Map of the U.S according to a Sri Lankan news channel : map

[-] katja@lemmy.blahaj.zone 205 points 2 months ago

Eh, close enough.

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 58 points 2 months ago

I was gonna say.

Want to see the map of Asia that most US-Americans could draw.

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 53 points 2 months ago

Nobody’s asking anyone to draw a map from memory. They’re asking a news channel to put in the 5 seconds of googling it takes to procure an accurate map.

[-] HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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            Russia
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    Iran     | China | Japan
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Saudi Arabia | India | Vietnam
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[-] maegul@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Basically China, India and Japan with a Vietnam somewhere but they don’t want to talk about it.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Hey now, North Korea is in there somewhere by Vietnam, too.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 47 points 2 months ago

If you had to condense it for a videogame, this would cover most bases.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Los Santos, Liberty City, Vice City.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 2 months ago

And the big empty bit in the middle to hide the loading.

[-] Hux@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

That’s just Red Dead.

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[-] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago

Honestly not far off

[-] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 36 points 2 months ago

I don't get this though. Maps are free online. You don't even have to guess anymore.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 36 points 2 months ago

Exactly. Maps are free. Joke maps are also free. So instead of paying money, and somebody taking that money and assuring you this is the right thing. You get a free map, that might be a joke, but you don't know it's a joke cuz you don't know the map. And we get some funnies

[-] cheddar@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago

Where do they take maps from? 9gag? I mean, maps.google.com is free. It can't be any easier.

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

I mean 9gag stands for 9 Good American Guys right? What better place to get your accurate American maps from?

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[+] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 months ago

I'm guessing this was an in-the-nutshell style meme, and they just didn't know enough to sense the ironic oversimplification.

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[-] stallmer@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 months ago

How dare you split Michigan logically!

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Can you explain to the non-US citizen the split in Michigan? If you want I can explain the split in Lorraine, France in exchange (^_^)

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 9 points 2 months ago

The state of Michigan exists on both sides of the great lakes (which are effectively freshwater oceans, containing their own maritime economies, marine salvage operations, maritime weather and even famous lost ships) so there's the Michigan mainland which contains major cities like Detroit, Lansing, Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids, but then there's the "upper penninsula" which is heavily wooded and some consider a continuation of the "north woods" of Wisconsin. Map for context:

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[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 21 points 2 months ago

A bit like a map on how Europe is perceived by Americans, where whole Germany is Bavaria.

[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

As if Americans have any idea what Bavaria is. And if they could even name one city in Germany it certainly wouldn't be anything in the south, it'd be Hamburg, because hamburgers lol

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[-] lrnz92@feddit.it 19 points 2 months ago

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[-] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amogus

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[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 months ago

Was this a news report from the future on the signing of the Treaty of 2034 that ended the second US Civil War?

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 17 points 2 months ago

If you had to divide the mainland US into 4 "regions" this is probably the best way to split it.

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[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Everything is bigger in Texas. Including cartography.

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[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 months ago

As a Canadian I would cut out part of Texas at the top for “Americans that think they are Canadian”

But it’s pretty accurate

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ok but you need to give us Alberta as Canadians that think they're American

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

As much as I hate Minnesotans for thinking they are us

I would gladly make that trade

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[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 months ago

I like how the New York, Florida, and Texas tristate border still makes my homeland of western Kentucky instantly recognizable by the weird little nubbin that is the Jackson Purchase.

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[-] shy_mia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 months ago

looks about right...

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago

It certainly feels that way sometimes.

[-] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 months ago

This is what those “state vs state battle royale” fantasy war simulators look like after a couple rounds

[-] tourist@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Where is Gotham and Springfield

[-] Zier@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago

I know I don't live in Texas because we still have electricity running here. Florida checks out though!

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 11 points 2 months ago

are they wrong tho

[-] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I adore that Sinhala script. Fruit with bums.

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[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago

Wait, Alaska is missing!

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I mean, only like half

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

I mean I've seen worse "The US according to foreigners" maps. At least all of those regions contain the states their named for.

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[-] smeg@feddit.uk 9 points 2 months ago

Wait a minute, this isn't !cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee!

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[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

This ad brought to you by the bipartisan Canadiasexicans and Texasexicans super pac union for the succession of Sexico

[-] Maven@lemmy.zip 40 points 2 months ago

Make Minnesota bigger

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Sexico sounds like what Zapp Brannigan would say is his hometown

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[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Its a map of the lower 4~~8~~ states

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That not how it looks?

[-] rem26_art@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago

I love how jarring the border of what would normally be Nevada is compared to the rest of the borders on this map lmao. Also love how Michigan is split in half between NY and Texas

[-] cashmaggot@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

Some Sri Lankans in Chi =(

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