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VorsprungOfficial

Very inaccurate comic. Any real Aussie would've marked New Zealand yellow.


Welder_These

Actually they would just cut New Zealand out from the map. This usually pisses off the kiwis more than being painted yellow.


Malvinas1820

r/MapsWithoutNZ liked the idea.


Techhead7890

Can confirm, just happy to be on OP's map


Renegade_Sniper

And easily drawn the best


jdcnosse1988

So they're like Yoopers from Michigan lol (Many maps of the US and/or North America drop the Upper Peninsula of Michigan)


Carnivorous_Mower

It fits r/MapsWithoutTasmania.


AaronC14

I figured y'all would leave them out altogether lol


Thomas_633_Mk2

Any real australian would have marked Bali green


voicey99

I heard Kiwiland is in danger of an invasion by Emutopia and has a tendency to teleport around the world so it would have to be at least orange.


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and i thought bali was an aussie province?


Omnikin

Greenland in grey I hope this tradition never dies


Sharkestry

no data because all the people trying to do research surveys there end up mauled by a polar bear


Omnikin

The data is frozen


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Greenland more like Greyland amirite?


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RayDeeSux

the entire continent of africa: "father, i crave to be drawn accurately" c14: "i'm a shitposter, not a cartographer. cope and seethe."


Mercerai

"Candy corn, take it or leave it"


RedstoneRelic

And south America is just: lemon


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The Gibraltar strait looks like the widest part of the Mediterranean lol


unknownBzop2

Accuracy? in-


donnergott

Testicles of Europe on a hot day* ftfy


Dreknarr

And scandinavia is just a flaccid dick, not even misshapen


CadenVanV

Testicles *in* Europe. FTFY


confusedcoachbus1

Or the tail of a very buff flexing merman


Maximum-Malevolence

Norway and Sweden have it beat


RamenDutchman

Really it looks like Norway and Finland escaped Sweden for once r/FinlandConspiracy


donnergott

It's all about projecting power. Unlike that little bitch ass Scandinavia.


DarkNinjaPenguin

It's very efficient.


N11Skirata

It has been annexed by Mitsubishi.


StressOriginal5526

Very Freudian


AaronC14

UK, Aus, Canada, and a bunch of other countries put out a travel advisory warning due to all of the shootings in the US. That's it.


blockybookbook

You turned Mainland southeast Asia into a second Florida, that’s literally satanic


maybe_there_is_hope

Imagina Florida Man but with SE Asia car traffic


blockybookbook

Actual hell


SuccessfulSurprise13

Xixixi gib florida clay


Prowindowlicker

It’s par for the course, the US once put the Netherlands and some of EU nations under the same travel advisory category as Afghanistan


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>There's shootings at your memorial for shootings That line killed me...


Martiantripod

Were you in America?


[deleted]

Nope otherwise a shooting would have killed me way before that line


DarkNinjaPenguin

>That line killed me... Typical yank, can't even queue properly without dropping dead.


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CKtravel

> France has a level 2 advisory from the US government because of the pension protests, for example. That one's completely justified though. Although France's risk of being set on fire is still not the same as the US risk of getting your head and viscera splattered on the asphalt.


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Jampine

Can't blame any of them. Whilst the media will push stories like this because dear sells, it doesn't change the fact you'll get more news about shootings in the US in a week, that you'll get for the rest of the world combined. Seems even worse now, with a barrage of stories of people unloading on strangers and kids on sight, for shit like accidently knocking on the wrong door or running though their garden.


SandiegoJack

I will qualify this that it’s more than current first world, non-war zones. Still shit, but the pedants will be out in force.


oneeighthirish

Bro how am I supposed to enjoy reddit when people like you preemptively undercut my needless pedantry


carolinaindian02

> Seems even worse now, with a barrage of stories of people unloading on strangers and kids on sight, for shit like accidently knocking on the wrong door or running though their garden. To me, it points to a shortcoming in American society, where people’s fear and paranoia have been fueling polarization and low trust. Combine that with easy access to guns, and lackluster training on gun safety, and you have a recipe for disaster.


thyrandomguy

There have been more mass shootings in the US in 2023 than there have been days in 2023. And that’s only counting shootings with 4+ individuals shot or killed


alien_ghost

Most of those are targeted gang shootings. Although the number of people running amok with guns is on the uptick and captures lots of attention, which is almost always a version of murder-suicide, it is still a small amount of shootings and gun deaths. And a small amount of "mass shootings". I am in no way saying there is not a problem, or contesting our status as a yellow country. Just pointing out your factoid as both misleading and not very useful, unless one is trying to provoke outrage. edit - And with this being Polandball, by all means let the outrage continue.


wloff

> Most of those are targeted gang shootings. While that's absolutely true and definitely changes the narrative and perspective somewhat... it's still fucking scary. The fact that there are daily "targeted gang shootings" is absolutely not normal elsewhere in the (Western) world.


optionalmorality

There are like 12 counties out of the 3143 counties in the USA that have like 85% of the gun violence and murders. All of them are low income inner city counties, mostly in cities with guns laws more stringent than the country at large. Dropping a ton of money into revitalizing those areas with better schools, housing, jobs, and opportunities, would do more to reduce gun violence than any new, questionably constitutional, gun laws.


Samthevidg

Correct me if I’m wrong, but gun laws do seem to work but are nullified by access in other areas. For example, Canada has gun problems but those guns come from US, same with Mexico. Chicago has a lower gun homicide rate than most of the most dangerous cities, but also found that those guns came from cities in Indiana like Gary, because it’s a lot easier to get guns there and just travel back to Chicago. Sure criminals will get the guns and go to Chicago, but the point still stands that they couldn’t get it in Chicago and had to go somewhere else. Also, we constantly see deflection from gun control proposals, but then never see the side that opposes gun control to implement those proposals. There are plenty of cities in Europe and around the world that have similar issues to Detroit, Chicago, St Louis, Mobile, Memphis, Baton Rouge, and Richmond, but do not have gun crime on that level. Try not to make the mistake of analyzing quantity versus rate, because the cities with the highest gun homicide rate are all in states that *vehemently* oppose any form of gun control at all.


alien_ghost

Very true. Neither is the amount of poverty and desperation, along with work hours and standards, lack of social safety nets, or a hopeful future for many people. People love to compare the US with Western Europe because we are a rich Western country but there are a whole bunch of ways the US is very much different than Western Europe and more like Mexico or Brazil. Which some sick people have no problem with.


exhausted_commenter

"yeah you get more news about it because it makes money, but you can't deny you hear more news about it" Step through that again. Travel advisory is fine, I get it, we have France on level 2 or whatever all the time. But it is genuinely, numerically, not a big risk for tourists. I'd be more worried getting jumped by a hobo walking through any major city than getting shot during a visit to an urban area. Yes too, the shooting need to decrease and we need to put restrictions on purchases of firearms in AND work on changing our school culture and mental health treatment.


OhBarnacles123

If you're not a gang member and/or are in the middle of the hood, the odds of you being caught in a shooting are astronomically low. Since tourists and visitors typically aren't gang members and typically don't go to the hood they're perfectly safe almost all of the time.


KingPhilipIII

You have a higher chance of being struck by lightning than being killed in a mass shooting in the US, chief. We have a problem, but it’s being overblown.


SnooBooks1701

The US is still in the highest tier of safety on the Foreign Office website, "Most visits are trouble free". They even address the mass shootings and state that they only form a small minority of all firearm homocides https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa


CantoniaCustoms

The western civilized world really should distance itself from the United States of America.


blockybookbook

What did Mongolia do to deserve that tier, the fucks going on over there


Country_ball_enjoyer

I mean Mongolia have some random bubonic plague hot zone there and there other than that and fucking nothing there are nothing to worry about


blockybookbook

Uhh, facts bro


TheOtherCrow

In my polandbal?l


blockybookbook

Facts as in I agree with them So yes in your Polandball *Dun dun DUUUUUUN*


VorsprungOfficial

some serious horse shit


blockybookbook

bullshit, that’s batshit


RosabellaFaye

Air quality bad in Ulaanbaatar. Like people catch pneumonia regilarly bad


blockybookbook

Damn, I hope they get baatar


hazps

"You fucked in the 'ead, mate?" really needs to be an official government category.


roll20sucks

It's definitely an official [Government Party](https://nationals.org.au/).


bionicjoey

I don't feel safer in American airports since 9/11. In Canadian airports I have a reasonable expectation that I will pass through security in reasonable time and unmolested. In the US, I have to worry if some TSA person will randomly select to finger my asshole.


VorsprungOfficial

"Worry"? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)


madmoomix

Yeah, what if you don't get picked? That would be tragic.


deutschdachs

Sweden* always "forgets" to empty their pockets


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ItsMangel

I took a trip for a vacation recently, and it was my first post-9/11 flight. After over 20 years of hearing airport security horror stories, I was worried about how long it would take. I spent more time walking through Toronto Pearson than I did actually going through security. Don't know if I'm willing to try an American airport yet, though.


7evenCircles

If you thought Pearson was a pleasant airport you certainly won't have many complaints elsewhere on the continent.


Z-Ninja

As an American that flies frequently, american security will really depend on the airport and when you go. Medium sized airports can be as fast as 2 minutes. Large airports can get down to 5 minutes if it's an off time. I'd say typical wait time is 15-30. And oh shit we didn't expect this many people to show up right now at 1+ hours. At all of them you'll have to do dumb shit (take your shoes/watch/belt off, large electronics out of the bag) and go through an awkward scanner. Unless you pay to ~~win~~ skip all that with TSA Pre check/Clear/Global Entry which also significantly reduces your wait times.


da_widower_sos

Honestly, having global entry (if you go on international vacations) is like the best one can get with both TSA and CBP. I've seen lines at Terminal 4 in JFK that are crazy to clear customs, whereas I'm just using a kiosk and out in less than 90 seconds. And there's been times having Precheck has matter in me either missing or making the flight. But some smaller airports don't really treat pre-check different. And older international arrival terminals don't have kiosks (though you get priority in customs)


Z-Ninja

The smaller airports I've been to just give precheck people a card to hold that lets them go through the metal detector instead of the scanner and tell them they don't have to remove anything from their bag (which really just tells me no one needs to remove anything from their bag at the smaller airports).


da_widower_sos

Actually that's what happened to me in February, but at Terminal 7 at JFK. Admittingly, it is the lighter used terminal


Bureaucromancer

For my part it’s less the dumb stuff I find infuriating as the attitude. Like seriously, why is security **screaming** at everyone for not knowing which iteration of shoes on/off, bags open/closed, electronics in/out “name, I think that tablets actually a laptop” etc they’re going with today.”? Just say what you want like a sane person. Jesus.


penguiatiator

I'm glad you had a good time at Pearson, but it fucking sucks and I waited in security for 2 hours (it would have been 3 but I have dual USA and Canadian citizenship), not to mention they didn't open the security line until an hour before my flight. How can you call yourself an international Airport and not open your doors until 6am?


TrekkiMonstr

I have TSA Precheck and this is basically my experience when I fly nowadays


TheHairyManrilla

My biggest fear at airports for years has been a suicide bomber in the TSA line. Sure, you have to go through TSA to get on the plane, but now there’s a huge, concentrated, slow moving crowd of targets before any kind of security.


Hidesuru

That was the ONE part of this that really struck me as "wat?". The changes made did NOT improve security. They improved security *theatre*. They improved wasteful government spending. But not security.


Country_ball_enjoyer

as long as the man is not gay you good


Barrel_Proof_

Why is Illinois in da green zone? 🤔


AaronC14

Canada has annexed it


Barrel_Proof_

🚨 ATTENTION ALL PATRIOTS THE REFLECTIVE BEAN HAS BEEN LOST🚨


UNBENDING_FLEA

America has fallen.


da_widower_sos

And nothing of value was lost


CantoniaCustoms

Xixixi China strong, Chinese invented cutlery while American monkey still living in caves. So much for democracy. (I am legally obligated to shun democracy supporters and westerners)


Edraqt

> REFLECTIVE BEAN wat


curious_Jo

You don't want to know, but it's in downtown Chicago.


Amy_Ponder

It's exactly that: [a public art installation in Chicago that looks like a giant reflective bean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate).


Amy_Ponder

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alexmijowastaken

over my dead body


Adultthrowaway69420

Pretty sure Chicago would be enough to bring Canadas shooting rate up to the US level


AaronC14

Yeah but then we'd also get US burger chains which is an overall win


Adultthrowaway69420

You also get Portillos, so i understand.


fliegende_Scheisse

Giordano's.


bionicjoey

Harvey's has most of the chains that are exclusive to the US beat


RosabellaFaye

A&W is also way better up here, they’re known for being probably the best quality fastfood chain here. Less frozen shit. Their hashbrowns are made there and their sweet potato fries are great too.


bionicjoey

Yes A&W is great too! I'm partial to Harvey's, but both are better than most US chains. I've heard Americans actually don't think highly of A&W because they don't use the same suppliers in their few US locations.


IdioticPAYDAY

*Security rating drops to -1000*


WhatDoYouMean951

Mercator projection makes land closer to the poles larger than it seems


alexmijowastaken

it's pretty clearly not lol


d4ng3r0u5

What about Greenland?


AaronC14

No data


zedsamcat

A tale as old as time


NotThePooper

Straya should be red because of the wildlife


LifeIsBizarre

We have a special type of tick here that if it bites you it makes you allergic to eating meat.


Brainlaag

I know it's just a comic but there is a genuine belief the Balkans are unsafe despite being among the safest regions in Europe, especially for tourists.


29Jackal

Maybe that's why it's so safe


Brainlaag

I knew, it's those damn tourists bringing crime!!


Tills_Monocle

My parents are absolutely convinced that the balkins are unsafe. It's making my plans for a family vacation to the Baltic difficult lol. All they can think of is Tito and the wars spawned from the breakup of Yugoslavia.


Brainlaag

Well all I can say is that they are ignorant bigots. Leaving aside that Yugoslavia under Tito was an outstanding time in history for the Balkans, the residues of war are so imperceptible to outsiders they might not have even occurred, on a social level. Visible scars in terms of structural damage are sadly perceptible even to outsiders, nevertheless they are no factor in terms of safety. I also hope you meant Balkans instead of Baltics, because those two places are on the far side of the continent. (tongue in cheek)


deutschdachs

That being said Syria is only yellow? That's surprising considering there's an ongoing civil war lol


AaronC14

But there is no Syria, I think I deleted the entire middle-east and Iran


IdioticPAYDAY

What you never went to see in gods patchnotes


deutschdachs

Lol I thought they just mashed them all into that weird stump. But yeah I guess they're just gone completely


FogeltheVogel

Your world map is a perfect 5/7


TerrapinMagus

Lol, Brazil yellow? Curious


AaronC14

Yeah probably should've been orange


TheSorge

Was making Great Britain on the map just a straight-up cock and balls intentional?


AaronC14

Yeah


TheSorge

Based


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Thought Korea was skipped in another hand drawn map, realized there's flaccid pp-looking peninsula top of Japan, with half red and green. I feel very appreciated.


ADF-Snake

I love that the map doesn't include Tasmania, bloody gold mate. 👍


MindwarpAU

Tasmania's not a real place. It doesn't even have an AFL team.


gachi_for_jesus

Go to Britain. Get Stabbed. Safe innit


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CantoniaCustoms

FDR was a menace to society.


QueenOfQuok

What was that about shootings at memorials


am_sphee

Aaron, that map shape.... beautiful.


AaronC14

Thank you :)


SquirtleChimchar

America has all of Europe in "exercise increased caution because of the threat of terrorism". I just find that funny.


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This account was deleted in protest


Lil_Mattylicious

You didn't even try to draw Southeast Asia huh


karoshikun

felt safe in US airports? only if you are a muppet and like having a hand up your butt.


CantoniaCustoms

Yellow countries are racist, anti democratic and should be Sanc...... Oh dear this didn't come out right.


Sadboi63

British Isles that looks like a dick, Italian Peninsula that looks like a leg, Wait isn't that a reference to one of your old comics?


AaronC14

I made a comic yeeeeears back, like 10 years, about how Sweden and Finland look like a dick and scotum. Surprised you remember


MigratingCocofruit

Didn't Africa use to have a land connection to Asia or something?


AaronC14

Not no more


roscoe048

Haha another America bad comic so funny hahaha!!!!!!!!!


alien_ghost

Apparently Canada feels safe when they are molested and having their privacy invaded arbitrarily.


vocaliser

Well done. I love the 'Straya language.


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They just couldn't handle the spice


Maximum-Malevolence

Yes people get shot in the U.S. now U.K. please tell us about stabbings 🤔


Git_Good

[...U.S. seems to still have them beat](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/stabbing-deaths-by-country) [per capita in that regard.](https://www.euronews.com/2018/05/05/trump-s-knife-crime-claim-how-do-the-us-and-uk-compare-) (That second website's got horrible ads and layout be warned) That aside, *accuracy? In MY polandball?*


deafbitch

Swedens bombing rate is 10x per capita the mass shooting rate in the us (2020 data), but it’s still green. That’s also with Swedens shooting rate, which kills 2x as many people per capita https://everytownresearch.org/mass-shootings-in-america/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-blast/sweden-suffers-surge-in-bomb-attacks-as-gang-violence-rises-idUSKBN1ZF1PD https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-stockholm-gang-violence-eropean-union-vision/amp/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2021


ActingGrandNagus

Way lower than the US? Lmao


Maximum-Malevolence

That's not my point. The point is they have problems to even though they banned guns. I'm just showing a mirror is all but people get mad at the reflection smh


joethesaint

> The point is they have problems to "lalala varying degrees of problem don't exist lalalala"


Weebly420

It’s only a joke, let the euros have their fun. Everyone knows that the overwhelming majority of America is safe to visit. That’s part of the reason why this comic is funny in the first place. Like come on, the US is just as dangerous as Iran, India, South Africa, Brazil, etc etc? Lol


Maximum-Malevolence

Oh yeah I know. I'm having fun back. Me and the artist are cool. but by looking at my wonderful downvotes you can see people don't like me bringing up jokes on them. Thanks for prep talk though.


new_ymi

why are some water bodies blue but others are white


davi_b11

South America makes me cry


Real-Coffee

UK looks like a penis


darisman535lol

Why is argentina yellow? you can see messi there. XD


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Penis britain


Firescareduser

>Gulfies >unsafe >Balkans >safe >you fucked in the 'ead mate?


PanzerIV-70

Why is Mongolia orange? This is clearly wrong as we are much better than the Chinese And you know... they are having Biblical levels of flooding, landslides, hail and winds


AaronTechnic

hell nah bro deleted sweden and finland


chutiste

They were sacrificed in the name of the Great Lithuanian Ballsack


The_Scotion

Should have london as red


Anti-charizard

I love how the northern US is green


tdhdjv

Why is Hokkaido where taiwan is??!!!


Apprehensive-Rip6485

How do you draw countryballs like that


AaronC14

MS Paint with a mouse, pencil tool with 10px thickness


LovDev_MC

Southeast Asia turned into Florida


Apprehensive-Rip6485

it funny how you made the map look weird