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WCDT: 2201-2205 (4-8 June 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
celticgeek:
--- Quote from: cvcharger on 06 Jun 2012, 17:45 ---Technically even France, Germany, Spain, and the rest of Europe are also in Asia because there is no true geological or geographical separation between Europe and Asia like there would be for other continents. That being the case, there should actually only be six continents, where Europe and Asia should be Eurasia.
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We have always been at war with Eurasia.
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Akima on 06 Jun 2012, 18:07 ---
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 06 Jun 2012, 17:53 ---I wonder if there's a sign in Russia that has the "border" between Europe and Asia, where you can go from one continent to the other without leaving the country.
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Yes. Lots of them.
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Thanks!
Rimwolf:
According to the OED, "coed" -- in both the institutional and female student senses -- dates from the late 19th C. The term struck me as pretty old-fashioned when I went to college in the late 60s.
jwhouk:
Like I said, it kinda died out after suffrage was granted in the 1920's. Post-war US colleges pretty much became completely co-ed because of the GI Bill and more career options for women.
cvcharger:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 06 Jun 2012, 18:28 ---
--- Quote from: Schmorgluck on 06 Jun 2012, 18:02 ---
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 06 Jun 2012, 14:01 ---Why wouldn't you? Doesn't it make the most sense to have Asian = from Asia?
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It just about says as much as saying African = from Africa.
"African" doesn't make a better work in describing a person than "Asian" does.
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I'm not saying either are very specific, as they apply to a lot of different cultures, but neither are inaccurate. Someone who is from Africa is African, someone who is from Asia is Asian (or Eurasian, I guess). Most people refer to themselves as a more specific group (like their country rather than their continent).
Either way, in a thousand years, we'll all be Earthicans.
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Awesome. I just hope I can have my cognitive awareness transferred to a robot so I can be there. At this point I question if all the sci-fi I read is good for me.
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