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There are more museums in the U. S. than there
are Starbucks and 1/ ) inards - combined
By hrs IS, I
The Salvador Dali museum in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Photo by Flickr user Matthew Paulson, used under
a Creative Commons license.)
There are 11, 000 Starbucks locations in the United States, and about
14, 000 McDonald' s restaurants. But combined, the two chains don' t come chose
to the number of in the ., which stands at a whopping 35, 000.
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#15 - fabledlobster ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
**fabledlobster used "*roll picture*"**
**fabledlobster rolled image**you cant just post about the US and not insult it or post a freedom eagle
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#178 to #15 - anon (12/07/2015) [-]
If only it was an F15-E that would have been a perfect roll
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#198 to #178 - anon (12/07/2015) [-]
get out
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User avatar #152 to #15 - meganinja ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
That's an amazing roll.
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#175 to #15 - anon (12/07/2015) [-]
thats basically a freedom eagle
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#16 to #15 - anon (12/06/2015) [-]
I mean, thats kind of a freedom eagle
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#235 to #16 - anon (12/08/2015) [-]
It's the CAS BRRRRRRRRRRRT of freedom
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#3 - theruse (12/06/2015) [-]
A post about the U.S. that isn't about how it's the worst country in the world?

Can't wait for this not to get the front page.
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User avatar #209 to #3 - breadlen (12/07/2015) [-]
oh a faggot. i cant wait for you not to get top comment
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User avatar #185 to #3 - victhree (12/07/2015) [-]
Oh, you must be new here. Welcome to Funnyjunk.
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User avatar #42 to #3 - europe (12/06/2015) [-]
2bad4u
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User avatar #84 to #42 - tarabostes (12/06/2015) [-]
I Know right?
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#79 to #3 - mattyl (12/06/2015) [-]
It's on frontpage
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User avatar #68 to #3 - mendelevium (12/06/2015) [-]
But it is the worst.
In terms of Starbucks to museums ratio.
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User avatar #215 to #3 - oceanfrank ONLINE (12/07/2015) [-]
Kippa
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User avatar #22 to #3 - wertologist (12/06/2015) [-]
Who is that a picture of? He looks like my grandfather.
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User avatar #26 to #22 - vexaton ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
Kappa
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#47 to #26 - profanitizer (12/06/2015) [-]
Not sure if I should remove this "Twitch Emotes" chrome extension or not.
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#77 to #47 - kyrozor ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
This changes everything.
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#95 to #77 - anon (12/06/2015) [-]
Keepo
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User avatar #127 to #95 - kyrozor ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
MingLee
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Kappa Keepo KappaPride KappaRoss KappaClaus
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User avatar #212 to #211 - kyrozor ONLINE (12/07/2015) [-]
I wonder if it does sub ones, I need my sneakyGasm
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User avatar #217 to #212 - thelamastone (12/07/2015) [-]
My belly is fat EleGiggle My brain has delay EleGiggle You guessed it right EleGiggle I'm from NA
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User avatar #216 to #212 - thelamastone (12/07/2015) [-]
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User avatar #88 to #47 - vexaton ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
Haha that's genius
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User avatar #104 to #22 - neokun (12/06/2015) [-]
Your grandfather.
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User avatar #94 to #22 - deathdiedead (12/06/2015) [-]
It's your grandfather
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#23 to #22 - anon (12/06/2015) [-]
a twitch.tv dev
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#125 to #3 - shadowdoogen ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
I don't get that, why do people think America is such a terrible country? What did they do?
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#136 to #125 - anon (12/06/2015) [-]
America is the only (Not ******** ) country, established recently, it's 200 years old rather than more than a 1000. When the new kid in a group does great people get jealous, when he ***** up people are too harsh and he was a mistake.
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User avatar #151 to #136 - heartlessrobot (12/06/2015) [-]
>Is completely right
>gets thumbed down by butthurt Europoor
We get it, Europeans hate facts.
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User avatar #160 to #151 - renespar (12/06/2015) [-]
considering most anti-vaxxers, Scientologists, and hyper bible thumpers are from America, I'd say we're the ones that hate facts
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User avatar #161 to #160 - heartlessrobot (12/06/2015) [-]
Yeah but at least most of our fact haters aren't voted into office.
Look at how many European politicians support taking on refugees that they can't afford.
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User avatar #163 to #161 - renespar (12/06/2015) [-]
I dunno, take a gander over at the bible belt sometime, look at Ben Carson and Trump sometime, and go look at fox news, where even if they aren't elected, they can spew ******** and literal 100% fabrications and still be millionaires with people arguing they're somehow better than NBC because "at least they aren't democrats"
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User avatar #164 to #163 - heartlessrobot (12/06/2015) [-]
Nobody supports Carson, and while Trump has some stupid **** , he still has some good ideas and is probably going to be best for the Economy, out of the Candidates.
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User avatar #165 to #164 - renespar (12/06/2015) [-]
he's anti-vaxxer AND thinks global warming is some Chinese conspiracy to weaken us, he's a ******* driveling retard and would crash the economy LONG before even doing something baby boomers and bainwashed conservitards would claim is "fixing the economy"
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User avatar #167 to #165 - heartlessrobot (12/06/2015) [-]
No he's not, and no he doesn't.
Sounds like you're the brainwashed one here.
I don't like Trump, and while he's far from the lesser of two evils, he's an established businessman who actually knows US economics.
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#168 to #167 - renespar (12/06/2015) [-]
yeah, like how you can make millions by declaring bankruptcy over and over, because THAT'LL get us out of the hole also, because your statement was "lalalala no he isn't"

“When I was growing up, autism wasn’t really a factor, And now all of a sudden, it’s an epidemic. Everybody has their theory. My theory, and I study it because I have young children, my theory is the shots. We’ve giving these massive injections at one time, and I really think it does something to the children.”

and for the other...
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User avatar #169 to #168 - heartlessrobot (12/06/2015) [-]
>Taking a constantly "hacked" twitter seriously
If it's on twitter I automatically assume it's 100% ******** .
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User avatar #170 to #169 - renespar (12/06/2015) [-]
he's also ON RECORD said that he doesn't believe in climate change, "So I am not a believer, and I will, unless somebody can prove something to me, I believe there’s weather." face it, he's incompetent
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User avatar #171 to #170 - heartlessrobot (12/06/2015) [-]
Then it's a damned good thing the president doesn't have to believe in it, since Congress can pass **** whether he approves of it or not.
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User avatar #172 to #171 - renespar (12/06/2015) [-]
the problem is he's basically the man you would look at to see the kind of country we are, and think, would you want Donald "small loan of 1,000,000 dollars" Trump in ANY real political position
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User avatar #173 to #172 - heartlessrobot (12/06/2015) [-]
Better someone with a bent understanding of economics than someone with no understanding of economics.
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User avatar #174 to #173 - renespar (12/07/2015) [-]
I'd prefer, you know, a decent ******* human being than someone who's rich because he's a dirtbag
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User avatar #176 to #174 - heartlessrobot (12/07/2015) [-]
Well, sucks for you, since none of those are running for presidency.
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User avatar #205 to #176 - heartlessrobot (12/07/2015) [-]
mistafishy
He said he doesn't like being forced to cheat the system to stay in business, and wants to change the system so he can have an honest business without collapsing.
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User avatar #240 to #205 - mistafishy (12/08/2015) [-]
But I wouldn't want a president who'd still be wasting time on policy that won't pass just to push their right wing agenda. What are his "good policies?"
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User avatar #241 to #240 - heartlessrobot (12/08/2015) [-]
Mostly cutting tax loopholes for the rich, opening up relations with Russia to see if we can stop Cold-war level arming of the middle east (ie "moderate islamic groups" vs Bashar Al-Assad), penalize companies for sending jobs overseas, give incentive for keeping jobs and production within the US, fix up the budget, just off hand.
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User avatar #238 to #205 - mistafishy (12/08/2015) [-]
oohh....

That's good n' all, but 90% of the rest of his policy is still trash. Mexico wall, ban on Muslim immigration, smiting ISIS personally... like, nah I ain't about any of that.
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User avatar #239 to #238 - heartlessrobot (12/08/2015) [-]
Yeah but at least he could never actually act on his trash policies. The only ones he has the power to do are his good ones.
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User avatar #236 to #205 - mistafishy (12/08/2015) [-]
so he's trying to make what is now doing wrong legal...???

That could translate to making murder legal. just a comparison, but still...
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User avatar #237 to #236 - heartlessrobot (12/08/2015) [-]
No, he wants to make what he's doing now ILLEGAL, so others won't do it, so he doesn't have to do it.
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User avatar #179 to #176 - renespar (12/07/2015) [-]
oh yes, look how awful Sanders is...
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User avatar #184 to #179 - heartlessrobot (12/07/2015) [-]
Trump is also calling for higher taxes on the rich. He's even said he would have no problem paying the taxes if other rich people did too, since he needs to stay competitive.
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User avatar #187 to #184 - renespar (12/07/2015) [-]
considering there's no way he doesn't dodge taxes harder than most competitors, I feel that's just him lying through his teeth
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User avatar #189 to #179 - heartlessrobot (12/07/2015) [-]
That's another thing he has stated he does to keep competitive.
He's already said he plans on closing those loopholes, for himself and other businessmen.
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User avatar #203 to #189 - mistafishy (12/07/2015) [-]
That's a huge conflict of interest for him so it's not really a trustworthy statement in my book
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User avatar #180 to #179 - heartlessrobot (12/07/2015) [-]
Wanting to drive an economy further into the ground isn't considered a good trait.
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User avatar #183 to #180 - renespar (12/07/2015) [-]
ah yes, wanting higher taxes on the rich and less military spending is certainly gonna drive us into the ground
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#190 to #170 - anon (12/07/2015) [-]
He might be incompetent, but at least he's not socialist.
Though, might as well be the same thing.
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User avatar #210 to #190 - renespar (12/07/2015) [-]
shhh anon, grownups are talking here
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#220 to #160 - anon (12/07/2015) [-]
Haha I have to agree with that one. We got some serious trash in our back yard. Most of us are cool, though. Don't let the bad apples change your opinion of our country though, it isn't as bad as you think.
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User avatar #226 to #220 - renespar (12/07/2015) [-]
I am American though, so I get to experience some of this **** first hand, I'm just glad you seem reasonable, meanwhile I'll probably get a lot of reds because I dare insulted Trump and the rightwing
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#141 to #125 - narddogg (12/06/2015) [-]
You just wait, I'm originally from Europe but once the continent becomes a huge caliphate they'll suddenly think the US is the holy land
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User avatar #135 to #125 - elcreepo ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
Americans tend to have an ego about themselves, and since the tiny europoor countries have inferiority complexes, they can't allow it.
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#166 to #125 - dasbrot (12/06/2015) [-]
Queue the butthurt europeans/africans/middle-easterners/asians/communists/environmentalist/liberals /sjws
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User avatar #25 to #3 - praemium (12/06/2015) [-]
4Head
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User avatar #29 - vorarephilia (12/06/2015) [-]
Thing is, if you decided to fill your house with wwii items, label what they are and put a tip jar out, that is a museum, just not as big as the major museums.

that aside.

Now that i think about it, yeah, we do have a huge number of museums. I drive past a small civil war museum to get to a nature museum/nature trail.

actually, even the Georgia state capital has an entire wing devoted to preserving GA history.

Archaeologists from the 31st century will ******* love us.
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#9 - anon (12/06/2015) [-]
The problem is, more Americans have been to McDonald's than they have been to Mueseums
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User avatar #98 to #9 - makethingsworse (12/06/2015) [-]
We have an entire Mall of museums in our nation's capital (District of Columbia, Smithsonian). People from around the world go to these museums. We also have some of the largest and well-funded art and history museums in the world. Everyone goes to these museums. People in America are not nearly as stupid as the media has convinced you. Ratios have a lot to do with education statistics. Never forget that the amount of people living in the country Finland live in Los Angeles. We aren't stupid... we just have a **** ton of people here.
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User avatar #130 to #98 - manza (12/06/2015) [-]
Yeah I visited D.C. and there's so much stuff there to see. Great place.

Also there was a ******* of Chinese tourists but I think that's anywhere now.
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User avatar #71 to #9 - mendelevium (12/06/2015) [-]
Actually more than likely not the case.
Think of how many Vegans there are, think of how almost everyone agrees mcdonald's is **** .
Now think about how every single year from elementary to middle school you would be forced to go to a museum no matter what.

I'm pretty sure every single US citizen born in the US has been to a Museum.
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#10 to #9 - sircool (12/06/2015) [-]
no **** . Even though it's trash food, it's still food. You need that daily. A lesson you can do once and live with it forever.
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#18 to #10 - amuzen ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
I think he means more people have been to a mcdonalds than there are people that have been to a museum. Like if you took the total number of people that have gone into a mcdonalds, and the total number that have gone to a museum I think he's saying the number would be great for mcdonalds.

Honestly I don't think I agree with him since pretty much everyone whose had a public school education has gone to some sort of museum but I digress.
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User avatar #21 to #18 - wertologist (12/06/2015) [-]
Again, one is food. You need to eat. People are more likely to go to food than a place of history because not starving is more important.
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#14 to #10 - uhhyeahfmebaby ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
No, but, I still think he holds a valid point, dont you? (To some extent)
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#41 to #14 - lolkeklol (12/06/2015) [-]
tell me one place where people go to museums more then they eat fast food?
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#93 to #41 - uhhyeahfmebaby ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
That is the ******* issue ******* .
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#24 - zimpfnis (12/06/2015) [-]
Are all of them are as brilliant as the banana museum or that UFO Museum in Texas?
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User avatar #28 to #24 - chikibriki (12/06/2015) [-]
most likely
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#115 to #24 - thepizzadevourer (12/06/2015) [-]
We have the Strong Museum of Play near where I live. It's a museum all about toys, and it has an entire section dedicated to video games with a bunch of retro arcade games ready to play. It's pretty awesome.
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#231 to #24 - apietotheface (12/07/2015) [-]
Hey man...those are national treasures and don't you forget it.
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User avatar #39 to #24 - brobathehutt (12/06/2015) [-]
Given how important bananas are to about half of world history? No, nothing beats the banana museum.
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#120 - rekttt (12/06/2015) [-]
**rekttt used "*roll picture*"**
**rekttt rolled image**
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User avatar #124 to #120 - ghostisaho (12/06/2015) [-]
is that a young jontron
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#70 - jdizzleoffthehizzl (12/06/2015) [-]
Liberal or conservative, black or white, Dem or Rep (or Independent), let us Americans come together and say.....

***** we done good
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#122 to #70 - rockerforlife (12/06/2015) [-]
UMMmmMM

I'm a feminist pyrosexual quadruple gender americanized indo-europan anti-islamophobe africanized queer and your use of the "n" word is RACIST and ISLAMOPHOBIC

I hope you die you white privileged cis gendered swine
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#234 to #122 - jdizzleoffthehizzl (12/07/2015) [-]
So many adjectives such little time
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#1 - anon (12/06/2015) [-]
": The Museum Universe Data File (MUDF) contains information about over 35,000 museums and related organizations in the United States including aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens, art museums, children’s museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, and zoological parks."

www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/museum-universe-data-file
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User avatar #2 to #1 - legiah (12/06/2015) [-]
For once I wasn't lookin at porn on here and didn't notice i wasn't logged in.
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#5 to #2 - MuahahaOfLore [OP](12/06/2015) [-]
>For once
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User avatar #27 to #1 - assdoreponyfucker (12/06/2015) [-]
this doesn't really discredit the fact, those are all pretty decent examples of museums
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#6 - anon (12/06/2015) [-]
Wow...I'm honestly surprized by this....well, time tto start ridiculing US on number of museums instead of mcdonalds. I'll start.

If you throw a Pollock in US it has 70% chance of landing in some MOMA.
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User avatar #46 - mondominiman ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
I've been to a bunch of starbucks and a buch of McD's and maybe 1-2 museums. The problem I go down to road and see coffee and burgers but I gotta drive 30+ miles to see 1 museum.
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User avatar #55 to #46 - sketchysketchist ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
I think they count any building with stuff telling you about the building counts.

I know in downtown LA, there's a ******* of mini museums with old timey stuff, and foreign stuff if you go to little tokyo, and little mexico.
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User avatar #48 to #46 - funkycow (12/06/2015) [-]
There is probably one closer than you think.
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User avatar #49 to #48 - mondominiman ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
I mean there's a native one like 5 miles from here. Has stuff like arrowheads, tribal clothes and other things. I don't know I've only been in there once
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User avatar #54 to #49 - thismustbeseen (12/06/2015) [-]
You're never more than 3 feet away from a spider museum
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#40 - anon (12/06/2015) [-]
My brain read that as Muslims does that make me racist or tired?
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#52 to #40 - tjilaz (12/06/2015) [-]
me too mate
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User avatar #56 to #40 - thatoneiranianguy ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
Well it definitely can't make you racist. I can tell you that much.
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User avatar #44 to #40 - warlockrichard (12/06/2015) [-]
yes
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User avatar #64 - northleech (12/06/2015) [-]
Checking into it a bit, it's because they count anything as a museum. A random redneck that has a dead squirrel collection he shows to people (with signs point to his house) counts as a musuem in this article.
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#149 to #64 - heartlessrobot (12/06/2015) [-]
Not to mention this creepy ******
www.mistereds.com/
Like something out of Devil's Rejects.
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User avatar #75 to #64 - sgtmajjohnson ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
But their are also massive museums that take up several square miles with tens of thousands of pieces, so it kinda evens out.
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User avatar #76 to #75 - northleech (12/06/2015) [-]
I highly doubt there are equally many of them both. When this was first posted on reddit, the top comment was a source that showed how absolutely scewed the numbers were. Ill see if I can find it.
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User avatar #199 to #76 - sgtmajjohnson ONLINE (12/07/2015) [-]
Maybe not equally many, but considering that some museums are dozens of times larger than a McDonald's, while a home that had a collection is about the same size, the numbers don't need to be equal.
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User avatar #200 to #199 - northleech (12/07/2015) [-]
A lot of people have garage museums, and they live in the same building, that causes the prize to not be remotely close to that of a fast food restaurant.
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User avatar #202 to #200 - sgtmajjohnson ONLINE (12/07/2015) [-]
Maybe not, I don't really know. I'm just saying I've been in museums the size of a town.
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User avatar #204 to #202 - northleech (12/07/2015) [-]
I seriously doubt that, but there absolutely some humongous museums out there. Size of a town is overdoing it a bit, but I know what you are talking about.
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User avatar #206 to #204 - sgtmajjohnson ONLINE (12/07/2015) [-]
Well, the Smithsonian has 137 million objects, so that's pretty large.
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#111 - geothermal ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
Alright ************* , time to bow down to your lord and savior of museums, Chicago.

Museum of Science and History
The Field Museum
The Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art
Adler Planetarium
Notebaert Nature Museum

other cities get the **** out

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User avatar #119 to #111 - olinerocks (12/06/2015) [-]
Dont know if it can really be called a museum, but the Shedd Aquarium is legit
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User avatar #207 to #111 - tisjunkisdamnfunny (12/07/2015) [-]
other cities have seen this and have respectably decided to get the **** out. when is the George lucas museum going up?
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#214 to #207 - geothermal ONLINE (12/07/2015) [-]
they expect it to be finished in 2017-18

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User avatar #117 to #111 - rockerforlife (12/06/2015) [-]
>Museum of Contemporary Art

gee, thanks Chicago
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#129 to #117 - geothermal ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
if you're not going for the art, go for the architecture

which is of itself, art

because holy **** its beautiful
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#146 to #129 - rockerforlife (12/06/2015) [-]
Nah, I'm a classicist. I can't help it.

(detail of Maison Carree, Nimes, France)
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User avatar #181 to #111 - dasbrot (12/07/2015) [-]
Smithsonian
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#182 to #181 - geothermal ONLINE (12/07/2015) [-]
AKA weak ****

that place have a whole full sized uboat in the basement?

didnt think so
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#186 to #182 - dasbrot (12/07/2015) [-]
That's cute.
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#188 to #186 - geothermal ONLINE (12/07/2015) [-]
>not having an entire town inside your building
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#191 to #188 - dasbrot (12/07/2015) [-]
The Smithsonian is a town.
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#192 to #191 - geothermal ONLINE (12/07/2015) [-]
as is the museum campus of chicago
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#194 to #192 - dasbrot (12/07/2015) [-]
>19 museums with direct funding from the government
>formally called "The United States National Museum"
>nicknamed "The Nations Attic"
>they made a movie about it
>largest museum complex in the world
>est 1846
>features 3rd most visited museum in the world after the Chinese National Museum and the Louvre
>etc.
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#196 to #194 - geothermal ONLINE (12/07/2015) [-]
I admit defeat.

However, the Indianapolis Childrens Museum beats both of us.
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#208 to #196 - dasbrot (12/07/2015) [-]
Icelandic Phallological Museum is best museum You need to login to view this link it has lol inthe name
Icelandic Phallological Museum is best museum

You need to login to view this link

it has lol inthe name
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#218 to #208 - savvysauce (12/07/2015) [-]
I've been there. it is indeed quite the museum.
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#138 to #111 - savvysauce (12/06/2015) [-]
What about Washington, D.C.?

1.African American Civil War Memorial Museum 2.American University Museum 3.Anacostia Community Museum 4.Anderson House 5.Art Museum of the Americas 6. Corcoran Gallery of Art 7.DAR Museum 8.Decatur House 9.Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 10.Folger Shakespeare Library 11.Ford's Theatre National Historic Site 12.Freer Gallery of Art 13.Frederick Douglass National Historic Site 14.Dumbarton House 15.Charles Sumner School 16.Christian Heurich Mansion 17.Gallaudet University Museum 18.General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters 19.George Washington University Art Galleries 20.Georgetown University Art Galleries 21.Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens 22.Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 23.Historical Society of Washington, D.C. 24.Howard University Gallery of Art 25.Interior Museum 26.International Spy Museum 27.Kreeger Museum 28.Laogai Museum 29.Library of Congress 30.Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum 31.Lincoln Memorial 32.Madame Tussauds Washington D.C. 33.Marian Koshland Science Museum 34.Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site 35.Meridian International Center 36.O Street Museum Foundation 37.National Air and Space Museum 38.National Archives 39.National Bonsai and Penjing Museum 40.National Building Museum 41.National Gallery of Art 42.National Geographic Museum 43.National Guard Memorial Museum 44.National Museum of African American History and Culture 45.National Museum of African Art 46.National Museum of American History 47.National Museum of the American Indian 48.National Museum of American Jewish Military History 49.National Museum of Crime & Punishment 50.National Museum of Natural History 51.National Museum of Women in the Arts 52.National Portrait Gallery 53.National Postal Museum 54.Newseum 55.The Octagon House 56.Old Stone House 57.Phillips Collection 58.President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home 59.Renwick Gallery 60.Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 61.Saint John Paul II National Shrine 62.Salve Regina Gallery 63.Scottish Rite Temple and Supreme Council Library 64.S. Dillon Ripley Center 65.Sewall-Belmont House and Museum 66.Smithsonian American Art Museum 67.Textile Museum 68.Tudor Place 69.United States Capitol 70.United States Capitol Visitor Center 71.United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 72.U.S. Navy Museum 73.White House 74.The Wilderness Society Gallery 75.Woman's National Democratic Club Museum 76.Woodrow Wilson House

Shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia
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#38 - yeddie (12/06/2015) [-]
Here is something we have in Pittsburgh. It counts towards both! Bigmacmuseum.com
Here is something we have in Pittsburgh. It counts towards both!

Bigmacmuseum.com
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User avatar #90 to #38 - shadowdmoon (12/06/2015) [-]
one of the most useless places in this state we live in that i never even cared to know of.
the carnegie museums are far more interesting
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User avatar #59 to #38 - MuahahaOfLore [OP](12/06/2015) [-]
They sell burgers inside?
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User avatar #62 - sunnyday (12/06/2015) [-]
Half of those museums are probably history museums about Starbucks and McDonald's.
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User avatar #143 - thirdjess ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
Bull ******* ****

Ok I googled it
There are 17.5k museums approximately according to 2015 statistics
There are 14k McDonalds stores according to 2012 statistics (bet that's gone up)
There are 12.5k Starbucks stores according to 2015 statistics

The same page I pulled the McDonalds stats from says they have 35k worldwide. So I bet this article got it's numbers mixed up.
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User avatar #148 to #143 - reaperslayer (12/06/2015) [-]
sources on info plz.
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User avatar #155 to #153 - reaperslayer (12/06/2015) [-]
also i looked on google, it says "at least" 17.5k .
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User avatar #159 to #155 - thirdjess ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
Honestly I think they've just broadened their terms for what is called as a museum. There is no way, absolutely no way, that any one given town has more museums than McDonalds and Starbucks combined. Think about it logistically.
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User avatar #162 to #159 - reaperslayer (12/06/2015) [-]
they never said "official museum", also i think some collectors run showings of products time to time and get called a museum due to how much they research the facts cause how much they enjoy the hobby.

there's a lot to consider, they had to have gone to these areas and looked up records, could be outdated ones, could be of "total museums", but i'm just telling you what i found.

if you find more info, I'd be glad to have a look at it as i am curious about this.
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User avatar #13 - solarisofcelestia ONLINE (12/06/2015) [-]
Maybe we're not in as bad a situation as we think.
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User avatar #4 - ifightdragons (12/06/2015) [-]
neat ive been to that museum
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#158 - anon (12/06/2015) [-]
Just going to throw this out there. As an American I can say that this is true, but this is a white lie in a way because you're looking at 2 single chains, rather than saying fast food restaurants total they're saying just mcdonalds and starbucks. In reality you drive down the road and there is a Mcdonalds, Wendys beside that, Arbys beside that, Burger King beside that, Sonic beside that, Five guys beside that, Dairy queen beside that, Dairy cheer beside that, Taco bell beside that, KFC beside that, Shoneys beside that, Ponderosa beside that, Little Caesars beside that, pizza hut beside that, papa johns beside that, and that's just the tip of the string of restaurant chains that will reside in a single town normally. Even small towns have 5+ restaurants to the singular library and possible museum.

So in reality this still isn't something to be proud of because the majority of people in that town won't visit that musem 1/100 of the times that they will one of the restaurants.

To put it more into perspective, the museums are like an apple tree with many types of apples, whereas the Mcdonalds would be a single type of apple on this giant tree.
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#177 to #158 - anon (12/07/2015) [-]
>cities have restaurants in them
OH MY GOD HOW DID YOU FIGURE THIS OUT, HOW TERRIBLE.
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#87 - tarabostes (12/06/2015) [-]
1. There are still a ******* of McDicks and Over-priced-bucks
2. They are WAY more frequented by Muricans than museums
3. They're all dead anyway.
5/5 This post is still bretty gud : DDD
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#99 to #87 - Jeff C (12/06/2015) [-]
1.) There are still a ******* of McDicks in Europe, and at least we didn't out one right in front of the ******* Coliseum
2.) Yeah I guess, but its in the same way all the dudes in your town frequent your moms vagina more than they do the library. It's way more easy to justify eating than going to a a museum especially if you've been to the museum recently
3.) What does this even mean? That the museums are dead/void of business? The MET and every other museum I've been to in NY is always ******* packed
5/5 your comment is bretty guud
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#103 to #99 - tarabostes (12/06/2015) [-]
1. B-But Why did you bring up Europe? Because I'm an Yuropooooor??? Also the post is about A COUNTRY , U.S.A. . Not about anything else .
2. What's that smell?
3. OH THE ******* SMELL
THIS POST IS ******* HORRIBLE , BUTTHURT TOO STRONG , 0/5 DDDDDx
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#108 to #103 - Jeff C (12/06/2015) [-]
What country are you from? I'm ready to lambast it all the same. But it's pretty fair to compare Europe to America since our one country has almost half of your continents population, why the **** would we compare one country that can fit inside Texas three times?
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#109 to #108 - tarabostes (12/06/2015) [-]
S-Stop the harassing me pls , I didn't ask for this DDDDD:
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#110 to #109 - Jeff C (12/06/2015) [-]
You're sure proving yourself here lmao. I know you're getting a kick out of this, just know that a refusal to justify yourself doesn't mean you're right :^]]]]]]]]]]]
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#107 to #103 - Jeff C (12/06/2015) [-]
You said there are a ******* of McDicks in America like we're the only ones so what else am I supposed to say to defend it? Lmfao. Saying there's not would be lying but saying its not abnormal is true you dangerous retard. It's hilarious that you didn't address a single one of my points yet I addressed all of yours. I didn't call you a Europoor, I didnt act like a flaming faggot, and yet here we are you ******* simpleton. Let me know when you have an actual argument lmfao
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