A few examples include s*x questions on askreddit, “this” comments, nolife powermods, jokes being more frequent than actual answers

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    I saw this complaint on reddit a lot, but at the end of the day, it was a US based site. Of course there will be mostly Americans and they will default to that understanding.

    Also, the US is a large country. It’s not like Europe where you’re a day trip away from 5 other countries. Most Americans can’t afford travel outside the US, so they only have exposure to the many cultures within the US.

    The hate Americans get for not catering discussion on a US based site to the global community is really what’s strange.

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      Most Americans can’t afford travel outside the US, so they only have exposure to the many cultures within the US.

      You can travel in a straight line over land 2700 miles from Washington to Florida without leaving the United States. Make a foray into Canada and you can travel a 4300 mile long straight line from Alaska to Florida without leaving a country that speaks majority English.

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        I’m pretty sure that if you visit all states and provinces, it would be a lot more than 4300 miles

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          True that. I was just looking at straight lines (or what “straight line” is when you’re traveling across a sphere)

    • ShittyKopper [they/them]@lemmy.w.on-t.work
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      The hate Americans get for not catering discussion on a US based site to the global community is really what’s strange.

      I just want y’all to stop saying shit like “oh xyz is like 20$ right now” like it’s just as cheap everywhere else in the world.

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      My other irk is the next group that assumes everyone who isn’t American must be from Europe.

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        I’m curious, which part is a myth? I only see facts and not all of them paint America as great.

        These things exist elsewhere, besides. Just not always in “the West.”

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            Let me simplify this. Would you go to a forum with an address in .ar and complain that the discussion doesn’t pertain to you? You wouldn’t, but you are just blindly hateful of Americans for whatever reason.

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                America is far from a monolith. Our states roughly equate to different European countries with vastly different cultures, foods, rights and laws.

                We just speak dialects that are almost all the same and roll up under one political entity. It is not so dissimilar than the EU, otherwise.

                We are, in many practical terms a forced confederation with a shared Constitution. There are those, like in the EU, who want out.

                Edit: the shared single language is one of our under-recognized super-powers. I can travel this huge land mass and communicate viably everywhere. It is key to our cultural impact. It is accidental, but helpful to us. Except when we have people who dislike our impact and become hostile.

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            Which Americans are you talking to? We know there are other countries and cultures. We just aren’t responsible for learning deeply about all of them. No one is.

            You’re using some strong, broad strokes that aren’t reflective of my experience at all.

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      I appreciate that. What bugs me is when people don’t read the name of the sub they’re in though - if it’s askUK or casualuk then maybe it’s not the place to talk about America, particularly when it’s an advice thread about laws for example.

      Just some self awareness would be good.