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Right != East, you north-up-map-orientation imperialist.

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I don’t understand, would you prefer a map coloring in the far wrong side instead?

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To be fair, the map was posted by Terrible Maps.

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Let’s take the middle ground, and make south up, but project from Earth’s interior so right can still be east.

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I like how long island is red but not the rest of NY.

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If you’ve met any Long Islanders, this tracks.

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I am one and yeah…it’s weird here.

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Same with the bit of western Maryland that isn’t colored in

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Fun fact, the easternmost point in the US is actually on Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska.

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So this is only technically true.

If we chose another place for the zero meridian, it wouldn’t be the case. Reasonably you’d plot the entire US on a map and find the easternmost point.

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Just did that and Semisopochnoi Island still came out as the easternmost point.

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Past Randal Monroe was bothered that the US isn’t the center of everything, apparently.

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The westernmost point is also in Alaska.

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What if I’m facing south?

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#molepeoplerights

(To be clear, this is as seen “from below”)

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Maybe you’re a migratory bird

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The best kind of correct.

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