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by Razengan6 hours ago |
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upvoteby recursive6 hours ago|
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What do you call it? It's a continent, right?
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upvoteby andrewflnr5 hours ago|
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Calling Eurasia a continent would make more sense. "Asia" doesn't have a really sensical physical boundary. May as well say Mexico is a different continent from the US just because there's a big cultural and ethnic difference across the border.
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upvoteby bombcar5 hours ago|
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The term "North America" almost always means US or US and Canada, hardly ever the technically correct "US, Canada, Mexico" except in things like NAFTA.

And "Central America" often means "Mexico and countries south that speak Spanish" even though LATAM might be a bit closer.

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upvoteby andrewflnr5 hours ago|
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Other nonsensical terminology also existing would imply nothing about the usage of "Asia". That said, I'm not sure I see the same incorrect usage of North America as you do, either.
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upvoteby 17186274401 hours ago|
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The Ural mountains, the Black Sea and the Bosporus aren't sensical physical boundaries?
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upvoteby nobodyandproud5 hours ago|
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The phrasing and implication is all wrong.

“4-day week, WFH roll-outs in Asia to solve fuel crisis caused by Iran War” is better.

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upvoteby 0_____05 hours ago|
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It's all Asia. Europe is in Asia. Europeans are West Asian. The traditional boundary of the Ural Mountains is a fabricated one. There is no reason to separate Europe out of Asia except for that "people that look like that go over there."
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upvoteby jltsiren2 hours ago|
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The traditional boundaries of Asia were Bosporus and Nile. Europe, Asia, and Africa were names given to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean. Because sea enabled travel, while land was difficult to cross, the extension of those names to lands beyond the Mediterranean world was of little consequence.
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upvoteby graemep3 hours ago|
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Not really. there is no entirely accepted definition of a continent. If you want to refer to them as one continent the term is Eurasia.

> There is no reason to separate Europe out of Asia except for that "people that look like that go over there."

People that look like what? A lot of west and central Asians look far more like Europeans than like South Indian or Chinese people, and the latter resemble two do not resemble each other at all.

You cannot put it down to racism dividing white vs non-white because that is very recent. It predates the invention/introduction of racism to Europe. Even better, until well into the 20th century (literally millennia after people separated Europe from Asia) South Asians and some North Africans were regarded as belonging to the same race as Europeans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race

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upvoteby Razengan5 hours ago|
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The way they use it is what "Oriental" used to mean: East Asia: Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam etc.
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upvoteby wat100005 hours ago|
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It's a somewhat vaguely defined region. It often excludes India and the Middle East. It always excludes Europe, despite there being no sensible reason to consider them to be two separate continents.

Consider this sentence from the article: "Asia is particularly dependent on oil exports from the Middle East." That's a bizarre statement if you take "Asia" literally. The Middle East is in Asia. Is Saudi Arabia dependent on oil exports from the Middle East? Is Iran?

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upvoteby retromario1 hours ago|
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How do you define "Western people"?
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upvoteby Hamuko5 hours ago|
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It's not really that different from "Europe", especially when you listen to Americans talk about "Europe".
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upvoteby wolvoleo4 hours ago|
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Yes though Europe is a lot more culturally similar and has a shared government for the most part.

Asia has very distinct countries and in some cases is even at war even if it's a cold one. Like India vs Pakistan, India vs China, North vs South Korea, China vs Taiwan. And customs, languages and (where applicable) religions are more radically different than within Europe too.

It makes less sense calling it "Asia" than it is calling Europe "Europe" :)

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upvoteby jimnotgym2 hours ago|
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Russia and Turkey have a shared government with Norway and Spain?
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upvoteby watwut2 hours ago|
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Europe does not have "shared goverment". They have union and some harmonization, but nothing remotely close to a "shared goverment".
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upvoteby nikkwong5 hours ago|
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At least in the case of "europe" it could refer to the EU (which obviously is not correct because it doesn't encompass all of europe). But when they are talking about "Asia"—what governing body would they even be referring to? It's obviously non-sensical.
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upvoteby Mordisquitos4 hours ago|
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> in the case of "europe" it could refer to the EU (which obviously is not correct because it doesn't encompass all of europe)

Not just that. If we get really pedantic, the EU is not only in Europe but includes territories in Africa (parts of Spain) and Asia (the entirety of Cyprus). And that's not even getting into the intercontinental shenanigans of France!

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