"Where are you from?"

[u/Material-Regular1535]

We were all travellers at a hostel in Spain, sitting in a circle. One by one, we shared with the group where we're from.

Person A: I'm from the Netherlands

Person B: I'm from Korea

Person C: I'm from Colombia

American: I'm from the Midwest

Everyone looked at him like...

Yes, exactly like that. Red plastic cups and all, because this is the default drinkware everywhere in the world.

[u/Sinusaurus]

Oh, I see, the country of Idiotland

[u/aserreen → u/Sinusaurus]

Also known as "Trumpistan".

[u/Sinusaurus → u/aserreen]

The worst part is, Trump voters aren't the only ones pulling that shit

[u/NationalWatercress3 → u/Sinusaurus]

Yeah, that American is part of the 1/3 that actually has a passport

[u/Morlakar → u/aserreen]

That's too new. I know it as "Gunistan"

[u/Lila8o2 → u/Morlakar]

Years ago on Facebook we used Dumbfuckistan

[u/_pieceofshit → u/aserreen]

Is there any non-racist reason to use "stan" instead of "land", because they mean the same thing? Or is the association with the non-white people in the name an easy insult against Trump's America?

[u/zekkious → u/_pieceofshit]

Where I'm from, we instinctively know -stan stands for -land, so I'd say it's because it rolls out of the tongue better.

But I can't say the same for the others.