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I wish Europe (EU) could be selected as a common entity. The continents as well.
by lokimedes 1y ago
I wish Europe (EU) could be selected as a common entity. The continents as well.
- pif 1y agoI wish people learnt that (a) European Union is not Europe, and (b) Europe is a continent.
- lproven 1y agoEurope is a relatively small and arbritrarily-defined part of Eurasia. Geologically or geographically, there are 7 continents: Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Eurasia, North America, South America, and the mostly-sunken Zealandia.
- FredPret 1y agoWould increase the data maintenance requirements from ~0 to >0 since the EU grows and shrinks every so often
- amiga386 1y agoSince 1973 there have been 9 changes to EU borders (in 1973, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1995, 2004, 2007, 2013 and 2020) Since 1973, at least 69 sovereign states have been created or altered! That's not even counting states that have had multiple changes to their territory in that time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_date_of_formation#Sortable_list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_da... -> sort by date of latest territorial change
- FredPret 1y agoI guess I should’ve learnt by now that no project - done right - is truly easy