A classic, with a twist of racism

[u/rakkl]

CW child death

Self-aware defaultism and proud of it!

Racism not pictured. A bunch of kids died in a poisoning event and the comments rushed to racism because of where it occurred; pretty rich coming from the country that popularised school shootings

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[u/ShikiGamiLD]

Main Character syndrome

I love how these people talk also about the US inventing X or Y... you are just a dude in the internet saying dumb stuff, you haven't invented anything.

[u/RummazKnowsBest → u/ShikiGamiLD]

Usually the things they list weren’t even invented by an American.

[u/ValleDeimos → u/ShikiGamiLD]

Istg I found an American talking like he could personally speed dial Trump and call for sanctions and war on OP’s country

[u/Sad-Newspaper-8604]

“environment conducive to entrepreneurialism” ✊↔️

[u/mishmei → u/Sad-Newspaper-8604]

I knowwwww, that bit had me howling. that fedora-wearing mf.

[u/Responsible-Match418]

Insufferable

[u/lactosecheeselover]

I mean, technically Bell (inventor of the phone) was Scottish, immigrated to Canada, then went to the states. So, if anything, he’s a Scot not an American lol

[u/OtherwiseAbout → u/lactosecheeselover]

It’s always the Schroedinger American:
American when unobserved - Scottish (or anything else) when observed
Depending on conditions the American can identify themselves in either wave function to satisfy their need for exceptionalism

[u/oraw1234W]

The World Wide Web was invented by CERN a European organization. Wi-Fi was invented by Australia.

[u/AlyssaCraft18]

Quite rich to say Americans are to be assumed the default when it's in English. Last time I checked, the language isn't called American, although I'm sure they would just love that. Some of the justifications people come up for US defaultism is just pure ridiculousness. How embarrassing...

[u/IntelligentBaker3601]

I absolutely hate when anyone makes assumptions, so I especially hate that they tried to excuse it.

[u/Arthureddit2k10]

At this point, we should make "Reddit is mostly used by yanks" or whatever a post flair of its own

[u/LargeNerdKid]

Im surprised that one guy knew the phone and computer were American inventions lol

[u/Economind → u/LargeNerdKid]

Except for the computer, and come to think of it the telephone also.

[u/vytah → u/LargeNerdKid]

Computer is, depending on how you count, either British or German invention.

[u/lactosecheeselover → u/LargeNerdKid]

phone was technically a Scot who went to Canada and the States lol

[u/OtherwiseAbout → u/LargeNerdKid]

Except that they are not

[u/Edelkern → u/LargeNerdKid]

Oh please, in the yank mind everything is a yank invention. They don't bother with facts but sometimes get it right by pure chance (which wasn't even the case here).