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Comment by cyberjar

14 days ago

"the Default Country" is a good one. I'll have to start using that.

I think it a reference to "default city" from the russian internet, when people noticed that people from Moscow never specify the city when talking about topics which would normally require knowledge of which city are they residents of

Eventually it evolved, sometimes people say "hey, I'm from DC" or "hey, I live in DC2" (that means the second largest city, Saint-Petersburg)

  • Yes. Default Country for the world on many English-speaking forums is the same as Default City for Russia.

Especially from someone whose "modern art" means mid-19th centuary European art under an article that starts with "In the mid-twentieth century".

For fun, ask a citizen of the Default Country where cars were invented ...

  • At some point they discovered it was easier to just convince everyone they were exceptional than to actually be exceptional.