lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square174fedilink
minus-squareKodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoRussia is actually pretty small and it almost fits inside Africa. Try it out: https://www.thetruesize.com/ EDIT: Ok I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it’s still really huge.
minus-squaredatendefekt@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI think that says more about how unbelievably massive Africa is.
minus-squareandyMFK@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago“pretty small”, it’s like 2 Canada’s.
minus-squarelagomorphlecture@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAfrica is, like, huge. So saying Russia is small because it fits within Africa doesn’t make it sound small to me.
minus-squareKodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoOk I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it’s still really huge.
minus-squarehazel 🤷🏻♀️🏳️🌈@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWait so it’s purely projection distortion that makes Russia seem half the size of the old world?? This blew my mind. Also fun fact Google seems to have stopped outlining Russia (not other countries) when you click them in Google Maps.
minus-squareVelonie@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoYou got me clicking countries on the map now. I really can’t find a consistent reason why sometimes it shows the outline and sometimes it doesn’t… Canada: yes Russia: no South Korea: no China: no Spain: no France: yes Iraq: yes Kyrgyzstan: no Mongolia: yes Japan: no USA: yes Malaysia: yes What pattern is there here???
minus-squarehazel 🤷🏻♀️🏳️🌈@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe if there are territorial disputes / conflicts (Ukraine also no) they do this instead of picking a side? No idea
Russia is actually pretty small and it almost fits inside Africa. Try it out: https://www.thetruesize.com/
EDIT: Ok I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it’s still really huge.
I think that says more about how unbelievably massive Africa is.
“pretty small”, it’s like 2 Canada’s.
Africa is, like, huge. So saying Russia is small because it fits within Africa doesn’t make it sound small to me.
Ok I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it’s still really huge.
Wait so it’s purely projection distortion that makes Russia seem half the size of the old world?? This blew my mind.
Also fun fact Google seems to have stopped outlining Russia (not other countries) when you click them in Google Maps.
You got me clicking countries on the map now. I really can’t find a consistent reason why sometimes it shows the outline and sometimes it doesn’t…
What pattern is there here???
Maybe if there are territorial disputes / conflicts (Ukraine also no) they do this instead of picking a side? No idea