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minus-squarestebo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoThat feels wrong though. First of all the prime meridian is completely arbitrary (as opposed to the equator), and in some parts of the world like Japan and New Zealand the “western” hemisphere would actually be closest towards the east.
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoIt is arbitrary! England declared themselves the center of the world, and everyone else went with it.
That feels wrong though. First of all the prime meridian is completely arbitrary (as opposed to the equator), and in some parts of the world like Japan and New Zealand the “western” hemisphere would actually be closest towards the east.
It is arbitrary! England declared themselves the center of the world, and everyone else went with it.