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"No nation is older than 250" (i.postimg.cc)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/facepalm@lemmy.world
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TranscriptA threads post saying "There has never been another nation ever that has existed much beyond 250 years. Not a single one. America's 250th year is 2025. The next 4 years are gonna be pretty interesting considering everything that's already been said." It has a reply saying "My local pub is older than your country".

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A threads post saying "There has never been another nation ever that has existed much beyond 250 years. Not a single one. America's 250th year is 2025. The next 4 years are gonna be pretty interesting considering everything that's already been said." It has a reply saying "My local pub is older than your country".
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[–] 69 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

There's a restaurant near me that's been in business since 1472.
They went bankrupt in 2023. Weird kind of feel.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Man, the final owner of the business must have some interesting feelings being the one that drove it into the ground after 550 years.

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  • [+] -9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Didn't realise we're living in 2225 already, damn

    Edit: math no longer adds up to 2225 ad after op edited year to 1472 ad.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The Hudson Bay Company was founded in 1670 and went bankrupt this year. To think a company that indirectly formed an entirely new culture 300 years ago is now going under is wild to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I think it's a shame. It did some awful things in its early years, and it was mismanaged lately. But, I wish there had been a way to allow it to continue to exist as a business, even if it was just a single store and more museum than business. Who knows, maybe it could have had a renaissance at some point. Now it's just something in the history books as one of the longest-lived companies.

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