I posted this comment on the same meme in a different comm, but it’s worth saying again:
I’m a big proponent of “showing your weird” – I’ve always liked weird people because they don’t appear to be hiding anything, they just have a genuine quality normal people don’t, whereas people who seem “perfect” or “normal” (whatever that means) are often too good to be true, and are fucked up in a way they have to hide.
I’ve had success showing my weird; it weeds out those who would not want me, and that prevents wasted time and energy on something that’d never work.
All this being said, if I were on a date with a person and they started doing this, well, I’d be extremely interested.
She was probably turned off by the fact that they aren’t maps, but rather nautical charts. :(
I would like to hear this 27 minute lecture on sea monster map placement.
Yea, I feel like I’m missing out.
Ditto!
Can I get the TL:DL version?
They drew stories of sailors as accurately as possible. whales, sea lions etc
they also thought the sea had everything that land had so they invented some monsters like sea dogs
they put the monsters where people saw the real animals, where the water was dangerous and where they didn’t want other people to go like their secret fishing spots
where they didn’t want other people to go like their secret fishing spots
If I were a sea monster this is exactly the rumor I’d be spreading. “It’s just an awesome fishing spot! Not my home or anything.”
Didn’t hwat?
Listen, presumably.
This thread is completely devoid of map sea monster facts and that’s a travesty
did you know that sea monsters are afraid of light?
Don’t listen to this, this is lies spread by sea monsters to make us put lights on our boats, making them easier to spot
Look, this little light keeps the sea monsters at bay. Well, that and the moon
Sometimes, the map monsters are green.
#moderatequalityfacts
The sea is lovely, dark, and deep And we have miles to go And promises to keep
No no no. You need to start by explaining the evolution of mapmaking, before focusing on the monsters.
Non-map people don’t have enough background on maps, so you must provide that first.Unironically if I went on a date with someone and they infodumped for 30 minutes about sea monsters on old maps I think I’d fall in love lmao.
Monologues are not allowed to exceed 5 minutes on a date.
I’d date them
Well, yeah, duh. That’s what chronological order is.
I mean, 27 minutes barely seems enough for a proper introduction to such a vast subject.
They didn’t know what was there so they made pretty art… thats basically the gist of it… so yeah… you got the introduction in a sentence…
Not hating 27 minutes is either to much or or not enough… but in this case not the right person
Try dating other autists, normies don’t uh, speak your love language.
Must love trains.
Somebody called me?
If you don’t use visual aids, what do you expect?
Id definitely take sea monsters on maps so long as opposed to hearing how much they hate their ex
you gotta explain the sea monsters by hardness on the mohs scale. rookie mistake
Maybe not 🧐 enough detail on their typology? Did you discuss their independent emergence in various unrelated mapping traditions?
It must be not discussing their emergence in various distinct mapping traditions.
As a cartographer I’d be right there with you talking this out.
