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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sorry Hexbear, you should self-crit here.

I don't know why you assumed their nationality, but they clearly corrected you and you shouldn't double down.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

They didn't though

They just said "fact" in quotes.

If they had said "actually I am from x" I could have engaged differently. But frankly it doesn't matter because they are getting very defensive and calling others westerners without even saying where they are from. They certainly don't have to I aint fishing for personal info or anything but given the surrounding context I could not help but respond the way I did.