Poll of the Day > If you could make one continent cease to exist, which continent would it be?

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Pick one

Your house.
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South America.

That's where the worst Fascists and Commies come out of. The world would be better off without them.

Australia isn't a continent anymore, it's only a country
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I like how some options will incite racial tensions, but not others.
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Lokarin posted...

Australia isn't a continent anymore, it's only a country

Yes it is

South America. North is fine.
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TheWorstPoster posted...

Lokarin posted...

Australia isn't a continent anymore, it's only a country

Yes it is

Literally your poll
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Lokarin posted...

TheWorstPoster posted...

Lokarin posted...

Australia isn't a continent anymore, it's only a country

Yes it is

Literally your poll

What poll?

Afroeurasia

People are going there.

Lokarin posted...

Australia isn't a continent anymore, it's only a country

Yeah. It's part of the Oceana continent, not its own.

I'm pretty sick of all the war in the Middle-East, so I guess Asia. That's technically where it is, and the population would decrease by about half globally, which is good for everyone else. This still feels morbid, even by my standards...
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The pacifist in me wants to say Antarctica but honestly if Asia was wiped from the map the world would very quickly become a much better place.
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Africa, so we can get rid of that Ugandan Knuckles meme.
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We remove Antarctica, the planet will kill us, we remove north murricuh, we'd stop the rest of the world's population not to kill us in the crossfire...
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asia, too many wars
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faramir77 posted...

if Asia was wiped from the map the world would very quickly become a much better place.

Except for the disappearance of a huge percentage of the world's manufacturing capabilities, including most computer components (which would be required to establish new factories elsewhere).
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adjl posted...

faramir77 posted...

if Asia was wiped from the map the world would very quickly become a much better place.

Except for the disappearance of a huge percentage of the world's manufacturing capabilities, including most computer components (which would be required to establish new factories elsewhere).

Yup. A very strange thing to wish for, by people playing video games developed in Japan on consoles manufactured in China.
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faramir77 posted...

The pacifist in me wants to say Antarctica but honestly if Asia was wiped from the map the world would very quickly become a much better place.

Just rescue my family beforehand and I agree...
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TheCyborgNinja posted...

Lokarin posted...

Australia isn't a continent anymore, it's only a country

Yeah. It's part of the Oceana continent, not its own.

I'm pretty sick of all the war in the Middle-East, so I guess Asia. That's technically where it is, and the population would decrease by about half globally, which is good for everyone else. This still feels morbid, even by my standards...

But that would include Japan, China, Bangladesh, Vietnam, etc where the USA imports most of its goods from. Also, no more Sony or Nintendo...
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adjl posted...

faramir77 posted...

if Asia was wiped from the map the world would very quickly become a much better place.

Except for the disappearance of a huge percentage of the world's manufacturing capabilities, including most computer components (which would be required to establish new factories elsewhere).

All of which could be remade within 2 years, tops. Cheap exploitable labour could come from Africa or South America and the rest of the mainstream manufacturing jobs would return to the first world. Yes, there would be an awkward transition phase and there are likely some negative effects, but the world would ultimately bounce back better than it was before.

Meanwhile, the world's population and thus pollution rates are more than cut in half, Islamic terrorism is nearly entirely wiped out, most of the world's nuclear arsenal vanishes leaving the only remaining nuclear powers (USA, UK, and France) nearly no reason to maintain a nuclear arsenal of their own, paving the way for total nuclear disarmament, and the "holy land" which has divided the three Abrahamic religions vanishes altogether eliminating arguably the greatest source of religious tension.

Look at the other options. If North America or Europe were erased, the world would become a colossal shithole given that some of the most influential and progressive nations on Earth would be eliminated.

If Africa was erased, not much would change aside from a major global decrease in diseases such as malaria and AIDS.

Lastly, if South America or Oceania disappeared, nobody would even notice. Asia remains as the best choice to axe, although the gargantuan loss of life would not be an easy pill to swallow.
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Pangea

Majority of the world would probably rather see NA (mainly USA) wiped out.
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faramir77 posted...

if Asia was wiped from the map the world would very quickly become a much better place.

Sadly, I'd say this

While axing Asia would certainly ly cause some temporary troubles it would be a boon in the long term. There would be a dramatic improvement in world relations.
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Antarctica. No one really lives there.
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Europe
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I went with Antarctica on account of no one actually living there.

It's all one big continent anyway.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Dymaxion_projection.png

didn't vote (didn't see a need to)

just get rid of the largest one
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The middle east isn't a continent, unfortunately...
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