this post was submitted on 28 May 2026
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[–] RedNajm@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The first west asian instance on mastodon is an iranian diaspora one oh my god lmao jokerfied

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah guess the country where the instance admin lives

germany-cool

[–] RedNajm@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Also hosted there so not really a west asian instance doggirl-thumbsup

[–] RedNajm@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Hello my fellow Iranian citizens. Who else is enjoying being bombed by the US fedposting

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] RedNajm@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

West Asia is the region that includes the Arab peninsula, Levant, Iran and Turkiye, basically the term "middle east" without the historical baggage of the term, my bad I didn't clear it up

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This region is also known as the near east, because the world is silly.

[–] daniyeg@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

near, middle and far east are late 19th century terms. near east was the ottoman empire, far east was china and everything in between was technically middle east but it usually only referred to iran, arabian penisula and afghanistan (british india was excluded).

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Near east was anything west of the Persian gulf, middle east was anything east of it ubtil we got to the far east.

The "Near east" would include the Arabian peninsula, Iraq, Iran, the Levant, Cyprus and Egypt. So yeah "Ottoman Empire" if you're extremely generous

To quote wikipedia

According to the National Geographic Society, the terms Near East and Middle East denote the same territories and are "generally accepted as comprising the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian territories, Syria, and Turkey".[6]

And

The term Near East was used to refer to the part of the Orient nearest to Europe, as opposed to the Middle East (then comprising the lands between the Persian Gulf and Southeast Asia)[3] and the Far East (East Asia and beyond), together known as the "three Easts";

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The West and the Easts implies that they are West and East of something, so, which do you think is supposed to be the center of the world in this system? Greek-occupied Constantinople or European-occupied Jerusalem?

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

... "The west". There's no actual axis mundi necessary here. And no axis mundi would be correct, because these are loose definitions made for ease of use by open white supremacists in a geopolitical context older than anyone alive

"East" is "East" of "West".

Why are we being pedantic wrongly now?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

But what is the West to the West of? Do you think white supremacists would define themselves by the East?

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes white supremacists define themselves by not being of "the other" all the time! That is pretty much exclusively what defines "white" or "west" today!

Edit:I mean Australia and sometimes Japan get to be in the club, and look at a map!

[–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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W....E
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West Asia..................................................Japan

[–] daniyeg@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i did not need to see this my day is already ruined.

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Welcome to !slop@hexbear.net, how may we ruin your day?

[–] daniyeg@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

show me slop from hogs that don't hit too close to home.

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
[–] daniyeg@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

still asinine and hurts my head but at least i don't feel personally offended. thanks.

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

/srs: Hope your day improves though 💚

[–] daniyeg@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

/srs thanks but it won't for the foreseeable future. some things just suck and you have to tough it out.

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah I know the feeling 😕

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Account name @faker with jojopyun profile picture.

freeze-gamer league of legends fan, the worst kind.

The second one has Sephiroth in the name, holy shit.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Mastodon is still twitter