Comments on: xkcd and the Global South http://moacir.com/donkeyhottie/2010/06/16/xkcd-and-the-global-south/ Revolution! Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:11:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Andrew http://moacir.com/donkeyhottie/2010/06/16/xkcd-and-the-global-south/comment-page-1/#comment-26962 Andrew Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:10:41 +0000 http://www.1984produkts.com/donkeyhottie/?p=2080#comment-26962 You might also consider the population "equator" of the world; the latitude that half of all people live south of. Again, it's far enough north that the Global South map on Wikipedia is a good approximation of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WorldCenterOfPopulation.png You might also consider the population “equator” of the world; the latitude that half of all people live south of. Again, it’s far enough north that the Global South map on Wikipedia is a good approximation of it.

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]]> By: john theibault http://moacir.com/donkeyhottie/2010/06/16/xkcd-and-the-global-south/comment-page-1/#comment-26938 john theibault Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:26:06 +0000 http://www.1984produkts.com/donkeyhottie/?p=2080#comment-26938 Great minds think alike I guess. This whole theme came up at <a href="http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/and-do-the-other-things/" rel="nofollow">Edge of the American West</a> where I hazarded a guess that your research confirms. As I said on twitter, I think a joke that depends on pedantry for its punchline to work deserves some pedantic play in response. The thing that strikes me (again hazarding a guess) is that with India and Mexico in the "South" the distribution of world population between North and South is much closer to even than I would have expected, even if China counts as part of the North. Great minds think alike I guess. This whole theme came up at Edge of the American West where I hazarded a guess that your research confirms.

As I said on twitter, I think a joke that depends on pedantry for its punchline to work deserves some pedantic play in response.

The thing that strikes me (again hazarding a guess) is that with India and Mexico in the “South” the distribution of world population between North and South is much closer to even than I would have expected, even if China counts as part of the North.

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