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[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 141 points 1 month ago

Damn, Ukraine really went crazy with its 2026 counteroffensive.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 70 points 1 month ago

From the Sea to the Sea to the Sea to the Sea to the Sea

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Wait, it's all Ukraine?"

"Always has been."

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[-] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Slava Ukraini Intensifies

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Angry Albanian Noises

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[-] Infynis@midwest.social 120 points 1 month ago

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

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 62 points 1 month ago

Someone doesn't know about the great rebirth of 2026.

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Is this caused by the covid vaccine?

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's the next logical step after so many Raptures, ya know? πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

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[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 31 points 1 month ago

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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[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 21 points 1 month ago

I choose to not be born in 2026

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[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 month ago

Siberia is not part of Europe you weirdos.

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

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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[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

It's part of Afroeurasiaca

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[-] TehBamski@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Looks at Australia

[-] Zacryon@feddit.org 15 points 1 month ago

Can I haz data source and computation approach pleaze?

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[-] GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago

I'd immagine it being 0% across the world, it is still 2025...

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Babies gestate for 9 months.

[-] morto@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Amateurs. I did it in 8.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Now do β€œchance of dying of any cause under the age of 20” per continent.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

so you want an industrialization index?

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] wieson@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago

Of course the europe-asia border is wrong, but the south america -north america border is wrong as well. It should be where Panama is.

I see a lot of US Americans think that north America only has 3 countries. That's false.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Trump's delusions about Greenland seem to be contagious to whoever color-coded this map.

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[-] Harvey656@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Wait when was Russia part of Europe.

[-] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 12 points 1 month ago

since 80% of its population was in the european side

[-] Harvey656@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Ive been lied to my whole life!

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago

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

[-] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

I think you might be confusing the Ural Mountains with the Caucasus Mountains?

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Russia west of the Ural mountains is Europe, east is Asia. But the Caucasus mountains are also a border between Europe and Asia.

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[-] Bonus@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

*on preferably

[-] cobysev@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

They not only screwed up their continent borders, but they forgot the continent of Antarctica. There are tons of researchers who spend months (maybe years?) living there while working. It's extremely low, but there's a non-zero chance someone could be born there.

[-] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

I don't know if they allow pregnant researchers there.

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[-] Tower@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

Looks like there have officially only ever been 11 Antarctic births, and none since 1985. While you're right that it's likely non-zero, it's also probably zero.

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

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[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

It’s interesting that the places that make lots of babies are also the source of emigration to places that make fewer babies.

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