• solarvector@lemmy.zip
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    5 months ago

    That's just because North America is the only continent that's big. Where else could you possibly fit Texas, Alaska, and Hawaii in one place?

    • booty [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      it's just so hard to explain to them yuropeens how big america is. they never believe me when i tell them that texas is so big it can fit montana, texas, and california in it

  • edge [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    North America*
    *Excl. Mexico

    Does it exclude just Mexico, or does it exclude all of Central America? Does it include Greenland?

    I'm guessing it's just the US and Canada, so they should have just said that.

    • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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      5 months ago

      when anyone in the US or Canada says North America they mean White North America

      • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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        5 months ago

        same with "Europe". It's literally just Asia but it has mayos so we gotta pretend it's a separate continent (they bruise easy)

      • edge [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        It has a footnote that says it excludes Mexico, but it doesn't say if it excludes the rest of Central America.

        • Rom [he/him]
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          5 months ago

          Central America is its own bar so I would assume so.

        • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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          5 months ago

          Really? I assumed we were excluded because we’re in a separate category. Mexico isn’t usually considered a part of us.

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    How the fuck did they get that world average? Can't be by population because East and South Asia is about half the world's population and they're on 19 and 22%.

    Did these dumb fucks just average out all the countries?

  • SSJ2Marx
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    5 months ago

    North America drags the average here so high that literally every other listed region has below average car usage, lmao.

    But seriously I wanna see Africa and Oceania too.

    • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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      5 months ago

      excluding mexico

      mayos already redefining FOR A 2ND TIME their already once redefined janked up version of continents in order to keep us-foreign-policy alive

      Mexico is North America
      Europe is Northwest Asia

  • BGDelirium [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    Me on my daily bike commute and weekly "too tired to bike to work" bus ride as a 9% American

    im-doing-my-part

    • Des [she/her, they/them]
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      5 months ago

      whats crazy is they have so much car infrastructure in china. there's incredible capacity for wall to wall traffic but also tons of public transport

      i wonder if it will get more carbrained as everyone becomes wealthier or they are just investing so heavily into good public transport it won't really matter

  • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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    5 months ago

    I like how they for no reason split up the mayomeadow into 4 different arbitrary parts that don't even have recognized distinctions. Is terf Island north northwest Asia? or west northwest Asia?