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John Byrne
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Posted: 04 September 2026 at 5:17pm \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

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I was taught in second grade that the sized of various countries and land masses were represented inaccurately on flat maps.

Is this really so difficult to comprehend?

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Vinny Valenti
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Posted: 04 September 2026 at 9:01pm \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

I'm a huge map freak, so I have no problem with making things as accurately proportionate as possible. But to do so for the sake of political correctness feels absurd. It's just a fact that the Northern Hemisphere has the vast majority of land mass and population of the world so I could understand NH countries being emphasized on a map - and it shouldn't imply that Southern Hemisphere countries are now "inferior".

Maybe we should start using this view of the globe so that nobody gets offended:

Edited by Vinny Valenti on 04 September 2026 at 9:02pm

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Frank Stone
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Posted: 05 September 2026 at 5:27am \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

My 7th grade teacher impressed upon us that the only truly accurate map is a globe.

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Scott Gray
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Posted: 05 September 2026 at 8:55am \| IP Logged \| 4	post reply

I read in The Guardian that 164 UN countries have just voted in favour of changing world maps so that Africa is depicted in a more accurate (ie much larger) size.

Only one country voted against the resolution: the USA.

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Trevor Smith
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Posted: 05 September 2026 at 9:21am \| IP Logged \| 5	post reply

Well now, Scott, we can't have the US looking smaller,
right?

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