• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I’ve been guilty of that- commenting before checking what community the post was in. Thankfully, I’ve found that most people outside of the US prefer gentle correction. Unfortunately, I doubt the average person from the US would show the same courtesy if the roles were reversed.

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      1 month ago

      I find that it correlates more with education status than nationality… but therefore it surely is more rare among the set of average Americans who have access to the internet than globally.

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        1 month ago

        … the average Westerner also has access to the internet? At most, maybe it excludes those who don’t speak English