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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 20 points 1 month ago

Any graph can be a buttplug if your Y axis is meaningless.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this really the best way to represent this data?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

Colon is in the name!

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How did they count "colonizations" anyway? Did they count the settlements, like "each european village in a colonized area is one colonization"?

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

They counted them so they would look like a buttplug

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

Weird cutoff point. Where are all the colonies of greek city states?

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I care for the implication that there's something wrong with butt plugs.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Generally you want ones without a needle on the front, though.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Spain appears to be a tampon.