Since the last time we wrote about Terrible Maps, a project that is dedicated to sharing maps no one asked for or needs, they've kept themselves rather busy. So it's only natural we created a follow-up article about the cartographers who are so bad, they're actually good. After all, what is the Internet for if not to poke fun at politics and our geographical illiteracy?
From hilarious guides on how to find the state of Kentucky to showing how many Switzerlands fit in Brazil, continue scrolling and check out these gems and tell us which one would you hang on your office wall!
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Indeed. It's very informative and shows, approximately, the spread of Native tribes before they were mostly destroyed and killed by Europeans. It's good to see that they're not forgotten.
Load More Replies...Which part of terrible does this represent? It seems relatively factual.
The idea is wonderful, but no, it's not factual. The Apache tribe never lived in any part of California. There were many, many tribes in Northern California in addition to the Pomo, although the only one I remember is the Coast Miwok, who lived where I grew up.
Load More Replies...Why is this map on here? It is not "terrible at all", unless you don't believe in the fact that people actually lived on this land before us
oh no, you are the only and the only only on this whole planet, dear ;)
Load More Replies...Everyone needs this one printed to show to racist Trumpsters whenever needed.
I'm a little confused how this map is terrible. Perhaps it is terrible to racist and classist Karens and Chads who refuse to believe that these people and empires/kingdoms were here long before they were.
except its not accurate such as the Powhattan Confederation goes further south and nowhwere as far north, Iroquois goes further east and south east (and Mahicans were part of the Iroquois), Algonquin are missing, Cherokee were never that large, missing dozens of others in that area. Chickasaw only went that far out west after 1825 when they were forced, ,look at Georgia-Florida border region, Apache were only a smart part of modern AZ at the time, Souix only had a small region in the midwest before Europeans Brought horses and they started conquering other Native tribes and took over a large territory. etc, etc. This map is horrible and super inaccurate for Native American Tribes
This map isn't even remotely correct. I live on the north shore of Lake Superior. Our regional indigenous people are mainly Ojibway, but they're not even represented on the map. The traditional territory of the Cree did not extend down to Lake Superior. And so on...
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/america-colonization-map/ t’s true that the above-displayed map was never taught in American schools, for the plain reason that the map displays an imaginary version of present-day America created for a work of speculative fiction set in an alternate timeline (as indicated by the “Approx. 2015 A.D.” legend in the bottom right-hand portion of the image), not a version of America that actually existed in the historical past. In July 2015, Redditer liminalsoup uploaded the above-displayed chart to the “Imaginary Maps” subreddit under the title “Rough Draft (seeking advice on map for a story i’m writing where Europe never discovered America).” Rather than showing the state of America prior to European colonization, this image is one author’s idea of what America might look like today if Europeans had never colonized it.
OK. We can clearly see these are bad maps. But how to know you're looking at a good one? Brant Scheidecker, a sales engineer at Cartegraph, highlighted some of the main essentials for accurate and easily interpretable map use.
"Every map should have a title. It allows the user to assess the purpose of the map quickly; allowing them to determine if it meets their needs," Scheidecker wrote.
Next, origin. A fancy name for a compass or the North arrow. "This allows the user to determine the maps reference to the earth. While most maps these days have North being straight up, occasionally you will encounter a map that has a skewed orientation, perhaps to better fit it on the physical medium it's presented on (i.e. paper), or simply because it’s easier to interact with the map in that orientation."
Dammit, I'm going to see this every time I look at a US map now. Thanks, Bored Panda.
Lol, that's exactly what I thought of too. Does that say something about us? Lol.
Load More Replies...It looks like the "chef" is giving Kentucky his hard, long, baguette.
When it comes to the source, it's a two-fold element. "It allows the map maker to provide the map viewer an idea where the data the map is representing is from; a necessity in determining the accuracy of a map. It also allows the map maker a way to cite the source of their data, avoiding all those pesky cries of plagiarism and the ensuing lawsuits," Scheidecker explained. "You have better uses for your time, like ensuring the rest of the T.O.S.S.L.A.D. elements are on your maps."
Let's not forget the legend (the area where a user can determine what a particular color or symbol represents on the map). "Without a legend, a user cannot successfully interpret what your map is trying to represent, 'Does the red skull and crossbones over my favorite restaurant mean what I think it means?'"
That would definetely be the most famous piece of a museum.
You should also know when was the map that you're analyzing made. If it was created in 1962 and shows commuter levels in Chicago—it might not be such a valid source for the traffic data you are looking for today, unless you are feeling nostalgic, Scheidecker joked.
There you have it. You may now have become a cartographic genius, but you should be able to tell if you're looking at a terrible map or not!
Thank you very much, i have to throw up now.
Load More Replies...No way this could considered bad, this is a masterpiece if hard work. Think of the painstakingly hours it took to create so perfectly !!
That is brilliant. Loads of work, not to mention oranges, gone into that map.
I like it. For once NZ is not only ON the map (often forgotten) but it’s in the centre. Yay!
Anyone who is Hispanic or Latinx is from a "Mexican Country" to a Fake Snooze viewer.
Load More Replies...Fact checkers Punditfact have checked and found that 60% of Fox News statements are either mostly false or a complete lie.
So crazy! They would be taken off air and fined huge amounts in Britain. Tv News must be impartial and facts only, and God help them if they break the rules!!
Load More Replies...I'm from "Cocaine México" and this is so funny and sad at the same time lol
"Damned Mexicans, hoarding all those countries... How selfish! At least Africa and Europe each keep to only one..." ;-P
Guyane, the yellow part of "Poor Mexico" is actually the most prosperous part of South America, because it's a part of France.
French Guiana is a French territory (and it's different than just Guiana), and hardly is more prosperous than the big neighbor. (Kinda trying to compare Puerto Rico, which is a US territory)
Load More Replies...Us Canadians are like “no not really, but unfortunately we get sucked into all of the BS from the south”
Of course, every country does this to show their children where other countries are in relation to their own. Hence the New Zealand centered map above...
Every country does this when showing a map of the world. Their country is in the center. My husband is british-he's used to seeing the world map with Europe in the center. I watch anime...Japan is in the center.
Canada is not centre on Canadian maps. Many American maps also make America look much bigger than it is
I don't understand why Iceland is not green, but Spitsbergen is
Because Spitsbergen is part of Norway and Iceland is another country would be my explaination. But then it doesn't make sense that Denmark is green but Greenland -which is part of Denmark- isn't.
Load More Replies..."They call it the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." ~ George Carlin
Load More Replies...I don't know, I achieved 2 really big dreams in Poland. Not right now-now, but in general.
Load More Replies...Really? ALL of those European countries. I’m a bit suspicious.
Without further ado, here are the top places to live according to the United Nations' Human Development Report, in ascending order: Norway Switzerland Australia Ireland Germany Iceland Sweden Hong Kong Singapore The Netherlands https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/best-countries-to-live-in
Load More Replies...Incorrect. It’s supposed to be that anyone from anywhere can become a success and prosper in America, so long as they “work hard”. It’s b******t promoted by survivorship bias & propaganda.
Load More Replies...This is so cool! I never thought of world maps having a different focus. But now it makes sense. I want one.
New Zealand, you're gorgeous, your people are amazing, you deserve to be the centre of our world, we love the haka
I spent a summer teaching in a Japanese University and I was totally shocked that the UK wasn't in the centre of the map. Of course it isn't why would it be!!
Hajime Narukawa has made the most accurate map. The mercator projection was usefull to navigate but it is totally unaccurate. narukawa-5...aaf95a.jpg
Yes!! Finally they see New Zealand's master plan. Taking over the world. Bwahahaha!
Quite ashamed --- is that green or yellow colourcoded?
Load More Replies...I feel bad about this, but I always forget about the islands between Australia and Japan. I know they are huge and millions of people live there, but still...
I'm an American and I care about disasters anywhere, including places referred to in foul ways by certain presidents. What is happening off the coast of Greece right now is so sad...
Like it says, so sad. All joking aside, so am I and so do I. Unfortunately, America gets a bad reputation because the idiots are the loudest.
Load More Replies...I don't think people in, say, Eritrea or Indonesia will agree with this map...
This map shows how most Americans think about the rest of the world (meaning: they don't know or care). Unfortunately, It's accurate. I have tears in my eyes right now because it is true.
Load More Replies....... Spain shouldnt be there.... Even for an italian, that's not accurate at all. There's some really tasty food in Spain.
Can agree on worsw food the farther north you go. But I feel Spain and Portugal are being unfairly badmouthed here.
I know the map is very tongue-in-cheek, but Spain and Portugal do have some amazing food. Lugo in Galicia, Spain was named one of the top culinary destinations in the entire world!
Load More Replies...When talking about toxic food in Scandinavia the creator of this map surely thought about Surströmming, the Swedish sour herring.
Come on, the Middle East and Turkey have THE best food (both real and aesthetically pleasing)!
Portugal and Spain have amazing food, and much more divers than Italian cuisine.
um, china does not have fake pasta, italy has fake noodles xD remember guys, all y'all noodley foods originated in china.
Married to a Florentine Italian here... for 25 years I have heard over and over about the superiority of Italian food. While I agree, the produce is far beyond what we now get in Arizona (where we currently live) I am so sick of the food snobbery. It's not like I'm arguing otherwise! Lol this quarantine is driving me crazy
Fake pasta. Fake pizza. Lol. Still yummy. And all pizza is good! Not you pineapple, you go away!
I always knew Brazilians are brainy. (But wait, what does that make northwestern Canada??)
Belgium imports a lot of electricity from France. I wouldn't be surprised if this particular power plant mainly produced electricity for the Belgian market
It does. It’s the Chooz Nuclear Power Station and is part operated by Belgium.
Load More Replies...Just like Sweden building a nuclear powerplant 10 km from downtown Copenhagen
It's the Chooz Power Plant and it is actually 2 separated plants: Chooz A was a French-Belgian project and closed down in 1991 (dismantling should be complete by 2025); Chooz B is French-operated only but Belgian citizens and authorities were involved in the project due to the proximity of the border.
What I like about this map is that they've donated Luxembourg to Belgium. The country, not the province it already had.
It would be crappy if it was a coal power plant emitting toxic fumes. But nuclear plants don't emit that. And if you're thinking about nuclear risk, then it'd be irrelevant if it's 1 or 10 km close to the border.
Actually it does make a difference in the event of a bad accident. Evacuation zone around Fukushima Daiichi was 20 km.
Load More Replies...France has 18 nuclear power stations, only 3 of them are near borders with other countries.
Don't worry, France has also a whole lot of other nuclear powerplants right in the middle of its territory, with people living around and stuff.
I appears that as soon as the giraffes move away from central east Africa, the paint starts peeling off.
You learn something new every day, i thought they were all similar pattterns
Camouflage patterns suited to the local vegetation. Nature at her best.
I lived in Iowa briefly and never saw one of these because of all the damn corn. However I am more than glad because wild hogs are freakishly gigantic
I know! I'm from maine so Idk..if they're here but never saw one. Saw a monster on tv tho...They get over a ton!😬
Load More Replies...There is a government plot to suppress this information. Our hog-overlords control the media and local governments.
No surprise, if the person with this opinion is a believer, that the Earth is flat...
I wonder whether the year 1931 is part of the joke or an actual mistake.
Is it just me that cringes when someone says "retards" to describe someone? Like is that necessary...
It's not like there are other words you can use to describe willfully ignorants idiots. Wait.....
Load More Replies...That is funny. Some are not the sharpest pencils in the box, but this one is not even in the box.
Hello, didn't you know they had aircraft carriers? Duh..... (You have to speak their language)
"Was it over when the...Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??" - Bluto, "Animal House" (1978)
Terrible maps demand terrible spelling, do’nt you agree?
Load More Replies...There’s Argentina and the others aren’t Argentina.
Load More Replies...i will stay in the yellow part, fries with mayonnaise!
Load More Replies...Potato Europe seems more staid and uptight than tomato Europe. Coincidence?
Or more thorough, organised and practical... one might contradict
Load More Replies...I’m fairly sure that border is a gradient. My mother was from the Venito. Gnocchi was our home cooking. Potato dumplings in tomato sauce.
This is one of the things i hate most about the United States: the lack of originality in the naming of its cities and towns. Well, what can be expected?
Nah. We see a giant a*s bible for most of those middle states. Oh and guns. Lots and lots of guns.
Not trying to be a grammar nazi, but without a hyphen my first thought was "What's an a*s bible?"
Load More Replies...That's right! The tales of Florida Man are widely spread.
Load More Replies...Europeans are not so dumb in geography. They actually know one or two things about other countries.
Most people in the US don't think it's the only country ffs. Just because idiocracy runs rampant on the internet doesn't mean it's an accurate representation of any group of people. Get off your high horse and find the humor in these which is what they're meant for.
Load More Replies...Lol bout' right.. I was in California and folks were like "oh cool Kansas! You guys are still riding horses and fighting Indians?" For a minute I thought it was a joke thinking they were getting giggles at my expense" then one asked if all of towns had electricity and plumbing.. they were young and quite serious. Some people are really that ignorant. I want to say stupid but it wouldn't be correct in terms that they still have no idea how the world actually works .
They must not have heard that song, “Everything’s Up To Date In Kansas City”
Load More Replies...i don't even want to try saying that one. you know which one I'm talking about.
My friend taught me how to say it. Once you get it down, it's just like saying a sentence in a foreign language
Load More Replies...I still giggle like a little kid when I hear Twatt, Orkney. Orkney and Shetland are home to some wonderful place names. Other personal favourite place names from Orkney include: Mount Misery, Weethick Head, Queenamoan, Frogafiddle, and Ladies Hole. Those Vikings and Celts sure had some fun...
Load More Replies...Down here near Bristol is a village called Butcombe. It gives its name to a large brewery and is pronounced "Butt cum". I used to never want to order their beer at the bar by that name. Asking for a pint of butt cum just felt wrong.
Fun fact: the city of Dull is a sister city of Boring, OR in the US.
I used to live somewhere inbetween Pity Me (which is just North of Durham) and Wide Open (just North of Chester-le-Street). There's also Quaking Houses near there as well.
And you missed - No Place - which is quite close to Beamish...
Load More Replies...Imagine having a name so long, you need to start reading it from another country
I went there many years ago as part of a Contiki tour. They would stamp your passport at the train station if you wanted. It has a short version that's pronounced like Lan-Far-Go-Go-Go.
Early Y2K problem: They had only two spaces on the form to number the counties. You don't want to live in county "00", do you? Hence, 99 tops...
Load More Replies...Iowa originally platted 100 counties as expected, but one of them (Bancroft County) was mostly glacial wetlands unsuitable for farming or habitation, so for jurisdictional practicality it got merged into its southern neighboring county (Kossuth County). Many squabbles, reversals and lawsuits later, by the late 1800’s Iowa settled down with the 99 counties it has today. Source: https://who13.com/news/what-ever-happened-to-iowas-100th-county/amp/
I'm Hungarian and I just now learn there is a county named after a famous Hungarian statesman O.o
Canberra's the capital and we never get anyone. Any fans of anyone new is sad 50% of the time on instagram announcements for tours.
Load More Replies...I was in a garage band. I absolutely LOVED to describe us a "Internationally famous" because we once had a gig in Jamaica. :)
Cardi B performed in Ghana and that was a success. Whitney Houston was huge in South Africa during the Bodyguard movie promotion. There's money in Africa. Not every country is poor and cut off from the word.
Fortunately, good rock/metal bands always have a lot more cities in Europe ;p
Check into how hummingbirds migrate. It is unbelievable.
Load More Replies...A ONE YEAR FLIGHT MAP: "A young man named Fahd Qash from Saudi Arabia stumbled upon something unusual while out on a walk. Strolling near a swamp, he spotted a dead eagle with a tracking device strapped to it. Curious, Qash noticed that the GPS tracker had an email address printed on it. It turns out that the device was fitted to the eagle in Kazakstan as part of a study of the flight paths of Steppe eagles. This particular eagle was one of 20 that had been tracked since 2018 and the resulting map of their travels is astonishing. Interestingly, they all appear to conspicuously avoid flying over water, as the Caspian Sea, Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf are all free from their trails. Earlier mistranslations of the news caused some outlets to report that the flight path was for one eagle over the course of 20 years, but experts have pointed out that this would be nearly impossible" ... more. https://mymodernmet.com/eagle-tracking-map/
Yeah, I'm a long term fan of Terrible maps and am always confused when they share something from Amazing maps.
Load More Replies...Canadian here. It's actually not surprising at all when you consider Canada's overall population of about 35 to 40 million. Below that red line you see? There's Toronto and Montreal....already two of Canada's biggest cities. Also...our temps in the winter may be cold as heck (I've experienced -52C before in Montreal) but I've also experienced +40C in the Summer...the more you knowwwwww
That would explain why Canada's so hard to infect in plague inc.
Yup, got it. They forgot Pbstralia and Festralia (My favorite)
Load More Replies...Yes, rest of the letters could also be thrown in.
Load More Replies...Forget about Hestralia and Shestralia. Istralia + Youstralia = Westralia...
Load More Replies...and there is my small but beautiful Island, the down under down under hahaha
According to my dots in MS Paint over each: 132. Might be wrong, but I am not doing it again. EDIT: Did it again and Beto River is right, I missed 10 at some point. Thank you Beto!
Thank you! I tried counting with the cursor and gave up after 5 times.
Load More Replies...Wait - no answer. I need to count them myself? Turns out I don't care.
With the little gaps you can construct another batch. Easier to go read the surface on wikipedia.
Load More Replies...Brazil =8 514 877 km² . Switzerland = 41285 km² So Switzerland fits 206 .25 times in Brazil.
But where would you find such a big copying machine to copy Switzerland?
I understand mistaking it with Iraq or Afghanistan, but how the f**k did they go to Africa and the Balkans? A couple are even in the UK, for crying out loud.
People have straight up pointed towards the ocean and you are surprised about Africa?
Load More Replies...Then again, I'm European and would do HORRIBLY at identifying the different states in America.
This is about a country, not individual states. I don't think I could identify any Iranian provinces on a map but I could as sure as hell find Iran. :)
Load More Replies...Also, some of them pointed at bodies of water.
Load More Replies...Yeah, sure. I remember a poll that once made the news. It was something about how over 60% of Americans believed they'd been abducted by aliens. I decided to do a little research. The Americans polled? They were 300 college students.
I think Japan's flag makes a good point but the Switserland flag is also a big plus...
Sadly the U.K. after Brexit is now the direct to video sequel staring the likes of Tara Reed that nobody wants.
I knew about Australia and the emu war, but not about China. I need to find the story.
China launched an "Eliminate Sparrows Campaign" from 1958 - 1962 which resulted in severe ecological imbalance, being one of the causes of the Great Chinese Famine
Load More Replies...Landlocked countries: Great, I can finally go on a seaside vacation without leaving my country.
In Dutch coma is spelled with a c instead of a k, so I don't really trust de rest of this map...
Poland also uses Koma, just an FYI. *Before* it uses spiaczka (sorry for lack of diacritical marks), in medical circles, at least.
Well, yes. And try to pronounce 'śpiączka' :) Who ever do this kind of maps?
I personally find it pretty cool to create your own words rather than just borrowing them from a foreign language
The word "coma" comes from ancient greek "κῶμα" (deep sleep).
Load More Replies...No really, catdog. One fine day with a woof and a purr. A baby was born and it caused a little stir. No blue buzzard, no three-eyed frog. Just a feline, canine little catdog.
Load More Replies...That has changed after Baltic states also got Euro as our currency. But these are funny and still around
The map doesn't represent Eurozone (the UK is there which was never to join it). But yeah - still funny.
Load More Replies...To quote Top Gear or something: "The frigid sea penis of Scandinavia."
Load More Replies...this is of Sweden- Norway has been left off because it isn't in the EU
Weird. It's as if the person is jealous of us having so many historical buildings and interesting places.
I live in one of these European cities and didn't find this offensive in any way and therefore don't see the author as jealous. It's just stereotyping but in this instance - nothing wrong with that. And they (the author) made a lot of really observant points.
Load More Replies...Map of every European city by someone who visited one European city.
Meh, the map of every European city from someone who only has visited Berlin. Europeans here know It is true
In France they have the ABC tours. Another bloody Castle, Another bloody Chateaux, Another bloody Cathedral - Not a castle in sight on this map! x
But you would get to travel on some of the world's most luxurious first class railways!
This is a bit odd as you can't take one train to do that. You could, however, just keep taking trains forever to make a route that would dwarf this.
The polish word "herbata" always makes me smile because its morphology is hilarious. It means "herb" "tea" which would translate to a "herbata ziołowa" which would translate to a herb, herb tea ... and we're in an infinite loop
And I who thought chai was a type of tea. Guess I will have to stick to ftuit teas then :p
But I mean, Japan is DEFINITELY by the sea and it uses the cha base as well.
Had to read that twice, as the word was placed in opposite places, compared to the figure.
Yeah they do. An independent Wales would be one of the poorest places in Europe.
Load More Replies......making murica full of s**t and california the a**s. Could not agree more.
i don't get it, can you explain? EDIT: OOOHH nvm
Load More Replies...Given I saw some 30 year ago a truck driver going on a highway and actually reading newspaper I wouldn't be surprised if someone in sixties would drive a car while writing something in a notepad and causing deadly accidents
France is also the country with the most time zones in the world, even though the main part is all in one time zone.
Have you made ABSOLUTELY SURE that it's not a dog in disguise? :)
Load More Replies...If this map doesn't help you to find the nearest one, just walk down the street and there it is.
I have been to Finland and this is accurate
Load More Replies...In 60 million years it would be recognizable, but in 200 million years it's going to look really stupid.
In 300 million there will be the possible Pangaea Proxima.
Load More Replies...This needs more up votes. I know it bashes people who hate on tattoos (like me), but the science-inspired nature of the joke won me over.
As long as you hate tattoos and don't tell people who have them, no problem.
Load More Replies...i get the joke. so, if yall need it explaining: sin/cos=tan (sin cos and tan are on most scientific calculators but idk what they do)
I can give a dissertation on sin cos and tan if anyone is interested
Load More Replies...Don't worry they didn't suddenly stop teaching geometry in schools
Load More Replies...nah they've been generous and let them enjoy the coast around Neum for a good 10 km long you can even triple it if you count the Tanko Sedlo cap :D
Load More Replies...And the subtle genius of this? Mosquitoes are more attracted to people wearing darker clothing - most of the South (ignore Florida, we try to) has light colored jeans.
No way? Is that true? Not about Florida, I believe you.
Load More Replies...At can also be the green is Liberal, the red is mixed, and the Yellow is GOP parts of Cali
Or the farther south you go the less liberal they are
Load More Replies...As a green-zone surf town native... yes. :D
Load More Replies...No, because every country still exists, they just re-drew them with silly borders. Europeans, while conquering Africa, actually suppressed a lot of former states and protostates.
But diversity is wonderful. Putting the Hutus and Tutsis should have been wonderful. What could go wrong? Isn't the EU suppressing states now?
Load More Replies...Europe, if the ruling monarch, the church and the nobility weren't in constant struggle for power. It was crazy. Just look at this map: 2769px-Map...E.svg_.png
It always amazes me how Germans have united so many principalities.
Load More Replies...This is badly done because it didn't randomly throw different ethnicities and languages together into one country.
The best part is the Oklahoma/Namibia style border of Belarus.
You just have to see how the 'Middle East' was divided up to know this to be true
More like if America colonised it (and we will destroy you if you dare to try!).
A small taster of a living world map I did years ago. africa-hor...da2def.jpg
It's called the Caprivi strip, and was used by the Germans as an access to the Zambezi River. Everything has a reason!
Load More Replies...Wow! No wonder it was down graded. How on earth did they ever see it?
Pluto just wanted to give the Earth a hug. You’re still a planet to me little one! 🤗
Pluto is just having a rest and the Aussies are like "Strewth, mate!"
Is there like some Lizard-proof border there? Do lizards know when to stop going north?
I wonder if it's all about temperature? The gulf stream keeps northern Europe warmer than Canada despite being the same latitude. Not sure it extends all that way across Russia though?
Load More Replies...This is where I live! (Not in the harbour, but the city) I'm proud of us being the catalyst for this.
A map of racist statues in the UK- those that have been removed are in red. Google 'Topple the racists' map .org racist-5f2...b48ea6.jpg
England should be England, Wales and Scotland. And Right under MOTHER RUSSIA is SPARTAAA
Load More Replies...This is assuming they know about Denmark. I'm rather doubtful. Otherwise correct.
There are a number of these on the web that have been around for years, much funnier than this one. Just Google it (my favorite attached) the-world-...4af78a.jpg
Well, We, the spaniards, named Nueva España (New Spain) the territories of actual Mexico, so.... I think it´s correct be the new Old Mexico
But Portugal and Italy are together with you, that's also part of the issue
Load More Replies...AMERICANS AREN'T ALL IDIOTS!!! Yes, a lot of us know geography. People just have a habit of paying attention to the loudest and stupidest people and stereotyping Americans based off of that. I get that this is a joke, and I'm fine with a couple jokes, but people take it too far.
Dear, plush n puppet shenanigans: Firstly and foremostly I'm Canadian and I find it ironic that you comment on someone's anti-stereotype comment then you go to talk about 'foreigners' from Western Europe and Canada 'bullying you'. That might have happened but you shouldn't judge an entire country by the action of the occasional person that might have been mean. Bored Panda does not hate America. The US has made their own story and stereotypes. It is a large country (population/influence wise) and so you do NOT have a single story. I'm not trying to make your experience with a mean Canadian any less than it was just don't stereotype people! Sorry (not sorry) P.S. Why are you even on Bored Panda if their poking fun at American stereotypes offends you?
Load More Replies...Yes, Americans are ignorant. I live here, and it’s depressing. I’m much more informed than the average American, but I’m probably still fairly uninformed compared to informed Europeans. Most of my world history learning came AFTER school. School often sucks here, for global knowledge, and that’s not just in Jesusland.
Scarborough Reef is a country? It is a disputed territory with claims from The Philippines and China, and it has a population of exactly 0.
The good old days when the country was made entirely from minced beef.
It's scary this was made in 1934... when there are way more detailed and accurate maps from hundreds of years before this
It's a tea merchants chart though - only focused on one thing. That approach has skewed maps for centuries.
Load More Replies...This is typical of any time of any day in America.
Load More Replies...Some people have difficulty differentiating between land and unland.
Load More Replies...*cringing for the americans that clicked on australia, brazil, canada, the us, eastern russia, madagascar, china....* The list goes on and on and on...
I agree with your sentiment, but Ukraine is a country, and Nebraska is a state. If you ask them to point out the United States, people in the Ukraine could.
Load More Replies...Makes absolutely no sense. Southern Europe is often nowhere near the green zone in data such as economy, unemployment etc.
I think the stats maps for the Corona Virus (with data provided by each government) reflect this
Awesome template. Just edit the legend, and people won't think twice. Greece though might have fallen to the "OK" camp now days?
This would be funnier if they considered the languages spoken in each country. (Yep, not fun at parties ♡)
I agree. 'Dutch' as a name for the people and the language has always struck me as odd because it doesn't even resemble the name of the country in the slightest. Then again, don't get me started on poor Hungary, haha.
Load More Replies...There are actual names for an exit scenario in multiple EU countries, like Danexit (DK), Dexit (D), Frexit (F), Grexit (GR), Italexit (I) or Öxit (A).
Traditionally The Netherlands had Sinterklaas on the 5th of december. Commerce introduced Santa Claus so they had 2 events to make money. Now we are divided in regions where people exchange gifts on either Sinterklaas or Christmas. But some families exchange gifts on both occasions....
Argh - hard enough thinking of gifts for everyone for one version of Christmas, let alone TWO!
Load More Replies...Nooo, we (EU) want Scotland back. Anyone can have England and Wales, though.
wait this is wrong. This is if great britain was not located next to ireland.
Portugal is like that. Bands play in Madrid and Barcelona and think that'll do. Portuguese fans go wild when bands play in their country because they are so grateful.
I didn't saw the account name, it's brilliant. "faut pas pousser mes memes dans les orties". There is a french expression which say "faut pas pousser mémé dans les orties" meaning "don't push grandma in the nettles" to say "don't exagerate".
I'm dutch and my parents retired to northern rural france. The french are a warm and wonderful people as long as you take the trouble to appreciate refined taste. If they're not nice to you, you're being a presumptuous lout.
This is a joke because Nice is a city near Cannes.
Load More Replies...Good think they're on an island and not part of the EU anymore then.
So many of these look like regular phenomena experienced by someone with the worst hangover...
Apparently there are a few Oklahoma lakes with high drowning rates. People there are blaming a mysterious giant octopus. But I'm gonna go with alcohol. My brother used to live in Oklahoma and I feel like I would definitely drink more if I lived there. He certainly did.
Load More Replies...I'm from Arkansas and have heard of a White River Monster, or "Whitey" several times, but I have never heard of an "Ozark Howler". I may just be an outlier, but the White River Monster does have a lot more mythology related to it, so, in my opinion at least, it is a more dominant myth. ( and I live in the Ozarks by the way)
They forgot to mention what "historic" means. There were cave lions all over Europe for a long period of history.
Did someone drop this map on the floor? France has broken off, Africa has acquired an extra bit on the west coast, America seems to have been eaten by the dog.
The side you drive on harks back to when knights held a sword in their (mostly) right hands
I don't know why you're being downvoted? This is actually true, I meant to post this, but you beat me to it. :-)
Load More Replies...I think shaking hands is going out of fashion anyway....
Load More Replies...I'm an Austrian and I'm shocked by only 65%. I should extent social distancing indefinitely.
I'm an engineer and with some colleagues we've noticed that we can actually tell the development engineers and workshop ones from each other just by observing them wash their hands. Workshop ones wash their hands before using the urinals and devs wash their hands after. When I asked a guy from the workshop why they did this, he answered that he didn't want to touch his penis with greasy hands. Now with covid, we're all required to wash our hands before AND after anyway.
When the map says N/A does that mean they don't use the toilet? or don't wash hands? We need to know.
I'm pretty sure data for Spain are accurate but some other greener countries out there are just lying to the quizzers lol (not Turkey, I totally believe Turkey's percentage given the circumstances)
Speaking for the Dutch I can clarify this : not everyone feels the need to fondle themselves and play firetruck like a six year old. Most of us can just sit down like an adult.
So? Move tot he US South. You can't go a city block without tripping over at least *two* churches, and that's out in the country...
I guess they filled the Baltic Sea with New Zealand. Which is nice. Always wanted to go, but it's been so far from Finland.
Jakub Marian makes a lot of good maps, but this one was posted a few years ago on April Fools' day.
Officially, no. It is said that people within its borders are all just 'waiting for something'.
Load More Replies...It's a reference to some episode from the Simpsons, AFAIK.
Load More Replies...I'm from Utica and I've never heard that. Oh no...it's more of an Albany expression.
I lived in Albany for 9 years and never heard hamburgers called steamed ham.
Load More Replies...Why is hamburger called hamburger? Isn't ham made from pig? And the meat in hamburger beef? Should be called beefburger..
It comes from the city of Hamburg where it was supposedly developed and the name stuck.
Load More Replies...Sorry, I gotta call BS on this...The red covers Albany and Schenectady counties...I live here and have never heard the term "steamed ham". Potentially related fun fact: zip code "12345" is the center of the red area.
I think that every American is born knowing the word 'hamburger'. Well, almost everyone of them.
Damn! I just wrote this about India, a few posts earlier, I should apply for a job at TerribleMaps :)
I saw that, i'm validating your copyright.
Load More Replies...yup spent 40 years in the right start and now being in the left one it often lead to a weird "dance" when I'm saying hello and even ended once with a stealthy one on the mouth... but hey corona has solved the issue
Yes, we don't even pay attention to this unless we encounter someone who do the reverse bise and as Myrtille said it end up with a weird dance. Bise is confusing even for us, and a nightmare when attending a party, you have to do the bise to all people, when you do 4 bises, guess the number of kisses we do.
Load More Replies...Two continents. I'm pretty sure South America was also pillaged. And don't put this on white people. War and slavery have been parts of humanity throughout history. Ignoble, terrible parts, but still parts.
Let's see. They invaders all came from Europe in the middle ages. They were all Caucasians. I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say.
Load More Replies...I see the line accurately captures the Greenville area of SC. But it doesn't include Cincinnati OH where the twang is pretty heavy
It's making fun of the Southern accent when saying "ice."
Load More Replies...It's a nightmare trying to get across Europe as you're always disturbing matches on the way.
In Australia, American football is called "Gridiron". I kinda like that
Load More Replies...Only downside to this is if you aren't keeping track of the matches and you don't coordinate your schedule to avoid public transit for people going to /from the match. Never made that mistake twice!
Color blind people don't see in black white, they simply mistake colors with other colors.
Possum pie isn't weird - it's like the bottom half of a cheesecake and the top half of a chocolate chiffon pie. We just call it that so nobody else wants it and we can keep it to ourselves.
When I visited Ohio they showed me a buckeye then asked if I wanted to try the Buckeye Pie.
Load More Replies...as a jersey girl I don't even glance twice at "new jersey style sloppy joe." i just know it. and i'm sure people in other states are more used to... *squints* cotton candy burritos?
the map maker clearly has never heard of the chocolate covered onions from Philadelphia, but Pennsylvania is also known for its snack food.
Was intrigued by Lamb Fries, would take some 'balls' to eat them! (Boom! Boom!). I'll get my coat.
I thought it was a typo and they meant *Lamb's Fry*, which in Australia and New Zealand is specifically the liver; but then I Googled it and found that in the United States, "Lamb Fries" are specifically the testicles. Eww.
Load More Replies...So are we assuming that The Netherlands is gone by then? Cheerful...
Wow, very nice phrasing! May I use it in court after I murder someone?
Load More Replies...So the Capitol just ignores Canada completely? Are there people up there? Why wouldn't the Capitol take over Canada and Mexico? Why just the USA?
No. District one is supposed to be in the big mountains, like Utah or Colorado.
Starbucks is on every block here. Amazon wants to be. But I would say it is a tie.
Load More Replies...that's funny, considering verizon coverage in ny state was absolute garbage until a few years ago
Ask an American to say 'squirrel'. You'll be laughing for the rest of the day.
Ha Ha! There was an argument on Queer Eye between Tan (the Brit) and the rest of the guys (the Yanks). Tan was saying it the *correct* way, like the rest of the world - *SQUIR-REL*. The others were equally insistent that it was *SQUIRL*. I think they ended at an impasse. They also pronounce *CAR-A-MEL* as *CARMEL*. (I don't know why you were downvoted Tiny, so I upvoted you again for balance).
Load More Replies...Carmel is a mountain in Israel. It’s spelled car-a-mel, so let’s pronounce it that way. With love from Minnesota.
Naw dawg we speak muricun. Anglush spoke by dem wyte foke yurrapeens wit dey numburz un sy-ance un s**t.
I’m still not over the lazy, lazy research that brought us “mahoutokoro”. She literally just found out what the Japanese for “magic” and “place” was.
Ninth way: You CAN read the charts: 0% - You CAN´T read the charts: 100%
It's a (very bad) dad-joke: "Chad" is a male name (commonly associated with douchebags or do, i think), and at the same time the name of an African country (the "head" of that map figure, that for some reason seems to have pissed his pants)
Load More Replies...Which one is AK? We don't all know the initial abbreviations outside of the US.
Load More Replies...The kind of thing where you think it's a good idea at first, then when you've finished it, you think you've just wasted two hours of your life.
No. There are a few hanging about in orbit. They're the ones who see the world like this map. Black lines and giants words and everything.
Ha ha. They see no lines at all. It’s constantly remarked as one of the common realizations for astronauts that there really is no actual border or hard delineation but the political ones humans create. (Aside from land vs water)
Load More Replies...Are you Californian? I'm sorry (if you are), my mom as born there. We (Oregonians) just kind of have way to many stereotypes about you guys. Most of them negative. Even though over half of my relatives live there. Yes I love them. Sorry again :)
Load More Replies...i'm in ny, i actually hate pennsylvania, their roads are horrible and their drivers are rude, and more dangerous in my experience than people from jersey
the red is counties that voted trump, the blue are ones that voted Hillary
Load More Replies...Woah! "Nothanks L. Walk" you racist revisionist anti-semite! How about you get your act together?
Load More Replies...The main reason almost all of these maps are so terrible are the emoji, which (apart from they're extremely annoying) sometimes cover text.
I can now recognize Rokas Laurinavičius' posts after the first three entries.
Many of these maps would only be considered terrible from a geological point of view. A lot of them are demographic which, I find fascinating.
Found the anti-intellectual, liberal-hating conservative crusader who’s going to change us all by mocking us...
Load More Replies...The main reason almost all of these maps are so terrible are the emoji, which (apart from they're extremely annoying) sometimes cover text.
I can now recognize Rokas Laurinavičius' posts after the first three entries.
Many of these maps would only be considered terrible from a geological point of view. A lot of them are demographic which, I find fascinating.
Found the anti-intellectual, liberal-hating conservative crusader who’s going to change us all by mocking us...
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