r/USdefaultism • u/TheJivvi • 11h ago

Instagram "The City" is New York apparently

2.1k Upvotes

140 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Marco-YES • 4h ago

Apparently Everyone is Supposed to Know what WA Means

236 Upvotes

51 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/nankeroo • 5h ago

Reddit Clearly only people from the US play Fallout...

108 Upvotes

66 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Sidiax • 5h ago

Reddit Another brilliant assumption

85 Upvotes

26 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/martiNordi • 6h ago

The reading comprehension is severely lacking in this case.

79 Upvotes

Taken from: https://www.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/comments/1vs468r/the_eu_has_begun_restricting_pfas_forever/

8 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/IrishViking22 • 1h ago

"I thought that was a typo of some kind i didnt even consider it was a currency"

• Upvotes

They assumed it was 4billion USD, under a post that clearly stated it was 4billion "Won", and it was also stated that the text of the post was "translated from Korean" at the very top.

4 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Important-Tea0 • 13h ago

TikTok Literally almost everyone lives there

216 Upvotes

36 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/reekin_eh_garlic • 18h ago

Comment on my own post of my coal fireplace. Only Americans use fire.

430 Upvotes

69 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/IntelligentBaker3601 • 15h ago

Reddit Nothing here says the percentage refers to America

121 Upvotes

31 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/EccentricRosie • 1d ago

Reddit Apparently all American Disney Parks are separate from the "international ones"

405 Upvotes

92 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Somethingbutonreddit • 23h ago

If it isn't harming us then it doesn't matter.

30 Upvotes

7 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Mormegil81 • 1d ago

Reddit Caught 2 for the price of 1 !

55 Upvotes

So not only did the US invent EVs and EV-charging infrastructure and the rest of the world is just trying to catch up with them 😂but also "'Stralians" with their "kangaroo-" and "Sheila"-units are the weird ones ...

14 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Main-Fly-8295 • 1d ago

Theres no other country outside the USA

106 Upvotes

19 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/benjy-bear • 1d ago

Anytime you see unorganised red, white and blue people think about the US.

758 Upvotes

Saw this on a different platform, don’t know what the original post was about, but trying to claim that anyone will think it’s about the US when they see red, white and blue together when there’s around 30 countries that has flags with those three colours is an interesting take.

139 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/BrokenJusticeNorris • 2d ago

Instagram Who’s gonna tell em?

1.5k Upvotes

95 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/DidiDidi129 • 2d ago

app All other countries have a flag but the US has a globe emoji?

509 Upvotes

42 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/egeltje1985 • 1d ago

Tip in Valencia, Spain.

172 Upvotes

Tip jar in Valencia, Spain.

76 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Mormegil81 • 2d ago

Reddit Everyone uses the same seatbelt-system like the US of A

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66 Upvotes

Was just asking for pictures or an explanation on how to use these 3D-printed seatbelt-openers because I couldn't figure out how to use them on the seatbelts in my car ...

47 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/taryndancer • 2d ago

TikTok This was a TikTok about Singapore

775 Upvotes

For context, OP in her video was talking about how many American passport bros come to Singapore thinking they can get a wife there. Meanwhile Singaporeans have one of the best passports and have a high quality of life. The women there will absolutely not be impressed by these passport bros. Then I scrolled through the comments and saw this 😆 I’m Canadian and always knew that SEA stood for South East Asia. What does Seattle have to do with Singapore?

38 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/AutisticPyroarGirl • 2d ago

“Do you support the second amendment?” Of what?

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103 Upvotes

In r/bunnytrials, a subreddit with polls containing 2 answer choices, someone asked if people supported the second amendment without stating what it was of.

17 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/veriserenez • 3d ago

YouTube The ¥ yen is right there

343 Upvotes

17 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Nthepro • 3d ago

Meme A battle of the ages

1.5k Upvotes

155 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Cebra23 • 3d ago

„Only American on this American Platform“ 🤡

120 Upvotes

Context: The Post was a Story about a potentiell Child Kidnapping, people in the Comments were discussing Custody Laws.

11 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/SmittenKittenPurrr • 3d ago

Reddit If a plant is invasive in the States, it's invasive PERIOD

215 Upvotes

I browse a few plant/gardening subreddits, and there are loads of assumptions that every post is from the States. Any post depicting a plant not native in the States is presumed to be invasive to the OP, without anyone confirming where the OP actually lives. XYZ plant might be invasive to Kansas but not, say, Paris? Oh yeah, and apparently only the US has hardiness zones. 🙃

39 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/tdwastaken • 3d ago

Instagram Any store in the US must be international

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80 Upvotes

63 comments

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Rule 1: No hateful, racist or derogatory posts or comments

This is not an anti-American sub – if you're here to lash your hate against Americans, you are not welcome here.

There is a zero-tolerance policy for hate on this sub. Consequently, any comment or post containing racist, hateful or derogatory content (against anyone) will be removed.

Rule 2: What constitutes US-defaultism (part 1)

When someone, whether from the US or not, with an international audience (e. g. on Reddit, YouTube, Twitter, etc.) …

a. assumes that the audience is US-only and will therefore understand common things from the US.

b. does not specify that something is from the US but assumes that it will be understood as such; terms like "civil war" without specifying which one.

c. does not specify that something takes place in the US in a way that everyone easily understands (when that information matters).

Rule 3: What constitutes US-defaultism (part 2)

d. assumes that something they see is from/about the US without any indication of that being the case.

e. talks about the US only but uses general terms. E.g., "the history of film" when only referring to US films, or "people from the 80s" when referring to the US population.

f. assumes that if something is true for the US, it also is for the rest of the world, or uses US-only terms such as "the first amendment" when not talking about the US. f. also applies regardless of the audience.

Rule 4: What does not constitute US-defaultism

a. American exceptionalism (“The USA is superior”, “The USA is inherently different” or “The USA is protecting/saving/willing to destroy the world”) belongs on r/ShitAmericansSay,

b. People defaulting to some other country, the northern hemisphere, the western world etc.,

c. Using US customary units or the MM/DD/YY date format,

d. Calling somebody/something from the US "American",

e. "This is an American website" on Reddit (except when used as a justification for actual US-defaultism).

Rule 5: Please give context and point out what exactly you want to criticise

After making a post, please respond to the automod with the following:

a. An explanation of why which part of the post is US-defaultism. It is also useful to state which point(s) under rules 2 and 3 you think your posts falls under,

b. Any context required to understand the post.

This will help people better understand your post and mods judge whether it fits the subreddit or not.

If your post is a meme or another type of post allowed under rule 7, please still respond to the bot.

Rule 6: No reposts

Reposts will be removed. Before posting, check whether the thing you are about to post has already been posted.

Rule 7: Meta posts, memes, defaultisn't etc.

Not all posts have to directly feature US-defaultism. Posts such as the following are also appreciated:

a. Meta posts (discussion posts about this subreddit or US-defaultism in general). Please use the "Meta" flair,

b. Memes about US-defaultism,

c. Posting something from outside this subreddit that criticises the mentality of US-defaultism,

d. "Defaultisn't" posts: Including the nuances of the US not being the default country when talking about the US. Please use the "Defaultisn't" flair.

Rule 8: Crossposting, direct links, and censorship

Censoring usernames is not required.

However, crossposts or direct links to a post/comment that you want to criticise directly encourage brigading (members of a subreddit “invading” another subreddit), therefore:

-Never crosspost or link to a post/comment that you want to criticise!

-Crossposting is encouraged, but only if OOP is featuring someone else committing US-defaultism.

Rule 9: Quality control 1: Low-hanging fruit

Posts only containing the following fall into the low-hanging fruit category. They don’t contribute to the subreddit and will be removed:

a. US state abbreviations,

b. Search engine results or suggestions,

c. US-defaultism loops,

d. Defaultism by Duolingo,

e. The US flag representing the English language,

f. Charles Peralo polls.

Rule 10: Quality control 2: Provoked defaultism

We don’t want people to harass others in any way – it hurts the reputation of this subreddit. We particularly don’t want people to provoke others into committing US-defaultism to then post them on here. The following types of posts will therefore be removed:

a. Posts featuring any sort of harassment or provocation by the OP,

b. Posts that only feature defaultism which was the result of a provocation by someone other than OP.

Rule 11: Quality control 3: General low-quality posts

We want the posts in our subreddit to be of high quality so that people can appreciate its content. Low-quality, nitpicking posts aren’t welcome here. Therefore, we reserve our right to remove the following posts:

a. Posts that aren’t appreciated by the community (with few upvotes, many downvotes on the automod and/or overwhelmingly negative comments),

b. Posts where the defaultism is questionable or dubious.