#GEOGRAPHY

[jamiesugah]

I'm from Pennsylvania, and we absolutely call it "PA".

We can do it. We can make both countries so much worse.

[noticiasarquelogicasjaponesas]

Sean bienvenidos , arqueojaponólogos; quiero hacer un llamamiento: en Instagram abundan cuentas así como la de la foto que usan Wikipedia sin rigor cientifista y lo peor es que hay gente incrédula, o no sé cómo llamarlos para suavizarlo. Hay que ser crítico con lo que se lee en internet. Si de verdad quieren aprender sobre algo, hay que leer hasta un máximo de 10 fuentes, incluso más, y después contrastar la información que leemos. Las fotos son una cosa aparte, pero también hay que tener cuidado con el material que se usa; yo me tiro días en publicar el contenido que ven en esta cuenta. Además, las fotos son dos recursos muy buenos para detectar el plagio y lo siento mucho por esa cuenta y todas las cuentas que son similares; si las ven, denuncien o bloqueen, no son de fiar, son cuentas que desinforman, además de la poca originalidad. - Hay fuentes más confiables que Wikipedia, como Google Scholar y Academia.edu, por poner unos ejemplos. Si todos unimos fuerzas, podremos eliminar de internet este tipo de gente y su contenido que solo sabe desinformar . - Que pasen una buena semana y nos vemos en próximas publicaciones . ¡Feliz año 2025! - ようこそ、日本考古学者の皆さん。訴えたいのですが、インスタグラムには写真のようなアカウントが科学的厳密性なしにウィキペディアを利用しているアカウントがたくさんありますが、最悪なのは信じられない人がいるということです。あるいは、彼らを何と呼んで和らげたらいいのかわかりません。インターネットで読むものには批判的でなければなりません。何かについて本当に知りたい場合は、最大 10 個の情報源、さらにそれ以上の情報源を読み、読んだ情報を比較する必要があります。写真は別のものですが、使用される素材にも注意する必要があります。私はこのアカウントでご覧いただくコンテンツを何日もかけて公開しています。また、写真は盗作を検出するための非常に優れたリソースであり、そのアカウントと同様のすべてのアカウントについて非常に申し訳ありません。それらを見かけたり、報告したり、ブロックしたりした場合、それらは信頼できず、オリジナリティの欠如に加えて、誤った情報を提供するアカウントです。 - いくつかの例を挙げると、Google Scholar や Academia.edu など、Wikipedia よりも信頼できる情報源があります。私たち全員が力を合わせれば、誤った情報を伝えることしか知らないこの種の人々とそのコンテンツをインターネットから排除することができます。 - 良い一週間をお過ごしください。また今後の投稿でお会いしましょう。 2025 年明けましておめでとうございます! - Welcome, archaeojapanologists; I want to make an appeal: on Instagram there are plenty of accounts like the one in the photo that use Wikipedia without scientific rigor and the worst thing is that there are people who are incredulous, or I don't know what to call them to soften it. You have to be critical of what you read on the Internet. If you really want to learn about something, you have to read up to a maximum of 10 sources, even more, and then compare the information you read. Photos are a separate thing, but you also have to be careful with the material you use; I spend days publishing the content you see on this account. Also, photos are two very good resources to detect plagiarism and I am very sorry for that account and all the accounts that are similar; if you see them, report or block them, they are not trustworthy, they are accounts that misinform, in addition to the lack of originality. - There are more reliable sources than Wikipedia, such as Google Scholar and Academia.edu, to give a few examples. If we all join forces, we can eliminate these types of people and their content that only knows how to spread misinformation from the Internet. - Have a good week and see you in future posts. Happy New Year 2025!

[thisfuckingdork]

Having passed my final semester, I can now officially call myself a scientist! (despite only a quarter of my degree being actually dedicated to science, 'inherently interdisciplinary' and what naught)

[uncle-fruity]

This year one of my goals is to be able to fill out a world map from memory. Genuinely sick of not knowing enough about the world and finally in a place where I can focus on learning again.

Here's the process I'm using, in case anyone else wants to work on this this year:

I'm starting with some online quizzes that say the name of the country and then I have to click that country on a map. After I'm consistently getting 100% in all regions, I'm going to learn how to spell all of the countries by writing them all out multiple times until I have it down. Then I'm going to print out some blank maps school style and fill them out from memory until I can just look at a map and tell you where any given country is.

Along with this, I'd like to learn a few new things about each country.

It is genuinely so embarrassing to be an adult USAmerican and not be able to point to Afghanistan on a map even though we were at war for 20 long years of my life. Yes, my school system failed me in this subject, but at a certain point it just feels stupid not to learn the shape of the rest of the world.

i rhink having people name european countries is not that impressive and just a chance to make europeans look smart and smug. throw a map of africa or even asia at rhem and they'll look stupid too

[catchymemes]

[etchif]

Inspired by the USA states poll I just reblogged! Take this quiz to see how many European countries you can name in 8 minutes :^)

[areawest]

ok I’m trying to see something here

[le-panda-chocovore]

Too big we don't need that much

Map of the “natural borders of France” idea, made popular by Napoleon Bonaparte

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[retrogamingblog2]

[noticiasarquelogicasjaponesas]

Sean bienvenidos amantes del mundo japonés, a una nueva publicación de actualidad. Dicho esto póngase cómodos que empezamos.

En esta ocasión, vuelvo otra vez a traer malas noticias sobre el país del sol naciente. Veo que la gente es muy burra y muy payasa por intentar ganar unos asquerosos likes de migrantes, comentarios, entre otras cosas, a través de la red social y dárselas de importante, de decir:Mira dónde he estado, mira lo que he hecho, solo con tal de llevar la atención y hacer el ridículo. Este tipo de gentuza no les importa, no les interesa la historia ni la cultura ni nada en absoluto, nada que tenga que ver con alguno de estos puntos mencionados anteriormente o algo similar; solo van a estos países, sobre todo al país desconocido o a países circundantes, porque están de moda y porque está en la sensación máxima ir para quedar bien y decir ante tus amigos o conocidos, Mirad dónde he ido y tú no. Por culpa de gentuza y de peña así, determinadas áreas del país del sol naciente están siendo vetadas para los turistas. Esto no quiere decir que los japoneses odien a los extranjeros y menos a los turistas; lo que odian son determinadas acciones o actitudes de dichos turistas, como subirse, por ejemplo, a la estatua de un perro icónico llamado Hachiko en frente de a estación de Shibuya.

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O por ejemplo como el caso de la chilena inculta e inmadura por hacer el postureo en un lugar sagrado para los japoneses para mí es una calumnia y una blasfemia lo que ha hecho la chilena y además para mí es un insulto lo que los turistas están llegando a hacer en Japón convirtiéndolo en un parque de atracciones por favor parad ya de hacer el gilipollas o el imbécil en un país dejad que vaya gente que realmente valore y aprecie cultura, valores costumbres de un país. Temo postear esto en 2025; la raza humana da vergüenza.

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Espero que os haya gustado y nos vemos en próximas publicaciones. Que pasen una buena semana.

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日本世界を愛する皆さん、最新刊へようこそ。そうは言っても、安心して始めましょう。

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この機会に、私は日出ずる国についての悪い知らせを伝えるために再び戻ってきました。ソーシャルネットワークを通じて、とりわけ移民から嫌な「いいね」やコメントを獲得しようとして、偉そうなふりをして、「私がどこにいたのか、私がどうなったのか見てください」と言う人々は、非常に愚かで非常にピエロであることがわかります。注目を集めて自分を馬鹿にするためだけにやったのです。このタイプの人々は、歴史や文化などにはまったく興味がなく、上で述べた点や同様のものとは何の関係もありません。彼らがこれらの国、特に未知の国や周辺国に行くのは、ファッショナブルだからであり、見栄えを良くして友人や知人に「ほら、私はどこに行��たのに、あなたはどこに行ったの？」と言うのが究極の感覚だからです。 t.このような暴徒や集団のせいで、日出ずる国の特定の地域は観光客の立ち入りが禁止されています。これは、日本人が外国人を嫌い、さらには観光客を嫌っているという意味ではありません。彼らが嫌うのは、例えば渋谷駅前にあるハチ公と呼ばれる象徴的な犬の像に登るなど、観光客の特定の行動や態度だ。

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あるいは、例えば、日本人の神聖な場所でポーズをとった無学で未熟なチリ人女性の事件のように、私にとってチリ人女性の行為は中傷であり冒涜であり、また私にとって観光客の行為は侮辱である。日本で何をするか、遊園地に変えるか、その国で嫌な奴や馬鹿みたいな行動はやめて、その国の文化、価値観、習慣を本当に大切にして感謝している人たちを去らせてください。 2025 年にこれを投稿するのは怖いです。人類は恥ずべき存在だ。

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気に入っていただければ幸いです。今後の投稿でお会いしましょう。良い一週間をお過ごしください。

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Welcome, lovers of the Japanese world, to a new publication of current events. Having said that, make yourself comfortable, we're starting.

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On this occasion, I am back again with bad news about the country of the rising sun. I see that people are very stupid and very clownish trying to gain some disgusting likes from migrants, comments, among other things, through the social network and acting like they are important, saying: Look where I've been, look what I've done, just to attract attention and make a fool of themselves. These types of scum don't care, they are not interested in history or culture or anything at all, nothing that has to do with any of these points mentioned above or anything similar; they only go to these countries, especially to the unknown country or surrounding countries, because they are fashionable and because it is the ultimate feeling to go there to look good and say to your friends or acquaintances, Look where I've been and you haven't. Because of scum and people like that, certain areas of the country of the rising sun are being banned for tourists. This doesn't mean that the Japanese hate foreigners and even less tourists; what they hate are certain actions or attitudes of said tourists, such as climbing, for example, the statue of an iconic dog called Hachiko in front of Shibuya station.

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Or for example, like the case of the uneducated and immature Chilean woman for posing in a sacred place for the Japanese. For me, what the Chilean woman has done is slander and blasphemy, and for me, what tourists are doing in Japan by turning it into an amusement park is an insult. Please stop being an idiot or an imbecile in a country. Let people who really value and appreciate the culture, values, and customs of a country go there. I'm afraid to post this in 2025; the human race is shameful.

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I hope you liked it and I'll see you in future posts. Have a good week.

[4whomittolz]

Was drunk and bored and getting annoyed at the ridiculous coverage of the US election so I decided to fix the place.

I'm from Australia where we only have 7 states, as such I have the (objectively correct) opinion that 50 is too many states, so I decided to cut it down to 10.

A few notes on my improved US map:

•Despite Illinois making the cut, Chicago is now in Michigan, due to the state getting the entire bank of its namesake.

•Boston is also in Michigan due to special exception.

•New York is now the capital of Pensylvania

•Yes that's how you spell Pensylvania

•The border of California is just roughly the Rockies, no need to overthink it.

•Making Florida bigger actually dilutes it's power, but Texas must be abolished

•Colorado should still be a rectangle, that's my mistake, I just couldn't be bothered fixing it.

•Alaska has been returned to Canada with a hand written apology

•All the random ass islands that the US forgot to pretend they didn't colonise have gained independence

Please let me know if there are any more improvements you can think of.

Edit: As a number of you have mentioned, Alaska never belonged to Canada, and giving it to them would be incredibly wrong when the native people have been trying to gain independence all this time.

Luckily, the apology note got lost in the mail in all the turmoil, so Canada never realised they're meant to have Alaska now. The Alaskans just start quietly self-governing and hoping the US and Canada don't notice, then after a few years they declare independence.

[alto-tenure]

Pride vs Place!

Introducing the hot new quiz show: Pride vs Place!

It's simple: you just have to identify whether the flag belongs to a place or is a pride flag.

Easy Mode

Hard Mode

[todays-xkcd]

Even with a blank map, a lot of people can only name 45-50 of the 64 states.

Label the States [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

Geography Challenge: Can you label all the states? [An unlabeled map of the United States, but instead of 50 states, there are borders for 64.]

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.