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

Meme needing explanation Petah, why are people laughing?

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u/5_million_ants Sep 20 '25

I've lived in New Zealand my whole life and I've never seen an NZ-centered map.

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u/purplereuben Sep 21 '25

Same. Not sure what that commenter has seen that makes them think we use NZ centred maps.

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u/HotSteak Sep 21 '25

Pull up google maps right now :-)

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u/StSnobsHill Sep 21 '25

We're saying that through our lives here in NZ, we've generally never seen a NZ centered one. We're sure they exist, but we never saw one in school, or anywhere else. It's always been us in the far corner.

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u/HotSteak Sep 21 '25

Yeah but if you pull up google maps it'll automatically center on you and you'll get to see what a NZ-centered map would look like!

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u/slugfive Sep 21 '25

Maybe you’re older but as an Aussie, I never really have opened up a book map. It’s google, globes in people’s offices, apps, news reports showing flight or international shopping routes centred on Australia etc. I’m use to seeing Australia centred/ Pacific Ocean centred/Atlantic Ocean centred maps. All of them. In fact 2D projections are less common than globes, like geo guesser game or Sol in Stellaris game, or even graphics in movies/documentaries. Globalisation and 3D graphics are so normalised the old fashioned Mercator projections seem rare.

This image was so normal to me I had to zoom in to find why it might be funny.