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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Given most of Russia is in Asia, isn't Russia the Russia of Asia?

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (6 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have a friend who does this every time I say "Asians". He's like "Which Asians? Indians?" And then it's a whole argument where he pretends not to know what the common reference "Asians" means.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In the UK they actually refer to Indians and South Asian people as Asians regularly, and Asians as East Asian (I think?).

Had like a full 10 minute conversation with someone where he was like "yeah you know that Asian kid you hang out with" and I thought he was losing it because there were no (east) Asian kids in our very small university.

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