xkcd #2868: Label the States ( xkcd.com )

randoot OP , 6 months ago

I was expecting this one to be interactive but then I noticed the alt text. I’m not a geography nerd who’s going to explain this one

dragontamer , 6 months ago

Working from the bottom left… California, Arizona, New Mexico… Wtf?

cerement , 6 months ago

California, Arizona, New Mexico, Old Mexico, Texas …

brown567 , 6 months ago

The map looks correct at first glance, but he’s added another 14 states by drawing the borders wrong XD

pomodoro_longbreak , 6 months ago

Not American, but I assume it’s wrong in some subtle and hilarious way?

beckerist , 6 months ago

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Ageroth , 6 months ago

I just moved out of Kentucky and was like wait, there’s two Tennessee?

SpaceNoodle , 6 months ago

Tennessee and Elevennessee

cerement , 6 months ago

spoilerexplain xkcd

567PrimeMover , 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

Yeah, he's got Minnesota in there but totally left out Megasota

Two Tennessees, but no nineessee

Texoklahoma is up by Midsouthdakota?

North-West Virginia isn't even a thing no matter what those weirdos say

The weird strip of land in the Great Lake

Removed Whodaho and added "Idaho"? WTF is Idaho?

It's got the state we all agreed doesn't exist?

kool_newt , 6 months ago

Glad Orejon is included though.

NeoNachtwaechter , 6 months ago

And where is Mickeysota?

ricecake , 6 months ago

Bunch of extra states with similar shapes to existing states, so it messes with your eye and kinda blends in.

Might be harder to do with a map of Africa, Asia, Europe or south America because there aren’t as many straight line borders and things are a bit more curvy.

tygerprints , 6 months ago

I see what you mean about this map being anomalous. Some of the states seem to be doubled, I wondered where they got that 64 states figure from!! My bad!