Nahhh, I appreciate for once a Reddit post from outside the US that doesn't feel the need to heavily qualify itself about where it is coming from or why Reddit should care.
There's also a million Richmonds within the US. I live in Richmond and whenever I meet someone online who's also in Richmond it turns out to be a different Richmond
Richmond, London is actually named after the palace that was built there by Henry VII, with the palace being named after Henry's Earldom, Richmond, North Yorkshire.
And that's actually the original one which the one in London is named after. It was Henry VII's Earldom. The same Henry built a palace and named it Richmond Palace after his Earldom, and the town around it was called Richmond after the palace.
Huh, I didn't know that. What I did know is that his (edit: I can't read. I meant Henry VII's son, Henry VIII, he of the 6 wives) main religious guy pre-Reformation, Cardinal Wolsey, was the Archbishop of York (though he wasn't very big on actually doing anything in York itself) and after Wolsey was disgraced, Henry took over his palace, which eventually became Whitehall...
I should check out Richmond Park the next time I'm in the capital. I've been to Kew and the RBG, but not Richmond.
Absolutely not, in fact this Richmond is named because Henry VII built a palace here and named it after himself, he was the Earl of Richmond which is a place in Yorkshire. So this Richmond is named after another Richmond in the UK.
Not to mention that the confusion was partly caused by British explorers/settlers in the first place.
It's like when Canadian Ontarians get upset when people ask for clarification on which Ontario, CA they're referring to, when the context isn't clear. Canadians came to the only state with the same initials and caused this in the first place!
It seems this post is referring to the London Borough of Richmond, which comes from a palace there which was named in 1501 after the town of Richmond in Yorkshire, which was founded in 1071, with the name coming from Richemont in Normandy.
PNW = Pacific Northwest, basically the states of Washington and Oregon. BC = British Columbia, the Canadian province directly to the north of Washington state.
Yeah legit an American will post from anywhere and assume we know because "Reddit is an American website" and then it happens to them in reverse and they throw a fit
I hate US defaultism as much as the next guy, but there are many places named Richmond outside of the USA. Many of us thought that it was Richmond BC for instance
How would we possibly know that from the post lol? That's just a big ol' assumption we have no way of validating outside of asking. Last I checked trying to be informed was a good thing...
Brick chimney, brick wall, left side driving in the wing mirror, and also why would he be visiting any of the other Richmonds? They aren't capitals or even particularly important cities in their countries.
Most of these comments are just pure us defaultism.
I'd argue the comments are more pure "wherever you're from-ism". There are assumptions of knowledge even in your reply. What if the driver is just a passenger and someone else is driving in the blind spot? Brick wall and chimney are found all around the world. Nothing in this photo concretely gives away the location, and even using deductive reasoning isn't enough here- what if this dude has a private personal reason for being a different Richmond like family or something? There are still assumptions at play no matter how you dice it. If you want to know for sure, then asking is the way to do it. Why would anyone be offended or annoyed by that? Makes no sense
Brick wall and chimney aren't found all over the world, and a Google about the architecture tells me that they aren't in the other windows, certainly not in that style which is very English. I didn't even mention the driver, you can easily see the traffic behind in the wing mirror and deduce from that which side of the road they are driving on.
I'm not upset by anything, just fighting the good fight against us defaultism.
I get that but why are you doing it with my comment lol? I'm fighting the good fight about being informed and I feel like you're counter is "UK defaultism", I never even mentioned us defaultism, just that the post is ambiguous. There's no way to know with certainty outside of having been there yourself that it's Richmond, UK. Denying that is feeding right into whatever defaultism you're unknowingly a part of lol
It irks me when people just want to be educated and others get upset because "you should just already know". That's how misinformation spreads
Not to suggest you're upset or a unknowingly a part of some other defaultism (though I think we all are to some degree). But you'll have trouble convincing me that anyone on Earth should just already know which Richmond is implied lol. Many different people live many different lives and learn many different things. Any assumption of knowledge is on another's behalf is a misplaced assumption
I just replied but I feel like my last reply to this was more harsh than it needed to be so i apologize for that. I feel like we're coming at the same coin from two sides, and debating different angles of the same thing. You're against us defaultism, I'm for being informed. I feel like those two already align well lol
That makes no sense though. Boston in Lincolnshire in England was around before Boston in Massachusetts in the US, but when you say “Boston” people generally think you’re referring to the latter. It’s helpful to specify which one you’re talking about, and it takes next to no effort
This isn't the original. This post is referring to the London Borough of Richmond, which comes from a palace there which was named in 1501 after the town of Richmond in Yorkshire, which was founded in 1071.
It shouldn’t matter which one’s the “original” imo, it’s still nice to clarify regardless. I don’t get upset when people want to know which “Vancouver” I’m referring to.
I mean it’s a town with a generic name that’s technically inside of one of the most famous cities in the world. It has a population around 20k. You could say London, or really specifying makes sense.
If I said I saw Boris Johnson in University Park, that would mean nothing.
There are exactly 29 Richmonds in the US and 11 others outside of the US. So this time it would be reasonable to assume it is in the US as 72.5% of the world's Richmonds are located in the US.
So true. Specifying a common place name on a global website is completely unnecessary, especially for the people who don't know of any places named "Richmond", especially for the people who know of one or multiple! You all look really good right now! /s
People will really do and say the dumbest, nonsensical stuff to 'own the muricans'.
Does it matter which Richmond it is anyway? The point is an emporer drive past OP. ( And I live in W4 so just assumed the correct Richmond given the emporer is currently in the UK visiting the Royal Family.)
Are you from the US by any chance? Anyone on the internet who isn’t from the US will know that people from America CONSTANTLY do this all over the internet (hence the subs r/USdefaultism and r/ShitAmericansSay) so it’s hilarious to see none other than Americans getting butthurt about the lack of further context here 😂
Nope, neither place. You threw out insults at me from a single comment, but somehow I’m the ignorant one. Calling me elitist when I work a blue collar job. I make decent money, but wasn’t born into it. I’ve traveled quite a bit and have family in Europe. I made one single comment and somehow you think you know my life story. Like I said every single statement you made was completely incorrect, like not even in the ballpark. I guess you’re too busy studying the emperor of Japans daily routine to learn common courtesy.
To be fair my mind actually went to UK before Virginia, I am American but I do watch a lot of Ted Lasso and the (fictional) team there is AFC Richmond.
that still doesnt narrow it down loads. we drive on the left here in richmond, australia, it's in one of the biggest cities in the country, and i think emperors are known to travel by old fancy town towncar at every opportunity.
i wouldnt know it, could be passengers. passengers have phones too. left side front seat of fancy car is obstructed, could be banana thin person driving car too
It could also be a movie set in LA, but I think we can safely assume that the photo of the Emperor driving in a British car, with a driver on the right side, with British license plates in the sideview mirror is indeed the UK.
Thats what I thought at first. I saw a very fancy rolls royce in victoria b.c the other day. So when I saw this post i immediately thought it was Richmond BC
521
u/[deleted] 4d ago
Ah yes, Richmond. Everyone knows where Richmond is.