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[–] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You got any more jpeg artifacts for me?

[–] GombeenSysadmin@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I kept trying to clean my glasses

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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 29 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Seems like something drawn up by a soft southerner.

[–] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

My thoughts exactly

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[–] Mwallerby@startrek.website 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Landscapes - somebody's never been to the Yorkshire Dales have they

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 8 points 9 months ago

Or the Pennines or the Lake District or...

[–] anothermember@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 months ago

Landscapes is totally wrong

[–] Forgetspasswords@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

As a Canadian I'm not entirely sure what region it is that "punches horses" but it got a chuckle out of me.

[–] Pilon23@feddit.dk 22 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Newcastle - happened at a football game some years ago

[–] ns1@feddit.uk 9 points 9 months ago

You can instantly tell it's Newcastle without knowing the exact point on the map, because it's the same place that is "shirtless"

[–] Forgetspasswords@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wait, that actually happened?? Hahaha I feel bad for laughing though, poor horse.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Back in 2013 - there's video of it.

The horse was fine and died at the age of 21 after a pleasant retirement.

[–] Forgetspasswords@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wow thanks for the link! It seemed too ridiculous to be true, but I'm not surprised it was a drunk sports fan 🤦‍♀️

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And no-one in the UK is surprised it was a Newcastle fan!

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

As an American, is Newcastle yalls Florida?

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Think more Maine than Florida. Cold dark winters with lots of beer and whiskey.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

The "potential imminent violence" accents got me laughing.

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 12 points 9 months ago

As a resident of Southampton, I take issue with Portsmouth being deemed enlightened, while we’re considered savages. That’s entirely the wrong way round.

[–] wren@feddit.uk 6 points 9 months ago

I saw the bakeries one first - fooled me into thinking this was sincere haha

[–] mackwinston@feddit.uk 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Post-industrial depression landscape in the Cumbrian mountains? Or Yorkshire? The Pennines?

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I know. 12 maps, 0 correct.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

I was very confused by the shape of this United Kingdom. For reference, this is what it + the non-UK part of Ireland actually looks like:

I'm guessing, they left out all the islands, but even then, it still doesn't look terribly accurate to me, so no idea...

Edit: Added clarification about Southern Ireland.

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Careful what you call United Kingdom! They left out Ireland because it's not part of UK

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ah yeah, good point. I was very confused by Southern Ireland missing on their map, too, but my comment made it sound like that's part of the UK.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You also want to be careful using terms like 'Southern Ireland'. Northern Ireland is a thing, and the Republic of Ireland is a thing...

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Yes, I decided to call it "Southern Ireland", because I doubt many people outside of Europe will know which one of the two Irelands is the "Republic of Ireland".

I did look up beforehand, if I'm allowed to say "Southern Ireland" without being crucified and Wikipedia said ~~yes~~ maybe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ireland

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 6 points 9 months ago

Wow, that dam between northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has really come along in this better map. United Kingdom is great Britain and northern Ireland, for reference.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 9 months ago

They rotated it slightly to get the south coast more horizontal and binned off most islands (the Shetlands and Orkneys I can understand but the Isle of Man wasn't in the way).so they could pack more into the space.

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[–] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I’ve never known Fife and Dundonian accents to be described as ‘pretentious’.

[–] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (12 children)

Dundonian accent is mad. It's probably the most out there. Like Russian or baltic.

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[–] waz@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Divisive meme is divisive? I assumed it was just a too big bubble for Edinburgh

[–] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah. I think they just made it too big for Edinburgh, as you say.

But to be honest, most of the folk I know fae the ‘burgh are nae posh.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I didn't really enjoy this.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sorry. Hanging head in shame, etc. I found it mildly entertaining how grossly wrong it was on every single level.

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