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    The term “Asian” is almost never used in the geographical rather than socio-cultural sense, though.

    Cypriots are certainly European, culturally, and a good number of these nationalities are considered “Middle Eastern” rather than “West Asian”.

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        A “shower thought” alludes to some ‘realization’ you’ve had while zoning out in the shower. This… isn’t that and is more just basic geography.

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          Basic geography to you.

          About a year ago I realized that Russia is both in Europe and Asia…. that was a realization about geography.

          Was it basic? Probably. Probably shows OP’s and my limits regarding geography knowledge.

          TLDR: dumb dumbs have realizations which can be basic knowledge to the average person.

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            See, your realization would actually be a good shower thought.

            OP’s post seems more like a response or reaction to something else (which we don’t have context for). Who thinks that North/South Korea, China, and Japan are the only countries in Asia? Like, specifically in the US, I think we’re all familiar with Vietnam (and the Vietnam war) along with Laos and Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, etc.

            I don’t mean to demean anyone not familiar with geography, but even if you don’t know the names of the countries, you’d have to know more countries exist there, which is why I think this is a weird post. It’d be like posting “The United States consists of multiple states”

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    I think “Asian” evolved to replace “Oriental” since that is no longer an accepted word to use.

    While I understand why we’re trying to get away from such labels as they have historically been used in a derogatory way, it is useful when describing a person. If my white friend told me to look for his friend John in a crowd, and he described him without mentioning he’s “Asian”, I’d probably expect another white guy, since we’re both white. It’s the difference between looking for John Mulaney and John Cho.

    While I hate to divide and label people based on how they look, it is a useful way to describe what someone looks like without having to teach the term “epicanthic folds” to everyone.

    Wouldn’t you agree that describing John Cho as an average height guy in his early 40s with Asian characteristics is no different than describing John Boyega as a black guy of average height in his early 30s?

    Give me a better term to use and I’ll use it.

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      Just to be “that guy”, oriental isn’t a bad word in British English. It’s used very commonly in the names of Cantonese restaurants for example. It’s less commonly used to describe people, but if you did need to specify that the person was east-asian, it wouldn’t raise any eyebrows.

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      since that is no longer an accepted word to use.

      That’s more of a US thing. The orient express for example ran all the way up to 2009. It’s an old and unused word, but not really seen as offensive. Some places in Asia even still use that term today.

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      If not for the mannerism, expression , and fashion I can’t even place an educated guess with confidence on East Asians as an East Asian. Let alone ethnicities even more different that I didn’t inherited the depths on. Of course it will be problematic if that person informed their ethnicity and their boundaries yet that information is disregarded and disrespected by the receiver. Ignorant but with a will to learn is always good in my book.

      P.S. For a general term you are looking for, I vote East Asian in place outdated “oriental”.

      P.P.S. I am not a representative of anyone and my bad take is my own.

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    A bunch of that is “middle eastern”.

    Asia is a huge continent with many distinct ethnic groups, gotta split em up to be more precise when describing someone

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    Wow, someone else has actually heard of Cypriots.

    I’m sure we’ll go back to being forgotten about in like five minutes, but I’m gonna enjoy this moment while it lasts.

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      At my old company I had a few coworkers in Cyprus and they were some great people. One of my US coworkers ended up moving there. I did a video call with him and saw the view he had and holy shit that was the most beautiful beach I’ve ever seen.

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        I’m mostly kidding; I’m an American mutt myself. My father’s family is from Cyprus, though, and I would love to see the place with my own eyes at least once in my life.

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    Not gonna lie, when I saw that list of places, I fell onto a “song of elements” kind of melody and tempo.

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      Fun fact: Tom Lehrer released all of his songs into the public domain (https://tomlehrersongs.com), so you can remix “The Elements” without any permission or royalties. (albeit maybe less significant for that particular song since the melody is from Gilbert & Sullivan anyway)

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      If the Bering Land Bridge still existed, would you also consider Asia and North America as the same continent?

      The definition of continent is made to be useful in daily life to distinguish people’s from global habitats.

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        Wasn’t it mostly ice?
        I wouldn’t, the same way I wouldn’t lump the two Americas together.
        Europe is a bit more hazy. What to do of Russia or Turkey?

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    I wouldn’t say someone from India is Asian… their tectonic plate came out of nowhere and crashed into the Eurasian plate!

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      There was an Indian ethnicity…

      Not just because of plate tectonics, but because a population lived there in isolation for thousands of years, long enough to become distinct enough genetically to be their own racial group.

      But then another wave of migration happened and modern Indians killed pretty much all of them. The ones who survived are the “bottom caste” in the caste system those new immigrants implemented.

      There’s a lot of Indian propaganda to make it seem like that native population just never existed. And modern Indians have always inhabited India, yet somehow still aren’t ethnically Indian either.

      If it’s confusing, that’s kind of the point. Lots of far right authoritarian governments don’t care about logical consistency, they just say whatever makes them look best in any situation

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            Phew, that makes a bit more sense. Still, I haven’t really heard this set of events before, and I’m Indian. Anything I could see for further info?

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              I mean that article is already pretty in depth…

              But it should give you enough to Google for more info on your own.

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      The way we understand current geography came from imperialistic Europe. Pretty much the scientific aspects of it were never updated. Unless the current system is revolutionized, we will have to make do with this mess respectfully.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    Americans aren’t just people from the United States. Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela are also American as they all reside in North or South America.

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    Sure but that’s a huge list, so it’s easier to subdivide into South East Asian, South Asian, and Middle Eastern.