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Russian placement is interesting
You're right, actually
I've had this argument in VR with Russians, living in Russia, in Russian.
<< Fluent Russian Translated to English >>
• Some cultural markers may be difficult to understand •
Interlocutor: "Yes, but what geographic block is it part of?"
Naz: "Asia, it's on the continent"
I: "But Asia is a landmass and Western Europe is on Asia as well technically, but they are not Asian are they?"
Naz: "They're as much Asian as you are Eastern European"