▲ 340 ▼ Why is Lemmy so US-centric? The largest instances are in Europe, aren't they? So why does it have to be US news trolling as if it were Reddit? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by DandomRude@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 215 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] qaz@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) There are 27 countries in the EU, there is only one USA. Most people don't seem to care about each other's national happenings. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) That's so fascinating. As an American, only peak news from Mexico and Canada gets on my radar. I don't know shit about Brazil, Cuba, etc. and with my shit American education system, I can't even name the South American countries. So if you're in Italy, you don't give a shit about Austria, Switzerland, or France and their big news? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Yes, we do. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) I remember in primary school that we were tasked with learning the names and capitals of all countries on the planet, continent for continent, so there is an early taught awareness of all countries, as well as a culture for backpacking, experiencing and adapting to other cultures. As a Norwegian, most news here are about here, and only major headlines from other countries are mentioned in the news, like the upcoming doctors strike in UK in the news today or the power outage in Spain a while back. Some more news from Sweden though, as it is our closest neighbour and the country we visit the most. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) That's so fascinating. As an American, only peak news from Mexico and Canada gets on my radar. I don't know shit about Brazil, Cuba, etc. and with my shit American education system, I can't even name the South American countries. So if you're in Italy, you don't give a shit about Austria, Switzerland, or France and their big news? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Yes, we do. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) I remember in primary school that we were tasked with learning the names and capitals of all countries on the planet, continent for continent, so there is an early taught awareness of all countries, as well as a culture for backpacking, experiencing and adapting to other cultures. As a Norwegian, most news here are about here, and only major headlines from other countries are mentioned in the news, like the upcoming doctors strike in UK in the news today or the power outage in Spain a while back. Some more news from Sweden though, as it is our closest neighbour and the country we visit the most. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) I remember in primary school that we were tasked with learning the names and capitals of all countries on the planet, continent for continent, so there is an early taught awareness of all countries, as well as a culture for backpacking, experiencing and adapting to other cultures. As a Norwegian, most news here are about here, and only major headlines from other countries are mentioned in the news, like the upcoming doctors strike in UK in the news today or the power outage in Spain a while back. Some more news from Sweden though, as it is our closest neighbour and the country we visit the most. permalink fedilink source parent