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[-] YourHuckleberry@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

I went to college with a Spanish guy, Milo I watched this exchange.

Girl: "What kind of Spanish are you?"

Milo: ...

Girl: "You know, like Mexican or Colombian or Puerto Rican?"

Milo "No no, I'm from España"

Girl: "But like, which country did you grow up in?"

Milo: " España...uh Spain"

Girl: ...

Me: "There's a country in Europe called Spain, its the place where spanish originated, like England is where english originated."

Girl: "Duh"

Me: "That's where he's from."

Girl: *suddenly realizes how dumb this whole exchange has been and dies of embarrassment.

[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 year ago

At least she acknowledged it, that's better than other people in this situation

[-] YourHuckleberry@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Yeah, she was a very smart person, IIRC she was studying aeronautical engineering, literally a rocket scientist. Just one of those weird ways that you don't think about your bias until it smacks you in the face.

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When people are way too smug about their wrong answer.

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