Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoEvery European waiter’s greatest fear approacheslemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1439arrow-down118
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minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down5·15 hours ago“Asian tourists” pretty much says all I need to know about this lil anecdote…
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 hours agoit’s because they usually stuck to their buses. no idea if they were Japanese or Chinese, never saw them anywhere beyond talking pictures in some spots.
minus-squareBananaIsABerry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·28 minutes agoSorry bud, you weren’t able to determine what country they were from by visual cues alone? It’s over for you. He knows who you are, deep down.
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 minutes agodo they want me to try to remember and guess the nationality of people I saw from a distance 20 years ago? not going by “they all look the same” but come on. you try to guess the nationality of a tourist you saw across the street 20 or so years ago
minus-squareBananaIsABerry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 minutes agoTsk tsk, not having perfect recall about some random people you literally never interacted with? For shame.
minus-squareauraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·15 hours agoProbably just a regional thing. In the US it means East Asian, in the UK it means Southeast Asians. I guess most places default to the US definition unless they have a big population like the UK due to the US exporting their language through media.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoDoesn’t it mean Indians in the UK? SEA is like Cambodia etc.
“Asian tourists” pretty much says all I need to know about this lil anecdote…
it’s because they usually stuck to their buses. no idea if they were Japanese or Chinese, never saw them anywhere beyond talking pictures in some spots.
Sorry bud, you weren’t able to determine what country they were from by visual cues alone? It’s over for you. He knows who you are, deep down.
do they want me to try to remember and guess the nationality of people I saw from a distance 20 years ago?
not going by “they all look the same” but come on. you try to guess the nationality of a tourist you saw across the street 20 or so years ago
Tsk tsk, not having perfect recall about some random people you literally never interacted with? For shame.
Probably just a regional thing.
In the US it means East Asian, in the UK it means Southeast Asians.
I guess most places default to the US definition unless they have a big population like the UK due to the US exporting their language through media.
Doesn’t it mean Indians in the UK?
SEA is like Cambodia etc.
Yeah, pretty much.