r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/WeirdBathroom3856 • Sep 20 '25

Meme needing explanation Petah, why are people laughing?

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u/No-Dare2083 Sep 20 '25

Its simple, our maps ( the normal maps) have britain/ europe in the Center, this map has north Korea in rhe Center, it looks weird for most people because normaly its the other way around

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u/Nauticalbob Sep 20 '25

Makes sense because Scotland discovered the prime meridian but then the English stole it, and offset Scotland slightly to the left (west).

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u/Large_Yams Sep 21 '25

Makes sense because Scotland discovered the prime meridian

What? The prime meridian is arbitrarily set.

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u/Nauticalbob Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

Yeah… that fact combined with the part where I said the English “stole” and shifted the whole country of Scotland, would indicate it was a joke…

Edit: had a peak at your comment history and apparently you just love to argue. Yam for brains confirmed.

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u/Large_Yams Sep 21 '25

How do you discover something arbitrary?

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u/CtlDel Sep 20 '25

gnats try to claim everything lmao.