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The United States of America. (May trigger vertigo symptoms.)
Posted on 8/31/21 at 9:58 am
Posted on 8/31/21 at 9:58 am
We’re so oriented from birth to think of north as up that maps such as these can be unsettling to some people. Think of south as up and north as down. We float on a sphere in space so there is no true up or down geographically. Intellectually we know that but experientially we get habituated and our mental visual spatial relations can become confused when we suddenly see a different representation of reality.
This post was edited on 9/1/21 at 6:53 pm
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Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:50 pm to Kentucker
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Vertigo?
Posted on 8/31/21 at 9:18 pm to starkvingrad
Autocorrect sucks. Posted on 8/31/21 at 10:12 pm to Kentucker
Still a good thread.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 5:48 am to Kentucker
If you think that you can call me a Yankee now you're FOS
Posted on 9/1/21 at 6:47 am to Kentucker
well there it is.... the liberal map... where everything is upside down.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 9:38 am to Wtodd
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If you think that you can call me a Yankee now you're FOS
Yeah, Kentucky and Missouri are way down north while the rest of the SEC states are up south.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 9:42 am to finchmeister08
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well there it is.... the liberal map... where everything is upside down.
This is what’s wrong with politics. People experience the same reality but interpret it radically differently.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 10:39 am to Wtodd
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If you think that you can call me a Yankee now you're FOS
Now we can claim victory in the war of southern aggression
Posted on 9/1/21 at 11:42 am to Kentucker
I love geography and this map is disorienting as hell.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 11:57 am to Animal
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war of southern aggression
It's still a myth even if you turn the map upside down.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 3:09 pm to Kentucker
You can edit topic titles you know.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 6:32 pm to Kentucker
From where Santa Claus sits, that map is correct
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:01 pm to bigDgator
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I love geography and this map is disorienting as hell.
I started the thread after becoming disoriented myself while searching for info on how the Aussies view the world. I assumed they would see the South Pole as the top of the world. However, they seem satisfied with their “down under” status, opting to use maps with the southern hemisphere at the “bottom” of the globe.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 8:30 pm to Kentucker
If adopting this map means the PNW will suddenly start getting hurricanes and the Southeast will get temperate weather, I support this map
Posted on 9/2/21 at 5:20 am to Kentucker
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Yeah, Kentucky and Missouri are way down north while the rest of the SEC states are up south.
I live in Florida
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