brianorca

joined 2 years ago
[–] brianorca@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Failing to climb is not the same as falling off. I could safely go down a rope any day. But climbing more than a foot? Not happening.

[–] brianorca@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Except those small islands near Alaska are natural, and have always been there, (On a human timescale, anyways) and were part of the original Alaska purchase. The one China uses to claim a whole sea was completely artificial, and built for the sole purpose of claiming new areas.

[–] brianorca@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Everyone gets mad at China for creating a new artificial island in order to claim a huge swath of previously international waters.