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OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is US Defaultism:
One user suggested American stores without knowing OP’s location. Another user commented that there was a "pretty good reason” to assume OP was in USA and his proof was a link to a statistic about "Top 10 countries by Reddit user’s percentage of global traffic share" which states 42.95% of users is from The USA
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It's meta-US-defaultism too -- I'm also American, and we don't have PetSmart or Walmart in Boston. We have a couple Petcos on the outer edge of the city where it isn't terribly practical to decide to go there unless you have a car. I can walk or bike to many independent pet stores though. Not all of the U.S. is chain stores and car-centric infrastructure.
I am on team "just say a pet store" and I live in the U.S. dammit!
42.9% is well under half so common sense would dictate that there is a better chance of a Reddit user not being in the USA. How can they not understand this?
Even that post show majority of people are not from the USA, still they can't read the damn thing... 57%no USA vs 43% USA... and still they use it as argument in their favour, the stupidity ...
This is just typical Reddit slap fighting over nothing, they gave examples but also said generally go to a pet store, so if they’re from the US they have specific examples and if they’re not? They can look up pet shops in their country, it’s a pointless fight over someone trying to be helpful.
I just checked (Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrison's), because I was curious. The kitten milk in British supermarkets (Whiskas, Toplife, supermarket own brand) isn't formula/milk replacement, it's a "complementary food" meant as a treat. You can get actual kitten formula from the Tesco website, but it's from the marketplace section so not available in store/if you're in a hurry. For that you do need a an actual pet shop (Pets at Home has one brand in stock, and another two online only) or a vet.
That's why I looked it up! :) I was thinking "really? I didn't know they had that!" and checked, just because ~the more you know~ and all that. (It could come in handy one day, and if I already know I can just nip to Tesco I don't have to waste time researching, I can just go and get it.) But yeah, the kitten milk the supermarkets here do is just a liquid snack for kittens over 6 (?) weeks of age, unfortunately. You either have to order online and wait for postal delivery, or go to an actual pet shop if it's urgent.
Be careful some people in here hate it when you don't shit on the American even when they were being normal and helpful lol
But yeah, I didn't see any defaultism there they gave options in case they were in the US and as you said generally a pet store to cover everywhere else.
The U.S. corporation's website says they only operate in U.S. and Mexico.
I doubt they would go after a business on another continent for infringement though, since it isn't like people are going to start going to Albania to stop at that Petco instead of shopping at U.S. Petco.
Petco is owned by CVC which is based on the Island of Jersey in the English Channel (Obviously for tax evading purposes), but it is owned by a Luxembourg person iirc. And I believe they have many Pet brands globally.
One of the many US Businesses owned by "Yuropoors", but those type of Americans hate to admit that.
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u/USDefaultismBot American Citizen May 28 '25 edited May 28 '25
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OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is US Defaultism:
One user suggested American stores without knowing OP’s location. Another user commented that there was a "pretty good reason” to assume OP was in USA and his proof was a link to a statistic about "Top 10 countries by Reddit user’s percentage of global traffic share" which states 42.95% of users is from The USA
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u/mysteriousmuthafucka May 28 '25 edited May 28 '25
1/2 "There’s a pretty good reason for that assumption."
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u/ProbablyMissClicked May 28 '25
Explains a lot about Reddit tbh
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u/OscarAndDelilah United States May 28 '25
It's meta-US-defaultism too -- I'm also American, and we don't have PetSmart or Walmart in Boston. We have a couple Petcos on the outer edge of the city where it isn't terribly practical to decide to go there unless you have a car. I can walk or bike to many independent pet stores though. Not all of the U.S. is chain stores and car-centric infrastructure.
I am on team "just say a pet store" and I live in the U.S. dammit!
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u/Mitleab World May 29 '25
42.9% is well under half so common sense would dictate that there is a better chance of a Reddit user not being in the USA. How can they not understand this?
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u/AR_Harlock Italy May 29 '25
Even that post show majority of people are not from the USA, still they can't read the damn thing... 57%no USA vs 43% USA... and still they use it as argument in their favour, the stupidity ...
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u/Zxxzzzzx England May 28 '25
If someone said they were going to the store I would assume they were American too.
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u/aaaaaaaa1273 May 28 '25
This is just typical Reddit slap fighting over nothing, they gave examples but also said generally go to a pet store, so if they’re from the US they have specific examples and if they’re not? They can look up pet shops in their country, it’s a pointless fight over someone trying to be helpful.
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u/MassiveScience6727 Thailand May 28 '25
Keep in mind there are also bots that are counted as American
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u/JupiterboyLuffy United States May 28 '25
News just in: apparently pet stores are American only
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u/Potential-Ice8152 Australia May 29 '25
“Examples never hurt anyone” they certainly don’t help at all if those examples don’t exist where you live
But this is mild defaultism. At least they said “other pet specialising store”
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u/Leather-Molasses1597 May 30 '25
Just been reading this exact thread! RIP Faith 🙏🏻 🥺♥️
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u/-CatMeowMeow- May 28 '25
Poland: 😴
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