comes this way is a freaking awsome episode kinda humorously description of the wallmart epidemic

[@pollywollydoodle831]

Upward mobility is moving up on the income scale. This usually has the additional results of expanding one's social circles (being able to participate in more expensive recreational activities & social clubs) and educational opportunities for one's self and one's family..

[@damiesidian]

23:32 Lol I think they're talking about the furniture store called At Home

[@katestewart-taylor9736]

In the South there are often “dry”counties. No alcohol is sold there. Doesn’t you can’t drink it, it’s just not sold there. In Virginia, there was a law banning bars. Didn’t mean there weren’t places you could drink, just the word “bar@ or “pub” wasn’t allowed. And the place selling booze had to sell food. At one time, 60 %of sales had to be from food.

[@PurePondering]

And Blue Laws - no bars within a mile of a school or a church. And there are churches every mile or so.

[@wpeale71341]

I lived in a dry county for a while as a kid. People made a beeline for the county line when they got off work on Fridays to go buy booze for the weekend. The police were waiting on the highways coming back in for people to speed just a little so they could be pulled over. Let them spot your booze when you got stopped and that was a stiff fine as well as you watched it go into the officers trunk to be "poured out" back at the station later. When we moved from there we moved to a different county where at 2 am on Saturday night no more alcohol could be sold anywhere in the county until Monday morning at 8 am. Bars, stores, gas stations, you name it. Not a drop. The county I graduated from most bars closed at 4 am but certain ones paid off the council and were allowed to close at 7 am.They were open every day of the week.

[@candaceroberts3238]

Don’t it much faith in those maps, they are mostly meaningless.

[@aTomallic]

Fun fact: in Tennessee we don't cancel schools when it snows because it's rare, we canceled because we are in a mountainous area. We actually get quite a bit of snow but it is easy for the roads to become very slippery in those conditions and unfit for buses. I have known several times when there has been hardly any snow but school has still been canceled because the mountains have it piled high.

[@houstonwolve2765]

In the south it's also more about parties than bars. Some companies give paid leave, but it's not a government requirement. Saks 5th avenue is considered more snobbish fashion type clothing store. Upward mobility is if your parents are poor or just getting by and you become richer/more well off than them. Never used of or really even heard of missed connection website.

[@ads1021]

When it comes to things like paid maternity/paternity/bonding leave, paid vacation, paid sick days, etc., it is very common for the US to be listed as "none" or "0". But keep in mind that most of these kinds of lists are looking solely at mandated minimums by national law for everyone regardless of job. They often do not account for mandated minimums by state or local laws, mandated minimums by union contracts, or generally accepted minimums by individual industry standards. In other words, is just means that the US federal government does not guarantee any such minimums; not that companies don't have minimums they need to abide by. Also keep in mind we are talking specifically about "paid" leave. The federal government does mandate 12 weeks of unpaid leave.

[@Meg0307]

Exactly!

[@mattryan7124]

@@Meg0307actually the federal government on requires 12 weeks for employers who are over the federal FMLA threshold of 50 employees (couple with that the eligibility requirements of time worked, tenure, and other employees within 75 miles of the reporting site )

[@mattryan7124]

@@Meg0307but yes, there are some states with less restrictive numbers on their own state versions of Family medical leave.

[@jeandiatasmith4512]

@@FRAME5RS And then there are the new employees that get pregnant as soon as the benefits kick in. Take the paid leave. Come back for a week and give their notice. They literally took the job for the maternity benefits. Seen that happen a few times.

[@mattryan7124]

@@FRAME5RS well in all those countries with paid maternity leave they are required to do it so they have their contingency plans. In those countries it’s just the cost of doing business (so it’s factored in) But even in the US if a company has extended paid leave they likely use a mix of job sharing, temporary workers, etc.

[@LA_HA]

[Edited] States Rights are a Constitutional certainty in America. Therefore, there will likely never be an instance of America having the same National laws and programs that other (usually smaller) countries have. Which is why it's best to think of America the same way you'd think of Europe -- each country has it's own laws and rules. So does each State in America. This applies to just about everything, including laws, social norms, languages and population breakdown, public policies, education, maternity leave, medical services and payment options, wealth, etc. We keep trying to get Europeans (and others, even many Americans) to understand this, but, it seems it's easier for them to just lump everyone together and then dump on Us. This maps in the video is like "parlay” in Pirates of the Caribbean, it's more a guideline than a fixed point of singular truth. There were a few things mentioned that are not the case anymore because of various shifts. Anyway, just thought I'd bring that up for consideration. PS. Don't know what the British article says, but America didn't have paid maternity leave because We were rich and many American men made enough for their wives to be able to stay home and take care of the house and children. Some wives worked side gigs for a variety of reasons, but most women stayed home voluntarily to be stay-at-home wives and mothers. And when many women didn't want to do that anymore, they got jobs, usually after the kids started school. As the divorce rates climbed, women went back to work and school even before then. In short, paid maternity leave wasn't needed prior to this era because women weren't in the workplace and men don't get pregnant, so Why would it be offered to them? Men Did have vacation time to be used when the new baby arrived. But, since female family members generally stepped in, the men would go back to work after a short time at home

[@fmadden71]

Maternity leave... while there is no federally mandated amount (because we are the United States and every decision like this should be left up to each state and not Federally mandated). And that we also are Capitalist. With the exception of a handful of states, maternity leave is left up what company you work for. AKA, if it is something that you find really important, then you should strive to work for a company that has a good policy. Granted in several of the far Left states, even the father can take up to 3 months off after childbirth. This is a perfect example of how hard it is to sum up things in the US versus other countries.

[@MonteLalli]

Did anyone else notice any similarities of the More Bars than Grocery Stores and the Happiest States Maps?

[@pacmon5285]

That giant red blob of bars is my state. Wisconsin. There are indeed a ass-load of bars. In the dead of winter there's not a lot to do, except drink. One year, back in the 90s, University here had the college team go to the Rose Bowl (in Cali). Massive amount of fans traveled out there for the game. They were not prepared. Literally drank the stadium dry of beer.

[@Saltyseabee76]

The map with all the brands is showing where the companies originated/head quarters locations. Like Bank of America is headquartered in Charlotte, NC. Denny’s is in Spartanburg, SC. Walmart started in Arkansas. Dr. Pepper in Waco, TX. Coke in Atlanta, Georgia. Etc.

[@christophhofland8890]

One thing that people, (including americans,) forget, is we are a federation of different nations, not a singular huge nation, even if we go through diplomacy as one. When it comes to things the world has that the USA does not have, (like a strong social safety net,) that is because of two things: One, the states that wants it already has it so there is no reason to roll it out to the rest of the country. Paid maternity leave is in some form in 13 states. Or two, congressional paralysis. which is a very serious problem in the federal system. Most of the political weirdness in the US is because of those two things. As far as tornados go, the dark areas you see are where there are mountains.

[@janetleblanc4016]

A public employee is someone who is paid directly from tax dollars. Theses people work mostly for the government or a public school. Those coaches must work for a state university.

[@justjoan58]

I grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and we lived for snow days. When my sister got married, her husband said he hated the snow, they moved to Georgia and then Florida. The first year they were in Florida it snowed. We laughed and laughed!

[@candaceroberts3238]

My family went to Disneyworld about 15 years ago for Christmas. We froze. I mean it was really, really cold. We bought coats and also blankets to bundle the babies as we walked around. That first trip was quite a surprise. Weve been there many more times but it always been warm to hot. I hate the heat so we don’t go much anymore. But my daughter moved there. I like it when she visits us. Also, school sports are very, very important here. But I didn’t realize how well the coaches are paid.

[@CrystalLenBrown]

You asked "They don't pay leave for new moms? What do you do?" Me "Go back a few frames to that graph about the growing gap between the upper class and lower class."

[@weslymathis3004]

In the U.S. nearly one quarter of mothers are stay at home moms that do not work jobs outside of the home.

[@kendylbrooke.]

Born and raised in Alabama! And it iced over for two days and I didn’t have school for four days… like no snow.. just ice

[@IamCoalfoot]

"Money does not bring happiness." This is a phrase that was coined by rich people to explain to poor people why they shouldn't worry so much about being poor. It may or may not bring happiness, but it sure does remove obstacles to it.

[@jadeh2699]

You sure have that right!

[@michael-gk3ib]

People in the south of the United States are unhappy because they chess believe in a god that doesn't exist, and if she girdled she wouldn't care about us. But most of all, they're unhappy because they watch fox news, oan and other hate channels that do nothing else, lie and spew hateful comments about anything that isn't fanatically Christian. As well as they should see and hear the diaper baby trump, if it was look I would also hate kit life.

[@speedy01247]

no money itself doesn't bring happiness, but what brings unhappiness is financial troubles and not affording rent and food, or healthcare.

[@debbiedeering7998]

It's 20 years for the death penalty to happen of course it doesn't work

[@nullnull7258]

most companies in the US have paid family leave...what he's saying is that it's not mandated by the federal government...as of when this video was made, 22 states either have mandatory paid leave or voluntary systems that provide paid family leave through private insurance. this shows that you can use cute graphs to distort your data to make it look anyway you want it to.

[@dawntomkiewicz2947]

Most full time employees that work for a decent sized company get disability insurance after birth. It usually pays 60% of your normal pay

At Home is the name of a store!!!!! They aren’t stalking you through your window. 😂

[@victoriaroberts8024]

I loved his “writing” about it though. 😂 I’ve actually only recently heard of At Home. There are rumors that we’re getting one where I live.

[@MichaelScheele]

The gray squares on the map of grocery stores vs bars probably mean N/A. There are many spots in the west where there are no inhabitants for miles around; hence, no grocery stores or bars. Public employees are people employed by government, federal, state, or local. Most of those on the map of the highest paid public employees are usually employees of the state's public university of system. For instance, in the state of Washington, the highest paid public employee is the head football coach at the University of Washington; he is paid $3.3 million/year. Just because there is no federal mandate for maternal leave, nothing prevents employers from offering it as a benefit. It is misleading, at best, to say that US employers do not offer maternal leave.

[@easybe3]

The gray squares in Nevada are where there is absolutely nothing but desert. No people, no stores.

[@wolfofthewest8019]

@@easybe3 Plus almost all of Nevada is national park or forest. You won't find anything there but the occasional park ranger station.

[@terryfilkohazi2237]

Right, because I like in Las Vegas and I know damn well there are liquor stores.

[@icaruswindrune7116]

Floridian here (North Florida specifically). Yeah, any snow here will cancel school/classes since it has not really snowed since the 1980s. There have been flurries in the past few years, but they melt down almost immediately

[@lilykep]

So the gerrymandered map what they did was instead of splitting up the Latino community amongst a few different districts thus risking them influencing several different political races in multiple districts, they created a single district especially for Latinos. If the map had not been Gerrymandered then it's likely that the candidates in *multiple* districts would have had to work to get the Latino vote thus making that voting block more important in the overall race. So by Gerrymandering the map they have politically isolated the Latino vote to one single representative instead of having their needs influence many representatives and increasing the chance for actual change. It's much easier to ignore one person talking about the needs of their constituents than it is many people talking about those same needs.

[@karlsmith2570]

2:25 "Meth, Like What Drug Dealers Sell?" Yeah, that's exactly what he's saying, Lewis

[@clearwax]

14:45 Gerrymandering is like drawing lines on a map to decide which voters get to vote where, in a way that helps one team win more games. Imagine trying to win a board game by changing the rules so you always have an advantage. That's what happens in elections with gerrymandering: the lines are drawn to give one party a better chance of winning more seats, even if they don't get the most votes overall.

[@mads4917]

Think we're forgetting how and why gerrymandering began here, to give voice and representation to a minority group that would otherwise never be heard Whether that's Conservative/Liberal or an ethnicity or age group Only later did the system get abused by the 2 party system whereas perpetually favouring the incumbent candidate

[@clearwax]

@@mads4917 Gerrymandering has actually always been political! When Massachusetts in 1812 adopted a mandate to draw their legislative district boundaries… the state senate passed a bill setting their original district lines, and they did so in a way to benefit the leading party. One of the districts loosely resembles a salamander, and even Governor Eldridge Gerry didn’t even think it was proper, though signed and approved the lines anyway. That’s when Newspapers coined the phrase “gerrymander” a combination of Gerry (for the governor) and (meander) for the salamander shaped districts! It had NOTHING to do with representation of minorities, in fact by using minorities as a grounds for the lines, is what weakens their voices! I stand my my stance that Gerrymandering should and must be illegal! Districting line must be drawn by a non partisan committee to represent citizens equally regardless of political or ethnic demographics! Unless you’re thinking of the Electoral college (although this too, was a compromise to try to appease southern slave states which tended to be less populated by voters… when slaves and women weren’t taken into account for voting).

[@clearwax]

Furthermore, the point of redrawing the districts was to maintain equal numbers of citizens within a district to maintain the democratic principle of “equal representation”. The redrawing of districts is to maintain that each vote cast has the same “weight” regardless of where it’s cast. Otherwise if a district became lass populated… it would become “over represented” with its citizens having more political power than those districts with more population which would water down their vote and become under represented. So I am not against redistricting, I’m against political skewing of the lines to benefit only the group in power when lines are draw.

[@p5eudo883]

In the case we saw in Chicago, it seems likely it was done to isolate Latino representation to one representative, rather than allowing the large Latino population to elect more than one representative to the House. Often political parties (especially Republicans) will do their best to draw district lines in a way that focuses as many of a large group of opposing people into as few districts as possible, in order to minimize their representation in government. Rather than giving a group that doesn't support them a chance at electing multiple reps, they practically guarantee the opposing group one rep and secure multiple reps for their own interests. It's extremely corrupt.

[@MrAwesome739]

Ah, yes... the "ear muffs". To all of you who aren't from the US... each state is divided up into congressional districts. Each district is roughly equal in population based on the federal census taken every 10 years and is represented in the US House by it's own elected member (similar to an MP). According to US law, the geographic boundaries are determined by the state legislatures in each state. Obviously, when one party dominates in a state, they have the power to draw those boundaries in ways that are favorable to them... within limits. There have been a lot of court battles over the issue and probably more to come. As a side note, I grew up dead smack in the middle of the map in Oak Park and most of my family still lives in the area. Most of the middle section is (or at least was) majority white on the east (outside of Chicago) and black as you move further west into the Maywood area. The brown areas were mostly Hispanic. Except for the vertical line on the left which is 100% entirely comprised of the I-294 highway. It was designed to be a majority latino district and it ended up being represented by a powerful democrat in Illinois, Luis Gutierrez who served 10 terms (20 years).

[@mugglecatful]

The lower income your job, the less likely you are to have maternity leave. Most moms have to make a decision in that case: scrimp and save and fund their own days off or take the hit financially for however long they're out. When I worked fast food, we had five pregnant moms on staff at once one time. From what I remember, 2 were off for about 2 weeks. The other 3 were back within a few days. Employers try to give them the low impact work and a chair when possible but that's about it. Everyone knows time off in those jobs is a luxury most can't afford and a lot of pregnant women end up in those jobs if they happen to lose another job toward the end of their pregnancies. If an employer interviews a clearly pregnant woman, the employer knows they'll be shelling out maternity leave time (aka money) very soon. Which they usually don't want to do. So they pass on them and the next one passes and the next until mom is scraping the bottom of the job barrel to support themselves during the last bits of their pregnancy. Not uncommon to have a licensed, experienced professional working the drive thru because her original company found a reason to fire her late in the pregnancy and she got desperate for ANY income. Oh and btw, most jobs have a 30-90 probationary period where the new job's benefits (such as health insurance) won't be available. So it's very, very important if you have a decent job to not lose it during the pregnancy. Because your wallet will take a hit if you have to pay out of pocket the entirety of your prenatal doctor's visits and, god forbid, any emergency deliveries, neonatal stays, ambulance rides, etc. There are social services to help low income mothers but they can be very difficult to access and sometimes more trouble than they're worth. So in answer to your question: if a lady gives birth and her job isn't one of the ones that offers even a sad maternity leave....she works. She drags herself back to work as soon as she physically can. But I mean that's most health issues in America. Broke my foot and limped my way around work for a couple weeks because I couldn't afford the time off, they didn't offer paid time off, and I didn't have insurance. 😅

[@thseed7]

The West is so "Wild" and Tornadoes skip that large chunk of land out East because of Mountains.

[@Mr._Anderpson]

One reason you'll find fewer bars in the South is independent production of alcoholic beverages. There also wasn't nearly as much immigration from other nations in the South, so you didn't have a Polish bar down the street from the Irish pub which is across the lane from the German bar. So one communal watering hole served an entire area.

[@2009kygal]

They cancel a lot of school in Kentucky for snow. We don't get enough snow for them to invest in snow plows in Kentucky. They use big trucks with blades, sometimes large road graders to clean the roads.

[@mg2023faith]

Finally subscribed after watching several videos.. Good content.

[@maggybutler5196]

Death penalty works if you use it. Thing is we have the death penalty but almost never carry it out.

[@forresthouser5807]

Money CAN'T buy happiness....But it can buy guitars.(and that's kind of the same thing....)

[@garycamara9955]

Or cars!

[@MusicalSaraJo]

Or pay bills, get better health care, and have time and ability to vacation. Most ppl are struggling to cover their basic needs and that creates sadness.

[@Undomaranel]

I live out west. Those gray dots were BLM land, the Bureau of Land Management. Essentially it's government owned, public use land like a giant park, so no structures or stores or such but tons of hunting/ fishing/ hiking/ etc.

[@evamerrill8829]

Not me sitting here yelling out the answers to your questions as I watch this video 😂😂

[@jerryperagine2359]

The fellow with the maps, Nick Johnson, dislikes the United States and the people who live in it. He drives around small-town America, insulting the locals (I saw one heroic fellow pour their soft-drink on him), absolutely convinced he's better than anyone around him. It would be better to get interesting demographic data from a less insufferable source.

[@teresaelizondo373]

Yeah, I do not like this guy. I watched a video he tore down California. Nice to know he just hates the U.S. in general.

[@Khorza]

He dislikes the United States because... he's honest about its shortcomings? This comment exemplifies one of the actual major problems with the United States, the people who take it personally when you criticize the country. Just look at the comments trying to run defense on the paid maternity leave issue. The wealthiest country in the world should provide guaranteed paid leave for new parents, there's no possible justification otherwise.

[@Dansull123]

@4:39 Public employee means employed by the state. So the coaches of sports teams at big Universities usually make a lot of money. Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island are 2 of the BIG state schools here. Providence College, or Bryant University aren't public schools in my state but are private colleges.

[@ZachSteiger-om2gh]

Southern states cancel school because of snow since they aren’t built for snow so they aren’t ready to salt the ground.

[@PrincessLetty1979]

On the tornado map, that empty black space in the northeast is the Appalachian mountains. Tornados need flat land to form. Even in Houston we only get an EF1 (weakest measured tornado) and only once every other year or more. They barely even touch down before they begin to break apart.

[@whatintheheck4692]

That guy randomly answering “missed connections” posts is hilarious!!

[@user-dc2zh2il3w]

I noticed a connection between winter and bars. The colder it gets the more bars ands pubs you get. The people in the south still drink.

[@mads4917]

True, perhaps the data implies they drink more at home rather than going out to a bar

[@sherryzmezzo]

Upward mobility is making enough money to move into a higher tax bracket. Really, it's making enough additional money to be able to move into a better neighborhood, but if it also bumps you into the next higher tax bracket, buying the new house will be more difficult.

[@quirkyt_T]

Paid Maternity leave depends on your company and they usually give 6 weeks. If you want more you can file FMLA and wont get paid but your job is secure. After that good luck. It's horrible to send a 6 week old infant or 12 week old infant to a daycare. Not to mention the cost of daycare is outrageous. Only some companies offer paternity leave.

[@leifreon6117]

"Money can't buy Happiness" No. But it can buy the things that make me happy.

[@jessicaozier6235]

Like food, rent, healthcare…just general necessities.

[@davehowell3209]

David Letterman said to David Lee Roth, “ Money can’t buy happiness “ and David Lee Roth answered, .”Maybe not, but you can buy a big boat and sail right up to be it” ….. I love that saying!

[@cyn37211]

And, it’s more fun to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle

[@brandonhainstock2928]

lol ikr, like food and clothes that arent worn out and shelter

[@tudorjason]

8:00 - One of my sisters grew up in AR. She told my other sister and I about Walmart and how it was taking over. Never heard of the place until she told us. Never saw one until the late 90s. It was a simpler, more peaceful time.

[@stephenbonaduce7852]

Now it's the biggest employer in a majority of states. (Yes, here's a map, lol! Just not in this video.)

[@heathertanner5833]

Sam Walton, who was the founder of WalMart, was from Rogers, Arkansas.

[@BooTedesco]

Originally from Virginia and yeah, a lot of us still use AOL. I like it because, it doesn't try extra hard to be a "fancy email site." I get on, I click on basic looking buttons, read my email and get out. When I'm on gmail, I feel more inclined to look at other "google owned" things, when all I originally wanted to do was just check my email.

[@Devlinator61116]

The thing about snow days in the South is that it's not about the snow, it's about the black ice. Down here, it doesn't get as cold, so the snow melts during the day, then refreezes into clear ice on the roads overnight.