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How long would it take you to adjust if maps were flipped upside down
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:17 am
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:17 am
Let's say, for ease of portraying maps it made more sense to make south north and north south, since the directions are arbitrary anyway. A map of the world would look like
Would you adjust easily? Would you have to revert back to the trusted "right side up" map in your head when traveling anywhere? Would you southerners be upset because you would now be nasally sounding northerners, at least geographically?
Would you adjust easily? Would you have to revert back to the trusted "right side up" map in your head when traveling anywhere? Would you southerners be upset because you would now be nasally sounding northerners, at least geographically?
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Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:17 am to TheIndulger
wow. the OT has officially run out of ideas for new threads. 
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:17 am to TheIndulger
Id rotate the map 180 degrees
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:17 am to TheIndulger
Put down the bong
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:18 am to TheIndulger
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Would you southerners be upset because you would now be nasally sounding northerners, at least geographically?
Yeah, that's why they sound that way. The maps.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:18 am to TheIndulger
The new "South" would be the old "North"... Suck it! 
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:18 am to baybeefeetz
The NORTH will rise Again!
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:19 am to TheIndulger
I could dig it. I'd much rather live in the deep north anyway.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:19 am to TheIndulger
During the middle ages and early exploration period it was common for maps to be drawn upside down.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:19 am to TheIndulger
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, since the directions are arbitrary anyway
Compasses are arbitrary?
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:19 am to Darth_Vader
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Darth_Vader
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During the middle ages and early exploration period it was common for maps to be drawn upside down.
oh well shite...here we go
This post was edited on 1/27/15 at 10:21 am
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:20 am to TheIndulger
2 seconds
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:20 am to TN Bhoy
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Compasses are arbitrary?
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:20 am to TheIndulger
180 degrees I can deal with. A 90 degree rotation would f me up worse.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:24 am to TheIndulger
So since we would be in the new North would we get sensational CNN coverage on every storm that comes through?
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:24 am to TN Bhoy
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Compasses are arbitrary?
Magnets don't naturally have N and S written on them, so yes, compasses are arbitrary in regards to what's up and down on a map.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:24 am to TheIndulger
That looks boss. We should start doing it.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:26 am to TheIndulger
It'd be even hotter here than it normally is. I couldnt' deal...
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:26 am to TheIndulger
I don't think I'd like Bama being in the NWC, doesn't have the same ring to it.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 10:27 am to tgrbaitn08
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oh well shite...here we go
Where we going?
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