maybe i'll come off as an asshole for saying this (when do i not) but it actually felt quite comforting at the start of the pandemic when all USA cons and events got cancelled because for a while i felt a little less alone for living in the wrong country and only existing online
the best thing that ever happened to me was how a globalized internet helped me finally have friends and the worst thing that ever happened to me is how USA-centric that global internet is