Poll: On which continent are you?
North America for me. Canada represent.
This also brings me to another question. What continent model did you learn in school?
The one i learned isn't even listed on the Wikipedia page. I learned a 5 continent model that includes Africa, America (as a whole), Asia, Europe and Oceania (never referred to as Australia). I also learned Eurasia because they could never figure out if they should put Russia in Asia, Europe or both. I guess they also considered Antarctica some No Man's Land that isn't worth worrying about.
@Pr1mus said:
@Animasta: Isn't Africa technically completely separated from Eurasia by water?
Also it doesn't get any more vague than being an Afro-Eurasian. :D
that's only because people made it so (just like north and south america are only technically seperated by the panama canal)
Considering its defined by social conventions, sure. But social conventions that gives us a common descriptor are a lot more useful than technical but esoteric definitions.@Turambar said:
@Animasta said:Continents are not only defined on strict geographical grounds.Well there really are only 3 continents technically (afro-eurasia, america and oceania)
it's really just opinion based honestly
I learned the continents as North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia. The same as the first image on that Wikipedia page.
I live in North America.
@Animasta: No they're just Pangaea.
@Pr1mus: I take offense to the phrase "learned in school." To me continent = big fucking piece of land, and there are several big fucking pieces of land. I guess most people don't question what they're taught with any great frequency, but I've always felt that any true inspiration, insight, or thought development occurred through personal investigations; education is simply a guiding system along that route (and not a very successful one apart from creating drones I suppose).
@Animasta said:
@Turambar said:
@Animasta said:Continents are not only defined on strict geographical grounds.Well there really are only 3 continents technically (afro-eurasia, america and oceania)
it's really just opinion based honestly
the word continent specifically refers to one of generally 7 landmasses. Nothing about it specifies that they need to be unique contiguous landmasses of a certain size. So don't be like that because its dumb.
On the other hand, I'd also be a failure as a teacher if my students leave the classroom incapable of communicating with the common social lexicon, or at least understanding its reasons for existence in various forms. Also 7th grade geography is probably not the most useful place to start taking the "you're all drones" stance.@Animasta: No they're just Pangaea.
@Pr1mus: I take offense to the phrase "learned in school." To me continent = big fucking piece of land, and there are several big fucking pieces of land. I guess most people don't question what they're taught with any great frequency, but I've always felt that any true inspiration, insight, or thought development occurred through personal investigations; education is simply a guiding system along that route (and not a very successful one apart from creating drones I suppose).
Trapped in a research base in Antartica. Don't know who I can trust or who is a freaky alien. Am I an alien? Are you? Take the test Wilford Brimley! Keith David and Kurt Russell passed how about you?
@Riboflavin said:
@Animasta said:
@Turambar said:
@Animasta said:Continents are not only defined on strict geographical grounds.Well there really are only 3 continents technically (afro-eurasia, america and oceania)
it's really just opinion based honestly
the word continent specifically refers to one of generally 7 landmasses. Nothing about it specifies that they need to be unique contiguous landmasses of a certain size. So don't be like that because its dumb.
It pretty much is opinion based. Nothing really defines them in any meaningful way. My dad was taught there was 5 continents, I was taught 6, others 7. How many continents there are is basically, how many you've been taught there are.
Also this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBcq1x7P34
USA, and why did you put central America as part of North America? Hasn't it always been that way? Do people really not know that?
As Wikipedia says:
"A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, with seven regions commonly regarded as continents—they are (from largest in size to smallest): Asia,Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia."
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