The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 months agoAh yes, Canada.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1417arrow-down113
arrow-up1404arrow-down1imageAh yes, Canada.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square73linkfedilink
minus-squareChocoboRocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 months agoThe real anarchy would be to make Canadians live anywhere BUT what’s on the map
minus-squareLordPassionFruit@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoI’m a Canadian and I would have to drive ~8 hours to end up on that map.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agoIIRC one of the 19th century presidents basically campaigned on that, at least as far as the western side was concerned.
minus-squareCracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThey’re gonna have to take that ocean pearl out of my cold, dead hands.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoThat’s the one! Apparently Polk never actually campaigned on it, though; it was just around the same time. It seems the British version was going down to the 42nd parallel, and the actual result of the 49th is pleasingly near the midpoint.
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoAs someone who is not living in this map, please no I like it here.
The real anarchy would be to make Canadians live anywhere BUT what’s on the map
I’m a Canadian and I would have to drive ~8 hours to end up on that map.
IIRC one of the 19th century presidents basically campaigned on that, at least as far as the western side was concerned.
54/40 or fight!
They’re gonna have to take that ocean pearl out of my cold, dead hands.
That’s the one!
Apparently Polk never actually campaigned on it, though; it was just around the same time. It seems the British version was going down to the 42nd parallel, and the actual result of the 49th is pleasingly near the midpoint.
As someone who is not living in this map, please no I like it here.
it would be, no internet.