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Re:This map is not upside down by tintor on Thursday September 18, 2025 @04:58PM (#45294935)
How is Australia part of Global North? :)
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Re:This map is not upside down by decimalenough on Thursday September 18, 2025 @06:06PM (#45295581)
North is 0-127, South is 128-255. When you go south enough, the 8-bit counter overflows and that's how Australia becomes North.

Alternatively, "Global North" is just code for "white", with a few apartheid-style token "honorary whites" like Japan added.

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

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