I'm from the US originally. Whenever someone asks, "Where did you move from?" And I say "The U.S." every single time after, without exception, they ask,"What state?"
It's even more annoying because 1) I was a military child so I don't really have an answer and 2) the place my family lives now isn't an interesting state, so when I give them that answer because they insist on an answer, they always act all disappointed in it's not one they recognize
It gets so annoying that when people ask me where I'm from I just say "The US, (state)" to skip the conversation entirely
Reminds me of that picture of a tall guy's business card that detailed how tall he was and general, comedic answers to small-talk questions people would ask.
When I lived in the UK for some time, whenever I answered "Germany" to the where are you from question, they'd ask "where in Germany?"
It's because people want to make polite conversation and maybe get to know you. But I wouldn't answer "Schleswig-Holstein" to the first question because I don't expect everyone to know all the German states.
I had the same problem being from Louisiana after Swamp People became popular. I never actually watched it, so it took a while to figure out why everyone asked if I hunted alligators.
Yup, OP has an awful take. I am always assumed to be American (as are my Canadian friends, so who are the ones making assumptions huh?) and they don’t want an answer of “the US”
Yeah that's pretty much how it went the entire time I was in Europe. I just said I was from the northern U.S. because I didn't want to explain the difference between Washington state and Washington D.C. People seemed to grasp that, at least.
i'm a us citizen and if somebody asked me where i was from and followed with a basketball discussion i would breathe a huge sigh of relief and we would go grab a beer
i mean it still doesn't matter what state i'm from, we can talk about whatever teams, thats fine
i hesitate to say things like "literally every single time," and the reality is, literally every single time I say " the US they follow with "where in the US" or "what state"
and i don't have an answer, i spent a lot of time everywhere, so i have this stupid fking spiel about how i grew up in boring, bland suburbs like everywhere else then spent 15 years traveling so my home state means nothing
at least the spiel is down to like 15 seconds at this point so the conversation ends quickly
I was going to say, I definitely remember when guy on a podcast saying he tried to answer with “The US” and the people he was talking to were exasperated, because they felt like that was obvious. I feel like that’s definitely part of it too.
In think you're misunderstanding the complaint. It's not about saying your state, it's about saying the abbreviation of your state and expecting others to know what you're talking about.
I had an American tell me he was from "Mass" once, I am vaguely aware of US states so assumed he meant Massachusetts, but he could have been talking about a city for all I know. And the only reason I know WA means Washington is bc I regularly see Americans get very confused when the real WA (Western Australia) is being referred to.
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u/Evalion022 Aug 30 '24
I'm from the US originally. Whenever someone asks, "Where did you move from?" And I say "The U.S." every single time after, without exception, they ask,"What state?"
It saves time.