3236: Border Message

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Border Message
Thanks to differences in logging regulations, the messages actually turned out to be visible from the air.
Title text: Thanks to differences in logging regulations, the messages actually turned out to be visible from the air.

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[A section of a map showing the border between the towns East Valley and Southlake. The border is shown as a dotted line, and it spells out a message:]

Message: WE HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS MAP

[Caption below comic:]

When local legislators get bored


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Wow, I got here early. 47.152.141.142 21:11, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

*salutations.* Caliban (talk) 21:39, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

The (sort of) Belgian village of Baarle-Hertog has numerous bizarre exclaves with neighbouring Netherlands, almost as complex as the borders in the cartoon. Some of the borders even pass through houses. https://maps.app.goo.gl/M5duocjEkJRQKedEA Martin (talk) 22:22, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

SMBC once had a similar idea to stop Gerrymandering: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2013-07-12 90.146.31.117 23:02, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Gerrymandering was not my first thought when I saw this comic, maybe that part should be removed from the description? I don't see any real way that it connects to gerrymandering besides the fact that it talks about borders. Qoiuoiuoiu (talk) 01:56, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

Maybe it was added after the vague link to that SMBC comic was found? 110.145.224.178 03:22, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
For what it's worth, the comment about gerrymandering was added in the very first text to be put on that page (21:09, 22 April 2026). It's not merely because of borders; it's because of "borders that have been made extremely convoluted for artificial reasons unrelated to the factors that usually define such boundaries, such as geographical features, roads, latitude/longitude, or regular divisions". BunsenH (talk) 03:38, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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