• lagomorphlecture@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Africa is, like, huge. So saying Russia is small because it fits within Africa doesn’t make it sound small to me.

    • Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.devEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Ok I expressed myself in the wrong way. What I meant was, Russia is not as big as I thought it was. Of course, it’s still really huge.

      • hazel 🤷🏻‍♀️🏳️‍🌈@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Wait so it’s purely projection distortion that makes Russia seem half the size of the old world?? This blew my mind.

        Also fun fact Google seems to have stopped outlining Russia (not other countries) when you click them in Google Maps.

        • Velonie@beehaw.orgEnglish
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          1 year ago

          You got me clicking countries on the map now. I really can’t find a consistent reason why sometimes it shows the outline and sometimes it doesn’t…

          • Canada: yes
          • Russia: no
          • South Korea: no
          • China: no
          • Spain: no
          • France: yes
          • Iraq: yes
          • Kyrgyzstan: no
          • Mongolia: yes
          • Japan: no
          • USA: yes
          • Malaysia: yes

          What pattern is there here???