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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (6 children)

So... Does this mean Australia is no longer a continent?

[–] Murdoc 20 points 3 months ago

Dwarf continent

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Or does it mean Australia is a planet?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Australia would have to round up its edges and clear it's orbit of little islands before being called a planet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I'm sure the rest of the world would agree!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Mostly just a cunt

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If that photo was taken right before impact, none of the continents will remain continents because it's all about to melt and we might have another moon when everything settles down and we evolve back from scratch over the next several billion years.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

The only survivors would be Australia's infamous Magma Spiders.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Just in time to get baked by the sun!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It never was. The concept of Australis is part of spherical world order.

Do you really think a Platypus is a real animal? A mammal that let's eggs and has bioluminescent fur. Get the fuck outta here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Seems like it amounts to a gas giant down under.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago