How many continents are there?

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  • @BoterBug
    @BoterBug 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7091

    Missed opportunity: "This tectonic definition has some major faults."

    • @giovannibertocci8944
      @giovannibertocci8944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      i'm not getting it :(

    • @adrianthoroughgood1191
      @adrianthoroughgood1191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      Now you've pointed that one out I'm actually astonished they didn't use it! It's totally on brand!

    • @giovannibertocci8944
      @giovannibertocci8944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@Rodman200818 thanks :))

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3456

      I’m absolutely furious that we didn’t think of this! Is it too late to go back and film it again? :(

    • @inzanex36a89
      @inzanex36a89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +184

      Jay Foreman not at all. In fact I’ll be happy to watch the video again, or several more times if you do manage to think of some other jokes

  • @gandulfthegrey1155
    @gandulfthegrey1155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4059

    Meanwhile in an alternate universe:
    We are the Maps and here is the man.
    Man Maps, Man Maps, Man Man Man, Maps Maps

    • @jiddybit
      @jiddybit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Man Maps*

    • @gandulfthegrey1155
      @gandulfthegrey1155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@jiddybit thanks for the correction

    • @henning1152
      @henning1152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Have you seen the france episode?

    • @eduardolins5391
      @eduardolins5391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Biology charts be like

    • @eduardolins5391
      @eduardolins5391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @Tom Simons ᨆ this guy spams every video with this link this is the fifth time i see him this week

  • @nouche
    @nouche 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +317

    As a kid who grew up in France, I actually remember they teach “Oceania” as being a real actual proper continent.

    • @lera_vasi
      @lera_vasi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      Same in Mexico. For us, "Australia" is just the country.

    • @Luke_05
      @Luke_05 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@lera_vasi This is how I remember being taught it in the UK too

    • @lagalletacosmica
      @lagalletacosmica 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Spain joins the Oceania gang

    • @DaveBroTube
      @DaveBroTube 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@lera_vasi Same for me in the US. Oh, who am I kidding? We didn't learn anything about any other countries.

    • @erjkaerjka
      @erjkaerjka 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same in italy

  • @mrsusan5672
    @mrsusan5672 ปีที่แล้ว +614

    The definition of conversation at 0:38 is one of the many, many reasons to love Map Men.

    • @illegalcoding
      @illegalcoding ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Monty??

    • @normanstevens4924
      @normanstevens4924 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Also the difference between contaminate and contaminate.

    • @alenunya
      @alenunya 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      why did you make me read it? poor Monty :(

    • @Arnikaaa
      @Arnikaaa 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Also constantinople

    • @kiti_cat524
      @kiti_cat524 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      rip monty

  • @PlatinumAltaria
    @PlatinumAltaria 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2507

    Missed the obvious joke that the tectonic model has major FAULTS.

    • @markcooper-jones7494
      @markcooper-jones7494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      gah

    • @Karibanu
      @Karibanu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Possibly something about drift, too

    • @festethephule7553
      @festethephule7553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Oh piss off. Take my like and go away.

    • @njdevilku1340
      @njdevilku1340 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@markcooper-jones7494 How come you don't get any recognition with TH-cam? I hope Jay is sharing the ad revenue.

    • @whimbur
      @whimbur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@festethephule7553 That's the most english thing i've read in a while.

  • @JNCressey
    @JNCressey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4784

    No, no, no. You're forgetting the true definition of a continent:
    A set of territories which give bonus reinforcements per turn in Risk.

    • @theoceanistblu9346
      @theoceanistblu9346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Congrats on reaching 69 likes!

    • @dataman6310
      @dataman6310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      Ah yes, stacking literally all of my units in Australia so I could get those sweet 2 bonus units every turn.

    • @unknown_matter7818
      @unknown_matter7818 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      true

    • @dorthusiast
      @dorthusiast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Asia is the worst continent confirmed

    • @mrp4242
      @mrp4242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Ukraine is the key to it all!!!

  • @nataliatc1
    @nataliatc1 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    Mexican here. Born in 1993. Public school. I was taught 6 continents: América, Europa, Asia, África, Oceanía and Antártica. But I was also taught that eurasia can be a thing depending on how you look at it and that América can be divided on 3 sub-continents: North, central and South.

    • @itadakitontaro36
      @itadakitontaro36 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yee, Brazillian here, and basically same, but it's confusing, sometimes, it's said that the 3 subdivisions of america are in fact separate continents (Due to some cultural aspects and all), and Eurasia/Afro-Eurasia are just a landmass thing

    • @wackyotter1235
      @wackyotter1235 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      United States here, teachers got fucking pissed at me for daring to mention Oceania for some reason. I was taught NA, SA, AS, EU, Anartic and Anartica

    • @SaloCh
      @SaloCh 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@@itadakitontaro36what I found weird was that they decided to separate Central America into it's own thing when it's basically just a little stretch of mass between Mexico and Colombia and afaik isn't culturally different enough from either to really matter

    • @itadakitontaro36
      @itadakitontaro36 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SaloCh It may not be culturally different to the rest of the continent, but still, when talking about political differences, that may be it

    • @CaptainAmerica001
      @CaptainAmerica001 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      America is a continent & an American is from the Continent of America.

  • @jjknight636
    @jjknight636 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    In France we learn at school that continents are separated by oceans OR geographical limits such as big mountains (we were taught the Urals defined the eastern boundary of Europe)

    • @patricktho6546
      @patricktho6546 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      And then we have the Alps and other things, that don't separate continents

    • @RobinClower
      @RobinClower หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So is India a continent? How about Chile?

    • @STho205
      @STho205 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Is western NA a different continent than Eastern NA...the same for SA?
      If you define as separated a around by natural oceans or water straights...then there are 4 continents:
      Asia/Europe/Africa is one
      America is two
      Australia (or Oceania) is three
      Antarctica is four
      Five if you consider Greenland big enough and not part of the American shelf.

    • @jamesdakrn
      @jamesdakrn 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Urals considered a border but not Himalayas… lol Europe is not a continent cmon

  • @joebleasdale5557
    @joebleasdale5557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2315

    *What continent is Australia in?*
    By definition: Australia
    Tectonically: Australasia
    In the Olympics: Oceania
    In football: Asia
    In music: Europe

    • @petershearman5098
      @petershearman5098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +255

      In war : America

    • @macrux152__8
      @macrux152__8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      correction. in WAR?: Against EMUS.

    • @ntahlahsiak
      @ntahlahsiak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Oceania have the nicest name out all of them

    • @maxzhirov
      @maxzhirov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Hotel: trivago

    • @000Dragon50000
      @000Dragon50000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      On maps? We're lucky to be remembered.

  • @s1ddh4r7h.p
    @s1ddh4r7h.p 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5079

    Okay jay and tom scott probably know something about the algorithm that we don't lmao

    • @BenianausKI
      @BenianausKI 2 ปีที่แล้ว +457

      Obviously, how do they keep uploading at the same time

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2731

      @@BenianausKI It's really not that much of a conspiracy theory. We just both happen to do Mondays at 4pm.

    • @1sensational
      @1sensational 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@JayForeman hi jay ;))

    • @VNUeditzz
      @VNUeditzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@JayForeman hi Jay!!!

    • @tjjs7999
      @tjjs7999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@JayForeman coincidence?

  • @totallyoffthewallinc4744
    @totallyoffthewallinc4744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Just found you and you two are blessedly brilliant! Thank you for being you! Loved your French/Spanish/German/Dog… (your home-made commercials are superior to ‘produced’ ones)

  • @noodlespoo
    @noodlespoo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    In Russian there's a term "part of the world" that's used for anywhere distinctive enough. So Russian geography pretty much takes the 'landmasses separated by water' approach for its definition of a continent. But Europe and Asia are still considered different "parts of the world".

  • @jordanzish
    @jordanzish 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3485

    That Rosetta Stone spot was a bloody masterpiece.

    • @johnlacey3857
      @johnlacey3857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      Yes... it’s the first time I have willingly and eagerly watched an embedded advert from start to finish... and thoroughly enjoyed it!!

    • @MihkelKukk
      @MihkelKukk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      @@johnlacey3857 you should look at more ads made by this channel, most of them are pure gold

    • @johnlacey3857
      @johnlacey3857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@MihkelKukk Agreed... Jay and Mark are pure gold!

    • @mediocrefunkybeat
      @mediocrefunkybeat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@johnlacey3857 They put almost as much effort into the ads as they do the episode. High water mark for online advertising.

    • @joncurtis199
      @joncurtis199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Most vids you can skip the paid product placements. Not in a Jay Foreman video though

  • @jackmchenry9305
    @jackmchenry9305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1039

    All I can confirm is that there is indeed at least 1 continent, and there is the possibility that there are multiple continents

    • @N1lav
      @N1lav 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @Tom Simons ᨆ reported. Stop spamming.

    • @Synthetica9
      @Synthetica9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      MULTIPLE? I'm gonna need a few sources for that

    • @screamsinrussian5773
      @screamsinrussian5773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      prove it nerd

    • @drillbitt4426
      @drillbitt4426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Europeans before the discovery of Australia, the americas, and antartica.

    • @thebob563
      @thebob563 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Eurasioceanamerantafrica

  • @bluesmcgroove
    @bluesmcgroove 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I’ve only gotten into Map Men and Jay Foreman’s content recently and the seemingly flawless French from Jay took me entirely off guard

  • @richdiddens4059
    @richdiddens4059 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Back when I was in elementary school (US) in the late '50s we were taught that the division between Europe and Asia were the Ural Mountains then down to the Caspian Sea, west along the southern border of what is now Georgia, across the Black Sea, and down through the Bosphorus. The Urals are also a major dividing line between Russian provinces/state/subdivisions.

    • @misteruhl4575
      @misteruhl4575 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Amazing that you remember the specifics of a geography lesson that you had 70 years ago.

  • @saideepakb
    @saideepakb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2767

    The final English-French segment sounded like a Govt of Canada press conference.

    • @9grand
      @9grand 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      C'est vrai!

    • @geekjokes8458
      @geekjokes8458 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      yes, including the canine part

    • @esbenjakobsen4575
      @esbenjakobsen4575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Or indeed Eurovision.

    • @iansteelmatheson
      @iansteelmatheson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      no it isn't. his quebecois accent is atrocious

    • @leemon908
      @leemon908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Especially the part where the french speaker is saying nonsense.

  • @jiddybit
    @jiddybit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4139

    I thought Mark said "30 second Armenian," was confused why someone might be Armenian for half a minute.

    • @fyu1945
      @fyu1945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      wait, what did he say?

    • @6000yrs
      @6000yrs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      @@fyu1945 Thirty-Second (32nd)

    • @billyfisher7763
      @billyfisher7763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +246

      Because you can't bear knowing that you're Armenian for more than 30 seconds

    • @003mohamud
      @003mohamud 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      It was interesting to see the surnames be slowly anglicized.

    • @l.u.k.8747
      @l.u.k.8747 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It's pretty obvious why someone might be Armenian isn't it? No need to be confused about it for 30 seconds.

  • @TimForber69
    @TimForber69 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Your writing is so good. The line about continental breakfast... 👌🏻

  • @arinlilevjen6114
    @arinlilevjen6114 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was so great. Even the sponsorship ad at the end was entertaining!

  • @Antondencoole
    @Antondencoole 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13016

    The fact that jays french is actually accurate makes it a lot funnier

    • @paradoxmo
      @paradoxmo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1572

      He lived in France for a time (:

    • @oli_g_98
      @oli_g_98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +633

      @@paradoxmo yeah, nearly a decade I think

    • @sinaarrgghh604
      @sinaarrgghh604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +982

      He's really boned up on his dog speaking as well! (sorry couldn't help myself!)

    • @manuelcouderc315
      @manuelcouderc315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +370

      And at least they tried to speak spanish, It wasn't flawless but it was good

    • @Leron...
      @Leron... 2 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      @@sinaarrgghh604 that pun was ruff.

  • @_Mr.Tuvok_
    @_Mr.Tuvok_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    “He speaks English… in French. He is, the most interesting man in the world”

    • @MegaWunna
      @MegaWunna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jay foreman speaking English in a French accent lol

    • @KagaminaraShikatsu
      @KagaminaraShikatsu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      As a native french speaker, I confirm his english-french accent is on point. That's actually quite impressive.

  • @malcolmharris3916
    @malcolmharris3916 ปีที่แล้ว

    How brilliantly informative and truly funny you two guys are. Though I am only now joining your party, I am very happy that I have.

  • @wellston2826
    @wellston2826 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Verywell done. Even the commercial is amusing and worth watching.

  • @munjee2
    @munjee2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2618

    Jay's French is quite alright but his French accent is just perfect

  • @FarfettilLejl
    @FarfettilLejl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +699

    "Don't worry about the details, we'll figure that out later" did you take it from the actual brexit referendum question?

  • @JoshHills
    @JoshHills 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Congrats on actually making your sponsored by segments engaging. I actually want to watch and not skip!

  • @samuela-aegisdottir
    @samuela-aegisdottir 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    6:00 - that is amazing!

  • @gurrrn1102
    @gurrrn1102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1835

    There are only two continents:
    - Antarctica
    - Australiafroeurasiamerica

    • @zikalokof1challenge414
      @zikalokof1challenge414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      In theory theres 4: America, Africaneurasia, Australia and Antarctica

    • @fullmetalboomer8089
      @fullmetalboomer8089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      So basically it's the place that inhabited by human and the place that aren't?

    • @wackojacko4580
      @wackojacko4580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      3. USA

    • @MellonVegan
      @MellonVegan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@fullmetalboomer8089 I'd guess they're referring to submerged land bridges.

    • @jml732
      @jml732 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Afroeurasia (1st Human Frontier) -> Polystralia (2nd Human Frontier ca. 50k bc) & the Americas (3rd Human Frontier - ca. 15k bc) -> Antarctica (the Lost Continent)

  • @ramiroborges7359
    @ramiroborges7359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    For those who missed the outstanding alliteration "Complicated culture can't be conveniently cut into clear categories" 3:56

    • @joebleasdale5557
      @joebleasdale5557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bof

    • @loopy7057
      @loopy7057 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Can we collectively coherently can the clarity of your clarification?

    • @benh5266
      @benh5266 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ah, the Seven C's I've heard about

  • @alanprice7584
    @alanprice7584 ปีที่แล้ว

    This just cracks me up, love the humour.

  • @christiannicholas
    @christiannicholas 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love how accessible the subtitles are

  • @i.cyarrell
    @i.cyarrell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1215

    "Black chosen at random" "Yellow for no particular reason" Hol' Up

    • @Croz89
      @Croz89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      It's a nice joke, but unfortunately it's *mostly* a myth. The IOC did define it that way for a brief period in the late 1940's, but it was dropped after nobody could find any evidence the creator of the flag intended it that way. Since then the colours have not been tied to any particular continents.

    • @LandoBando-pj5ox
      @LandoBando-pj5ox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      “Red for North America “ meaning Native Americans

    • @Wolfknight16
      @Wolfknight16 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      So, basically the power rangers model?

    • @Wolfknight16
      @Wolfknight16 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@Croz89 the official choice of those colors is that one or more of those colors are found on every country flag in the world.

    • @sabin97
      @sabin97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@LandoBando-pj5ox
      the north of america doesnt get its own ring.
      ALL of america gets ONE ring.....and if it's based on skin tone, then that ring would be brown, as most americans are brown.

  • @mattsomeone610
    @mattsomeone610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    Mapmen is the only channel I watch the sponsorship, as well as oversimplified

    • @thescooshinator
      @thescooshinator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      InternetHistorian's and Graystillplays' ones are great too.

    • @mattsomeone610
      @mattsomeone610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thescooshinator used to enjoy watching Greys content but when he started changing his content I stopped watching about 4 years ago. Miss his long dark series

    • @WhollyMowly
      @WhollyMowly 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try Lindybeige

    • @rare80
      @rare80 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The word "only" is awfully misused here.

    • @mattsomeone610
      @mattsomeone610 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rare80 shut the fuck up. It ain't a bloody grammar test

  • @joshuamunoze
    @joshuamunoze 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love geography and history and this channel has it all

  • @planevideos001
    @planevideos001 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lol this is why I don't skip sponsored parts of videos! You really put great effort into them!

  • @jamesboulton2722
    @jamesboulton2722 2 ปีที่แล้ว +486

    We New Zealanders have decided that due to the fact that NZ seems to be missing from most maps (including the ones at the back in the intro) we will claim our own continent Zealandia. We figure no one will notice. We’ve even got the geologists on board, and a Wikipedia entry. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealandia

    • @ChilapaOfTheAmazons
      @ChilapaOfTheAmazons 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Good for you. 😄❤️
      If Australia can pretend to be a continent rather than an island, I don't see why New Zealand shouldn't.

    • @000Dragon50000
      @000Dragon50000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Just dump something heavy on the other end of your tectonic plates to lift zealandia up out of the water :p

    • @eleSDSU
      @eleSDSU 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@000Dragon50000 hey! as a Chilean I will kindly ask Zealanders to not do that :c

    • @dragonmartijn
      @dragonmartijn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That needed to be New Zealandia....

    • @DingleDangle66
      @DingleDangle66 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are part of Oceania.

  • @Yotanido
    @Yotanido 2 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    Honestly, if you're cutting by culture, Asia needs some more cuts...

    • @NuclearTopSpot
      @NuclearTopSpot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      *coughs in indian subcontinet*

    • @Anonymous-cm8jy
      @Anonymous-cm8jy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Middle east and North Africa aswell

    • @michaelnajoan5104
      @michaelnajoan5104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@NuclearTopSpot *coughs in Indonesia*

    • @billybiljun3416
      @billybiljun3416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Middle-East continent
      Indian continent
      Southeast Asia continent
      East Asia continent
      Central-North-Caucassian-Asia continent

    • @putraduha3176
      @putraduha3176 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelnajoan5104 nahh SEA pretty similiar

  • @ekatep6362
    @ekatep6362 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I was always taught that continents were basically down to tectonic plates. Then we were taught that some countries were lumped in with the nearest one

  • @MatthewCaunsfield
    @MatthewCaunsfield 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Map Mem have the best back catalogue! 😁

  • @marcoromo5724
    @marcoromo5724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +413

    Jay brushing his hair back is like when Zooey Deschanel doesn’t have bangs. A totally new person

    • @LurkerPatrol5
      @LurkerPatrol5 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where does he brush his hair back?

    • @RuntyMcTall
      @RuntyMcTall 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@LurkerPatrol5 On the top of the podium in the Olympics scene, for one

    • @tempestive1
      @tempestive1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had to Google "zooey deschanel no bangs" xD

    • @barselino9877
      @barselino9877 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      what the heck

    • @marcoromo5724
      @marcoromo5724 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tempestive1 now you’ll never sleep the same

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering 2 ปีที่แล้ว +612

    There's only 1 continent. It just has a large lake making navigation difficult.

    • @Green24152
      @Green24152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @vbddfy euuyt i dont think you got the joke there
      the "large lake" whittering's talking about is the Pacifc/Atlantic/Indian Ocean.

    • @azaria_phd
      @azaria_phd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      By definition a lake must be surrounded by land tho, and the oceans aren't.

    • @R1CK4STL3YGAMING
      @R1CK4STL3YGAMING 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Correct, there is only 1 continent, Ameri-Afro-Euras-Oceani-Antarctica

    • @MistahFox
      @MistahFox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@azaria_phd It's a pond then.

    • @falsemcnuggethope
      @falsemcnuggethope 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@azaria_phd If you count the oceans as one big lake, it is surrounded by land.

  • @BigNews2021
    @BigNews2021 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are hilarious, love it!

  • @Henkvanpeer
    @Henkvanpeer ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work guys; amusing, funny, consice, ie not a single world too much, but still very clear, and your cherries on the pie, like music/songs, also well done! YT has got talent!👍👍👍😉😁

  • @cbohn99
    @cbohn99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    5:40 If UK sends Jay Foreman to the Eurovision Song Content, there will be no doubt that UK will finish first. Petition to send Jay Foreman to ESC 2022.

    • @rjc0234
      @rjc0234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jay Foreman x Bill Bailey. It will be glorious.

    • @politicallycorrectredskin796
      @politicallycorrectredskin796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I last watched that depressing abomination in 1985. I had no idea whatsoever that we were still doing that.

    • @orbracha25
      @orbracha25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      do you think the UK wants to win the eurovision?! if they did, they'd try to send good songs!

    • @orbracha25
      @orbracha25 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ethanbennett7 sure but trying to win might help you win

    • @kellydalstok8900
      @kellydalstok8900 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They could sing one sentence in every European language and one in Dog. Cats may feel a bit left out though.

  • @weldin
    @weldin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    Let’s Dancing Funky is a classic. Should definitely be the Armenian national anthem.

    • @PianoManCoversJMB
      @PianoManCoversJMB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wait... It isn't???

    • @joebleasdale5557
      @joebleasdale5557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not quite as good as Super Sexy Time Tonight.

    • @thumper8684
      @thumper8684 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joebleasdale5557 I Have Love in My Pockets if You Have Time in Yours!

    • @Shadowbeast-ww7hi
      @Shadowbeast-ww7hi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      As an Armenian I wouldn’t mind

  • @jsc5492
    @jsc5492 ปีที่แล้ว

    Totally excellent and jokes REALLY funny.
    Thanks, boys.

  • @heofonfyr6000
    @heofonfyr6000 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this is the only channel where I don't skip the adverts... I even pause them if I have to do something.

  • @SwitchAndLever
    @SwitchAndLever 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1125

    Because of what you didn't mention in this video I learned that the Arctic is not considered a continent, because there is no landmass above sea level underneath all that ice, unlike Antarctica. Tres bien!

    • @noname_atall
      @noname_atall 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      currently*

    • @SwitchAndLever
      @SwitchAndLever 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@noname_atall saying "currently" implies that there is landmass under the Arctic ice, there is not. At least not any more so than in any ocean. The Arctic is a floating mass of ice. The shallowest part under the Arctic icecap is the Lomonosov Ridge, which has at its shallowest part around 400 meters down to the ocean floor.

    • @WilliamAndrea
      @WilliamAndrea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ​@@SwitchAndLever The Arctic is actually a region, beyond just the Arctic Ocean. As well, the Arctic Ocean isn't permanently covered by ice; in the summer melt, it shrinks by about half.

    • @SwitchAndLever
      @SwitchAndLever 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@WilliamAndrea region ≠ continent, and continents are generally beholden to a landmass, something which the Arctic polar icecap lacks. A floating piece of ice is not land, even though you can step on it and walk around on it. The Arctic region includes areas of several countries on different continents. I should know, I grew up just by the Polar Circle, which is what defines the Arctic region, in the north of Sweden 😄

    • @WilliamAndrea
      @WilliamAndrea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@SwitchAndLever Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear. I'm not saying the Arctic is a continent by any means. I was trying to clarify that you wrote "Arctic" in some places where you meant "Arctic Ocean" and that there's no ice cap per se on the Arctic Ocean. There's a pack of sea ice, but it's impermanent. On the other hand, Greenland does have an ice cap (technically an ice "sheet", I just found out), which is in the Arctic.

  • @dalstein3708
    @dalstein3708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    "Don't worry about the details, we'll figure it out later." (on the Brexit ballot, 6:00)
    Seem historically accurate to me.

    • @TalesOfWar
      @TalesOfWar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      We still haven't figured it out.

    • @mordorimzrobimy
      @mordorimzrobimy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@TalesOfWar If you had figured it out, you wouldn't have left.

    • @KerbalFacile
      @KerbalFacile 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The giant space scissors part is only slightly an exaggeration for burning centuries of diplomatic goodwill, halving a country's entire food supply, ditching whole industries (hello mussels producers), upsetting Irish nationalists again, and tossing any influence on European matters to the bin.

    • @leogama3422
      @leogama3422 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TalesOfWar By any time soon?

    • @TalesOfWar
      @TalesOfWar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@leogama3422 They can't even work out if they've been to any parties or not so god help us on this.

  • @pliktl
    @pliktl 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was wonderfully silly 😂 thank you for the belly laughs, i needed that

  • @Abigael317
    @Abigael317 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congratulations on a FANTASTIC ad read! If you can include your sources (not just people who helped with/did all the research), I'll subscribe!

  • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
    @Inkyminkyzizwoz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +374

    You didn't even mention the issue of how 'large' a landmass has to be in order to be a continent!

    • @ipadair7345
      @ipadair7345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Greenland is a continet Change my mind.

    • @potatoesandducks958
      @potatoesandducks958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@ipadair7345 No, greenland is a clickbaiter, so it doesn't deserve the status of continent

    • @ipadair7345
      @ipadair7345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@potatoesandducks958 what about Madagascar, Borneo, Java, Britain, Ireland, The Main island in Cuba, Newfoundland, Baffin Island,

    • @potatoesandducks958
      @potatoesandducks958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ipadair7345 Those aren't clickbaiters, so they do have a chance of receiving the status of continent

    • @ipadair7345
      @ipadair7345 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@potatoesandducks958 Thats nice to hear :)
      Edit: *see, I'm reading comments

  • @diegomountin585
    @diegomountin585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    I both love and hate that the “Map Men” jingle at the beginning is off-beat
    Not that Jay is an expert in singing a beat out of sync or anything :D

    • @jakeb6703
      @jakeb6703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      this one was worse than normal too lmao

    • @andrew20146
      @andrew20146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have to believe they are doing it intentionally for maximum quirkiness.

    • @ChanceTheCheetah
      @ChanceTheCheetah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You took the best intro to any show ever, and ruined it
      It's great!

    • @mastertrams
      @mastertrams 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, he isn't an expert at singing one beat out of sync. What he is an expert at, however, is singing one syllable out of sync...

  • @dlt4videos
    @dlt4videos 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This channel is great, As much as I like the videos and the topics - I really lose my mind on the commercials I wish I had a product I would totally sponsor you guys. 😂

  • @anateresa4862
    @anateresa4862 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    In Mexico we call the continent that you guys call Australia, Oceania. I was very confused when I learned English and they referred to Australia as a continent until I learned about how different places have a different number of continents

  • @seesaw41
    @seesaw41 2 ปีที่แล้ว +678

    The Swedish and Norwegian texts say: "Do not eat this. If you accidentally eat it, consult a doctor."
    Edit: the turkish Text at 4:26 say (according to Google Translate):
    Here you go. Here I am.
    Uncle Moe!
    Thank you, Madam
    This will be a gift.
    Uncle Moe!
    I'm here while you eat.

    • @andyjay729
      @andyjay729 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Same with the Vietnamese text?

    • @twojuiceman
      @twojuiceman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks I was going to google that

    • @HaiNguyen-lq1jg
      @HaiNguyen-lq1jg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Vietnamese myself, can confirm

    • @e-agjohn8176
      @e-agjohn8176 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It's the same in Vietnamese just in a very arkward overtly formal tone.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I suppose that's a useful phrase to know.

  • @_MrMoney
    @_MrMoney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    Is Mark singing the intro out of beat a reference to Jay's school recital?

    • @Diamondman164
      @Diamondman164 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Surely it's therefore Jay singing 1 syllable out?

    • @leopold7562
      @leopold7562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Diamondman164 Thus making it a reference to Jay's series of singing songs with the lyrics one beat behind the music. It's very clever and somewhat disorientating, which makes me feel rather stupid and, erm, disorientated, which is why I don't listen to them.

    • @brumm0m3ntum94
      @brumm0m3ntum94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Doesn’t he sing one syllable out of sync, so in this case shouldn’t he be more like
      Map Men Map Men Map Map Map Men
      Map Men Map Men Map Map Map Men
      Instead of
      Map Men Map Men Map Map Map Men
      Map Men Map Men Map Map Map Men

    • @stupidfanboyph
      @stupidfanboyph 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mark is one syllable out of sync, Jay is two syllables out. The previous one (or before i dunno) had the both of them a syllable out of sync.
      Seems like they know people are anticipating how will they do to the intro now, since they did the extra 'men'

  • @thesnep4757
    @thesnep4757 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had to watch this ad again, it was so amazing.

    • @tober7141
      @tober7141 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Watch it another time, snep.

  • @cristinapavesi4729
    @cristinapavesi4729 ปีที่แล้ว

    great episode!

  • @Aprill264
    @Aprill264 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    5:38 accurate description of how Britain usually performs at Eurovision

    • @wilyriley_
      @wilyriley_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      unironically better than Embers

    • @YeOldeFootballChannel
      @YeOldeFootballChannel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Last time UK did well in Eurovision was... let me check, ah yes! 2017 with Lucie Jones.

    • @Karibanu
      @Karibanu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      When you put zero effort in it's not terribly surprising

    • @PiousMoltar
      @PiousMoltar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Eurovision is a joke anyway

    • @kingt0295
      @kingt0295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Eurovision is pretty much a formality for a lot of countries, just send some rando and get drunk watching

  • @Ganters
    @Ganters 2 ปีที่แล้ว +821

    The Swedish has two words translated as "continents": "kontinenter" and "världsdelar"
    "kontinenter" are the 4 landmasses Afro-Eurasia, America, Antarctica and Australia
    "världsdelar" are the 6 political regions of Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, South America and North America

    • @petey6467
      @petey6467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      that's so interesting

    • @FixTheWi-Fi
      @FixTheWi-Fi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      That makes sense.

    • @mfra959
      @mfra959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      In Indonesia school Only one America or Americas
      North america
      Caribbean
      Central america and
      South America

    • @magnuslh84
      @magnuslh84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      same in Norway!

    • @_-onidaacca-_9371
      @_-onidaacca-_9371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wow :o

  • @eunchaesleftbluecontactlens
    @eunchaesleftbluecontactlens ปีที่แล้ว

    i love how they speak spanish, for foreginers to speak with such a good accent, as a hispanic it makes me proud

  • @kevinsiedenburg4955
    @kevinsiedenburg4955 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done. I watched your ad at the end because it was entertaining. You should get paid extra for that.

  • @sircoloniser5454
    @sircoloniser5454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3551

    Part of the reason that Europe is a separate continent is because historically it was nigh impossible (by land) to get to Asia via land due to the mountains and sea
    Note: the continents were drawn by Ancient Greece, Russia and Spain.
    Other note: the Silk Road did not exist in Ancient Greece’s time.

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1475

      That’s a brilliant fact, and I wish we’d explored it in this video.

    • @mardasman428
      @mardasman428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      Nonsense. It was barely possible because of political reasons. The Northern route was complicated because the mongol and tatar empires roamed free there. The Southern route through modern Turkey was blocked by the Persians and later the Islamic empires.
      But all these areas are not blocked by mountains or sea. You can get to Central Asia(!) via Russia fast, and you can get to Persia easily too. In fact, the sea actually makes Asia more accessible.

    • @sircoloniser5454
      @sircoloniser5454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      @@mardasman428 because the inhospitable steppes and frozen tundra could not hold back people

    • @lowlsqwid
      @lowlsqwid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +200

      @@mardasman428 i'd like to see you walk from france to china.

    • @louisvictor3473
      @louisvictor3473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@lowlsqwid We are civilized now. We take trains. Which you can do, you can go by rail from Portugal to South Vietnam in a single trip (transfers not withstanding), through Russian, Mongolia and China, among other train routes between the two continents. And as you should know, trains don't really like very steep angles, which means before the age of trains and cars, there were considerably flat and walkable routes, on foot and horseback, between the two "continents". Probably the same ones the Mongols used to harass people all the way up to Germany, a thing that did happen.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1152

    "Speaking as someone who's a 32nd Armenian, where do you think these eyebrows come from?"
    Good point, my friend

    • @crpticshock
      @crpticshock 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I want to breed with you

    • @0ceanicman
      @0ceanicman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Ayo what the fuck?

    • @Konoronn
      @Konoronn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@crpticshock lol

    • @subscribetoscp-173oritsnap5
      @subscribetoscp-173oritsnap5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Why are you everywhere ?
      Are you even a real person ?

    • @hairyhaggis7431
      @hairyhaggis7431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah I heard it as “30 second Armenian”
      Like he was just chilling in Armenia for 30 seconds and then left

  • @abdulrafiuabdulazeez9924
    @abdulrafiuabdulazeez9924 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These guys are the fucking best. That rosetta stone ad is the legit the best I've ever seen.

  • @HyperFocusMarshmallow
    @HyperFocusMarshmallow ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can’t imagine how much fun you guys have in making these videos. You’re hilarious!

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  ปีที่แล้ว

      Sign up to my Patreon to see outtakes so you can see just how much fun it is.

    • @PenguinGang25
      @PenguinGang25 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JayForeman not a millionaire so sorry but count me out

    • @maxropercalvo6132
      @maxropercalvo6132 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@JayForeman
      AMERICA is a CONTINENT made up of 35 countries and more than 1 billion inhabitants ALL of us born in AMERICA from Canada to Argentina are AMERICANS
      North America Central America Insular America (Caribbean Islands) and South America are GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS of CONTINENT AMERICA
      NORTH AMERICA, as its name indicates, is a GEOGRAPHICAL REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT that is located in the NORTH of the AMERICA CONTINENT and is made up of 3 countries, Canada, the USA, and Mexico, which is not in north Asia.
      CENTRAL AMERICA as its name indicates is a GEOGRAPHICAL REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT that is located in the CENTER of the AMERICA CONTINENT is not in the center of Africa
      INSULAR AMERICA, as its name indicates, is a GEOGRAPHICAL REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT ISLAND lands set of ISLANDS of the AMERICA CONTINENT (Caribbean Islands)
      SOUTH AMERICA as its name indicates is a GEOGRAPHICAL REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT that is located in the SOUTH of the AMERICA CONTINENT is not in the south of Europe
      LATIN AMERICA, as its name indicates, is a REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT where languages ​​derived from the European language, Latin, are spoken, as well as the European languages ​​SPANISH and PORTUGUESE.
      HISPANIC AMERICA, as its name indicates, is a REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT where the European language is spoken, SPANISH, the most widely spoken language in AMERICA and by AMERICANS of the 35 countries of AMERICA in 18, SPANISH is spoken with more than 500 million speakers. throughout AMERICA being by far SPANISH the most spoken language in AMERICA and by AMERICANS
      ANGLO-SAXON AMERICA, as its name indicates, is a REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT where the European Anglo-Saxon language, ENGLISH, is spoken.
      Educate yourself and stop consuming counterfeit adulterated garbage made in the USA that DOES NOT EXIST

    • @theninjabird9510
      @theninjabird9510 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@maxropercalvo6132yapper

    • @Deano-Dron81
      @Deano-Dron81 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@maxropercalvo6132 Lol. Shut up.

  • @austinbutts3000
    @austinbutts3000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +840

    Continent: A large, continuous landmass separated by oceans.
    Ocean: A large, continuous body of water separating continents.

    • @Doc.O.K.
      @Doc.O.K. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      What came first the hen or the egg ??

    • @amenhalleluyah1111
      @amenhalleluyah1111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Doc.O.K. the land was separated first politics of history and wars come in second.

    • @Damian-cilr1
      @Damian-cilr1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@Doc.O.K. the egg,because chickens evolved pretty recently

    • @imnotreallyjess4318
      @imnotreallyjess4318 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      define large. because some may say australia is a continent, while others could say it's an island. is greenland a continent?

    • @NoahSpurrier
      @NoahSpurrier 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How many oceans are there?

  • @nondos9742
    @nondos9742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    "Complicated culture can't be conveniently cut into clear categories" said with a British accent is just ironic

    • @aysenur6761
      @aysenur6761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      *ruler intensifies*

    • @una_10bananas
      @una_10bananas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aysenur6761 I just cackled this is a hilarious comment

    • @guaposneeze
      @guaposneeze 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Middle East Geography intensifies.

    • @wyattroncin941
      @wyattroncin941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      did someone say straight lines?

    • @adrianthoroughgood1191
      @adrianthoroughgood1191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aysenur6761 in both senses of the word!

  • @cacovonluca
    @cacovonluca ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Here in Brazil we learn about 6 Continents:
    • Europe
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • Americas (North and South)
    • Oceania
    • Antarctica

    • @MightyBiffer
      @MightyBiffer 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I have always found that break up to be idiotic. It is visually obvious were the division between the north and south American continents would be but looking at the map there is no distinction as to where the division between Asia and Europe is. If any definition of the continents combines north and south America - how can it not also separate Asia and Europe?

  • @potocalter6207
    @potocalter6207 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have a solution "A continent is a landmass which covers a majority of its specific tectonic plate which also does not border any other landmasses on other tectonic plates via land and if the plate tectonic covers land that is seperated by ocean or any other large body of water, that land will not be part of the continent. if the tectonic plate borders another one, bith have a majority of the surface covered in alnd and there is a land border, the smaller plate will belong to the bigger continent"
    With my definition there are 6 continents: Euroasia (also owns the arabian and indian plates) Africa (owns the somali plate aswell) North America (owns the Caribbean but not russian lands) South America, Antarctica and Oceania (to not confuse it with the country) (making Indonesia transcontinental)

  • @dillusion6083
    @dillusion6083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    ''But complicated culture can't be conveniently cut into clear catecories'' ; Another alliteration sneakilly but brilliantly put in!
    I love these, keep it going please!

    • @angryhobo212
      @angryhobo212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Another alliteration adeptly assembled, all adverbs and adjectives are adequately articulated and admirably announced, an astoundingly amazing achievement!

  • @samrabey89
    @samrabey89 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just started watching and u mentioned eurovision....love it

  • @feelflows
    @feelflows 2 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    The intro keeps getting more chaotic, I love it

    • @kh2b573
      @kh2b573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      who wouldnt

  • @tonas3843
    @tonas3843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    fun fact: the vietnamese text in 3:53 says :
    "Don't eat this. If you accidentally eat it, call the doctor."

    • @coyotelong4349
      @coyotelong4349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Drabkikker
      I knew it- This confirms that Vietnamese is technically a long-lost Scandinavian/North Germanic language

    • @burger9997
      @burger9997 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Drabkikker DANISH???? I’M OFFENDED

    • @karaqakkzl
      @karaqakkzl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Drabkikker notice in pictures, Nords used spoon, fork, knife to eat one thing, while Viêts need chopstick for everything

    • @Den-vk1rq
      @Den-vk1rq 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow, did you learn that on Rosetta Stone?

    • @pgre
      @pgre ปีที่แล้ว

      They all say it

  • @MWSin1
    @MWSin1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Since the Chukchi Peninsula in Russia and the Seward Peninsula in Alaska share a continental shelf, there are really three continents.
    Antarctica, Australia, and Afroeuromericasia.

  • @aliasmarg8ta127
    @aliasmarg8ta127 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    5:20 OMG My eyes. I cannot unsee it.

  • @williamwyant
    @williamwyant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    Completely missed the opportunity to say “this tectonic definition has some major faults”

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  2 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      AAAAARRRRGH!!!!! I’M ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS WE DIDN’T THINK OF THAT!!!!! 😡

    • @PiousMoltar
      @PiousMoltar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@JayForeman :D

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@JayForeman I've never seen Jay this angry before.

    • @AbhijayAgarwal
      @AbhijayAgarwal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 He couldn't bear the fact that Mark understood French, and that he was Armenian for more than 30 seconds

  • @TheAlps36
    @TheAlps36 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1756

    As an Australian there was absolutely no reason for my country to enter Eurovision

    • @gormster
      @gormster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      SBS is in the EBU, which is the only criterion for entry.
      In any case, Europe only exists as a cultural distinction from Asia, which is also more or less true of us in Australia. We’re a southeast Asian island that’s culturally separate from the rest of Southeast Asia so we are basically European.

    • @MisterFoxton
      @MisterFoxton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      As an Australian the single reason against the swathe of reasons FOR joining Eurovision is the first four letters of the show's name.
      If they called it 'Camp Pop Song Bangers' Australia would have joined decades ago.

    • @eavocado5890pppj
      @eavocado5890pppj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@gormster true, but with that criteria Qatar can join Eurovision.

    • @gormster
      @gormster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@eavocado5890pppj I wonder why they haven’t…

    • @eavocado5890pppj
      @eavocado5890pppj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@gormster there were talks about joining, but nothing came of it.

  • @Cripalani
    @Cripalani ปีที่แล้ว

    Hilarious! Keeping in mind I'm armenian you even mentioned my birthplace in the video - Novisibirsk 4:55. Definitely did not expect to see so many related-to-me things in a video about continents!

  • @youmy001
    @youmy001 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    OMG Jay perfected the French accent both in French and English!

  • @gkky-xx4mc
    @gkky-xx4mc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1364

    If Europe gets to be a separate continent because of culture, then the rest of "Asia" should be split up as well. Sweden is culturally closer to Norway than Vietnam, yes, but Sweden is still closer to Syria than Syria is to Vietnam.

    • @hi-ve1cw
      @hi-ve1cw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +406

      I would say that in Eurasia there are four distinct major cultural spheres:
      - East Asia: Cradle of civilisation was ancient China. Heavily influenced by Confucianism
      - South Asia: Cradle of civilisation was ancient India. Heavily influenced by Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism etc
      - Middle East: Cradle of civilisation was ancient Persia, Assyrians, Arab golden age etc. Heavily influenced by Islam
      - Europe: Cradle of civilisation was ancient Greece and Rome. Heavily influenced by Christianity
      One could also consider Southeast Asia as a fifth cultural sphere, but culturally in most ways they are like a mixture of the south asian and east asian spheres so I didn't count them as sufficiently distinct and unique enough to be their own separate cultural sphere but that's a subjective opinion

    • @hwg5039
      @hwg5039 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@hi-ve1cw This is very fair

    • @pizzaki582
      @pizzaki582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      is'nt Asia split? sub continent, Southeast Asia and Asia?

    • @adrienrenaux6211
      @adrienrenaux6211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@hi-ve1cw That's interesting, but I think central asia should be viewed as the fifth big area of eurasia. I guess it has been influenced by europe, the middle east and east Asia depending on where you are, but I still don't see a siberian or a turkmenistani being part of any of the other groups

    • @gamermapper
      @gamermapper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@hi-ve1cw what about Southeast Asia, Central Asia and North Asia (Mongolic and Turkic cultures of Siberia, as well as minority indigenous siberian people)?

  • @saraphilosophizes
    @saraphilosophizes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    This is a partially less difficult issue in Swedish, where we distinguish between kontinent (continent) and världsdel (part of the world). Eurasia, sometimes afroeurasia, is considered a continent while europe, asia, and africa are considered parts of the world.

    • @douglasgriffin694
      @douglasgriffin694 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Very interesting!

    • @Pnaraasi94
      @Pnaraasi94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Here in Finland they teach about continents like Eurasia and subcontinents such as Europe and Asia. And those can further be split into regions, such as the Middle East, South Asia or Central Europe. Tectonics are taught separately.

    • @barthettema7323
      @barthettema7323 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same in Dutch

    • @azaria_phd
      @azaria_phd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "Regions of the world" is a lot more useful of a term. There's no use in grouping Italy, Scotland and Spain with China, Japan and Vietnam into a single continent - but there's also no way to defend Europe is a continent as we understand it. It's not even like Africa, that is connected only by a small peninsula. Europe is indistinguishable from Asia if you didn't already know it's supposed to be a continent.

    • @egilsandnes9637
      @egilsandnes9637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ... and same in Norwegian. (That's not to say there's NO confusion. But still less.

  • @azraelvrykolakas157
    @azraelvrykolakas157 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's way easier than that. the first definition can still be your starting point you just have to allow inlets and mountain ranges to cut down what you consider connected. But only if you feel like it.

  • @1995ToyotaCresta
    @1995ToyotaCresta ปีที่แล้ว +28

    À la fin de la vidéo, Jay prononce les mots en français vraiment presque comme les Français. Bravo à Jay! 👏🇫🇷

    • @dragskcinnay3184
      @dragskcinnay3184 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Et les mots anglais vraiment presque comme les Français 😂😂😂

  • @yuliiataranova2056
    @yuliiataranova2056 2 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    In Ukraine we’ve been taught about “continents” (Eurasia, Australia, North and South America, Africa and Antarctica) and “world parts” (Europe, Asia, America, Australia and Oceania, Antarctica, Africa). And it is strictly forbidden to mix that concepts...

    • @markcooper-jones7494
      @markcooper-jones7494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      This is a good distinction - still, what's the basis for those 6 continents I wonder?

    • @yuliiataranova2056
      @yuliiataranova2056 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@markcooper-jones7494 same stuff about tectonic plates, and world parts is more like regions that includes continents and islands

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      But Asia is a bad "world part", it's at least divided into three areas: West Eurasia, South Asia and East Asia (also Siberia or North Asia but that's like Antarctica: no fireworks allowed).

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@markcooper-jones7494 - They are large landmasses mostly surrounded by oceans (and in rare cases joined to others by a minuscle isthmus, conveniently bored to make a man-made canal).

    • @datnguyenthe8300
      @datnguyenthe8300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you!!! I remember being taught that as well, coming from Slovakia. But apparently the only one who remembers it, bcs I later talked to my friends and they all thought I was crazy for thinking "kontinent" and "svetadiel" are 2 different concepts. I've started to doubt myself. Vindication!

  • @franchufranchu119
    @franchufranchu119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    This "map men" jingle was the wrongest one so far.

    • @albasapri3265
      @albasapri3265 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This one was very hard to listen to

    • @josefruiz3435
      @josefruiz3435 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The rightest one was the one that ended with “men, men men… men”

    • @rockonileva
      @rockonileva 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@josefruiz3435 Still my favorite one is Hommes cartes, hommes cartes, hommes cartes, cartes, cartes

    • @coyotelong4349
      @coyotelong4349 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rockonileva
      Would “homens mapas, homens mapas, mapas mapas mapas homens homens… homens” work?
      Or would that sound too weird?

    • @rockonileva
      @rockonileva 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@coyotelong4349 Hahahahahhaha I laughed so loud singing this now!!!!! It's kiiinda weird but mostly because of the nonsensical humor of this..but it works!
      Eg.. Birdman is translated into Portuguese as Homem Passaro

  • @ladonnaflournoy1
    @ladonnaflournoy1 ปีที่แล้ว

    I found you All Today. I Absolutely love you guys. I have been missing out. Take care.

  • @jmuller986
    @jmuller986 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I am from Argentina and In school geography are taught 6 Continents (America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania and Antarctica). If I'm not mistaken, it is also taught in the rest of Latin America, Spain, Italy, France and some other European country. It seems to me that the concept of 7 continents is from the Anglo-Saxon countries (United States, UK, Australia, etc.)

    • @commonomics
      @commonomics ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not in Italy or France, 7 continents

    • @paulohernandez649
      @paulohernandez649 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@commonomics not a surprise europeans are usually united statians and british suckers....

    • @OldDistantHermit
      @OldDistantHermit 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Interesting choices to combine the Americas as one continent but Europe and Asia separate.

    • @jmuller986
      @jmuller986 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@commonomics 6 continenti. Il continente è un grande pezzo di terra che ha intorno l'acqua. I continenti sono: l'Europa, l'Asia, l'Africa, l'Oceania, le Americhe e l'Antartide. I continenti sono molto estesi e sono formati da tante placche.

    • @CaptainAmerica001
      @CaptainAmerica001 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@OldDistantHermit
      America is a continent!
      If not, then what is America?

  • @unemiryune9322
    @unemiryune9322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Actually here in Russia we have two different terms: 'continent' and 'materik' (mainland). First one relies on culture, second one - on the teсtonic plates, so continents are Africa, Australia (and Oceania), Antarctica, Europe, Asia and America. Mainlands are again Africa, Australia (and Oceania), Antarctica, but also Eurasia, South America and North America.

    • @parker4406
      @parker4406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But by that logic shouldn't india be a separate continent?

    • @user-zz3sn8ky7z
      @user-zz3sn8ky7z 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      We have similar thing in Czechia - officially we recognize 5 "kontinentů" (Americas, Eurasia, Antarctica, Oceania/Australia, Africa), but 7 "světadílů" (splitting Americas and Eurasia).
      However in casual conversations these terms are often used interchangeably

    • @vedritmathias9193
      @vedritmathias9193 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Teutonic plates? What do platters have to do with continents? (Yes, obviously I know what was meant)

    • @unemiryune9322
      @unemiryune9322 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vedritmathias9193 xD haven't even noticed that typo, thx

    • @FuriousBoreas
      @FuriousBoreas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@parker4406 Yes but no, teсtonic plates also should be divided by water mostly. So if India does not have huge land connection with Eurasia it can be separate continent.

  • @PhoebeHB
    @PhoebeHB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    At school I wasn't really taught the continents as a clear-cut geographic term, just as a handy way to divide the world into slightly more manageable sections. Hence I was taught Oceania as a continent, because it's just a useful term for that whole part of the world. So what counts as a continent really just depends on what's convenient for you in conversation, which is obviously going to vary around the world.

  • @kaibayashi_gaming
    @kaibayashi_gaming 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The only channel whose product placements I actually watch...

  • @johndododoe1411
    @johndododoe1411 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another, more classic, approach is to combine the idea that the count should be the magical number like 3, 7 or 13, with the ancient Greek conntinents: Europe, Asia and Africa. As this is already 3 and doesn't include continents around Roanoke, Sydney and the South Pole, the next option is 7 continents. So the original 3 plus Antarctica, Australia, the Pacific plate, South, Central and North America, so need to merge some to get back to 7. Traditional solutions include considering Antarctica and Australia a single "South Continent" named Australia, merging the 3 Americas to only 2 or 1, and merging the Pacific islands into nearby dry continents. But doing all those options would leave only 5, so that's eliminating too many.

  • @Sudupe16
    @Sudupe16 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    4:54 I like how dramatic the sound effect is.

  • @axr1101
    @axr1101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    6:41 finally, a few lines I can fully understand, being a french Baguette

  • @rishabhmahajan6607
    @rishabhmahajan6607 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:57 that was amazing 😂

  • @EmzyT0
    @EmzyT0 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well I wasn’t expecting a video about continents to set my poodle off! He was whining and wagging at first, but you obviously said something offensive at the very end, as actually made him growl!!
    Will have to apologise to neighbours in the morning! He might not have been loud enough to wake them up, but my laughing was definitely loud enough to get through the wall lol ! Ive only heard him growl a handful of times in last 7yrs, but this is the first time he’s done it while awake, so had me in absolute fits that this was the thing to make him grumble 😂

  • @andrewsantos4801
    @andrewsantos4801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Cgp grey fans are going to be feeling deja vu when they watch this.

    • @andreas98welsch
      @andreas98welsch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Can confirm, I did, except I thought Map Men already did a video on this

    • @Rigger-bx1zq
      @Rigger-bx1zq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@andreas98welsch i though it was a reupload

    • @clintthrustmaster
      @clintthrustmaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Rigger-bx1zq Wait... this isn't a re-upload?

    • @parkerplays6465
      @parkerplays6465 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was thinking that too

    • @MisterKazePresents
      @MisterKazePresents 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same with the "Who Owns Antarctica?
      " episode

  • @zoesemple3418
    @zoesemple3418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    THE MAP MEN IS GIVING ME ANXIETY 😦