filister@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy !politics and !news are US centric and then we have !worldnews for the rest of the world? Am I the only one finding this slightly arrogant?message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down150
arrow-up1142arrow-down1message-squareWhy !politics and !news are US centric and then we have !worldnews for the rest of the world? Am I the only one finding this slightly arrogant?filister@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·1 year agoIsn’t it arrogant to assume that it should be another way? (I answer both questions yes)
minus-squareyatalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year ago Isn’t it arrogant to assume that it should be another way? No. Why on Earth would it be that?
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoPeople in the US assume c/news should be centered around them. People outside the US think it should be centered elsewhere. It’s egocentrism regardless.
minus-squaredan1101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI guess OP’s point was that “news” and “world news” should be the same thing.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI guess my point is don’t come into someone else’s house and tell them how to do things
minus-squaredan1101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWe aren’t in the c/news house, we are across the street talking about them behind their backs. ;)
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoOh see I’m in a woodshed I just hadn’t paid attention to whose ┬┴┤( ͡⚆ل͜├┬┴┬
Isn’t it arrogant to assume that it should be another way?
(I answer both questions yes)
No. Why on Earth would it be that?
People in the US assume c/news should be centered around them. People outside the US think it should be centered elsewhere. It’s egocentrism regardless.
I guess OP’s point was that “news” and “world news” should be the same thing.
I guess my point is don’t come into someone else’s house and tell them how to do things
We aren’t in the c/news house, we are across the street talking about them behind their backs. ;)
Oh see I’m in a woodshed I just hadn’t paid attention to whose ┬┴┤( ͡⚆ل͜├┬┴┬