I even thought to myself before hand "he's not east asian I'm not east asian it's gonna be weird if I do this" but habits die hard even if they're quickly learned

  • theblueredditrefugee [she/her, fae/faer]
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    1 month ago

    Look, if you ain't been outside your home country there's nothing wrong with that, but there's no point getting antagonistic about it

    Anyway, the continent is Asia

    • peppersky [he/him, any]
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      1 month ago

      Sorry, I was trying to make a joke about the "continent with sane people", but I definitely see why that might not have come across.

      • theblueredditrefugee [she/her, fae/faer]
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        1 month ago

        I knew you were talking about the continent with sane people line and it really bothered me because people in my original home country, America, people very much have a sentiment that "people are the same everywhere" and it's very much not true. People in imperialistic nations or very religious places often share certain traits that I find revolting, but these traits aren't universal and you don't have to venture far outside the imperial core to find what I call "normal" people (for lack of a better word, not normal in the sense of "embodying the values of anglo-normans")