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    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.

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        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.