That does actually tell you where because only usaians are arrogant enough to think that would be meaningful.
Nobody else on the planet is like this and so it does tell you it’s the USA. This ticks me off because it deserves to be met with mockery.
If you don’t know where the original York with any precision idk why you would think I’d know much about the sequel.
Ah that makes sense.
I just find it irritating and stupid. If someone said to the average seppo “I’m from Chonburi/Gauteng/Rajshahi” or whatever it is meaningless. Better to say Thailand, South Africa, Bangladesh etc. Mostly people realise that the details of where there are is not relevant to people outside their country and don’t bother with that info. Usaians seem to think that everyone knows and cares about minor cultural divides inside their empire.
It might be super meaningful among citizens there whether you had apples thrown at’cha or know things about tucky but this doesn’t mean anything to most people and it’s bizarre to not even mention the country.
As I see it, the problem is really just the inequality of how Seppoland is treated compared to other countries, and that inequality could be solved in two ways: either treat every country like Seppoland, or treat Seppoland like every other country – or perhaps more ideally, meeting somewhere in the middle.
Which is to say, I think that instead of caring less about the internal divisions of one country, that people should care more about the internal divisions of every other country to match it. People should just generally be more curious about the world around them, it’s never been a better time.
Nah can’t agree. Usually it’s just small talk, to explain in a way that might be helpful (given you have expressed being autistic and having difficulty with at least some elements of communication. Hope that’s not presumptuous) stuff like “where are you from?” is usually less a genuine inquiry about details and more a about performing rituals that indicate a desire to be friendly. It’s like smiling with words.
If you insist…
Nah, it’s an unreasonable level of detail to expect from people who don’t directly interact with those countries and divisions and don’t have your type of autism, so naming their state to foreigners is just chauvinism. Doubly so when a bunch of their shit is named after European locations that Europeans would be likely to directly interact with and know about.
If you insist.[1]
TL note: This means “God save me, for some reason this is frustrating me to an irrational extent. I don’t know what to do with myself but I’m certain that arguing further isn’t it.” ↩︎