• harl3k1n@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    I don’t get it. Is this just random or is there any thought or intention behind the relocation of certain countries?

    • TheLemming@feddit.deOP
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      11 months ago

      It is a joke :)

      Look at a geographical map, the real world looks different

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        11 months ago

        I realised it’s not a real map …

        But I thought there was maybe some reason behind why some countries where relocated and others weren’t.

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          11 months ago

          There’s some reason. It’s a horizontally flipped map of europe (except for Iceland, Spain and Portugal). The British Isles and Sardinia are scaled to resemble the rough layout of the “base” continent.

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            11 months ago

            There’s some reason. It’s a horizontally flipped map of europe (except for Iceland, Spain and Portugal).

            I agree. However I also got an reply from the creator of the map and he said it was just a joke. But there is more.

            My hypothesis is, it’s basically half assed. They tried to make a map of Europe, but inverted but didn’t finish. Like why is Italy just plasterd over North Germany?

            I think they tried something but couldn’t be arsed to finish.

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              11 months ago

              Yeah and France is bleeding out, but the western part is perfectly normal. The map doesn’t hold up to scrutiny but I liked the little mindfuck and chuckle.

              tbh I think the Italy part is kinda genius because it gives (at very first glance) the appearance of not only denmark, but a little bit of scandinavia is there. So there’s not just “nothing” and the mind fills it out with scandinavia at first

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    11 months ago

    Missed lots of opportunities for offense here:

    • Move Spain into Portugal, Spain becomes Andorra
    • Attach Portugal to any Eastern European country
    • Move all of Germany into Malloca, make the free land Austria with an Italy hat.
    • Mark northern Belgium as “Wallonia” and the south as “Flanders”
    • Make Greek islands Turkish
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    11 months ago

    We were so close to perfection, if only you had landlocked us, but no, the curse of towels on lounge chairs will continue

    • TheLemming@feddit.deOP
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      11 months ago

      Say “let’s play »guess the country«” without saying “let’s play »guess the country«”

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        11 months ago

        And here I thought the german towel shuffle was well known

        But honestly, this map is really well done, at first glance it looks perfectly normal until one realises Italy has done a summersault into the north seas.

        Congrats, you should be incredibly proud of this

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    11 months ago

    Sunscreen sales are about to go through the roof in the UK, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway.