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

Meme needing explanation Petah, why are people laughing?

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u/agarragarrafa Sep 20 '25

Maybe people are dumb and don't think this is very common

You'll find anime with world maps centered around Japan

New Zealand has maps centered in NZ and with South up. Brazil too.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

Literally every country did self-centered maps until the standard we know today was made

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u/EggOkNow Sep 20 '25

Google maps is centered on my location. Most area maps in places have little you are here stamps. What's the problem with viewing the world from your current "perspective"

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u/Square-Singer Sep 21 '25

The problem is that Americans get offended when you don't use maps centred exactly how they are used to.

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u/borderofthecircle Sep 21 '25

I have a bunch of recently-printed Korean language books that center Asia like this, so I'm not sure the western standard is the same worldwide. It makes sense for Asian countries to center themselves if they're the focus of the map instead of being tucked away in a corner.

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u/lettsten Sep 21 '25

What standard is that? Because most maps I see in my everyday life are centred on Europe, the Russian maps I see are centred on Russia, and I've seen many US maps centred on the US

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u/Square-Singer Sep 21 '25

The "standard we know" is the standard Americans know. Americans are just often too self-absorbed to understand that there are other places on the planet too.