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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

See! Not all Americans are totally ignorant about geography! Just most of us!

/j

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was a child! I promise! As an adult I know there are many gulfs! Probably! Somewhere! XD

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh I get it. I really didn't get why The Great Lakes weren't called Seas. I happened to have a globe in the hallway because my parents house has more bookshelves than walls.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They really oughta be called seas, those fuckers are huuuuge. Childhood me woulda agreed with you. Maybe. We did live next to the Atlantic Ocean, but I think if the argument was "Can't see the other side" me would have accepted this as what an ocean or sea should be.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That was my argument back then. Someone eventually explained to me that lakes are freshwater and seas are saltwater, so that made that make sense.