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11 June 2025

Stuff Americans say
US is Earth part 2

Stuff Americans say

Google search for 'portugal brazil distance' showing a map with a red line drawn from the east coast of the USA to Portugal instead of from Brazil

Google search result screenshot. Search query: "portugal brazil distance". Map showing red arc line across the North Atlantic Ocean from a point in the eastern USA to Portugal/Spain. Result: "6,529 km - Distance from Portugal to Brazil"

Reddit comment thread. RSKNxk (4h) quoting someone: "This was definitely not reported in western media." Reply: "Lol what it was all over BBC news when it happened. I was getting ready for dinner when the coup first got reported and I was glued to the screen the whole night." Reply: Striking_Gur2398 (3h, -9 downvotes): "Western media = USA based media BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC is not western media...." Reply: RSKNxk (2h) quoting definition: "Western world: the United States, Canada; the countries of the European Union plus UK, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland; Australia and New Zealand." then "Typical American"

Reddit comment thread. Post by SinjiOnO: "How Japanese train workers assist disabled passengers" hammyhamm (3h): "Sydney trains do this too". Reply: MajorButtFucker (1h): "We definitely don't do this in Florida. We don't even have trains." Reply: Morphinepill (46m): "Who tf mentioned Florida". Reply: MajorButtFucker (46m): "My bad, I thought they meant Sydney, Florida."

Reddit post. r/ariheads (20m). Title: "For those who want to see Ariana's popularity all over the world here it is." Image shows heat map titled "10. Ariana Grande" but the map only shows the United States, coloured in shades of pink/purple. No other countries shown

Twitter/X thread. First tweet (verified user, username redacted, Jul 3): "I'll never use your product unless you celebrate the 4th." Reply: Opera GX (verified, gold checkmark) @operagxofficial (Jul 3): "We're Polish sir"

Twitter/X post. World of Statistics (verified) @stats_feed (Subscribe button): "Most popular sitcoms of all time:" followed by numbered list, all with US flag emoji: 1. The Office, 2. Friends, 3. Futurama, 4. The Big Bang Theory, 5. Modern Family, 6. Seinfeld, 7. Ugly Betty, 8. Rick and Morty, 9. The Simpsons, 10. Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 11. Community, 12. How I Met Your Mother, 14. South Park, 19. M*A*S*H

Reddit post screenshot. r/AskFeminists, posted 7d ago. Title: "New 'Rule' on Stating Your Location". Body explains that OPs should indicate their country/region in posts about specific situations, as simply posting "What do you think about the election?" without context causes confusion among the diverse international user base.

Reddit post. r/AskARussian, u/[deleted] (7mo). Title: "Why people don't speak English with foreigners?" Body complains about visiting Moscow and nobody speaking English - hotel staff, shopkeepers, tourist areas all respond in Russian, signs have grammatical errors. Reply: Person106 (7mo): "I'm not Russian, but I'm guessing it's the same reason most Americans don't speak Spanish with Latin American foreigners." Reply: TeoGeek77 (7mo): "When Russian tourists speak Russian to you in your hometown, do you respond in Russian?"

Facebook post. Shared article: WSJ.COM "How a Couple's Quest to Cure Cancer Led to the West's First Covid-19 Vaccine". Comment (8m): "Thats great news,Congratulations". Reply: "It's not authorized yet in the US, only in the UK. I didn't know Germany was considered the 'West'? When did this happen? US has always been dubbed the West."

Time zone conversion website screenshot. "In Chile, when it is: 12:00, 27 February 2024". Search field shows "vienna" typed in, with dropdown listing nine US cities named Vienna (Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia) before finally showing Vienna, Vienna, Austria and Viennay, France

Reddit mobile screenshot (dark mode). r/AskUK (2 people typing...) with British plug diagram. Post: "Why are the British plug prongs so thic...". Comment thread: First (-1): "USA has a lot of shit drivers, you must not live in Texas". Reply: "Um.... You're on r/AskUK." Reply (-1): "Oh... well you said patriotic. We literally invented that word. When you say Patriot everyone immediately thinks USA."

Reddit poll. r/GenZ (8h, Join button). Title: "Who are you voting for in 2024?" 2155 votes, 6 days 15 hours left. Options: Joe Biden, Donald Trump. Blue

Instagram/TikTok post. tiiaaurora (3h, Follow button): "The amount of people in my comments today that wished me to get deported to Mexico. I live in Germany." with reaction image captioned "The math ain't mathing."

Reddit comment thread. HentaiMaster2137 (1h): "When you're high more than you're not, there's something wrong". Reply: BukakeMouthwash (52m, -30 downvotes): "You must live in an illegal state lmao". Reply: HentaiMaster2137 (35m): "I live in Poland my friend"

Reddit comment thread. Wanderlust1994 (5h): "Haha TIL that DE doesn't stand for DEnmark." Reply: Alvetra (5h): "It stands for DEutschland". Reply: Busy_Independent_398 (1h, -2 downvotes): "Why don't they use the American name". Reply: Alvetra (1h): "?" Reply: Busy_Independent_398 (1h): "Germany"

Social media quiz screenshot. Charles Peralo (21 hours ago): "Most watched TV event ever?" Options: The Moon Landing (Correct), The finale to MASH, Super Bowl 2023, Richard Nixon Resigning. Explanation notes 23 of top 30 most watched TV events are Super Bowls, but moon landing got 150 million viewers when world population was 3.6 billion. 250K answered

Reddit comment thread. Eric-The_Viking (12 mo): "The one thing metric can't replace is the kitchen imperial system." Reply: azayaa (12 mo): "False". Reply: Eric-The_Viking (12 mo): "Then tell me, why do all the internet recipe's measure in small and big spoons." Reply: azayaa (12 mo): "What internet are you using bro? The recipes Google gives me are in ml, dl, l... g, dag, kg..."

Facebook desktop screenshot. Photo of a couple posing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (faces blurred). Comments (both from same person, 11y ago): "Are y'all seriously in the States?" and "You are a little over a 3 hour drive from us."

TikTok comment thread. First comment (username redacted, 2d ago): "ya, this is America gotta speak English at least a little bit". Reply (Creator tag, 1d ago): "This is Germany - I'm not from America which is why I'm talking German in all of my videos?? Lmao wow"

TikTok comment thread. Video about "The feminine urge to get a giant dog, buy a tiny house in the woods, and leave your former life behind...". nobleofshalott (12h): "what are you doing to give stewardship of the land back to the people indigenous to it?" Reply: aclotheshorse (Creator tag): "I live in Ireland"

Twitter/X thread. flynn (Australian flag) @flynnajw (3h): "only got yelled at once which is an achievement #votegreen" with photo of young man holding a green campaign leaflet on a street. Reply: DonovanDC @D... (2h): "canvassing for a green candidate during a close election season? i'll yell at you right now and bookmark this so we can all come for you if Trump wins for splitting votes for a candidate you know can't win."

Facebook post with photo of an Avanti West Coast train (number 390 117) at a UK station. Post text: "In the UK right now a train is delayed as a cat is sitting on the roof and refusing to come down." Comment below: "it says west coast on the front of the train. America."

Two-panel black and white screenshot from a Beatles press conference. Top panel shows John Lennon with caption: "They think your haircuts are un-American". Bottom panel shows Lennon smiling with caption: "Well, it was very observant of them because we aren't American, actually"

Twitter/X thread. Hunter (verified) @StatisticUrban: "This is Anish Sarkar. He is a chess prodigy. Born in 2021, he is the youngest FIDE rated player in history, reaching the milestone at the age of 3 years and 10 months. Insane. Almost everyone on Earth would lose a chess match to this toddler." with photo of young Indian boy at chess board. Reply: Sane Francis... (verified, 9h): "DEPORT". Reply: Hunter @StatisticUrb... (9h): "He lives in Kolkata"

Instagram post. eddiehallwsm (verified) posted a Remembrance Day image reading "Lest we forget..." with silhouette of a WWI soldier bowing his head next to a cross, surrounded by red poppies. Caption: "Today, we pause to remember and". Comment: jackbvckley (16h): "Veterans day is tomorrow G"

Reddit post (French interface - Rejoindre button, Partager). r/france, username redacted (1j). Title: "Why is everything on here in French?" Ask France flair. Body: "This sub is about the place, not the language. Reddit is American, and we speak English. Edit: Touchy bunch I guess- some of you are downright mean." (downvoted). Footer: "Posted in r/facepalm by u/NuttySchism"

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