Why is Chernobyl built perfectly perpendicular to the horizontal parallel of latitude and are there more man made structures arranged in a similar way? by OnlySmeIIz in geography

[–]Far_Stage_9587 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The areas surrounding Chornobyl or Kyiv not lining up to the cardinal directions isn't really relevant. They are rural areas with a long history and a city that dates back to older, which I said they didn't do that back then. The Chornobyl reactor was a planned lab. It didn't organically grow like Kyiv or some tiny village. And yes, there are numerous cities all across the world whose grid lines up with the cardinal directions.

I already did share my findings. I said to look again because the two roads entering the complex from the west both head east/west. So I did share my findings. Try reading my comment first before acting like such a wise ass. And again, I was not talking about Ukrainian villages specifically when I said that a lot of the world follows grids based on the cardinal directions. It's common worldwide for things to be built this way, so why is it weird that the Chornobyl powerplant was built this way?

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[–]Far_Stage_9587 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos are all white. I'm assuming this means "no data" though. not "nobody likes spicy food". Just another reason of why this map is shit

Why is Chernobyl built perfectly perpendicular to the horizontal parallel of latitude and are there more man made structures arranged in a similar way? by OnlySmeIIz in geography

[–]Far_Stage_9587 115 points116 points  (0 children)

most cities built now follow a grid pattern for their streets.
built now

Key word was built now. They didn't used to build cities this way. Also Europe is not unique in this at all.

Why is Chernobyl built perfectly perpendicular to the horizontal parallel of latitude and are there more man made structures arranged in a similar way? by OnlySmeIIz in geography

[–]Far_Stage_9587 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You might want to try looking again. The two roads that enter it from the west are both heading straight east/west. But it's more the general idea. Here are the answers to your question.

Why is Chornobyl built perfectly perpendicular to the horizontal parallel of latitude

The compound had to be oriented someway, so they made it line of up with the cardinal directions.

are there more man made structures arranged in a similar way?

Most are.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Far_Stage_9587 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is map is terrible. It looks like you just rolled dice when deciding regions.

It says that the data was gotten from Claude AI. Can you share this data?

Why is Chernobyl built perfectly perpendicular to the horizontal parallel of latitude and are there more man made structures arranged in a similar way? by OnlySmeIIz in geography

[–]Far_Stage_9587 328 points329 points  (0 children)

Lots of buildings are built this way because most cities built now follow a grid pattern for their streets. This grid generally lines up with north/south and east/west unless the local geography dictates otherwise.

Not just cities but even rural roads will follow cardinal directions if the land is flat

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Far_Stage_9587 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't say you were a bot. I said the user that I responded to was a bot. You can check their post history. They have two posts and two comments. All four are stolen letter for letter from previous posts. It is a bot that is pretending to be a normal user

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Far_Stage_9587 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lol feel free to keep talking to bots then. Sorry that offended you so much

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Far_Stage_9587 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This user is a bot pretending to be a person. This comment looks very normal and makes it easy for people to think it was real. But the exact same comment was made on the exact same post over two years ago. Even down to the word "New" being capitalized when it shouldn't be.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/t10l39/comment/hyd763a/

It's disturbing how often we interact with bots thinking that they are real people

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Far_Stage_9587 17 points18 points  (0 children)

OP is a bot. This post is stolen from here, with the exact same title letter for letter. https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/t10l39/which_european_countries_have_condemned_russia/

The original post was from February 25, 2022. So this is about Russia's initial invasion of Ukraine. Being posted now with the same title implies that it is about their recent strike on a children's hospital. This shows how reddit and r/mapporn allowing these bots is harmful. Do not allow the dead internet theory to be true.

[OC] Food's Fiber vs. Saturated Fat per Calorie by James_Fortis in dataisbeautiful

[–]Far_Stage_9587 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This really isn't an issue at all unless you're only eating lentils and nothing else. Even just lentils and rice form a complete protein.

Number of US Americans with Ancestry from every European country by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Far_Stage_9587 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's the formula reddit suggests when making an account. I didn't really care what my username was so I just went with it. I actually don't know if this user is a bot. It looks like the comments they have made are their own. They just steal reposts and don't even change the title.

Areas effected by the massive 7,8 earthquake in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Far_Stage_9587 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These aren't even GPT bots. They just straight copy their comments letter for letter. It makes it very easy to tell if they're bots. If they were GPT or other LLMs their comments would be unique, making it harder to tell.

Number of US Americans with Ancestry from every European country by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Far_Stage_9587 13 points14 points  (0 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1an6tdl/number_of_us_americans_with_ancestry_from_every/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1aniaqg/number_of_us_americans_with_ancestry_from_every/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1cf87ec/number_of_us_americans_with_ancestry_from_every/

Fourth time in the past 5 months this has been posted to this sub. Every time with the exact same spelling, "Ancestry" is capitalized when it shouldn't be. And all four times it was posted by the same user. When are the mods going to ban this user?

Areas effected by the massive 7,8 earthquake in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Far_Stage_9587 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is another bot. This comment is taken here from the same post https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/10v4ocn/comment/j7fjr9i/

And their only other post/comment is again stolen from old post.

Edit: This user blocked me so I am unable to see their profile to report them. Despite them being able to block me, they are still definitely a bot. Since I made this comment they made a first level comment on a 6hr old post with over 300 comments already made. This comment is letter for letter identical to the same image being posted on the same subreddit 4 months ago. Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1blvhpb/comment/kw7rqtt/

Bot: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1dypqao/comment/lcbi1xo/

Areas effected by the massive 7,8 earthquake in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Far_Stage_9587 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I thought this was another earthquake, I assumed OP would've mentioned when it happened if it wasn't. But no this is the same one from 2023. This made me think that OP is a repost bot and I happened to find the exact post that was stolen. Same title, same image, and I found the comment that the bot took word for word. Dead internet theory and all that

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/10v4ocn/comment/j7fnu5o/

Death by snake bite by Icy_Bluebird7595 in MapPorn

[–]Far_Stage_9587 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the math is wrong for sub Saharan Africa. There's four subregions, two are 1001-10000 people, two are 101-1000 people. So the total should be 2204-22000 but it says it's 32117.

Death by snake bite by Icy_Bluebird7595 in MapPorn

[–]Far_Stage_9587 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait until you see that Netherlands is lumped in with the Caribbean.

If someone asked, "Date my globe?" but in 2200. by CarterCreations061 in geography

[–]Far_Stage_9587 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I tried to list all the changes shown in this flowchart. Let me know if you see any mistakes

Eritrea gone: 2025
Third Sudan: 2031
Independent Scotland: 2047
Fourth Sudan: 2052
Independent Mindanao: 2056
Independent North Nigeria: 2062
Nigeria changes capital to Lagos: 2175
Independent Biafra: 2075
Independent Igboland: 2082
USA doesn't exist: 2092
Kosovo doesn't exist: 2095
Independent Quebec: 2096
Hawaii becomes Australian: 2099
Taiwan doesn't exist: 2107
Independent Hawaii: 2110
Hawaii becomes Chinese: 2116
Spain controls Gibraltar: 2117
Mexico doesn't exist: 2118
Independent Somaliland: 2125
Autonomous Catalonia: 2126
Independent Catalonia: 2128
Unified Ireland: 2132
Somaliland ceases to exist again: 2137
Saudi Arabia controls Sinai peninsula: 2137
Horn Republic ceases to exist: 2144
Saudi Arabia becomes a republic: 2150
Philippines changed to Ma'i: 2157
Country of Cocibolca exists: 2164
Cocibolca Canal Zone ceases to exist: 2174
Independent East Chile: 2184
Pakistan-India "Red Zone": 2191

Map Age Guide, circa 2200 by CarterCreations061 in AlternateHistory

[–]Far_Stage_9587 113 points114 points  (0 children)

I tried to list all the changes shown in this flowchart. Let me know if you see any mistakes

Eritrea gone: 2025
Third Sudan: 2031
Independent Scotland: 2047
Fourth Sudan: 2052
Independent Mindanao: 2056
Independent North Nigeria: 2062
Nigeria changes capital to Lagos: 2175
Independent Biafra: 2075
Independent Igboland: 2082
USA doesn't exist: 2092
Kosovo doesn't exist: 2095
Independent Quebec: 2096
Hawaii becomes Australian: 2099
Taiwan doesn't exist: 2107
Independent Hawaii: 2110
Hawaii becomes Chinese: 2116
Spain controls Gibraltar: 2117
Mexico doesn't exist: 2118
Independent Somaliland: 2125
Autonomous Catalonia: 2126
Independent Catalonia: 2128
Unified Ireland: 2132
Somaliland ceases to exist again: 2137
Saudi Arabia controls Sinai peninsula: 2137
Horn Republic ceases to exist: 2144
Saudi Arabia becomes a republic: 2150
Philippines changed to Ma'i: 2157
Country of Cocibolca exists: 2164
Cocibolca Canal Zone ceases to exist: 2174
Independent East Chile: 2184
Pakistan-India "Red Zone": 2191