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8organicbitstoday at 12:29 AM2 repliesview on HN

There's a few messages it can show:

      const msgs = [
        `Yes, we know ${country} exists. We're very proud of you.<br><br>This site is about US address forms — the ones that make <em>Americans</em> scroll past Turkmenistan 200 times a year. You have your own postal code problems. We believe in you.`,
        `We see you're visiting from ${country}. Welcome. We regret to inform you that this rant is specifically about American address forms, which are — and we cannot stress this enough — <em>unbelievably bad</em>.<br><br>Your country probably has its own postal code horrors. We'd love to hear about them: <a href='mailto:[email protected]'>[email protected]</a>`,
        `Hello from across the pond (or whichever body of water separates us from ${country}). This is a US ZIP code website. We are aware that other countries exist. We just have 160 million addresses and a 50-state dropdown to be mad about first.<br><br>Your frustrations are valid. Your postal codes are also useful. Put them first too.`
      ];

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watusernametoday at 12:59 AM

None of which reflect well on the author. The "We're very proud of you." is exceedingly condescending.

loloquwowndueotoday at 1:13 AM

Yeah, that was added after the onslaught. I’m in Canada and got the “across the pond” one. Lol.