c/lemmyshitpost · by robocall@lemmy.world · 207dThe size of Portugal compared to Spain 975 points · 77 comments · view on lemmy.world
77 Comments
NateNate60@lemmy.world · 160 pts · 207d
Can't believe Portugal is nearly the same size as Portugal
wuffah@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 207d
They are completely different colors, however. 🤔
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 207d
Red Portugal is best Portugal
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 59 pts · 207d
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 207d
Oooh, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 207d
You're the man
mokus@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 207d
The Portugal she told you not to worry about
selokichtli@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 206d
Communist Portugal.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 206d
Soon mler.
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 206d
Our Portugal 🇵🇹
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 207d
They would be the exact same size if Portugal didn't have that Lisboa sized gap by its western border
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 207d
Holy shit, I don't think you can just go around saying "Lisboa sized gap," wtf.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 207d
My apologies
A lisboa shaped gap
fulcrummed@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 207d
There is no one accepted standard for a Lisboa. All Lisboas are beautiful in their own right.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 207d
A large Portugal the size of a small Portugal.
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 207d
Portugal 🇵🇹 does get the morning light tho
robocall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 207d
Umm doesn't it get the beautiful sunsets?
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 84 pts · 207d
Can you put Portugal A little to the left so I can see Spain better?
GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 207d
If you line it up right, the borders are exactly the same shape! What a crazy coincidence!
echodot@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 206d
Get more evidence for continental drift.
cyan_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 69 pts · 207d
If you think that's impressive, just look at the size of Spain compared to Spain
Cjwi@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 206d
Man, the mercator projection really messes up the perspective, I never would have guessed!!
smeenz@lemmy.nz · 15 pts · 206d
Wow, it covers Spain almost entirely
wabafee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 206d
What are those rectangle territories on the top left?
robocall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 206d
Those are just decoration
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 3 pts · 206d
I'll assume you're joking but funnily enough, there is piece of Spain in France:
robocall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 206d
That's so Spain to just leave an exclave in France
someonesmall@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 206d
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 63 pts · 207d
Damn that's a good shitpost.
Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz · 40 pts · 207d
#mapsWithoutNZ
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 207d
Technically the truth
raman_klogius@ani.social · 36 pts · 207d
Mr president a second Portugal has hit the Iberian peninsula
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 207d
Pk_thunder@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 207d
This might be my favorite shitpost of all time haha
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 206d
I don't get it. The joke is "haha it's actually not a misleading projection"... ?
owsei@programming.dev · 13 pts · 206d
Mercator's deformation show up when you move countries north/south. Since Portugal only moved slightly East the apparent size basically didn't change. (You can even see and compare real Portugal just left of the red projection)
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 206d
Right. The reason I don't get the post is that I thought everyone would know and see this ^
I feel like this post is taking a picture of a cube, calling it a cube, then I'm supposed to doubt that it's a cube. Which I wouldn't...
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 206d
That's right, it goes in the square hole
echodot@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 206d
Well not exactly because it's still a misleading projection, because Spain is also incorrectly projected given how far north it is
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 206d
I meant misleading in a relative sense. In any case, this post makes no sense to me.
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 31 pts · 207d
Wow I never realized how small it was in comparison until I saw it here.
robocall@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 207d
Spain is indeed small
assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 207d
The mercator projection really oversells the size of portugal. If you ordered a large pizza you’ll have to eat it outside of the country.
echodot@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 206d
So true, it fits on my phone screen. A large pizza definitely wouldn't fit.
sundray@lemmus.org · 20 pts · 207d
The size of Portugal the Man compared to Spain:
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 19 pts · 207d
The size of two Portugals compared to most of France:
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 16 pts · 207d
What I would like to know is how big it is compared to Iberian Peninsula.
Tja@programming.dev · 15 pts · 207d
So thats why the Portuguese description on products is always smaller than the Spanish one!
Jamón ^presunto^
paequ2@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 206d
TIL: jamón en portugués es «presunto»
I would have read it as: jamón, presunto? supuesto? tal vez? quién sabe.
Tja@programming.dev · 2 pts · 206d
Presuntamente jamón, pero igual es papel reciclado.
aeiou@piefed.social · 15 pts · 207d
I went through like three full thought cycles before realizng this was a shitpost. Good job.
Bakkoda@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 207d
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 207d
The artist should've gone full 🤪
capuccino@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 207d
me lo voy a robar
robocall@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 207d
do NOT steal Portugal!!
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 207d
This is surprising to a lot of people because everyone is used to seeing mercator projection maps, which skew the true size of countries
Deme@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 207d
Huh, I wonder how it compares to that other country to the west there.
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 207d
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 207d
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 207d
Thank you, I've always wondered how their sizes compare, this is a great visual representation. So clear.
cyrano@piefed.social · 11 pts · 207d
Anyone who wants to play https://thetruesize.com/
Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip · 10 pts · 207d
Why isn't Spain just eating Portugal?
Agent641@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 207d
Why does Russia, the largest of the countries, not simply eat the rest?
Jesus_666@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 207d
I mean, they're trying. Not very successfully as of late but they are.
fulcrummed@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 207d
They’re having a little trouble with Ukraine atm.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 207d
Portugal is just a portly rotated Nepal.
DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 7 pts · 207d
Does this mean they have fat, sideways Ghurkas?
DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 9 pts · 207d
Bullshit, I don't believe you.
Furbag@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 207d
Quality shitpost
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 207d
Bah! That's nothing! You should see the size of Antarctica compared to Spain!
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 207d
They're so far apart it's almost the cartographical equivalent of licking your elbows.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 207d
But how big is it compared to France?
bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 207d
What a shitty post
huppakee@piefed.social · 6 pts · 207d
Do the size of Mallorca compared to Spain next please :)
atropa@piefed.social · 5 pts · 207d
neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 207d
🤯
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 206d
Has anyone played worldle?
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/
merc@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 206d
This Azores erasure will not stand.
thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 207d
sad fado noises
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 207d
Idk... have you adjusted for map distortion?