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[Boredoom]

Popcorns!!!
*Boredoom has entered 2hours of inactive state in toilet due to easting a couple ton of popcorns*

Thanks for zee popcorns!

[cry_nevermore]

i live in the American boondocks, where the cows are outnumbered only by the hay that feeds them.

[Goobera]

i live in the American boondocks, where the cows are outnumbered only by the hay that feeds them.

..but, internet access ..so there was at least some development

[Dimitraa]

I am from Greece the land of crisis.

[Euodiachloris]

Um... where I currently am? Or, where I grew up? Or places I've lived for more 5 years? Or where I was born? As... um...

I've done a fair bit of moving across continents. I'm going to have to plump for "UK"... but, that's not my whole story. By a long chalk.

Tien jaare as 'n kind in Suid-Afrika af en niks beteken dit? Dit wil ek nie glo nie, man.

Edited by Euodiachloris, 04 January 2013 - 05:32 AM.

[Rista]

I am from sweden ^^ (why was it such a racket about scandinavia belonging to Europe or not? what a silly question XDD)

[Goobera]

@Rista: Nice signature ^^

But whoa, this many Kubera readers from Europe o_O I was like totally sure that there are tons of readers from USA and Asia, but only a few from Europe, and so far it seems like the European readers would top the poll ranking o_O Considering that most European countries do not have English as their main or even secondary/mandatory language.. It was a good idea to make that poll, the results are definitely very unexpected o_O

Africa and Middle East/Central Asia I can understand, since those regions are poor, and have very little internet access. But no one from Russia or former Soviet Union yet? But someone DID translate the Kubera title into Cyrillic letters...?
Or did you all click on "Europe", since half of Russia belongs to Europe anyway o_O?

[Euodiachloris]

Or did you all click on "Europe", since half of Russia belongs to Europe anyway o_O?

Russia itself is traditionally "European", particularly after Peter the Great went all out to try to avoid "Asian". <shrugs> But, before that... that's where it's always leaned since the Rus came from Scandinavia, even.

[Mizura]

lol, no Russians, no Africans, no Middle-Easterns either. xD
Well, makes sense, they probably won't be hanging around English-speaking forums...

[fiveseconds]

Russia itself is traditionally "European", particularly after Peter the Great went all out to try to avoid "Asian". <shrugs> But, before that... that's where it's always leaned since the Rus came from Scandinavia, even.

I thought the Russians always deny that, or at least they don't see it as a popular theory.

I wasn't surprised about the demographics because someone made this thread asking where Batoto members came from and most of them were Europeans. I was surprised about the number of Europeans on Batoto though. xD

And yeah, that makes sense. I've met my fair share of people from UAE and Qatar online, but on games and not... webcomic forums.

By the way, how do you come from "somewhere else"?

[Kaiein]

And yeah, that makes sense. I've met my fair share of people from UAE and Qatar online, but on games and not... webcomic forums.

By the way, how do you come from "somewhere else"?

From somewhere else? Say you live in the Falkland Islands (which are currently being fought over by Britain and Argentina (I think) AGAIN). There's a disputed area.

My Kuwaiti friend/classmate would probably be on here (he LOVES webtoons and mangas) BUT his foreign-exchange foster parents don't care for this kind of thing and have Batoto (and other sites) blocked. The internet's also apparently harder to access than in normal places here in the USA (in some parts of Kuwait). However, they get American TV just fine.

Edited by Kaiein, 05 January 2013 - 04:18 AM.

[darrocia]

One from Holland here ()

[Euodiachloris]

I thought the Russians always deny that, or at least they don't see it as a popular theory.

Depends on the Russians you're thinking about. Like anything else in the region, there's always somebody willing to strike up an argument and/or do the total opposite.

Oh... and the Scandinavian roots, however, cannot be disputed. The details can, alright (those are probably fairy tales)... but, the bald fact is that a significantly large group of Scandinavians from somewhere else (who knows where exactly from there, though ) colonised the region... probably in waves over quite a significant time period. What the actual history was? Dunno: but, I strongly doubt the "oh, will you please come and give us order and rule over us ktnx" bit of it. Let alone the names of those who did. There's a reason why I pointed to the disambiguation, not the fairy tale itself.

Strong suggestion: what occurred in England might have happened elsewhere, though. The Anglo-Saxons and Jutes came over originally as mercenaries when local kingdoms hired them to keep other bands of marauders away when they couldn't do so themselves... and, they ended up taking over both culturally and via population numbers over time. This can be seen where I live in North Tyneside and still impacts the language around here. The fairy tales will have some truth to them. It's the degree that's at issue.

By the way, how do you come from "somewhere else"?

Try working out where St Helena belongs. <shrugs> Or, many of the dots in the Pacific region. Dots usually have trouble finding a pigeon hole others will accept, let alone themselves.

[Boredoom]

@@ I learn more about history from euo than I do on my history classes

[fiveseconds]

Oh... and the Scandinavian roots, however, cannot be disputed. The details can, alright (those are probably fairy tales)... but, the bald fact is that a significantly large group of Scandinavians from somewhere else (who knows where exactly from there, though ) colonised the region...

Try working out where St Helena belongs. <shrugs> Or, many of the dots in the Pacific region. Dots usually have trouble finding a pigeon hole others will accept, let alone themselves.

The popular one I see is that a group of Swedes migrated east and eventually integrated themselves into the Slavic tribes. And then there were the Varangians. *shrugs*

And isn't Saint Helena British territory? Oh well, maybe they consider themselves far away enough to be separate from the English. I used to wonder what country you'd belong to if you were born on a plane, or ship.

[Gizmos]

Umm, I live in Turkey but in Europe side of it, so i don't want to vote it as Middle East TT

[( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)]

I'm from Spain , but i was really tempted by the other dimension option xD It seems to me there are more european people here that there are in the TOG forums.

[Euodiachloris]

And isn't Saint Helena British territory? Oh well, maybe they consider themselves far away enough to be separate from the English. I used to wonder what country you'd belong to if you were born on a plane, or ship.

"British" doesn't mean "European": when Hong Kong and Kowloon were British, you'd have a hard time convincing the inhabitants they were anything but East Asian of (usually) Cantonese decent... even though they usually identified as British. And, in St Helena's case... it's hard to say it's a part of Africa. Check where it is...

The Falklands identify with other dots in the Southern Atlantic Ocean (including St Helena) before they identify with being South American, as well... although part of that is probably trying to tell Argentina they'd rather be considered part of Antarctica before they'd allow themselves to be any nearer their clutches through a naming convention.

And, I give you a more northerly problem: the Canaries. African... or do you wish to call them Spanish, and therefore, European? And, Hawaii: part of the Pacific Island community, or the American continent? It doesn't suddenly get attached to the North American continental shelves because it's politically a state. Heck, the whole place is between shelves.

Edited by Euodiachloris, 08 January 2013 - 08:56 AM.

[Goobera]

Umm, I live in Turkey but in Europe side of it, so i don't want to vote it as Middle East TT

Ok, you opt out of Turkey in Middle East, and chose Europe, and I opt out of cold Germany, and change my citizenship to Hawaii ^^ You can all visit me if you like, but Hula dancing and wearing of banana leaf skirts is required xD

[tkl.ee]

Yah, I'm also surprised by the large amount of us came from Europe.. Interesting. I was also expecting more from North America. That aside..

Here comes my pet peeve... so sorry in advance! ><!

Since it seems that you're really not separating countries by the 7 continents only then here are some suggestions:

If I remember correctly, a few of my Egyptian friends considered themselves as Middle Easterners and not African. Thus perhaps you may want to move Egypt to the Middle East.

I am also wondering since you have put Middle East and Central Asia on the poll that you should also separate "Asia" to East Asia (China, N/S Korea, Japan,Taiwan, and Mongolia), Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Burma, Thailand etc) and South Asia. Central Asia and Middle East actually don't include Pakistan and Afghanistan. They instead belong to South Asia along with India. The Middle East technically means West Asia including Egypt.

And since you have placed Middle East (not a continent) as one of the categories then perhaps, you may want to include "East Europe/North Asia" that way Russia will have a category with other nations aside from her own. Maybe if you do that then might as well separate Europe into West/North/South Europe. That way, anyone from the western part of Turkey can place themselves under South Europe.

It's a bit redundant to put South America and Latin America since technically, Latin America includes South America; thus, having only a category call "Latin America" should be feasible enough.