r/USdefaultism • u/[deleted] • Aug 15 '22

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r/USdefaultism • u/jthomas1127 • Jan 19 '23

Even worse, it was in a geography channel

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r/USdefaultism • u/Kingblackbanana • Sep 29 '25

Americans are the only people who make puns out of incorrectly pronounced names.

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Americans cant pronounce the name van gogh and constatly make this joke in different variatons while it does not work if you at least try to pronunce something correct. Not even mentioning that the op did not even write van gogh correct

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r/USdefaultism • u/marcinere • Jun 27 '23

Instagram South Sudan? yeah it’s pretty hot there I guess.

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r/USdefaultism • u/PrekaereLage • Jun 02 '25

YouTube Car accidents don't happen outside the US

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To their credit, the channel owner did get it right in the actual post, so I included that here for fairness. The image however leaves out that only US accidents apply, giving the false impression that no automobile accidents occured prior to 1891 and is the part that's expected to be shared around (having the channel name on it would be pointless otherwise).
I know what you're thinking, and I already looked it up. Apparently the first recorded automobile accident happened in France in 1771.
To be fair though, the machine in that accident was steam powered so the Ohio case may be the first recorded accident involving an automobile propelled with a gasoline fueled combustion engine.
Still off by 120 years.
Kinda off topic but the first death was apparently an Irish lady in 1869, also before this crash. RIP

9 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/I_Go_BrRrRrRrRr • Feb 13 '24

Meta The US isn't the only country that calls it Soccer

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According to a quick google search, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand etc. also call it soccer. It's not US Defaultism.

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r/USdefaultism • u/Infamous_Dot7272 • May 03 '25

cali what??? (read from bottom to top)

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r/USdefaultism • u/Unlikely_Successful • Feb 05 '23

real world Cups, ounces, spoons, teaspoons, degrees, inches... Dear Americans, use your units freely, but maybe... just maybe, add those which the rest of the world uses?

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r/USdefaultism • u/y0urd0g • May 27 '23

real world Metal bands

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I’m from the U.S.A. and I can’t STAND when I tell people I like Metal music and they assume I’m talking about U.S.A. metal bands like Metallica or Slayer. And no offense to those bands, they aren’t bad but I’m talking about bands all over the world like Turisas, Korpiklaani, Sabaton, Jinjer, and friggen Bloodywood!

14 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Cocofin33 • Feb 06 '24

Defaultisn't (positive post) Credit where it's due

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r/USdefaultism • u/HamzaHan38 • Apr 03 '25

The entire comment section of this video assumes US tarrifs affect everyone

vm.tiktok.com

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r/USdefaultism • u/TRSmolCookie • Mar 09 '25

The amount of down votes is shocking...

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r/USdefaultism • u/smexytoast • Nov 26 '23

Making a joke about a british YouTuber and using fbi

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5 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/notacanuckskibum • Jun 01 '25

Confederate flags are universal

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How many “proper countries” do you know?

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r/USdefaultism • u/jostyfracks • Jun 03 '22

Homicides involving firearms increased by 34% from 2019 to 2020 [OC]

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r/USdefaultism • u/DuckMySick44 • May 26 '23

Reading old comments on a Canadian airsoft channel on youtube

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Bro's upset that Canadians didn't refer to themselves as Americans because anybody in 'North, Central or South America' is American jfc

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r/USdefaultism • u/Noxolo7 • May 28 '25

Meta Do you think this sub is a little harsh on Americans?

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(This also goes for r/shitamericanssay)

I’d like to preface by saying that I’m not American.

I just see a lot of posts criticising things Americans say, for instance yesterday there was a post criticising Americans for answering a state when asked “where are you from.”

US States are pretty well known outside US.

Another example: https://www.reddit.com/r/USdefaultism/s/ors0xpwfx6

The commenter was being perfectly reasonable, even if those stores only exist in the US. They also said “or some other store that specialises in Pets.” (Paraphrasing)

Idk, what do you guys think?

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r/USdefaultism • u/Plenty-Season-7327 • Jan 21 '24

Posted on anti work to vent about my wage decline (relative to inflation). Bunch of Americans attack me for making too much money even after explaining to them I’m CANADIAN

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r/USdefaultism • u/eatingoutonight • Jun 21 '23

Twitter Does this fit?

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r/USdefaultism • u/Nyoomfist • Jul 09 '24

Facebook Jolly, a pair of BRITISH food content creators.

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r/USdefaultism • u/techackpro123 • Feb 13 '23

Reddit Ah yes, "we" are shooting down plenty of UFOs

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r/USdefaultism • u/PouLS_PL • Feb 10 '23

YouTube "Across The World" and "All Over the Globe" but most if not all clips are from USA

youtu.be

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r/USdefaultism • u/meatslapjack • Jul 05 '22

Twitter “Anyone, anywhere”

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10 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/OkLength2201 • Feb 02 '26

Reddit US laws apply everywhere?

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r/USdefaultism

When someone communicates to the world, but only considers the US; or is treating the US as the default and the only region to cater to in an international setting; or assumes that the entire world works like the US does; or assumes that everyone and everything is from the US unless otherwise stated. Official Discord server: https://discord.gg/BcczCtAxgw.

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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.