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Apparently i'm in a dimension where Russia is nearly twice the size of canada. (self.DimensionalJumping)

alexandra007 が 投稿

I was telling my girlfriend about a stupid argument i got into with my grandma and her ex years ago, when I found out Canada was the biggest country in the world, and the US was only behind it by a few hundred square miles or so (possibly a few thousand). My grandfolks insisted Canada was twice the size of the US.

My girlfriend pointed out that Russia is the biggest country in the world, and I looked it up, and it is.

Russia is 17,075,200 km Canada is 9,984,670 km US is 9,826,630 km (still not much smaller than Canadistan)

WTF, how did I not notice this until just now. I've been in this dimension for months I think. I dont know. I can't remember how many times I've jumped after I died and all. :D

Also, I just noticed theres an anchor number in the header of this sub. That's awesome. I'm waiting for that moment when someone changes it just to fuck with us all. Who came up with that number and chose it? I remember having an anchor number, but I reloaded my computer and didn't save my bookmarks and lost it. It was in a post on this sub...

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[–]TriumphantGeorge 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Who came up with that number and chose it?

Yeah that was me. That particular number was chosen more for its aesthetic value rather than anything else! The number appears in the sidebar, header and sticky. Only I have control of all three, and I hereby promise never to change the number. Even if one day I think of another that makes for better graphic design! ;-)

[–]Diadear 4ポイント5ポイント  (4子コメント)

I have to ask, when you consider that Russia is bigger than China, does China's size relative to Canada and the U.S. match? In other words, China is roughly the same size as Canada and the United States and Russia spans over both China, the Middle East, and parts of Europe. And we have to assume Russia spreads this far because of the historical context (wars they've gotten into that they might not have due to their geolocation and that it's fairly known that one part of Russia is more European in genetic descent and the other part is more Asian).

[–]alexandra007[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

China seems about right. I don't remember an exact size for China but it was about the size you mention. I look at a map and it looks the same.

[–]Diadear 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

So if Russia is bigger than China and China is about the same size as United States and Canada, why do you accept that Canada was, in your previous dimension, the biggest country?

[–]alexandra007[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Because those 4 countries were very similar in size but Canada was the biggest slightly

[–]Diadear 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's not possible unless the shape of Russia has changed from your memory vs maps. Was there more land mass added to the north? To the east/west/south? If Russia looks the same relative to China then it's impossible for them to be roughly the same size. If you look at several map projections of Russia and China (and look at several because a lot of these maps are distorted) Russia is twice the size of China visually. What would follow is that Russia is twice the size of China and therefore twice the size of Canada and the U.S.

I'm not trying to question your belief in alternate universes (I am subscribed to this sub after all), I'm just trying to understand what your previous world looked like. It's not possible for these four countries to be similar in size where Canada is largest without assuming China is half the size of Canada, or that Russia somehow lost land, or that China had more land to the west and also the entire eastern hemisphere was smaller in your last dimension.

[–]leafhog 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

You can't record anchor numbers and verify them later. The you that was in this universe wrote down that different number. You can only carry the information that is in your head across dimensions.

[–]alexandra007[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I know but I forgot what it was :(

[–]watchmedropdead 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

So how big is Russia where you came from?

[–]Aroha11 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

How big is Russia ON THE MAPS where he comes from? Many people posting here excitedly about 'continents changing places' forget they never witnessed landmasses moving, but base their observations on different maps. And maps are not, and often are not meant to be geographically accurate.