• P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    2 days ago

    Nobody calls it “eurojank”. They call it “slavjank”. Slavic counties. Like for example, Ukraine, which, hey, is exactly where Stalker developer Volodymyr Yezhov comes from.

    The game is literally about the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine. Don’t bitch about “geofencing” a genre of games when Stalker geofences its own fictional universe.

    It’s like an anime creator bitching about people associating it with Japan when the stories are all strangely focused on Japan for some reason.

      • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        2 days ago

        I suppose it’s one moderately popular youtuber that used the term. So now it’s supposed to be part of everyone’s vocabulary.

        • qarbone@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 days ago

          Maybe it’s a US/EU difference, where EU people wanted to be more specific. I was responding to the incorrect claim that nobody uses the the term “eurojank”.

          • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            1 day ago

            I suspect that most Americans don’t know where Europe is, what countries make it up, and couldn’t point to Ukraine on a map.

            • qarbone@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              0
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              23 hours ago

              That’s probably true.

              Just like I suspect most Europeans couldn’t point out Mississippi or Missouri or Missachetts on the map.

              Or even know that “Missachetts” isn’t a real state.

              • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                0
                ·
                18 hours ago

                It’s a bit different though isn’t it. Missouri is a state, an internal administrative district inside a country. I feel like it’s a bit different than not knowing where a country is.

                • qarbone@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  arrow-down
                  1
                  ·
                  14 hours ago

                  Assuming you aren’t from Ukraine, how much did Ukraine impact your daily life/touch your daily awareness before it became a battlefield? Countries shouldn’t gain more respect just because they’re incorporated as a country, especially when it’s halfway across the world.

                  (Researched, via Wikipedia and WorldPopulationReview) Missouri has a population of 6.3 million and total land area of ~178K km; larger in size than countries like Greece and Hungary, and more populous than countries like Denmark and Finland and Ireland. So it should be less regarded than any of those countries because it remains a state?

                  My stance is: either you should believe any population center of a reasonably large size/population density is worth memorizing or you should just memorize the ones relatively important to you.

                  There are probably distinct provinces in Canada and China outperforming many countries, so why should they exist on a lower tier than a “country”, just because they were persuaded or “persuaded” to incorporate into something larger?

                  • MrFinnbean@lemmy.world
                    link
                    fedilink
                    English
                    arrow-up
                    1
                    ·
                    3 hours ago

                    Ukraine has been always one of the biggest wheat and fertilizer producers in the world.

                    Is Missouri part of international decition making? Does Missouri participate in UN summits? Does the governor of Missouri have voice in international treaties? Does it have embassy in other countries?

                    There are probably distinct provinces in Canada and China outperforming many countries, so why should they exist on a lower tier than a “country”, just because they were persuaded or “persuaded” to incorporate into something larger?

                    Because povinces dont decide foreign policies. Dont have militaries, cant make treaties.