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Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to ShowerThoughts@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months ago

Japan is called the land of the rising sun, but New Zealand is further East than Japan

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Japan is called the land of the rising sun, but New Zealand is further East than Japan

Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to ShowerThoughts@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months ago
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  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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    There’s always something further east, the Earth is a sphere. California is to the east of new Zealand. The IDL is arbitrary

    • VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com
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      JackGreenEarth says the earth is a sphere, the debate is settled

      • remon@ani.social
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        Well, he’s wrong. It’s an oblate spheroid.

        • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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          Actually, it’s a bumpy oblate spheroid. And I’m not a ‘he’

          • Almacca@aussie.zone
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            Nothing wrong with being a bumpy oblate spheroid. Some of my best friends are bumpy oblate spheroids.

        • moopet@sh.itjust.works
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          There’d still be an East from any point no matter what convex shape it was.

  • Almacca@aussie.zone
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    New Zealand is The Land Of The Long White Cloud.

    Australia is The Land Of The Long Weekend.

  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    Land of the rising sun to whom?

    • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeOP
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      The world. The idea behind the saying is they’re the first major landmass to receive the sun, given their Eastern location on a regular map.

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