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Calling Eurasia a continent would make more sense. "Asia" doesn't have a really sensical physical boundary. May as well say Mexico is a different continent from
by andrewflnr 8mo ago
Calling Eurasia a continent would make more sense. "Asia" doesn't have a really sensical physical boundary. May as well say Mexico is a different continent from the US just because there's a big cultural and ethnic difference across the border.
- bombcar 8mo agoThe term "North America" almost always means US or US and Canada, hardly ever the technically correct "US, Canada, Mexico" except in things like NAFTA. And "Central America" often means "Mexico and countries south that speak Spanish" even though LATAM might be a bit closer.
- andrewflnr 8mo agoOther nonsensical terminology also existing would imply nothing about the usage of "Asia". That said, I'm not sure I see the same incorrect usage of North America as you do, either.
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- 1718627440 8mo agoThe Ural mountains, the Black Sea and the Bosporus aren't sensical physical boundaries?
- andrewflnr 8mo agoSensible boundaries for dividing continents? Do the Rocky Mountains count as dividing North America into east and west subcontinents? Does the Baltic Sea partition the Nordic countries into their own continent? Are you really expecting that logic to work even a little bit?
- 1718627440 8mo ago> Do the Rocky Mountains count as dividing North America into east and west subcontinents? The east part would be a bit small, but after a bit more seismic activity that may be sensible. > Does the Baltic Sea partition the Nordic countries into their own continent? Could be a subcontinent border yeah, it is a common division in Europe. > Are you really expecting that logic to work even a little bit? Yeah, there are multiple aspects of continents and topology is one part. Others are cultural and political and I think there the division is even more clear.
- andrewflnr 8mo agoLook at the absurdities you have to commit to so you can keep pretending this makes sense.
- recursive 8mo ago> Calling Eurasia a continent would make more sense Is that what Eastern people do?
- andrewflnr 8mo agoI don't know, but it doesn't have any more bearing on the logic of the situation than what Western people do.