Merlu to AsklemmyEnglish · 19 hours agoWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?message-squaremessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?Merlu to AsklemmyEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square112fedilinkfile-text
When i was a child, i believed autopilot really worked like in the movie Airplane, that it was an inflatable dummy.
minus-squaredavelAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 hours 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-up1arrow-down1·2 hours 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minus-squaredavelAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·51 minutes agoThat is an outdated and frankly Western chauvinist usage. Europe and Asia are both on the Eurasian 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That is an outdated and frankly Western chauvinist usage.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.