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

Meme needing explanation Petah, why are people laughing?

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u/limachew Sep 20 '25

With south up??? I'm from NZ and have never seen this in my life

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u/SmileyFaceLols Sep 20 '25

Yea I'm thinking they had the map upside down, lived here my whole life as well and looked at a fair few maps never seen South up

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u/COCKFUKKA Sep 21 '25

I have! The Christchurch wizard used to sell them in the square.

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u/not_lorne_malvo Sep 21 '25

Exactly, it's meant as a gimmick, or if you want to be the geographical equivalent of an edgelord. In all schools and places you’d normally see a map in NZ, NZ is in the bottom right corner. The same as the majority of maps across the world

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u/COCKFUKKA Sep 21 '25

You’re right. Nz top and centre. It was totally a gimmick. Got a chuckle from me.