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Here are some maps of where in the world men and women might be friends with each other. https://brilliantmaps.com/men-women-friends/ Interestingly, it appears to be a reasonable map for 'which count… (View Post)

A pedant notes: that's not really an obvious characteristic of a banana republic. (View Post)

Manchester, Liverpool, Yorkshire and Cornwall are all rather fine places - you look around yourself and if that place is yours, pride is quite easy to feel. You are reminded again and again of yoir o… (View Post)

I think your latter two points are true. I don't think we ought to go overboard on the national (or even municipal, or regional) pride. But I also wish we didn't go so big on the national shame. (View Post)

It's not even the "patriotic" lobby. I love my country. But I recognise that that's a function of me growing up in this country and being rooted in it, and human psychology valuing what we … (View Post)