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tommy wrote:Elon Musk may just be the lamest man to ever live. The guy literally has the sense of humor of an annoying 14 year old.

Bi_3 wrote:

tommy wrote:Elon Musk may just be the lamest man to ever live. The guy literally has the sense of humor of an annoying 14 year old.

Yup, Joffrey Baratheon vibes from him

spike wrote:Coming soon to Starbucks nationwide!

Thought you knew what your favorite winter drink is? Wait until you try Greenlandic coffee.

Greenland’s cold weather cure is like an Irish coffee, except more Irish!

And like everything in Greenlandic culture, this lovely mixture comes with a story that’s just as delicious.

The recipe?

Hot coffee is mixed with whiskey, Kahlua and Grand Marnier then covered by an Arctic heap of whipped cream.

The drink is usually served after dinner along with a local legend or a tale about the Inuit people’s closest thing to a deity – the Mother of the Sea.

But the most common story about Greenlandic coffee is that it is “the whole of Greenland in one mug.”

The whiskey is supposed to represent all the “rough” parts of the country: its men, its hunters, its fisherman and its rugged landscape.

Only in Greenland: A beach for skiing and sledding

The Kahlua, all the “nice” things about Greenland; its women, its beautiful scenery and its animals.

The men and the women then come together in the cold, dark polar nights, represented by the hot coffee. The whipped cream on top signifies the icebergs and glaciers the country is famous for.

The Grand Marnier is the finishing touch, set alight before being poured on top, the flames mimicking the Northern Lights.

The drink, like the country itself, is gorgeous at any time of the year.

Sounds amazing.

bart wrote:

spike wrote:Coming soon to Starbucks nationwide!

Thought you knew what your favorite winter drink is? Wait until you try Greenlandic coffee.

Greenland’s cold weather cure is like an Irish coffee, except more Irish!

And like everything in Greenlandic culture, this lovely mixture comes with a story that’s just as delicious.

The recipe?

Hot coffee is mixed with whiskey, Kahlua and Grand Marnier then covered by an Arctic heap of whipped cream.

The drink is usually served after dinner along with a local legend or a tale about the Inuit people’s closest thing to a deity – the Mother of the Sea.

But the most common story about Greenlandic coffee is that it is “the whole of Greenland in one mug.”

The whiskey is supposed to represent all the “rough” parts of the country: its men, its hunters, its fisherman and its rugged landscape.

Only in Greenland: A beach for skiing and sledding

The Kahlua, all the “nice” things about Greenland; its women, its beautiful scenery and its animals.

The men and the women then come together in the cold, dark polar nights, represented by the hot coffee. The whipped cream on top signifies the icebergs and glaciers the country is famous for.

The Grand Marnier is the finishing touch, set alight before being poured on top, the flames mimicking the Northern Lights.

The drink, like the country itself, is gorgeous at any time of the year.

Sounds amazing.

They also eat putrid shark meat and whale meat.

Bi_3 wrote:It's pretty simple. Greenland is a colony. Colonies aren't cool anymore and the people there are starting to understand what they are sitting on, so they are going to look for economic alignment. That means either the US side or the China side. Those are the options. So y'all can get as knickers twisted over Trump all day long but alignment with the US over China is infinitely better for everyone and pushing back on it because of your unending TDS is fucking mental. It's OK for us as citizens to allow Trump to make things better when one of his policies is a legitimately good idea. That's not endorsing White supremacy or fascism. You're not supporting the Handmaiden's Tale. That's just putting the future of the country, and in this case the continent, before bruised egos.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:It's pretty simple. Greenland is a colony. Colonies aren't cool anymore and the people there are starting to understand what they are sitting on, so they are going to look for economic alignment. That means either the US side or the China side. Those are the options. So y'all can get as knickers twisted over Trump all day long but alignment with the US over China is infinitely better for everyone and pushing back on it because of your unending TDS is fucking mental. It's OK for us as citizens to allow Trump to make things better when one of his policies is a legitimately good idea. That's not endorsing White supremacy or fascism. You're not supporting the Handmaiden's Tale. That's just putting the future of the country, and in this case the continent, before bruised egos.

"colonies aren't cool anymore": goes on to defend Trump wanting to colonize Greenland.

bart wrote:he is so incredibly good at media management. nobody is talking about the NY sentencing tomorrow because he came out with this Greenland/Canada/Mexico stuff. i'm not even joking, it's massively impressive

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:It's pretty simple. Greenland is a colony. Colonies aren't cool anymore and the people there are starting to understand what they are sitting on, so they are going to look for economic alignment. That means either the US side or the China side. Those are the options. So y'all can get as knickers twisted over Trump all day long but alignment with the US over China is infinitely better for everyone and pushing back on it because of your unending TDS is fucking mental. It's OK for us as citizens to allow Trump to make things better when one of his policies is a legitimately good idea. That's not endorsing White supremacy or fascism. You're not supporting the Handmaiden's Tale. That's just putting the future of the country, and in this case the continent, before bruised egos.

"colonies aren't cool anymore": goes on to defend Trump wanting to colonize Greenland.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:ah yes, my mistake. Wouldn't they have to vote to become a territory? What if they vote no and Trump still wants it?

Bi_3 wrote:It's pretty simple. Greenland is a colony. Colonies aren't cool anymore and the people there are starting to understand what they are sitting on, so they are going to look for economic alignment. That means either the US side or the China side. Those are the options. So y'all can get as knickers twisted over Trump all day long but alignment with the US over China is infinitely better for everyone and pushing back on it because of your unending TDS is fucking mental. It's OK for us as citizens to allow Trump to make things better when one of his policies is a legitimately good idea. That's not endorsing White supremacy or fascism. You're not supporting the Handmaiden's Tale. That's just putting the future of the country, and in this case the continent, before bruised egos.

Bi_3 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:It's pretty simple. Greenland is a colony. Colonies aren't cool anymore and the people there are starting to understand what they are sitting on, so they are going to look for economic alignment. That means either the US side or the China side. Those are the options. So y'all can get as knickers twisted over Trump all day long but alignment with the US over China is infinitely better for everyone and pushing back on it because of your unending TDS is fucking mental. It's OK for us as citizens to allow Trump to make things better when one of his policies is a legitimately good idea. That's not endorsing White supremacy or fascism. You're not supporting the Handmaiden's Tale. That's just putting the future of the country, and in this case the continent, before bruised egos.

"colonies aren't cool anymore": goes on to defend Trump wanting to colonize Greenland.

Territory not colony. Puerto Rico, etc.

Bi_3 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:It's pretty simple. Greenland is a colony. Colonies aren't cool anymore and the people there are starting to understand what they are sitting on, so they are going to look for economic alignment. That means either the US side or the China side. Those are the options. So y'all can get as knickers twisted over Trump all day long but alignment with the US over China is infinitely better for everyone and pushing back on it because of your unending TDS is fucking mental. It's OK for us as citizens to allow Trump to make things better when one of his policies is a legitimately good idea. That's not endorsing White supremacy or fascism. You're not supporting the Handmaiden's Tale. That's just putting the future of the country, and in this case the continent, before bruised egos.

"colonies aren't cool anymore": goes on to defend Trump wanting to colonize Greenland.

Territory not colony. Puerto Rico, etc.

B wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:It's pretty simple. Greenland is a colony. Colonies aren't cool anymore and the people there are starting to understand what they are sitting on, so they are going to look for economic alignment. That means either the US side or the China side. Those are the options. So y'all can get as knickers twisted over Trump all day long but alignment with the US over China is infinitely better for everyone and pushing back on it because of your unending TDS is fucking mental. It's OK for us as citizens to allow Trump to make things better when one of his policies is a legitimately good idea. That's not endorsing White supremacy or fascism. You're not supporting the Handmaiden's Tale. That's just putting the future of the country, and in this case the continent, before bruised egos.

"colonies aren't cool anymore": goes on to defend Trump wanting to colonize Greenland.

Territory not colony. Puerto Rico, etc.

A distinction with no real difference.

Claude AI wrote: A colony and a territory have distinct characteristics in terms of governance and relationship to the controlling power, though there can be some overlap in how these terms are used historically.

A colony typically refers to a region or land that is under the complete political and economic control of a foreign power (the colonizer). The colonizing power usually establishes permanent settlements, exploits resources, and imposes its own administrative systems, laws, and often culture on the indigenous population. Colonies were often established through conquest or occupation, with the colonizing power viewing the land and its resources as extensions of their own nation. Historical examples include British India, French Algeria, and the Spanish colonies in the Americas.

A territory, on the other hand, generally refers to a region that has a more autonomous relationship with its governing power. Territories often have their own local governments and some degree of self-rule, though they typically remain under the broader sovereignty of a larger nation. They may not have full independence or statehood, but usually maintain more political rights and autonomy than colonies. Modern examples include U.S. territories like Puerto Rico and Guam, which have their own governments but are under U.S. sovereignty - their residents are U.S. citizens, but they don't have full representation in Congress.

The key distinction lies in the degree of autonomy and self-governance: colonies were typically subject to direct, extensive control by the colonizing power, while territories often maintain more political independence and self-determination, even if they're not fully sovereign states.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I ask again, what if the people of Greenland don't want to be a territory?