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    Don’t forget about Japan. They’re also an epicenter of extraterrestrial activity and supernatural disaster

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    That is also how americans see America. So that means all americans are aliens?

    …wait

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      I wouldn’t call it fair but this is actually how Americans see the world, not aliens.

      It’s the reason why superbowl champions are called “world champions” even though only Americans competed…

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      It’s not just movies, also “real” aliens really like to crash land there and probe mainly americans.

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        Well it makes sense, the modern form of aliens is from American mythology. It’s like complaining that all the spottings of the Loch Ness monster are around Loch Ness

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    Wait, if you look really closely at that globe, you’ll find New Zealand is missing

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    That’s generally Reddit too. Everything is /r/usdefaultism

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      Anyone notice that when they visit a webpage predominantly used by Americans that is marketed towards Americans that it feels very American?

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        I’ve had Americans argue with me saying that what I was talking about doesn’t happen in America and that I don’t know what I’m talking about, when I made it abundantly clear that what I was talking about was irrelevant to the US as a whole.

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          Like talking European politics in a Starbucks in Ohio you’re going to run into that, it’s because of where you are and your surroundings.

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          Tbf, Europeans often do the same to us (or at least they did on Reddit) when we try to talk about how dystopian late-stage-capitalism has become in the US. So many Europeans can’t wrap their minds around: being fired for calling out sick, women being forced to return to work a week after giving birth because we don’t have paid parental leave, people going bankrupt for using an ambulance, companies firing people with zero warning,reason or severance, millions of Americans not having access to healthcare, having huge areas in your city too dangerous to walk through because you would have to sprint across 40m of concrete with cars speeding around you at 70kmph just to cross the road, our traffic fatality rate being 10x higher than most European countries, not having any functional public transit in most US towns and cities, etc…

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      Yeah it’s pretty crazy how that American website is so full of Americans and that they have a mostly American-centric point of view.

      Anyone ever notice that so many of the comments on Weibo talk about China so much?

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      What I really hate is when I want to buy something from a website that was linked from a US Youtuber and the only place that hints that they only ship to the US is that you can only select US states in the checkout.

      Happened to me multiple times, its not that hard to list the places you ship to in your FAQ.

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    There’s also China, i.e. the Great Wall and some high-tech megacities, because the studios want a chance at that billion-viewer market.

    Maybe the bad guys will also blow up Big Ben or the Eiffel Tower if the Europeans are lucky.

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      They need a placeholder for New York that is actually just a portion of Vancouver where they do their battles, chases, investigations and conversations.

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    Not just movies. Sci-fi series also have a heavy tendency to base their stories in/on the US.

    Like Stargate SG-1, filmed around Vancouver and considered an American-Canadian show while having Canada completely irrelevant. At least they got better with Stargate Atlantis and the international team. I consider Rodney McKay and Radek Zelenka heroes.

    There is also Farscape that was filmed in Australia and is loosely international, as Crichton is an “international” astronaut but he’s still American.

    The only sci-fi series that I know is taking place outside of the US is Continuum. Everything is revolving around Vancouver.

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    “Heroes” the TV show was legit pretty good about stretching outside the three largest American cities.

    Also “Independence Day” at least flirted with the idea of a global invasion, even if all the action took place in DC and Nevada.

    Otherwise… yeah.

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      Edge of Tomorrow completely tossed most of this habit to the side and at worst didn’t suffer for it, but imo was incredible because of it. One can only see The Statue of Liberty, the Golden Gate Bridge, NYC, etc so many times before it gets old. The Louvre? Flooded and full of aliens? That was new.