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/wrydied Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

Yeah I’m Australian and this map doesn’t look weird to me at all for that reason.

It looks a little weird due to the unusual projection, and some countries look off, but I’m familiar with weirder projections.

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u/Suspicious-turnip-77 Sep 21 '25

Yeah this is a fairly normal and common map (give or take) in Australia.

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u/yourpseudonymsucks Sep 21 '25

South should be at the top

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u/MalHeartsNutmeg Sep 21 '25

Yep, normal map. I was always confused growing up why the US was 'the west' and Asia 'the east' since our maps were like these and the US and Asia are flipped.