• Fondots@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      If I remember my middle school geography class correctly

      1. North America
      2. South America
      3. Europe
      4. Asia
      5. Africa
      6. Australia
      7. The Moon?
      8. Antartica
      9. Zealandia
      10. Lemuria
      11. Mu
      12. R’lyeh
      13. Laputa
      14. Southernmost America
      15. Spare Europe
      16. Indian Supercontinent
      17. Pangaea II- Electric Boogaloo
      18. Pluto (has been further downgraded from Dwarf Planet)
      19. Your Mom

      Seems like it checks out to me.

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          11 months ago

          A broken clock…

          I mean, look at the globe with satellite view and tell me where one ends and the other begins.

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            11 months ago

            I mean, the Ural mountains are a pretty solid demarcation line, I agree it’s not as tidy as an ocean but still.

            India is a separate subcontinent as well, but we don’t question that.

            • rookeh@geddit.social
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              11 months ago

              India is on a separate tectonic plate to the rest of Europe / Asia.

              IMO, if you’re looking at continents purely from a geographic/geologic frame of mind, dividing them up based on what plate they are on makes the most sense. But, that would not take into account cultural/political/legal boundaries, all of which are probably more important day-to-day.

            • wwaxen@lemmy.world
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              11 months ago

              Look at a satellite view and tell me Urals separate continents but not the Himalayas, the Rockies or the Atlas.

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                11 months ago

                You could argue the Atlas and Rockies are too close to the edge, so the land they separate is too small to be a continent

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    11 months ago

    A race, into space? A competition to see who can get to the moon first? Perhaps some sort of space race?

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      11 months ago

      that leg of the competition is over. new leg is permanent outpost. so like a wild west movie but bouncy and chrome.