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Is US defaultism real or a farce? (nord.pub)
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I've seen posts online or memes about it, mainly discussing American people who think the internet as a whole is US-centric despite the topic at hand taking place in another country (nothing to do with America), for example: someone wrote the date format as 30/10/2020 (using the EU format) but some American was like "THE CORRECT WAY IS 10/30/2020" when they fail to realize that user is not American at all.

Is US defaultism real when they travel abroad? They assume the $ is legal tender worldwide in countries where their own currency is used more (the only thing that'll work is exchanging it but not for direct transactions). I've heard an American woman went on a tirade whilst in France as the cashier refused a $20 bill when the prices are in EUROS (WTF?) or being like "SPEAK ENGLISH!" in non-English speaking countries.

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[–] 17 points 4 days ago (1 child)

I notice this often in comments of political topics. Even if not involving the US, positions are often labeled very bipolar, e.g. as “liberal” or “conservative”. But they don’t seem to realize that those terms describe totally different political standpoints in different countries. Not sure tho if this bipolar thinking can be considered US-centric or if it’s just how they are raised to think.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    I had something similar recently. Someone made a comment reply to me referencing “triggering the libs” and I had to stop and think because it didn’t make sense out of US politics context.

    (By the way, what I wrote below I mean this in the nicest way. I reread it and it’s sounds assholish but that’s not what I’m going for.)

    For the US inclined, “the libs” who are the “woke mob” in the USA are THE RIGHT WING in Aus. So… when you say “triggering the libs”… like annoying the Nazis? Oooohh, you mean like annoying the left of politics, Roger!

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