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Japan is called the land of the rising sun, but New Zealand is further East than Japan (lemm.ee)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There's always something further east, the Earth is a sphere. California is to the east of new Zealand. The IDL is arbitrary

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

JackGreenEarth says the earth is a sphere, the debate is settled

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Well, he's wrong. It's an oblate spheroid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Actually, it's a bumpy oblate spheroid. And I'm not a 'he'

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Nothing wrong with being a bumpy oblate spheroid. Some of my best friends are bumpy oblate spheroids.

[–] moopet 1 points 5 days ago

There'd still be an East from any point no matter what convex shape it was.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

New Zealand is The Land Of The Long White Cloud.

Australia is The Land Of The Long Weekend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Land of the rising sun to whom?

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

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.