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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

xkcd #3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres

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xkcd #3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres

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xkcd #3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres

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During the most recent glacial maximum, it’s believed that land bridges extended from the surfaces and connected several of the spheres together.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3122/

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  • ksigley@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    There really is an xkcd for everything.

  • eth0slash0@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    !mapswithoutnz

    Aww it’s not a community (yet?)

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I actually kind of like this as a concept for showing the world!

    • chtk@feddit.nl
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      4 months ago

      I like how the globe for Australia keeps the trend of not including New Zealand going.

      • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Ha, I missed that! 😁

        • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          so did the cartographer

  • GhostPain@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Cool except Europe is a sub-continent at best, not a continent.

    • Fifrok@discuss.tchncs.de
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      So, there’s 4 continents? Abya Yala, Afrasia, Australia and Antarctica

      • Fifrok@discuss.tchncs.de
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        4 months ago

        Scratch that, there’s three. Australia is just an island with overgrown ego.

    • ddplf@szmer.info
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      Honestly at this point you’re just being obnoxious

      • GhostPain@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Oh shit, found the Europeans. lol

    • IllNess@infosec.pub
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      4 months ago

      Continents are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria.

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