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* If it's an ice age why is only the Northern hemisphere effected? Shouldn't we at least hear about some doomed Australians or South Americans/Africans heading North?

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* If it's an ice age why is only the Northern hemisphere effected? affected? Shouldn't we at least hear about some doomed Australians or South Americans/Africans heading North?
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* Why did the British wait until the temperature reached a level where helicopters would freeze in mid-air to evacuate the royal family?

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* Why did the British wait until the temperature reached a level where helicopters would freeze in mid-air to evacuate the royal family?family?
** Possibly the royals refused to budge. During World War Two there was talk of evacuating the Royal Family - even sending the princesses to Canada - but the King would not hear of it; he wanted to show solidarity with the people of London by remaining there during the Blitz.

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** Considering his age, you'd assume he was far-sighted, but if he was doing that then he's probably nearsighted. Most nearsighted people do that.

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** Considering his age, you'd assume he was far-sighted, but if he was doing that then he's probably nearsighted. near-sighted. Most nearsighted near-sighted people do that.



* What exactly was Jack's plan to save his son?So he's in DC quite some distance from NYC to go during the worst storm in recorded history.He gets to NYC while losing a friend during the trek and what was his plan afterwards?Had no choppers came to rescue him his son and all the others their only option was to go on foot all the way to Florida.So what exactly was his plan?Get to NYC prove to my son i care about him for 'reasons' then go on foot all the way to warmer places?Wouldn't a better solution have been to tell him to wait it out then hopefully get a chopper to go to NYC and avoid losing one of his friends in a way that could have been avoided.He already knew where his son and presumably others were located going to NYC wouldn't really 'save' his son since they both and others need to reach warmer places.If anything the best solution was to tell his son and others to wait it out then once the worst of the storm passed find some chopper to go there.Had he stayed in DC he wouldn't have gotten one of his friends killed and he still could have went to NYC on a chopper afterwards.
* Also i get the whole 'joke' with Mexico closing its border to american immigrants but realistically if 50 million or so americans charged the border even shooting to kill wouldn't stop more than a few of them.And to be frank allowing such a huge number of refugees in such a short time while the global food stocks have been largely lost due to the climate disaster would cause Mexico huge problems pretty soon like starvation since not enough agricultural products are left to feed not only Mexicos population but the 50-60 million americans who suddenly came over the border.It seems Emmerich wanted that scene for the sake of a 'joke' and didn't exactly think it through.
* How did Laura not spot the gargantuan tidal wave when she turned around to get the woman's purse in the taxi cab, she was looking in it's direction for several moments but somehow completly missed it.

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* What exactly was Jack's plan to save his son?So son? So he's in DC quite some distance from NYC to go during the worst storm in recorded history.history. He gets to NYC while losing a friend during the trek and what was his plan afterwards?Had afterwards? Had no choppers came to rescue him his son and all the others their only option was to go on foot all the way to Florida.Florida. So what exactly was his plan?Get plan? Get to NYC prove to my son i care about him for 'reasons' then go on foot all the way to warmer places?Wouldn't places? Wouldn't a better solution have been to tell him to wait it out then hopefully get a chopper to go to NYC and avoid losing one of his friends in a way that could have been avoided.avoided. He already knew where his son and presumably others were located going to NYC wouldn't really 'save' his son since they both and others need to reach warmer places.places. If anything the best solution was to tell his son and others to wait it out then once the worst of the storm passed find some chopper to go there.there. Had he stayed in DC he wouldn't have gotten one of his friends killed and he still could have went to NYC on a chopper afterwards.
** He went there to make sure his son was still alive, he probably knew he wouldn't be able to grab his son and march him to Mexico, he just wanted to find him and help him survive until rescue came, parents are impulsive like that when their kids are in danger.
* Also i I get the whole 'joke' with Mexico closing its border to american American immigrants but realistically if 50 million or so americans Americans charged the border even shooting to kill wouldn't stop more than a few of them.them, And to be frank allowing such a huge number of refugees in such a short time while the global food stocks have been largely lost due to the climate disaster would cause Mexico huge problems pretty soon like starvation since not enough agricultural products are left to feed not only Mexicos Mexico's population but the 50-60 million americans Americans who suddenly came over the border.border. It seems Emmerich wanted that scene for the sake of a 'joke' and didn't exactly think it through.
* How did Laura not spot the gargantuan tidal wave when she turned around to get the woman's purse in the taxi cab, she was looking in it's direction for several moments but somehow completly completely missed it.
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* How did Laura not spot the gargantuan tidal wave when she turned around to get the woman's purse in the taxi cab, she was looking in it's direction for several moments but somehow completly missed it.

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* How did Laura not spot the gargantuan tidal wave when she turned around to get the woman's purse in the taxi cab, she was looking in it's direction for several moments but somehow completly missed it.it.
* Why did the British wait until the temperature reached a level where helicopters would freeze in mid-air to evacuate the royal family?
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*** The [[https://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/research Stephen A. Schwarzman Building]] in New York is also a museum and research center. The Rare Books Division and the Manuscripts and Archives Division are located on the third floor. The regular collection are on the lower floors, which were flooded.

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*** The [[https://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/research Stephen A. Schwarzman Building]] in New York is also a museum and research center. The Rare Books Division and the Manuscripts and Archives Division are located on the third floor. The regular collection collections are on the lower floors, which were flooded.
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* Also i get the whole 'joke' with Mexico closing its border to american immigrants but realistically if 50 million or so americans charged the border even shooting to kill wouldn't stop more than a few of them.Not to mention the fact that the US could simply have threatened to attack Mexico with its remaining military assets if Mexico kept at it no need to forgive Latin America's debt.And to be frank allowing such a huge number of refugees in such a short time while the global food stocks have been largely lost due to the climate disaster would cause Mexico huge problems pretty soon like starvation since not enough agricultural products are left to feed not only Mexicos population but the 50-60 million americans who suddenly came over the border.It seems Emmerich wanted that scene for the sake of a 'joke' and didn't exactly think it through.

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* Also i get the whole 'joke' with Mexico closing its border to american immigrants but realistically if 50 million or so americans charged the border even shooting to kill wouldn't stop more than a few of them.Not to mention the fact that the US could simply have threatened to attack Mexico with its remaining military assets if Mexico kept at it no need to forgive Latin America's debt.And to be frank allowing such a huge number of refugees in such a short time while the global food stocks have been largely lost due to the climate disaster would cause Mexico huge problems pretty soon like starvation since not enough agricultural products are left to feed not only Mexicos population but the 50-60 million americans who suddenly came over the border.It seems Emmerich wanted that scene for the sake of a 'joke' and didn't exactly think it through.
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*** The [[https://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/research Stephen A. Schwarzman Building]] in New York is also a museum and research center. The Rare Books Division and the Manuscripts and Archives Division are located on the third floor. The regular collection would be on the lower floors, which were flooded.

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*** The [[https://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/research Stephen A. Schwarzman Building]] in New York is also a museum and research center. The Rare Books Division and the Manuscripts and Archives Division are located on the third floor. The regular collection would be are on the lower floors, which were flooded.
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*** The [[https://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/research Stephen A. Schwarzman Building]] in New York is also part museum and research center. The Rare Books Division and the Manuscripts and Archives Division are located on the third floor. The regular collection would be on the lower floors, which were flooded.

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*** The [[https://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/research Stephen A. Schwarzman Building]] in New York is also part a museum and research center. The Rare Books Division and the Manuscripts and Archives Division are located on the third floor. The regular collection would be on the lower floors, which were flooded.
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*** The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building in New York is also part museum and research center. The Rare Books Division and the Manuscripts and Archives Division are located on the third floor. The regular collection would be on the lower floors, which were flooded.

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*** The [[https://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/research Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Building]] in New York is also part museum and research center. The Rare Books Division and the Manuscripts and Archives Division are located on the third floor. The regular collection would be on the lower floors, which were flooded.
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*** The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building in New York is also part museum and research center. The Rare Books Division and the Manuscripts and Archives Division are located on the third floor. The regular collection would be on the lower floors, which were flooded.
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* Also i get the whole 'joke' with Mexico closing its border to american immigrants but realistically if 50 million or so americans charged the border even shooting to kill wouldn't stop more than a few of them.Not to mention the fact that the US could simply have threatened to attack Mexico with its remaining military assets if Mexico kept at it no need to forgive Latin America's debt.And to be frank allowing such a huge number of refugees in such a short time while the global food stocks have been largely lost due to the climate disaster would cause Mexico huge problems pretty soon like starvation since not enough agricultural products are left to feed not only Mexicos population but the 50-60 million americans who suddenly came over the border.It seems Emmerich wanted that scene for the sake of a 'joke' and didn't exactly think it through.

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* Also i get the whole 'joke' with Mexico closing its border to american immigrants but realistically if 50 million or so americans charged the border even shooting to kill wouldn't stop more than a few of them.Not to mention the fact that the US could simply have threatened to attack Mexico with its remaining military assets if Mexico kept at it no need to forgive Latin America's debt.And to be frank allowing such a huge number of refugees in such a short time while the global food stocks have been largely lost due to the climate disaster would cause Mexico huge problems pretty soon like starvation since not enough agricultural products are left to feed not only Mexicos population but the 50-60 million americans who suddenly came over the border.It seems Emmerich wanted that scene for the sake of a 'joke' and didn't exactly think it through.through.
* How did Laura not spot the gargantuan tidal wave when she turned around to get the woman's purse in the taxi cab, she was looking in it's direction for several moments but somehow completly missed it.
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**** Because spending more money on something doesn't automatically make it better.
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** Sadly, people do stuff just that dumb all the time with tornadoes. The leading Darwin Award-winning justifications are "I'm sure I can outrun it!" followed quickly by "It can't turn quickly enough to catch me!" - both of which are deadly wrong. Plus, panicky people are stupid; you start throwing vehicles around and the average person will start to panic a tad, and good judgment goes right out the window.
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** It's also important to remember that while the ship does have all those amenities, you need to know how to actually run them. Firing up marine engines that size isn't like starting a Toyota, and keeping them running would've been effectively impossible as they rely on seawater for cooling, and ice is pretty famous for not being liquid. (Even if there was still liquid water below the ice, the intakes and/or outlets would likely be blocked or hindered.) Only if a trained crew were handy would the freighter be any degree of practical as a refuge, and even then it would be marginal.
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* What exactly was Jack's plan to save his son?So he's in DC quite some distance from NYC to go during the worst storm in recorded history.He gets to NYC while losing a friend during the trek and what was his plan afterwards?Had no choppers came to rescue him his son and all the others their only option was to go on foot all the way to Florida.So what exactly was his plan?Get to NYC prove to my son i care about him for 'reasons' then go on foot all the way to warmer places?Wouldn't a better solution have been to tell him to wait it out then hopefully get a chopper to go to NYC and avoid losing one of his friends in a way that could have been avoided.He already knew where his son and presumably others were located going to NYC wouldn't really 'save' his son since they both and others need to reach warmer places.If anything the best solution was to tell his son and others to wait it out then once the worst of the storm passed find some chopper to go there.

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* What exactly was Jack's plan to save his son?So he's in DC quite some distance from NYC to go during the worst storm in recorded history.He gets to NYC while losing a friend during the trek and what was his plan afterwards?Had no choppers came to rescue him his son and all the others their only option was to go on foot all the way to Florida.So what exactly was his plan?Get to NYC prove to my son i care about him for 'reasons' then go on foot all the way to warmer places?Wouldn't a better solution have been to tell him to wait it out then hopefully get a chopper to go to NYC and avoid losing one of his friends in a way that could have been avoided.He already knew where his son and presumably others were located going to NYC wouldn't really 'save' his son since they both and others need to reach warmer places.If anything the best solution was to tell his son and others to wait it out then once the worst of the storm passed find some chopper to go there.Had he stayed in DC he wouldn't have gotten one of his friends killed and he still could have went to NYC on a chopper afterwards.
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* What exactly was Jack's plan to save his son?So he's in DC quite some distance from NYC to go during the worst storm in recorded history.He gets to NYC while losing a friend during the trek and what was his plan afterwards?Had no choppers came to rescue him his son and all the others their only option was to go on foot all the way to Florida.So what exactly was his plan?Get to NYC prove to my son i care about him for 'reasons' then go on foot all the way to warmer places?Wouldn't a better solution have been to tell him to wait it out then hopefully get a chopper to go to NYC and avoid losing one of his friends in a way that could have been avoided.He already knew where his son and presumably others were located going to NYC would really 'save' his son since they both and others need to reach warmer places.If anything the best solution was to tell his son and others to wait it out then once the worst of the storm passed find some chopper to go there.

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* What exactly was Jack's plan to save his son?So he's in DC quite some distance from NYC to go during the worst storm in recorded history.He gets to NYC while losing a friend during the trek and what was his plan afterwards?Had no choppers came to rescue him his son and all the others their only option was to go on foot all the way to Florida.So what exactly was his plan?Get to NYC prove to my son i care about him for 'reasons' then go on foot all the way to warmer places?Wouldn't a better solution have been to tell him to wait it out then hopefully get a chopper to go to NYC and avoid losing one of his friends in a way that could have been avoided.He already knew where his son and presumably others were located going to NYC would wouldn't really 'save' his son since they both and others need to reach warmer places.If anything the best solution was to tell his son and others to wait it out then once the worst of the storm passed find some chopper to go there.
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* What exactly was Jack's plan to save his son?So he's in DC quite some distance from NYC to go on foot during the worst storm in recorded history.He gets to NYC while losing a friend during the trek and what was his plan afterwards?Had no choppers came to rescue him his son and all the others their only option was to go on foot all the way to Florida.So what exactly was his plan?Get to NYC prove to my son i care about him for 'reasons' then go on foot all the way to warmer places?Wouldn't a better solution have been to tell him to wait it out then hopefully get a chopper to go to NYC and avoid losing one of his friends in a way that could have been avoided.

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* What exactly was Jack's plan to save his son?So he's in DC quite some distance from NYC to go on foot during the worst storm in recorded history.He gets to NYC while losing a friend during the trek and what was his plan afterwards?Had no choppers came to rescue him his son and all the others their only option was to go on foot all the way to Florida.So what exactly was his plan?Get to NYC prove to my son i care about him for 'reasons' then go on foot all the way to warmer places?Wouldn't a better solution have been to tell him to wait it out then hopefully get a chopper to go to NYC and avoid losing one of his friends in a way that could have been avoided.He already knew where his son and presumably others were located going to NYC would really 'save' his son since they both and others need to reach warmer places.If anything the best solution was to tell his son and others to wait it out then once the worst of the storm passed find some chopper to go there.
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* What exactly was Jack's plan to save his son?So he's in DC quite some distance from NYC to go on foot during the worst storm in recorded history.He gets to NYC while losing a friend during the trek and what was his plan afterwards?Had no choppers came to rescue him his son and all the others their only option was to go on foot all the way to Florida.So what exactly was his plan?Get to NYC prove to my son i care about him for 'reasons' then go on foot all the way to warmer places?Wouldn't a better solution have been to tell him to wait it out then hopefully get a chopper to go to NYC and avoid losing one of his friends in a way that could have been avoided.

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* What exactly was Jack's plan to save his son?So he's in DC quite some distance from NYC to go on foot during the worst storm in recorded history.He gets to NYC while losing a friend during the trek and what was his plan afterwards?Had no choppers came to rescue him his son and all the others their only option was to go on foot all the way to Florida.So what exactly was his plan?Get to NYC prove to my son i care about him for 'reasons' then go on foot all the way to warmer places?Wouldn't a better solution have been to tell him to wait it out then hopefully get a chopper to go to NYC and avoid losing one of his friends in a way that could have been avoided.avoided.
* Also i get the whole 'joke' with Mexico closing its border to american immigrants but realistically if 50 million or so americans charged the border even shooting to kill wouldn't stop more than a few of them.Not to mention the fact that the US could simply have threatened to attack Mexico with its remaining military assets if Mexico kept at it no need to forgive Latin America's debt.And to be frank allowing such a huge number of refugees in such a short time while the global food stocks have been largely lost due to the climate disaster would cause Mexico huge problems pretty soon like starvation since not enough agricultural products are left to feed not only Mexicos population but the 50-60 million americans who suddenly came over the border.It seems Emmerich wanted that scene for the sake of a 'joke' and didn't exactly think it through.
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* What exactly was Jack's plan to save his son?So he's in Philly quite some distance from NYC to go on foot during the worst storm in recorded history.He gets to NYC while losing a friend during the trek and what was his plan afterwards?Had no choppers came to rescue him his son and all the others their only option was to go on foot all the way to Florida.So what exactly was his plan?Get to NYC prove to my son i care about him for 'reasons' then go on foot all the way to warmer places?Wouldn't a better solution have been to tell him to wait it out then hopefully get a chopper to go to NYC and avoid losing one of his friends in a way that could have been avoided.

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* What exactly was Jack's plan to save his son?So he's in Philly DC quite some distance from NYC to go on foot during the worst storm in recorded history.He gets to NYC while losing a friend during the trek and what was his plan afterwards?Had no choppers came to rescue him his son and all the others their only option was to go on foot all the way to Florida.So what exactly was his plan?Get to NYC prove to my son i care about him for 'reasons' then go on foot all the way to warmer places?Wouldn't a better solution have been to tell him to wait it out then hopefully get a chopper to go to NYC and avoid losing one of his friends in a way that could have been avoided.
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* How exactly do the Astronauts aboard the space station confirm that the storm has broken up over North America while over Europe?

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* How exactly do the Astronauts aboard the space station confirm that the storm has broken up over North America while over Europe?Europe?
* What exactly was Jack's plan to save his son?So he's in Philly quite some distance from NYC to go on foot during the worst storm in recorded history.He gets to NYC while losing a friend during the trek and what was his plan afterwards?Had no choppers came to rescue him his son and all the others their only option was to go on foot all the way to Florida.So what exactly was his plan?Get to NYC prove to my son i care about him for 'reasons' then go on foot all the way to warmer places?Wouldn't a better solution have been to tell him to wait it out then hopefully get a chopper to go to NYC and avoid losing one of his friends in a way that could have been avoided.
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*** They had plenty of more pressing matters at the time than her leg wound. It's hard to focus on thinking of infections when you're otherwise focused on not starving or freezing. Both of which might either kill you faster or exacerbate the infection while at the same time masking the real cause.
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** Considering his age, you'd assume he was far-sighted, but if he was doing that then he's probably nearsighted. Most nearsighted people do that.

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** Considering his age, you'd assume he was far-sighted, but if he was doing that then he's probably nearsighted. Most nearsighted people do that.that.
* How exactly do the Astronauts aboard the space station confirm that the storm has broken up over North America while over Europe?
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* Americans say that Australia got a Typhoon. a) Americans call them Hurricanes b) Australians call them Cyclones. So why the heck do they use the asian name for them?
** "Typhoon" refers to Pacific hurricanes in general, including ones that hit the American Pacific Coast, so the average American would probably use that word to describe one hitting Australia. (This might not actually be the correct technical distinction between Typhoon/Hurricane, but it seems to be the general belief among East Coast Americans where I live)

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* Americans say that Australia got a Typhoon. a) Americans call them Hurricanes b) Australians call them Cyclones. So why the heck do they use the asian Asian name for them?
** "Typhoon" refers to Pacific hurricanes in general, including ones that hit the American Pacific Coast, so the average American would probably use that word to describe one hitting Australia. (This might not actually be the correct technical distinction between Typhoon/Hurricane, but it seems to be the general belief among East Coast Americans where I live)



* Is it even possible for two twisters to join like that? Beside each other their sides would be going opposite ways. I would have thought that would have made them clash and cancel each other out. (Genuine question by the way.)

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* Is it even possible for two twisters to join like that? Beside each other their sides would be going opposite ways. I would have thought that would have made them clash and cancel each other out. (Genuine question by the way.)



* I find it odd from a film making perspective, that at $1 million a wolf, they went for using C.G.I wolves rather than real, trained wolves which would be better looking and cheaper.

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* I find it It's odd from a film making perspective, that at $1 million a wolf, they went for using C.G.I wolves rather than real, trained wolves which would be better looking and cheaper.



** Yeah I don't think anyone can justify that.



** TV announcers probably do not take the bus to work and aspire to drive a Porsche if they don't already drive one... so naturally they'd empathise with the posh car and not the plebs in the bus?

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** TV announcers probably do not take the bus to work and aspire to drive a Porsche if they don't already drive one... so naturally they'd empathise empathize with the posh car and not the plebs in the bus?



** Seeing this movie for myself, none of the Scots speak in American accents: their accents just aren't real heavy (and most European accents you hear in American entertainment are large exaggerations anyway); like with Americans, certain accents and dialects are more noticeable than others are, such as, say, a Brooklyn accent, or a Cajun (Louisiana) accent. Same with the U.K., they have regional accents and dialects that are more pronounced than others.

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** Seeing this movie for myself, movie, none of the Scots speak in American accents: their accents just aren't real heavy (and most European accents you hear in American entertainment are large exaggerations anyway); like with Americans, certain accents and dialects are more noticeable than others are, such as, say, a Brooklyn accent, or a Cajun (Louisiana) accent. Same with the U.K., they have regional accents and dialects that are more pronounced than others.



** Judging by the actions of the Vice President at the climate conference, this movie apparently occurs in an AU where the US government didn't give a fuck about climate, didn't pass any laws regarding it, and didn't fund any programs for it. Which would be consistent with the whole heavy-handed Anvilicious that's the entire movie, I guess.

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** Judging by the actions of the Vice President at the climate conference, this movie apparently occurs in an AU where the US government didn't give a fuck about climate, didn't pass any laws regarding it, and didn't fund any programs for it. Which would be consistent with the whole heavy-handed Anvilicious that's the entire movie, I guess.movie.



** Considering his age, you'd assume he was far-sighted, but if he was doing that then he's probably nearsighted. I know ''I'' am nearsighted and I do the same thing as he did.

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** Considering his age, you'd assume he was far-sighted, but if he was doing that then he's probably nearsighted. I know ''I'' am Most nearsighted and I people do the same thing as he did.that.

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