If you think that’s impressive, just look at the size of Spain compared to Spain 1000152489
The size of Portugal compared to Spain
Submitted 2 days ago by robocall@lemmy.world to [deleted]
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ad83ed3e-99ae-45ea-a52a-2282852dc682.webp
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cyan_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Cjwi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Man, the mercator projection really messes up the perspective, I never would have guessed!!
smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
Wow, it covers Spain almost entirely
wabafee@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
What are those square territories on top left?
robocall@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Those are just decoration
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 20 hours ago
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Can you put Portugal A little to the left so I can see Spain better?
GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
If you line it up right, the borders are exactly the same shape! What a crazy coincidence!
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Get more evidence for continental drift.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Damn that’s a good shitpost.
Pk_thunder@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
This might be my favorite shitpost of all time haha
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t get it. The joke is “haha it’s actually not a misleading projection”… ?
owsei@programming.dev 1 day ago
Mercator’s deformation show up when you move countries north/south. Since Portugal only moved slightly East the apparent size basically didn’t change. (You can even see and compare real Portugal just left of the red projection)
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Well not exactly because it’s still a misleading projection, because Spain is also incorrectly projected given how far north it is
Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
#mapsWithoutNZ
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Technically the truth
raman_klogius@ani.social 2 days ago
Mr president a second Portugal has hit the Iberian peninsula
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The mercator projection really oversells the size of portugal. If you ordered a large pizza you’ll have to eat it outside of the country.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
So true, it fits on my phone screen. A large pizza definitely wouldn’t fit.
Gork@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Wow I never realized how small it was in comparison until I saw it here.
robocall@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Spain is indeed small
Tja@programming.dev 1 day ago
So thats why the Portuguese description on products is always smaller than the Spanish one!
Jamón ^presunto^
paequ2@lemmy.today 21 hours ago
TIL: jamón en portugués es «presunto»
I would have read it as: jamón, presunto? supuesto? tal vez? quién sabe.
Tja@programming.dev 21 hours ago
Presuntamente jamón, pero igual es papel reciclado.
sundray@lemmus.org 2 days ago
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 days ago
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 days ago
What I would like to know is how big it is compared to Iberian Peninsula.
Bakkoda@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The artist should’ve gone full 🤪
aeiou@piefed.social 2 days ago
I went through like three full thought cycles before realizng this was a shitpost. Good job.
capuccino@lemmy.world 2 days ago
me lo voy a robar
robocall@lemmy.world 2 days ago
do NOT steal Portugal!!
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This is surprising to a lot of people because everyone is used to seeing mercator projection maps, which skew the true size of countries
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Has anyone played worldle?
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
This Azores erasure will not stand.
Deme@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Huh, I wonder how it compares to that other country to the west there.
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
That’s Vermont. It’s not supposed to even be there.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Thank you, I’ve always wondered how their sizes compare, this is a great visual representation. So clear.
cyrano@piefed.social 2 days ago
Anyone who wants to play https://thetruesize.com/
Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip 2 days ago
Why isn’t Spain just eating Portugal?
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Why does Russia, the largest of the countries, not simply eat the rest?
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I mean, they’re trying. Not very successfully as of late but they are.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Portugal is just a portly rotated Nepal.
Furbag@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Quality shitpost
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Bah! That’s nothing! You should see the size of Antarctica compared to Spain!
Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They’re so far apart it’s almost the cartographical equivalent of licking your elbows.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
But how big is it compared to France?
huppakee@piefed.social 2 days ago
Do the size of Mallorca compared to Spain next please :)
atropa@piefed.social 1 day ago
Is 5 times smaller than Listenbourg,
bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
What a shitty post
NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Can’t believe Portugal is nearly the same size as Portugal
wuffah@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They are completely different colors, however. 🤔
bhamlin@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Red Portugal is best Portugal
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They would be the exact same size if Portugal didn’t have that Lisboa sized gap by its western border
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Holy shit, I don’t think you can just go around saying “Lisboa sized gap,” wtf.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 days ago
A large Portugal the size of a small Portugal.
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Portugal 🇵🇹 does get the morning light tho
robocall@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Umm doesn’t it get the beautiful sunsets?