The continent of Oceania WTF

So Im watching random videos on my phone and on this one a guy is just walking around asking people random questions and offering money if they get it right .The question has me questioning everything

It was what continent is the most populated with multiple choice and of course Im so smart I blurted out Asia before he could list the choices

Well the choices were Asia , Europe , North America and Oceania..

I said Oceania WTF is Oceania ? Why would that be a choice ?

So I googled it and apparently half the world considers Oceania a continent . Im 50 years old, Im educated , My whole life the continents are North and South America , Europe , Asia ,Antarctica, Africa and Australia

How is it possible I have never heard of Oceania? I mean we dont use the metric system but Ive heard of that

Im pretty sure were in a different timeline , maybe

a reply to: ohhchongo

Eurasia always has been at war with Oceania.

Did you not participate in the 2 minute hates with Big Brother ?
Or are you a subversive supporter of Goldstein ?


We are living now in 1984...or close to it...

originally posted by: M5xaz
a reply to: ohhchongo

Eurasia always has been at war with Oceania.

Did you not participate in the 2 minute hates with Big Brother ?
Or are you a subversive supporter of Goldstein ?


We are living now in 1984...or close to it...

I have not seen 1984 since about 1988 or so . So until I googled it I had forgotten that Oceania completely

If I hadda guess.. Oceania would be australia, new Zealand, and the "lost continent", that is in that area.

originally posted by: 5ofineed5aladder
If I hadda guess.. Oceania would be australia, new Zealand, and the "lost continent", that is in that area.

Yes But we shouldnt have to guess .

a reply to: ohhchongo

This region is also referred to as Australia & Oceania. I'm familiar with both continental terms.

Yeah Australia is a country, Oceania used to be called Australasia but changed when I was still at school to be a more inclusive/ representative name.

So has been called that since late 70's/ 80's.

originally posted by: 5ofineed5aladder
If I hadda guess.. Oceania would be australia, new Zealand, and the "lost continent", that is in that area.

New Zealand is just the parts of the (mostly submerged) continent of Zealandia that stick out above the water.

Zealandia - Wikipedia

I think Oceania includes most of the South Pacific islands and countries; Australasia, Zealandia, Antarctica (although some exclude it), Papua New Guinea (which is arguably part of Zealandia), Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia (including Hawaii).

Oceania is a geographic region and not a continent.

a reply to: ohhchongo

It's a well known fact outside the USA that for being the world police your average citizens are badly educated in geography...

But I guess that is a Mandela effect too... It's so much easier than to confront oneself having been lied to and only now realizing how little you know.

It's also easier to manipulate people into wars when they have a very limited understanding of the world around them.
you've been a good citizen

Interesting that, according to wikipedia:

While in most of the English-speaking world Oceania is described as a geographical region, outside of the English-speaking world Oceania is described as one of the continents

en.wikipedia.org...

I've never heard it referred to as a continent - and geologically it certainly is not one.

originally posted by: AndyMayhew
Interesting that, according to wikipedia:

While in most of the English-speaking world Oceania is described as a geographical region, outside of the English-speaking world Oceania is described as one of the continents

en.wikipedia.org...

I've never heard it referred to as a continent - and geologically it certainly is not one.

Yes but Oceania identifies as a continent and thats all that matters, and we should change our definitions to include them as such

originally posted by: chr0naut

originally posted by: 5ofineed5aladder
If I hadda guess.. Oceania would be australia, new Zealand, and the "lost continent", that is in that area.

New Zealand is just the parts of the (mostly submerged) continent of Zealandia that stick out above the water.

Zealandia - Wikipedia

I think Oceania includes most of the South Pacific islands and countries; Australasia, Zealandia, Antarctica (although some exclude it), Papua New Guinea (which is arguably part of Zealandia), Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia (including Hawaii).

Oceania is a geographic region and not a continent.

This is what I was taught as well...

originally posted by: putnam6

originally posted by: AndyMayhew
Interesting that, according to wikipedia:

While in most of the English-speaking world Oceania is described as a geographical region, outside of the English-speaking world Oceania is described as one of the continents

en.wikipedia.org...

I've never heard it referred to as a continent - and geologically it certainly is not one.

Yes but Oceania identifies as a continent and thats all that matters, and we should change our definitions to include them as such

Pronouns matter .

a reply to: M5xaz
My memory tells me there were three states, switching alliances at random. I would have to look it up, but I have a suspicion that Oceania was either the British Commonwealth, over againsst Eurasia and the Americas (which is one way of dividing the world of 1948), or another word for the Americas.

originally posted by: DISRAELI
a reply to: M5xaz
My memory tells me there were three states, switching alliances at random. I would have to look it up, but I have a suspicion that Oceania was either the British Commonwealth, over againsst Eurasia and the Americas (which is one way of dividing the world of 1948), or another word for the Americas.

a reply to: M5xaz
AH- The Americas PLUS the British Commonwealth. Thank you.

originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: ohhchongo

It's a well known fact outside the USA that for being the world police your average citizens are badly educated in geography...

But I guess that is a Mandela effect too... It's so much easier than to confront oneself having been lied to and only now realizing how little you know.

It's also easier to manipulate people into wars when they have a very limited understanding of the world around them.
you've been a good citizen

your name is a literal reference to getting high.

I have always refered to the continent Australia Tasmania and New Zealand are on as oceana…well to be precise, I say Australia AND Oceana.

a reply to: Terpene

I've heard of the region being called Oceania, but I've never heard it being called a continent before. That sort of implies landmass, and Oceania is anything but. It's just a loose confederation of islands with some cultural and ethnic similarities in its indigenous peoples.

pretty sure the International Astronomers Union (IAU) reclassified Oceania as a "Dwarf Continent"... /s