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"the Default Country" is a good one. I'll have to start using that.
by cyberjar 1mo ago
"the Default Country" is a good one. I'll have to start using that.
- jjgreen 1mo agoFor fun, ask a citizen of the Default Country where cars were invented ...
- Waterluvian 1mo agoAt some point they discovered it was easier to just convince everyone they were exceptional than to actually be exceptional.
- tryauuum 1mo agoI think it a reference to "default city" from the russian internet, when people noticed that people from Moscow never specify the city when talking about topics which would normally require knowledge of which city are they residents of Eventually it evolved, sometimes people say "hey, I'm from DC" or "hey, I live in DC2" (that means the second largest city, Saint-Petersburg)
- ivan_gammel 1mo agoYes. Default Country for the world on many English-speaking forums is the same as Default City for Russia.
- bmacho 1mo agoEspecially from someone whose "modern art" means mid-19th centuary European art under an article that starts with "In the mid-twentieth century".