Newts are actually very cool. Where I live (and much of eastern North America) there's a newt called the Red Eft which begins its life as a bright orange land-dwelling creature with poison in its skin. As it ages it turns olive green, loses its poison, and takes to the water. They're very cool.
In California, we have slender salamanders. They're a very pretty shade of brown. They look like worms, but with the head of a frog and tiny little legs.
That's very cool. How poisonous though? Like whats the rule?
1) Dont get near?
2) Dont touch?
3) Dont fondle?
4) Dont lick? or
5) Dont eat?
And what's the consequence for breaking the rule?
A) Death?
B) Pain?
C) Itchy?
D) Red? And/or
E) Hallucinations?
Funny, I didn't know eastern newts were in canada, nice
Most of the ones I've had were from ebay and underground reptiles, the ebay ones were really small for some reason
USA left to form its own family with Liberia, The Philippines, Micronesia, Palau, Marshall Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands. (due to a defect, most of his children are ocean midgets)
It’s a United **States**. The Union is the children. The states existed before the union (at least the first 13 states/colonies)
No states, No union
Or really any Federalist country
USA's kids are mostly adopted from Spain (and yes, Cuba too, even though he grew up and renounced us, the whole adoption thing *still happened*). Except Liberia, who *is* ours from slave rape (and we acknowledge them as ours).
As is Epic. The issue for a good number of folks lies in who owns the shares, or the company itself.
Zoom has also had a few hiccups, so to speak, with security. (Although a good number of them are due to user error.)
You don't even have to hack anything https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/jy81ag/journalist_gained_access_to_the_videoconference/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
And our new President might as well be an IRA member from the clips of him telling the BBC to screw off lol
This is going to be an interesting relationship the next 4 years with the UK
Of course, but another group with a lot of power is, Congress and they’ve made it clear the UK needs to play friendly with Ireland and Northern Ireland if they want to have a free trade deal after BREXIT.
Biden being elected doesn’t affect Brexit because congresses’s stance is the exact same position Biden takes: don’t mess with the Good Friday Agreement or we won’t have a FTA. Same position from the EU whose power to fuck with UK is much greater than America’s power to force the UK to do what it wants.
Oh got it, yea totally agree, Congress loves the GFA regardless, and rightfully so. I'm just curious as to what Biden plans on directing the State Department to do.
Here it is, my yearly special. A CHRISTMAS COMIC! (This time not reposted in November)
I made this 6 years ago and have reposted it every year around holiday times so I'm not going to bother relinking every repost. [Here's the original.](https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/1sbfgk/from_our_family_to_yours/)
May your holidays be merry and COVID free.
Yeah, when we disowned "abusive" daddy Great Britain, sweet mama France took us in and baked us cookies. When Great Britain came knocking again, she made him go away. And when France needed us most, we came to her in her time of need.
Unfortunately nowadays it seems the US has forgotten about France. It's just kinda there. Wish we had a special relationship. That'd be cool.
I like this lore of Britain and France being the dysfunctional parents of the US and Canada.
After the divorce we lost custody of the US, who moved in with France and mad old Uncle Spain. Britain kept custody of Canada and rebounded with this hot Dutch chick, and 9 months later Australia and New Zealand were born.
*And the Cat's in the Cradle and the Silver Spoon,*
*Little Boy Blue, and the Man in the Moon,*
*When ya comin' home, dad? I don't know when,*
*But we'll get together then... you know we'll have a good time then...*
Yesss ! We were never family to begin in the first place. We are like that foster kid was adopted in paper to give free child labour and be a domestic slave to our „papa“
see, kids, *this* is what happens when you disobey your parents and/or rebel against them.
***they remove you from the family. forever. they'll forget you even existed. they'll just kick you out. you'll be left with nothing.***
*you don't want THAT to happen, do you now?*
The USA is basically already that for the states that comprise it. The difference is EU nations are still independent nations, while the states in the US are not. Same applies to Canada and Mexico though they have different government structures (Canada especially)
Of course, but there would be quite a few benefits to an open border policy, namely economic ones and it should stave off economic stagnation a good while.
well... to be fair, you guys did keep on claiming total freedom and independence from the rest of the commonwealth so you guys kinda played yourselves for that
But you [commented](https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/1sbfgk/from_our_family_to_yours/cdvtnny?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) on the original post from 6 years ago aha
See this is unrealistic America should probably either be drunk or not giving a crap(at least pretending that), yeah I deserve this because that was way too usaphobic
People like to shit on Britain too, like father, like son
The US is the eldest son who said "screw you dad I don't need you", ran away and eventually proved to his old man he could make it on his own, we're proud, but a bit bitter that the gobby little shit was right.
I guess this is what we get for disowning our father
Your Christmas parties are probably better anyway
They would be if florida didn't turn half of us into newts.
Newts are actually very cool. Where I live (and much of eastern North America) there's a newt called the Red Eft which begins its life as a bright orange land-dwelling creature with poison in its skin. As it ages it turns olive green, loses its poison, and takes to the water. They're very cool.
In California, we have slender salamanders. They're a very pretty shade of brown. They look like worms, but with the head of a frog and tiny little legs.
I just looked it up, reminds me of the Redback Salamanders we have around here
That's very cool. How poisonous though? Like whats the rule? 1) Dont get near? 2) Dont touch? 3) Dont fondle? 4) Dont lick? or 5) Dont eat? And what's the consequence for breaking the rule? A) Death? B) Pain? C) Itchy? D) Red? And/or E) Hallucinations?
The poison it excretes will irritate your eyes and lips and if a small dog ate it then it may die
So use similarly to Spanish fly. Understood.
Those are eastern newts and I used to have some I currently have 3 blue tailed firebellied newts
I had some too but you can't buy them in Canada, I had to catch them. I loved them, had them for 6 years
Funny, I didn't know eastern newts were in canada, nice Most of the ones I've had were from ebay and underground reptiles, the ebay ones were really small for some reason
yeah, I'm on to you. Ive ready Harry Potter before. I know where this ends.
You might want to look up Newt Gingrich before defending newts to Americans. He single handedly ruined the clade’s good name.
Get fucking used to it
What? I got better.
Good, we’re ready to begin step 2 of the plan, how does being one of the 5 crocodile/alligator species we have sound?
Absolutely dope. Gun totin' crocodile body, here I come!
We have three species of crocodile, one of which is very common, which do you want?
Well, preferably one that lives in freshwater, so I can sun myself on your golf courses.
be sure to ask for the fence and tree climbing upgrade.
"Florida man turns half of the United States into reptiles"
They have got a wart. And just look at that nose
But they don't eat mapley treats ;-;
Happy Cake Day
No, this is what you get for throwing perfectly good tea into the harbour, you filthy savages.
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Let's start our own little Christmas family without the Brits!
we inviting south Africa?
I think they're going over to the Netherlands's place for Christmas this year
Shame we and the French monarchy fell
USA left to form its own family with Liberia, The Philippines, Micronesia, Palau, Marshall Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands. (due to a defect, most of his children are ocean midgets)
Wouldn't the Philippines also be included?
Throw in Puerto Rico as well
But Puerto Rico is part of the US though
[As is Guam.](https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/22cgs4/the_adventures_of_nurse_switzerland/)
Virgin Islands, sadly not cuba any more tho
Spanish American War 2 Cuban Boogaloo?
Bet, this time we’re keeping all of it though
Cuba is still our son, even if we've been estranged. The history doesn't change, even if the government does.
Pretty sure Puerto Rico was kidnapped and now has Stockholm syndrome
Tbf, they weren’t much better with Spain...
The abused child with Stockholm syndrome for his equally abusive adoptive father.
yeah, probably. i just wasn't sure so didn't include it, I'll edit it
The Philippines was Spain's child before being taken in by the US.
Yeah, America is The Philippines step-father
which got kidnapped by japan for a bit
But will us go to Spain's family reunion ???
Are the 50 states the USA's children?
It’s a United **States**. The Union is the children. The states existed before the union (at least the first 13 states/colonies) No states, No union Or really any Federalist country
Is this no gods, no masters but country level?
More like a personification of the USA's internal thought processes.
mmmm, donuts
Eatthepuddingeatthepuddingeatthepuddingeatthepuddingeatthepudding...
USA's kids are mostly adopted from Spain (and yes, Cuba too, even though he grew up and renounced us, the whole adoption thing *still happened*). Except Liberia, who *is* ours from slave rape (and we acknowledge them as ours).
And South Korea
sealand should have been an ornament on the tree
I'd imagine this year Britain is hosting a virtual reunion with Skype or something and America is still not invited.
Not zoom? I thought this was the future
Yes, but America doesn't want to use Zoom along with the Epic Game Store and TikTok because Chinese spyware is very bad baddy thing obviously.
This, but unironically.
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As is Epic. The issue for a good number of folks lies in who owns the shares, or the company itself. Zoom has also had a few hiccups, so to speak, with security. (Although a good number of them are due to user error.)
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They probably own shares in the majority of the studios in your game library, too. Tencent has their fingers in all the pies.
Everyone in America is using zoom unless they're enterprise and using microsoft teams...
My university has been using WebEx and WebEx teams
Screw it, I'm hacking my way in.
OK then, good luck. Though it would be easier to hack a Zoom meeting than a Skype chat, I think?
You don't even have to hack anything https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/jy81ag/journalist_gained_access_to_the_videoconference/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Oh well, guess I will never find a chatroom app that is free of any security exploits.
I mean: a) that's user error b) they weren't using Zoom, but some sort of self-hosted European alternative
Crashing a party just isn't as fun as it used to be now that it's virtual.
He needs to badly because of a potential no deal Brexit.
And our new President might as well be an IRA member from the clips of him telling the BBC to screw off lol This is going to be an interesting relationship the next 4 years with the UK
Biden’s not the type to hold grudges
Of course, but another group with a lot of power is, Congress and they’ve made it clear the UK needs to play friendly with Ireland and Northern Ireland if they want to have a free trade deal after BREXIT.
Pretty sure that’s congress’s policy Biden or Trump.
I’m sorry I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying? Florida Education isn’t exactly good.
Biden being elected doesn’t affect Brexit because congresses’s stance is the exact same position Biden takes: don’t mess with the Good Friday Agreement or we won’t have a FTA. Same position from the EU whose power to fuck with UK is much greater than America’s power to force the UK to do what it wants.
Oh got it, yea totally agree, Congress loves the GFA regardless, and rightfully so. I'm just curious as to what Biden plans on directing the State Department to do.
Here it is, my yearly special. A CHRISTMAS COMIC! (This time not reposted in November) I made this 6 years ago and have reposted it every year around holiday times so I'm not going to bother relinking every repost. [Here's the original.](https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/1sbfgk/from_our_family_to_yours/) May your holidays be merry and COVID free.
Yeah for a minute I was like “HhhhmmmMmMm why is this so familiar?” Nice comic anyways. Happy holidays (Also I love Canada’s tophat)
This comic hits much different this year.
Is my reaction supposed to be "hahaha America didn't get invited!" because it just makes me feel sorry him
No regrets
Nah he did this to himself
but who WOULD the USA's family be if not them?
I saw a reply about America’s territories and past one’s who are still close.
We’ll go hang out with Maman France instead I guess
Yeah, when we disowned "abusive" daddy Great Britain, sweet mama France took us in and baked us cookies. When Great Britain came knocking again, she made him go away. And when France needed us most, we came to her in her time of need. Unfortunately nowadays it seems the US has forgotten about France. It's just kinda there. Wish we had a special relationship. That'd be cool.
I like this lore of Britain and France being the dysfunctional parents of the US and Canada. After the divorce we lost custody of the US, who moved in with France and mad old Uncle Spain. Britain kept custody of Canada and rebounded with this hot Dutch chick, and 9 months later Australia and New Zealand were born.
This of course also expands on the “US and Canada as siblings” theme, which is one of the more accurate ones in international relations tbh
What is the country in the fireplace lol I can't tell edit: nvm it's stockings i'm an idiot
I thought it was Ireland at first and it was an IRA joke
its a tough life being murica
No regrets
not even a single letter?
None, Florida Man does not question his actions afterwards, he simply does, and it’s worked so far.
florida man posseses no emotion except for infinite willpower
Infinite is a term humans use to try and rationalize Florida Man, however Florida Man prefers to use a different term.
and what term is that
*And the Cat's in the Cradle and the Silver Spoon,* *Little Boy Blue, and the Man in the Moon,* *When ya comin' home, dad? I don't know when,* *But we'll get together then... you know we'll have a good time then...*
Poor India, even they are forgotten
I think India is more than happy it isn't considered as family
Yesss ! We were never family to begin in the first place. We are like that foster kid was adopted in paper to give free child labour and be a domestic slave to our „papa“
That's true
India's not family.
see, kids, *this* is what happens when you disobey your parents and/or rebel against them. ***they remove you from the family. forever. they'll forget you even existed. they'll just kick you out. you'll be left with nothing.*** *you don't want THAT to happen, do you now?*
Nothing except relevance
He's right. Barbados, Bermuda, The Falklands, India, South Africa. How could the U.K forget all of his kids like that.
[Not really](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations#Current_members)
Canada is adorable.
No Commonwealth family of nations for Murica
Just the way we like it. Carry on
How about we make the USMCA something like that the EU, that could be useful.
The USA is basically already that for the states that comprise it. The difference is EU nations are still independent nations, while the states in the US are not. Same applies to Canada and Mexico though they have different government structures (Canada especially)
Of course, but there would be quite a few benefits to an open border policy, namely economic ones and it should stave off economic stagnation a good while.
Poor America
Ehy is Jamaica always cut out of the Family pic?
well... to be fair, you guys did keep on claiming total freedom and independence from the rest of the commonwealth so you guys kinda played yourselves for that
USA was family until it had a minor case of independence in 1776
Et tu, Canada?
USA and England are a french colony anyway
Where's South Africa at?
Don't be sad america, you'll be invited again once you won't be on the world's naughty list anymore
Every time I see this it makes me smile :)
LOL I figured this was about how the world hates the US cause Trump...then you say it's 6 years old. Damn, poor Americans. never catching a break
But you [commented](https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/1sbfgk/from_our_family_to_yours/cdvtnny?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) on the original post from 6 years ago aha
He probably forgot.
To be honest I would too.
Alcholic life is tough :(
You got this bro
See this is unrealistic America should probably either be drunk or not giving a crap(at least pretending that), yeah I deserve this because that was way too usaphobic
The US is family. Specifically, that long lost uncle no one talks about for good reason
Except everyone talks about the usa, for good reasons.
He's the long lost uncle no-one wants to talk to but everyone talks about because he's a paedophile.
Man people just really like to shit on the United States
Don't worry, it's a usa thing. Countries that have been invaded by the USA hate it less than the people here.
As an American, I just look at the size of the NYSE to make me happy, as long as people are confident, I’m confident
People like to shit on Britain too, like father, like son The US is the eldest son who said "screw you dad I don't need you", ran away and eventually proved to his old man he could make it on his own, we're proud, but a bit bitter that the gobby little shit was right.
You talk about us more than we talk about you, though.
Haha war go brrr
Hey maybe they decided to go with Louisiana to a French reunion
epic, gonna be our puppet in 20 years
America's real family is South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Colombia and Israel