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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago

This is freaking me out. Make it go away.

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 month ago

This is the perspective from inside the Earth

[–] 667@lemmy.radio 27 points 1 month ago

This makes my brain itch lol

[–] m_f@midwest.social 27 points 1 month ago
[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait a minute. Colorado is backwards dummy

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Nebraska too. WTF?

Edit: No, no. Do not upvote. I have confused Nebraska with Wyoming so this joke is invalid. Plus it wasn't so much a joke as it was ruining the joke I responded to.

[–] yuri@pawb.social 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

As a native Nebraskan, confusing us with Wyoming is probably the funniest thing you could’ve done here

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

From now on I will remember that Nebraska has a handy tab on one side, to make it easier to peel I guess.

[–] yuri@pawb.social 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

folks call that a “panhandle”

[–] joenforcer@midwest.social 2 points 4 weeks ago

I like "handy tab" better.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

Just for that I'm gonna upvote you even harder

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why do Texas, Florida, and California have the same slant and why did I never notice before?

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It's the way the wingle dingle dangles.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is it also stretched? It feels like it's stretched but I don't think.it is... help

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope! Just tried mirroring it, and it looks normal.

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

Thanks for straightening that out

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Thanks, I hate it.

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago

I never noticed how big our butt was before....

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

How China sees us

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 weeks ago

A whale in a cat:

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Oh wow. Cannot unsee.

[–] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

It's a map of the AƧU

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago

This image is making me a little dizzy. It's really disorienting, but in a fun kinda way.

[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Thanks, I hate it

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the American States of Unity.

This must be what it's like to see your reflection for the first time. Is the continental US really that lopsided?

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I would have read it as the American State Union, but I like yours better

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Thanks. I always though the "United" part of the USA was aspirational from the start (we're still working on it), so I went with "Unity" for the same reason.

Then again, a Bizarro USA wouldn't have to advertise that part so loudly, so your matter-of-fact "Union" kinda fits too.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

¿∀S∩ ʇxǝu dn

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The east coast is the beast coast!

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

The east coast is the left coast and viceversa!

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

Good to see things from another perspective sometimes. Really opens your eyes. I don't know what I'm seeing, but my eyes are opened.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The shortened name of USA in romanian is SUA

Is there any language that uses ASU as the name?

[–] Enkrod 5 points 4 weeks ago

It's EUA in french (États-Unis d'Amérique)

[–] Fleur__@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

I'm gonna puke

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Huh, the inverted East Coast has a certain resemblance to the Austrian borders

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago

Alabama State University!


GO HORNETS!!!

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

...before it's too late WAKE UP SHEEPLE geez...

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

You know, if you flip the map around but leave the cities in the same place, only shuffled around a little bit to accommodate the new coastline, you could kind of squeeze Washington DC up a little (okay a lot) and get it inside of Washington State).

[–] 4oreman@lemy.lol 0 points 1 month ago

No.

This is backwards.