Evan Prodromou

Which of these continents have you visited?

#EvanPoll #poll

South America
30.3%
Africa
41.5%
Australia
27.2%
Antarctica
1%
Poll ended at .
Mar 15 at 11:28pmWeb
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 15

This is not an exhaustive list of continents. Please choose responses out of the continents listed.

I am aware of other continents and I omitted them on purpose.

If you know of other continents, please feel free to reply to the poll with the names of those continents if it will make you feel good.

Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 15

You may not believe that one or more of the land masses on this list is a continent. That's OK. There are multiple continent systems and you and I have different ones. The world is complex and minds are diverse. That's good, not bad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

Continent - Wikipedia

Show threadDavid B. Mar 16
@evan Glad you're reminding this to people. It's crazy the number of people who think that continents are an objective and absolute concept and not a social/historical construct.
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 16

@David well, there *are* some underlying physical objects that map pretty closely to some continent models. It's not entirely subjective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics

Plate tectonics - Wikipedia

Show threadDavid B. Mar 16
@evan Indeed, but when we talk about the "continents" in every day language, we don't usually talk about geology.
Show threadGray HairsMar 16
@evan
Eurasia ❤️
Afro-Eurasia 🤯
Show threadMicke (is/eius/ei/eum/eo)Mar 16

@evan what I decided from this poll is that there should really be only two continents:

Anartic-America
Australo-Afri-Eurasia

Show threadDaniaMar 16
@evan please help us🙏💔
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Show threadTod BeardsleyMar 16
@evan THERE
ARE
FOUR
CONTINENTS
Show threadRabbit CohenMar 15
@evan *nodding* Terra Australis
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 16
@BathysphereHat this one gets it
Show threadJames Smith 💾Mar 15
@evan I once visited Mu with a stopover in Hy-Brasil. Got diverted via Lemuria on the way back.
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 16

@Floppy TIL about Hy-Brasil!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasil_(mythical_island)

Brasil (mythical island) - Wikipedia

Show threadMaj - 🇨🇦Mar 16
@Floppy @evan pretty awesome that this was recognized as a location (nothing there when I clicked through unfortunately).
Show thread    n8   Doesn't follow you 🇺🇦Mar 16
@evan I'M OFFENDED THAT ATLANTIS IS OMITTED
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 16
@n8 Wait till you find out about Númenor
Show thread    n8   Doesn't follow you 🇺🇦Mar 16
@evan They had that coming, though. The Valar were pretty clear about the limit of the ban.
Show threadGeoff CoffeyMar 16
@evan Now I want to stand on every craton. New bucket list item I guess.
Show threadAmgineMar 16

@evan

I figured this was just the A list.

Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 17
Neat. I've been to South America and Australia.
Show threadDimity EdwardsMar 17
@evan Love travelling myself
Show threadBrooke Vibber Mar 15

@evan South America for Wikimania 2009 (Argentina), Africa for Wikimania 2008 (Egypt)

here's hoping for a Wikimania at McMurdo Station

Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 16
@brooke 🤞🏼
Show threadWoozle HypertwinMar 15
@evan Sadly, none...
Show threadBruce ElrickMar 15
@evan None of the above.
Show threadDavid B. Mar 15
@evan None.
Show threadam2stewaMar 16
@evan none of the above, sadly, and thus I cannot vote.
Show threadPaul Turnbull has moved.🇨🇦Mar 16
@evan I’ve been very, very close to being in South America.
Show threadNathan A. StineMar 16
@evan I have been to none and think I will make Australia first. Possibly South America.
Show thread👩‍🦯The Blind FraggleMar 16
@evan None of those. Just North America, which I don't know if it counts since I live here, and Europe. Oh, and what's the DR and Jamaica considered?
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 16
@Fragglemuppet 🤷🏽
Show threadpenryuMar 16
@evan None of the above... yet
Show threadMark AndrewMar 16
@evan I'm basing my answer on plate tectonics.
Show threadOCTADEMar 16
"Which of these continents have you visited?"
Wal-Mart
Show threadGerardo Cisneros-S.Mar 16
@evan: I just hope people who've visited Mexico (which is in North America) or any of the seven countries in Central America don't think they visited South America.
Show thread🄯 CarlOSMar 16
@evan can I reply "Southamerica" if I live in Southamerica?
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 16
@carloshr An interesting question! It's up to you.
Show threadElizabeth K. JosephMar 16
@evan Some day I'll take that Antarctica cruise so I can get the full set 🛳️ 🐧