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xkcd #2868: Label the States(xkcd.com)

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Alt text: Even with a blank map, a lot of people can only name 45-50 of the 64 states.

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randoot@lemmy.worldOP
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I was expecting this one to be interactive but then I noticed the alt text. I’m not a geography nerd who’s going to explain this one

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brown567@sh.itjust.works
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The map looks correct at first glance, but he’s added another 14 states by drawing the borders wrong XD

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pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works
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Not American, but I assume it’s wrong in some subtle and hilarious way?

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Ageroth@reddthat.com
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I just moved out of Kentucky and was like wait, there’s two Tennessee?

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cerement@slrpnk.net
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explain xkcd

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567PrimeMover@kbin.social
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Yeah, he’s got Minnesota in there but totally left out Megasota

Two Tennessees, but no nineessee

Texoklahoma is up by Midsouthdakota?

North-West Virginia isn’t even a thing no matter what those weirdos say

The weird strip of land in the Great Lake

Removed Whodaho and added “Idaho”? WTF is Idaho?

It’s got the state we all agreed doesn’t exist?

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NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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And where is Mickeysota?

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ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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Bunch of extra states with similar shapes to existing states, so it messes with your eye and kinda blends in.

Might be harder to do with a map of Africa, Asia, Europe or south America because there aren’t as many straight line borders and things are a bit more curvy.

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dragontamer@lemmy.world
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Working from the bottom left… California, Arizona, New Mexico… Wtf?

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cerement@slrpnk.net
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California, Arizona, New Mexico, Old Mexico, Texas …

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