Antarctica Map Size Distortion Meme

This is a two-panel meme using characters from SpongeBob SquarePants to joke about the common size distortion of Antarctica on most standard world maps (most famously the Mercator projection). In the top panel, a giant Plankton labeled "Antarctica on a map" looms over a tiny SpongeBob labeled "The other continents", showing how oversized Antarctica appears on most maps. In the bottom panel, the roles are flipped: a giant SpongeBob labeled "Most other continents" holds a tiny Plankton labeled "Antarctica in real life", illustrating that Antarctica is actually much smaller than it appears on maps relative to other continents.

This meme originates from Reddit, posted with the original title "Maps are confusing as hell". It is a user-created observational meme that repurposes scenes from the animated show SpongeBob SquarePants to comment on common cartographic distortion, and has been shared widely across social media.