| ▲ | spacechild1 an hour ago |
| > from Asia to Nigeria/Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a country in Asia... |
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| ▲ | farlight 30 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| I am in Asia, this means nothing, it's the largest continent on earth. I don't pay as much for shipping as the author does, but his struggles are nevertheless relatable: most sellers refuse to ship here, most of those who do want dozens and dozens of dollars for it, and some (few, usually Chinese) sellers save the situation from being completely hopeless. |
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| ▲ | pooper an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| In my experience, people in the United States often (incorrectly) short hand East Asia as Asia just like the people in the city of New York will often (correctly) short hand New York City as New York. |
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| ▲ | bonoboTP 29 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | It's an interesting evolution given that Asia as a term started out meaning just the westernmost tip of current-Asia, ie Western Anatolia. | |
| ▲ | tyre 39 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Slight correction, people in NY refer to it as “The City” and people in NYC say the same, but specifically mean Manhattan. | |
| ▲ | chronic7403 43 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | > In my experience, people in the United States often (incorrectly) short hand East Asia as Asia just like the people in the city of New York will often (correctly) short hand New York City as New York. In my experience, the only demographic who complains about “Asia = east Asia” are people from South Asia, aka Indians/desis | | |
| ▲ | andybak 32 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Ironically (for my generation in the UK at least) "Asian" meant "South Asian" and for a long time we didn't have a useful shorthand for "all parts of Asia" | |
| ▲ | Conan_Kudo 33 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | We aren't the only ones, but we are the loudest about it, because erasure sucks. | | |
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| ▲ | BigTTYGothGF 11 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| So is Ireland. |
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| ▲ | cyberclimb an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I don't think they are necessarily asserting otherwise |
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| ▲ | spacechild1 36 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | So what does it mean to ship from Asia to Bangladesh? Do you ship from India, Iran or Indonesia? Or just within Bangladesh? :) | |
| ▲ | Ar-Curunir an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | Shipping from Asia to Asia doesn’t make much sense | | |
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