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pEg@startrek.website to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours ago

Map Lie

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pEg@startrek.website to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours ago
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  • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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    2 hours ago

    Are continents islands?

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.world
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      Not all continents, no. Islands are bodies of land surrounded by water on all sides, no? Wouldn’t Antarctica and Australia then qualify by that definition?

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      There is no agreed upon definition or set of continents globally

      It might as well be a made up word

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        the just be making up words now

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          All words are made up

          • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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            no i’m doesn’t

        • Town@lemmy.zip
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          What will they think of next?

          • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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            2 hours ago

            ook

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      The Australia thing is something we were taught in high school.

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        I think I remember being told Greenland was the largest island, while Australia was a continent

        Something to do with tectonic plates

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          If you go by the geological definition, Australia is a continent, as is Zealandia. That’s right, New Zealand has equal geological footing with the entirety of Eurasia.

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            Probably why they keep getting left off maps, jealousy.

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          Continents is a human made construct that’s later rationalized with tectonic plates and other criteria. Basically, people around the Mediterranean Sea divided the Mediterranean Coast into 3 parts and later extended this concept.

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            Yeah, but so is an island. It’s all human constructs. we see patterns and make up sounds for them.

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              Yes of cause

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