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2026-07-17 00:46 UTC
@ubernostrum@infosec.exchange Oh, I use “USian" all the time; very few things are funnier -- in person or online -- than USians who get salty at not being granted the entire pair of continents. It's a term that is a) accurate and b) causes a reaction that is funny to ~8 billion people.
(I've literally been put on a BlueSky block list for having used it; if I'd been on the fence before that, I sure wasn't any more!)
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@ubernostrum@infosec.exchange 2026-07-17 02:25
@offby1@wandering.shop Well, on the one hand: it doesn't even work for that purpose, since the USA is not the only "United States" in the Americas (not even the only one on the North American part). On the other hand, now that we're 10+ years into the age of literal 4channers and Gamergaters (but I repeat myself) running things in major countries, I'm kind of over the whole provocative-edginess thing as a whole.