50 Terrible But Funny Maps That You Wouldn’t Find In A Geography Book (Best Of All Time)
Interview With ExpertMost of us, if not all, are aware of what a typical map looks like. It usually represents a part of the Earth, showing the locations of countries, cities, and natural landmarks like rivers and mountains, as well as man-made features like roads and buildings.
However, some cartographers try to mix it up and stray from the norm, creating not-so-conventional maps that, at first glance, have no usefulness at all. How many Switzerlands fit in Brazil and tomato Europe vs. potato Europe are just a few examples awaiting you on the best-of-all-time list of Terrible Maps. Scroll down to find them, and don’t forget to upvote the ones you think failed at geography the most!
Bored Panda also reached out to cartographer and designer Liz Cox, who kindly agreed to answer a few questions about all things maps.
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Fun fact: Much of the southern states of the united states of america used to be part of Mexico. So Texans complaining about foreigners in "their" country are really misinformed
Yes, but Mexico was originally part of Spain, who stole the land from the Aztec Empire and the other native tribes there
Load More Replies...A lot of those boundaries were established by merciless warfare between tribes.
So the whites arrived and slaughtered everybody to punish them for their merciless warfare.
Load More Replies...But all of those indigenous nations were invading each other and fighting and taking over territories for hundreds of years before Europeans arrived. So illegal immigration is not new.
except this is not accurate one bit, they took a few select tribes or tribal coalitions and ignored many others. Further they have wrong boundaries and some like the Iroquois Confederation didnt exist until after Europeans came. This is just really bad White-Centric naive view of Native Americans
To be fair, XIX c. Mexican governments did not give a flipping duck about Texas. They had enough fighting each other: liberals, conservatives, monarchists, federalists, centralists and other factions. There were no communications, constant attacks by Comanche and Apache native and no support for settlers. When American illegally settled there, Mexican President Santa Anna first resorted to tax them, and when they rebelled his repression was brutal.
This seems to leave out a lot of pretty well known groups like Navajo and Lenape
Excuse me but why is Tasmania once again excluded from Australia?!? EXPLAIN YOURSELVES!
And I live at the cat's butt. Gee, I always did think it smelled a little funny 'round here.
You're lucky. We cats have perfectly awesome butts.
Load More Replies...Thank God the world isn't flat or we would have been pushed over the edge
And Australia is the wrapper it came in.
Load More Replies...When asked what inspired her to become a cartographer, Liz told us, “I have always been a right-brained, creative person and was set on pursuing music and creative writing. I was also obsessed with geography, memorizing random facts about different countries and learning about new cultures around the world was my nerdy fun (I used to even paint teeny flags on my toenails).”
This is, sadly, why when we teach human geography and economics in Australia we don’t include the USA as a comparable or ‘like’ nation anymore. Oh, and our Kiwi cousins should be on the list. (But we invented the pav… 😘)
I am Spaniard and I have my doubts. The prices for buying or even renting a home are skyscrapping high. Some offers are like a joke.
I am uncertain what the "American Dream" is according to this map? Is it buying a home? Do people in other countries not dream of economic stability? I'm an old Brazilian, so I'd say the Brazilian Dream is to have a home, a full belly, and full heart. But in my country social mobility is difficult. If you're from a middle-class family, you will likely remain so (although that keeps getting harder). But for the poor? Although the last time Lula was president millions were lifted out of poverty, and we had a massive increase in entrepreneurship. Socialists are surprisingly good at capitalism.
Load More Replies...Roma has a two syllable river, but otherwise this fits every European city I have spent time in.
Load More Replies...This would be my home town except for the river; we have a two-syllable river Aura.
The vast tracts of Scotland that are publess... actually are not. There are definitely pubs in the bit at the extreme top right of the mainland, around the town of Thurso, for instance.And Wick, and several others.
There is definitely more than one pub on the Isle of Arran.
Load More Replies...Nope. 1. The Isle of Man (the island between Great Britain and Ireland) isn't part of the UK. 2. This map has missed off the bits of the UK to the southwest. 3. The number of pubs reported in Scotland has been vastly under represented. 4. My goodness, Orkney and Shetland have been included!!!
“Undiagnosed ADHD had me bouncing around from interest to interest most of my life. Cartography was never something I planned to get into, but it was the perfect fit for my neuro-spicy brain. I get to continually learn about new places, use a ton of creativity and love of graphic design, and challenge myself with analytical skills. It's really the perfect fit for me,” Liz fondly shared.
That was actually how we were taught to remember these states when learning US geography. That was MIMAL (Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana) with his Kentucky Fried Chicken on a "Tin" (Tennessee) plate.
Load More Replies...My boyfriend is a truck driver and he just taught me this months ago lol 😆
This map always makes me laugh im from Minnesota, on another note if you have not been before Kentucky is one of the most underrated picturesque states i have traveled through
I don’t know what this says about me but I see the “chef” just absolutely railing Tennessee
He looks like he's having a bit too much fun with Tennessee... 😂
The chef is mimal Minnesota,Iowa,mi Missouri,Arkansas,Louisiana And the plate is Tennessee
All of them if you walk in a small circle where it is south.
Load More Replies...As did I ... until I remembered the title of the Post (Terrible Maps)
Load More Replies...There WERE rivers there once. Now dried-up river-beds leading to what is now the Persian Gulf (when there was water in the rivers, it was a huge fertile valley).
It turns out the terrible maps with a pinch of humor are not only enjoyed by an occasional passerby but also by the specialists themselves. “I LOVE the Terrible Maps account and am so excited to buy the book,” Liz tells us.
and the americans blew up a bunch of nukes in South Australia too
Load More Replies...Belgium does that too, with us Germans. It's especially funny when you know that the wind here mostly comes from the west/southwest.
We Germans are especially effed. We are the only country to deconstruct our Nuclear power plants, but are surrounded by other nations snd their facilities!
Load More Replies...When I was a kid then a young teen I actually have been to some of these places in the former Yugoslavia on holiday. It was so sad because it was just before the wars broke out. It was coming. A hotel we were in? If things had been different? It'd have been a 5 star luxery hotel. I had my pocket money to spend and bought a few things from the locals. Not the tourist ones but from the people on the side of the street with a blanket and their handmade goods to sell. A young guy who was our waiter in the hotel? He was approaching the age of when he'd have to go into the army. No choice... I often wonder if he's okay... Alive. I absolutely hate war... People hating on others for no reason... Just Stop.
Seek the reason of the division and war in the religion. Catholics, Orthodox, Muslims.
Load More Replies...Yeah that's a spicy bit of history, still to soon to mock I feel...
Yep, looks like a dinosaur with its mouth wide open
Load More Replies...“After stressful days digging through unorganized data for mapping, sending co-workers some of these map memes is the best way to lighten up the environment. I am never disappointed with the newest "Terrible Map." I love seeing the dad-humor-infused maps and think we could all use a LOT more giggling in our lives!”
And right now we’re getting blasted by the Antarctic winds. IT’S SO BLOODY FREEZING, IT’S MAKING MY DOUBLE-SHOT FLAT WHITE COLD BEFORE I DRINK IT!!! #MelbourneWorldProblems
In this view Africa looks a lot like a bigger version of Australia!!
🎶 "Antarctica, Antarctica, kinda cold aren't ya! But you have penguins to keep ya cool! Not polar bears costheyareinthenothernparroftheworld!" 🎶
This is closer. For a non-U.S. person, Florida and Disney World are one in the same.
Born and raised in Florida and you aren't wrong. Just include mosquitoes and gators and you're set
Load More Replies...As someone from the East coast that's pretty much how I see it too. There are the 2 coasts with a bunch of cows and wheat in the middle. ;) And people with guns in Texas.
Check out a very old "New Yorker" magazine's cover about a Mahattenite's view of the US.
Load More Replies...This is outdated. Obviously yee haw and disney world is the fèck human rights area.
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And like, all rivers eventually flow into the ocean, man, so like, all the waters of this big blue marble are connected. Whooooooaaaa.
Great Salt Lake? Other bodies of water with no outlet?
Load More Replies...The world’s oceans actually are one body of water. The oceans are defined not by location, but by the flow of the current within that water body.
What? Cool! I can't read syphilis, I can only read the common cold!
Load More Replies...Not Perfect by Tim Minchin "It's one third dirt and two thirds water" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg3PberzvXo
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Load More Replies..."There is only one river, there is only one sea." (Obscure "Airplane!" reference)
The book Liz talks about is Terrible Maps: Hilarious Maps for a Ridiculous World. It’s Michael Howe’s child of labor—the guy behind the Terrible Maps social media project. Online, it's described as the ultimate gift book for budding geographers or anyone who wants to have a laugh.
All of my efforts in learning geography have paid off in immediately understanding this joke rather than looking at it for 2 seconds and then deciding "that country must be called Togo". Worth it!!
Either you're Ghana know it or you're not ;)
Load More Replies...They get disapproving looks from their grandmother at Christmas.
Load More Replies...Since they are different species, it stands to reason that the patterns are different. There are four distinct species of giraffe, which are divided into 8 sub-species. It's like saying "look at the difference in color patterns between these five species of hummingbird!!
Most people ignore there are different species of giraffes, with different patterns but always the same colors and characteristics (very long neck, beige coat, brown spots, horns on the top of the head). The taxomony has been debated for a long time, between one species Giraffa camelopardalis and many subspecies, or several species with eventual subspecies. When they think giraffe, they often imagine the simpler reticulated giraffe pattern, not the more complex Rothschild or Masai ones.
Load More Replies...how is this a terrible map? It seems useful. Also, how did the European banking family conspiracy theorists despise get their name on a giraffe type?
TIL giraffe markings vary by region. Also, I have a nice, approx 4 foot wooden giraffe carving I purchased in Kenya in the 80s. The markings on it are the yellow / reticulated one, appropriate for where it was made. Kenya is roughly where the yellow and orange meet but I imagine the yellow version is easier to draw. :)
I have no idea how these are pronounced, but I'm imagining something like the sound that a cat makes when it has a hairball.
I remember back when one of the volcanoes erupted in Iceland some 10+ years ago and all of the poor news anchors had to learn to pronounce Eyjafjallajökull and do it without a hitch (of course I googled and pasted the name, you think I know it by heart?)
Is Icelandic the most difficult language in the world to learn as a second language?? Sheesh
Not if you're an English speaker. It's written in the Latin alphabet and is Nordic, which means it's closely related to English, even if it doesn't look like it. I'd say something like Arabic is the hardest--tons of varieties, writing system generally doesn't write out vowels and reads the other way as English, letterforms change depending on position, totally unrelated to English so different grammar, words, etc. You could also make cases for Vietnamese, Navajo, Mandarin, Georgian, Japanese...It's not Icelandic though. Something typically Icelandic, like the Icelandic Wikipedia's featured article [is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandra_Kollontaj] is fairly understandable. I can spot cognates and make some sense of what it's on--a Russian Marxist, evidently. Compare that to featured articles in Navajo [nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naats%C3%A9dl%C3%B3zii] or Georgian [ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%A5%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%90].
Load More Replies...I am lcelandic and a native lcelandic speaker. These placenames are mostly gibberish. For instance, "klofalækjarkjaftur," (not a real place) means something like "crotch lake ugly mouth.'
So if you prefer having a physical book related to your interests it might be worth checking out. “Ever wondered about the average jean colour across the United States? Or what ‘pedestrians’ look like in Denmark? What unites Brokenwind, Upton Snodsbury and Crackpot? And have you ever tried to take a train in Antarctica? Well, Terrible Maps is the book for you!” the description further reads.
Hahahahahaha Poland being the only yellow part is SO accurate! (I was born in Poland, but brought up in Germany. My family in Poland is SO …. well…. any more and they would be fanatics)
Uhh I think in 1018 the Arabian peninsula was busy with religion but Iberia was doing science. Also what's that yellow area in the north? Poland?
Yeah it's Poland. A highly religious country though I'm not certain why no science. Both church based religions plus more of a Earth mother worship. It could be the devastated economy leading to less scientific advancements but it has pretty much been that way since its incorporation into a country. My bf grew up there and it has been eye opening learning the differences growing up poor in a capitalist country (me, in the U.S.) and his upbringing in Eastern Poland
Load More Replies...Israel is somewhat busy with religion, but it's not 'too busy with religion' to do science. At one point, it had the third largest number of companies listed on the NASDAQ, after the US and China[1][2] (many of which were tech companies - it's hard to become a farming conglomerate or something in that small of a country) and spends the largest proportion of its GDP of any OECD country (and yields 11th place by money!) on scientific research[3] as well as boasting near constant overreprestantion in scientific journals[4] as well as scientific Nobel prizes, of which it has over 1 percent, or 9 prizes, despite having under 10 million people.[5] Similarly, Israel is also the origin of Waze (mapping), RSA (basically how the *entire internet* keeps stuff secure, so...important)[6] and a microprocessor, the Intel 8088, that propelled IBM into the Fortune 500 and claims most microprocessors today as descendants.[7][8] It should definitely be colored as 'doing science'. If nothing else, a country like Belgium, with six scientific Nobels, despite being independent for longer and having many more people than Israel, counts as 'doing science', so should Israel.[9] *SOURCES* [1]hbr.org/2015/09/how-israeli-startups-can-scale [2]restofworld.org/2021/tech-hubs-tel-aviv/ [3] oecd.org/en/data/indicators/gross-domestic-spending-on-r-d.html [4] data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_BIBLIO%40DF_BIBLIO&df[ag]=OECD.STI.STP&df[vs]=1.1&dq=ISR.NORMCIT_X.PT_PBL_SC_E..&pd=2008%2C&to[TIME_PERIOD]=false&vw=tb [5] Wikipedia has a list of Israeli Nobels [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Israeli_Nobel_laureates] and the Nobels maintain a list of total nobels [nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-prizes/]. From there you just need to filter out literature & peace. Note that I'm counting unique individuals and organizations. [6] Technically Britain came up with the idea first, but it wasn't declassified until much later. [7] See Wikipedia articles on the Intel 8088, RSA, and Waze [8] Information on importance of Intel 8088 is from spectrum.ieee.org/chip-hall-of-fame-intel-8088-microprocessor [9] Nobel data comes from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_by_country#Belgium
The founders of the USA did not trust the majority of people. So many systems were put in place to hinder the majority from exerting its will.
Load More Replies...senate= so every state is equal. House of Representatives= according to population. genius
That's why their is the House of Representatives. This is to make sure everywhere and everyone is represented equally and you don't have people making decisions when they don't live there. This just shows a plethora of ignorance.
Yes, but it effectively gives Wyoming and its ilk veto power over the majority of the population. Also, since the House hasn't increased in number, Wyoming is still overrepresented even there. Also, since the formula for Electoral votes is senate+house, Wyoming has a disproportionate influence on elections. This is not ignorance. This is overrepresentation of small states. Common sense dictates that if California splits into 'LA' and 'Not LA', its representation shouldn't increase, as there's the same number of people as before. But it does! Also, it's "there".
Load More Replies...You realize we have the House of Representatives exactly because of this? California - 52 representatives. Alaska, Delaware, the Dakotas, Vermont, Wyoming - 1 apiece. It was a brilliant compromise.
Republic of states. Design is California can govern itself very different than Vermont. States come together for military, post office, patents, treaties. If US had true democracy, states would have split apart long ago.
It's the fault of our public schools that people do not understand the importance of each state having two senators.
Now look at what the House can accomplish on its own
Load More Replies...Disagree. It isn't just the head count. It is representation by region. If California had all the reps they would vote themselves water from neighbor states. If (hypothetically) the "pig states" from that other map had all the reps, they would vote themselves laws that favored the pig farmers. Or, to put it another way, do you really want all of California's laws to be nation wide? Everything under the sun causes cancer, half your garden equipment outlawed, etc. It's not a perfect system but it is trying to find balance so all areas are represented.
Um, yes, I do want a lot of California's laws to be nationwide. Sure, maybe everything does cause cancer - or has warnings - but they have those warnings anyhow. It's not like California bans smoking. You just get warnings, but I get those already. Also, you get abortion access, a smaller gender pay gap[1], the fourth-highest national life expectancy[2], less gun violence per capita[3], and a reasonable minimum wage? Count me in! *SOURCES* [1] bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/womensearnings_california.htm [2] cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/life_expectancy/life_expectancy.htm [3] giffords.org/lawcenter/resources/scorecard/?scorecard=CA. Note: source advocates stricter gun laws.
Load More Replies...I've always thought our congress would work better if both chambers only had 2 each per state like the Senate and they had to run on the entire state, no districts. We could easily still divide up duties and checks and balances for each chamber. Also campaign finance reform, universal term limits, and a completely redone tax code that doesn't coddle the rich. There's my plan 'Murica.
Heck no. Then it would be an oligarchy of small states, like Wyoming, over California, Texas et cetera. It's bad enough for California as it is. Though the redone tax code is good and the campaign finance reform could be. edit: the redone tax code is a good idea.
Load More Replies...I'm guessing that the same disproportionality also exists for presidential elections.
Not as extremely, but yes, the electoral college empowers voters in the least populated states. A vote cast in Wyoming, Vermont, or the Dakotas is equal to about 4 votes cast in Texas or California.
Load More Replies..."GRRRR" Narrator: "George loves his dinosaur."
Load More Replies...Liz describes these particular maps by saying, “I think a terrible map that fits into this specific realm is all about the factual display of data with the perfect twist of wit and absurdity.”
And just try to find a pic-a-nic basket on Jupiter.
Load More Replies...There are no bears in Africa. (Well, maybe a polar bear or two in zoos.) I don't feel threatened.
Oh, no! I'm at very high risk of bear attack?!? AAHHH! RRUUUUUuuuuuunnnnn.....
You needn't outrun the bear. Just outrun the person with you.
Load More Replies...Australia - very low risk of bear attacks ..... however.....
Didn't realize Iowa is completely overrun with hogs, and I live like 2 states over.
There's actually a dark spot where DC is! Hahah
Load More Replies...I didn't know there were so many in Virginia! That's also kind of terrifying. They're like angrier geese that taste better
Always thought there were more in Texas. Learn something new every day!
Simply not true. Look at the maps, one is clearly the grey shade version of the other. They just changed the key.
But if we’re talking about a terrible map intended for actual professional use, Liz believes that incorrect information, bad data, poor analysis, and horrid design skills can greatly contribute to a map becoming user-unfriendly and even unusable.
The tails and front feet on both of my dogs are weapons. Happy wagging tails and they like stepping on our feet. I have bruises on my legs and belly from the female trying to climb on me on the couch, working on breaking her of that.
A map that includes New Zealand? Sorry, I can't see it catching on.
They need the rest of their continent. Someone pushed it under the ocean.
I would like to try some authentic Italian pizza now . . .
Load More Replies...Italians invented pizza, Italian-Americans perfected it. I'll die on that hill, pretentious a-holes.
Nope. Canadians did, when they added pineapple
Load More Replies...Why is Scotland downvoted? We have Haggis!!! Do you know what it takes to catch ye olde Wild Haggis??? 😄
The joke's on them. Especially considering how many people in Scotland are of Italian descent.
I have eaten pizza in Italy. It wasn't bad but it wasn't an, "OMG! I'VE NEVER HAD PIZZA LIKE THIS!" moment.
It's unfortunately true that just because a pizza is made in Italy does not guarantee it's going to be good. I have had some bad pizzas there, particularly in areas where it's not really a local tradition, like on the island of Sardegna. The restaurant choices in some of the harbours and bays we anchored in consisted only of seafood or pizza. My wife doesn't eat fish, so...
Load More Replies...Yes, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalonian foods are all amazing
Load More Replies...France, the country that invented the Michelin star rating system? Also you have never tried paella.
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You mean 'Good job immigrating Europeans, how very original'
Load More Replies...This cartographer is a slacker, that's not even all the Romes in the US.
What about Rome, New York? Rome, Maine? Rome, Oregon? Rome, Tennessee? Rome, Ohio?
Practical. No point splitting countries in half.
Load More Replies...India, Nepal, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Venezuela, and somewhat Chile, Argentina, and China being smart and making themselves nice and visible on this map. Also, is this in winter or summer? Because some countries do daylight savings and some don't
Looks like Australia/Melbourne. Also Tasmania has not nice people, too.
Helsinkhole is great but how about Fix-it instead of Finish?
Load More Replies...If Scotland becomes independent and rejoins Europe would it be a Scentrance?
I've noticed among this that a lot of countrys/land masses look like some sort of animal. Mostly water animals too (only main land animal I saw was a cat)
Oregon is really nice. Great scenery there. Don't let that game, "Days Gone" give you a bad impression, lol.
What's the New Mexico one supposed to mean? High rate of violent crime? Beautiful sunsets, good food, not much to do if you don't like the outdoors? (I'm from NM so this could be interpreted many ways).
After some reflection, perhaps the creator of the map simply means "Irrelevant desert" when referring to my poor state 🤣
Load More Replies...What's Oregon like? A few small cities, not too many people, nice scenery and good fresh food?
Oregon has a one large city and numerous medium cities. Lots of nice scenery, coast/mountains/green valleys/fields/high desert. Lots of agriculture, so good local food.
Load More Replies...Has anyone counted? I wanna know the answer, but not so much that I can be arsed counting...
Guys, I have NO idea if this is accurate or not, but I tried to count them (broken down by colors, which is still hard). I got... 139. Other suggestions? XD
Maps are drawn with money. Same with many US states. Guarantee that this stretch of land is about white folks not wanting to lose money or power.
Yup, treat between Germany and UK so Germany could link two of its colonies I think.
Load More Replies...a map for countries that don't use the metric system would be almost identical
So I was born in Europe and my birth certificate has boggled a few people's minds, how could you be born on 13/3? There's only 12 months. 🤦🏿♀️ Not the brightest bulbs.
I grew up with DD/mm/yyyy in South Africa. But now live in the US. We often categorize things by the month. In my case it's receipts for my business. Month first is way easier to quickly identify dates. Just saying it does have it's benefits however silly it appears.
You do know that the system dates all files and that all files are categorisable and searchable by system dates, of course.
Load More Replies...It's the 20th of July 2024. (I'm Australian so I'm 13 hours ahead of america)
Load More Replies...When you've been convinced that your nation is the greatest that ever existed, then suggesting any changes is inconceivable.
While the US version with the month first is illogical it has given the world Pi Day (3/14), Weed Day (4/20), and Star Wars Day (May the Fourth). You're welcome.
Perhaps not as well known outside the US as people might like to think. I've had to explain 4/20 no end of times and the others have never come up.
Load More Replies...This. Mainly because I grew up in Canada and then we moved to the UK. At first it was obviously a huge culture shock but trying to get used to spelling things differently and using a different date format? It was a big thing. I got a few Fs on my homework because I'd still spell colour as color, other words that miss out the U or are spelled differently in Canada and for putting "mm/day/year". I mean, everything else was completely correct but being marked down for an incorrect date format? Oh well... Can't change it.
I don't like actual tomatoes myself because of the texture of them in my mouth. It makes me gag. I think I need to move to potato Europe! 😄 YEAYS! A jacket potato with cheese! 💜😃💜
In Blackadder, Baldrick thought that WW1 started because a bloke named Archie Duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry...
Rolled up
You never know, might need to move it at some point
Load More Replies...Europe but if Europe colonized it
It’s very realistic. That’s how you draw map when you’re a colonizer and you agree with the colonizer on the other side to draw the map to maximise profit. It makes no sense on the ground and completely ignores the rights of local populations because who cares.
Load More Replies...It makes far too much sense. I made an image of what it should look like that is technically licensed under CC BY-SA because of the Wikimedia image I'm stealing the base from (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blank_map_Europe.png). Anyway, below is what it should look like.
Their embassies in Washington, DC meet once a week to exchange misdelivered mail.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7ZKvA8NwWN/?igsh=MXAyeGhoNWljeGdoMQ==
I'd like to see a map of texting/driving fatalities by states where it's against the law.
Not true. Japan, France and others lost conflicts with those "farmers". The Vietnamese were well conditioned to war by the time America stepped in.
Yes, those Vietnamese farmers were already war veterans long before we got there.
Load More Replies...Hi. In our defence thought fight-or-flight response + flightless bird = terrifying
Load More Replies...Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: "Do not march on Moscow". Various people have tried it, Napoleon and Hitler, and it is no good. That is the first rule. I do not know whether your Lordships will know Rule 2 of war. It is: "Do not go fighting with your land armies in China". It is a vast country, with no clearly defined objectives. Bernard Law Montgomery, House of Lords, London, 1962
Load More Replies...Europeans keep making metric jokes but I think a lot of Americans know both systems better than Europeans. It's true the US system is officially imperial. But it's also true that metric measurements are all around us. It's on pretty much every food package. I've been using metric (and SAE) tools since the 70s. I live near Canada so some road signs include metric (not too many). I am used to seeing temperatures listed in both C/F. I can probably convert from one to the other in my head a lot faster than most Europeans. TLDR: Stop pretending Americans think metric is some unfathomable mystery. :)
Europeans keep making metric jokes because they are funny.
Load More Replies...No, Myanmar uses a traditional Burmese system but is transitioning to SI metric units.
Load More Replies...False. Liberia and Myanmar use Imperial, and as Jessica S has already noted, many other countries lost wars to Vietnamese Farmers.
Myanmar does not use Imperial and is transitioning to SI Metric units.
Load More Replies...They could have it like animal crackers, you have to look real close and hard and be like.. *me* hm... I think that's Lithuania. *sister* 'no that's clearly Ireland' *me* gosh dang it
Load More Replies...What pedestrians look like across Europe
The sign isn't entirely correct - it only appears this way on the sign forbidding pedestrian movement. All other signs look more like Spain.
Load More Replies...Narrowly missed a Fawlty Towers opportunity in 1940.
Load More Replies...I see a lot of red lights in this map. And what is wrong with Poland? Are you going to cross the street or not!?
That’s a lot of walking for pedestrians who mostly have no feet!
Makes sense - who'd want to pour olive oil onto their baked potatoes?
Load More Replies...Slightly unfair representation. Should be divided by olive trees versus cows
Yes, I live in Philadelphia, and it looks nothing like this. They did put a stupid highway right along the river though. It cuts the city off of the Delaware River bank, very bad move. Otherwise, I think Philly looks more like the layout of the European cities, except we have two rivers with long names
Load More Replies...Hahaha. Every American city has a giant freeway? You haven't been to bumfúck, america yet.
Very good, but doesn't capture the accurate feeling or flair of the Map of Every European City
Maybe but Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine are most likely even worse
Load More Replies...Apparently we're on the fence about Greece (see: American dream).
Every person/country is it's own center of the world. Stop being petty, we're a selfish species. Not our fault it's the way we are.
Ironically I'm American and we almost always use the one with the Americas on the left, splitting the Pacific in half
In the US, I feel like general sentiment toward South America is more green. I don't approve of it, it's just what I sense regularly.
Not sure I agree with this one. I know America sucks (am American). But i spent weeks last year crying over the Turkey earthquake. Every time I would open my phone the death toll had gone up drastically and I would just start crying. Both me and my uncle donated money to the red cross effort. Then soon after we had the Maui fire with a death toll of 97. And I just couldn't muster the same sympathy after hearing about a natural disaster with a death toll of over 50,000. It made me feel like a horrible person.
As a fellow American, I don't think I heard about either. So, don't feel too horrible.
Load More Replies...Dutchies on top like a feather - pretty but useless unless you want your money laundered or your arms traded, and don't expect wings in return.
Map of Roman air bases in 2nd century ad
Historical fact - Romans were very good at camouflaging their air bases. Which is why they cannot be ;located on this map.
They did have paratroopers at the Tarpeian Rock. They were very effective if the enemy was right beneath them. Not so much otherwise. The attrition rate was a killer though.
Load More Replies...2,066 Americans were asked to point out Ukraine on a map
1) Tape map to wall. 2) Suck a keg of beer through a straw. 3) Throw a dart at Ukraine.
Someone who thought the question pointless and indicated so with their placement? Of Doug. You can never be to sure about Doug.
Load More Replies...I’m sure at least half of these people were joking. But then again, it’s Americans, who knows?
And to think Project 2025 would get rid of the Department of Education!
Load More Replies...They thought that was the land and the other parts were the ocean.
Load More Replies...Maybe, I csn't remember. My MEMORY isn't what it used to be.
Load More Replies...Perhaps. We do have "Hell" and "Colon" in Michigan which I think are wackier than Free Soil
Load More Replies...Georgia has Flowery Branch, Experiment and Social Circle
Load More Replies...LOL! I grew up near Fries, Va. Double points for weirdness- It's pronounced "Freeze"
Again close. But any map of the U.S., even a terrible one, has to include Florida. Everyone knows of Florida (Today, a Florida man ...)
Even back in the olden days when I was in school, any sniggering 14 year old could recognise Florida
Load More Replies...Maps like this are just US propaganda to try to paint us as ignorant of geography as they are. Most Europeans would be able to point to Florida, Texas and California on a map, and I would hope they would get the general location of New York correct.
These were just as funny as I remember them... From the last time they did this list recently 🤨😐😶
BP is like a young toddler: "People laughed when I said this joke, I should say it again and again and again"
Load More Replies...I remember when BP was more about fun than spreading and fueling hate speak
Some are interesting, but I could do without the pointless ones (Roman air bases etc).
It's the Terrible Maps Twitter account. It's 95% silly jokes and light trolling. It's called "Terrible Maps" not "Unusual Maps" for a reason.
Load More Replies...These were just as funny as I remember them... From the last time they did this list recently 🤨😐😶
BP is like a young toddler: "People laughed when I said this joke, I should say it again and again and again"
Load More Replies...I remember when BP was more about fun than spreading and fueling hate speak
Some are interesting, but I could do without the pointless ones (Roman air bases etc).
It's the Terrible Maps Twitter account. It's 95% silly jokes and light trolling. It's called "Terrible Maps" not "Unusual Maps" for a reason.
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