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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I am loving the scribbling out of New Zealand from the map

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There is nothing worth thinking about under the black smudge

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As an Australian , as far as I know there is just a long white cloud over endless ocean over that spot there. Satellite imagery proves it. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

spoiler


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotearoa

Aotearoa (Māori: [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is the Māori-language name for New Zealand. The name was originally used by Māori in reference only to the North Island, with the whole country being referred to as Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu (North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and South Island (Te Waipounamu)). In the pre-European era, Māori did not have a collective name for the two islands.

Several meanings for Aotearoa have been proposed; the most popular translation usually given is "land of the long white cloud", or variations thereof. This refers to the cloud formations which helped early Polynesian navigators find the country.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

How to piss off:

All kiwis

All LOTR fans

Half of the people who live in QLD...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Don't be silly, New Zealand doesn't exist.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As an Aussie I don't think Tasmania should've been coloured in green here.

(P.S. I love Tasmania this is just a joke)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As an Aussie I don't think Tasmania should be on the map at all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, pass them over to us (the unmentionable to the east), we'll have 'em!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Technically you already have Tasmania, being part of Australia and all

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Hey, fuck you buddy! We're our own sovereign country and don't want your rotating PM (our 3 headed monsters are bad enough, lately)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Tell me you're not Jesus without telling me that you're not Jesus.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nothing you need to worry about mate.

[–] ICastFist 9 points 1 month ago

An aussie saying "nothing to worry about"... Holy shit, it's giant spiders, innit?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Part of the joke. New Zealand.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

With two buoyant enough platforms you can walk anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TIL that land is infinitely buoyant.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Not infinitely. But we are buoyant enough for walking on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Treadmill on a boat.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you can't walk TO somewhere where you already are

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Tell that to the treadmill.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

He lost buoyancy with those holes in his feet.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

not with that attitude

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love how NZ is just marked out for no reason.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

They know what they did.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Jesus bout to end this maps career

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Anyone could walk to Australia in Pangea.

Up to about 200m years ago...

Mind you, I'm in Australia and wouldn't dare try to walk to some parts of Australia...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

First Nations people walked here about 65k years ago so it was possible still for a fairly long time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I bet there's a way over from PNG

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Jesus could