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A real map of the world

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My son is resisting watching this because "it's important but not VERY important" :lol: but thanks for this cool video :up:

On second thought, I dislike how the US is a yardstick to measure other countries' shape and size against :lupe: Why?!
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YummyMummy wrote:My son is resisting watching this because "it's important but not VERY important" :lol: but thanks for this cool video :up:

On second thought, I dislike how the US is a yardstick to measure other countries' shape and size against :lupe: Why?!
Because it's a country everyone knows and can sorta point out on a map. You can't have Greenland as your yardstick. Britain is tiny and Russia is evil :dead:
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MujahidAishah wrote:
YummyMummy wrote:My son is resisting watching this because "it's important but not VERY important" :lol: but thanks for this cool video :up:

On second thought, I dislike how the US is a yardstick to measure other countries' shape and size against :lupe: Why?!
Because it's a country everyone knows and can sorta point out on a map. You can't have Greenland as your yardstick. Britain is tiny and Russia is evil :dead:
I thought that's where the company and most of its audience are based? But I guess you could also be right... they could have used Australia? And they never mentioned China... I wonder why they didn't compare that against the US :lol:
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Re: A real map of the world

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Haven't a clue, maybe it's because the vid maker is American?
The Greenland distortion is ridiculous though,don't you think
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Re: A real map of the world

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I saw that in one episode of west-wing back in the day,I believe it was early 2001, it blew my mind, so I ran the nearest internet cafe so I could google it( Didn't have pc back then, don't judge me) I wonder if I can find that episode on youtube......brb.......oh shit.

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Cool vid
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YummyMummy wrote:My son is resisting watching this because "it's important but not VERY important" :lol: but thanks for this cool video :up:

On second thought, I dislike how the US is a yardstick to measure other countries' shape and size against :lupe: Why?!

Maybe because the uploader is American or maybe because YouTube is American .. owned by google who is also American....and because the Internet is American ..... and most information available on the internet is American-focussed ... and because Americans assume everyone on the Internet is American .....and because we Americans are very self-centered ,
get it !! :deadrose:


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Re: A real map of the world

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I I knew about this since history class my professor told us the world map is distorted to make america and europe larger.nice video though. This video is most likely made by an american so that's why the usa comparison to other places.
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Re: A real map of the world

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A big chunk of Canada is surrounded with ice, totally unfit for habitation. Same for Africa, a big chunk is just desert land.
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So Somalia is literally the centre of the world. :myman:
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Re: A real map of the world

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This is just an international version of my tuulo is bigger than yours shyt with all the xigto miis and bais that you would expect from fadhi kudirir enthusiast snetters
Nothing fancy.
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Re: A real map of the world

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You guys should watch the vid Agentofchaos posted for context and background
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