filister@lemmy.worldcake to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months 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-square63fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down151
arrow-up1140arrow-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.worldcake to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squareyata@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months 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-down1·11 months 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-up3·11 months agoI guess OP’s point was that “news” and “world news” should be the same thing.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoI guess my point is don’t come into someone else’s house and tell them how to do things
minus-squaredan1101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months 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-211 months agoOh see I’m in a woodshed I just hadn’t paid attention to whose ┬┴┤( ͡⚆ل͜├┬┴┬
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├┬┴┬