xkcd #3236: Border Message

xkcd #3236: Border Message

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Thanks to differences in logging regulations, the messages actually turned out to be visible from the air.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3236/

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otacon239@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 146d (6 replies)

I want to live in the isolated apostrophe.

Shieldtoad@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 146d (1 reply)

Not and apostrophe, but close enough.

qaz@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 146d

Been there and got 6 messages from my carrier telling me I was entering another country

tiramichu@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 146d (2 replies)

Trivia: a small isolated territory belonging to a larger nation or entity which is entirely surrounded by another entity's territory is an exclave.

otacon239@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 146d (1 reply)

Apostrophe Exclave sounds like a sick as hell band name.

Deebster@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 146d

Its not all its cracked up to be; it attract's pendant's like you would'nt believe.

vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 4 pts · 146d

You can live in hope.

DreadPirateShawn@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 146d

"WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE"

isles@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 129d

Now this idea exists, it's just a matter of time before "THIS BORDER BROUGHT TO YOU BY GOOGLE", boom, permanent advertising.