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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 7 hours ago

Germany and Denmark are totally messed up. Terrible, just terrible.

[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 1 points 6 hours ago

Do you mean the Democratic Republic of Congo or Congo?

Also, fuck the mercator projection

[–] sachamato@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As soon as I saw the map, I thought how countries are not represented on a real size basis in the world map. A quick Internet search brought me to truesizeofcountries , a very cool project for anyone interested.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago
[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Projecting a Mercator projection onto a curved surface... Greenland doesn't deserve that kind of treatment.

At least the map includes New Zealand

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago

And yet they appear to have omitted Zealand.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You think the treatment of GREENLAND is bad? See if you can find the tiny spike that the peninsula and hundreds of islands that is Denmark has been reduced to on this 😄

[–] TwanHE@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

The Netherlands is not more than a squiggly line here, looks like we need to claim some more sea.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Greenland is the most obvious (to my eye) case of the distortion that Mercator projection causes at near-polar latitudes.

I'm not anywhere near as confident that I could say what shape Denmark is at the best of times.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

I could say what shape Denmark is

Middle finger.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

That's completely fair 😁

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Having that tattoo 100 years ago and over decades must have sucked...

Yeah, it's me again, please remove the border and re-color Poland, Austria, ...

Nevermind, German lost, change the color back and add borders...

[–] Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

It’s already out of date because it’s missing the 2011 border between Sudan and South Sudan.

The map is also kind of a blobby mess in the Middle East, with a few countries missing, and they forgot the border between Algeria and Mauritania.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm guessing the person with this tattoo gets them colored in once they've visited that country, which if so I think that's pretty cool

[–] mortalglowworm@reddthat.com 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Republic of Congo or Democratic Republic of Congo?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"You mean Zaire?"

"Sure, mom"

[–] Homescool@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Antarctic drilling is legal again

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“Places I’ve been”

Colors in America, but not Alaska.

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Probably counting only the contiguous 48

[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

That a fucking dope tattoo

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

(Proceeds to scratches his Ass)

I thought you were a Geography Major?

(whispers sensually in his ear) I am.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

Downunder 😏

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago

Just don't have an American girlfriend

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

To the south of Sudan, actually.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Luckily, he hasn't gotten Sudan colored in yet so there's still time to draw the new border.

But that's the problem with a tattoo like this: imagine having to get a cover-up because some inconsiderate separatist jerks won their "freedom and right of self-determination," SMH!

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

They might've got the tattoo before South Sudan split from Sudan.

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Lol I wanna see on a dudes big fat hard belly. You know the type. None of that floppy belly shit.