• bleistift2@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    Remember that it is always half of Earth that gets sunlight. This illustrates how much of the Pacific is missing in this projection.

    • protist@mander.xyz
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      6 months ago

      There isn’t any of the Pacific missing in this projection…you can see right where it starts at the Bering Strait and ends in the exact same place. If this map were centered on the Pacific it would probably seem larger, but there’s none missing.

      • inlandempire@jlai.lu
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        6 months ago

        Bro what you still think the Pacific is a real thing and not a random area invented by the government to have the world map look more satisfying

    • Ech@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      It’s warped, not missing. Just like the resized continents are all there in full, just incorrect (relative) sizes.

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    how about we deport our prisoners to Australia. We’re not animals though, so we’ll load the ships with a bunch of rabbits to sustain them until they settle in.

    • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      We don’t have burger king in Australia. Its called hungry jacks. There was another chain called burger king, now gone, and burger king bought an existing chain called hungry jacks. So it would work!

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        6 months ago

        And back in the 90s, Hungry Jack’s had a set of mascots called the Kids’ Club that had something to do with their kid meals. One of them was a kid in a wheelchair named Wheels.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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        6 months ago

        We know. That’s like the main Australian fact, it’s important to mention it at every opportunity. Along with, you know, the emu War.

  • morphballganon@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    If it’s not on the summer solstice (Jun 20), then shouldn’t there be two dates where this is the case, one before and one after?

    • ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      Are you implying that we should be counting atlanteans, cetaceans, the nightmare corpse-city of R’lyeh, and the mole people? I don’t think they much care about being left out.