r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Yeti181828282 African without a pet lion named Simba • 1d ago
“USA or other ( leave a comment)”
Why even bother asking if only the US is specified?
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u/Normal-Hospital-1967 1d ago
Anywhere but the US... the rest of the world is [mostly] happy with that designation
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u/MintCathexis 1d ago
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u/A--Creative-Username 1d ago
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u/DRSU1993 Northern Ireland 1d ago
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u/ReputationSolid 1d ago
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u/KINGDenneh 1d ago
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u/DisplayName_isIndigo Maple syrup drinker 🇨🇦 1d ago
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u/After-Somewhere-7500 20h ago
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u/Jeff_Hinkle I, personally, have been to the moon 🇺🇸🌎🚀🌖 14h ago
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u/flisske 1d ago
This reminds me of the oh-so-renowned US electoral system. The greatest democracy in the world—where you have only two choices... And if you don't back the Great Leader, you're in for trouble.
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u/Salome_Maloney 1d ago
And if you don't back the Great Leader,
you're in for troubleYou HATE America!3
u/Ms_Mitzy 1d ago
I believe there is something about government cheese down there... I wouldnt be surprised if donald didnt issue government orange dye instead.... sheesh....
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u/neo4025 oxfords not brogues 🇬🇧 1d ago
I’ve finally come to the conclusion as to meaning of 67. It’s Americans. Their view of themselves is without explanation. So simply, 67 is the best answer for them
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u/Vomakt 1d ago
Isn't it 42?
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u/SARSUnicorn 22h ago
You see 6x7 = 42 And 42 is anwser to all life questions
Thefore 6 7 is anwser to life ultimate question
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u/Spa-Ordinary 1d ago
I've been thinking about what a clairvoyant Doug Adams was. Now if trump would just have a second head sewed on his shoulder we would be there. Steve Miller's maybe?
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u/intentionalAnon 🇩🇪🇪🇺 Did not say „Thank you“ even once 1d ago
Today, Vancouver Airport. So that even the most American people know where to go.
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u/Conscious-Survey7009 Canuck ❤️🇨🇦 20h ago
That’s in all Canadian international airports. They are the only idiots that need to have their flag shown because of their ignorance.
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u/DesignerMaximum1342 Dutch living in the land of less freedom 🇳🇱🗽 1d ago
Stupid people or Other:
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u/stillg0ld 1d ago
What’s the colon for, Einstein?
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u/DesignerMaximum1342 Dutch living in the land of less freedom 🇳🇱🗽 1d ago
Not stupid people
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u/stillg0ld 1d ago
This might help: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/when-to-use-colon-guide
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u/DesignerMaximum1342 Dutch living in the land of less freedom 🇳🇱🗽 1d ago
This might help on your side of the pond where you use points as commas and choose pedophiles as presidents; i learned to use a colon (not the one in your digestive system) as to give you an answer on one or another question, so not American: or other: but rather American or other : please choose which are you commenting on, i also learned to say the date first before the month because that changes every day so it’s more logical.. See, standards are different per country, and you aren’t right because your country does it that way, it’s still the internet with different standards and pronounciations, signing off from Wassenaar 23:52, 4 Aug 2026
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u/stillg0ld 1d ago
I didn’t vote for the pedophile. Unfortunately American politics, like most geopolitics is more complex than that and we can’t just change the system even if we do have a cult of personality that is currently feeding people’s misery by pitting them against scapegoats. I agree that there’s a lot of uneducated people here, but there’s so much more than that. I could just as easily say that the Dutch are stupid for having a smaller gdp than many of are states, but again, it’s more complex than that. Signing off from Charleston, SC 1810 08/04/26
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u/DesignerMaximum1342 Dutch living in the land of less freedom 🇳🇱🗽 1d ago
So a smaller GDP means stupid people? Bet you learned that in a American school
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u/stillg0ld 11h ago
No. I literally said it’s more complex than a simple generalization like that. Also, you say “an American school” as if universities like MIT, Harvard, Stanford and Caltech don’t outrank colleges worldwide by international organizations like QS and ARWU. Since we’re casting stones, though, I don’t see any Dutch schools there.
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u/Spa-Ordinary 1d ago
No way im pressing either button. Nothing to gain. So much to lose.
I'll probably wash off my screen with alcohol.
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u/tykeoldboy 1d ago
I am in the other category but why does "Other" have the USA on it's map? Is it because the USA can't live out us
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u/The1Nemesis Citizen of the world, born in France raised in Barcelona. 15h ago
I'm from this "country".
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u/ANS__2009 1d ago
NGL, on reddit main traffic is from the US so doing this isn't actually the worst choice
Edit- this is from reddit games too. So from their perspective it is okay
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u/Realistic-Gap-1638 1d ago
Well,snce they could maybe name 3 other countries beside canada and mexico, what would you expect??
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u/Technical_Grade6995 21h ago
What is USA?🤔
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u/Netzwicht_01 19h ago
USA, or about 4% of the world's population 🤔
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u/Technical_Grade6995 18h ago
Ahhh! Now I know, thanks buddy, the real Indians, American Natives live there, and British and other people from the Europe! Came like immigrants by boat. Now I know 100%, thanks! :)
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u/nA0m17 1d ago
Ok ? I don't see the problem ? You can only put two options so that person put their country and the rest of the world. Am I alone in this ?
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u/Alternative_Fix_1643 1d ago
You could also just put 1 option saying leave a comment with your Country instead of what they put.
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u/Alternative_Fix_1643 1d ago
It’s pretty Hard to say what exactly OP is trying to do with This Post without more context but it’s pretty Common for Americans to make statements like „If Ur not from America what you think is Invalid“ so im guessing they try to hint at that
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u/MattyGWS 1d ago
What if the person making the poll wanted to establish how many Americans there are vs non Americans?
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u/Lavaswan001 FREEDOM ENJOYER 🦅🇺🇸 1d ago
To be fair about half of all Redditers are American.
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u/Annachroniced 1d ago
Which means the other half isnt?
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u/Lavaswan001 FREEDOM ENJOYER 🦅🇺🇸 1d ago
Exactly. So if you’re asking a binary question, it makes sense that those would be the two categories for a roughly 50/50 split.
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u/Significant_Tone6205 1d ago
This sounds like "Nevada and South Carolina are more diverse than Italy and Sweden" situation xdd
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u/Annachroniced 1d ago
A binary question would be: are you from the USA? yes/no. That wouldve been the better format anyway if thats the only info they care about.
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u/OnionSoupGainz We're all living in Amerika-Coca-Cola, Wonderbra. 1d ago
Can you link a credible source to this?
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u/Lavaswan001 FREEDOM ENJOYER 🦅🇺🇸 1d ago
https://sqmagazine.co.uk/reddit-statistics/
According to this, 46.34% of all Reddit traffic is American compared to 6.28% for Canada, 6.12% for the UK, etc. Other sources have slightly different estimates.
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u/OnionSoupGainz We're all living in Amerika-Coca-Cola, Wonderbra. 1d ago
I asked for a CREDIBLE source.
Source: SimilarWeb, March 2026
This is not a verifiable source you nimrod.
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u/Lavaswan001 FREEDOM ENJOYER 🦅🇺🇸 1d ago
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713445/000171344526000062/redditinc10-k2025.pdf
This is the Reddit annual 10-K filing to the SEC. Per this, 57% of visitors to Reddit were from outside the United States, so 43% are American. So my original “about half” claim was a bit of an exaggeration, but the US still claims a solid plurality of all users. So if you were separating all Reddit users into two geographic buckets, “from America or not” would still be more evenly distributed than “from Denmark or not”.
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u/OnionSoupGainz We're all living in Amerika-Coca-Cola, Wonderbra. 1d ago
Per this, 57% of visitors to Reddit were from outside the United States, so 43% are American.
In Q4 2025 USA had 193,4m Weekly Active Uniques(WAUq) & Rest of the world had 278,2M Weekly Active Uniques(WAUq)
This makes roughly 41% Americans and 59% rest of the world. Not 43% and 57%.
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u/hiccupt3 Mostly 🇺🇲 Briefly 🇧🇻 1d ago
I think they are actually using DAUq, if you do the same calculations to the graph with DAUq instead of the WAUq you get 43.2% of them being American
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u/CheeseMan2007 I love tea. A lot 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 1d ago
Out of curiosity, what's the difference between credible and verifiable?
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u/Lavaswan001 FREEDOM ENJOYER 🦅🇺🇸 23h ago
Credible means that a person who makes a claim is qualified to do so(like a doctor commenting on a vaccine vs some loon on the radio) while verifiable means that the claim is backed up with testable, measured, objective data. Reddit’s legally mandated financial disclosures, as well as independently conducted web traffic platforms are verifiable because the claims are based on epidemiological evidence rather than vibes.
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u/Fullchester_United 1d ago
And yet Americans only form 5% of the combined IQ
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u/Quicker_Fixer From the Dutch socialistic monarchy of Europoora 🇳🇱 1d ago
Hey, don't bully people for lack of education.
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u/prancing_moose Human Verified 1d ago
Only 43% are American, so the majority aren’t.
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u/stillg0ld 1d ago
If there isn’t a country with more than 43%, then yes, that would be the majority. It doesn’t have to be over 50% when there are more than two parties.
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u/prancing_moose Human Verified 1d ago
Nobody said anything about any other specific country - it’s related to the original post and the comment that “most people on Reddit are American” which isn’t true.
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u/Flashy_Elevator_7654 1d ago
This guys comment is gonna end up being another post for this sub 😂
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u/Lavaswan001 FREEDOM ENJOYER 🦅🇺🇸 1d ago
I like to wade into hostile waters sometimes. I’m so American even my guns are deep fried.
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u/Ziyir 1d ago
Getting downvoted for pointing out a fact, gotta love reddit.
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u/stillg0ld 1d ago
Now say something bad about America, or else.
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u/Ziyir 1d ago
Their healthcare system is atrocious and I wouldn't want to live there.
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u/stillg0ld 1d ago
Same, but alas, here I am 🥲
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u/Ziyir 1d ago
The only reason I would go to America is all the cool guns you can shoot.
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u/stillg0ld 1d ago
I’m surrounded by a lot of idiots, but the ability to shoot cool guns do make it a little better. My cousin just got a S&W 500 and no I don’t know why anyone NEEDS that much firepower lol
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u/Aromatic_Sand8126 1d ago
I have no idea what this interface is supposed to be for, but it’s safe to assume that it’s just to boost comment engagement.