I was just saying that way you said it does seem to assume others understood you're talking about the US. If you specify it ("we in the US") then that avoids the whole issue.
Kusimulkku
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Yes it does imo, and the "we" would include everyone else as part of that city, which is what bothers some people.
I've had people be absolutely furious when I didn't specify that the country I was talking about was Finland and not the US.
"We should do X"
"But we do, here's a link"
"That's about the US, not Finland"
"Why would you assume we know you're from Finland??"
It's pretty funny and I admit that I do it on purpose.
"We need this as a city" and "we need this in my city" have a different meaning imo. First one makes it sound like you're including us in your "we", as in the people in your city.
If I said "we need public transit as a city" am I assuming that everyone lives in my city or am I simply talking about my own city?
I mean you meant the US, though, right?
Now we're talking
China trolls Trump with...
Oh damn
Chinese social media users
Eh.
That's pretty good
Lemmy can be so dramatic at times
20 year sexual relationship and the dude never figured the woman she had the affair with was actually a dude. Lmao.
In police custody, Shi explained to doctors how he had hidden his genitals to convince Boursicot that he was a woman. And as the French doctors sent to examine Pei Pu discovered, he could create the appearance of having female genitalia by making his testicles ascend into his body cavity and tucking his penis back.
One hell of a tuck job
Still a really important correction imo