• jetA
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    5 months ago

    Bonus question: would this make a new continent?

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      No, it would not. There already are waterways splitting North America into multiple large pieces.

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      Nope, the continental plate would not be separated by a river flowing over top.

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        Continents are not defined by tectonic plates, for example Eurasia is separated by an imaginary line. There is no universally agreed upon definition of what exactly earths continents are either.

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        we’re already on the edge of civil war over clumps of undifferentiated cells and pronouns. absolutely yes

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        We’d have to change all the names!

        Canada’s pants become Canada shorts and Canada socks

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        Yes, but not for slavery this time, but for fresh water in the decades ahead of climate change. Those freshwater Great Lakes will be awfully attractive 100 years from now.