#and then you went 'yeah australian culture around (x) is different than it is here' and australian people went | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

asterchats · 4 months

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there is not a comparable media consumption level for ppl living in the us consuming media about other countries. It is not "oh you watched 2 american tv shows and now you think you know everything" it's everything is american unless specified otherwise. you do not have that point of comparison it does not exist for you. we (external non-US people) don't have a perfect idea of living in the us but our grounds for thinking we have SOME idea is not the same as you saying "oh i know everything about japan" because you watch anime. Anime is a single category of media explicitly related to japan which you watch when engaging with japanese culture.

all media i access is american unless explicitly specified otherwise.

do you see the difference

#reddit americans are all angry strange people anyway but like.#the whole 'ohhhhhhh you think you knowwwwwwww ussssssss' no but i think i have a better idea than what you're affording me bc you're using #your familiarity with england or australia or japan or whatever as your bar #i don't think i know anything really abt england or japan or whatever #and i don't think you do either #but all media i access is USAmerican unless explicitly specified otherwise #do you understand #like if everything you ever watched was australian set in australia with australian actors to the point #you can't hear australian accents on film bc you expect them so badly #and then you occasionally watched 1 or 2 america-specific shows which were just as good but not far-spread #and then you went 'yeah australian culture around (x) is different than it is here' and australian people went #YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT AUSTRALIA AND IT'S A BIG COUNTRY. FIGHT ME #bc they have only ever occasionally watched 1 or 2 non-australian things as well #and they know nothing about non-australia #and it is impossible to express to them. because they literally have never experienced the same media eclipse.#australia IS a big country and it IS very varied in population and attitudes and lifestyles and i would argue if the media eclipse #were australian. ppl overseas would have at least a decent stab at what being in an aussie town was like #wrong in places. but #bluey is not outlandishly far off and if actual. things. were actually. set here.#... anyway

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