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The OP was referring to the US when he said "The world doesn't give a shit what America does". The OP also is obviously incapable of knowing what "the world" g

The OP was referring to the US when he said "The world doesn't give a shit what America does". The OP also is obviously incapable of knowing what "the world" gives a shit about. I guess he's bitter because he can't get a job doing remote RoR work, but obviously nobody in the US would hire him with that attitude.

dalke 12y ago
You left out the quote marks in the first line. The OP likely used them to indicate that "America" is used as given in the original article, to refer to the US, even though the OP has issue with that use. The second line clarifies the problem. In reviewing the OP's history now, as it appears that you did, the OP comes from Brazil. Citizens of Brazil, in common with the rest of South America, consider "America" to be both North America and South America. This is as I suspected earlier. The result is a pretty standard response for people from South America, enough that guide books for South America will warn "Americans" about the testy response they might get from using that term as a demonym; http://www.usaisnotamerica.com/ http://www.usaisnotamerica.com/ chastises people for using that word that way, and going the other way, http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/a_fine_whine/2013/08/america_the_continent_vs_america_the_country.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/a_fine_whine... defends the use. As the Slate article points out, many South Americans consider the term "American", when used as a synonym for people from the US, is "unfair, imperialistic, and U.S.-centric". Viewed with that in mind, a proposal by a US citizen for the rest of the world to switch to use fewer time zones, well, that's just rubbing the cultural imperialism right in. This is a pretty standard culture conflict, where the OP is commenting on a US-centric site, and where you have little knowledge of the broader situation. It doesn't have to have anything to do with remote Ruby on Rails work. Just like the OP is incapable of knowing what "the world" cares about, you are incapable of knowing that no one in the US is willing to accept that attitude. At the very least, Brazilian ex-pats living in the US likely won't have a problem.
- cnst 12y ago
  You didn't even mention that the term North America, when used within North America, includes only US and Canada, but not Mexico! Just in case a clarification was needed.

dalke 12y ago

You left out the quote marks in the first line. The OP likely used them to indicate that "America" is used as given in the original article, to refer to the US, even though the OP has issue with that use. The second line clarifies the problem. In reviewing the OP's history now, as it appears that you did, the OP comes from Brazil. Citizens of Brazil, in common with the rest of South America, consider "America" to be both North America and South America. This is as I suspected earlier. The result is a pretty standard response for people from South America, enough that guide books for South America will warn "Americans" about the testy response they might get from using that term as a demonym; http://www.usaisnotamerica.com/ http://www.usaisnotamerica.com/ chastises people for using that word that way, and going the other way, http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/a_fine_whine/2013/08/america_the_continent_vs_america_the_country.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/a_fine_whine... defends the use. As the Slate article points out, many South Americans consider the term "American", when used as a synonym for people from the US, is "unfair, imperialistic, and U.S.-centric". Viewed with that in mind, a proposal by a US citizen for the rest of the world to switch to use fewer time zones, well, that's just rubbing the cultural imperialism right in. This is a pretty standard culture conflict, where the OP is commenting on a US-centric site, and where you have little knowledge of the broader situation. It doesn't have to have anything to do with remote Ruby on Rails work. Just like the OP is incapable of knowing what "the world" cares about, you are incapable of knowing that no one in the US is willing to accept that attitude. At the very least, Brazilian ex-pats living in the US likely won't have a problem.

cnst 12y ago
You didn't even mention that the term North America, when used within North America, includes only US and Canada, but not Mexico! Just in case a clarification was needed.