Ever wanted to know what people think of Earth? Google Maps lets you leave reviews for pretty much anything you can search for — including whole continents and oceans.
The denizens of the internet never let a good opportunity go to waste, so they’ve left thousands of reviews for the Earth’s largest physical bodies. It’s all pretty tongue-in-cheek, but some of them are brutal.
There is also an unusually high amount of idiots here that you will not see anywhere else in the world…
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The source of inspiration for most of Monty Python was a bit less inspiring.
Africa:
South America is cheaper, has a larger screen and better quality speakers.
Overall nice place but there’s too many sunken aircraft carriers…
The reviews are fun to peruse if you need a laugh. You’ll even find a handful of them which take the whole concept seriously. Sadly, I couldn’t find any reviews for Australia. Everyone go show the Land Down Under some love!
Update: Apparently some of these reviews don’t show up for everyone, as evidenced when my boss and I both searched for Antarctica. So if any of you have reviewed Australia (or Oceania, sorry), I apologize for not finding your reviews.
h/t Seth Rosenthal
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