Image: asterpin via Reddit
Ikea has been under scrutiny over the past few days for selling a world map that is missing New Zealand.
As it turns out, there’s a small piece of Australia that also seems to get shafted on the reg. Tassie.
Not only has it been the butt of dumb jokes over the years, its often straight-up forgotten about in visual depictions of Australia. It happens enough that there’s a whole Subreddit dedicated to the subject.
Spoiler alert: Pornhub is a repeat offender.
Not even pornhub recognises Tasmania as a legitimate state from MapsWithoutTasmania
Games are also guilty of the faux pas
Also maps made in Australia
Happy Australia-apart-from-Tasmania Day! from MapsWithoutTasmania
New $100m war memorial leaves Tasmanian Diggers off the map from MapsWithoutTasmania
Even mother nature has it in for the island
A lightning strike in Australia is shaped as Australia – even nature forgets Tassie! from MapsWithoutTasmania
Sorry, Tasmania!