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Map of the U.S according to a Sri Lankan news channel (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Honestly, I think this is a pretty damn good approximation of the US for someone who lives on the other side of the world. You gotta remember, their nearest neighbor, India has at least 3x the population of the United States, why would a Sri Lankan have any more precise map of the US in their head than this?

(I know Sri Lanka isn't part of India, I am just talking about context and what kinds of things would make sense for a Sri Lankan to know offhand)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

If you're going off memory. Where did this image come from? Did the channel make it or did they grab it off a search?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

I'm guessing this was an in-the-nutshell style meme, and they just didn't know enough to sense the ironic oversimplification.