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American states are bigger than you think (media.piefed.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/cartographyanarchy@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've never given a moment of thought to the overall shape of Rhode Island. It's always just been so small on every map I've seen that it's an unidentifiable blob with an arrow pointing to it. I feel like I'm seeing it for the first time.

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    • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The Colossus at Rhodes Island

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    listen I know this barely has to do with anything but I simply can't not share this random fact

    1900 picture of a continent-sized dude standing on Africa with spread hands, holding a telegraph wire and a colonizer hat. you know the one.

    Did you know that this image everyone uses as a clip art for colonialism is called "Rhodes Colossus" and it was originally drawn for an 1892 satirical article about British colonialist Cecil Rhodes who planned to lay down railroad and telegraph lines across Africa, from Cape to Cairo (insanely hard task at the time).

    The joke was that colonizers viewed themselves as gods and had a satirical verse about Cecil (who was a major asshole in case you weren't sure). But as often goes satire transcended itself and became the image for colonialism.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Well, how colonialists view themselves (the original intent) and how we now think the ideas behind colonialism makes colonialists look (i.e. their self-image; arguably, its current usage) aren't terribly disparate in form, one could argue.

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    • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Mercator projection strikes again

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Rhode Island is neither a road nor an island. Discuss.

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Is this a shitpost or can you provide a source for this?

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  • [–] [S] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Rhode Island can not be contained in any source.

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    • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I asked Lumo the following:

    Which is bigger, Rhode Island or Ontario Canada?

    Ontario is far larger than Rhode Island.

    Rhode Island – about 1,034 square miles (≈ 2,678 km²) Ontario, Canada – about 160,000 square miles (≈ 415,600 km²) So Ontario’s land area is roughly 150 times the size of Rhode Island.

    Rhode Island is puny. PUNY!

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Trusting AI? I'm afraid this source says otherwise.

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