Comment on Are shops in the US usually this run down looking?

TheEntity@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Deceptichum@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Same, looks identical to what I’d see here in Australia.

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  • sethboy66@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Based on your and the other guy's comment this sounds like European/Old-World identity bias (and a bit of availability bias); Assuming that other countries within one's group-identity are very similar and [non-European country] is a lone standout when it comes to some aspect that one just learned they differ on. It's so common to see these kinds of comments on posts of the form 'why do American's do this one weird thing different than everyone else'.

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    • TheEntity@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nothing as complex as that. Merely not willing to dox myself and limiting the details about my exact location. :)

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      • sethboy66@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I don't understand your reply; I think you misunderstood my comment. OP is from Ireland (Europe), I'm saying that he is the one with Euro-identity bias, not you. From his locality within Europe, American shops appear 'rundown' in presentation, and there's an implied suggestion that this is a uniquely American thing (within the global North-West). With that comes the bias that since he's in Europe, the rest of Europe (or global North-West in general) would share this perspective.

        I've had this same bias myself, having grown up in Italy I had assumed that was generally representative of Europe and there were many things I thought of as purely American that were actually common in parts of Europe.

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    • Deceptichum@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Someone calls out someone for something, other people respond someone isn't doing anything from their POV?, you waffle on about some irrelevant nonsense. Funny.

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