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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Europe itself would look nice and orderly with some rectangles. Luxembourg can become a square! So exciting!

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Reminds me of the guy who was deported for making fun of Luxembourg's size too much.

Judge: you have 24 hours to leave the country

That dude: I have a bicycle, give me 10 minutes

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

For reference, you can get from the center of town to the other side of the border in about an hour on a bike.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's priceless lol, thanks for the laugh

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 23 hours ago

You're very welcome 😁

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rectangles are nice, but our borders are more similar to african borders than you might think. They're still completely arbitrary grouping different cultures into countries.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Take the whole map and divide it up with hexagons

But we have to remember hexagons aren't real, okay?

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

They're still real to me, dammit! 😭

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

They are, it's science

But we gotta promise to remember borders aren't real

[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 3 points 1 day ago

Well, Iberia, Fr*nce, Deutschland, and Poland already look like a bunch of boxes side by side.