Outrider wrote:
Jono wrote:
Outrider wrote:
Boo is the only middle-eastern I've ever seen here, while I've seen at least 2-4 South Africans.
You mean like me or envirozentinal?
There was also another guy called AdrianR though he's probably inactive now. He was around last year. And I swear I've seen another one as well.
I'm not trying to say all of you guys are poor or anything, I'm aware of South Africa being the most well-off African nation, just that it's not like Boo is poor either.
But perhaps Boo is right, I've heard S.A. is more multi-ethnic and probably has more English speakers.
But more English speakers in South Africa compared to the entire middle east? Especially considering countries like India that have English as a main language?
I don't buy it how there could be so few here from Asia, especally considering the high population in there. I've only seen about 4 users that have mentioned being from Asia - one from South Korea, another living in Japan (not sure if native Japanese though) and one Indian. And one other.
I can understand America and UK/Europe being the largest demographics here, but I've seen more Australian people, more South American people, and even more African people here than Asian people?
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Well...
Mental diseases/psychiatry things are still so unaccepted and mocked about in the whole Eastern culture (including Asian and MEA). And I don't think this is changing anytime soon.
The funny thing is that my school was the first middle eastern school that established special ed classes for autistics but that wasn't in my time and it was for classic autism only.
There are plenty of Europeans here from non-english speaking countries, so you are right, it's not only the English thing.
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I'm not trying to say all of you guys are poor or anything, I'm aware of South Africa being the most well-off African nation, just that it's not like Boo is poor either.
Yes, I am, very much so - compared to the first/2nd world's average income.