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This map bothers me as they omit Lake Tahoe, which is higher than Baikal (~6,200 ft) and deeper than everything except Baikal (~1,600 ft deep)

What’s the point of including all that empty space between Baikal and Titicaca when there’s a world renowned lake that would be great to include

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7 points

So you’re saying it’s not really special. Not the highest, not the deepest?

Sure. Throw it in!

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14 points

The map makes absolutely no sense to 97% of the planet and that’s what bothers you? 😂

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5 points

Crater Lake, Lake Tahoe, and Lake Chelan.

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TIL! Maybe Crater Lake too.

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12 points

This was originally just a map of the Great Lakes system. Someone added Baikal and Titicaca to it later for comparison.

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81 points

W…where’s the hidden Saddam Hussein‽

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24 points

The internet has ruined me to the point I’m looking for either Saddam or Loss.

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1 point

@aihorde@lemmy.dbzer0.com draw for me a comic in the style of Loss featuring Saddam Hussein.

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2 points

Here are some images matching your request

Prompt: a comic in the style of Loss featuring Saddam Hussein.

Style: flux

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10 points

Are you ever gonna give it up?

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4 points

🎶Not without my tree fid-dy🎶

Never gonna give, never gonna give

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3 points

Lots of criticisms but still really cool. I’d love to see one to scale as well (for width and depth)

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6 points

Why is Lake Michigan combined with Lake Huron when all the other lakes are individual?

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13 points

It’s the same body of water, one lake. It’s just massive, and surrounds the lower peninsula of Michigan, so they gave each side of the lake a different name.

Truly it’s massive, it behaves almost like the ocean in a lot of ways. A lot of water.

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2 points

The waves on Lake Michigan were far larger than I expected when I visited. Not as high as the Atlantic or Pacific, but pretty big.

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Right!? I’ve lived here my whole life, so it’s normal for me. But when we had friends in to visit from a coastal state, the waves were big, and they were amazed. They kept forgetting it wasn’t the ocean, and they loved that they didn’t have to rinse off the salt afterwards 😁

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6 points

Wow, no way! I thought the part between the UP and LP was a lot narrower than it is! Never realized that it was just one big lake with a narrow part

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2 points

Yeah it’s crazy, the Mackinac bridge is like 5 miles long, no foot traffic allowed except for one day of the year when thousands of people get together and walk across it.

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1 point

Huron and Michigan are hydrologically a single lake because the flow of water through the straits keeps their water levels in overall equilibrium.

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9 points

Don’t accidentally drop your phone in Lake Baikal. You’ll never get it back.

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