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The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 20 hours ago

Chance of Being Born in Each Continent in 2026

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Chance of Being Born in Each Continent in 2026

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    Siberia is not part of Europe you weirdos.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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      Europe is a fake continent you goober

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      One could say the map simply counted transcontinental countries as where the majority of the population lives, but French Guiana isn’t colored like Europe.

      Also interesting that the southern border of Mexico is apparently the border between North and South America.

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        Yeah the most interesting thing about this map is the weird biases on display.

        Personal guess?

        This was made by a white supremacist to try and push replacement theory/14 words type fears without tipping off the normies

  • Harvey656@lemmy.world
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    Wait when was Russia part of Europe.

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      Western part is in Europe, east of the Caucasus mountains is Asia. Map is slightly ehh in that regard.

      • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
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        I think you might be confusing the Ural Mountains with the Caucasus Mountains?

    • Ricky Rigatoni@retrolemmy.com
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      since 80% of its population was in the european side

      • Harvey656@lemmy.world
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        Ive been lied to my whole life!

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    Now do “chance of dying of any cause under the age of 20” per continent.

    • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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      so you want an industrialization index?

  • 𝔗𝚎𝚑 𝔅𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚔𝚒@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Looks at Australia

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    I was already born, so my chances of being born elsewhere are actually much lower, I think

    • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOP
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      Someone doesn’t know about the great rebirth of 2026.

      • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        It’s the next logical step after so many Raptures, ya know? 🤷🏼‍♂️

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    Damn, Ukraine really went crazy with its 2026 counteroffensive.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      From the Sea to the Sea to the Sea to the Sea to the Sea

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        “Wait, it’s all Ukraine?”

        “Always has been.”

        🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀

        • Omgpwnies@lemmy.world
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          Slava Ukraini Intensifies

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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          Angry Albanian Noises

  • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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    okay. americas, eurasia, africa, australia, antarctica, oceania. happy?

    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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      Eurasia, then other Asia

  • TachyonTele@piefed.social
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    I choose to not be born in 2026

    • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world
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      Brave

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    That’s an odd way to divide it up. Without Mexico, the US would be much, much lower. Every continent map shows Russia as part of Asia.

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      For this specific purpose it probably does make sense to consider Russia part of Europe. If we go by the common Europe-Asia dividing line of the Ural mountains then a large majority of Russia’s population is in the European half, so most Russian births are probably in the European bit

      The weird thing about the Americas to me is that only Mexico, the US, and Canada are counted. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone that draws a dividing line between North and South America do so anywhere except at the Darien Gap, nor have I seen anyone put all of the Caribbean islands in South America. Iberoamerica or similar cultural region terms, sure, but South America the continent?

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        It’s a very mixed bag on this map, since it was labeled “continent” but they separated Russia.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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        Well, the person that made this is making russia very happy that they they are now European, lol.

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          As I understand it, Russia actually tends to reject the notion of a separate Europe and Asia. They prefer a six-continent model with Eurasia as one thing

          • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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            I prefer to be a billionaire, but it’s not how it is.

    • Successful_Try543@feddit.org
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      Maybe, as the capital of russia is in Europe, russia is counted as Europe, while Turkey is counted to Asia, as its capital is in its Asian part.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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        So every continent map is wrong?

        • infeeeee@lemmy.zip
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          Yes. Continent is a dubious cultural term, not geographical. See map men’s genial video on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrsxRJdwfM0

          • TheMadCodger@piefed.social
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            Or CPG Grey’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBcq1x7P34

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          Well, yeah. The definition of “continent” is arbitrary.

          I could argue that there are only four, for instance (America, Afro-Eurasia, Antarctica, and Australia).

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            And then at that rate, Greenland could be counted, or Australia and Antarctica left out.

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              Well yes, it is entirely arbitrary. One of the most agreed-upon factors is that “at least as big as Australia” is a requirement, but there’s no hard reason for that requirement

              Personally I think we should consider particarly big mountain ranges and deserts as continental boundaries more often, like we do with the Urals in nodels that separate Asia and Europe. “Asia” is such a huge concept as to be almost useless, and it’s not like China and Arabia had much influence on each other historically

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                You do have “regions” already kind of filling that niche. MENA, Europe, Central Asia, East Asia and so on.

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    Hehe, when I made the comment above, my brain had changed the sentence to be:

    Chance of having been born in each continent in 2026

    Which sounded funny to me.

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      Chance of having been born in each continent in 2026, with all continents having 0%. There's a small footnote at the bottom: "As of December 29th 2025"

      • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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        oof ouch my asthenosphere

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    deleted by creator

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      I think PNG is usually considered a part of Oceania and Indonesia a part of Asia, which is why it stands out. What borders are not intact?

  • GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    For any parents trying to find their new baby, starting the search in Asia seems like a good strategy! Book a flight immediately after birth.

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    *on preferably

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    New year’s resolution: beat the odds and be not born in Asia.

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      Technically the odds would be with “not born in Asia”, 50.31%.

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    I’d immagine it being 0% across the world, it is still 2025…

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      Babies gestate for 9 months.

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        Amateurs. I did it in 8.

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