Do you assume people on the internet are from the same country as you?

[neuromantic]

I am from England and I always assume everyone I speak to is from America. This is mostly because 80% of the time they ARE americans.

 

[Connosaurus Rex]

Everyone is an AMERICAN here because, well, I don't know really.

 

[Beardon65]

Never really. During online playing I do play with alot of my fellow American people, but very often I find myself in a server filled with Germans, Scandinavians, Australians and Brits. Hard to talk about anything except world news and games. Though surfing about and I find that some escapists here are from the UK.

 

[ejb626]

If they speak English I ussually assume they're American until they say something like "this game cost me 100 bloody pounds" at which case I change my assumption most people I see on the internet if they ever reveal they're nationality are either from the UK or the US

 

[Citrus]

I'm Canadian. The default country I assume people are from is the US.

 

[likalaruku]

No, but I DO have a bad habbit of assuming that everyone I am writing to on the net who isn't a douchebag is a girl, unless they provide a list of interests involving video games & comic books.

 

[Zhalath]

I don't really think of what country people are from. I only do if they bring it up.

 

[Mechanix]

I'm usually under the assumption somebody is from the US or Canada, and is probably from California since it's rare to meet someone from the US not from cali. Although back in runescape I liked to assume everyone was German.....it amused me.

 

[Guitar Gamer]

I am Canadian, I usually asume people are either fellow Canadians or Americans.

I can usually tell pretty soon where someone is by their mannerism's.
no offence but the British seem generally a little cynical.

 

[TheGreatCoolEnergy]

No

 

[BonsaiK]

Since I'm from the U.S., I'll admit I'm guilty of this from time to time. What about the rest of you, Escapists?

EDIT: Before anyone asks, I did search bar (I love how that's a verb here), and found nothing.

I'm from Australia and I never assume anyone is from here. I often get quite a shock when I find people who ARE from Australia on the net just because of the low probabilities involved (and then I start looking at if they're female and how far away from me they live ahem). I always find it amusing and even a little disturbing when other people obviously don't take into consideration the very obvious fact that the internet is global.

 

[Vimbert]

I also say bloody a lot, because I found out it was worse than "fucking", but here, nobody knows so you can say it in public and nobody yells at you for it. Apparently descended from the oath "God's Blood" or "Christ's Wounds", both considered highly rude when they were in the common language.

I did not know "bloody" had that kind of origin. I say it every once in a great while (and get funny looks), but I'll have to start throwing it around more.

 

[Hotfoottfox]

Nope, I live in Canada, and everyone I meet on the internet is either from America or Austrailia.

 

[Cakes]

Never. I'm Canadian, and since we make up about .0001% of the internet population, that'd be a pretty silly assumption to make.

 

[Hotfoottfox]

I'm british and living in UK but for some reason i presume most people are American online. Thats mainly because i have encountered mostly Americans online..

My Top 3 encounters online:

1. Americans
2. Brits
3. French

I've only met four french people, probably less than that. D:

Where have you been?

 

[Wildrow12]

Depends where. Usually based on the content and quality of the interaction or the posts made.

For example, when I'm here I assume everyone is from Batshitinsania

 

[Skuffyshootster]

Since I'm from the U.S., I'll admit I'm guilty of this from time to time. What about the rest of you, Escapists?

EDIT: Before anyone asks, I did search bar (I love how that's a verb here), and found nothing.

I did, but then I discovered the Escapist.

Most of the members are European, after all. Funnily enough, I've learned more about European culture on this website then in world cultures class at school.

Usually I would form a poorly put together rant on the U.S. education system, but that's a thread for another day.