[ SECRET POST #3268 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3268 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Jade Empire]


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[Murcielago]


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[The Last Kingdom]


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[Mystery Science Theater 3000]


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[Girl Meets World]


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[Final Fantasy 6]


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[2NE1]


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[Krysten Ritter in Jessica Jones vs. Michael Jackson]


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[Sweet Fuse/Bakudan Handan]


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[Vriska - Homestuck]


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[The Mighty Boosh]












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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

They're from the continent of North America, but they are Canadian and Mexican. American has long, long been the shorthand for someone from the United States of America. Much like if Canada wanted to be all wordy and call itself the United Providences of Canada, the citizens would still be Canadians.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah but why do you give a shit though

if someone wants to say USians, why is that such an emotionally disturbing thing

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, yes. The good ol' "Why do you care?!" method for shutting down things you don't like. To answer, it's not "emotionally disturbing" or whatever you like to tell yourself people's motivations are. It's just a viscerally dumbass "word."

[(Anonymous)]

well, I think what confuses me is the viscerality of the reaction. Like, from previous debates here, people get really keyed in about it. And it's just never made sense to me, because like... whatever, it's just a word.

like i am genuinely asking here, why do you give a shit

[(Anonymous)]

Because it's a stupid word, and stupidity offends me.

[(Anonymous)]

I guess I just feel like, if stupidity offends you, you must be offended all the time, living in the world.

[(Anonymous)]

It's not so much the word itself, it's the people who use it. Most people who use it are batshit about how the term American is horrible and if you use it you're horrible and practically an imperialist. So when I hear it, I have the kind of reaction I'd have to that type of person.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, also this.

[(Anonymous)]

The term USians could be dismissive of people from Mexico because the name of Mexico is technically The United Mexican States or The United States of Mexico, depending on how you want to translate for grammar's sake/clarity of reading.

Mexico is called Mexico and the people of it Mexicans because we're too lazy to use the full name of the country when describing the people. How is this different from people using "Americans" for people from the United States of America?