robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 months agoThe size of Portugal compared to Spainlemmy.worldimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1539arrow-down112
arrow-up1527arrow-down1imageThe size of Portugal compared to Spainlemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squarePk_thunder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 months agoThis might be my favorite shitpost of all time haha
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoI don’t get it. The joke is “haha it’s actually not a misleading projection”… ?
minus-squareowsei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoMercator’s deformation show up when you move countries north/south. Since Portugal only moved slightly East the apparent size basically didn’t change. (You can even see and compare real Portugal just left of the red projection)
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoRight. The reason I don’t get the post is that I thought everyone would know and see this ^ I feel like this post is taking a picture of a cube, calling it a cube, then I’m supposed to doubt that it’s a cube. Which I wouldn’t…
This might be my favorite shitpost of all time haha
I don’t get it. The joke is “haha it’s actually not a misleading projection”… ?
Mercator’s deformation show up when you move countries north/south. Since Portugal only moved slightly East the apparent size basically didn’t change. (You can even see and compare real Portugal just left of the red projection)
Right. The reason I don’t get the post is that I thought everyone would know and see this ^
I feel like this post is taking a picture of a cube, calling it a cube, then I’m supposed to doubt that it’s a cube. Which I wouldn’t…