the united states of america

ALASKA - Aluetian Islands are frequently left off and misspelled.
ARKANSAS - Has two indentions: One in the northeast corner and one in the southwest.
DELAWARE - Is this really a state?
FLORIDA - That little part that juts up into Georgia a bit.
GEORGIA - See above
HAWAII - Oahu and three other little circles does not make a map of Hawaii.
IOWA - Has a sizable bulge on the eastern side.
MISSOURI - don't forget the boot heel!

― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 12:47 (thirteen years ago) link

http://www.tremble.com/scribblins/images/us_of_ra.gif
http://www.tremble.com/scribblins/meet021027.html

― Electronic Bugaloo, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 13:03 (thirteen years ago) link

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/ElectoralCollege1956-Large.png/400px-ElectoralCollege1956-Large.png

― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 13:16 (thirteen years ago) link

racist aunt OTM

― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 13:19 (thirteen years ago) link

Man, some of those old electoral maps look strange in today's context.

― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link

MINNESOTA - That little tic of a state park that you can only get to via Canada.
NEVADA - Has six sides, not four.
NEW MEXICO - The panhandle down near El Paso.
NEW YORK - Long Island, surprisingly enough. It's like the Tasmania of the Empire State.
SOUTH DAKOTA - Not a perfect rectangle, thanks to the Missouri River.
WEST VIRGINIA - Wheeling is not in Ohio.
WISCONSIN - Does not have an upper peninsula.

― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link

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i've never considered redrawing borders based on 'our weather is pretty much the same' but i love it

― joygoat, Sunday, 7 February 2021 19:59 (eight months ago) link

A little miffed that the Norman, Okla., and Pleasant Hill, Mo. stations are named after the town they're in while the Little Rock NWS is located in North Little Rock, Ark.

― pplains, Sunday, 7 February 2021 20:10 (eight months ago) link

The narkissism of little differences

― Canon in Deez (silby), Sunday, 7 February 2021 20:14 (eight months ago) link

tbf the arkansas travelers are based in north little rock and are rather more grasping

― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 February 2021 21:13 (eight months ago) link

lol @ silby

I envision the Caribou weather station as being staffed by caribou

― baelien (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 7 February 2021 22:17 (eight months ago) link

arkansas travelers are indeed based in arkansas though. we've had this conversation.

― pplains, Sunday, 7 February 2021 22:18 (eight months ago) link

have we now

― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 February 2021 22:54 (eight months ago) link

Map of the US by a truck driver who has seen most of it…

https://i.imgur.com/UrNtZ0T.jpeg

― pplains, Thursday, 18 February 2021 14:50 (eight months ago) link

this map of the United States that made it onto a Sri Lankan local TV station gives me the same feeling as when I listen to American pundits talking about China pic.twitter.com/XVkt11btEx
— Matthew Graham (@mattysino) March 2, 2021

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:08 (seven months ago) link

one month passes...

https://i.imgur.com/NRvsSft.jpg

― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 08:59 (five months ago) link

In the news tonight, a Floxas man...

― Ezra Kleina Nachtmusik (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 09:03 (five months ago) link

That's pretty close to what the original 13 colonies looked like!

― pplains, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 10:11 (five months ago) link

two weeks pass...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E1RwOTSXoAEo7FT?format=jpg&name=small

― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 May 2021 15:54 (five months ago) link

Kansas City is not going to be happy about this.

― pplains, Thursday, 13 May 2021 16:32 (five months ago) link

That is about the most stupid "analysis" I have ever encountered

Texas be sooooo pissed (rightly so)

― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 13 May 2021 16:57 (five months ago) link

Yes, we've seen the "Top Cities for BBQ in the US" @TripAdvisor map.

Our official statement is "LOL."
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) May 13, 2021

― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 May 2021 17:03 (five months ago) link

Technically speaking that is a map of cities where TripAdvisor users have the lowest standards for barbecue

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 13 May 2021 17:06 (five months ago) link

That said, I have eaten some excellent barbecue in southern VA not far from Virginia Beach, very vinegary and not at all like the Texas style, dug it

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 13 May 2021 17:07 (five months ago) link

the cedar plank salmon in seattle is really hitting i guess?

― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 13 May 2021 17:09 (five months ago) link

a salvadorian texas style bbq place just opened up near me outside of DC and it's fucking me up how good it is

― Heez, Thursday, 13 May 2021 17:46 (five months ago) link

two months pass...

https://i.redd.it/73tyd3fjmle71.png

― mookieproof, Saturday, 31 July 2021 21:09 (two months ago) link

utsa is on the map babyyy

― class project pat (m bison), Saturday, 31 July 2021 21:17 (two months ago) link

i didn't know campbell even had a football team

― mookieproof, Saturday, 31 July 2021 21:19 (two months ago) link

wow sucks to be vandy

― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 1 August 2021 16:54 (two months ago) link

https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,h_1248,w_2220/f_auto,q_auto,w_1100/v1555442761/shape/mentalfloss/carls_and_hardees_map.png

― peace, man, Saturday, 14 August 2021 14:10 (two months ago) link

This map is a little old (2015):

https://i.imgur.com/V6AcoAE.jpg

But it is crazy to see how close they get to each other.

https://i.imgur.com/y5RtHms.jpg

Now I gotta go find a Rally's/Checkers map.

― pplains, Sunday, 15 August 2021 22:47 (two months ago) link

https://preview.redd.it/cxhhyvwb7zh71.jpg?width=640&height=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=e751271e25314f4c6862f355185875dc9bcb0c9e

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 03:01 (two months ago) link

cursed map

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 06:59 (two months ago) link

depressing bump, sorry

Today, every state in the country meets the CDC definition of having high COVID transmission

This warrants an indoor mask policy in every state in the country based on CDC guidance

Only 7 states + DC have mask policieshttps://t.co/iem755dJxt pic.twitter.com/xdPCnqo3lI
— Julia Raifman (@JuliaRaifman) August 27, 2021

― professional anti- (Karl Malone), Friday, 27 August 2021 22:40 (one month ago) link

three weeks pass...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_gpPSaXEAMhcY5?format=jpg&name=medium

plain plains

― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 September 2021 08:37 (one month ago) link

damn, a little disappointing that I'm stuck with a real one.

― peace, man, Saturday, 18 September 2021 10:56 (one month ago) link

Chunky friend?

― ncxkd, Saturday, 18 September 2021 11:27 (one month ago) link

lol at the Kroger there

― typo punishment 3: people shouldn't have to feel like they have ea (Karl Malone), Saturday, 18 September 2021 16:48 (one month ago) link

https://i.redd.it/keuurhgo9io71.png

― mookieproof, Monday, 20 September 2021 04:10 (one month ago) link

least traveled?

― typo punishment #4: it feels better to me to be like there, this (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 September 2021 04:18 (one month ago) link

can't be, MA 99 is in boston

― ciderpress, Monday, 20 September 2021 04:27 (one month ago) link

why is this map makin fun of me!!?

― typo punishment #4: it feels better to me to be like there, this (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 September 2021 04:32 (one month ago) link

nah, just showing the design of state highways

― mookieproof, Monday, 20 September 2021 04:33 (one month ago) link

what the fuck is goin on here

i've lived in several of these states

― typo punishment #4: it feels better to me to be like there, this (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 September 2021 04:33 (one month ago) link

i'm sorry about that.

― typo punishment #4: it feels better to me to be like there, this (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 September 2021 04:33 (one month ago) link

ok, lemme do a quick tally on the states that decided to make it about their own state

1. missouri

― typo punishment #4: it feels better to me to be like there, this (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 September 2021 04:34 (one month ago) link

2. nevada
3. arizona

― typo punishment #4: it feels better to me to be like there, this (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 September 2021 04:34 (one month ago) link

goddamn

― typo punishment #4: it feels better to me to be like there, this (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 September 2021 04:34 (one month ago) link

you fuckin state morons

― typo punishment #4: it feels better to me to be like there, this (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 September 2021 04:34 (one month ago) link

new mexico though. wtf!

― typo punishment #4: it feels better to me to be like there, this (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 September 2021 04:36 (one month ago) link

Always like it when the state outlines use three-digit numbers:

https://i.imgur.com/0WQw68x.png

Like, lose some weight, MO 139!

― pplains, Monday, 20 September 2021 13:32 (one month ago) link

new mexico though. wtf!

what's wrong with it? i don't think it's appropriative; that's the state flag and (as far as I'm aware) not a coopting of a specific native symbol.

North Dakota quite a bit more sus

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 20 September 2021 14:25 (one month ago) link

I never decided if Washington's silhouette of George's head was brilliant or stupid but it was orders of magnitude better than the state flag with his visage

― joygoat, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:35 (one month ago) link

two weeks pass...

https://preview.redd.it/234bp7bq0qr71.jpg?width=960&height=539&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=e44e30ac4a7b32b4012e6686da85909c237e00e4

if minnesota's was in january 1996, i was there

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 03:51 (two weeks ago) link

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