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NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Errh, sort of.

  It really depends on your definition of Continent. Most people would argue that Asia is a different continent.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Our accepted definition of what a continent is sucks. Why is Europe considered a continent but India is not? Every argument for Europe being a separate continent applies even better to India.

    Europe just wanted to be special and controlled science at the time, change my mind.

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    • fogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I propose we reclassify india as a dwarf continent

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      • deuleb_biezelbob@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        the pluto of continents

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    • BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      India is part of the Indian subcontinent which is part of the Eurasian continent. This is the official goelogical definition. Don’t listen to uneducated children on the internet.

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    • Lumisal@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It has to do with geology. Europe basically swallowed up and mixed in with another continent a long time ago after Pangea broke up

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        it really doesn’t:

        In contrast, the present eastern boundary of Europe partially adheres to the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, which is somewhat arbitrary and inconsistent compared to any clear-cut definition of the term “continent”.

        The current division of Eurasia into two continents now reflects East-West cultural, linguistic and ethnic differences which vary on a spectrum rather than with a sharp dividing line.

        There’s really no physical reasoning for it. You can read on in that article for the historical basis if you want (basically, Homer and other Greeks coined it, and it just kind of stuck), but it’s really quite arbitrary where they actually draw the line.

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    • yournamehere@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      india has HALF the landmass…seriously…thats not a continent

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If we’re going based on landmass, shouldn’t Russia be its own continent? Russia is almost twice as big as Europe, and it’s culturally unique compared to its neighbors.

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  • Ummdustry@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I feel like most people actually don’t care that much about Continental Boundries to give an Argument either way.

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    • jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Geologists, scornfully staring at you.

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  • BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not sort of. Most people are idiots. There are seven geological continents and here’s a list of them:

    Africa Antarctica Australia Eurasia North America South America Zealandia

    These contain various subcontinents.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What’s even weirder is when someone claims Europe is a separate continent from Asia, yet N. America and S. America are the same continent.

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