• PunnyName@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    1 day ago

    Jimmy Kimmel’s show is filmed in the El Capitan in the heart of Hollywood Blvd. As long as the sun is out (and a few hours after), that street will be perpetually littered with people from all corners of the country, and the world. Choosing only 4-5 people out of the hundreds that pass by every hour is not a true indicator of reality

    Also, USA maps usually have the north American continent directly in the center:

    https://www.freeworldmaps.net/world/america-centric/america-centered-worldmap.jpg

    Nevertheless, those specific people are so fucking humiliatingly stupid, and yet they vote. So…

    • Ravenson@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      21 hours ago

      US citizen here, all the world maps the teachers had on the walls in school placed the North American continent in the top left, with the Prime Meridian running along the center or very close to it (sometimes things were adjusted a bit so that Siberia would be entirely on the right side of the map instead of straddling both edges). North American-centric world maps might very occasionally show up, but only in contexts where it made more sense to divide Eurasia than the Pacific.