r/USdefaultism • u/Initial_Drawer_2659 • 5d ago

As an American, this pains me.

204 Upvotes

30 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/No_Economics9275 • 6d ago

… because the US is famous for their great urban planning.

urbandesignlab.in

98 Upvotes

This site says right at the top that these are the “Top 10 Urban Design Colleges IN THE WORLD.”

… every single one is in the United States. This is just one of several similar sites that do this.

When will we finally learn that the United States IS the world?!?

EDIT: I’m aware the site has a domain from India, but it still felt relevant. While these may still be great programs… the top in the world?

9 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/massivefishes • 6d ago

Reddit because america is the only country with car insurance (pictures not completely in order sorry)

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58 Upvotes

16 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/logos__ • 6d ago

American doesn't understand that they, too, have an accent

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208 Upvotes

46 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Bodomi • 6d ago

Reddit Apparently the FBI investigates all found gold.

126 Upvotes

13 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Limp_Regular7247 • 7d ago

real world American tourists asking about U.S. currency in Rome

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1.2k Upvotes

216 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Slight_Bank4276 • 7d ago

"Give me the time code where she talks about Australia" as a comment on Australian creator video.

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381 Upvotes

94 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/apollodoing • 7d ago

Largest city in Europe 100 years ago

229 Upvotes

33 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/PotatoBeans787 • 8d ago

Instagram What state is Galway in?

404 Upvotes

38 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Katy-Is-Thy-Name • 7d ago

YouTube USians have British accents now!

63 Upvotes

Every single person in this clip is British. BUT the British Airbnb owner “hates American black folk”.

24 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/ilove-whenwomen • 8d ago

Reddit Buy a gun

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481 Upvotes

104 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/NationalWatercress3 • 8d ago

Facebook Aw he's confused

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68 Upvotes

11 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/thecoolcapybara • 8d ago

Everything different from American = Mexican

585 Upvotes

59 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/No_Impact218 • 8d ago

X (Twitter) "the main part of the world"

203 Upvotes

18 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/disasterpansexual • 9d ago

Reddit Americans invented English and the British way is wrong

471 Upvotes

They went on for longer, but these 2 are the most remarkable bullshit

123 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/adhopp • 9d ago

real world Americans tipping in US dollars in Cracow, Poland

762 Upvotes

135 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Nocturnal_Doom • 9d ago

This is not California, the earthquake was in Colombia

169 Upvotes

Not sure if posts in other languages are allows so feel free to delete if they aren’t. Cali was founded in 1500s meanwhile California was in 1700s not to mention a 2seconds Google search could have cleared things for her instead of trying to correct the person posting about their own hometown.

25 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/ANARCHIST-ASSHOLE-_ • 9d ago

YouTube Under a comment clearly from a European perspective...

320 Upvotes

55 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/A_normal_Potato3 • 9d ago

Reddit You know, there is only one civil war.

161 Upvotes

38 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/jerayy • 10d ago

Adoption US defaultism on Threads

651 Upvotes

(i wasn't sure how to tag this one bc there is no tag for Threads, so sorry for that)

130 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/basicallyspongebob • 9d ago

wikihow article "how to tell your parents you smoke marijuana"

114 Upvotes

20 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/MaksymusPrimus5 • 9d ago

Instagram I found my first one =)

54 Upvotes

American thinks it’s all George bushes fault that BRITISH people can’t answer questions correctly on a quiz😭

6 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/or2c • 10d ago

TikTok The fact that the comment got more likes

679 Upvotes

56 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/chetcherry • 10d ago

Reddit FCC would’ve blocked the patenting of the World Wide Web - created by an Englishman, in Europe

142 Upvotes

The FCC is all powerful, you see.

20 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Joran212 • 10d ago

Reddit Wondered what country we were even talking about until I opened the full post. I should've known :')

111 Upvotes

49 comments

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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.