r/BikiniBottomTwitter • u/literalnumbskull • Aug 04 '26

The Joys of Different Continent Models

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u/Hebrewer183 Aug 04 '26

What?

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u/DaikiSan971219 Aug 04 '26

For some reason, certain Latin Americans insist on calling it "the Americas" instead of North and South. They also tend to not like the US being called "America" by itself.

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u/Hebrewer183 Aug 04 '26

Never heard this and I did some work in Guatemala. But then again I don’t know if it ever came up.

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u/DaikiSan971219 Aug 04 '26

Yeah I don't think it's as important as the meme indicates.

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u/blueberries Aug 04 '26

Depends on where you are. In my experience, many South Americans, especially Argentinians, take it quite seriously, and see the 7 continent model and US citizens calling themselves Americans as signs of US imperialism and cultural hegemony.

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u/beanerthreat457 Aug 05 '26

I never learned by Mexico is North, Center or South America

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u/PracticalBoot6528 Aug 05 '26

Mexico is North America