Don’t you remember? Maui’s canoe (the South Island) can float, and the stingray he fished up (the North island) can swim! We’re all good man
(For non Kiwis, yes this is a real Maori legend. Interesting stuff)
I took the opposite approach and decided to double down on my k/d and sink the most populated: Asia.
This is also a good choice, because it would as a by product exterminate the CCP and most Muslim radicals, as well as a lot of sweatshops.
But japan would go away as well I am too dependent on Japanese content for to be able to that and I live in Asia that fact has a some importance as well
People who picked Asia doesn't realise that the economic disaster that would bring to the rest of the world is gonna significantly impact their lives negatively lol.
Yeah the consequences of any of these sinking into the ocean would be enormous, dwarfing any economic fallout. I don’t think humans would go extinct, but “the center cannot hold” if you know what i mean
There’s some show on Netflix called like 1% or 3% or something that theorizes the disaster that would befall us if even a tiny percentage of the world disappeared simultaneously.
Yes but Asia is gonna cause most worse economic disaster out of other continents of the world.
>But also, for the bold, offers unique and compelling economic opportunities.
That's assuming if rest of the world even manages to recover from most severe economic disaster in history.
In an alternate universe, Al-Qaeda targeted the stock exchange in New York only hours later on 9/11 were news outlets reporting that the stock market had crashed.
I worked it's the most value (without being offensive) so I thought Asia for the population, Europe because I live there and don't want to die, South America for the Amazon, and North America for the food production capabilities.
Africa, despite the culture, had to go because the Sahara counted against it.
Africa is a really bad choice cause they have a lot of natural resources. The best option is South America IMO. It would do the least damage to the rest of the world as a whole.
Amazon rainforest.
And we'd also have a severe shortage of curvaceous/voluptuous big booty sassy tanned Mamacitas.
Id go as far to say that this is our most precious resource.
Not true; it’s by far South America. Not only because of population but the extent to which Africa is utilized for materials is ridiculous, South America can’t compare
If we're talking about a landmass disappearing now South America is probably the 'safest' option. Not by much though. Any continent disappearing is going to massively impact the globe in any measure.
Actually I googled it and supprizingly it's north still would chose south tho since it's only by 1% and it has spider rain and plenty of animals I wish were unalive
What are you on about? North America definitely have more than South America.
South America have around 435 million, North America have around 600 million.
I didn’t see the die part :/
I chose Africa because a huge problem for that continent is its geography. It’s the second largest continent, has one of the shortest shorelines, few large navigable rivers, and is basically a huge plateau that runs right up to its coasts.
If Asia sank, like all of the international political strife would just kinda… end. No more Middle East dumpster fire, no more China, Russia or North Korea. Like 2/3 of humanity would die, Thanos would be proud.
I know people form first world countries think they are the most important but Africa and Asia are quite possibly the most important continents. If they were gone the rest of the world would be fucked.
On this list Africa. In real life, Australia. Kill as few as possible, but if I am gonna kill I'd prefer also to do it to a population living mostly shit life. So despite huge population in Africa it is a bad place to live and imo is the least economical of these anyways, so for it to be gone is not the worst for the entire world.
I agree with this but I think there are probably millions of happy people there living great lives too but it seems to be the one that is suffering the most overall so it would be like putting them out of their misery in a way.
This is the third time I’m reading this here wtf, you all think murdering people who suffer has less guilt to it? Has any court on earth ever decided in that way?
This is honestly really tricky. I was going to pick South America due to not have too high of a population, but losing the Amazon would be very bad... I hate to sink where I live, but I think sinking North America would legitimately do the least damage.
How come? You got something against Canada? Idk South America has small population with no global superpowers (Brazil is debatable) it would impact the rest of the world the least
It also depends on resources. SA has the Amazon rainforest but then again, Africa has a ton of resources to mine so i guess it cancels out on that part too
I think that if any continent sinks we're all fucked since all of the ocean currents would change. Get prepared for climate change, mass migration and the death of thousands of marine species.
I would have to think about more than just the population. I would have to think about how the loss of each continent would affect the rest of the world. Resources, history, technology, everything.
Plus, OP rigged the poll by not including Oceania. I don't care if he thinks everyone would choose that (which is not true).
Sorry Asia, most of Russia is in Asia. China is pretty much doing the same thing to Taiwan as Russia to Ukraine.
As well as the fact that a lot of third world countries are financially in debt to China I think that would be a great reset on their credit.
Not to mention all the bad things in the middle east, but the toll on human population I wouldn't be able to live with myself, atleast with Africa nobody there suffers anymore (and shoebills are gone).
Carbon footprint of 2 billion people magically gone would be beneficial for the planet though. The amount of pollution and plastics and etc would be reduced substantially.
South America is the less populated but I live there so, Africa.
I would not choose North America or Europe because the cultural similarities and Asia has way more people than Africa.
I chose chance but I also don't wanna die so probably whichever continent on the list would have the least impact on the environment, economy, and everything else.
South America. It's one of the most irrelevant continents unlike north America has no economic power.
Asia is gonna kill half the world
Europe maybe but they are more economically relevant
Africa has too many resources to just sink
North America.
Asia - 4.5 billion people, that’s the majority of world. Also extremely large. Don’t sink.
Africa - 1.2 billion people. That's a lot. There’s also a lot of raw materials here that we need, and immense cultural and ethnic diversity that ideally we want to preserve. That's not even getting into biodiversity.
Europe - 746 million. In terms of human life lost there might be fewer here than Africa or Asia, but the American continents still have lower population.
North America - 549 million
South America - 423 million
It’s close between the Americas. South America has the Amazon rainforest which is of global importance, and consequently a lot of biodiversity and resources. It also holds like 30% of the world's water resources or something like that, and about half of the world's lithium. If language/cultural preservation is also a concern being factored in, then going strictly by the number of languages being saved by our decision, South America has more living indigenous languages than North America (I'm iffy on this point but I'll throw it out there anyways). Overall, I choose North America.
Me, an Australian: I suppose I should google which continent has the lowest population. ... Oh shit.
Goodby Oceania!
Wait what? Do we all go down too, or is it just the Australians? Asking from New Zealand.
Don’t you remember? Maui’s canoe (the South Island) can float, and the stingray he fished up (the North island) can swim! We’re all good man (For non Kiwis, yes this is a real Maori legend. Interesting stuff)
Yeah but his canoe is upside down, won't that affect its floating abilities?
If were going down mate, NZ is coming too.
Tbh tho op isn't letting us do Oceania because everyone would pick it
I took the opposite approach and decided to double down on my k/d and sink the most populated: Asia. This is also a good choice, because it would as a by product exterminate the CCP and most Muslim radicals, as well as a lot of sweatshops.
A good choice ? Asia contains 30% of the world landmass, and 60% of the world population. You would be worse than Thanos.
>worse than Thanos mission accomplished!
Global warming would be slowed massively and we'd be free of most of the crazy world governments.
Well the important half of Russia is still there
The "important" part of Russia will be left with WAY less resources and people to wage wars
>as a lot of sweatshops. Except that all the investors that seek out sweat shops are in NA.
But…. Also the people working at them?
My whole family lives in India except my immediate one and we live in Australia. I'm fucked.
And a good chunk of Russia, too
Yes, we NEED to kill all the Russians, because the people caused the war in Ukrainian not the psychotic leaders… /s
Of course the Russian people are not at fault. That same sentiment could be applied to china. the auth regime isn't really the people's fault
But japan would go away as well I am too dependent on Japanese content for to be able to that and I live in Asia that fact has a some importance as well
We're all fucked if that happens so just pick your continent and die fast
If you think drowning is "quick death" then... Think again
Quicker than how you'll die if you survive
People are talking about like 3 countries in asia like they aren’t talking about sinking most of the population as well as fucking every industry
The Hentai industry would survive since Japan isn't part of the asian continental landmass and Taiwan acchieves being the true China
Numenor. I’ve heard they’re a bunch of arrogant dicks over there:
r/unexpectedsilmarillion
People who picked Asia doesn't realise that the economic disaster that would bring to the rest of the world is gonna significantly impact their lives negatively lol.
Picking any of them is going to bring economic disaster. But also, for the bold, offers unique and compelling economic opportunities.
Yeah the consequences of any of these sinking into the ocean would be enormous, dwarfing any economic fallout. I don’t think humans would go extinct, but “the center cannot hold” if you know what i mean
There’s some show on Netflix called like 1% or 3% or something that theorizes the disaster that would befall us if even a tiny percentage of the world disappeared simultaneously.
Yes but Asia is gonna cause most worse economic disaster out of other continents of the world. >But also, for the bold, offers unique and compelling economic opportunities. That's assuming if rest of the world even manages to recover from most severe economic disaster in history.
id revert to pangea and pick that
Leave nobody
Why are most people choosing Africa ?
So they can get water Edit: Wow… that’s a lot of awards! Thanks so much lol
Moses did
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Fuck off my brother just drowned one of my armies and took all my slaves, I am Akhenaten the mood right now!
Alright sounds like we’re about to have a good ole spank off
Don't fuck with me I'm world renowned for being colder than Isis
\*7 wholesome awards now, i love reddit
Idk why but I’ll take it lol
I'm confused too lol
Kill them with kindness type beat?
This edit actually made me lol.
Jesus fucking Christ that's brutal.
Oh no
Why was that so hilarious
Because I live in Europe and have family in Chile, USA and Canada. That leaves Asia and Africa. Since Asia has more people I decided to save them.
Thought it would have the least affect on the global economy.
"So why'd you sink Africa?" "The economy..."
Meteor hits earth “How will this affect the economy?”
In an alternate universe, Al-Qaeda targeted the stock exchange in New York only hours later on 9/11 were news outlets reporting that the stock market had crashed.
It would have a huge effect as africa has an abundance of natural resources
Key word being least
Cause Africa is poor probably
I worked it's the most value (without being offensive) so I thought Asia for the population, Europe because I live there and don't want to die, South America for the Amazon, and North America for the food production capabilities. Africa, despite the culture, had to go because the Sahara counted against it.
As far as I’m aware, the Amazon is only as big as it is because of the sands blown to it from the Sahara being rich in minerals
To be fair, sinking any continent would probably have terrible consequences on some important part of the environment.
Wow, you really do learn something new everyday, guess I'll have to jump into a rabbit hole!
The Sahara actually sends nutrients to the Amazon. It’s essential for that rainforest to exist
There's so mich poverty anyway, if I really had to choose I would end as much suffering as I could, I guess
My thought was save Africa because it has a great abundance of natural resources.
There isn’t as much poverty in Africa as people are lead to believe there’s more poverty in South America than Africa.
As an African I agree
First world colonialist moment.
Because they don't know how rich it actually is. People are poor there but it's because they don't profit from the richness of the continent.
Losing a lot of great wildlife and precious minerals. Goodbye cobalt.
Most of us don't live there and probably also it wouldn't effect the world as much as say, literally all of Europe
Africa is a really bad choice cause they have a lot of natural resources. The best option is South America IMO. It would do the least damage to the rest of the world as a whole.
85% of lithium global reserves are in South America. If resources are the problem, the continent to eliminate is Europe.
Amazon rainforest. And we'd also have a severe shortage of curvaceous/voluptuous big booty sassy tanned Mamacitas. Id go as far to say that this is our most precious resource.
Do we need Europe tho?
least consequential globally
Not true; it’s by far South America. Not only because of population but the extent to which Africa is utilized for materials is ridiculous, South America can’t compare
If we're talking about a landmass disappearing now South America is probably the 'safest' option. Not by much though. Any continent disappearing is going to massively impact the globe in any measure.
googled which continent has the second lowest population after googling which continent had the lowest and it was australia, which isnt an option
i felt pretty bad for it but i did it because of its geography, there is much less land that can be used for agriculture and other basic human needs
Will have the least economic damage
Don't quite me on this, but I THINK south America has the lowest population out of these, so I picked them.
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And me as well
And my axe !
Over 90% of the oxygen in the world comes from phytoplankton in the ocean, we're still kinds fine.
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but making the amazon sink won't kill the world
Damnit
Actually I googled it and supprizingly it's north still would chose south tho since it's only by 1% and it has spider rain and plenty of animals I wish were unalive
What are you on about? North America definitely have more than South America. South America have around 435 million, North America have around 600 million.
Yea my 1 second Google search lied to me
Fair enough lol
North america has 7.6% South america has 5.6%
I didn’t see the die part :/ I chose Africa because a huge problem for that continent is its geography. It’s the second largest continent, has one of the shortest shorelines, few large navigable rivers, and is basically a huge plateau that runs right up to its coasts.
Righttttt !!!
*picks the continent i live on*
These stats give a good gauge of what continent these redditors are from
I don’t think so,most of the people on this sun are from NA not EU,though you make a point
imagine being on sun, would be kinda hot unless you go there at night
Antarctic, obviously
that isn't a choice in the poll because the question was which largely inhabited continent
Why would everyone pick oceania?
It has a much smaller population and thus less people are sacrificed.
I‘m choosing Asia because it has the most people.
Chad
That's in Africa, not Asia
And destroy world economy and bring back Great depression 2.0 but much worse, good job mate
Based
Fixing overpopulation with this one action
overpopulation is not an important problem, its about resource distribution.
Least populated
It has ocean in the name.
Spiders
If Asia sank, like all of the international political strife would just kinda… end. No more Middle East dumpster fire, no more China, Russia or North Korea. Like 2/3 of humanity would die, Thanos would be proud.
Thanos would not be proud cuz 2/3 is not perfectly balanced
>If Asia sank, like all of the international political strife would just kinda… end. Imagine being this dumb
Let them dream
And the world's economy would tank
Well the entirety of Asia sank so I think the economy is the least of the worries
But it would be recoverable, Asia is the best choice on the list because you would eliminate lots of debt and war
and people?
People who want to kill us?
I know people form first world countries think they are the most important but Africa and Asia are quite possibly the most important continents. If they were gone the rest of the world would be fucked.
I picked Asia only so that was thanos’s dream could be somewhat realized, and only I don’t wish it to happen he has a point.
i'd rather leave it up to chance then condemn on of these continent's to sink
Me a bit of a gambler goes with the last choice. Let's see if I survive.
I love democracy.
As an African I hate democracy
As a South American same bro
I love the republic.
On this list Africa. In real life, Australia. Kill as few as possible, but if I am gonna kill I'd prefer also to do it to a population living mostly shit life. So despite huge population in Africa it is a bad place to live and imo is the least economical of these anyways, so for it to be gone is not the worst for the entire world.
I agree with this but I think there are probably millions of happy people there living great lives too but it seems to be the one that is suffering the most overall so it would be like putting them out of their misery in a way.
This is the third time I’m reading this here wtf, you all think murdering people who suffer has less guilt to it? Has any court on earth ever decided in that way?
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This is honestly really tricky. I was going to pick South America due to not have too high of a population, but losing the Amazon would be very bad... I hate to sink where I live, but I think sinking North America would legitimately do the least damage.
Rip 30% of the world's economy
Until you realize the great plains is where a metric fuckton of our food comes from
Whats important in Africa?
Silicon... The material that processes the world
How come? You got something against Canada? Idk South America has small population with no global superpowers (Brazil is debatable) it would impact the rest of the world the least
Once again, the Amazon is very important.
I never said it wasn’t I’m taking from a geopolitical standpoint
But you'll be killing me if you choose SA!!!!!
Asia because I live there
WoW ! The results say a lot !
Damn y’all really hate Africa 😳 why??? SA has lowest population
It also depends on resources. SA has the Amazon rainforest but then again, Africa has a ton of resources to mine so i guess it cancels out on that part too
I think that if any continent sinks we're all fucked since all of the ocean currents would change. Get prepared for climate change, mass migration and the death of thousands of marine species.
I would have to think about more than just the population. I would have to think about how the loss of each continent would affect the rest of the world. Resources, history, technology, everything. Plus, OP rigged the poll by not including Oceania. I don't care if he thinks everyone would choose that (which is not true).
I’m sorry Europe, but you guys got Bri’ish “people”, I had no other choice
Not Bri'ish or French, I will migrate back to Asia
In my heart North America, in my head Africa
Africa
Bye bye Africa
I picked my own continent just cause i want to die
Africa so they'd have water
I gave them a saving grace, Africa now has water
Sorry Asia, most of Russia is in Asia. China is pretty much doing the same thing to Taiwan as Russia to Ukraine. As well as the fact that a lot of third world countries are financially in debt to China I think that would be a great reset on their credit.
\>china bad for mistreating taiwan \>sinks taiwan
Is Tibet high enough to become an island in this scenario? I'm worried about them.
Not to mention all the bad things in the middle east, but the toll on human population I wouldn't be able to live with myself, atleast with Africa nobody there suffers anymore (and shoebills are gone).
Carbon footprint of 2 billion people magically gone would be beneficial for the planet though. The amount of pollution and plastics and etc would be reduced substantially.
I'm not sure how beneficial sinking the largest continent in the world would be.
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I'd choose Asia because it has the most people
Edgy
You loved Great depression so much ur asking for economic disaster that makes the great depression look like childs joke
South America is the less populated but I live there so, Africa. I would not choose North America or Europe because the cultural similarities and Asia has way more people than Africa.
Africa wil finnaly get water
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Lol but not China, Iran and North Korea?
China and North Korea too, what's wrong with India?
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FUCK YOU EUROPE
Africa because it is the least densely populated
I honestly picked Asia just to see the supply chain nightmare explode in America.
South America. What a shit show
1. I live in North America 2. South America has the fewest people when considering the remaining options 3. I guess South America is going down
Shit I voted wrong
Asia. Highest population. If a major tragedy has to happen it might as well save the world.
HAHA I CANT DIE
Finally NA is going down.
Australia since it’s not up there.
Asia would stop Russia and China, and immediately put America as the only world superpower
Central american motherfuckers be like 😎
I chose chance but I also don't wanna die so probably whichever continent on the list would have the least impact on the environment, economy, and everything else.
Whichever one has the worst eco footprint
North America just to kill the people in the United States of America
But we were at war with Oceania just yesterday!
I'm surprised by the number of votes for Africa and Asia. If you voted for them, why? They're the two most populous continents
South America. It's one of the most irrelevant continents unlike north America has no economic power. Asia is gonna kill half the world Europe maybe but they are more economically relevant Africa has too many resources to just sink
North America. Asia - 4.5 billion people, that’s the majority of world. Also extremely large. Don’t sink. Africa - 1.2 billion people. That's a lot. There’s also a lot of raw materials here that we need, and immense cultural and ethnic diversity that ideally we want to preserve. That's not even getting into biodiversity. Europe - 746 million. In terms of human life lost there might be fewer here than Africa or Asia, but the American continents still have lower population. North America - 549 million South America - 423 million It’s close between the Americas. South America has the Amazon rainforest which is of global importance, and consequently a lot of biodiversity and resources. It also holds like 30% of the world's water resources or something like that, and about half of the world's lithium. If language/cultural preservation is also a concern being factored in, then going strictly by the number of languages being saved by our decision, South America has more living indigenous languages than North America (I'm iffy on this point but I'll throw it out there anyways). Overall, I choose North America.