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fireweed , to xkcd in Challenge accepted

Columbia should be Jefferson. Alternatively Columbia could be Oregon, then Oregon becomes Columbia. Cascadia would also be appropriate for either.

ThatOneKirbyMain2568 OP ,
@ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.social avatar

Oooo, you're right. I originally had (north–south) Washington → Columbia → Oregon but then realized that Oregon's shape was second and so lazily swapped the two names. Cool to know!

oneiros ,
@oneiros@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I’d also like to offer Moregon or Oreagain

the_frumious_bandersnatch , to xkcd in Challenge accepted

Is this what having an aneurysm feels like?

peopleproblems , to xkcd in Challenge accepted

Ok, I don’t get it.

runner_g ,

A recent XKCD was just the blank map with ~64 “states” and the direction to try and name them all.

jarvis2323 ,

Here it is: lemmy.world/post/9604451

peopleproblems ,

Oh, missed this one that helps

Pickle_Jr , to xkcd in Challenge accepted

I did a couple of cartography classes in college and I can say this is 100% correct.

Balinares , to xkcd in Challenge accepted

What really gets me is how you swapped Alabama and Mississippi just for kicks.

son_named_bort , to xkcd in Challenge accepted

This map freaks me out and I don’t know why.

EvilEyedPanda ,

Because everything you know is wrong, nothing is real, nothing matters, have a panic attack, you deserve it!

ForestOrca , to xkcd in Challenge accepted
@ForestOrca@kbin.social avatar

I have to say I prefer New Mexico A and New Mexico B. It's poetic justice, as the Eastern border of New Mexico was drawn by a drunken surveyor from TX, so we're just getting back what was ours. Take a look at the map, and the history, strange, but true. Also Tennessee and Elevenessee are made for each other.

ThatOneKirbyMain2568 OP ,
@ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.social avatar

Many residents of Kentessee would love to change the name to Elevennessee, but that's been found extremely exclusive by the former Kentucky residents who were lumped into the state upon its creation.

Jaysyn , to xkcd in Challenge accepted
@Jaysyn@kbin.social avatar

Old Hampshire!

DemBoSain , to xkcd in Challenge accepted
@DemBoSain@midwest.social avatar

Dammit, get the Round-up. Ohio is multiplying.

21Cabbage , to xkcd in Challenge accepted

It took me way too long to realize he added States not just mislabeled them.

makyo ,

Me too, it’s better this way than the original

Chetzemoka , to xkcd in Challenge accepted

Why are there so many Mexicos?? The Mexicos are multiplying, you guys. We’re about to be overrun.

Rentlar ,

You didn’t build the wall fast enough, all the Mexicos illegally came through the border and became states.

WagnasT , to xkcd in Challenge accepted

Utah…i can see your junk

synae , to xkcd in Challenge accepted
@synae@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I’m surprised he only crammed one more state into the northeast. Easy opportunity to put a dozen lines pointed to one little dot-sized section

charonn0 , to xkcd in Challenge accepted
@charonn0@startrek.website avatar

It just occurred to me that there are no states named East Statename.

Nougat ,

That's because the expansion of the US across the continent was westward.

charonn0 ,
@charonn0@startrek.website avatar

I know. It just seemed funny that the other three directions are represented.

If/when Puerto Rico becomes the 51st state, it should take the name East Puerto Rico, just to be fair.

morphballganon ,

English settlers arrived in the east. So wherever they were when they named an area, that was the original, and as they spread west, north or south, they had to add those directions to keep them distinct.

bratosch ,

Are there any ‘West _____’ states? I know there are north and south

charonn0 ,
@charonn0@startrek.website avatar

Country roads take me home to the place I belong

spoilerWest Virginia

bratosch ,

Huh, I always thought it was just called “Virginia”. TIL there are two Virginias Regards A Swede

agamemnonymous ,
@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works avatar

Which, funny enough, actually refers to >!the western region of the state of Virginia, not the state of West Virginia!<

agamemnonymous ,
@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works avatar

Serious answer: we started at the eastern seaboard and expanded west. “East Statename” implies eastern expansion.

Glifted , to xkcd in Challenge accepted

Did I have a stroke?

Everythingispenguins ,

Yse

ForestOrca ,
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This magazine has been cracking me up for weeks now. Had to share:
https://sopuli.xyz/c/aneurysmposting

https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]

Hmm, trying to understand your username, are you both very intelligent/ talented AND have a lift kit on your vehicle?

HerbalGamer ,
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It’s a Typo: His name is Ted and he’s into GILFs.

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