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Asians are not just Korean, Chinese and Japanese people
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It’s a “shower thought.” It doesn’t need to have a point.
A "shower thought" alludes to some 'realization' you've had while zoning out in the shower. This... isn't that and is more just basic geography.
Basic geography to you.
About a year ago I realized that Russia is both in Europe and Asia…. that was a realization about geography.
Was it basic? Probably. Probably shows OP’s and my limits regarding geography knowledge.
TLDR: dumb dumbs have realizations which can be basic knowledge to the average person.
See, your realization would actually be a good shower thought.
OP's post seems more like a response or reaction to something else (which we don't have context for). Who thinks that North/South Korea, China, and Japan are the only countries in Asia? Like, specifically in the US, I think we're all familiar with Vietnam (and the Vietnam war) along with Laos and Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, etc.
I don't mean to demean anyone not familiar with geography, but even if you don't know the names of the countries, you'd have to know more countries exist there, which is why I think this is a weird post. It'd be like posting "The United States consists of multiple states"