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[–] 155 points 8 months ago (16 children)

Can't believe Portugal is nearly the same size as Portugal

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  • [–] 39 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    They are completely different colors, however. 🤔

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  • [–] 29 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    Red Portugal is best Portugal

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  • [–] 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Holy shit, I don't think you can just go around saying "Lisboa sized gap," wtf.

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  • [–] 83 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Can you put Portugal A little to the left so I can see Spain better?

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  • [–] 66 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    If you think that's impressive, just look at the size of Spain compared to Spain 1000152489

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (3 children)

    What are those rectangle territories on the top left?

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  • [–] 36 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Mr president a second Portugal has hit the Iberian peninsula

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  • [–] 32 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    This might be my favorite shitpost of all time haha

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    I don't get it. The joke is "haha it's actually not a misleading projection"... ?

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    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)

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  • [–] 29 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Wow I never realized how small it was in comparison until I saw it here.

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  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    The mercator projection really oversells the size of portugal. If you ordered a large pizza you’ll have to eat it outside of the country.

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  • [–] 21 points 8 months ago

    The size of Portugal the Man compared to Spain:

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    The size of two Portugals compared to most of France:

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago

    What I would like to know is how big it is compared to Iberian Peninsula.

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    So thats why the Portuguese description on products is always smaller than the Spanish one!

    Jamón ^presunto^

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago

    I went through like three full thought cycles before realizng this was a shitpost. Good job.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago

    This is surprising to a lot of people because everyone is used to seeing mercator projection maps, which skew the true size of countries

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago

    Thank you, I've always wondered how their sizes compare, this is a great visual representation. So clear.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Huh, I wonder how it compares to that other country to the west there.

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    Why isn't Spain just eating Portugal?

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Why does Russia, the largest of the countries, not simply eat the rest?

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    Quality shitpost

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Bah! That's nothing! You should see the size of Antarctica compared to Spain!

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Portugal is just a portly rotated Nepal.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    Bullshit, I don't believe you.

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  • But how big is it compared to France?

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    Do the size of Mallorca compared to Spain next please :)

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    What a shitty post

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    This Azores erasure will not stand.

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    [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    sad fado noises

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Idk... have you adjusted for map distortion?

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