Cartography Anarchy

Limeey , in Let's make something clear

They are pole-ish.

JackGreenEarth , in Bit shite innit
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What did the labels say before you blurred them to the point of non-readability?

FiniteBanjo ,

I'm not saying that JPEG wasn't lacking in memes before, but it certainly does feel like the great and magical Webm and Webp have exasperated the issue.

tigeruppercut ,
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Psychodelic ,

at least for at least!

meep_launcher OP Mod ,

Ah thanks! I didn't know where to find the original meme from the Tumblr post that I had snipped from my friend's Instagram story and then uploaded to imgur so I could post it on Lemmy.

Zorque ,

No ifunny or 9gag? It's like you're not even trying.

meep_launcher OP Mod ,

Oh those are my next 2 stops before LinkedIn an Slack.

bigbluealien ,
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War elephants not deployed...yet

TexMexBazooka ,

Reddit doesn’t let me use it anymore because I use a vpn. Anyone got a direct link?

RandomStickman ,
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Red is elephant regularly used for at least serval years. Yellow is a one off or in small numbers only.

tigeruppercut ,
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TexMexBazooka ,

Finally, a decent fucking post

bleistift2 , in This would be the time to plan something without Australia

Remember that it is always half of Earth that gets sunlight. This illustrates how much of the Pacific is missing in this projection.

protist ,

There isn't any of the Pacific missing in this projection...you can see right where it starts at the Bering Strait and ends in the exact same place. If this map were centered on the Pacific it would probably seem larger, but there's none missing.

inlandempire ,
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Bro what you still think the Pacific is a real thing and not a random area invented by the government to have the world map look more satisfying

ChicoSuave ,

Seriously. Have people never seen that part of the Pacific? Don't just fly over it. Get out and touch dirt.

OneWomanCreamTeam ,
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Pssh, spoken like a true sheep. I bet you think birds are real too.

ech ,

It's warped, not missing. Just like the resized continents are all there in full, just incorrect (relative) sizes.

Alice ,
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Removed

TonyTonyChopper ,
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during a solar eclipse less than half of the Earth is lit

milicent_bystandr ,

obligatory your mum climbs a ladder joke

morphballganon ,

But on 4/20 more than half of the Earth is lit so it balances out

hakase , in Chile's true ambition

This is an interesting new spin on "New Zealand doesn't exist" - only the south island exists.

Brunbrun6766 , in Prison population by country (per 100,000 people)
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Australia: "we're all prisoners here"

ironhydroxide ,

Didn't notice that until this comment.

magikmw ,

Dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair.

Aussiemandeus , in This would be the time to plan something without Australia
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We're doing our own thing July 8th and you guys aren't welcome

Baku ,
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I get that reference....

Neato , in This would be the time to plan something without Australia
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Sorry Australia and New Zealand.

SrTobi ,

Hey at least new Zealand is on the map. That must be zenough

argh_another_username , in People's Reaction When You Start Speaking Their Language.

The French is on point. I live in Quebec, I speak French all day, but it’s not my first language.
When I was in Paris, I started speaking French, but they kept answering me in English.

Akasazh ,
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Paris

That's the problem right there. They tend to be subbing asinine whatever language you speak.

didnt_readit ,

And of course they’ll complain about your French accent while speaking to you with an even worse English accent with no self awareness whatsoever.

I’m speaking of Parisian assholes here of course, I’ve heard the rest of the country is actually quite pleasant (and also tend to dislike Parisians) but I haven’t visited yet, only Paris unfortunately.

JoMomma , in I am a single issue voter, and that issue is Flannel

Why on gods green earth did you put denim as red and flannel as blue? Are you some kind of monster?

meep_launcher OP Mod ,

So in other countries, like Canada and the UK, red is Flannel and blue is Denim, but in the 80's as elections were televised, the Denim and Flannel parties didn't have set colors. Some stations aired their map as green and yellow, some purple and orange, but ultimately Denim took on Red through most stations. This was an odd choice, but because Denim was red, Flannel took the obvious counter color, blue.

It's just another funny tidbit about the states!

Sabre363 ,

This sounds implausibly true

JoMomma ,

Shouldn't leather be green then?

meep_launcher OP Mod , (edited )

Jo mamma is green then

Got em ayeeeee

JoMomma ,

How dare you

LilDumpy , in Chile's true ambition
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No one is allowed in the Pacific Ocean.

OpenStars ,
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That sorta depends on who you know...

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Zachariah ,
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OpenStars , (edited )
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JeSuisUnHombre , in The most popular metal band (2024) from each country, according to Spotify

I looked up the South African band. They mostly go by Xavleg. The full name is an initialism for "Acidic Vaginal Liquid Explosion Generated By Mass Amounts Of Filthy Fecal Fisting And Sadistic Septic Syphilic Sodomy Inside The Infected Maggot Infested Womb Of A Molested Nun Dying Under The Roof Of A Burning Church While A Priest Watches And Ejaculates In Immense Perverse Pleasure Over His First Fresh Fetus". They are a Christian band.

probablynaked OP ,

Glad to have that cleared up

commandar ,

I was familiar with Overthrust from Botswana just to the north because Vice did an amazing article on them years ago (that fortunately has been captured by the Wayback Machine since the photos are gone on the live site):

https://web.archive.org/web/20201024232145/https://www.vice.com/en/article/3b5pp3/atlas-hoods-botswanas-cowboy-metalheads

African. Cowboy. Death metal.

I used to follow them on Facebook back before I ditched social media. Their aesthetic and commitment to the bit is fucking fantastic.

Voyajer , in Prison population by country (per 100,000 people)
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Uhh you OK, Portugal?

OwlPaste ,

Was going to say the same thing!

deus ,

There's something fishy going on here cause after some light ddging it seems Portugal has an incarceration rate of about 110 inmates per 100,000 people. Also I found this same map elsewhere and it does not show Portugal in red.

meep_launcher Mod ,

Portugal is red because it was stained with an abundance of port wine.

Aussiemandeus ,
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Something fishy you say?

Is don't think so, just look at Australia

DarkDarkHouse , in Banana for scale
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But what about Poland to Banana?

MacNCheezus OP ,
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Not possible in a straight line.

DarkDarkHouse ,
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Oh I see, curved because Banana

MacNCheezus OP ,
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No because there's a bunch of land in the way, duh.

steal_your_face ,
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Balanda

genuineparts ,

A bunch... I see. Because banana.

worsedoughnut ,
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This is genuinely peak comedy

Sgt_choke_n_stroke , in "Unfriendly" countries

Puerto Rico, south Africa, China and Cuba aren't even highlighted. I knew it was a bullshit propaganda map

match ,
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well, you can't drink tap water everywhere in america

Hobbes_Dent , in Let's make something clear

Delusional.

- Magnetic north

ninja ,

Misaligned

-Grid North

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