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Not everyone lives in the northern hemisphere, or call autumn “fall”, or, AFAICT, use the seasons over specific months as much as the US.

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the quotes don’t really help with any of that though. people can figure it out from context.

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24 points

The southern hemisphere is just a bunch of penguins and seals. Who cares.

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27 points

The Aussies would be mad if their internet wasnt dogshit.

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13 points

Ouch. That’s a burn.

Better go to the hospital for a free fix.

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Our national network yes, but we don’t have the bullshit locked down devices (paired with a certain sim) you have in the land of the free, we can buy whatever we like and it magically works.

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I think it is fair to ascribe northern seasons to people who have held a job with the de facto requires you to be born on the northern hemisphere.

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Just to be pedantic:

You don’t have to be born in the US to be president, you just have to be born with US citizenship, but if one or both of your parents are citizens, you are too from birth.

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The only US presidents who weren’t officially born in the US were all born in the 13 English colonies that would eventually make up the US. It is still debated if someone born outside the US to American parents is eligible for the president. Birther scandals go all the way back to Chester Arthur, who was first purported to be born in his father’s homeland of Ireland, and then Lower Canada, where his parents first met. Those accusations never really took root and were disproven, but there has never been a Supreme Court ruling to determine what “natural born” citizen actually means.

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I figured there was a reason, thanks.

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18 points

All good!

If it helps, I don’t live in the Northern Hempisphere, so I had to think a bit each time.

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You’re talking about American presidential candidates?

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Good eye!

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Vacuum cleaner brands put out by " Hoover".

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