The "western hemisphere" rubs me the wrong way

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/64271737

The "western hemisphere" rubs me the wrong way - Divisions by zero

As opposed to the northern/southern hemisphere that has: * a clear reference point (equators) * traditionally we don’t model a rotation north/south Western/eastern hemisphere * doesn’t have a clear reference (Greenwich?) * traditionally we model rotation on the north/south axis so western/eastern would depend from the time

I feel like the pacific and Atlantic Oceans are at least as real as the equator.
Very different kind of real