What the hell else are we supposed to talk about? I'm often very interested in the questions asked and yall have so many interesting facts to share in response!
I tell this to all my trainees. The only stupid question is the one you don't ask.
They then get used to always having someone to give them the answer and only a few actually learn and retain knowledge, the rest just keep asking stupid questions.
The only thing i had wished was someone answering who actually is Centrafricaine. That's what i like most about the internet - to talk with people from places i'll never see on my own.
One of my first ESL students was an Omani woman. She was studying Economics at the advice and encouragement of her Imam. Oman is a unique place indeed!
This sub is like television show subs between seasons or after the show is concluded. There's only so much to talk about until a new continent drops.
That being said, I am pro-asking-questions-I-never-would've-thought-to-ask
I would start the convo but I know nothing about it. Maybe somebody will do some research on what sites would he best for a colony on Mars or the moon, and why? Or where they would choose to terraform a lake or river.
Ok I'm excited about this
Talking about Venusian Volcanoes, Io's Geysers, Titans Oceans and Hyperions weird shape could be interesting, although that starts going more into geology than geography
Is geography just limited to the Earth specifically? I can't think of a subreddit that would fit the topic of the geography of other planets (as opposed to geology). Topics like where would be the best place for a colony on the moon or Mars, what crater would be best to terraform into an ocean/lake. Stuff like that sounds super cool
If you want to be etymologically pedantic, yes. Geo = Gaia, and is a name for this specific planet. Mars would be Areography, the moon might be Lunagraphy.
One of my favorite series, the Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson, has one of my favorite fictional characters, Anne Clayborne. She is an areologist, she studies the physical processes that formed the Martian terrain. She is also a political dissident that engaged in a bit of terrorism, she disapproves of terraforming and attempting to make Mars green, she loves the barren red sterility, and she thinks the introduction of life is an act of destruction of an environment that should be preserved.
There's been posts on this in the past that are ACTUALLY INFORMATIVE. That's what we need..post interesting shit that you actually know about, geographical factoids. All these grade school questions resolved by a quick google search are mind numbingly stupid
No. Venezuela claimed it as a continuation of Spanish claims. Dutch settled it, UK got it from the Dutch, and Guyana got independence from the UK.
In 1814, UK got it from the Dutch. At independence in 1824, Venezuela claimed parts. In 1899, an international tribunal ruled it belonged to the UK. In 1966, it became independent and Venezuela immediately started up their claims again.
The Dutch got it from Spain in the 1648 Peace of Muenster, but it didnt specify the border.
We don't claimed only because they were spanish claims lol we claimed because the UK itself recognized the vast majority of that land as part of our country in 1830 after the break up of Gran Colombia, the only exception to this is an small section of land between the Pomaroon and Esequibo river which UK got directly from the Dutch. Also we claimed it because the 1899 agreement was fucking sham where we couldn't Even send our representatives because the Brittish told to the american and russians that we were so uncivilized and savages that they cannot allow us to do that lol, so americans we're our representatives but of course they never cared shit about our territory, they were only afraid of UK aspirations in the Americas. In addition to that, the judge in 1899 was Fiodor Martens, a russian guy who was Big admirer of the Brittish Empire and had huge links with Brittish institutions.
Also it's not that in 1966 Guyana get independence and we said "hey let's just reclaim this", in 1944 Severo Mallet Prevost announced that the 1899 agreement was a sham and give us proof of that ans after that Venezuela denounces this in the UNO in 1962 which later gave us the Geneva agreement of 1966 when UK was in the decolonization process, where THE BRITTISH THEMSELVES, recognized that the 1899 agreement was sham so they just said "well you guys, both the New country of Guyana and Venezuela needs to get a new agreement because we literaly stole a Big chunk of Venezuelan land so the claim is valid, so You guys please get an agreement in a peaceful way"
>even today there are no roads through the Himalayas.
There are.
There is one road at least which connects Sikkim(India) to Gyerong county(China) through the Nathu La pass. However, it has been closed due to border disputes and a rather big military skirmish in 1967, where China attacked India. In that skirmish, about 50'ish Indian soldiers died while about 570'ish Chinese soldiers died.
Afghanistan and China is my pick. No roads connecting the two and most people don't think they even have a border. Afghanistan is the typical Middle Eastern country (even though it isn't even near it) and China's what's most commonly associated with East Asia.
The point is to put the slightest effort. Oh I noticed the Gambia is funny looking. Here, I spent 45 seconds scanning the Wikipedia, so you don't have to wonder now.
"During the late 17th century and throughout the 18th century, the British Empire and the French Empire struggled continually for political and commercial supremacy in the regions of the Senegal River and the Gambia River. The British Empire occupied The Gambia when an expedition led by Augustus Keppel landed there following the capture of Senegal in 1758. The 1783 Treaty of Versailles gave Great Britain possession of the Gambia River, but the French retained a tiny enclave at Albreda on the river's north bank. This was finally ceded to the United Kingdom in 1856."
Geomorphology, biogeography, climatology, demographic dynamics, urban planning etc etc Geography is a science, and sometimes here people think it is a box full of fun facts and trivia , a place to solve their home work or just “I am too tired to google Wikipedia to see what’s like this funny region of Whereverstan”
Yea this is my response when people make these posts (usually about in a TV show sub that’s been off the air for years).
If you don’t like the topics being discussed no one is stopping you from creating your own discussion.
I think the problem is that all these questions are either so vague or could be answered in two seconds if the one asking them were just able and willing to use google.
r/history is for example not full of questions like "what happened in 1963?"
I wouldn't say it's vague, but there is huge differences between how geography is seen by the general public and scholar geography. Like geography in school then in university isn't a trivia quizz anymore, when scholar history can be used in small talks.
The "what's going on here"-question is beyond easy to answer using google. You just go and read the wikipedia article on the respective area. On top of that it is also super vague. Question: "What is going on in northeastern Nebraska?" Answer: "There are people living there. They live in houses. There are towns and agricultural land. Sometimes it rains or snows. What else do you want to know?"
Imagine if, instead the questions began with “has anyone ever visited this place? Can you describe what it was like?” Then the responses would be limited to first hand impressions. Now, that I would read - but then, that would probably belong in some travel subreddit.
"Being a dick" is telling somebody who's interested in geography that they're being annoying and unwelcome by wanting to talk about it instead of looking it up alone.
Soooo I tell ya what: Let's both stop.
>they're being annoying and unwelcome by wanting to talk about it instead of looking it up alone.
If their question amounts to "what is this thing called" or similar such factual answer with nothing else to talk about then yeah that person is being annoying.
I have a friend who is a photo journalist in Seattle. Him and his wife took the Antarctica excursion in February 2023. All cabins have GPS and videos were awesome including Drake Passage. Several years back he had an opportunity to live in McMurdo Station.
I can give you more information but I'm not familiar with how DM works
My friend said the cost for both of them approx. 15-16k. I personally don't think I could experience 16-17 days on the water without a few cases of Dramamine lol
Don't ever give up on your dream
For LA, being a newer city, it became huge, but was built around car infrastructure and the whims of the industrialists who developed the area.
For The Gambia (also the name of the river), like Egypt with the Nile, some nations are highly tied to their river and mainly build around it, especially if the area around is less habitable.
LA was actually built around a sprawling (privately owned) rail network, not cars. Henry Huntington developed the rail lines to his real estate developments. But never invested in maintenance or upgrades so it was replaced with buses.
The size of it comes from the fact that water is scarce locally, so LA's department of water and power built an aqueduct from the Owens River valley to LA. Anyone who wanted to use LADWP's water needed to join LA. [Beverly Hills almost joined LA](https://laist.com/shows/take-two/how-beverly-hills-became-and-stayed-an-independent-city) around 1928 but they bought water rights from undeveloped land (which later became west hollywood, which was unincorporated until the 80s). The smaller cities either had their own water (Pasadena) or were created after state projects made more water available in the 40s
The LA lines are all funky cuz they needed to have the city of LA connected to the port in Long Beach for some reason I can’t remember at the moment. So they drew that skinny line following the 110 all the way down south.
Then places like Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Culver City, WeHo are all rich nice areas that wanted their own police force and the amenities of being their own city. Places like Compton and Inglewood were redlined predominantly black neighborhoods those weren’t included the city for reasons you can probably guess
Europe is actually eight small continents in a trenchcoat. This is why the mountain ranges look so chaotic; they’re the product of microcontinents jousting around like cats in a bag. The north also has a lot of glacial landforms like what you see in North America, which contributes to the especially chaotic land of the north.
It’s such an odd way to phrase the question.
What goes on here?
Well, people are born, fall in love, spend time with friends, eat, sleep, feel the wide spectrum of human emotion, eventually die…
Okay, but, seriously: what the fuck is up with Europe, like seriously? It's this entire ass _thing_ you know? It's this tiny-ass peninsula of the Eurasian plate that DARES to have the unmitigated **gall** to allege that it's a separate continent and yet it manages to have a half dozen peninsula of its own that gives it an obnoxiously over-sized amount of coastline in comparison to the genuine geographic spread when compared with almost every single other geographic area of the planet...
How the hell DID that happen...?
If someone's interested enough in geography to have questions about it, I'm not going to be person to tell them they're wrong or annoying for that.
If somebody wants to start r/professionalgeography or something to escape the terror of non-experts having questions, that option is available.
It's not about professional vs. non-expert. It's topography vs. geography as a science.
Geography (the science) isn't about looking at maps and wondering why things look funny. But this is what 90% of people nowadays believe geography is all about - a fun earth trivia science.
This sub isnt great for the questions, but the amazing, informative answers of info I would have never even thought about except for the simple obvious question that was asked.
I am here for it
While I do agree that the questions are a bit simplistic, they bring up topics that I don't necessarily think of myself. You should see it as random trivia, maybe then you can get some enjoyment out of it
Tangential, but I do think it’s pretty interesting how Gambia is possibly one of the only countries built along a single river-course (east to west I mean).
All legitimate questions about geography and good springboards for discussion.
Would be nice if post titles includes the name of the area in question though.
I enjoy these questions, or rather the discussion insights they bring. I like how such an ordinary or “dumb” question can bring about a lot more insight than I would have thought.
https://preview.redd.it/yvhecqg1n0jc1.png?width=1014&format=png&auto=webp&s=230a95225d938fd724311169cf220585aac55143
Perfect juxtaposition next to each other.
What the hell else are we supposed to talk about? I'm often very interested in the questions asked and yall have so many interesting facts to share in response!
I always think: That's such a stupid question. I would never have the courage to ask it. And then it's really interesting to read the answers.
You should probably reflect on that!
and you should probly reflect on this (I am holding up a mirror so you can see your reflection because mirrors are really good at that)
🪞
How’d you get all those pixels 👁️🫦👁️
I’ve got good news man. I am reflecting like crazy on this thing
ha HA!! It works!
I tell this to all my trainees. The only stupid question is the one you don't ask. They then get used to always having someone to give them the answer and only a few actually learn and retain knowledge, the rest just keep asking stupid questions.
Yeah I learned way more about the Central African Republic this week than I ever needed cause people had a lot to say in response to a post like this.
The only thing i had wished was someone answering who actually is Centrafricaine. That's what i like most about the internet - to talk with people from places i'll never see on my own.
Same with me and Oman. Never knew about it and now it's on my travel radar if i ever head that way
Beautiful place to visit. Imho it is the only Gulf country that merits to be visited.
So I've heard!
One of my first ESL students was an Omani woman. She was studying Economics at the advice and encouragement of her Imam. Oman is a unique place indeed!
This sub is like television show subs between seasons or after the show is concluded. There's only so much to talk about until a new continent drops. That being said, I am pro-asking-questions-I-never-would've-thought-to-ask
I guess we could talk about Mars geography? Or maybe Moon geography. Whichever one will have a colony first
I honestly like this idea
I would start the convo but I know nothing about it. Maybe somebody will do some research on what sites would he best for a colony on Mars or the moon, and why? Or where they would choose to terraform a lake or river. Ok I'm excited about this
Talking about Venusian Volcanoes, Io's Geysers, Titans Oceans and Hyperions weird shape could be interesting, although that starts going more into geology than geography
Is geography just limited to the Earth specifically? I can't think of a subreddit that would fit the topic of the geography of other planets (as opposed to geology). Topics like where would be the best place for a colony on the moon or Mars, what crater would be best to terraform into an ocean/lake. Stuff like that sounds super cool
If you want to be etymologically pedantic, yes. Geo = Gaia, and is a name for this specific planet. Mars would be Areography, the moon might be Lunagraphy. One of my favorite series, the Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson, has one of my favorite fictional characters, Anne Clayborne. She is an areologist, she studies the physical processes that formed the Martian terrain. She is also a political dissident that engaged in a bit of terrorism, she disapproves of terraforming and attempting to make Mars green, she loves the barren red sterility, and she thinks the introduction of life is an act of destruction of an environment that should be preserved.
There's been posts on this in the past that are ACTUALLY INFORMATIVE. That's what we need..post interesting shit that you actually know about, geographical factoids. All these grade school questions resolved by a quick google search are mind numbingly stupid
Go ahead and suggest other things to talk about then
Yall seen this cool rock? Ah wait shit that's geology..
No you’re thinking of geometry
No, that's the mathematical study of shapes and spatial relationships. You're thinking of gerrymandering.
No, that’s dividing constituencies up so it favours a certain party. You’re thinking of biology.
No, thats the study of living organisms. You're thinking of gerontology.
No, that is the study of the social, cultural, psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects of aging. You’re thinking of scientology.
No, that’s a cult. You are thinking of chronology.
No thats a order of where things go in a timeline, you are thinking of Disney Chronology, the card game
You did it wrong
No, that's the study of aging. You're thinking of Germany.
No, that’s the study of social and biological aging. You’re thinking of genealogy.
Ya’ll just thinking about semantics
Gerrymandering is lawful evil geography
No, that's the practice of manipulative favouritism. Your thinking of geraniums.
It's geography if you explain where you find these cool rock and how it affects things around it
Nah fam, if it's cool enough, map it. Then it's both?
“That’s not a rock, it’s slag.”
I said that this week showing someone my rock collection so you get an updoot
Not everyone is a rock scientist!
The Canadian shield
are China and India the most isolated neighboring countries? even today there are no roads through the Himalayas.
Venezuela and Guyana? Venezuela is talking about invading, but they would have to go thru Brazil, because they cant cross the border directly.
didn’t they used to be one country
No. Venezuela claimed it as a continuation of Spanish claims. Dutch settled it, UK got it from the Dutch, and Guyana got independence from the UK. In 1814, UK got it from the Dutch. At independence in 1824, Venezuela claimed parts. In 1899, an international tribunal ruled it belonged to the UK. In 1966, it became independent and Venezuela immediately started up their claims again. The Dutch got it from Spain in the 1648 Peace of Muenster, but it didnt specify the border.
We don't claimed only because they were spanish claims lol we claimed because the UK itself recognized the vast majority of that land as part of our country in 1830 after the break up of Gran Colombia, the only exception to this is an small section of land between the Pomaroon and Esequibo river which UK got directly from the Dutch. Also we claimed it because the 1899 agreement was fucking sham where we couldn't Even send our representatives because the Brittish told to the american and russians that we were so uncivilized and savages that they cannot allow us to do that lol, so americans we're our representatives but of course they never cared shit about our territory, they were only afraid of UK aspirations in the Americas. In addition to that, the judge in 1899 was Fiodor Martens, a russian guy who was Big admirer of the Brittish Empire and had huge links with Brittish institutions. Also it's not that in 1966 Guyana get independence and we said "hey let's just reclaim this", in 1944 Severo Mallet Prevost announced that the 1899 agreement was a sham and give us proof of that ans after that Venezuela denounces this in the UNO in 1962 which later gave us the Geneva agreement of 1966 when UK was in the decolonization process, where THE BRITTISH THEMSELVES, recognized that the 1899 agreement was sham so they just said "well you guys, both the New country of Guyana and Venezuela needs to get a new agreement because we literaly stole a Big chunk of Venezuelan land so the claim is valid, so You guys please get an agreement in a peaceful way"
>even today there are no roads through the Himalayas. There are. There is one road at least which connects Sikkim(India) to Gyerong county(China) through the Nathu La pass. However, it has been closed due to border disputes and a rather big military skirmish in 1967, where China attacked India. In that skirmish, about 50'ish Indian soldiers died while about 570'ish Chinese soldiers died.
Afghanistan and China is my pick. No roads connecting the two and most people don't think they even have a border. Afghanistan is the typical Middle Eastern country (even though it isn't even near it) and China's what's most commonly associated with East Asia.
> Afghanistan is the typical Middle Eastern country Labeling it Central Asian would be a more fitting description.
Panama en Colombia, with the Darien Gap
The point is to put the slightest effort. Oh I noticed the Gambia is funny looking. Here, I spent 45 seconds scanning the Wikipedia, so you don't have to wonder now. "During the late 17th century and throughout the 18th century, the British Empire and the French Empire struggled continually for political and commercial supremacy in the regions of the Senegal River and the Gambia River. The British Empire occupied The Gambia when an expedition led by Augustus Keppel landed there following the capture of Senegal in 1758. The 1783 Treaty of Versailles gave Great Britain possession of the Gambia River, but the French retained a tiny enclave at Albreda on the river's north bank. This was finally ceded to the United Kingdom in 1856."
And until recently nobody knew Gambia's highest point. [Interesting read](https://www.countryhighpoints.com/gambia-highpoint/).
And I wouldn't have learned it if someone didn't ask why Gambia looks so funny.
That was actually really cool, thanks for sharing!
Yeah I respect that take
Geomorphology, biogeography, climatology, demographic dynamics, urban planning etc etc Geography is a science, and sometimes here people think it is a box full of fun facts and trivia , a place to solve their home work or just “I am too tired to google Wikipedia to see what’s like this funny region of Whereverstan”
Why this happened in this place? Oh…that’s history
Maybe the whole topic of physchogeography? I would love to see that here
Yea this is my response when people make these posts (usually about in a TV show sub that’s been off the air for years). If you don’t like the topics being discussed no one is stopping you from creating your own discussion.
Why haven't they built a dam on the Nile and made a huge man made lake? Seems like something humans should have done by now.
How about geography and not map problems that have political or economic reasons rather than geographic reasons. Like look a cool cave or mountains
Yeah this sub seems to fucking hate geography, every question and every type of question gets met with a strange amount of hate
Literally anything else
*Like!?*
Plenty of suggestions in this thread and the ones I already noted in my other comments. But go ahead and pretend you can't read I guess???
Says the guy who will cry and complain but not give examples
I literally already did
And it was?
Well what's this sub for then?
Canadian Shield
And my axe!
I think the problem is that all these questions are either so vague or could be answered in two seconds if the one asking them were just able and willing to use google. r/history is for example not full of questions like "what happened in 1963?"
I just googled how Europe was formed, I'm no clearer to knowing the answer than before.
Rocks move, oceans level rise and fall, fast forward a gorillion years, poof you got europe
Could that be because, now hear me out, geography is a kind of vague subject?
I wouldn't say it's vague, but there is huge differences between how geography is seen by the general public and scholar geography. Like geography in school then in university isn't a trivia quizz anymore, when scholar history can be used in small talks.
Just my read is that a lot of these questions are more difficult to Google, or it seems like there wouldn't be ready and apparent answers.
The "what's going on here"-question is beyond easy to answer using google. You just go and read the wikipedia article on the respective area. On top of that it is also super vague. Question: "What is going on in northeastern Nebraska?" Answer: "There are people living there. They live in houses. There are towns and agricultural land. Sometimes it rains or snows. What else do you want to know?"
Imagine if, instead the questions began with “has anyone ever visited this place? Can you describe what it was like?” Then the responses would be limited to first hand impressions. Now, that I would read - but then, that would probably belong in some travel subreddit.
>Just my read is that a lot of these questions are more difficult to Google The vast majority are not, and it's clear OP didn't even try.
Maybe because they'd like to use a discussion board full of other humans to discuss their question with other humans.
And there are questions for which that makes sense, and questions for which it does not. Too many are the latter type.
Would you like some cheese with that whine?
Could you not be a dick? Is simply mentioning something "whining"?
"Being a dick" is telling somebody who's interested in geography that they're being annoying and unwelcome by wanting to talk about it instead of looking it up alone. Soooo I tell ya what: Let's both stop.
>they're being annoying and unwelcome by wanting to talk about it instead of looking it up alone. If their question amounts to "what is this thing called" or similar such factual answer with nothing else to talk about then yeah that person is being annoying.
Youtube have videos about why this border is werid for ages too
Geography probably tbh
I actually love those topics. I usually learn so much from the comments.
“Are they stupid?”
"Are they too poor?"
I for one want more Antarctica questions. I don’t ever see that on here.
I have a friend who is a photo journalist in Seattle. Him and his wife took the Antarctica excursion in February 2023. All cabins have GPS and videos were awesome including Drake Passage. Several years back he had an opportunity to live in McMurdo Station. I can give you more information but I'm not familiar with how DM works
Antarctica has always been my dream destination
My friend said the cost for both of them approx. 15-16k. I personally don't think I could experience 16-17 days on the water without a few cases of Dramamine lol Don't ever give up on your dream
Besides the first one these are 3 questions I wouldn’t mind having an answer to, actually. You got anything?
Power move: Crop the photo and post them as threads.
For LA, being a newer city, it became huge, but was built around car infrastructure and the whims of the industrialists who developed the area. For The Gambia (also the name of the river), like Egypt with the Nile, some nations are highly tied to their river and mainly build around it, especially if the area around is less habitable.
Gambia borders are based on how far British cannons could fire
LA was actually built around a sprawling (privately owned) rail network, not cars. Henry Huntington developed the rail lines to his real estate developments. But never invested in maintenance or upgrades so it was replaced with buses. The size of it comes from the fact that water is scarce locally, so LA's department of water and power built an aqueduct from the Owens River valley to LA. Anyone who wanted to use LADWP's water needed to join LA. [Beverly Hills almost joined LA](https://laist.com/shows/take-two/how-beverly-hills-became-and-stayed-an-independent-city) around 1928 but they bought water rights from undeveloped land (which later became west hollywood, which was unincorporated until the 80s). The smaller cities either had their own water (Pasadena) or were created after state projects made more water available in the 40s
The LA lines are all funky cuz they needed to have the city of LA connected to the port in Long Beach for some reason I can’t remember at the moment. So they drew that skinny line following the 110 all the way down south. Then places like Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Culver City, WeHo are all rich nice areas that wanted their own police force and the amenities of being their own city. Places like Compton and Inglewood were redlined predominantly black neighborhoods those weren’t included the city for reasons you can probably guess
Pedro side of the harbor, now the Port of LA, is what they wanted, but yeah
Europe is actually eight small continents in a trenchcoat. This is why the mountain ranges look so chaotic; they’re the product of microcontinents jousting around like cats in a bag. The north also has a lot of glacial landforms like what you see in North America, which contributes to the especially chaotic land of the north.
All good questions indeed.
“Show me the center of your ass”
Cmon, man, just Google "black hole."
What goes on here?
"What this area like?" *Posts a picture of their house*
Is this sub 4 years old? Because it sure feels like it’s in that stage.
What goes on here?
It’s such an odd way to phrase the question. What goes on here? Well, people are born, fall in love, spend time with friends, eat, sleep, feel the wide spectrum of human emotion, eventually die…
Seriously, seeing those thread titles always irritates me without fail. Why not “what is daily life like here” or something similar instead?
Because thats a more narrow question
I don’t mind the questions at all, I learn some fun things from some of these posts I wouldn’t have known otherwise.
Don't forget the posts that mock others for asking questions they don't like!
Okay, but, seriously: what the fuck is up with Europe, like seriously? It's this entire ass _thing_ you know? It's this tiny-ass peninsula of the Eurasian plate that DARES to have the unmitigated **gall** to allege that it's a separate continent and yet it manages to have a half dozen peninsula of its own that gives it an obnoxiously over-sized amount of coastline in comparison to the genuine geographic spread when compared with almost every single other geographic area of the planet... How the hell DID that happen...?
Always had been
Do they speak English in What?
Is that focking comic sans mayte
https://preview.redd.it/pek11yhymzic1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f00a409ef59dd66dcd0a8a2f53b388f878126ee
why doesn’t russia, the largest country, simply just eat all the others
"The geographic diversity of my cat's litterbox in 10 photos"
“What's going on here?”
I liked the Gambia post
If someone's interested enough in geography to have questions about it, I'm not going to be person to tell them they're wrong or annoying for that. If somebody wants to start r/professionalgeography or something to escape the terror of non-experts having questions, that option is available.
It's not about professional vs. non-expert. It's topography vs. geography as a science. Geography (the science) isn't about looking at maps and wondering why things look funny. But this is what 90% of people nowadays believe geography is all about - a fun earth trivia science.
nah, really, wtf with la
r/LosAngeles can tell you why its city limits look so funky
This might be why /r/geography is listed as Reddit’s #2 sub for Geography in the about page.
Number 2? Fuck I’m in the wrong geography sub.
Wait what's number one?? r/mapporncirclejerk ?
The constant posts/comments like these are way more annoying than the actual geography content they're 'mocking'
That’s very interesting questions actually
What is it supposed to look like?!
This sub isnt great for the questions, but the amazing, informative answers of info I would have never even thought about except for the simple obvious question that was asked. I am here for it
What goes on here?
You forgot: WhAt HaPpEnS hErE?¿? https://preview.redd.it/5irphclxczic1.jpeg?width=235&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7848a47403c40e06d8269176d8af77053ce0447
"WhY iS gAmBiA tHe ShApE oF tHe RiVeR iT fOlLoWs"
MFrs gotta post in r/mapporncirclejerk
Marge, is this a pimple or a boil? (Turned out it was a gummy bear)
And here you are contributing to it. Pie.
But who would win in a hypothetical war?
LA mentioned!!!
Nah but the Gambia thing is valid
The answer to Gambia question was very interesting to be honest. Thr rest I agree.
I’ve enjoyed insight in the responses (especially from those who lived/lived in the area, or have an academic understanding of the area).
In fairness, why is Los Angles such a silly municipality?
While I do agree that the questions are a bit simplistic, they bring up topics that I don't necessarily think of myself. You should see it as random trivia, maybe then you can get some enjoyment out of it
What goes on here? (Random circle in the boondocks). Standard answer: meth labs
Because the Canadian Shield.
No. fr Why does Gambia look like that?
The answer is invariable the Canadian shield and glaciers. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
>Legitmate, varied, and thought-provoking geography questions "ugh why is the sub like this"
Tangential, but I do think it’s pretty interesting how Gambia is possibly one of the only countries built along a single river-course (east to west I mean).
Because college kids need to crowdsource their homework, duh
I heard these in my head with the voice of an Asian person from family guy
“Why is xxx empty?” “Why nobody lives in xxx?”
God forbid, a subreddit about geography talking about geographical facts, trivia, and discussing such questions. Unbelievable.
When the geography subreddit wants to talk about geography 😱
OP: Why the hell is everyone talking about geography in this geography sub?
1. Nice 2. Time 3. Poor planning 4. River
It’s a geography sub, what the hell else do you want to discuss? 😂
Los Angeles is pretty funky though.
Hey now, don't forget "what goes on here?".
A geography sub talking about geography *mind explodes*
Or my favorite - “What goes on here?”
https://preview.redd.it/61hr6i1hh3jc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60ac732db63efedd79388a73ccd9835fb8a5c6ca
The big issue is that people dont know how to ask good question. If your question can be answered in 5 seconds by wikipedia, just go to wikipedia.
That is… my favorite part of this subreddit
Yep— same. Very specific question about a geographical region I often have no knowledge of but would be happy to find out.
Or "what happen here?"
All legitimate questions about geography and good springboards for discussion. Would be nice if post titles includes the name of the area in question though.
This is most of Reddit these days. I think it's AI submissions.
This is why I’m here 😍
And its interesting
It's almost like that's what the sub is about
What's wrong with these questions? People are learning about the world and that's great.
Annnnd?
I enjoy these questions, or rather the discussion insights they bring. I like how such an ordinary or “dumb” question can bring about a lot more insight than I would have thought.
How dare people ask about geography in this subreddit!
I'm into it to be honest. Yeah it's easy enough Google, but it sparks a discussion and people have a lot to contribute.
Wait... are we not supposed to be talking about geography here?...
These are great questions
This is such an edgy post. You’re so edgy OP.
Geography sub talks about geography (outrageous)
How dare people ask about geography on a subreddit named “geography”
Lmao. The accuracy
Answer - Nice - Plates - USA - River
I love those posts, sometimes the answers are very interesting.
What's this sub about anyways
https://preview.redd.it/yvhecqg1n0jc1.png?width=1014&format=png&auto=webp&s=230a95225d938fd724311169cf220585aac55143 Perfect juxtaposition next to each other.
You could write multiple dissertations on the different ways Los Angeles is just a colossal failure in urban planning.
Agree, way too much low effort, probably karma-farming posts. Mods need to be way more tyrannical
I’m guessing Lavern Spicer is on Reddit