this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2024
9 points (57.6% liked)

Map Enthusiasts

3286 readers
38 users here now

For the map enthused!

Rules:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
top 9 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

No offense, but this is a horrible map and it is just as bad as the first time it was posted today: US + Canada (why are they grouped in with these cherry picked European countries?) and a dozen European countries on top of giving no context of the person's proficiency in the language, the whole thing just doesn't really make a lot of sense, if you wanted to do a map of the US Canada and Europe do something remotely coherent like a map of leaders of NATO countries, feels like this is just made by a North American who just picked random European countries they thought would be interesting.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That's because the leaders of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belarus, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, etc don't speak any languages

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm Finnish and can confirm our government mainly communicates with grunts and biting

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Glad it wasn't just me that thought this was dog shit, especially for a community called "map enthusiasts"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I'm just glad they didn't include Ireland with a butcher's apron

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Poor Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden not even speaking their countries' languages :(

(One of the first things I learned when I joined the Localization industry was to never use a flag to represent a language!)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Trying to imagine Biden saying "Pip pip, cheerio!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Damn Pope, Chill out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This always amazes me. Given the fact that these people are being chosen among thousands and trusted for representing their country internationally, I am overwhelmed by how many of them cannot even speak more than their native language and some English.