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Postby Augarundus » Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:17 pm

By individuals.
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Postby Meryuma » Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:18 pm

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Postby Rick astley » Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:33 pm

Corporations and Companies wrote:just say you were forced to divide up the World - how would you divy it up

By Skin Colour?
By Religion?
By Political Leaning?
By Sex?

Or would you get more creative? Put all the accountants in one nation, short people in another, vegetarians in another and so forth?

How would you make your world perfect?


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Postby Priory Academy USSR » Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:52 pm

Give everyone a test about their qualifications. Everyone who puts 'swag' gets put in America.
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Postby Pine Mountain » Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:56 pm

People have a tendency to segregate themselves if given the freedom to do so. So first we must destroy the regimes that forbid the right of emigration: North Korea, Eritrea, and Saudi Arabia. But there are also other obstacles that impede relocation, like the excessive cost of real estate that is the result of real estate flippers, and the difficulty of finding an adequate job in the new location which is the result of the oligopoly of business rentiers. Eliminate such obstacles, and people will self-segregate; it's not necessary to forcibly segregate people.
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Postby Wind in the Willows » Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:59 pm

I wouldn't.

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Postby Constaniana » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:04 pm

Divide it based on how the person pronounces potato.
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Postby Esternial » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:07 pm

Pine Mountain wrote:People have a tendency to segregate themselves if given the freedom to do so. So first we must destroy the regimes that forbid the right of emigration: North Korea, Eritrea, and Saudi Arabia. But there are also other obstacles that impede relocation, like the excessive cost of real estate that is the result of real estate flippers, and the difficulty of finding an adequate job in the new location which is the result of the oligopoly of business rentiers. Eliminate such obstacles, and people will self-segregate; it's not necessary to forcibly segregate people.

Sort of like shaking a solution of oil and water and wait for it to settle.

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Postby Greater Nilfgaard » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:08 pm

Priory Academy USSR wrote:Give everyone a test about their qualifications. Everyone who puts 'swag' gets put in America.


Depends what you mean by swag

Political ideology is what we should test for.
Depending on the result, you are sent to a different zone of the globe
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Postby Dieu Vous Benisse » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:08 pm

Constaniana wrote:Divide it based on how the person pronounces potato.

Couldn't of said it better myself :)

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Postby Greater Nilfgaard » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:25 pm

Dieu Vous Benisse wrote:
Constaniana wrote:Divide it based on how the person pronounces potato.

Couldn't of said it better myself :)


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Correct division of the world is essential for the dominance of the great souled.

We must pursue this with level heads, humor is far beneath us.
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Postby Solmakia » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:29 pm

Alright, how about the way they get to the center of a tootsie roll pop.

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Postby The Nuclear Fist » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:31 pm

I wouldn't.
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Postby Faolinn » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:35 pm

Why divide it when I can unite it?
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Postby Atlantae » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:35 pm

I'd rather not divide it. Can I divide Mars instead? Newt Gingrich can have the moon.
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Postby RobCo Industries » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:06 pm

I wouldn't, because I wouldn't ever force anyone to be in one country.

Except people that piss me off, then they go to Antarctica.
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Postby Evil Lord Bane » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:12 pm

The world is already divided up as it is. But if it was up to me, I would use Bra size to do it. Women with the largest boobs would live closer to where I do, while those with A and B cups would live on the other side of the world.
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Postby RobCo Industries » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:13 pm

Evil Lord Bane wrote:The world is already divided up as it is. But if it was up to me, I would use Bra size to do it. Those women with larger boobs would live closer to where I do, while those with A and B cups would live on the other side of the world.

But, then would you divide those with larger breasts based on whether they were fake or not?
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Postby Wamitoria » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:17 pm

People I don't like in one area. Everywhere else stays as is.
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Postby Merriwhether » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:18 pm

Risottia wrote:
Corporations and Companies wrote:just say you were forced to divide up the World...
How would you make your world perfect?


By awesomeness. Awesome people on one side, non-awesome people on the other.
That's about as objective as you can get.


And who's to decide who is awesome and not? You?
That's biased and according to perspective.
There would have to be a universal idea of Awesomeness, which you will never achieve because everyone thinks differently. So, then, who's perspective of awesome and not do you choose? Do you ask people if they're awesome? They can lie...

You cannot divide the world according to specifications. There will always be exceptions, there will always be disagreement. Any person foolish enough to try and divide the world is clearly an idiot, because no matter how hard you try, you will not cut the thin line between everyone perfectly, because there is no line. That's like trying to pinpoint the location at which green turns to yellow, and yellow to orange in the color spectrum. There isn't. It kind of just... flows, from one color to the other. There's no two ways about it.
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Postby The Kangaroo Republic » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:23 pm

Risottia wrote:
Corporations and Companies wrote:just say you were forced to divide up the World...
How would you make your world perfect?


By awesomeness. Awesome people on one side, non-awesome people on the other.
That's about as objective as you can get.

Can Australia be a part of Awesomeland?
And can I live there if that is the case?
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Postby Ulvena » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:24 pm

Race and culture. There's a reason why cultures didn't mingle very well with vastly different cultures. There's also a reason why Europe is considered separate from Asia despite there being no large body of water dividing the two regions. It's largely a cultural barrier. Same with why America's melting pot needed people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Abe Lincoln to make sure humans are treated like humans.

Frankly, let's not have to deal with the racism and division between vastly different cultures and let the physical barriers stay. Emotionally and socially, we can be accepting of other races. But physically, let's keep at what humanity has been doing. At least you'll see race related crimes go down. Maybe if humanity was more mature, we wouldn't even be talking about this.

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