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Russian placement is interesting
You're right, actually
I've had this argument in VR with Russians, living in Russia, in Russian.
<< Fluent Russian Translated to English >>
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Interlocutor: "Yes, but what geographic block is it part of?"
Naz: "Asia, it's on the continent"
I: "But Asia is a landmass and Western Europe is on Asia as well technically, but they are not Asian are they?"
Naz: "They're as much Asian as you are Eastern European"
It never occurs for most people (including me) how actually we are blessed to not to be born in a wrong place at a wrong time.
My roots are nothing to be proud of. But I am proud I was born not in a country where human life is dispensable.
India is a beautiful country.
Darn, can't post it in the maps without new Zealand community. Perhaps the New Zealand in wrong place community?
Nah, New Zealand is Australia's "51st state". Everyone knows that.
/s just in case
Signed, A Canadian
It wasn't that long ago that you could travel between the two without a passport.
I don't think that's ever been the case, but we do have a Schengen-style arrangement where you have right to abode in the other country still.
I looked it up. It was a thing from 1973 to 1981.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Tasman_Travel_Arrangement
Huh, that's really interesting.
Surprised US has that high of a birth rate. More than rest of west.
It's absolute, not per capita. Mexico for example has a higher birth rate then the US but less people so it has a lower number.
US seems to be beating Europe/Canada on per capita basis. "west".