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> from Asia to Nigeria/Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a country in Asia...
by spacechild1 3mo ago
> from Asia to Nigeria/Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is a country in Asia...
- cyberclimb 3mo agoI don't think they are necessarily asserting otherwise
- Ar-Curunir 3mo agoShipping from Asia to Asia doesn’t make much sense
- cwillu 3mo agoAsia is a pretty big place
- k_roy 3mo agoCompared to a banana?
- bigfatkitten 3mo agoHey, Asia’s not that big. If you’re in Bangladesh, you can simply walk to the electronics store in Japan.
- thaumasiotes 3mo ago> Shipping from Asia to Asia doesn’t make much sense I imagine both the majority of shipments from Asia, and the majority of shipments to Asia, fall into this "nonsensical" category.
- spacechild1 3mo agoSo what does it mean to ship from Asia to Bangladesh? Do you ship from India, Iran or Indonesia? Or just within Bangladesh? :)
- articulatepang 3mo agoIn the context of microcontrollers and electronics, the likeliest intended meaning was shipping from China, South Korea, Taiwan and perhaps Japan, because that’s where the bulk of the fabs are.
- pooper 3mo agoIn 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.
- chronic7403 3mo ago> 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
- graemep 3mo agoPeople from South Asia are not "aka Indians". There are other countries.
- graemep 3mo agoTo add, thinking about that comment. It is quite offensive. It essentially comes down to "brown people are all the same". I assumed it was the result of ignorance rather than bigotry, but it being the only comment from a new account makes me think otherwise.
- Conan_Kudo 3mo agoWe aren't the only ones, but we are the loudest about it, because erasure sucks.
- stavros 3mo agoDon't get me started about Macedonia.
- andybak 3mo agoIronically (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"
- farlight 3mo agoI 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.
- BigTTYGothGF 3mo agoSo is Ireland.