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[Pandaman]

Jackie Chan is a real person and not a humorous character, so no it wouldn't. And even if he were, I wouldn't call a Chinese person Jackie Chan, just as I haven't called any Kazakhstani person Borat.

I don't even think you're in the wrong, but this defence is terrible. Chon Wang is a humourous character more easily associated to the name Jackie Chan then to 'Chon Wang', marking the difference at the character name seems pedantic at best.

 

[CadetMahoney]

There needs to be a new new zealand to get things straight.

 

[Plum]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealand
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealand

I admit I was too lazy to just Google it but thanks anyway

 

[Lebron]

Should of said Middle Earth instead

 

[stump sock]

I don't even think you're in the wrong, but this defence is terrible.

calling Jackie Chan "not humorous" is maybe the most offensive thing OP has said yet

 

[Pluto]

How can there be a New Zealand when there isn't a regular Zealand?

... is there a "Zealand"?

It's a province of the netherlands.

Edit, apparently there's more than one Zeeland? I had no idea.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Borat, huh

Um, they knew NZ existed.

 

[Radian8]

With the way the world is going, i'm quite glad to live in NZ and be left off world maps.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

It's a province of the netherlands.

Edit, apparently there's more than one Zeeland? I had no idea.

The Netherlands one is what it's named for, but the rendering of New Zealand somehow got an a in there.

 

[Hypron]

I can't believe they refused to change their flag. The new options were so cool.

Nah they all looked like shit. The entire thing was terribly organised, they should have selected some concepts and then iteratively improved upon them instead of directly asking us which one we wanted to replace or current one.

 

[Chuck]

Kazakhstan sticking by their One Australia policy.

lol, this is good

 

[Imperfected]

You know, if it was Americans doing this, I wouldn't even be surprised.

I just figured that Kazakhstan of all places would be a little more sensitive about people mistakenly thinking their country is made up.

 

[jstripes]

Nah they all looked like shit. The entire thing was terribly organised, they should have selected some concepts and then iteratively improved upon them instead of directly asking us which one we wanted to replace or current one.

We changed our flag in Canada in the '60s without any sort of referendum.

Conservatives cried about it for a short while after, and then it simply calmed down.

 

[Mupod]

This world would be much better if people were more aware they can just google something in a minute to clear up a problem.

Not that this avoids the whole fake news problem (googling certain terms can default to right-wing biased definitions!), but hey, it's a start from just our flawed memories.

Maybe as the more tech savvy generations get older...

as someone who works at IT I had to laugh at this a bit. I've met 22 year olds with the technological knowledge of my grandma when it was 1995. I've also solved problems by walking up to someone's desk, googling the answer and then doing what it said.

 

[Window]

Yeah the lack of NZ on many maps is something kiwis are well aware off. I remember there being a small controversy with its omission from the Universal Studios logo some time a go.

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

Of course New Zealand isn't real, neither is Narnia or Westoros.

 

[Yarbskoo]

Do they not have Google Earth in Kazakhstan?

Or any form of Google?

 

[Lexxism]

Kazakhstan sticking by their One Australia policy.

Lmao. Australia care.

 

[santouras]

The Netherlands one is what it's named for, but the rendering of New Zealand somehow got an a in there.

Australia was also originally New Holland.

 

[RustyNails]

Wait, people think New Zealand is real?

 

[Tugatrix]

New Zealand was assembled for Lord of the Rings and then after disassembled that's why the Hobbit is mostly CGI scenery

Spoiler

just kidding

 

[Escape Goat]

Tourist: "Nu Zee-LAND. Nu Zee-LAND."

Official: *shrug*

Tourist: "Ugh. The Shire?"

 

[Princess Viola]

I mean

it isn't.

Think about it, how often do you hear of news from New Zealand?

Wake up sheeple.

 

[Mush]

It's true.

 

[Grenchel]

New Zealand is a false flag to make us believe in the round earth lie.

 

[Kwixotik]

Almaty airport
Very mighty

👍👍

 

[How About No]

Mother Base has seen hard days

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Just join the federation already, NZ. Even Kazakhstan knows what's up.

 

[Spectone]

New Zealand can't be an Australian state it doesn't have a he required number of dangerous animals.

 

[Hypron]

We changed our flag in Canada in the '60s without any sort of referendum.

Conservatives cried about it for a short while after, and then it simply calmed down.

The Canadian flag is a whole lot better than what we had to chose from. The flag that was chosen felt completely half-assed, they just stuck a fern in the corner of the current one and chose a slightly different shade of blue (which looked worse). We deserve better than that.

 

[Stop It]

I read the title as Kardashian (which is in my phones autocorrect dictionary, creepy) which raised all sorts of questions.

Anyway, we all know The Lord Of The Rings was set in a fictional location therefore it is only logical that New Zealand isn't real. Maps showing this mythical place may as well show Jurassic Park on there too.

 

[Sephiroth503]

Have they heard of Finland though? Or would they recognise East Sweden?

 

[SJRB]

What happened to Old Zealand anyway? I bet the New Zealandians just plundered it and burned it to the ground.

 

[autumnleaf]

 

[TemplaerDude]

My sister has apparently been to New Zealand. I don't believe her.

 

[Cartman86]

New Zealand: the New Mexico of the world.

(For New Zealanders, New Mexicans get the opposite: the rest of the US tends to forget or just not know New Mexico is a state, and thinks it's another country)

Wait what? I've never heard that. People in the US think New Mexico is a country?

 

[eerik9000]

Never been to New Zealand, never seen it, so as far as I'm concerned, New Zealand is a Chinese hoax.

 

[His Majesty]

How can there be a New Zealand when there isn't a regular Zealand?

... is there a "Zealand"?

It's a Dutch province. And it somehow ended up being a compromise between 'sea' and 'zee'.

 

[MadJackChurchill]

Borat, huh

There it is.

 

[navii]

I can believe that somebody not knowing of New Zealand, I can't believe that that was the first New Zealander to travel there.

 

[duckroll]

What happened to Old Zealand anyway? I bet the New Zealandians just plundered it and burned it to the ground.

The Scouring of the Shire.

 

[the_batman]

that is not a good look, KZ

 

[CaviarMeths]

Australia was also originally New Holland.

The Dutch were late to the game during the Age of Discovery, but their spread of influence was impressive, especially in Asia and the East. The Dutch East India Company was basically its own government and the most valuable company in history.

 

[chadskin]

They call it the 'One Australia' policy in Kazakhstan.

edit: too late of course

 

[keuja]

New Zealand can't be an Australian state it doesn't have a he required number of dangerous animals.

It has zero dangerous animals. On land at least. That's kind of crazy when you think about it.

 

[Des0lar]

How the hell am I supposed to answer the poll when "New Zealand only exists in Thor 2: The Dark World" is not an option?

 

[mclem]

Middleburg in Sealand sounds like a Mother location.

 

[Violet_0]

can't really blame Kazakhstan for refusing to aknowledge the existence of NZ after the Hobbit trilogy

 

[StarVigil]

I wanna see the look of terror on that person's face when she was told to show NZ on the map, but it wasn't there.

 

[Escape Goat]

I wanna see the look of terror on that person's face when she was told to show NZ on the map, but it wasn't there.

Then they were told Donald Trump was leader of the free world. Truly must have ignited an existential crisis in them.