The UK still is in Europe, but it is not in the European Union. Wish people would distinguish between the two. (I was a Remainer by the way!!!)

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JumpCrisscross 12 hours ago | parent [-]

> UK still is in Europe, but it is not in the European Union

Both sides have a point. The UK rejected Europe, the cultural entity best represented by the EU, with Brexit. It's still on the Eurasian tectonic plate. But that isn't how we define continents.

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cucumber3732842 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Europe is Shrodiger's continent. It's western boundary could be the english channel or Icleand. It's eastern boundary could be the Oder or the Urals. You don't actually know where it begins and ends until you know what policy position you're trying to mislead people into being for against.

	▲	JumpCrisscross 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> until you know what policy position you're trying to mislead people into being for against It's a cultural description. It's obviously going to depend on collective senses of, well, collectiveness. Most Americans didn't think of themselves as American until after the Civil War.