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And I will walk 500 miles and I will walk 500 more. (i.imgur.com)
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[–] ThisIsNecessary@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This map made me realize how small Great Britain really is. I drive 550 miles to visit my mom in the US, Great Britain is only 600 miles long from north to south.

[–] Resistentialism@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm gonna say it.

Even though we're fucking tiny. We were some proper nasty bastards.

[–] islandofcaucasus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've never read a comment with an English accent before

[–] Spacecraft@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This weekend I drove over 500 miles to get to the Oregon coast from a neighboring state of which I live close to the border. The total distance I traveled could have taken me from Spain into France then into to Italy and then end up in like Switzerland or Austria or Slovenia or something. Could see Barcelona, Marseille, Florence, Milan, Zurich, but instead I saw hundreds of miles of nothing and then the Pacific ocean lol.

[–] ThisIsNecessary@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

And other countries wonder why we drive everywhere lol. Everything is so far!!