We could all simply solve this by two small measures.
1 - Buy a bigger sheet of paper to draw Africa to scale.
2 - Become flat earthers.
Hands up for more paper say aye
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hoppitygoestotown The temporal displacement occurred exactly, Sun 6 Sep 2026, 3:00,
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putting north at the top is just more european imperialism
there's more land in the northern hemisphere, stands to reason it'd be at the bottom because of the extra weight
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 6 Sep 2026, 11:31,
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There are maps where the Northern hemisphere is not at the top,
there are maps where the prime meridian is not in the centre, there are maps where the poles are not at the top and bottom...
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Sun 6 Sep 2026, 17:05,
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"there are maps where the poles are not at the top and bottom"
is this because of Brexit?
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 7 Sep 2026, 0:46,
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No.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Nations
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Mon 7 Sep 2026, 23:43,
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you seem to be interpreting my jokes as genuine cartographic inquiry
as much as I appreciate your desire to be informative, have a think about poles and brexit and see if the penny drops. And the penny in this statement is idiomatic, rather than a reference to descending currency
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 8 Sep 2026, 0:33,
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