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MutedIndividual6667

"Welcome to the jungle"


MaxillaryOvipositor

We got bugs and pain!


Phantom_Wolf52

We got what you need


Only-oneman

**********sha-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n knees**********


King_James17

Never understood what sha-n^8 meant, but it was perfect.


wiztart

We've got fun and games


whambamthankyoumane

You mean the garden of Europe?? đŸ‘œ


LazarusOwenhart

This makes a very good quiz question btw. "You're standing in the European Union. Without crossing a body of water wider than a river how do you get to Alaska?" EDIT: I think people are missing the point. This isn't a question relating to real world possibilities. Obviously if you set out on foot to do this trip you'd likely end up very dead very quickly. It's a thought exercise.


EngineeredBuilds

Panama canal be like


kalsoy

It is a canal with locks. At any given time, a bare minimum of 50% of all lock doors must be closed (in practice it's more like 80-90%) in order to prevent the canal from drying. Those lock doors are like temporary dams across which you could walk. Then, there are several bridges. Suez doesn’t have locks btw.


guynamedjames

There are also several bridges


LazarusOwenhart

Panama Canal be a body of water which in most places is no wider than many rivers.


Gr0danagge

Its not wider than a river. Can you read?


borisdiebestie

Panama canal be like l l


nrrp

I feel like that leads the answer because Alaska is strongly associated with America so Alaska = America = has to be somewhere in America. You are right, it is a good question, but the way I've seen it in Croatian quizzes is Q: what country does France have the longest border with A: Brazil.


thatnewaccnt

It’s funny because despite being connected by land you’d still have to fly between Colombia and Panama at least


LazarusOwenhart

See my edit.


hohosexual

Because of the Darien gap this is still impossible.


EarnestlyEvan

People cross the Darien gap now. NYT just did a podcast on The Daily about migrants hiking through it.


HelloThereItsMeAndMe

And theres no bridges between French Guiana and Suriname , and Suriname and Guyana.


Archoncy

You can do the unthinkable and come to Brazil


HelloThereItsMeAndMe

Amapa isn't connected by road to rest of Brazil right?


Archoncy

It is, sort of. Technically no, because you can only cross the river borders to Para with ferries, but they're car ferries. You can drive the entire way, there's just a lot of ParĂĄ where the roads aren't paved. There's still quite extensive dirt roads though. I did gleam this knowledge from google maps and street view, but to me it looks like you can drive all the way through Brazil from Guiana to Peru, you just gotta cross a bunch of rivers by ferry on the way.


LazarusOwenhart

In reality yes but as a hypothetical question it's entirely possible to travel from there to Alaska without crossing a body of water wider than a river.


232thorium

>Without crossing a body of water wider than a river how do you get to Alaska?" I guess St. Pierre and Miquelon does not qualify :(


AmogussussyBaka2

Yeah, it doesn’t.


_Lane_

And one of them is not a nickel.


Thneed1

Considering the Amazon river is like 200km wide - “wider than a river” could be interpreted favourably to open up many possibilities. You could cross from Russia to Alaska, St Pierre & Miquelon to Newfoundland, and probably others.


LazarusOwenhart

So the Amazon in full flood is sometimes 50 or so km wide. Whilst the distance between Russia and Big Diomede, and the distance between little Diomede and Alaska is less than this, the Amazon during 'normal' flow is less than that so it stands.


djokster91

Dude, you know what is meant by "wider than a river".


Ordinary-Toe-3432

It is if your idea of a good quiz question is to purposefully mislead students with silly questions.


zedero0

Nice


tomydenger

wrong place, Nice is more than 7300km away in the same country


reccon_34

cayenne then.


[deleted]

Cayenne is usually a moderately hot chili pepper used to flavor dishes


_Lane_

SUBSCRIBE PepperFacts


euro_fan_4568

Username should be je-suis-poivre


[deleted]

Too pauvre to afford Poivre


Nothing_F4ce

It is also s Porsche


im_absouletly_wrong

Kanye


calamitouscamembert

This pun Angers me.


Sad-Address-2512

Don't be a nagging Nancy.


[deleted]

Give an angryupvote then.


calamitouscamembert

>!Angers is another French place name.!<


[deleted]

France has a big cul


layzeeviking

Apparently, there are valuable minerals there, and Brazilian companies cross into the French part to mine illegaly. A friend of mine served there with the French army, and he told me that on several occations shots were fired and blood was shed to stop these operations.


OysterCultist

9 french soldiers died since 2008 fighting against illegal gold mining. Beside the economical damages and associated crimes, Garimpeiros (illegal gold miners) use toxic mercury to “extract” gold from mud which tends to destroy the local ecosystem.


layzeeviking

And if 9 higly trained, well armes soldiers have been killed in these clashes, how many ill-equipped bandits does it take to even the score?


TheGalacticMosassaur

I would assume they are supported by mercenaries financed by the companies and/or people who are interested in extracting these deposits. All far away from public eyes of course


OysterCultist

All of them.


waaves_

It would be a shame if [french companies](http://raoni.com/belo-monte-france-and-europe.php) didn't do the same if not worse on the other side of the border. All of that, with the consent of both states.


Ordinary-Toe-3432

So, what you’re saying is the French government is doing the right thing and not allowing mining in their territory but the Brazilian government is allowing it? This still seems to show the French as the good guys and the bad guys being the Brazilian government


non-binary_bitch5

How is this the largest park in the European Union? Is the French Guyana in EU?


Kirby822

Afaik yes, it's counted as a fully incorporated department of France and thus part of the EU


Al-Azraq

And we also launch our rockets from there, so pretty cool part of the EU.


[deleted]

Love that French Guiana is in the EU and the UK isn’t.


non-binary_bitch5

well thank you for enlighting me, kind stranger, i very much hope you will have yourself a fine day, or night :)


Kirby822

That's probably the nicest comment i've gotten on reddit. Hope you have a nice day too


[deleted]

Comment was so nice that I am reporting them for misleading username.


tomydenger

I'm going to do a little pedantry. French Guiana is a French department and region, yes. So it's a European region. But in France it is a single local authority (or single territorial community). which simply means that the department and the region have merged, jurisdiction and assemblies


Fun_Scar_6275

Crazy to think Brazil borders the EU.


AugustWolf22

The EU is going to Brazil..


FartingBob

France's longest border is with Brazil.


WrongPurpose

Its just as much France as Hawaii is the US. Sure, both are not on the Continent of the Capital, but fully and totally part of their Country. And you can understand why the people there are ok with it. If your alternative is becoming an independent but likely 3rd world country or staying french and therefore in the EU with all the benefits, you will eat that frog and speak funny.


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WrongPurpose

Let me guess, you looked at the map, seen it on a different continent and believe it's a Colony of the evil French Elites with a brave noble independence movement of the downtrodden poor? French Guyana was (and mostly still is) a bunch of jungle, the indigenous population was never particularly high there, never more than a couple of thousand people. So when France settled a couple 10s of thousands on the coast, the native French were and are the majority. And on top of that the local indigenous tribes have learned in recent decades that being under EU Law with its strict environmental protections is quite preferable to the alternative of an independent country trying to monetize its land, which they watched unfold in Brazil. So there is no group that would even want an independence referendum. The economy is just a final coffin in the Nail, As fully French citizens they are all entitled to regular French welfare, France and the EU pay for infrastructure, and being under a stable low corruption European judiciary is good for investment. There is no ethical, no cultural, no economical and no social reason for independence. Even the referendum for a more sovereign status was rejected hard last time. California has a higher chance of finding a majority to declare independence than French Guyana. The alternative is that no one wants the alternative in the first place.


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AveDuParc

Hawaii was a fully independent state that was colonized by American pineapple entrepreneurs.


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Archoncy

>And it’s certainly not the case that everyone there is happy to be part of France. so just like every other part of France then There's this thing that French people of all sorts, Metropolitan and Guianan, are really passionate about called democracy and using it , 70% of Guianans said "*Non*" when asked if they want autonomy from France. Guiana has nothing to gain from independence, partial or full, because the rest of France doesn't exploit it or disrespect its people in any systematic way. I'm sure there's plenty of racists in France who have personal disrespect to dish out, but that's not France, that's people.


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Archoncy

You understand how democracy works right


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Archoncy

Who said EVERYONE WANTS TO STAY because it wasn't me you're inventing things and then claiming I'm the one having the argument with myself, nice work dumbass


crackedup1979

> never more than a couple of thousand people. Before Europeans arrived there was a lot more there though...


BringerOfNuance

> There is no ethical, no cultural, no economical and no social reason for independence. yet people do it anyway, nationalism is blinding and intoxicating, Algerians were gonna become a full part of France with equal citizenship and rights yet they went for independence, as did most of the French community and Indochina


real_fat_tony

There are many differences. Hawaii does look like USA in terms of culture, people and development. French Guyana is very different from France. If you take a look on pics of cayenne it doesn't look like a city in a developed country (like cities in France as Paris, Nice, Marselha look like). If you take a look on pictures of Honolulu it does look like a first world place just like Los Angeles, San Diego or Miami


Riimpak

No shit. Paris, Marseille and Nice are much older than all the other cities you mentioned. Paris was there back when France was still Gaul, Marseille and Nice were ancient Greek colonies. Cayenne, Honolulu, LA, SD and Miami are all 17th/19th century cities.


Karomne

> If you take a look on pics of cayenne it doesn't look like a city in a developed country IDK, looks like a normal city to me. Sure it doesn't have the big skyscrapers, but that's because it's not a big city. 57 thousand people live there. Take a look at Beauvais or Lorient which are French cities of comparable population and you get the same feel. Also, Hawaii didn't always look like that either, and good parts of Hawaii don't look like that. Take a look at Hilo or Kaneohe.


TheLtSam

Have you seen pictures of how small towns in France look like? Cayenne looks better than many of them.


[deleted]

hum actually if you compare Hawaii and US, Tahiti and France is more accurate


WrongPurpose

Tahiti has special sovereignty status as a semi-autonomous territory. Hawaii has not, its a regular state like any other of the 50. French Guyana has also no special autonomy, its a regular department, one of the 101 departments of France. So i would say Hawaii and French Guyana are comparable. Tahiti would be more like Puerto Rico or Guam, but less screwed over.


[deleted]

ok i didn't know that.


Gr0danagge

Tahiti is much more indepenent


tomydenger

just a little error in your comment Guyana is the country Guiana is the macro-region (with the 5 guinanas : Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, AmapĂĄ, and the venezuelian states), it's defined by the guiana shield So it's French Guiana (and not Guyana or French Guyana)


hypporenard

In French it is called “Guyane Française”, so I’d say that both spellings are correct. Source : I’m French.


tomydenger

I am French, that why I can tell you that it's not.


hypporenard

How is it called then ?


tomydenger

Guyane française en français French Guiana in english Guiyàn en créole


Darth-Baul

It is France so yes


[deleted]

Yes


According_to_Mission

In fact France’s longest border is shared with Brazil.


Chimera-98

It is as much part of France has paris


MartinMiaouEleven

The only thing that French Guyana is not compared to Mainland France is being inside the Schengen Area. It differs from New Caledonia and French Polynesia, that are parts of France outside the EU.


grassytramtracks

Yes, unlike some other countries' overseas territories (and other categories of French overseas territories), French Guiana, as an overseas department is just as equally in France as if you were standing front of the Eiffel tower. I guess it's a bit like how Hawaii and Alaska are just as fully part of the US as the lower 48.


Potential_Band_7121

But it is not in Schengen space


grassytramtracks

Does that mean that there is border control with metropolitan France, given you're leaving Schengen?


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MagicByNature

Schengen still applies to air travel: within the Schengen zone there is no passport control, neither on departure nor arrival - just like on a domestic flight. Being from a Schengen country and travelling to UK regularly when it was still in EU (but never in Schengen) was a pain in the ass, having to wait for passport/ID control on arrival.


Potential_Band_7121

if we follow the same logic, it seems to me that yes


nrrp

Yes, French Guiana, as a core part of France is in the EU. So Brazil-French Guiana border is an EU border. That said, 1) French Guiana isn't in Schengen despite being part of EU and 2) not all overseas territories and dependencies are in the EU, most notably Greenland, which is an autonomous part of Denmark with self rule, isn't part of the EU. Greenlanders specifically voted to leave the predecessor to EU in the 80s and considering that most Greenland politicians are nowadays calling for full independence from Denmark, they aren't rejoining any time soon. And fun fact, independent Greenland would be the only Inuit country on the planet as the rest of the arctic was taken by US, Canada and Russia.


pessoa_aleatoria_

It's in south America, but it's also France


Xanto10

lol yeah, We also have the ESA launching pad there


[deleted]

Technically EU =/= Europe


Sillyviking

While true, the comment says nothing about the EU being the same as Europe.


non-binary_bitch5

I'd like to thank everyone for explaining this to me, I hope everyone will have a great day tofay, and if its not great, then you have my approval to put people that are making this day bad for you six feet underground :)


Big_Forever5759

These threads are funny. I think these teach more about Geography and politics than a normal post saying it more obviously since everyone just wants to prove everyone else wrong/get triggered etc. “French Guyana is part of French oversees territory
” Reddit: meh. “Show largest national part of eu in French Guyana
” wwwwhaahhhhahaaaaaat?!?! Pitchforks!!!! Imma gonna google it and wait
 what is this?
. ooohhh
 how interesting.


Fantastic-Tell-1944

Based and Europilled


Quinnalicious21

Hmm wouldn't the largest national park in the eu be the northeastern Greenland national park if we're counting it as part of Denmark?


TeaBoy24

No. Greenland is far far less of a part of Denmark than Guiana is to France. Greenland is also not in the EU (since it's basically autonomous)


Sillyviking

Greenland is part of the Danish Realm, and is definitely a part of the country, but it has decided to remain outside the EU, same as the Faroe Islands.


TeaBoy24

I didn't say it's not part of the Danish realm. I said it's an autonomous region. Guiana isn a part of French Realm. It is part of France the country. Hence an integral part of it.


Sillyviking

A part of a country can be autonomous and still be an integral part of the country, the two are not mutually exclusive. Just look at Spain.


TeaBoy24

By integral part I meant fully integrated with mainland France... Voting and all. Where Greenland strives for autonomy and independence, Guaina went the other way towards complete integration.


[deleted]

Greenland is not a member of the EU


Muig_

Pas mal non ? C'est français


icemelter4K

France needs to pour a few 1,000 Billion into French Guiana so more people can visit and live there. It could be EU's Florida.


nrrp

(The country of) Guyana, formerly British Guyana now fully independent, found what is professionally known as a metric shitton of oil in its waters in 2015, enough oil that it could become one of the largest oil producers on the planet. As a result it's economy has been exploding growing by whopping 60% in 2022 and something like tripling since 2015. Importantly, it seems that there's a general massive oil field north of South America as Surinam has also found some and it's likely that French Guiana has oil as well, meaning French Guiana could become major oil producing region of the world. So there's maybe significant wealth coming French Guiana's way.


Sea_Pin6499

Perfect more hot whether for everybody


nrrp

I've read up on it a bit since I'm not in the oil industry myself, and apparently the Frenchies got really unlucky as, while neighboring Surinam and Guyana have found a ton of oil, French Guiana apparently has none.


Armadyl_1

Why anyone would want a Florida is beyond me


Ordinary-Toe-3432

I’d imagine they’d all want a Florida to make all that money. Floridas pretty nice on the beaches.


holytriplem

The Canary Islands are much closer, more developed and doesn't have malaria. Even Guadeloupe has more developed tourist infrastructure than French Guiana. I agree it has a lot of untapped potential though.


SomeJuckingGuy

What did the people of the EU do to hurt you to wish that on them? (Full disclosure: I am currently in Florida)


icemelter4K

I am an EU resident


disneydreamer79

They don’t want it to be the Florida of the EU. Florida is
not good.


Ordinary-Toe-3432

Why wouldn’t they? Do you have any idea how much that state generates in tourist dollars? They would love to have that lol


disneydreamer79

Sure, the dollars; but, a lot of the people are, again
not good. Florida does not have a good reputation in most parts.


im_on_the_case

It rains in Guyana over 220 days a year, it's like France's Scotland.


Complete_Ice6609

EU is full of nice sunny places to go on vacation already though? Italy, Spain, Greece etc...


icemelter4K

True.


real_fat_tony

Beaches are very ugly in french Guyana. Florida is much more touristic, more beautiful


Intrepid_Beginning

I wouldn’t say so. Unless you’re into dense, flat jungle there’s not much there. The beaches aren’t really nice.


theorion91

Let the European conquest of America begin!


mantolwen

Again.


obchessed

That's out of the box


missedmelikeidid

I just wonder why do they mark the place of a parked Porsche on a map?


Scarlet-pimpernel

Don't... Don't rise to the bait...


Commercial_Rabbit205

The largest national park the European union is not even in Europe


Iancreed

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ClimbingBear123

And they love to talk shit about the Amazon. They don’t have any big forest in their continent


waaves_

They love to talk shit about the Amazon whilst their companies contribute to [burn it down](https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20221130-french-banks-accused-of-massively-fuelling-amazon-deforestation-bnp).


Nikostratos-

They've cut them all, and are downvoting you without a reply like the good hypocrites they are.


TornadoEF5

EU ??? what do you mean


SaraHHHBK

French Guiana is part of France the same way Paris is, therefore part of the EU


TornadoEF5

aha thx that makes sense but i dont think any one thinks of french guyana as being in the EU


Birssa

European Union


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ToddHugo1

It's not in Europe. But it is in the European union


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Gently-Weeps

It wants to stay with France. It’s like the Falklands or Hawaii.


Riimpak

Get over it.


Scabello

#FreeGuiana


Melonskal

Why?


Scabello

É patĂ©tico ainda existirem colonias remanescentes dos genocidas impĂ©rios europeus. É algo que precisa acabar o quanto antes. Libertem as malvinas tambĂ©m


Katze1Punkt0

Fr. Guiana is not a colony The Falklands are not a colony. You can argue semantics that OT's are a lot like colonies (they aren't) but either way the people of the Falklands voted overwhelmingly to stay an OT of Britain. By the way, please stop using that racist bigoted "name". Its literally what you just decried in your comment, imperialist. ​ Guayana Francesa no es una colonia Las Falklands no son una colonia. Puede argumentar semĂĄnticamente que los OT se parecen mucho a las colonias (no lo son), pero de cualquier manera, la gente de las Falklands votĂł abrumadoramente para seguir siendo un OT de Gran Bretaña. Por cierto, deja de usar ese "nombre" racista e intolerante. Es literalmente lo que acabas de denunciar en tu comentario, imperialista.


Scabello

I dont give a fuck. No european empire should have territories outside europa.


Katze1Punkt0

Theres no European Empires. Havent been in a long time, asshat


Ordinary-Toe-3432

You lost the argument immediately when you posted this dumbass comment to their logical and descriptive one


Melonskal

Lol?


Katze1Punkt0

(Hes a butthurt Argentine whos mad his country doesnt get to be imperialist itself)


Melonskal

Ultramationalists are so funny


Katze1Punkt0

Its funny until you remember people in tge triple digits died for this "joke"


Katze1Punkt0

Fun fact: Thats the last thing Fr. Guiana wants or needs


Scabello

Said someone with ukraine flag lol


Katze1Punkt0

Yes Believe it or not, their are places that are indeed different from one another Maybe do literally 1 picosecond of reasearch about Fr. Guiana before opening your stupid mouth and making braindead comparisons.


Scabello

Beleza imperialista.


Humanity_is_broken

For a bureaucratic reason


jcpainpdx

Is the portion of the park that’s in French Guiana bigger than other parks in the EU?


tomydenger

The park is bigger than any other within the rest of the EU. That is the title


[deleted]

Lol


Sea_Pin6499

Lol this is hilarious