Comments by "alukuhito" (@alukuhito) on "RealLifeLore" channel.

  1. When I was a teen, I lived in Delta. At the time, gas was much cheaper in the USA, so we'd drive down to Point Roberts, which was only about a half hour drive from where we lived. Tons of Canadians did that at the time. Sometimes there would be huge line-ups of cars waiting to get into Pt. Roberts from Canada, basically just for gas. Other times we would drive to Blaine, which was about the same distance. Fun times!
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  2. There's also a state in the USA called South Dakota, but it's in the northern hemisphere.
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  3.  @markkington423  Well, you better go visit then, before it disappears. New Orleans is a pretty cool place.
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  4.  @victorrachid6558  In English, America is NOT a continent. "America" refers to the USA. The USA is in the continent called North America. There is another continent called South America.
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  5. LOL. Latitude, not altitude. Calgary is at a totally different altitude, being much higher. Calgary is at 1045 metres, as it's close to the Rocky Mountains. London is at only 11 metres, being right on the Thames, and not far from the ocean. Learn the words!
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  6. Maybe you should rethink that. You're not taking into consideration the costs. What's good for Las Vegas has destroyed other areas. The whole area where the Colorado River used to empty out is dried up. Think of the natural environment on both sides of the Hoover Dam, and how much was destroyed. Las Vegas isn't sustainable. It's totally dependent on the Hoover Dam. All it would take is a precision terrorist attack to wipe out that dam, and we'll be talking very differently about Las Vegas. Don't think of Vegas as being inspiring, unless you just don't care about the people, animals, plants, and everything else that has paid the price.
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  7. He doesn't seem to care.
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  8.  @cnsrd4648  It's all relative. Vancouver, Canada, is just north of Washington State, whereas Vancouver, USA, is right at the border between Washington and Oregon, basically a suburb of Portland, Oregon. The Vancouvers are about 500 km away, which is further than the distance between London, UK and Frankfurt, Germany. Anyway, the point is that the narrator of this video was talking about the Vancouver in Canada, yet he didn't note it was in Canada, yet right after that he noted that Calgary was in Canada.
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  9.  @TrinhThanhTrung  Well, actually "Tokyo-to" literally translates to "East Capital Metropolis". 東京都　東 - To (east) 京 - kyo (capital) 都 to (metropolis). And, literally, Kyoto means "Capital City". 京都　京 - Kyo (Capital) 都 - to (city)
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  10.  @pedrosabino8751  I'm just telling you how it is. You don't know how the word "America" is used in North American English. You should actually spend some time in Canada and the USA. You might learn something. I dare you to go to Canada and call people Americans.
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  11.  @pedrosabino8751  Yep. Also, notice your Spanish name? We're using English here. If we were using Spanish, we would use "America" differently.
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  12. The Earth is warming. What's your problem?
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  13. Kids, kids. Stop fighting. Let’s just agree that the narrator was biased in what he said.
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  14. Found the dunce.
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  15. But what would you do there for a living though? Barely anyone lives there. Obviously they couldn't survive a "world-ending infection". They can't even feed themselves. They're totally dependent on Denmark for money too. So, dream on, buddy.
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  16. In Vancouver, they have this big world globe as some sort of sculpture. The thing is the people putting it together mixed up Japan and Cuba. However, that globe also happens to be in Chinatown, where basically everybody who walks by it can see the mistake. I'm guessing a couple of dull, white labourers were in charge of setting it up.
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  17.  @joserivaille8705  To me, it seems really silly to divide Europe and Asia into two, when they are clealy one large land mass. That becomes even more silly when the same people who do that, classify North America and South America as one continent, when they are clearly two large land masses, that happen to be somewhat connected by a very thin strip of land, which, by the way, is divided by the Panama Canal. Continents have nothing to do with culture. They are a geographical division. And, of course, there are many people in Asia that are culturally European, and vice-versa. Look at the cities just north of Japan, that are in Russia. They are full of white people, despite being closer to Tokyo than any significant Russian city. Anyway, that's my take, and I stick with it. I see continents as large distinct land masses: North America, South America, Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica. Oceania isn't a continent, but a name for all of the loose islands in the ocean that aren't clearly associated with a specific continent.
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  18.  @ChristianJofre  I know that, but we're using the English language here.
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  19.  @HankJSKF  You can't accept the way that the word "America" is actually used in North American English. LOL. You can deny reality all you want, but it won't help.
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  20.  @Джеклейланд  "America" means "The USA" in North American English. Vancouver, Canada is NOT in America. LOL. You sound European or South American, where people use that word differently. Believe me. If you go to Vancouver, Canada and tell people they're Americans, you might just get a hockey stick in the head. Also, Americans will think you're dumb. In North American English, "The USA" and "America" are interchangeable words. They mean the same thing.
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  21.  @pedrosabino8751  Sure. You can call a Canadian a North American, because that's what they are. Don't call them an American though, because that means they are from the USA.
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  22.  @bpdubb  So, in other words, everything is a she, because everything is in nature or man-made. According to that logic, all men, boys, and male animals are "she".
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  23. Traditionally countries are called "she" in English. Just like ships.
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  24.  @ZeMarkKrazee  It's just a language tradition. Actually a lot of languages divide countries up by masculine and feminine. For example, in French, Canada is masculine, "Le Canada", but France is feminine, "La France".
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  25. Just the opposite. The reason why Anchorage was so important was that many flights would fly over parts of Russia, and therefore be near Anchorage, making Anchorage a place for refueling. Now, all those flights are completely changing their routes and will be nowhere near Anchorage. On the other hand, Anchorage will be more important for the military, being so close to Russia. Money will pour into the area funding military activity.
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  26.  @PeruvianPotato  No. I already told you the thing.
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  27. The Hoover Dam would be a good terrorist target.
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  28. It should be part of Canada.
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  29. Right about what? LOL. You actually thought Denmark would sell Greenland? Are you stupid? Do you think Trump is the only person who knows that that area is valuable?
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  30. Just the opposite. The whole thing about flying over Russia is what made air routes go close to Anchorage. Now that Russian air space is closed, all of those non-Russian flights have to re-route, sometimes completely far away from Anchorage.
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  31. You sound all funny-like.
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  32. I hope it gets confiscated by Canada. Alaska should be Canada.
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  33. Nope. Less.
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  34. Sounds like the USA. So in debt, yet spending incredible amounts of money on lame-ass wars.
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  35. Better than now. The climate will be more bearable, more fresh drinking water will be available, more land will be available, shipping routes will open up. What? Do you think the ocean will rise so much that Anchorage will be under water? Psh.
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  36.  @ZeMarkKrazee  Keep cringing.
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  37. Actually, it will be less used because tons of flights used to go over Russia, but those are being changed now. Anchorage won't be anywhere near the new flight paths.
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  38.  @kurtsell8376  We'll see.
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  39. Seriously, it should be Canada though. Just look at a map. It's a natural extension of Canada.
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  40. In North American English, "America" means the USA. It would be better to say "The Americas", or even more clearly, "North and South America". Anyway, yeah... You never hear about anyone driving all the way from the Arctic Ocean down through Canada, the USA, Mexico, continuing all the way into South America and down to the southernmost point, or vice-versa. It seems like such an obvious adventure to go on. Also, what with gas prices, it's not so doable though.
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  41.  @hiplsnols4394  Funny nonetheless.
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  42. Not a tornado. A typhoon. A typhoon is a hurricane. Very strong wind, lots of rain, and not pinpointed like a tornado. They can cover large areas, like half of Japan sometimes.
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  43. Yeah, but he was talking about South America in terms of how it relates to the USA.
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  44.  @nvrndingsmmr  There is no clean energy source. Japan, like many countries, needs electricity. Japan, unlike many countries, doesn't have big powerful rivers to dam up, or coal or natural gas to burn to create electricity. Nuclear is not perfect, but it's better than nothing. Overall, can you really say that any other type of energy generation is better? I don't think so. Look at Canada. They've got excellent reactors that are very safe. Isn't it better to use nuclear energy than to destroy ecosystems by creating huge dams?
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  45.  @PeruvianPotato  In English, "she" is used for countries traditionally. You're Peruvian, so you speak Spanish, and that language divides all nouns into feminine or masculine, so what are you on about?
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  46.  @mitsuck7881  But this thread is in English. I am aware that other languages use the word "America" differently.
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  47.  @virtualaviation8399  Imperialist as opposed to what? Spanish? Like Spanish isn't imperialistic? Anyway, North America is one continent and South America is a different one. "America" refers to the USA. Again, if you want to test this, simply go to Canada and start calling Canadians Americans and see what happens to you. I suggest wearing body armour.
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  48.  @luizfilipe4226  LOL "America" is not a continent. Who taught you that? Tell me what are the continents of the world in your view, please. I'm curious.
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  49.  @joserivaille8705  Really? What are the other continents. I'm curious about the logic as to what is considered a continent and what not. So in the viewpoint of Latin American countries, "America" is one continent. What are the others?
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  50.  @joserivaille8705  But, if that is one big continent, then why do you break up Europe, Africa, and Asia, despite them being connected to each other? What is the definition of a continent? Definitely Europe and Asia ae one land mass, so to me that's the Eurasian continent. However, you could easily say that Africa is a part of that continent too.
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