China? ..Are there seriously ANYONE here from China? I would really, really like to talk to that person if so. I mean, they have a state-censured internet, and I have so many questions.
Poll: Where are you from?
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If I can prove that there are more people from, let's say, Germany on the Escapist than there are people from England, should they get their own option too?Matt King said:
And how about Wales? Should they?
Why? Nobody else in Europe gets their own option, and there's too many countries in Europe to list them all.Matt King said:
Actually, as far as I know, Australia is part of the continent "Oceania", which is Australia, New Zealand, the other islands.kortin said:It's kind of silly for someone to assume someone from Washington is from DC. The District of Columbia is such a small area, you'd be hard pressed to actually meet someone from there. >.<dorkette1990 said:
Of course, parents being in the military means that Washington DC is rarely referred to anything more than "DC".
Australia is a continent and a country.TheCruxis said:
China: I'm not sure the reasoning behind that.
The US: He's from the US. He's going to put it down.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania
And yet USA still gets their own option separate from the "North America" option, what gives? Also Australia should be replaced with Oceania and why the hell does China stand alone? I don't think the Escapist have many East-Asian readers at all.BlackStar42 said:
My guess is that the US will get a few more votes in a few hours- they're all at school/work at the moment (or waking up/having breakfast in Hawaii).Gatx said:
I'm going to argue that 1. The OP is American like myself and 2. There are alot of us and many of my countrymen are loud and whiny. Honestly who wants to listen to that?TheCruxis said:
Otherwise I no other ideas to offer.
DanielBrown said:
All I can say is that you're both being very childish... especially you lRookiel.lRookiel said:
How do you propose I divide Europe along with the whole world in only 8 options?
I won't go so far as to turn this into an argument about America or New Jersey, but you have shown your naivete and lack of world-knowledge in your silly comments. As someone who has traveled (and lived in) almost the entire world, I would say that you know absolutely nothing about the general population of the United States OR the general population of the EXTREMELY dense state of New Jersey. It's actually impossible to generalize about this state as far as I've found.
But please, continue to be ignorant and base your opinions of others off of preconceptions fed to you by the masses. It gives you a wonderful hue of self-induced intellectual superiority.
Shit... lol.Gatx said:
It says China is the third option...
Well, not by tourists, but several times online. And I fear that a few of them might be serious.BlackStar42 said:
Also, I cannot believe your friend actually got that question. Sometimes, I hate stereotypes.
From the wet and windy Firth of Forth in Scotland, so that makes me European.
I don't know why some Brits don't like being called European, if anything, we're the conglomeration of Northern/Western Europeans through the ages.
Plus Ireland is further away from Europe than mainland Britain, and they're perfectly happily claiming Europeaness (As far as I can tell, any way)
A large chunk of western civilization operates under the star spangled banner, so I'd say they deserve their own poll choice.
If anything, I'd take umbrage with putting just Australia instead of Australasia/Oceania and for some reason excluding China from Asia.
I don't know why some Brits don't like being called European, if anything, we're the conglomeration of Northern/Western Europeans through the ages.
Plus Ireland is further away from Europe than mainland Britain, and they're perfectly happily claiming Europeaness (As far as I can tell, any way)
Also, I'd add that, after China and India, which together account for half the world's population, the US is the most populated country in the world, by a gap of about 60 million. For reference, the most populous country in Europe is France which has about 65 million people (or if you count Russia, which is a bit of a grey area, they have 140ish million?)Bloodtrozorx said:
A large chunk of western civilization operates under the star spangled banner, so I'd say they deserve their own poll choice.
If anything, I'd take umbrage with putting just Australia instead of Australasia/Oceania and for some reason excluding China from Asia.
You put "Australia" but then put all European countries together? hmmm...
Culturally, Europe varies immensely and its overall population is immense. Separating India and China seems pretty pointless. Sure, their populations are extremely large but the proportion of those on the internet is low.
Culturally, Europe varies immensely and its overall population is immense. Separating India and China seems pretty pointless. Sure, their populations are extremely large but the proportion of those on the internet is low.