[gpm]

That sounds a lot weaker.

Quick, label all the US states: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/label_the_states.png

I've given this map to half a dozen smart/well educated Canadians, who happily engaged in pointing out the states they recognized for several minutes, and not one of them noticed until it was pointed out.

[n4r9]

I'm from the UK and would probably have fallen for this for several minutes as well. I hope that I'd eventually realise from the number of states down the West coast.

[markisus]

For anyone else who is geographically challenged, the map apparently has 64 states instead of 50. Here is an article with the extra states highlighted.

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2868:_Label_the_S...

[ska]

I suspect it would work nearly as well on many Americans.

[vundercind]

What’s the joke? Looks normal. I see Thirdmont. Indiantwo. Yep, ordinary map.

[lupire]

So? That's focusing on what they know and not having time to notice the extra. Different from making incorrect statements