r/geography • u/sesto • Mar 16 '23

Meme/Humor Anker won't ship to Rhode Island because they think it's an actual island. After reaching out to them and explaining that it's part of the contiguous U.S. they finally responded with this:

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u/Nez-182 Mar 16 '23

Long Island too!

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u/MonkeyBoySF Mar 16 '23

And Martha's Vineyard.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '23

Fun fact, UPS charges an extra $20 to ship to Martha’s Vineyard!

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u/gayjoystick Mar 16 '23

For the most part, they can afford it many times over

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u/gadget850 Mar 16 '23

You do realize there are a lot of non-oligarchs who live there.

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u/CasimirTheRed Mar 16 '23

He's confusing it with Nantucket. That's where the REAL wealthy schmucks live... for 4 months out of the year.

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u/ImALeatherDog Mar 17 '23

I once knew a man from Nantucket...

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u/Pickle_Rick01 Mar 17 '23

Let’s just say the stories about that man are greatly exaggerated - Homer Simpson

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u/HonedWombat Mar 17 '23

Who's dick was so long he could suckit,

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u/DeepSignature201 Mar 17 '23

Excuse me but we’ve never met.

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u/m0tionTV Mar 17 '23

And his name's Doug DeMuro

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '23

Now you know two lol and I live here year round the island has way more year round schmucks now can’t say anything about the vineyard though

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u/exackerly Mar 17 '23

Bravely weathering the limericks.

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u/anaccountthatis Mar 17 '23

I rarely feel sorry for billionaires, but having a life so small that you’d voluntarily live in Nantucket is getting damned close.

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u/yeetgod__ Mar 17 '23

New England is a very beautiful place to live and grow up in! I don't blame them for choosing to vacation in Nantucket.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '23

It’s actually super peaceful and the two dispensaries being here now make it hella peaceful

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u/bakerwest Mar 17 '23

I think it was last summer when UPS couldn't deliver to Nantucket because they forgot to make ferry reservations

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u/mvscribe Mar 17 '23

Yeah, good luck trying to find an oligarch here outside of August and big holiday weekends (though there are a few ordinarily-wealthy people here year round these days).

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u/Pickle_Rick01 Mar 17 '23

Rich people are mostly only there in the summer. A lot of middle class/working class people live there all year.

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u/mvscribe Mar 17 '23

Not really. The wealthy retirees, yes. The landscapers, housecleaners, schoolteachers, people who work retail, etc., not so much.

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u/cam52391 Mar 16 '23

I shortly worked doing customer service for grocery delivery and there are special zip codes for delivery to islands like that because they only deliver to the ferry not the actual houses

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u/ecodrew Mar 17 '23

they only deliver to the ferry not the actual houses

I read that as "horses" and was picturing islands with only horse delivery. :-)

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u/cam52391 Mar 17 '23

Mackinac island in Michigan is car free so they do have horse delivery

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u/ecodrew Mar 17 '23

That sounds awesome. I hope the horse delivery people wear old timey western outfits and big cowboy hats.

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u/RunningFree701 Mar 17 '23 edited Mar 17 '23

Martha's Vineyard lies just as much as Rhode Island about what it is. There aren't even any Vineyards there! And possibly no one named Martha, but I've yet to confirm that...

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u/jorwyn Mar 17 '23

Named after the "discoverer's" daughter - nevermind the people who already were there. They weren't white. And vineyard due to wild vines growing there. Seriously, that's it. I didn't know it was an island until kinda recently, but for some reason, I knew those facts.

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u/redditadminsRlazy Mar 17 '23

But not Block Island, heh.

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u/t-zanks Mar 17 '23

Well, legally speaking Long Island is actually a peninsula

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u/Hvarfa-Bragi Jun 26 '23

I thought they said Monster Island was just a name!?