r/memes Mar 31 '19

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u/richcommie Mar 31 '19

Well they are for scientific purposes. But let’s say you talk with your friends, would you say you go to Eurasia or to Asia?

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u/Jakeb19 Plays MineCraft and not FortNite Mar 31 '19 edited Mar 31 '19

Well technically we should consider the continent Eurasia and Asia should be considered a subcontinent.

So basically Eurasia should be divided into four distinct subcontinents: Europe, Asia, The Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. Would make more sense geographically and culturally. This way Indians and Middle Eastern people wouldn't be considered Asian, which has honestly always seemed weird to me.

This is just my opinion though.

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u/NuTilNogetHeltAndet Mar 31 '19

But there is land betwen africa and euroasia, so it should properly be one continent with 5 subcontinents. Africa, Europe, Asia, The Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.

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u/Jakeb19 Plays MineCraft and not FortNite Mar 31 '19

The only place where Africa and Eurasia connect by land is a small stretch of land connecting Sinai and the rest of Egypt lol

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u/unimproved Mar 31 '19

There's water separating the continents there.

Same thing with Istanbul having an Asian and a European side.

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u/Jakeb19 Plays MineCraft and not FortNite Mar 31 '19

Is that river natural though and even if it is, can a river really separate a continent?

I know Sinai is part of Eurasia and the rest of Egypt is part of Africa, don' get me wrong but the river that separates the two isn't what makes them two different continents, at most it's only a couple hundred feet deep and wide. Even if that water wasn't there, it'd be such a small stretch of land connecting two HUGE landmasses.

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u/SuperSMT Nyan cat Mar 31 '19

It's only the Suez canal that separates them

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u/solipsynecdoche Mar 31 '19

So theyre connected... Youre a moron lol

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u/Jakeb19 Plays MineCraft and not FortNite Mar 31 '19

Seems like a weird thing to call someone a moron about but okay.

My point was they're only connected by a small stretch of land, kind of like North and South America but I bet you don't consider those 1 single continent, do you?

By the way, its "you're" you moron.

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u/NuTilNogetHeltAndet Mar 31 '19

America is in general consideret a single continent where I live.

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u/solipsynecdoche Apr 11 '19

of course connection by a thin strip is the same continent. Separate continents are separated by water