

Most of the hilarity seemed to come from the fact that Iceland is a small country and that doesn't matter or something. It shouldn't matter, but it's worth noting that Iceland is bigger than South Korea, Taiwan, Ireland or Portugal. It has nearly as many people in it as The Bahamas. We've had many a thread about smaller groups of people that are not dismissed in this way.



I am not anti-lolz, far from it, and I don't think the thread is a bomb by any means. But the post framing was not really humorous, and to be honest I think it's kind of a dick move to belittle other countries, full stop. I think it's an especially dick move when we know we have mefites from this country active here, and it's a topic that matters to them and they will care about.



I think it would make for a better community if, when about to comment in a thread on a topic we know little-to-nothing about, we could consider what exactly we're contributing to the conversation.



I bring this up, because I feel a kind of trite dismissal regarding things American mefites don't especially understand or care about is a Thing. I'd like if we could be a bit more conscious of it, our roles in perpetuating it, the effect it may have on international members of this site. I am positioning this as a flaw that every American mefite has, nor as a phenomenon limited to American mefites, nor am I trying to co-opt or presuppose Kattallus' feelings about this; this are my feelings.



Thanks very much for having a read,

I was a bit disappointed when the recent thread about Iceland's elections devolved into lolz pretty much from the get go. Would it be possible for us as a community to be a little more conscious of how we approach posts about other countries?