Happy New Mexico Statehood Day!!!!!!!!

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u/Insert_clever 1d ago

Wait until the rest of the US finds out! It’ll happen any day now…

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u/mrgraff 1d ago

My Dad was having trouble activating a pre-paid gift card last week. The customer service agent kept trying to explain that the card doesn't work while traveling in "Mexico" and that we'll have to wait until we get home.

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u/ChaserNeverRests 1d ago

I love hearing those stories! It hasn't happened to me yet, but the day it does I'll laugh.

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u/sdkfz250xl 1d ago

When New Mexico was added, the US flag had 47 stars in 1912 for about a month. Then Arizona became a state and we had 48 stars for 47 years.

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u/ShallotHot5756 23h ago

Valentines Day for AZ.

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u/alucardian_official 1d ago

Love Zia

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u/Crass_Cameron 1d ago

The tribe?

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u/Own_Violinist_4714 1d ago

hell yeah and the record store.

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u/Streuth14 1d ago

Colorado is so happy to have you as our neighbor!! Happy Statehood Day New Mexico :-D

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u/treetoptippytoer 22h ago

I love my state…viva New Mexico!

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u/Ok_Quail9760 1d ago

The day we lost our independence

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u/devadog 1d ago

To the dole?

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u/Difficult-Series5269 1d ago

I'd love for you to see what an independent NM would look like. The rest of the US subsidizes this shithole and without that subsidy, this place would be an even more poverty-stricken third world country.

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u/ShallotHot5756 23h ago

The same would be true for many other states in the U.S.A.

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u/ManyNamesSameIssue 23h ago

Those with extractive economies, yes.

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u/sfnative1957 1d ago

☹️

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u/MaoTseTrump 1d ago

Alaska is only 12 years older than I am? WTF?

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u/ApprehensiveGold9167 1d ago

Boom!!! 💥❤️

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u/sfnative1957 1d ago

New Mexico: Not Mexico Not new.

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u/thatonegaygalakasha 9h ago

New Mexico was named before Mexico was named. New Mexico is named after the Aztecs, which were also called the Mexica people, and/or the Aztec Valley of Mexico, and not the country.