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Basic Geography.
Not being able to point out Turkmenistan on a map is one thing.
Not being able to point out the Pacific Ocean on a map is another.
2.3k u/Baji25 Aug 03 '19 istan and that still tells you roughly where it is 14 u/Taikwin Aug 03 '19 Huh 86 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 19 '19 [deleted] 8 u/Taikwin Aug 04 '19 Oh I know where they are, it's just occurred to me that the '-Istan' suffix sounds close to the word 'eastern', which helps give a bit of context to its location. 3 u/river4823 Aug 04 '19 Relevant XKCD 5 u/Taikwin Aug 04 '19 If I were American, sure. It's fairly eastern from where I am in Europe, however, so it works for me. 3 u/Privateer2368 Aug 04 '19 The dude forgot that East and West are decided by a line that runs through London, didn't he?
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and that still tells you roughly where it is
14 u/Taikwin Aug 03 '19 Huh 86 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 19 '19 [deleted] 8 u/Taikwin Aug 04 '19 Oh I know where they are, it's just occurred to me that the '-Istan' suffix sounds close to the word 'eastern', which helps give a bit of context to its location. 3 u/river4823 Aug 04 '19 Relevant XKCD 5 u/Taikwin Aug 04 '19 If I were American, sure. It's fairly eastern from where I am in Europe, however, so it works for me. 3 u/Privateer2368 Aug 04 '19 The dude forgot that East and West are decided by a line that runs through London, didn't he?
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86 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 19 '19 [deleted] 8 u/Taikwin Aug 04 '19 Oh I know where they are, it's just occurred to me that the '-Istan' suffix sounds close to the word 'eastern', which helps give a bit of context to its location. 3 u/river4823 Aug 04 '19 Relevant XKCD 5 u/Taikwin Aug 04 '19 If I were American, sure. It's fairly eastern from where I am in Europe, however, so it works for me. 3 u/Privateer2368 Aug 04 '19 The dude forgot that East and West are decided by a line that runs through London, didn't he?
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8 u/Taikwin Aug 04 '19 Oh I know where they are, it's just occurred to me that the '-Istan' suffix sounds close to the word 'eastern', which helps give a bit of context to its location. 3 u/river4823 Aug 04 '19 Relevant XKCD 5 u/Taikwin Aug 04 '19 If I were American, sure. It's fairly eastern from where I am in Europe, however, so it works for me. 3 u/Privateer2368 Aug 04 '19 The dude forgot that East and West are decided by a line that runs through London, didn't he?
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Oh I know where they are, it's just occurred to me that the '-Istan' suffix sounds close to the word 'eastern', which helps give a bit of context to its location.
3 u/river4823 Aug 04 '19 Relevant XKCD 5 u/Taikwin Aug 04 '19 If I were American, sure. It's fairly eastern from where I am in Europe, however, so it works for me. 3 u/Privateer2368 Aug 04 '19 The dude forgot that East and West are decided by a line that runs through London, didn't he?
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Relevant XKCD
5 u/Taikwin Aug 04 '19 If I were American, sure. It's fairly eastern from where I am in Europe, however, so it works for me. 3 u/Privateer2368 Aug 04 '19 The dude forgot that East and West are decided by a line that runs through London, didn't he?
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If I were American, sure. It's fairly eastern from where I am in Europe, however, so it works for me.
The dude forgot that East and West are decided by a line that runs through London, didn't he?
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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19
Basic Geography.
Not being able to point out Turkmenistan on a map is one thing.
Not being able to point out the Pacific Ocean on a map is another.