Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square130linkfedilinkarrow-up1294
arrow-up1294external-linkTIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square130linkfedilink
minus-squareblockheadjt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoAll you need is one nitwit arguing for a nonsense position for there to be “no agreement.” There are 7 continents. Anyone who disagrees is just soapboxing for clout.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-23 days ago6, actually. Eurasia is one continent and it takes a lot of mental gymnastics to claim there are two separate continents there.
minus-squareiglou@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI hope this is bait :) Because this is the dumbest comment I’ve read all week.
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWhat do you define as a continent?
minus-squarepercent@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoMost countries that speak romance languages use a six-continent model that combines the Americas into a single continent called America. That would be a LOT of people soapboxing. Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, all countries in the Americas that are south of the US, and more. It tends to create confusion in cross-cultural conversations online because “America” does not mean the same place for everyone.
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days ago The result might be an agreement that may not satisfy everyone completely, but indicates the overall concurrence of the group. – WP:DISCUSSCONSENSUS What I’m saying is that one idiot disagreeing does not break consensus.
All you need is one nitwit arguing for a nonsense position for there to be “no agreement.”
There are 7 continents. Anyone who disagrees is just soapboxing for clout.
6, actually. Eurasia is one continent and it takes a lot of mental gymnastics to claim there are two separate continents there.
I hope this is bait :) Because this is the dumbest comment I’ve read all week.
What do you define as a continent?
Most countries that speak romance languages use a six-continent model that combines the Americas into a single continent called America.
That would be a LOT of people soapboxing. Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, all countries in the Americas that are south of the US, and more.
It tends to create confusion in cross-cultural conversations online because “America” does not mean the same place for everyone.
What I’m saying is that one idiot disagreeing does not break consensus.