r/mapporncirclejerk • u/zeldstarro • 19h ago

Truly, factually, 8 hours

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u/AlternateSatan 13h ago

Saw someone be like "oh, Europe is so small, we were driving in Sweden, and every time we took a wrong turn we ended up in Norway" and it's like "uhm, yeah? That's cause you were driving along the border. I personally would have to drive for almost 8 hour to reach Sweeden cause I'm no right by the border."

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u/John-Orion 11h ago

That is what they did with the states in this example. Big states you will still be in them with 8 hours of driving, 8 hours in most cases might be two states. To get 6 you need to be at borders.

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u/veelours_nooir 10h ago

Condolences for being stuck in that frozen wasteland are entirely warranted, poor soul

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u/ConflictMaster3155 9h ago

Yeah this. You could drive 10 hours from Beaumont Texas and not reach El Paso Texas, but you could start in Beaumont and go the other way, and drive through Texas. Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia with a half hour to spare (Beaumont TX to Donalsonville GA).

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u/thisisnottherapy 8h ago

Similarly, within 8h you can drive from the Dutch border through Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland and Liechtenstein to Austria.

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u/AlternateSatan 8h ago

Counting Luxembourg feels like cheating.

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u/thisisnottherapy 8h ago

You consider Luxembourg cheating but not Liechtenstein? Found the American!

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u/AlternateSatan 8h ago

Actually, I'm a Scandinavian, I simply don't believe in countries that aren't close to a shore.