Is it so hard for people to understand that Europe is a continent, EU is a federation of European countries, and the two are not the same?

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usrnm 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Europe isn't even a continent and has no real definition (none that would make any sense, anyway), so the whole thing is confusing by design

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denysvitali 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I honestly think it is. The amount of people who thinks Europe and EU are the same thing is really concerning.

And no, it's not only americans. I keep hearing this thing from people living in Europe as well (or better, in the EU). I also very often hear phrases like "Switzerland is not in Europe" to indicate that the country is not part of the European Union.

	▲	MadDemon 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Switzerland has such close ties to the EU that I would consider them half in.

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lostmsu 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Isn't London on an island, mr. Pedantic?

	▲	TulliusCicero 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		So I guess Japan isn't Asian then?

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GaggiX 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think you missed the joke