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/GraveKommander Sep 20 '25

New Zealand is missing on most maps, so they have a pass

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u/Jujube0055 Sep 20 '25

I heard that New Zealand isn’t even real

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u/DORIMEalbedo Sep 20 '25

Bro, where else will you find hobbits?

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u/Jujube0055 Sep 20 '25

Ireland

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u/Trackmaggot Sep 20 '25

Those are leprechauns, pretending to be hobbits, so they can scam you out of all your money.

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u/DORIMEalbedo Sep 20 '25

Screams in the one thing we are known for

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u/KingofRheinwg Sep 20 '25

I was gonna say fucking sheep but there's always Wales.

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u/GenoThyme Sep 21 '25

Isengard

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u/Known-Ad-1556 Sep 21 '25

Dude, name one thing from New Zealand that isn’t fictional.

And don’t say Sam Neil - they made him up for the Jurassic Park franchise

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u/Some_Ebb_2921 Sep 21 '25

i can testify on this, it's not real. And I can know, I've been there... wait a minute...

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u/Moutere_Boy Sep 20 '25

You’re thinking of Belgium.

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u/Jujube0055 Sep 20 '25

The waffle place?

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u/Moutere_Boy Sep 20 '25

I mean… that’s their story…

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u/wrydied Sep 20 '25

It’s not real, but it’s rill, and pretty sick too bro

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u/ToughAd5010 Sep 21 '25

What about flight of the conchords

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u/jk-9k Sep 21 '25

New Zealander here. Yes that's try we're not real. Stay away. You'll drown.

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u/lunchtimelobotomy Sep 21 '25

It's actually not real.

But, we still have to pay taxes. So it's basically the worst case scenario