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What’s the point of globes?
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:21 pm
The models of the earth. We are going to ignore the fact that every globe is round and the map of the earth is flat for a second to ponder the point of it all.
Did people before google, before mapquest really consult their globes for directions to italian East African? I mean what’s the deal?
They are classy for a study or parlor but I don’t see the point
Did people before google, before mapquest really consult their globes for directions to italian East African? I mean what’s the deal?
They are classy for a study or parlor but I don’t see the point
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:23 pm to Winston Cup
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They are classy for a study or parlor but I don’t see the point
Me neither. Earth is flat, so a round globe is just misleading.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:24 pm to Winston Cup
It showed humanity tthe earth was round. That was a huge step
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:26 pm to Winston Cup
What's the deal with fern? It doesn't have any fruit, it doesn't have any wood so you can't burn it or build anything with it. It's like grass that doesn't know what it's doing. "Oh hey, that's a nice basket of retarded grass you have hanging there in your office buddy."
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:26 pm to Winston Cup
Greenland is usually a little door to allow you to hide stuff inside. Valuables, drugs, a pistol, et cetera.
No one ever looks at Greenland.
No one ever looks at Greenland.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:27 pm to Winston Cup
somebody is trying too hard.
either that or oweo has hacked your account.
either that or oweo has hacked your account.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:27 pm to Winston Cup
Cup, I didn't know you knew MJ.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:27 pm to Winston Cup
A good globe can get you laid
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:28 pm to Winston Cup
So we can have a visual scale to compare tits to
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:30 pm to Winston Cup
The Mova globes look pretty cool.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:33 pm to Winston Cup
If you don’t have an antique globe like this one in your home office, what are you even doing? Mine opens and holds liquor.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 11:00 pm to Winston Cup
So......these are the thoughts that keep you up at night?
I wish pondering the modern purpose of globes was my biggest worry.
I wish pondering the modern purpose of globes was my biggest worry.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 11:06 pm to Winston Cup
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The Mercator was designed in 1569 by cartographer Gerardus Mercator. You probably saw it hanging in your Geography classroom, and it may be how you imagine the Earth to look.
However, it has been heavily criticised because it exaggerates the size of imperialist powers like Europe and North America, and shrinks South America and Africa.
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This week, children at schools in Boston would have found an unfamiliar map of the world in their classrooms, according to The Guardian.
City authorities decided it would be best to introduce the Gall-Peters style map of Earth to schools, because it shows the size of countries more accurately. It replaces the traditional Mercator map style that many of us are familiar with.
The Boston authorities thought in an era of "alternative facts," a shift in the map style was called for, to "decolonize the curriculum" in public schools, and more accurately depict the sizes of countries. Greenland, for example, is actually a lot smaller than the Mercator shows, and South America is really twice the size of Europe.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 11:11 pm to Winston Cup
I did study them and they taught me about latitudes. Does your Googles teaches you about longnitudeses?
Posted on 2/26/21 at 11:14 pm to Winston Cup
Well how in the hell do you choose vacation destinations?
Posted on 2/26/21 at 11:14 pm to Winston Cup
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What’s the point of globes?
Posted on 2/27/21 at 5:14 am to Winston Cup
quote:You’re right: what’s the point of anything, really...
Is that all there is?
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