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this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2026
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This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?
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The deformation is mostly located in the sea and shouldn't matter.
Meaning it is pretty correct when it comes to landmass sizes.
Shouldn’t matter to us! But in my experience whales find these maps completely inscrutable. Afaik they actually prefer a Mercator centred on the Pacific, but any whales feel free to chime in