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

[–] katja@lemmy.blahaj.zone 205 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Eh, close enough.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 58 points 11 months ago (27 children)

I was gonna say.

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

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 53 points 11 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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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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 11 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

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

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 47 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Los Santos, Liberty City, Vice City.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Hux@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

That’s just Red Dead.

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[–] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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 11 months ago (4 children)

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 11 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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[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

Honestly not far off

[+] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 11 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 11 months ago (1 children)

How dare you split Michigan logically!

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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 11 months ago (2 children)

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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago (5 children)

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 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago

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

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[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 18 points 11 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 11 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 17 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As much as I hate Minnesotans for thinking they are us

I would gladly make that trade

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Everything is bigger in Texas. Including cartography.

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[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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 11 months ago

looks about right...

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 11 months ago

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

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago

It certainly feels that way sometimes.

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Where is Gotham and Springfield

[–] Zier@fedia.io 12 points 11 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 11 months ago

are they wrong tho

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I adore that Sinhala script. Fruit with bums.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wait, Alaska is missing!

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

I mean, only like half

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 40 points 11 months ago

Make Minnesota bigger

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Sexico sounds like what Zapp Brannigan would say is his hometown

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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

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

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That not how it looks?

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 7 points 11 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 11 months ago

Some Sri Lankans in Chi =(

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