# Is including "Antarctica" and "World" on this list stupid? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 9, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-including-antarctica-and-world-on-this-list-stupid/655254 "2013-04-09T20:19:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-including-antarctica-and-world-on-this-list-stupid/655254/21 "2013-04-10T21:20:02Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Skald, I am one of your admirers, but this… > nah. > > Leave off. There are better fights and more interesting polls. Even I don’t like this poll. I was grumpy when I started it. You’re lucky the question wasn’t something like: _Ann Coulter: Bitch or Liar?_ ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-including-antarctica-and-world-on-this-list-stupid/655254/22 "2013-04-10T21:46:28Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Even I don’t like this poll. I was grumpy when I started it. You’re lucky the question wasn’t something like: _Ann Coulter: Bitch or Liar?_ As long as multiple selections are OK, you’re golden. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-including-antarctica-and-world-on-this-list-stupid/655254/23 "2013-04-10T21:53:57Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > As long as multiple selections are OK, you’re golden. I strongly object to any suggestion that Ann Coulter is similar to Lassie. ---
**Author:** ![JLRogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@JLRogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLRogers)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-including-antarctica-and-world-on-this-list-stupid/655254/24 "2013-04-11T11:01:41Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Hell no. I only noticed because, for trivial reasons, I wanted to know what the world’s eight-largest country was (I knew the top seven were Russia, Canada, China, the US, Brazil, and Australia). I only cared because I was grumpy yesterday, and virtually anything could set me off. Grumpy? Anything could set you off? Sounds like you missed a real opportunity to “improve” Wikipedia. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-including-antarctica-and-world-on-this-list-stupid/655254/25 "2013-04-11T11:31:19Z")
I don’t think it’s stupid to include them both. I think for Note they should include something for World though, like, “It’s the whole world, dummy!” ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-including-antarctica-and-world-on-this-list-stupid/655254/26 "2013-04-14T22:24:33Z")
Stupid, since they aren’t countries. It’s like listing chicken casserole on a list of vegan dishes. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-including-antarctica-and-world-on-this-list-stupid/655254/27 "2013-04-15T17:37:15Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I wanted to know what the world’s eight-largest country was (I knew the top seven were Russia, Canada, China, the US, Brazil, and Australia). Snerk. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-including-antarctica-and-world-on-this-list-stupid/655254/28 "2013-04-15T17:51:40Z")
The world is not a country, neither is Antarctica, seems stupid to me. A footnote maybe, but that’s it. If the whole world is a country according to someone, it would be a list with one item. If Antarctica is considered a country by someone, they don’t have much consensus backing for that. There may be a need for other footnotes, but including these two in the main list is stupid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-including-antarctica-and-world-on-this-list-stupid/655254.md?page=1)