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submitted 9 months ago by lemuria@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Like weird place names on Google Maps, as an example.

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[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an etc.

[-] Devdogg@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Lake Superior?

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago
[-] fleabomber@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Those photos are crazy

[-] mo_ztt@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Not a map, but things I've seen on the roads in Boston:

  • Left turn only from left lane, straight or left from 2nd lane, straight or left from 3rd lane
  • Green light and perpendicular traffic coming to me on the cross street, also going, because they also have a green light
  • Two lanes, surprise! Lane markers go away it's one lane, not defined who yields, you guys can work it out
[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Navigated Boston a few times using only a road map (long time ago). My spouse and I always cite it as proof our relationship can handle anything.

[-] lemuria@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

~~Were you able to find car parking in Harvard Yard?~~

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Couldn't even find Havard.

[-] SteveKLord@slrpnk.net 6 points 9 months ago

I'm from Boston and this is painfully accurate. Especially the last line. My last job was a delivery job and me and the other person were constantly questioning if it was one lane or two.

[-] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago
[-] HotDogFingies@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago

That website gave me cancer

[-] Brad@beehaw.org 11 points 9 months ago

In Kentucky, between Louisville and Frankfort, there is a city called "Simpsonville" and it's right next to a city called "Shelbyville".

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

It even clearly enumerates that they're rivals, right under Finchville!

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I just like those moments on Google Street view when there are people looking right into the Google camera.

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Oh, like me? When I saw it coming and threw my arms up and stared at it as it passed.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Oh that was you? I thought I recognized you on that corner of Figueroa and whatever

[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 6 points 9 months ago
[-] 8000mark@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 9 months ago

"This is Florida! The whole goddamn state is shaped like a gun! You can't walk to your mailbox without tripping over three of them. God forbid you sell one to a cop!"

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

There's a town near where I used to live called Garbutt, it has less than ten residents.

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[-] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

"I live at the intersection between pain and suffering. And no, that's not metaphorical"

[-] Smeagol666@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Not "crazy" per se, but west of the Mississippi, cities are set up on a grid, whereas eastern cities look like their planning was established by throwing a plate of spaghetti at a wall.

[-] Kolli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Finland has many, but the big penis-shaped river is pretty good.

Edit: only discussion that is in English is over at Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/10zg4rz/in_finland_we_have_a_river_shaped_like_an/

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[-] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

I can’t remember where it was, but I used to work at a title company. We processed a refinance on “Whiskey Dick Ln”.

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