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> Is the author talking about the world or the US? World = USA for something like 90% of Internet posts/videos.

wil421 4y ago
Funny, you’re reading an American news aggregate site about an American publication called Popular Mechanics. Why wouldn’t you expect Popular Mechanics to be talking about the American market?
- antegamisou 4y ago
  Because the world does not revolve around the US. But certainly it's hard for anyone to realize that when they've been brainwashed for an entire century that they live in the greatest country in the galaxy.
  - wil421 4y ago
    Then don’t read American publications and get mad when they are taking about America.
    - antegamisou 4y ago
      Yeah I might as well quit reading anything written in English online because a bozo says there's only one country in the world we should care about and the rest need to stfu.
    - mnw21cam 4y ago
      I can read American publications and get mad when they are talking about America without indicating that they are talking about America. It's like me declaring that it's perfectly legal to cross the road wherever you like - unless I qualify that by saying what jurisdiction that refers to, then it's just confusing bad advice for a proportion of people reading who might not actually notice that it is. I have similar grumbles whenever a publication uses the phrase "in the country", and I have to go and investigate which country they mean.
      - kllrnohj 4y ago
        > I can read American publications and get mad when they are talking about America without indicating that they are talking about America. They did indicate that by being an American publication. It's not like Spain publications start every article with "Here in Spain, <blah blah blah>." That'd be absurd.
- capableweb 4y ago
  > American news aggregate site While Ycombinator is certainly based in the US, lots of people visiting/participating in HN discussions are not. Latest poll (6 months ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30210378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30210378 Visualization: https://ae.studio/random/where-does-hacker-news-live https://ae.studio/random/where-does-hacker-news-live Seems to be pretty 50%/50% between US and non-US based on poll answers.

Funny, you’re reading an American news aggregate site about an American publication called Popular Mechanics. Why wouldn’t you expect Popular Mechanics to be talking about the American market?

antegamisou 4y ago
Because the world does not revolve around the US. But certainly it's hard for anyone to realize that when they've been brainwashed for an entire century that they live in the greatest country in the galaxy.
- wil421 4y ago
  Then don’t read American publications and get mad when they are taking about America.
  - antegamisou 4y ago
    Yeah I might as well quit reading anything written in English online because a bozo says there's only one country in the world we should care about and the rest need to stfu.
  - mnw21cam 4y ago
    I can read American publications and get mad when they are talking about America without indicating that they are talking about America. It's like me declaring that it's perfectly legal to cross the road wherever you like - unless I qualify that by saying what jurisdiction that refers to, then it's just confusing bad advice for a proportion of people reading who might not actually notice that it is. I have similar grumbles whenever a publication uses the phrase "in the country", and I have to go and investigate which country they mean.
    - kllrnohj 4y ago
      > I can read American publications and get mad when they are talking about America without indicating that they are talking about America. They did indicate that by being an American publication. It's not like Spain publications start every article with "Here in Spain, <blah blah blah>." That'd be absurd.
capableweb 4y ago
> American news aggregate site While Ycombinator is certainly based in the US, lots of people visiting/participating in HN discussions are not. Latest poll (6 months ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30210378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30210378 Visualization: https://ae.studio/random/where-does-hacker-news-live https://ae.studio/random/where-does-hacker-news-live Seems to be pretty 50%/50% between US and non-US based on poll answers.