r/USdefaultism • u/TheDelta3901 • 11h ago

Reddit Because the US is the entire world

290 Upvotes

27 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/sacrificer-cam • 1d ago

TikTok When hemispheres

3.8k Upvotes

I don't get it either

194 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/MakuKitsune • 3h ago

Reddit On a post about the Duty finder on FF14.

29 Upvotes

5 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Lesbihun • 15h ago

It's less work to just ask "where was that?" than "what state was that in?"

173 Upvotes

15 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Potential-Ice8152 • 1d ago

All movies are American

820 Upvotes

On r/petpeeves about people who say they have no accent. OOP singled out Americans and some got quite defensive

46 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Successful-Item-1844 • 1d ago

X (Twitter) (TW) Inhumane Crimes in were caused by democrats

151 Upvotes

22 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/_Xamtastic • 1d ago

Reddit Assumes everyone is in the US

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178 Upvotes

46 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/CelestialSegfault • 2d ago

Reddit About Elon Musk offering to donate 1B USD to wikipedia for changing their name to dickipedia. The person's post history is dutch.

287 Upvotes

21 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Six_of_1 • 2d ago

The majority of Americans are heterosexual [so a British character should be]

642 Upvotes

176 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Every-Ingenuity9054 • 2d ago

An Irish politician talking about the Irish housing crisis, must be about America!

87 Upvotes

Leo Varadkar is the former Irish Taoiseach (like a prime minister) whom many blame for his part in the Irish housing crisis (it's bad). Not really sure what the second guy is trying to say but I think it might be US defaultism too?

13 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/MoonTheCraft • 3d ago

Reddit I assumed it was just generally shared laws across multiple governments...

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402 Upvotes

55 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/TheDelta3901 • 3d ago

"This country"

378 Upvotes

19 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/TheDuckClock • 3d ago

X (Twitter) Sonic fans can't tell the difference between 'America' and 'The World'

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646 Upvotes

According to Box Office Mojo. In the US Domestic Market "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" did beat Mufasa for the #1

However when it comes to the worldwide international market. Mufasa took the #1 slot. So Disney is not wrong here.

Yet the post is getting ratioed with replies filled with Sonic fans trying to claim that Disney's post is wrong cause Defaultism. Even trying to place a Community Note on the post.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/date/

58 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/nia11t84 • 3d ago

I said something that he didn’t agree with, so clearly I support a different political party than he does #merica

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374 Upvotes

Original video is the one which I’m sure most have seen, where the two guys are fighting in the airport. One was a staff member and the other IIRC was a sportsman/athlete.

44 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Myrandall • 4d ago

Imagine getting unironically upset about the fact that 95% of the world calls a sport something different than you, in a subreddit poking fun at people who don't understand your hobby

454 Upvotes

60 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/lovely-luscious-lube • 3d ago

Reddit Lives in ‘the south’ and wants to go skiing ‘out west’

205 Upvotes

I’m thinking he maybe lives in Greece but maybe wants to hop over to Switzerland for a ski trip?

35 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/MdMV_or_Emdy_idk • 4d ago

Reddit Ah yes, Italians… in the US of course

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527 Upvotes

47 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/RouShikari • 5d ago

Reddit I had the audacity of sharing a song I sang in english as a non-native speaker, that means I want to chart in the US

361 Upvotes

31 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/fph_04 • 5d ago

Because all of Politics = Democrats vs. Republicans.

690 Upvotes

51 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/OtterlyFoxy • 5d ago

Even fictional characters do USDefaultism

1.4k Upvotes

10 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/gabrieleremita • 5d ago

Reddit Oh that Mexico City!

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462 Upvotes

32 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/itsmesorox • 6d ago

Reddit Everyone lives in America

460 Upvotes

55 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/Eye_The_Ruby • 6d ago

Reddit 2024 Recapped (from an American perspective)

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313 Upvotes

A 2024 recap that has been posted on an international subreddit, lists events half of which non-American audience very likely won't be familiar with. The title is ambiguous regarding the country, despite the post clearly being America-centric.

97 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/hjskskjk • 6d ago

TikTok A comment on a video of some kittens meowing

1.1k Upvotes

110 comments

r/USdefaultism • u/CoolSausage228 • 6d ago

Reddit On prank video with two men drinking beer and eating fish in train

1.6k Upvotes

Dunno if its fits here or r/ShitAmericansSay

239 comments

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When someone communicates to the world, but only considers the US and doesn't consider the different nuances around the world; or is treating the US as the default and the only region to cater to in an international setting; or assumes 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.