Accused an r/coolguides post with being AI due to the australian guide using the australian spelling of "Colour" (rather then the US color)

The link doesn't go the post, it goes to a different post that likely was actually AI.

I knew about the story but still I had no idea what the meme was in reference to until I looked at the comments

In r/brum, a UK based sub Reddit centred around the city of Birmingham, someone asked about drugs. Specifically, a drug sometimes referred to ask the devil's lettuce.

In my case, I referred to it as a funny f....

I got banned from Reddit for hate speech.

In my appeal, I noted that this terminology is not a slur, but instead a colloquial term for a cigarette, based on the fact that a faggot is an old English term for a bundle of sticks used for fire.

In writing this, I realise I should probably censor the other F word, even though again, this IS NOT A SLUR!

No matter where he is in the world, it must be Friday night because it's midnight est.

(I'm pointing at the r/languagelearningjerk OP, mot at the original OOP, who has a point)

(It's a circlejerk sub but I'm positive they're serious, other commenters are even siding with the Duolingo user, which is rare for that sub)

Is it only me or the fact that it's a language learning sub and app makes it the more ironic? One would expect an app all about making languages accessible would adapt to the local dialects, wouldn't it? Particularly if we're talking about something as concrete as the word "sophomore".

Also, "what a novel complain". Yeah, like, maybe if many US citizens stopped being that defaultist for just once, other people wouldn't complain that much?

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