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the USA can call themselves America if they want to, they are not the first ones to do so, Mexico did it before. But the rest of America doesn´t seem to be in the mood of changing the way they call themselves.
It´s like when they decided that the 2000 was the frist year of the 21th century...no, it´s not, but if they want to count it like that, I really don´t care
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7 hours ago, ULIZOS said:
Outside of the USA its considered one continent, America. I asked Chat GPT to explain it for us:Â
Here’s a simple explanation:
In many Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, especially in Latin America, school systems teach that there are six continents, and “America” is one big continent that includes North, Central, and South America.
This idea comes from the fact that all these regions are connected by land and share some cultural and historical ties, like colonization and the spread of certain languages and traditions.
On the other hand, in the United States and much of Europe, students are taught that there are seven continents, and they split America into North America and South America.
So, whether someone sees America as one or two continents mostly depends on where they grew up and how they were taught in school.
I agree: but the reality is that, if I can go walking from Argentina to Alaska, that means, there´s only one continent
5 in total
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10 hours ago, Confessit said:
Francis was from Latin America (South America) though.
That is different. It is a continent all of its own.
I don’t even think people from Argentina call themselves American they are Argentinian. It’s the same for all the other countries in Latin America, I don’t think any of them call themselves American.
So he is the first American Pope really, from the United States of America.
believe me, people in argentina know that they are american. If I go to Colombia, I go to America.If I go to Guatemala, I go to America.It´s only in the USA, and probably, the anglo countries (I don´t know), where they separate American continent in smaller parts. As far as I know, they call themselves american, and Gringos-yankees to the citizens of the USA.
It´s interesting, because my grand mother, in basque,used to talked about going to the Americas, in plural
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he is not the first american pope: the last one was also american...anyways, apparently he is quite homofobic
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Trump is scary, but stupid...JD Bans it´s scary, dangerous...
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The pope, the one that just died, in one of his last messages told that there were too many gays in church. I mean, iI think it wasn´t a message for his followers, but more an intern one...and I think he used more a word like "mariconeo", probably closer to faggot than to the word gay
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but...when he started being Pope, he was quite hot!
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16 hours ago, Creepy Insane Person said:
I thought the original Pope John Paul ii was the best pope? The nicest most open minded non judgmental pope?Â
well, he was anticomunist, and that´s it, that´s were all his positive things finished.I remember he taking some priests´off because they were in favour of the liberation´s teology in south america, and also, being quiet when all the AIDS holocaust started
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It´s great to know this!!! actually, I think Trump´s government is going to help the rest of the world to have non conservatives in charge!!! I hope so! he is such a shame for that ideology!
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they are not mentioning countris outside of the iberian peninsula, only a little bit happened, according to the enws, in the south of france: but now you say that also happend in Bulgaria...any other countries with problems?
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well, some people say that everything is simpler: the production of electricity hasn´t been enough and that´s why there has been a blackout.
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Basically, the electricity has stopped working for a few hours in Spain-Portugal-Andorra-South of France...I don´t know if there have been more countries with the same problem, because some people mention also Belgium, UK and germany. I really don´t know.
And I believe it´s a cyber attack,which makes sense to me. But what I don´t know is who is behind this: Putin? CIA?
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She looks more and more like Diana from V
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19 hours ago, Genevieve Vavance said:
I love electric cars but they are so quiet that I'm always scared I'm gonna be run over by one of them while crossing the street
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I'd love to own a Polestar.
Same here! a lot of times I cross the streets without checking if a car is coming, confiding only in my listening abilities...
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20 hours ago, jonski43 said:
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the brexiters are buying teslas!
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24 minutes ago, jonski43 said:
Also, you need to make sure you have accommodation before you go. Several Brits have been deported immediately or jailed for a couple of weeks then deported because they didn't have an address for where they were going to stay. The border patrol assumed they were trying to work illegally when they just wanted to travel across the country! It's crazy.Â
I thought that was compulsory before. I mean, my last time in the US was in 2015, and they asked for it before, when you fill a document from the internet (I don´t remember the name, you fill in the document, you pay, but that doesn´t mean you will be allowed to go thourgh the border in the US), and then, once you are in the border you have to fill in another one (the one that used to ask if you have been with ne nazis in the second world war, yes, I have filled that in the XXst century). And then, the police in customs-borders asks about where are you going to stay, alone or with somebody, your plans, your family...
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1 hour ago, acko said:It's weird to live in a world now where my government is warning us for saftey issues when traveling to the US.. From journalists to LGBTQ people to muslims...
really? in Belgium? I was supposed to go to the US to visit my family this summer, but I think I´ll wait to see how this goes.
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don´t worry, it seems to me this video will be everywhere!
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ok:I have heard about two videos on tik tok, that apparently are true, but I havenm´t seen them.
The first one is Goncalo ramos´ video.He is a football player, and, as this people do, he recorded himself jerking off, and, well, it leaked. They say that he has a huge dick, I don´t know.
The second one is another football player´s but it´s weirder. Because it seems he is masturbating in the locker room, while the rest of the players talk or got dressed. I don´t know, I have heard about this type of situations happening in the straight world, but I thought it was a myth. I don´t know, but the player is either Kolo Muani or Saliba ( one of them is the guy masturbating, the other one the guy that records it.Â
I guess they are on twitter, but I don´t have an account since...well, since Elon happened
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On 3/16/2025 at 2:25 PM, acko said:
There's an actual porno out there with P*D.. i know 4 a fact 'cuz @funkydita identified him based on a dog who's on the bed while he's getting fucked (not the dog).
what????? where???????
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4 hours ago, Martin B. said:
Racism, homophobia, and sexism were still present during his pontificate. Yes, he did better than his predecessors, but the institution remains just as toxic.
I agree.And, on the other hand, a lot of people are saying on the net that he was comunist, the anticrist...
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we will have a lot of conspirations teories in the next weeks: that he was dead already, that the one we saw wasn´t the real pope, that the vicepresident of the US killed him, that the next pope will be black and will be the last one...the vatican is full of folklore!
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well, not a surprise actually. The process of choosing the next one will be really interesting. I have the feeling they have kept him alive until eastern weekend was over. His last action was important, to take all the money from a religious organisation and use their money to pay the people that have suffered child abuse
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4 minutes ago, Je5u5 said:
Sadly, based on what you see online, a significant chunk of the US population seems to be very self centered so unless it affects them directly they won't care.
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it hasppens everywhere, at least it also happens here, but at least it seems that here people are aware that something is happening
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sometimes there´s also another mistake, that Mexico is in south america