OK so I don't want to call out anyone specific, but I've had something happen in my mentions a few times now.
I feel like there's a lot of people1 who kind of assume that every English-speaking person on here is from the US or from the same cultural background. A few times now I've made a post from my background as a bilingual Canadian, and someone in the replies came in to correct me about how it was a little different - citing American-specific cultural things, different prices in US dollars, etc. I think they meant to be helpful and intended to just start a conversation, but it genuinely didn't seem like there was any realization that maybe - instead of just being wrong - I might have been posting from a different cultural lens and that what I was saying could be accurate in a different place from the US.
And look, I know Americans joke about Canada being the 51st state or whatever, but did you know we have our own local culture, our own media and currency? Even though a lot of things are similar here to the US a lot of things are different too. And that's saying nothing of Australia, the UK, any other place people speak English. There are people from all kinds of different backgrounds here. Please understand that if someone is posting about things in English there, it doesn't mean their background is exactly the same as yours just because they didn't mention a country.
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On here, on the internet, etc.
