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While we're doing scientifically-unsound polls, might as well do this one too!

[Poll #1636721]

Only separated out the major/predominantly English-speaking nations because there are probably way more of even one of those than any of the others combined.

This isn't about politics, it's about geographical, physical location. You don't have to identify as an American to be from the US! Chill!

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[(Anonymous)]

Seeing as the US-centric thing had no basis whatsoever, it makes sense that people would complain?

I don't see this as people's knee-jerk reaction to accusations of US-centrism, I see it as their logical reaction to idiocy.

(Nobody is answering my how is also specifying UK and Canada, US-centric? question, either.)

[(Anonymous)]

I haven't checked back, but as I saw it there was maybe one initial complaint about US centrism, and one complaint about North American and UK/Europe centrism. Then there were a bunch of people jumping around talking about how the OP of the US centrism comment there ought to get the fuck over it and how it's all justified by the US being in the majority and a large English-speaking country. Fairly standard overreactions.

[(Anonymous)]

Because in this context, it makes sense? They were complaining about the poll, and those were the reasons the poll was divided the way it was. Again, Canada and the UK as well, though the US-centric caller forgot to mention those.

In some instances, the one calling US-centrism is the one overreacting. This is one of those instances, I'm afraid.

DA

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly.

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, I see what you mean, and you do have a point, but I'm not entirely convinced. There was no real need for some of the people responding to that comment to freak out and get so defensive. Like the one who was telling people to get the fuck over it, the one going all "Maybe people not from the US should stop bitching about everything that skews towards US Americans, and get over it." or the one who wittered on about special snowflakes.

[(Anonymous)]

he one going all "Maybe people not from the US should stop bitching about everything that skews towards US Americans, and get over it."

Er, I didn't mean that as America, Fuck Yeah; I was trying to be ironic to the person who suggested those US-defensive sort of people should lead by example and not say anything... but I'm from the USA, and my dry irony is unpracticed and doesn't always come through properly. ;)