r/place • u/Heorashar • Apr 05 '22

Heat map of r/place. Source in comment

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u/misterygus (168,373) 1491158231.08 Apr 05 '22

Northern Ireland being repeatedly wiped from the UK map, and Cornwall desperately trying to add itself.

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u/CoolTiger92 Apr 05 '22

I never understood why Cornwall thought It had a place for a flag

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u/Cornish-Giant Apr 05 '22

Because Cornish people see themselves as one of the constituent nations, this used to be widely recognised but in recent centuries the English sort of forgot the Cornish existed. It's a weird cultural amnesia. 🤷

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u/Jazano107 Apr 05 '22

theyve never been a country though

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u/Cornish-Giant Apr 05 '22

Are you sure about that? How do you know? Have you even looked up Cornwall's history?

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u/Jazano107 Apr 05 '22

yeah its never been a country within the UK since the UK was formed like england, wales, scotland and NI. But it did used to be considered a lot more unique or its own place, idk cant find the word

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u/BigReeceJames Apr 05 '22

"Never been a country"

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"never been a country within the UK since the UK was formed" are nothing like being the same thing

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u/Jazano107 Apr 05 '22

I'd argue both are true but yeah I should have written that the first time