Merlu@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 hours agoWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?message-squaremessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1115arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?Merlu@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square88fedilinkfile-text
When i was a child, i believed autopilot really worked like in the movie Airplane, that it was an inflatable dummy.
minus-squareOutlierBluelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours 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 [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·33 minutes agoFirst of all, Europe isn’t even a continent. “Europe” is a politico-cultural concept, not a geological or biogeographic one.
minus-squareOutlierBluelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 minutes 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.
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.