Honey, I Finished The Internet

5 Replies to “Honey, I Finished The Internet”

1. “change how you see the world”
   And they did
   4th from last – The World Flipped.
   I didn’t realize until now Hudson and James bay are flipping us off.
   HEY!

2. They’re very thorough:
   “Area codes in which Ludacris claims to have hoes”

3. Very interesting.
   – nv53- that was the only one that had me go, what?
   This one gave me a chuckle.
   “How old someone is when they lose their virginity.”
   Average age 23ish in one small most populated area (greens) in the world – how ironic.

4. The map that shows the U.S. as not using metric is obviously wrong since Congress passed a law requiring the metric system to be used by everyone starting in 1975 IIRC. Have a problem? Pass a law and the problem is instantly solved!
   Would have liked to see the map of maternity leave include information correlating the generosity of mandated paid maternity leave with the relative employment rate for women of child bearing years. Have a problem? Pass a law! There are never any side effects.
   Scandinavians drink lots of coffee and have sex at a young age. I guess being inside a lot in a cold, dark climate while hopped up on caffeine leads to hanky-panky.
   First time I saw a world map oriented with south at the top was in a shop in Berkeley. It was part of some narrative about the peoples of the north oppressing the peoples of the south. I was young and not politically aware at the time and so worrying about the fact that maps put the north at the top seemed quite silly to me.

5. Yeah well, it’s sorta like the protesters of euro-centricism….silly when the reality is European conquest of the globe made Europe defacto the centre of the world.
   Orienting global maps with the North at the top is logical when one considers how briefly ventures south of the equator have been and how long north pointing compasses guided most marine and land travel.
   It’s like bitching that containers are marked “this side up” rather than “this side down”.