Altered maps IZ: gib clay!

[r16]

am so teacherly today . Eggs are definitely not cows so this is perhaps the usual "nationalist" think that supports feeding kids not well enough makes it to control them later on easier enough .

 

[Kyriakos]

This post just popped up randomly in my feed. I don't even who this account is.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1743111590377845082

Spoiler Map :

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Google tells me it's a crazy religious thing.

Let's pretend that after fruit is eaten, the typical development is that you will plant the seed.

 

[Kyriakos]

 

[Arakhor]

'Ifaistovouno? That's  not how you'd typically transcribe a name derived from Hephaistos. Silly people, relying on Google Translate exclusively.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

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Reminds me of when I took the West Indies as the Mamluks and spent an inordinate amount of time coming up with appropriate names for the provinces

 

[Kyriakos]

'Ifaistovouno? That's  not how you'd typically transcribe a name derived from Hephaistos. Silly people, relying on Google Translate exclusively.

I see you missed what should have been transcribed as Heliopolis
There are other issues. I am not sure if the poster was greek or not, but maybe a very young teen would do this (?). "Itaka" (instead of Ithaka, or Ithake) in particular seems baffling, so maybe there's a different explanation (a brief googling of that spelling brings me to a possible polish source).

 

[Arakhor]

I noticed Itaka, but that could be a legitimate linguistic shift. I did overlook Heliopolis, that's true, but then I was too busy being discomfited by calling everything "Nea X". That's just American.

 

[Kyriakos]

^_^
The norm in ancient times used to be to (if you included the name of the founding city) add an adjective to localize.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

I like this map because whoever made it went the extra mile to put in countries that don't even exist or are unrecognised just to emphasise his point (regardless of its validity). From what I recognise, he's put in the Western Sahara, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan (in northern Pakistan). And I'm pretty sure if we zoomed in we could see Northern Cyprus as well. But then he missed a trick by not putting in Scotland, Artsakh and Somaliland. Also missing out on the Maldives. And not including the Oceanian/Polynesian islands.

(Must be a pretty old map if there're no borders for South Sudan and Russian-occupied Crimea.)

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

 

[Arakhor]

Most of Europe still uses two-pin sockets? Whatever for??

 

[Samson]

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I had never figured this out. So all the ones except the UK and cyprus (who have the best configuration) are interchangeable if they do not have an earth?

Most of Europe still uses two-pin sockets? Whatever for??

You do not need an earth for most stuff these days.

 

[PhroX]

While British sockets and plugs are just straight up better (including when you need to use the latter as caltrops), I do have a soft spot for the incredibly cheerful Danish version....

 

[tjs282]

I had never figured this out. So all the ones except the UK and cyprus (who have the best configuration) are interchangeable if they do not have an earth?

Pretty much, yeah.

You do not need an earth for most stuff these days.

In Germany at least, high-voltage appliances have earthing-strips at the 12 and 6 o'clock positions on the outer edge of the circular plug, which contact two feather-springs within the socket.

And Euro-house fuse-boxes include breakers for each circuit in the house (e.g. our relatively small house -- 3 storeys, about 120 sq.m. floorspace -- has 15 separate circuits for the various lights and sockets).

 

[stfoskey12]

I had never figured this out. So all the ones except the UK and cyprus (who have the best configuration) are interchangeable if they do not have an earth?


You do not need an earth for most stuff these days.

Is that what they call a ground over there?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Is that what they call a ground over there?

Yes.

 

[The_J]

I had never figured this out. So all the ones except the UK and cyprus (who have the best configuration) are interchangeable if they do not have an earth?

Yep, been with my chargers from DE/NL to FR and DK, no issues

 

[danjuno]

Denmark's looks adorable!

 

[Kyriakos]

Degenerate AI.

 

[r16]

phantom pics against territorial ambitions is hated by some not in Greece . Even if everybody knows AI is an idiot in creating creative stuff . So , we will ignore the possibility of Arabic country names , somebody hand painting Thrace in return for capturing Syria down to Jordan to cut the Kurdish pipeline corridor to the sea but giving Alawites some territory because and drying parts of the Blacksea to satisfy the contract hungerness thing for the Two Provinces , etc , etc , etc . What should be the response to this ?

Spoiler :

no , not replacing the all Phantom promise . This will really come out as offensive with its glorious maximum 5 degrees of angle of attack capability .

that you people are there somewhere with your AIs and Microsoft Paints ?

or maybe this ?

goes like the guy with the pencil promising to the lot that he will take them to see the paradise or whatever . No visas , no passports and nobody can do a thing as long as they remain on the borders and do not step on any of the countries . So that they can all go hmm around the thing and return back safely .