Eh. This still remains clearly a product of Ameri-centrism in my mind: An America-only issue was being touted as a global problem everyone should be aware of, so everybody else in the world who has never seen or even imagined this weird shit will regard it as so uncommon as to not matter. And no, I don't think one side was being particularly more 'calm and patient' than the other.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What are you talking about? The thing was a user that shared how a specific practice was bad. The practice itself is not one tied to a specific region, nor where any of the disagreements rooted in specific regions or culture tied to specific regions. How is "stacking rocks" American? Are other people's incapable of stacking rocks? Do they not have water streams?

How is "stacking rocks is very bad for the streams" an American issue? People everywhere do it. It isn't even an outspread thing. The user just posted about it to discourage others. It was so minor. I'm not even american myself, and I (thankfully) dont live in the us. It was still relevant to me.

I'm also kinda sick of the "it's America centric" what if it was? A large part of the userbase is american? Are they not allowed to discuss things relevant to America?

[–] SootyChimney@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I have literally never heard of it happening anywhere else in the world. I never said American things couldn't be talked about, but talking about it like it's a ubiquitous practice, and then getting angry at people who don't understand why it's an issue, is just miscommunication, not a big disagreement. And miscommunications caused by America-centrism is a very tiring affair on the internet. Just prepend the post with "Hey Americans:" and there wouldn't have been any real discussion.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

but talking about it like it's a ubiquitous practice, and then getting angry at people who don't understand why it's an issue, is just miscommunication.

I have no idea how you could possibly have gotten that from what I wrote.
At no point did I mention America, yet it's somehow American because you haven't heard of it?
At no point did I say it was ubiquitous (in fact I've just said it wasn't).
At no point was the issue one of something widespread being bad.
At no point did I write that they talked about it like it's a common thing.
You are reading what you want, rather than what the text says.
A user calmy and patiently explained why and how stacking rocks near waterstreams was bad. This made other users irrationally angry.
The issue was never one of miscommunication, as I have written already. The whole thing was communicated clearly. Users that understood what the practice was, and understood the reasoning for it being bad, were angry that they were being told it was bad and they shouldn't do it.
I'm really struggling to see how you could have gotten any of this from what I wrote. Did you learn to read in that weird way where you just memorized the shape of words, rather than the phonics of letters?

Hey Americans:" and there wouldn't have been any real discussion.

Again, it has nothing to do with America at all.

[–] SootyChimney@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I was literally in that struggle thread (different account) - I wasn't claiming you said certain things, I was commenting on what that thread was. Unless we're talking about entirely different threads about the same thing.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I was also in that thread at the time.
I assumed you were claiming I said these things, as I'd already once asked how you thought it was an American thing, and since you were using "you" phrases. I guess that's the problem with English where the plural and the personal is the same.

It was at no point an american thing specifically, so I still don't get how you think it is americacentric. The fact that you haven't heard of it outside such a context doesn't mean it is, certainly not when you've been informed that it was relevant outside such a context. Taking care of nature is relevant across borders.
As I've already said, I'm not american, but it was relevant to me.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Here's the original thread, determine for yourself if you want