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TexasTowelie

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Fri Nov 27, 2020, 03:37 AM Nov 2020

Growing online theory says Wyoming doesn't exist

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — To live in Wyoming is to face a fundamental existential question: Does the state exist and if not, what does that mean for those who live here?

Much like Shakespeare’s famous rhetorical “to be, or not to be,” residents of an assumed state may exist on an unconscious level. But does that assumption hold when applied to an entire state?

Can we be, but still not be Wyomingites?

Wyoming residents reading a Wyoming newspaper, presumably within the rectangular allotment of land labeled on most maps as “Wyoming,” are likely to believe in their own existence. And to that point, they would probably be right, the Gillette News-Record reports.

But for a growing subset of the internet — comprised of some who live in Wyoming, but mostly those who don’t — the idea that Wyoming doesn’t exist is gaining traction.

Read more: https://buckrail.com/growing-online-theory-says-wyoming-doesnt-exist/

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Growing online theory says Wyoming doesn't exist (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2020 OP
This was already done with Finland. RockRaven Nov 2020 #1
I am sure there is a Finland, and here's why ... mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #4
Wyoming is fake geography. N/t royable Nov 2020 #2
Lol I drove through it. I guess Yellowstone doesn't exist either? fearnobush Nov 2020 #3

fearnobush

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3. Lol I drove through it. I guess Yellowstone doesn't exist either?
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 04:11 AM
Nov 2020

One of the few states you drive 8hrs and see no people nor structures from little town to little town.

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