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The US has so much space (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The 51st state is part of the USA, that's the whole point of this post. The Euros just can't grasp the size.

I guess I missed the /s

Did no one get the 51st state joke....

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Your geography lesson for today is (Google) mapping a route from Brest to Menton (France) and compare it to the route posted by OP.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Your history lesson for today is looking up when Canada became the 51st state....and realize I was being sarcastic.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But that's crossing a country. Texas is a state. Going from San Diego to Portland, Maine is ~46 hours, and that's probably not the longest route. There's also Alaska and Hawaii (no direct roads to the contiguous 48 states), and Florida, that's just a pretty long route off the top of my head.

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Your geography lesson for today is to map 2 routes across the EU and compare them to your statement.

Map the longest route across the continental EU.
Connect the farthest points of France by way of Paris and compare it to the distance between Hawaii and New York. (Hint: Start is in South America or the Caribbean and finish is in the Pacific. )

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lol, I always forget how much random stuff France owns across the globe.

But here's an overlay of the EU on the contiguous 48 US states from Reddit (doesn't include Alaska, which is half as big as the whole US). That even gives the EU UK, which is no longer a member state. Alaska is really really big (like more than half the size of the lower 48 states).

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

As next lesson you’re going to learn about the failings of the Mercator projection - stay with me you’re going to love this!

While Alaska is pretty massive it is not as big as you think it is. Follow this link to the website that Redditor used to create the visual and drag Alaska onto the rest of the US: https://www.thetruesize.com/#?borders=1~!MTYxNTY4MzI.ODIwNzY1OAMTA0MzY2ODQ(MzUyODQ4MQ~!CONTIGUOUS_USMTAwMjQwNzU.MjUwMjM1MTc(MTc1)Mg~!INNTI2NDA1MQ.Nzg2MzQyMQ)MQ~!CNOTkyMTY5Nw.NzMxNDcwNQ(MjI1)MA~!US-AK*MzU2MjMwMg.Mjg0OTg3OTk)Mw

Next drag Greenland onto Africa and vice versa, then both onto the US. Amazing isn’t it?

[–] silkroadtraveler@lemmy.today 2 points 7 months ago

This is awesome!!