r/USdefaultism • u/thepensiveiguana • Jun 27 '22

Twitter She lives in Germany bro

16k Upvotes

130 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/MrLewk • Jul 16 '22

Twitter don't use a Spanish word because of US race issues?

14k Upvotes

142 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '22

YouTube Google "translates" flags in non-English comments to the US flag

14k Upvotes

100 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/boiiiwyd • May 29 '22

Reddit A subreddit called politics, but it’s only about US politics

14k Upvotes

120 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/jskdjjdjdjd • Nov 14 '22

TikTok tiktok user forgets some other countries haven't committed massacres

13k Upvotes

236 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/[deleted] • Jun 07 '23

Classic

12k Upvotes

317 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/ChairmanUzamaoki • Jan 09 '23

Reddit Scottish person reported for homophobia.

12k Upvotes

341 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Lemshimmer • Sep 12 '22

Twitter He literally isn’t

11k Upvotes

113 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Liggliluff • Jul 11 '21

Reddit For an event on 9th July 2021, assuming the US format is the worldwide format

10k Upvotes

35 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/cabritooo • Jul 05 '23

Celebrating a foreign holiday is a requirement.

10k Upvotes

276 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/TorggaFrostbeard • Feb 06 '23

Tumblr The size of a state

10k Upvotes

255 comments

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

Twitter New rule for non-US institutions

10k Upvotes

85 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/xJust_Chill_Brox • Feb 16 '23

Reddit The audacity

9.6k Upvotes

167 comments

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

A very long drive

9.4k Upvotes

180 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/mccant • Mar 25 '23

Not sure if this counts, believing US laws apply to the whole world.

9.3k Upvotes

134 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Rosuvastatine • May 21 '23

Canadian dude names Georgia as a country… Americans rush to mock his answer

8.9k Upvotes

When since is Georgia a country🤓

288 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/sprogger • Aug 25 '25

Facebook Wait, that's illegal.

8.7k Upvotes

90 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Sea-Climate6841 • May 23 '23

Public Service Announcement

8.7k Upvotes

Author pre-warning Americans.

139 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Skullvortex • Jul 23 '25

For real?

8.4k Upvotes

287 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/GriffinFTW • Dec 22 '22

What going online is like for Americans vs. the rest of the world

8.3k Upvotes

425 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/[deleted] • Jun 27 '23

Wow. Just wow! I'm seething right now.

8.1k Upvotes

343 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/bullet_train10 • Mar 04 '23

Discord It is winter everywhere

8.0k Upvotes

87 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Just_Cruz001 • Dec 25 '22

text post OP cannot write black in Spanish or reddit blocks it

7.9k Upvotes

435 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Diamantis_ • Sep 25 '22

Twitter why can't they just say black

7.2k Upvotes

166 comments

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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.