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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Maddison@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 year ago

I guarantee you that absolutely no one in America is going to confuse Italy for "maybe Croatia?". Absolutely everyone knows Italy is the one that looks like a high-heeled boot, and a very large percentage probably have never even heard of Croatia.

[–] whatisallthis@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Damn is Ohio really that popular

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MrBusinessII@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Calling all those states Ohio is a high end insult

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

No. An American made both sides of this map, and it shows.

[–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

7th largest state by population, behind CA, TX, FL, NY, PA, and IL. Might be popular for Europeans because a lot of immigrants go to Ohio.

[–] fred@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

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[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 year ago

You guys are wildly overestimating how much Europeans know about Ohio

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I would appreciate if you could move "russia" to the right a bit, thank you very much

[–] Maddison@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

can't help, the map was drawn by Comrade Putin

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 8 points 1 year ago

That's what Putin did and look how THAT turned out!

[–] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's "how USA sees" not "how it is irl".

[–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Nah, we know where Ukraine is right now. But I would not have any clue where Georgia was if OP didn't label it...

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 year ago

So you would say that it usually ISN'T on your mind even though the devil went down there?

[–] Uvine_Umbra@partizle.com 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but ppl i know still place it as ex-ussr fighting for freedom tbh

[–] Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most americans have no thoughts related to france owning northern africa. I know the joke is that algeria is independent now but most american never knew france ruled that region at all

[–] Zalack@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

I know I learned it in high school at one point but definitely isn't something I would have been able to recall on my own.

[–] ipha@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

As a Michigander I am greatly offended.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm honestly astounded anyone outside of the US thinks about Ohio at all

[–] Alto@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly it's probably 95% because Ohio has become a meme over the last few years

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

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[–] Flughoernchen@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

European here: We don't. No idea where most of that map is supposed to come from.

[–] normal_user@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Different breed of European here: We do. No idea why but everyone i know seems to know basic ones + Ohio for some reason.

[–] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I live in the US and digit Ohio existed

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 year ago

As a European with an American girlfriend who's originally from Cheeseland and now lives in Best Carolina, I'm not thrilled either..

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As a Georgian, at least y'all didn’t get lumped into Alabama

[–] Ioughttamow@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Better than Indiana at least..

[–] DustyNipples@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Replace England with just London

[–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@DustyNipples @Maddison, for the USA? Replace the rest of the World with Mexico or Canada

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Turkish gonna love it

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

According to this, Australia is just a body of water? You guys living on makeshift atolls out there or something?

[–] Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How can you tell it's water if it's not blue?

[–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Because the sea is black (or is it red?)

[–] zyratoxx@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

For me personally I would add "Arcadia Bay" to where Oregon is and most Europeans know New Mexico bc of Breaking Bad so maybe add "Meth" there

[–] Vitaly@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

Australia now moved to the black sea

[–] Uvine_Umbra@partizle.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As an American (Georgian):

Sad there isn't a dot in the middle of germany called NEUTRALITY

Georgia in Europe is annoying so we would call them "joor-jee-yuh" instead, at least in Augusta GA lol.

Oh, we know Ireland, most would often just give them the entire island out of ignorance & laziness tbh.

Sidenote: Ex-USSR bit is pretty effing accurate tho lol

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] joneskind@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

For some reasons a big part of Africa speaks French. There's even a theory predicting that French could be the most spoken language in the World by the end of the century because of Africa's population growth.

[–] Nice_Melt_Pleb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Nah see I've played paradox games, I can label most of those European countries.

[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago