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Re:Dear Academia, I loved you, but I’m leaving you (2014) by aluren on Sunday August 19, 2018 @06:59AM (#17793738)
The sensibilities of expats from these countries tend to be quite misaligned with that of their governments and a large chunk of their fellow countrymen. It is of course the case with almost every country but the divide can be markedly stronger in some countries.
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Re:Dear Academia, I loved you, but I’m leaving you (2014) by gdy on Sunday August 19, 2018 @11:25AM (#17794620)
Do you have any evidence allowing you to single out these two countries?
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Re:Dear Academia, I loved you, but I’m leaving you (2014) by aluren on Sunday August 19, 2018 @01:12PM (#17795144)
Well no, I don't have 'evidence'. I just report what the expats in question tell me. I'm not singling them out, they just came to my mind due to recent conversations. I'm not trying to make a grander point or anything, and not every remark has to be completely exhaustive and evidenced to be 'allowed' into a casual conversation. If you want me to source every statement I make, you're going to have to pay me, just like my boss does when I write papers.
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Re:Dear Academia, I loved you, but I’m leaving you (2014) by gdy on Monday August 20, 2018 @05:59AM (#17798718)
>I'm not singling them out

But you did it and you did it with the "it's pretty obvious" qualifier.

This casual bias needs to be corrected.

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