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Sort of funny that the README never mentions which government they're talking about. Classic USA trying to make sure everyone knows they're the most important country in the history of planet Earth

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It's implied which government they are talking about because 1) .gov is only used by the US; and 2) The GitHub account is GSA - U.S. General Services Administration.

It's only implied if you're from America and know that GSA (which does not contain US in the acronym) is US.

Same here, it took me few seconds to realize it was a US only. Usually this is the mindset of “Murricans”, on the internet or otherwise, where sometimes you ask someone “where are you from?” And they proceed to mention the state or worse, the state nickname/short name as if you are living in US, it’s hilarious when they are meeting with people who aren’t in the Americas continent at all :)

I've met a fair number of people internationally and I could probably count on one hand how many of them didn't know that Oregon was a US state.

It could just be that I'm meeting with more educated folks, granted.

You might argue that, but the point isn’t about the receiver/listener side, but rather the speaker, obviously knowing where X will be about that person knowledge in geography, but for the speaker to assume that everyone you are talking to as if they are living in the same country as him/her, imagine you are talking to someone from .. say Thailand, and instead of mentioning the country, they say they from Phayao -a province name, of course, if you happen to be knowledgeable in that region geography or visited before you might know, but it’s still a communication hurdle to assume everyone will.

>you ask someone “where are you from?”

Generally, I'll answer with "The place so nice, they named it twice."[0]

[0] I wasn't sure if I wanted to include an actual reference to define that, but here you go[1].

[1] https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/new...

Edit: Fixed typo.

Without fail when someone asks me internationally where I’m from and I say the US they inevitably ask what state. Saying the state merely short circuits a follow up question that, in my personal experience, is likely to happen.

The "About" section on the side mentions the USA specifically.

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