#us centrism

[xarichii]

I don't care if he's moderate and not the worst option. The USA did not need another reason to think they are the center of the universe.

[subvertcity]

People on here really haven't discussed usamerican defaultism in gaming history. Because it is rampent.

Most of the world didn't have consoles as their primary gaming platforms, they had computers. The Video Game Crash was an NA thing, in fact some rather important games and systems came out durring the crash (Elite in 84, the Famicom in 83 for example).

The Sega Saturn did well in Japan, the N64 was a distant 3rd outside the US. PC gaming was still relevent after the PS2 in various countries, epecially those with Computer Cafe cultures and strong PC Modding Scenes.

Xbox was not that popular outside Anglo countries, outside of the 360, due to the PS3's price. A lot of countries were never that interested in nintendo due to the cost of import + being harder to pirate.

this is just off the dome so to say, and I know people can fill more gaps that my european ass might not have known.

[this-is-antiarab]

world map, provided by courtesy of [tumblr]

[calyssmarviss]

the urge to comment “what country is this about” on every post that’s clearly about the US bc no one thought to precise is growing stronger everyday

[autisticautonomy]

If the world was a just and rational place there would be outrage that the Yankees planted their flag on Earth's moon. There would be outrage that the Americans seemingly claimed the fucking moon for themselves. That the moon which has held such significance across countries, across continents, across time- now has the American flag on it. Could you imagine if the Soviets got there? I mean we'd be (rightfully) pissed. But the USA gets to put their eyesore of a flag on a celestial object without objection. Why did we as a planet let them get away with that???

[burninglights]

unfortunately the problem with being on the internet and being decidedly not from America is that the yanks WILL find your clearly region-specific posts that are clearly not relevant to America or the American experience in any way and go “how can I make this about me”

[crazycatsiren]

I think people forget that "indigenous" doesn't only mean native Americans.

Technically, I'm indigenous. Not to North America but to Manchuria and to northeast China. But the idea of this will confuse the heck out of people because I'm not native American. Like, yeah, folks, the world is bigger than just North America and Europe, actually.

[areawest]

is it really “queer history” or is it just usamerican queer history?

is it really “queer culture” or is it just usamerican queer culture?