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[–] AnalogNotDigital@lemmy.wtf 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's like a basic reading comprehension thing....

The ship is located in the Weddell Sea, which is north of Antarctica.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

they're saying everywhere outside Antarctica is north of Antarctica, so that doesn't add anything. it's deliberately obtuse for humorous effect. basic joke comprehension should be a thing.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Or south from the Equator line.

[–] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 88 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Narrowed it down to a single planet.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

narrowed it down to 95% of a single planet!

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 84 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I assume they mean "just north of Antarctica". But really it could be any body of water on the planet it could fit in.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 week ago (9 children)

"Just north of Antarctica" is still not helpful at all though. Even a hemisphere would narrow it down more.

[–] evidences@lemmy.world 93 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just north of Antarctica in the southern hemisphere.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Listen here you little shit.

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[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The peninsula is considered the north side. So the location of the shipwreck is south of South America.

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[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, the Weddell Sea is basically in Antarctica

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[–] abfarid@startrek.website 70 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 54 points 1 week ago

If "north of Antarctica" isn't enough to narrow it down, here are a few tips: it's also south of the Arctic, further from the Sun than Venus, closer to the Sun than Mars. Now it's easy to find it!

[–] pomfegranate@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We don't talk about what's South of Antarctica

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (18 children)

Mark here either has poor reading comprehension, or is intentionally being a little shit by cherry picking part of the title and not reading the whole thing.

The location specified is not 'north of Antarctica'.

It is, 'the Weddell Sea, north of Antarctica.'

Giving 'the Weddell Sea' as the location is actually decently specific, and the 'north of Antarctica' that follows is modifying / adding to the description of 'the Weddell Sea'... not the entirety of the location description.

I would snarkily, rhetorically, ask if people are even taught how to diagram out a sentence structure anymore, but I already know the answer is 'not really, no', because the average adult American literacy level is that of a 6th grader.

Mark, and anyone else who also finds this to be a funny, poignant zinger, need to go back to middle school and relearn grammar.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Could you enlighten me, then? How on earth does "north of Antarctica" modifiy or add to "the Weddell Sea" in any way, shape, or form?

[–] andyspam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

The Endurance has been found, 3000 metres beneath the Weddell Sea, [which is]north of Antarctica.

See nonrestrictive modifiers

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I'm wondering if you fail to realize that the entirety of the antarctic coast is "north of Antarctica" which makes the description a virtually useless modifier.

Nothing wrong with the grammar, just the logic.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

It seems they forgot to mention it was on earth. They really should have indicated it was within the solar system too. No mention of being located in the Milky Way galaxy or the known universe either.

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Prime "AKSHUALLY" moment.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Weddell sea is good, mentioning Antarctica is good, the word “North” is meaningless in this context which is what the OP is laughing about.

[–] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago

It should probably say, "off the Antarctic coast", or even "X kilometers off the Antarctic coast".

[–] SloganLessons@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

Or - bear with me here - it’s just a funny detail and people are laughing about it. Because any sea is obviously going to be north of it

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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It is still valid to point out that "north of Antartica" is a silly phrase in context, even though it's fine given the more specific Weddell Sea information. If you did want to help readers know the story based on a more well-known landmark, a less silly phrase would have been simply been "Weddell Sea, near Antarctica".

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

I'd go with "the Antarctic's Weddell Sea".

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

While you're not wrong, you're also massively over-analyzing and "WELL AKSHULLY"ing what appears to be a silly one-liner, not a serious attempted dunk on the article.

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 25 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Nope. You could as well say: Mediterranean Sea, north of Antarctica.

I have two dollars, less than infinity.

The temperature is pleasant, higher than absolute zero.

Doesn't add anything. There are no seas south of Antarctica.

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[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 week ago (8 children)

show me which part of Weddell Sea isn’t North of Antarctica

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Baby don’t hurt me.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Here I’ll help, it’s also south of the North Pole.

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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago

Just in the South of the Arctic

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