Todays Demographics within FFXIV

[Nikki]

OP Asia is not just east asia. If you are an American i don't blame you for thinking Asia is just China, Korea, and Japan.

[Illmaeran]

OP Asia is not just east asia. If you are an American i don't blame you for thinking Asia is just China, Korea, and Japan.

What?! Are you saying Asia begins on the shore of the Eastern Mediterranean??? Insanity!

I'll have to give people in the US a little credit here as the majority of people outside of the US refer to us as "Americans". United States of Americans doesn't roll off the tongue quite so easily. That being said, they did teach us geography in elementary school so.....

[Vahlnir]

Of all the things the xiv community could have argued about, they chose geography because the guy forgot to put an "s" at the end of "America". Never change, guys.

I've seen people argue over far less.

[Ftail]

The amount of mental gymnastics here is really funny. US people seem to love to pretend they own the term America. I advise looking at a map.

A demonym is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, state, country, continent, planet, and beyond). Demonyms are used to designate all people (the general population) of a particular place, regardless of ethnic, linguistic, religious or other cultural differences that may exist within the population of that place. Examples of demonyms include Cochabambino, for someone from the city of Cochabamba; American for a person from the United States of America; and Swahili, for a person of the Swahili coast.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonym

[Nishira]

Done, gl with the study

[ChazNatlo]

We still debating whether the Poll should have split North and South America?

*Checks*

Yup, we're still debating whether the poll should have split North and South America.

[Penthea]

What I saw in the below image annoyed me. At first I was like "okay they're generalising cultures that they're categorised by large landmasses, which makes sense when you want a short list" and then I saw "Skandinavian" even though that is part of Europe and Europe is already listed.

That gives the impression that OP thinks the rest of Europe is simply "Not Scandinavia". Decided to not bother with the form.

[MilkieTea]

What I saw in the below image annoyed me. At first I was like "okay they're generalising cultures that they're categorised by large landmasses, which makes sense when you want a short list" and then I saw "Skandinavian" even though that is part of Europe and Europe is already listed.

That gives the impression that OP thinks the rest of Europe is simply "Not Scandinavia". Decided to not bother with the form.

That made me laugh out loud not gonna lie. Every other culture is generic (save for East-Asian specifically? Because apparently the rest of Asia doesn't exist lmao) but then there's Scandinavian, which deserves a pretty spot all for them.

[Penthea]

That made me laugh out loud not gonna lie. Every other culture is generic (save for East-Asian specifically? Because apparently the rest of Asia doesn't exist lmao) but then there's Scandinavian, which deserves a pretty spot all for them.

Upon more thought I realised something. In an earlier part they listed Oceania, many people include Australia and New Zealand in that so I assumed this is what they meant. And then the cultural list entirely leaves them out. I guess OP thinks they don't have their own culture? Sure there is an "other" option but the lists need to be consistent, and the lack of consistency just shows a huge lack of awareness of what sort of cultures you can match to certain regions.

Also no prizes for guessing where OP is from, lol.

[Artemiz]

This thread is hilarious, not since watching people thinking Britain leaving the EU meant we were no longer European have I seen such a spectacular misunderstanding of how continents work.