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[+] -36 points 2 days ago (1 child)

tbf

"Resolutions like this and the ideological agenda they promote, are barnacles on our work here, and the reason this institution is losing its credibility," the statement read.

He’s not wrong

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  • [–] 23 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    So promoting accuracy is a reason to loose credibility in your mind?

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  • [+] -12 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Accuracy isn't the problem, if they'd come out and said we're changing the map to be more accurate I would have been like, great!

    But this whole, Africa needs justice for appearing smaller on a map, I cried tears of joy etcetc this is about social justice etc what a load of wank

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child)

    If you want to hear "the map is more accurate" from someone, I can tell you that the map is more accurate, unless you want to navigate or fly over the oceans.

    Every map is imperfect, but the usual map you see everywhere (Mercator) was made for seafaring, not land usage. The new projection they voted for is new, so they probably considered a different compromise of objectives, and it doesn't take much to be better than Mercator.

    Ask yourself why the entire world voted for it, except the usual regressive country.

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