Started an argument with my much smarter wife because she said North and South America are not two separate continents. She was right, because continents are only defined by convention.

  • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Some states do indeed codify this in law, but the definition varies by state. Michigan and Minnesota for two if I’m remembering correctly.

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        4 days ago

        These are BODIES OF WATER, dammit!!! Not something as easily-reclassified like what qualifies as a craft brewery!

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          4 days ago

          You don’t need reclassification to lose a lake; you just need a drought.

          Edit: I may have misunderstood you. It’s pretty late, and I should be sleeping…