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The history of maps is actually pretty hilarious. People would just make shit up cause if you haven’t been there and don’t have another map for comparison who the hell knows? Map makers would also put fake towns on their maps so they could see if anyone was plagiarizing them. It was basically all grifters for a while.
Well big map and big globe does have a racist, xenophobic conspiracy going on, so there is something to look into about that if you’re not already familiar. A lot of it has to do with a form of white supremacy making white, western counties appear much larger than say continents like Africa and South America
Also imaginary cartography seems to basically be a breeding ground for “the real map isn’t racist enough” versions lol
Yes same with so much alternate history fiction. Vast majority is unreadable racist garbage
Well big map and big globe does have a racist, xenophobic conspiracy going on, so there is something to look into about that if you’re not already familiar. A lot of it has to do with a form of white supremacy making white, western counties appear much larger than say continents like Africa and South America
I thought that was just a side effect of the Mercator projection, which happened to be a useful navigational tool (that also, in a “full” map, would make Antarctica an infinite size)
It is, but it makes little sense to keep using it for teaching geography in which people are not using for navigation. It should have evolved by now since the 1500s
People have accurately pointed out that a lot of furry hate is rooted in homophobia, but I think ableism against autistic people plays a big and largely unexamined part too.
Furry stuff started in alternative art zines in the 80s, definitely predating 4chan.
Are there any resources on this history? I’m asking for a friend.
Also for myself because I am shamelessly interested in furries, but my friend might like it too.
4chan has tried this like twice a year for the last 10 years.
i think it’s half 8chan, half actual pedos who want people to yell at them, with a significant amount of overlap
