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> from Asia to Nigeria/Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a country in Asia...
by spacechild1 1mo ago
> from Asia to Nigeria/Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is a country in Asia...
- cyberclimb 1mo agoI don't think they are necessarily asserting otherwise
- Ar-Curunir 1mo agoShipping from Asia to Asia doesn’t make much sense
- cwillu 1mo agoAsia is a pretty big place
- k_roy 1mo agoCompared to a banana?
- bigfatkitten 1mo agoHey, Asia’s not that big. If you’re in Bangladesh, you can simply walk to the electronics store in Japan.
- thaumasiotes 1mo ago> Shipping from Asia to Asia doesn’t make much sense I imagine both the majority of shipments from Asia, and the majority of shipments to Asia, fall into this "nonsensical" category.
- spacechild1 1mo agoSo what does it mean to ship from Asia to Bangladesh? Do you ship from India, Iran or Indonesia? Or just within Bangladesh? :)
- articulatepang 1mo agoIn the context of microcontrollers and electronics, the likeliest intended meaning was shipping from China, South Korea, Taiwan and perhaps Japan, because that’s where the bulk of the fabs are.
- pooper 1mo agoIn my experience, people in the United States often (incorrectly) short hand East Asia as Asia just like the people in the city of New York will often (correctly) short hand New York City as New York.
- chronic7403 1mo ago> In my experience, people in the United States often (incorrectly) short hand East Asia as Asia just like the people in the city of New York will often (correctly) short hand New York City as New York. In my experience, the only demographic who complains about “Asia = east Asia” are people from South Asia, aka Indians/desis
- Conan_Kudo 1mo agoWe aren't the only ones, but we are the loudest about it, because erasure sucks.
- stavros 1mo agoDon't get me started about Macedonia.
- andybak 1mo agoIronically (for my generation in the UK at least) "Asian" meant "South Asian" and for a long time we didn't have a useful shorthand for "all parts of Asia"
- fragmede 1mo agoThat might be a local thing, Hong Kong being a British colony means there's plenty of people in the UK for whom Asian means Chinese.
- avadodin 1mo agoAsian to Brits definitely means South Asian(probably includes West Asians but I'm not sure about that). They were already bitching about this 30 years ago when the net was standardizing on American English where Asian means East Asian. The term for East Asian was Oriental which is now considered racist/passé for some obscure reason.
- farlight 1mo agoI am in Asia, this means nothing, it's the largest continent on earth. I don't pay as much for shipping as the author does, but his struggles are nevertheless relatable: most sellers refuse to ship here, most of those who do want dozens and dozens of dollars for it, and some (few, usually Chinese) sellers save the situation from being completely hopeless.
- BigTTYGothGF 1mo agoSo is Ireland.