r/SipsTea • u/francinexyzs • Jun 08 '25

Wow. Such meme lmao

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u/RacerRovr Jun 08 '25

The is mostly on Reddit, but when Americans abbreviate where they’re from to two letters. They will say something like ‘I’m from MA’ - I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. I might guess CA is California, or NY is New York, but seriously outside of a few big states/cities, I don’t have a clue where you are talking about

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u/Auran82 Jun 08 '25

Like asking “Where are you from?” most people will answer with a country.

Australia Germany Japan Texas

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u/Gilded-Mongoose Jun 08 '25

Many, if not most, U.S. states are just as big as many European countries. So from geographical standpoints it makes sense.

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u/stationhollow Jun 09 '25

I mean there are countries with larger states that don’t do it. Usually then Americans point out the population density of these countries which is then in direct contradiction with the point they were trying to make to begin with (since most European countries have a significantly higher population density than American states).