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That dude who was first to the South Pole wasn’t “really” first, either; he just showed up and, you know, left before some arbitrary time limit that I made up.
by avgcorrection 5y ago
That dude who was first to the South Pole wasn’t “really” first, either; he just showed up and, you know, left before some arbitrary time limit that I made up.
- broof 5y agowell yeah Erikson was first, but he didn't "discover" it in the sense that Columbus did. I would say they're categorically different. See my comment below.
- krapp 5y agoColumbus never even set foot in North America. He "discovered" some islands in the Caribbean and Bahamas. The narrative of Columbus "discovering" the land that would become the United States has never been anything but propaganda[0]. [0]https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/15/columbus-never-set-foot-here-why-do-we-remember-him/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/15/columbus-n...
- avgcorrection 5y agoYeah yeah, you’re just repeating yourself. Setting your own idiosyncratic/arbitrary rules.
- edgyquant 5y agoIt isn’t their arbitrary rules, it’s the general consensus of most of the world