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[–] mech@feddit.org 66 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Fun fact: Whether North or South are "up" on a map is also completely arbitrary.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 29 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

They undercut the message buy putting upside down at the top.

I had a teacher in high school who always set his globe that had the text oriented to the nearest pole to have the south pole on top. Anyone switching it would start a conversation about how there isn't a 'correct' up direction.

[–] iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

There is only a "correct" up direction if it has words. The "correct" up would be the direction of the letters.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh god why Mercator?

[–] mech@feddit.org 42 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Mercator really starts to shine when you rotate it by 90 degrees.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

This is cursed enough to be an SCP

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

At this point, Africa is almost represented at its actual size.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or left right

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Should have rotated the other way so the sun scrolls satisfyingly top-to-bottom.

[–] LorIps@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but European borders aren't

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Sure they are, they're fun to redraw too. I thought y'all loved doing that

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

This looks like a fantasy world map wtf.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

It’s freaking me out!