Thursday, November 13, 2008

East v. West. Two XKCDs in a row; I know. I'm lazy.

I instantly identified with this, although it took me a few minutes to realize why. (Easy answer follows the images)

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Original: http://xkcd.com/503/



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Why? "The East" and "The West" were named before anyone knew of the various continents in the actual Western hemisphere. Thanks Europe. That's just great.

2 comments:

Eric said...

Of course, it takes major cajones for anyone to publish a map that splits the continent of Asia - and the most populous country in the world - right down the middle just so the U.S. can be in the center of the map.

Brent said...

Good point, reader. I had forgotten about how super-cohesive Asia is, and about all the bonding and love the Asian countries share. It's like 10,000 years of zero conflict over there, and a cartoonist at XKCD chose to split that geography in half to make a joke. OUTRAGEOUS.