This community is for photography and interesting images. This isn’t the place for shitposts about trump overshadowing quality posts. There’s already 10 other communities people can go to for that.

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And more. Can we ban these low effort political posts and go back to having a decent community? Thanks.

  • @atzanteol
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    -710 months ago

    Unitedstatesians

    The word you want is “Americans”.

    I also would like political stuff kept out of non-political communities.

    • merde alors
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      410 months ago

      if U.S. is America, than why is it U.S. of America?

      Canadians too are americans, like Mexicans are americans

      imagine if Germans thought that European meant German 🤷

      • @atzanteol
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        510 months ago

        It doesn’t matter what makes sense to you. “American” is the correct term.

        Do you also say “Unitedkingdomers” since the “British Isles” includes the Republic of Ireland?

        • merde alors
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          -110 months ago

          no, you just say Irish, they’re lucky like that.

          when precision is needed, we also have English, Scottish, Welsh &c.

          Mexicans and Canadians too are Americans. So i will just call you Bob from now on.

          Hello Bob, how’s your day?

          • @atzanteol
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            210 months ago

            American is the correct term. Nothing you say will change that.

            • merde alors
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              010 months ago

              i say abracadabra!

              now you’re just bob

      • @[email protected]
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        10 months ago

        The U.S. are far from the only people that colloquially call us “Americans.” This is a non issue.

        And if you really want to be pedantic, all South Americans are Americans too.

      • @[email protected]
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        010 months ago

        Canadians and Mexicans are “North Americans”. Brazilians are “South Americans”. People who live in the US call themselves Americans. That’s just how language works, buddy. If it irritates your pedantic bone so much, the only solution is to build a time machine to go back a few centuries and change it.

    • @[email protected]
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      -610 months ago

      Nah man. Why give the whole continent a bad name just because the people in the middle of it are arseholes?

      • @atzanteol
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        310 months ago

        They didn’t - they called it France.