WAFFLEHOUND posted:

This has got to be an American map because it's drawing the bullshit diagonal line that cuts off the Canadian coast off of Alaska. Seriously, look at that poo poo, the border is a straight line and then WHOOPS LETS CLAIM THE COAST AT AN ANGLE RIGHT WHERE THERE'S OIL!

Radbot posted:

How is what you posted an argument for environmental determinism?

Vegetable posted:

How are any of these railway maps "politically loaded"?

DrProsek posted:

Now the Philippines are Jewish! This is not what I wanted at all .

GreenCard78 posted:

This response is the best response. There are plenty of folks in dc who fit this category but just don't wear the appropriate sign.

Deceitful Penguin posted:

You drive through a bunch of small pretty towns in either Switzerland or Austria, enjoying the quaintness of the countryside until you reach the one with a central bank and a villa. Then you're in the capital of Liechtenstein: Vaduz. Then you buy a t-shirt from the country gift-shop and wonder if you should try to meet the Prince only to be informed he's away, like most of the time.
Hope this helps~

Itious posted:

Romania was a German ally as well, and following the invasion of Russia, the losses to Hungary were compensated by the addition of what is roughly modern day Moldova:

Trench_Rat posted:

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is this map still accurate when it comes to french influence in africa. I think Hollande promised to end french intervention in africa in a speech.

the jizz taxi posted:

This might seem like a dumb idea but wouldn't it be a good idea if some of these states in the Middle East and Caucasus did a population swap à la Greece and Turkey in 1923? Sure, it wouldn't be an ideal situation, but at least I suppose it would alleviate some regional tensions.

Davincie posted:

What's the racial controversy about Ancient Egypt? Greeks versus indigenous or what?

Farecoal posted:

Did you know?!?!?!? Greenland is not actually bigger than South America!!!!! It's because of the way the map is made, called the projection!!! This one is called Mercator and really distorts the view of our world!!!!!! The more you know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gleri posted:

This is straight nonsense. The single clearest counterpoint is the Roman Empire which was officially bilingual, in the sense that officials did and were expected to speak two languages, and very multicultural for virtually its entire history. And, with the notable exception of the Jews, they hardly adopted an "iron fist" with respect to cultural minorities.

Living in Toronto, multicultural and multilingual states seem perfectly functional to me. In Canada history shows we've been pretty successfully running a bi-cultural, bi-linguistic and bi-religious* state for over a 150 years. And, since 1982 multiculturalism (as opposed to biculturalism) has been constitutionally entrenched. Sometimes Quebec is a bit nuts about protecting the French language and culture, but their government just lost an election on efforts to push back multiculturalism.

Also, historically speaking, I think the idea of monocultural, monoreligious states is really an artifact of nineteenth century European ideology, now exported worldwide. Before the nineteenth century it was probably the norm everywhere in the world for people in one country to speak many different languages and practice multiple religions. The Austrian and Turkish empires, as European examples, particularly point to that. They collapsed, but they successfully did not collapse for literally hundreds of years, which seriously challenges the thesis that multiethnic states are unstable. In most European countries it wasn't until their governments "educated" their "dialects" out of them that people adopted a single, standardized language. This process is ongoing in China as we speak.

IceAgeComing posted:

He also apparently banned opera and circuses for being "decidedly unturkmen-like"; and changed the names of the months and the days of the week - some of the former included his adopted name, the name of his mother and to the name of the book that he wrote as a "spiritual guide" to the people of Turkmenistan.

Its fair to say that he's a little crazy; but that's part of what makes batshit insane dictators interesting!

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Koramei posted:

Well maybe the Germans should have thought about that before they decided to lose WW1.

Pook Good Mook posted:

Ya I think I saw it on another topic on this very website, it might as well be called "US Federal Reserve Districts" because that's basically all it's showing.

Grand Fromage posted:

Do they filter it, though? Here in SK there's internet filtering. As far as I know only two categories are blocked: porn, and anything North Korean because the government is dumb and still thinks it's 1960 and people would defect if they had access to NK stuff.

Golbez posted:

Please explain for someone with only the barest knowledge of French politics why Alsacians and Bretons are pissed by this. Thanks.

fade5 posted:

I notice Alaska and Hawaii are missing, can anyone come up with a horror movie for each of those places?

Patter Song posted:

If that's the goal, they should at least add all of Jordan to their map.

Sithsaber posted:

They just said they'd tear out the qaba (Mecca rock) before inviting in Sunni intelligentsia which probably means even they have no idea what's going on.

Lycus posted:

What's that spot in Northwest New Mexico that's a lot bigger/darker than Albuquerque's?

sparatuvs posted:

Apparently Albania and Montenegro are Buddhist

Sinestro posted:

Sorry, I forgot that I posted.


It's number of furries as a percentage of the state's population, based on three furry dating sites. WA has the most, NY has the least.

Bloodnose posted:

So to my colorblind eyes, they've only got Japan, the Koreas, Thailand and Liberia as having never been colonized or influence-sphered by Europe?

EightDeer posted:

I love how only 3 states have decent taste in games (Illinois, Nevada, and Tennessee).

Jehde posted:

Sucrose posted:

I have to say I guess I don't see what the big deal with school corporal punishment is, as long as it's done with parental permission, as it seems it almost always is. There's nobody to blame but their own lovely parents.

Sucrose posted:

I meant that I don't see a great deal of difference between parents hitting their children, and parents giving schools permission to hit their children. The blame ultimately still rests on the parents deciding that it's good policy to hit their children.

Arglebargle III posted:

A map of people who already know where the grocery store is, thank you.

A Buttery Pastry posted:

That "pretty borders" have come to just mean straight borders is a historical crime in itself.

Phlegmish posted:

All you other language families can suck it.

Nintendo Kid posted:

Areas with minimal population are also shaded gray on there, even if an indo-european language might be the dominant tongue among the few residents.



It was convenient that the maker of the map put the 10 km line in.

sweek0 posted:

You can't post all these subway maps without posting the best one. The subway maps of subway and lightrail systems around the world, inspired by the one and only original London Underground map.