{"text":"@skinnylatte @mcmullin A lot of people seem to not be able to grasp the scope of how big the US and Canada are, and that not a single place represents the whole.  I remember travelling around Europe, beginning conversations in French so as not to be confused with being an American (it made a big difference, at least at the time) & the number of people who would ask, \"do you know my cousin in Quebec?\"  Quebec is bigger than their countries, is only one of 10 provinces, 3 territories, so, no. :)","truncated":false,"created_at":"Mon Mar 30 03:44:30 +0900 2026","in_reply_to_status_id":"12370415","uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/CStamp\/statuses\/116313927230089100","source":"ActivityPub","source_link":null,"id":12370460,"in_reply_to_user_id":43116,"in_reply_to_screen_name":"skinnylatte","geo":null,"user":{"id":25092,"name":"Carolyn","screen_name":"CStamp","location":null,"description":"I&#39;m still here, I have photos to prove it. (All photos I post are mine unless specifically stated otherwise.)Proud Canadian. (mostly)My non-pinned posts are set to delete after 2 months.No alt text, no boost.I periodically go through old jpegs folders looking for something and end up posting what might be a lot of images.  If this might be annoying, please put #JPegsFolder in your filters. http:\/\/www.carolynstampeen.com","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25092-48-20221118170422.webp","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25092-48-20221118170422.webp","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25092-96-20221118170422.webp","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25092-original-tmp20221112221341.webp","groups_count":0,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":null,"protected":false,"followers_count":0,"friends_count":0,"created_at":"Sun Nov 13 07:13:36 +0900 2022","utc_offset":"0","time_zone":"UTC","statuses_count":582,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@CStamp","cover_photo":false,"background_image":false,"profile_link_color":false,"profile_background_color":false,"profile_banner_url":false,"is_local":false,"is_silenced":false,"rights":{"delete_user":false,"delete_others_notice":false,"silence":false,"sandbox":false},"is_sandboxed":false,"favourites_count":0},"statusnet_html":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@skinnylatte\" class=\"u-url mention\">@skinnylatte<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/musicians.today\/@mcmullin\" class=\"u-url mention\">@mcmullin<\/a> A lot of people seem to not be able to grasp the scope of how big the US and Canada are, and that not a single place represents the whole.  <\/p><p>I remember travelling around Europe, beginning conversations in French so as not to be confused with being an American (it made a big difference, at least at the time) &amp; the number of people who would ask, \"do you know my cousin in Quebec?\"  Quebec is bigger than their countries, is only one of 10 provinces, 3 territories, so, no. :)<\/p>","statusnet_conversation_id":6276321,"statusnet_in_groups":false,"external_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12370460","in_reply_to_profileurl":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@skinnylatte","in_reply_to_ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/skinnylatte","attentions":[{"id":43116,"screen_name":"skinnylatte","fullname":"Adrianna Tan","profileurl":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@skinnylatte","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/skinnylatte"},{"id":176954,"screen_name":"mcmullin","fullname":"David McMullin","profileurl":"https:\/\/musicians.today\/@mcmullin","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/musicians.today\/users\/mcmullin"}],"fave_num":0,"repeat_num":0,"is_post_verb":true,"is_local":false,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}