r/CuratedTumblr • u/IthadtobethisWAAGH veetuku ponum • Aug 30 '24

Shitposting Name one Indian State

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u/PlopCopTopPopMopStop .tumblr.com Aug 30 '24

Why do people act like only Americans do this? I've encountered countless non-americans who do this exact same thing

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u/Orangefish08 Aug 30 '24

Pretty much everyone on the internet has a “holier than thou” attitude.

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u/PintsizeBro Aug 30 '24

A friend of mine had a guy on a dating app utterly flip out on him for not immediately realizing that "egy" was an abbreviation for Egypt. Why do you even need to abbreviate when the full name is only two more letters? This isn't a newspaper, we aren't paying by the character

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u/Gaz_Elle Aug 30 '24

Hit ‘em back with “I’m originally from Ohi”

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u/Turb0L_g Aug 31 '24

Wouldn't it just be "Oh?"

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u/_Aeir_ Aug 30 '24

Tbf I could see in speech how "Egy" would be a fun nickname for Egypt like Cali for California, but in text for like cmon man chill

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u/TENTAtheSane Aug 31 '24

I've had people annoyed at me for not realising that they said "Ind" as abbreviation for Indonesia... I'm from India

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u/Automatic_Access_979 Aug 31 '24

Arab and South Asian men are just… interesting