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20 June 2025

Stuff Americans say
US is Earth part 5

Stuff Americans say

YouTube comments: 'Pfft, the stupid operator said 999 and not 911' - reply: 'Yep! It's called "other countries"'

Fodor's Travel forum post titled "July 4th in Rome". Original poster writes "I will be in Rome on the 4th of July and was wondering if anything will be closed as a result of our holiday? Also, it's on a Monday this year so I know there are a few things that are closed on that day in general but I wanted to know if there was anything else that would be....." Posted Jun 16th, 2011. User has 91 posts.

Reddit post by u/RandomPerson196 titled "Are the devs assuming everyone who plays ToS is american now?" with a screenshot of a game (Town of Salem) verification screen showing a cartoon pilgrim character with the captcha question "Who is on the 1 dollar bill?" and a text input field with a Submit button.

Mobile phone Google search for "how many people were born in 2003" showing a featured snippet with US-only data: "4,089,950 births" from CDC WONDER, stating "In 2003 a total of 4,089,950 births were registered in the United States". People also ask section below with related questions. Google defaulting to American data for a global question.

Facebook post from Cleveland Police (UK, verified) sharing artwork of one of their Redcar response officers (PC Crutchley) by a 14-year-old named Ellie, shown alongside a real photo of the officer in British police uniform with checkered cap and Union Jack patch. A comment below asks "Why does the Cleveland police have a Union Jack on them" - - not realising Cleveland is a place in England.

TikTok post showing a video of an elderly man giving a new bike to a kid, captioned "Kid had an old bike with no brakes and dented someone's car. A few days later the car owner surprised the kid with a new bike." Photo shows an older man handing a bike to a boy on a European-looking street. Comment reads "American values at their best", reply says "You mean Turkish values, where this happened." Comments section is in German ("Kommentare", "Antworten", "Ubersetzung anzeigen").

Reddit r/AskReddit post by u/SD_girlie titled "Do you stand or kneel for the US National Anthem? And, why?". Reply from VestigialTriplet reads "I do whatever I was doing when it started because I'm not American."

Twitter/X thread. @scthchen (parody account) tweets "trump was born in 1946??????? holy fuck and they were calling biden a hag" quote-tweeting @HomoBears who posted a meme with photos of Hitler captioned "Died1945" next to Trump captioned "Born1946" with text "welcome back Hitler". @clubricopodcast (The Safe & Effective P..., verified) replies "He's your president.. so you chose to live under HITLER unless you move". @scthchen replies "i live in mexico" with a GIF of two women.

Twitter/X thread with username redacted paint. First tweet: "He's a president, like him or not". Reply: "#NotMyPresident". Reply: "He is". Final reply: "no he literally isn't my president i'm Norwegian".

Threads post. Someone asks "How do people in England feel about America celebrating today??? Is Wimbledon their way of snubbing their nose at our holiday???". Top reply: "To put it in a particularly British way we are almost overcome with indifference".

Reddit r/AskReddit post titled "What's stopping prostitution from being legal?". A reply says "maybe you should specify the country you're talking about. Because here in germany prostitution is legal" (+1). Someone responds by linking to r/USdefaultism.

Reddit post titled "Italians of Reddit: What should tourists avoid doing that's considered rude?" with the interface in Italian ("Commenti", "Premia", "Condividi"). Comment from midget_tossing reads "Here in NJ, USA? Don't be asking about Exits and 'is the sauce faithful?' Fuck you. YES IT'S A SAUCE AND NOT A GRAVY!! Go back to Staten Island, ya'benny." OP abbadoa replies "I meant in Italy?".

Reddit r/worldnews post linking to Globalnews.ca article "U.K. rail workers to strike as union rejects offer from train operators". Photo shows a striking worker in a hi-vis vest holding a sign reading "I WAS A KEYWORKER NOW I'M JUST A GREEDY WORKSHY UNION MEMBER I WORKED THROUGH COVID. NO PAYRISE SINCE 2019". A comment reads "Uhh Congress just passed a bill forcing the deal on them so..." (-11 points) - confusing UK rail unions with US Congress.

Vanity Fair HWD article screenshot. Headline: "The World Unites on One Thing: No One Wants a Princess Bride Remake" with "World" and "America" underlined in blue. Subheading reads "From Princess Bride star Cary Elwes to Princess Bride Quoter in Chief Ted Cruz, America has finally come together to prevent a still-hypothetical retread from happening." By Laura Bradley, September 18, 2019. Headline says "The World" but article only discusses America.

Reddit poll titled "What is the most interesting war in your opinion?" tagged Art, Culture, and History. 67 votes. Options: World War I (4), World War II (44), Civil War (6), Hundred Years War (5, selected), Korean War (4), Results (4). 2 days 19 hours left. Just says "Civil War" as if there's only one in history.

News article headline "World shocked as Texas teen brutally kills entire family" tagged "AMAZING" (inappropriate category tag). 6 hours ago, by Web Desk. Photo shows a police crime scene with yellow tape, police vehicles, and a white minivan in a suburban Texas neighbourhood. "World shocked" by a local American crime story.

Reddit r/HandwritingAnalysis post in Dutch interface ("Er zijn 12 personen aan...", "Beantwoorden"). Shows Trump's jagged signature with text "Hi guys! It'd be super interesting to get your insights on Trump's sig? Tx". MtAn- comments "Looks like a lie detector test result". doodahpunk replies "Don't talk about your daddy like that". MtAn- replies "Excuse me? I have nothing to do with that man." doodahpunk replies "That man is your president for the next 4 years. Show him some respect."

Reddit post titled "Same location, two different times." showing two photos of someone planking on a Japanese mountain summit marker with Japanese text, snowy mountain peaks and clouds in the background. A comment from s3m reads "Great composite! Is this in California?".

Reddit comment thread. Someone writes "Black to me is a term for people in the americas or descended from Americans who have mostly African ancestry and a shared culture (I'm not black) White is a term for middle class American suburbanites" (-1). Far_Play_4191 replies "You know that black and white people exist outside of America, right?".

Reddit poll posted 3 hours ago titled "What grade did you have your first school shooting drill?" tagged Science and Education. 1.6k votes. Options: Preschool (11), Kindergarten (40), 1st-4th Grade (132), 5th-8th Grade (78), 9th-12th Grade (53), I've never had one (1.3k, selected). 2 days 20 hours left.

Tweet with username scribbled out reading "Just heard an American woman angrily tell an airport employee, 'If you don't speak English, then why are you working here?' Ma'am... you're in Shanghai, China." 11:16 PM, 1/1/19.

YouTube comment thread. First commenter (username redacted): "Pfft, the stupid operator said 999 and not 911". Reply (username redacted): "Yep! It's called 'other countries'" with a grinning emoji.

X/Twitter thread in Portuguese interface ("Em resposta"). First person (username scribbled out, 20min ago): "In America we say Brazil and how it says on maps and globes." Reply (17min ago): "On brazilian globes it's written Brasil On my atlas and geography books it's written Brasil On the official social media pagaes it's written Brasil Bc I live in Brasil, and I'm a native Portuguese speaker, and in Portuguese it's written Brasil". Third reply (12min ago): "I've seen other globes and maps dear they are all written the same, nice try though."

Instagram post showing a colourful map of Europe titled "FIRST LETTERS ON LICENSE PLATES" with country codes and example plates for each nation (CH, FIN, N, S, GB, D, PL, UA, RUS, etc.). Comments section below: first commenter (6d) asks "So America doesn't exist on the map or am I missing something?" Reply (6d): "America doesn't exist on the map of Europe, that's right." Another reply (6d): "I seriously hope you are joking right now." Another (6d): "That was a joke right? Right?" Another (6d): "So let's just ignore USA. Smh."

Reddit r/RandomThoughts post (2h ago). Title: "What would you do if you won 15 million?" tagged Random Question. Replies: "If this submission above is not ..." (2h), "Stay absolutely quiet about it" (1h), "Have a panic attack probably" (1h). Bottom reply (1h): "15 million what? I feel like I'm gonna start listing the stuff I'm going to buy only to find out I've won 15 million Zimbabwean dollars and can't even purchase half a banana."

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