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[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 104 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Alaskans and Hawaiians are incapable of forming bonds of friendship.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Washington and idaho as well apprently.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I am from Seattle.

Anecdotally:

This is correct.

People are absurdly transactional, performative and superficial about relationships and also very anti social compared to basically anywhere else I've ever been in the US.

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago (11 children)

I knew I liked Seattle for a reason.

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[–] kwomp2@sh.itjust.works 56 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. Can we have have at least a tiny bit of info how this data came to be?

Not just this one, but all the infographs, maps etc. Always leave entirely open if someone just guessed the data for the lulz.

This makes me a litte sad sometimes

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 34 points 2 months ago (6 children)
[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So the map is more accurately titled "How American Twitter users refer..."

[–] kwomp2@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"White american male twitter users", according to the last paragraph

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago

I could have not clicked that video. But I did. And I regret it.

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[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People in Washington don't refer to each others.

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[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 26 points 2 months ago

I thought America was mostly NTSC

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 months ago

nice maps, homes!

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 months ago (5 children)

no bro’s in california?
whoever made this hasn’t been to anything out west

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 months ago

Seattle Freeze is REAL

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

what happened to man... as in hey man.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Northeast US left off because they just say "Yo asshole"

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[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As a Washingtonian, as usual, I’m glad to barely be represented on a heat map of something.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Anybody use the word fucker as a term of endearment? "What's up, fucker?"

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ah, you must be from the North East.

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[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I love that New England doesn't show a preference for any of the choices. My theory: Boston throws off the curve with "asshole" and "fucker" and the data scientists didn't want to cover cursing.

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So there's PAL, where's NTSC, and SÉCAM?

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[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I was upset that Kentucky didn't have much coverage, but then I realized that "Hosscat" wasn't one of the choices.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Eastern Pennsylvania apparently has no word for Bros.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 9 points 2 months ago

It's just a nod and a quickly whispered "Go Birds."

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[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm apparently in the "Pal" region and it's not a word I use often to refer to people, nor have I heard it used often by others either.

We use "Dude" pretty often, but looking at the map you'd think this is a dude desert.

[–] don@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

Further down the article this screen’s taken from, they show the raw data they got for “dude”, and its usage is pretty much everywhere.

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Meshuggah333@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't know why but "fella" sounds old fashioned to me.

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[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget "guy" and "chief".

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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Hypothesis: you can go to the Great lakes region and just make random noises and people will be like "hey, what's up?”.

[–] sturlabragason@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

The large amounts of no-bro-zones scares me.

[–] Chromebby@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

West coast here. There’s also “man” and “guys.” I use those way more than “dude” lol

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[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Suggests that in Georgia, Americans don't refer to their friends

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[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago

Been ‘dude’ for me as long as I’ve been alive.

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Speaking of brotymology, what's a gender neutral version of bro/man?

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

People in Georgia and Washington State apparently don't have friends.

[–] tpyoman@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Liv3 WA, can confirm.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Or Florida.

But actually it checks out for WA

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Where is sexy-(square)pants? Man-in-tights? Curly-cock? Dick-broom?

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[–] stammi@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago

You can call me Al.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

What's that enormous hole in dude?

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

Damn, no representation for "babe", "bbgrl", etc? I use those a lot.

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