Comment on I hate how anything without "world" in its name is just about the US

poo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• TootSweet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I do this sometimes, and I hate when I catch myself doing it.

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• 200ok@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Imagine if different fonts represented different accents.

  𝓗𝓸𝔀 𝓭𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓸𝓸𝓸𝓸𝓸𝓸𝓸?

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• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’ve been guilty of that- commenting before checking what community the post was in. Thankfully, I’ve found that most people outside of the US prefer gentle correction. Unfortunately, I doubt the average person from the US would show the same courtesy if the roles were reversed.

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  • OpenStars@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I find that it correlates more with education status than nationality… but therefore it surely is more rare among the set of average Americans who have access to the internet than globally.

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    • MBM@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      … the average Westerner also has access to the internet? At most, maybe it excludes those who don’t speak English

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