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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

As if anyone outside those states could distinguish between unlabelled outlines of Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina.

Self-reporting, because this is shit we learn in like 3rd grade in the US and that adults should (albeit aren't expected to) be able to do. NH and Vermont I could tell you but mainly because I reassemble their little 69 in my head as a memory aid. (A sane memory aid without needing to remember "big end bottom" or "big end top" is that NH's small vertical end is super narrow compared to its large one.)

Whereas Wyoming and Colorado – presented separately in a void with no scale – I could only tell because Wyoming is nearly a perfect rectangle while Colorado is an isosceles trapezoid (just very slightly). That's one you basically have to just memorize via a top/bottom relationship.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was mostly a joke, I didn't think people would get so worked up.

But yeah, I'll stand by the assertion that most Americans aren't great at geography, and some states have non-distinct shapes that aren't rectangles.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'd say I can kind of see someone getting Kentucky and Virginia mixed up, so I guess here are some general tips, throwing spaghetti at the wall so maybe it helps someone:

  • Virginia's hump is a lot taller (absolutely and proportionately) than Kentucky's.
  • Virginia is a Sonic the Hedgehog OC with ~~peninsulas~~ spikes coming off the back of its hump.
  • If you get it in the outline, Virginia has a small peninsula off its main east coast, called the "Eastern Shore of Virginia", which forms the tongue of the Delmarva Peninsula.
  • The elongate part of Virginia is sharp like a knife, while that of Kentucky is pretty blunt and bumpy like a fist. So Kentucky do the grabbo, Virginia do the stabbo.