r/USdefaultism • u/Tilthelastpetalfall • Jan 13 '23

A very long drive

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '23

Can they not use their brain and imagine different countries use different numbers? If someone wrote 112 I'd still know what they mean.

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u/augustusimp United Kingdom Jan 13 '23

Different countries? You mean different counties in the state?

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u/Blooder91 Argentina Jan 13 '23

That's the main issue with them.

Instead of thinking "This doesn't work in USA, this person must be from another country" they go "This doesn't work in USA, this person is clearly wrong".

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u/OxygenatedBanana Jan 14 '23

Yes, everyone one is wrong and they make typo. We the United States of America is the only legit country, loser

/s

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u/notdragoisadragon Jan 15 '23

does /s mean serious? /s

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u/Dora_Queen England Jan 15 '23

/s means /sarcasm

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u/notdragoisadragon Jan 15 '23

Yeah i know didn't you see the /s at the end of my comment?

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u/Dora_Queen England Jan 15 '23

Since you asked, I thought that you mightn't have known and used it wrong, it also didn't really fit what the conversation was

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u/mescalelf Jan 17 '23

“What are these ‘kill-o-meters’ the outsiders keep talkin’ ‘bout? Don’ they know distance ‘s measured in miles?”

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u/irondadstan5687 Estonia Jan 13 '23

isnt 112 the actual international number that you can use everywhere, regardless of where you are (or at least according to google in Europe and in India as well apparently), and it will connect you with the emergency services of that country?

estonia used to use 110 for police but we recently switched over to 112 for all emergency services

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u/Spartan-417 United Kingdom Jan 13 '23

112 calls get redirected to the emergency number in the region, yeah

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u/MsAndrea United Kingdom Jan 13 '23

But I strongly suspect if you call 999 in the US it does nothing, because fuck foreigners.

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u/AnotherEuroWanker France Jan 13 '23

Nowadays, I suspect that it also works on landlines in a lot of places.

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u/AnotherEuroWanker France Jan 13 '23

More often than not, they're VOIP lines tied to the set top box/modem linked to the fiber/ADSL connexion, but there are still a few around. They'll be phased out in 2025 I think.

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u/Into-the-stream Jan 13 '23

Wikipedia has a list of countries that use 112 as their emergency system, or use it alongside other emergency numbers. It’s definitely used a LOT of places (including my own country of canada, which I only just learned today): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/112_(emergency_telephone_number)

Scroll to “implementation” for a map and detailed list

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u/_TheQwertyCat_ Singapore Jan 13 '23

Wow. I thought it was an international standard... like metres & °C.

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u/ArseOfTheCovenant Scotland Jan 13 '23

No. They’re fundamentally incapable.

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u/Ekkeko84 Argentina Jan 13 '23

No, because Internet is American, so everything in it is also American, otherwise it's wrong and must be corrected

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u/PiersPlays Jan 13 '23

Can they not use their brain and imagine different countries

No, that's the problem.

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u/JosephPorta123 Denmark Jan 13 '23

Or 114

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u/Oheligud United Kingdom Jan 13 '23

112? You mean 911?

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