Merlu@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 days agoWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?message-squaremessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1211arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?Merlu@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square183fedilinkfile-text
When i was a child, i believed autopilot really worked like in the movie Airplane, that it was an inflatable dummy.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoCommon reference maps all include The British Isles in with Europe, as well as Iceland. The wikipedia page on Europe also includes them as part of the continent.
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·9 days agoFirst of all, Europe isn’t even a continent. “Europe” is a politico-cultural concept, not a geological or biogeographic one.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·9 days agoOkay, then the “politico-cultural concept” and common usage of the name “Europe” is of it being one of the major continents, regardless of if it’s on its own tectonic plate or not. It clearly includes the British Isles.
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 days agoThat is an outdated and frankly Western chauvinist usage. Europe and Asia are both on the Eurasian continent.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoYou can’t move those goalposts like that.
Common reference maps all include The British Isles in with Europe, as well as Iceland.
The wikipedia page on Europe also includes them as part of the continent.
First of all, Europe isn’t even a continent. “Europe” is a politico-cultural concept, not a geological or biogeographic one.
Okay, then the “politico-cultural concept” and common usage of the name “Europe” is of it being one of the major continents, regardless of if it’s on its own tectonic plate or not. It clearly includes the British Isles.
That is an outdated and frankly Western chauvinist usage. Europe and Asia are both on the Eurasian continent.
You can’t move those goalposts like that.