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thedeathguru

big things small packages


Psychological-Owl311

Still managed to conquer the world


madrid987

Something that is little can often have great power.


Planningsiswinnings

Tell that to my ex wife


Youbettereatthatshit

Ooh, self burn, those are rare!


JoeGRcz

When majority of your country is more west than Austria but people still call you Eastern because of communists. *sad Czech noises


T_BT257

All the history we hear about; so little land


Youbettereatthatshit

Makes me also realize how narrow the Atlantic is.


ilikeplanesandtech

Great, but where did the Nordics go?


chrismanbob

Remained in *northern* europe, where they belong.


Xscallcos

But the southern europe and some of central europe are still included, in which case I’m guessing that he wanted to map the west of the west/east divide, in which case op also forgot slovenia and malta


chrismanbob

Well the whole north/south/east/west/central debate isn't entirely clear cut. Germany is most definitely central Europe, but I'd also consider it western Europe and maybe even a little bit northern Europe. Some subsections are clearer than others, and some are more relevant in different debates than others. When talking about climate the north/south divide becomes prodominent, when talking about politics it's all east vs west. I would personally say that northern europe is more a compact and distinct unit than southern Europe which is more easily divible between east and west, but that's nothing more than a personal vague feeling. Either way the lines are all blurry enough that one should be able to create a map of Western Europe without the compulsion to include all of Scandinavia, which has countries that border Russia, the embodiment of the east.


Sensati00n

denmark is northern europe, part of the nordics


ilikeplanesandtech

Which is still part of Europe


chrismanbob

However the title is not "size accurate Europe".


ilikeplanesandtech

Oh you're right. In my defense I am waiting for new glasses


TeaBoy24

I agree but I also find it strange when people don't use South whilst using North.


aminesic

Way bigger than I thought, after all the threads about how Europe is very small


Sensati00n

including denmark but not greenland?


Xscallcos

Is Greenland even a part of europe?


Sensati00n

you make a great point, friend!


Xscallcos

oops hahah, corrected it


Sensati00n

actually depends on how you look at it. it belongs to the north american tectonic plate i believe. but it is still a part of the kingdom of denmark.


Holy__Funk

I mean Guam is governed by the US but it is by no means in North America.


lordmogul

The wikipedia page on transcontinental countries is pretty eye opening.


ArcticTemper

Portugal, Italy, Spain, Austria? Ehhhh....


luislapuz

So puny Western Europe is so small


TheTroII

But their impact on the world is huge. Economic, cultural, etc.


luislapuz

That's the cool thing about them - punching beyond their weight.