this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2025
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It's a joke about how Greenland often appears on maps like this as "no data", along with extreme isolationist countries like North Korea and disputed areas like Western Sahara.
Greenland being "no data" is a running joke, like New Zealand not appearing on the map at all.
I did not know that. But it scares me to see Greenland on a map of the Americas