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[โ€“] abbenm@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I understand that argument, but to me that departs from normal parlance of the kind that would ever be used in a meme.

Think of it like more of a political term than geographical, and so popular that anyone meaning geographical uses expressions like "western hemisphere" or clear point of orientation "west of...".