Even our map is racist and Eurocentric smh.

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yeah this is a well covered issue with flat maps. You guys should have learned this in middle school, it' snot a conspiracy.
 

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yeah this is a well covered issue with flat maps. You guys should have learned this in middle school, it' snot a conspiracy.
 

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yeah this is a well covered issue with flat maps. You guys should have learned this in middle school, it' snot a conspiracy.
It is? Most people aren't aware of this and no effort is made to correct it or clarify in most cases. This is not something being told to kids you must have just had a good teacher.
 
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and lets be honest, you don't need accurate pictures of the fukking ocean :heh:

if you want an accurate picture of the world then you do.
what are you trying to say?
we are discussing the representation of the Earth in a visual form.
the globe is the best representation but it is not the one most people reference.

oceans are 70% of the globe's surface so of course we need to take that into consideration as much as the land masses.

please restate your post in a manner that i can understand.
 

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1. its a duplicate
2. Everybody learned this in middle school. This isn't news. Greenland isn't really that big and Florida looks like a dikk. :yeshrug:
Everyone did not learn this in middle school i dont ever remember learning this in school. Just because you learned it doesn't mean everyone else knows it.
 

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Everyone did not learn this in middle school i dont ever remember learning this in school. Just because you learned it doesn't mean everyone else knows it.

i did not understand the distortion of the flat map until a few years ago.
it blew my mind.

i understand why it is done that way and i understand how it can be construed as a tool of subjugation.

fact of the matter is that the way the flattened map is viewed gives a false view of the world as it really is.

that puts everyone at a disadvantage....act like you are big breh...act like you are small breh...

do you smell me?
 

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i did not understand the distortion of the flat map until a few years ago.
it blew my mind.

i understand why it is done that way and i understand how it can be construed as a tool of subjugation.

fact of the matter is that the way the flattened map is viewed gives a false view of the world as it really is.

that puts everyone at a disadvantage....act like you are big breh...act like you are small breh...

do you smell me?
Yeah i feel you. My main thing is this is not well know in the west imo.
 

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Yeah i feel you. My main thing is this is not well know in the west imo.

this is not well know anywhere.
how many people look in to cartography?

how many people look into what it takes to turn a globe into a flat map?

how many people look at that distorted view of the world and superimpose it over various global or personal ideas?

it's fukked up.
 

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this is not well know anywhere.
how many people look in to cartography?

how many people look into what it takes to turn a globe into a flat map?

how many people look at that distorted view of the world and superimpose it over various global or personal ideas?

it's fukked up.
Good points
 
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