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The Picard Maneuver @lemmy.world

1mo ago

How many states can you name without looking them up?

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The European mind tried.
I did pretty well with North Mexico, but South Canada and West Greenland are a total writeoff.
Looking at a real map.... I think I may have misunderstood the assignment.
- The "Ohio? Or is this Ohio?" is a great way to start a fight in both states, depending on how dedicated to American football the listener is.
  10/10
  
  From Ohio. I don't do football but laughed hysterically when I saw what they did for ohio.
  
  Don't forget esoteric border wars from antiquity!
- Solid attempt, lol
- Not bad. Your South Carolina state is Alabama BTW, the home of Forest Gump!
  
  I’m pretty sure that’s Alageorgia or Goergiabama.

Er East Ohio, New Ohio, Ohiowa, Illinohio, Ohiohiohio...
- Mishconsin, Winnesota, Illioniowa, Kentuckiana, Kansahoma
- It's all part of the plan...

Left Dakota, Right Dakota, Grundle Dakota, Montana, Montanain't

I passed by this post, because this isn’t the place for straightforward map quizzes.
I came back to it some time later, and said to myself “You know what? I think I can do well on this quiz” and started taking it.
Kudos, sir. This is a good post.

West Dakota Best Dakota

Finally a detailed map showing North Georgium and South Georgium separately. I hate that people are getting lazy and treating both of them as singular like they do the word "data".
- Does south Georgia have a gulf of America coastline?

I started in the Northeast and worked my way down the Eastern seaboard, so it took a minute to see it
- They were smart and put it in the middle. They knew ppl start at the ends. I started west coast and went down the Mexican border without seeing anything until Oklahoma.

North and South Dakota? Nah, here we have East and West Dakota.

How the hell did Ohio survive unharmed?
- You look at the average Ohian and tell me it's unharmed.

I noticed Oklahoma was missing its handle, as I was going around from the PNW down and around past where I currently live, then I noticed Alabama and Georgia were screwed up, then I started to notice all sorts of middling states wrong line markers, and the Kentucky-Indiana got merged, then I stopped naming the states and started looking for all the wrong lines comparing with a map to see if I can spot all the wrongs... so I never actually finished but I got over halfway before my ADHD got the better of me.

New states just dropped, we got (left to right, top to bottom):
Less Montana
South Saskatchewan
Left Dakota
Right Dakota
Minnesconsin
Upper Wichigan
Crushed Dakota
Iowone
Iotwo
Illisound
Kentuckiana
Nebraska (now with ducktail spoiler)
Kansas Not-the-Cities
Tumor-ssouri
Not OK-lahoma
North Alabeorgia
Florida-Alabeorgia Line

I knew something was fishy when I couldn't find the drumstick!

ooh! Texas!
That's all I'm not American

My new favorite game is asking people where Ohio is on a map. Everyone has seemingly heard of Ohio but it's like a myth, some land unmarked on all maps.

I didn't realize the map was fucked up until Oklahoma. I'm brazilian

With Alaska and Hawaii? Err … 3!

...oh, the moon shines bright on my old kenfcky home!...

Georgibama, Kentuckinois, Wisconsota, Illowa.
Easy Peasy.

Some states are deliberately fucked up, but this was my best attempt to fix them and the ones I know.

Usually the entire Upper Peninsula disappears. Glad to see it was only the Keweenaw this time.
- Hey I like the Keweenaw :(

The chef normally has fried chicken iirc. What's the new chef holding?
- A grenade launcher while wearing a mandelorian mask

At least 3.

Oh wow that's a... Yes!

Florida

Oh GODAMKNIT.

EAST DAKOTA

I like Midwest Texas

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