My apologies, I shouldn’t have assumed you were from the U.S.

Well, I can’t blame you, even in person people keep assuming I’m from the US!

In person getting treated like a Usonian is a sore point as much as it’s something I’ve learned to have a sense of humor about, but on the Internet it’s clear that there is a wider problem of treating Seppos as the default nationality. I think that unlearning this behavior or attitude, and combating Americocentrism in general, is a clear point of improvement for Hexbear’s site culture, that this would entice more users of other nationalities to join and allow for a broader range of perspectives. So it’s important to call out Americocentrism when it appears, but maybe less as something to apologize for and more as something to improve on.

It was an acquaintance ‘in Venezuela’.

I did also say “US overseas citizen” so maybe you’re just tired.

I misread it.

There is a really obvious joke to be made here, but I am not going to make it…

I hope things work out for them

I hope so too, but I’m certainly managing my expectations.