\
  The most prestigious law school admissions discussion board in the world.
BackRefresh Options Airdrop

The reason all of our maps of the earf are distorted the exact same way

is because birdshits decided at some point that Greenwich, L...
twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth
  08/01/26
Yeah but a flat map is going to be distorted regardless of w...
Bat shit crazy sinister heaven water buffalo
  08/01/26
They could give us an array of different maps, or use them i...
twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth
  08/01/26
If you want to know “what the Earth looks like” ...
Bat shit crazy sinister heaven water buffalo
  08/01/26
It makes perfect sense that the mapmakers would make their h...
gunneratttt
  08/02/26
tl; dr
twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth
  08/02/26
English mapmakers understandly prioritized accurately scalin...
gunneratttt
  08/02/26
"it's realistic"
twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth
  08/02/26
Map projections are pragmatic instruments, not accurate geom...
Bat shit crazy sinister heaven water buffalo
  08/02/26
"it's realistic"
twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth
  08/02/26
...
gunneratttt
  08/02/26
The flat earth map actually isn’t Distorted at all exc...
Cerise Impertinent Tanning Salon Rigor
  08/02/26
But xo says it's impossible to draw an accurate 2D map of th...
twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth
  08/02/26
Mercator is distorted towards the poles. Not longitudinally...
Garnet frozen native
  08/02/26
"it's realistic"
twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth
  08/02/26
...
gunneratttt
  08/02/26
shoulda listened to NSAM https://x.com/SprinterPress/stat...
twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth
  09/05/26


Poast new message in this thread



Reply

Date: August 1st, 2026 11:01 PM
Author: twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth

is because birdshits decided at some point that Greenwich, London had to be at the center of every map, just as Greenwich Mean Time is the timezone by which every other timezone is measured. They made that the neutral reference point for what became known as the Mercator projection. It sucks. It makes Russia and Africa look tiny. It's no more realistic than old maps from the 15th century, really. What you see is totally divorced from actual reality.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040105)



Reply

Date: August 1st, 2026 11:04 PM
Author: Bat shit crazy sinister heaven water buffalo

Yeah but a flat map is going to be distorted regardless of where you put the center. So the only real point of this is "in the same way". But seems better to have them all distorted in the same way then all different ones.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040113)



Reply

Date: August 1st, 2026 11:09 PM
Author: twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth

They could give us an array of different maps, or use them interchangeably so that people could interpolate their own sense of what the earth looks like. There's no argument for keeping it standardized like this

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040122)



Reply

Date: August 1st, 2026 11:14 PM
Author: Bat shit crazy sinister heaven water buffalo

If you want to know “what the Earth looks like” what the hell are you looking at a 2D map projection for? At that point look at a globe or 3D model

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040128)



Reply

Date: August 2nd, 2026 3:23 AM
Author: gunneratttt (gunneratttt)

It makes perfect sense that the mapmakers would make their home location the most accurate part of the map you schizoid shitlib. And its not like other people were prohibited from making maps where their location was the most accurate scale. English maps just became the most popular for the same reason the English language has become the most popular international language.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040268)



Reply

Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:49 AM
Author: twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth

tl; dr

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040481)



Reply

Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:53 AM
Author: gunneratttt (gunneratttt)

English mapmakers understandly prioritized accurately scaling England and those maps are the standard because the English empire was dominant when the standard was established.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040487)



Reply

Date: August 2nd, 2026 11:07 AM
Author: twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth

"it's realistic"

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040515)



Reply

Date: August 2nd, 2026 11:09 AM
Author: Bat shit crazy sinister heaven water buffalo

Map projections are pragmatic instruments, not accurate geometric models

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040519)



Reply

Date: August 2nd, 2026 11:11 AM
Author: twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth

"it's realistic"

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040522)



Reply

Date: August 2nd, 2026 11:17 AM
Author: gunneratttt (gunneratttt)



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040534)



Reply

Date: August 2nd, 2026 11:20 AM
Author: Cerise Impertinent Tanning Salon Rigor

The flat earth map actually isn’t Distorted at all except if you believe the Antarctica fraud: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/api/singleitem/image/agdm/20577/default.jpg

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040536)



Reply

Date: August 2nd, 2026 11:22 AM
Author: twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth

But xo says it's impossible to draw an accurate 2D map of the earf

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040539)



Reply

Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:10 AM
Author: Garnet frozen native

Mercator is distorted towards the poles. Not longitudinally. Russia's size is exaggerated not minimized.

You seem retarded. May god have mercy on you

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040429)



Reply

Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:49 AM
Author: twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth

"it's realistic"

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50040479)



Reply

Date: August 2nd, 2026 5:25 PM
Author: gunneratttt (gunneratttt)



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50041286)



Reply

Date: September 5th, 2026 11:31 PM
Author: twisted boiling water scourge upon the earth

shoulda listened to NSAM

https://x.com/SprinterPress/status/2096343751719592214

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888592&forum_id=2#50118473)