Pointless, you could take any continent and start shoving large countries into it and say “ooh isn’t a continent far bigger than a country” ffs yet that’s why it’s given that name.
Pretty sure that the point is that most outsiders just see “Africa” as one big “place” anyways, so the point is to demonstrate that the notion of an African landscape is much more massive than most people can really envision.
@... storminator : You might somehow happen to know that “Africa” and “Europe” are continents instead of countries but that doesn’t make you a Smart American yet. So STFU.
But…Africa is a continent…with multiple countries in it…
So…yeah…in comparison to countries…its going to be pretty freakin big…
Unless there is another point in here that I am missing.
I love it when people get the numbers wrong
www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_unitedstates.html
The US
Area
9,826,630 square kilometers
i call shenanigans. they forgot to add alaska to USA’s landmass.
Pointless, you could take any continent and start shoving large countries into it and say “ooh isn’t a continent far bigger than a country” ffs yet that’s why it’s given that name.
So its not just a big pile of shit… it’s a huge one!
Let’s send them some money and condoms!
Indeed. A correct perspective would be to compare Africa with other continents.
Though it doesn’t fare badly in that arena either. It is still one of the largest continents in the world, second only to Asia…
Pretty sure that the point is that most outsiders just see “Africa” as one big “place” anyways, so the point is to demonstrate that the notion of an African landscape is much more massive than most people can really envision.
@yawn
that’s the point right there.
You know what I love more than people who get statistics wrong?
Two people who get statistics wrong.
Sure, the US is 9,826,630 square kilometers, but Alaska is 1,717,854 square kilometers. And Hawaii, small as it is, 28,311 square miles.
The US as it is there, 8,080,465 square kilometers.
Yay for being a smart ass.
So? I don’t see ALASKA in there- another 3/5 the size of the continental US- and if we’re comparing CONTINENTS- what about MEXICO and CANADA, eh?
How many COUNTRIES are in Afrika? And how many aren’t third world, or at war?
I want to visit Egypt and see the animals- then fuck Afrika. I don’t care about the rest. LOL
This map is stupid.
@... storminator : You might somehow happen to know that “Africa” and “Europe” are continents instead of countries but that doesn’t make you a Smart American yet. So STFU.
hey unknown- fuckin’ DUH.
SMFD
Look’s like Africa is big enough to hold all our unemployed cotton pickers. Let’s start boxing them up and call UPS.