Talk:2996: CIDABM

Still makes more sense than BRICS. 172.71.144.34 19:35, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

I for one think Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego is a classic example of an island that does NOT dangle awkwardly at the bottom of a mainland. It's almost a case study in graceful, near-seamless islandic placement relative to the mainland, such that if you informed someone that it's technically an island they may do a double-take and have to squint at a map before they believe you. As further evidence for this perspective, I commend to the reader 2256: Bad Map Projection: South America where IGdTdF is only represented as truly distinct from the mainland in 1 out of the 36 South Americas represented - and this is probably more for comedy value than anything else, since in this map, IGdTdF ITSELF has been replaced by another entire (and extremely small) South America! -MeZimm 172.68.3.4 22:42, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Very tempted to make an official Explanation addition that if we named the group for the members (like BRICS has been, and which originally had me trying to identify the islads by shape and what initials they might have, before my eyes finally drifted down to their actual names), it would almost make a very unfortunate initialism indeed. And the one it does make is basically the same in phonetic terms... I won't actually do so. But I am left wondering if this was actually intended as an additional unspoken bit of Randall's humour, in fact. 172.69.195.94 23:00, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

I shall create my own island below the UK to join this Coalition. Caliban (talk) 06:55, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

dunon why, but my first thought on the alt-text was that it was a joke about south america being an island below north america. ~~storm. 172.69.60.185 (talk) 11:27, 10 October 2024 (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Anyone else think Sri Lanka is a really weird shape for an island? It just doesn't make sense to me, geologically speaking Tommyds (talk) 13:53, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

I feel like we should have a [blank] news category. That seems to come up a lot. -- Ok123 (talk) 17:55, 10 October 2024 (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

agreed. I’ll bring it up in the community portal. 42.book.addict (talk) 20:51, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

The group flatly rejected the application for membership of North America South of Two Ocean Creek. RegularSizedGuy (talk) 02:34, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

I wonder if it's worth mentioning the "theory of continental drip", postulated in one of Iain Banks's novels. 172.70.86.172 06:28, 11 October 2024 (UTC)