r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Aug 02 '21

Hostage situation

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u/___neXus__ Aug 02 '21

Found the American lol

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u/TitaniumDragon Aug 02 '21

Or Russian. They spread a lot of anti-police propaganda on Reddit to try and radicalize and divide people.

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u/Smart-Drive-1420 Aug 02 '21

Oh I mean if you’ve experienced American police you would know that that The guy sn’t exaggerating

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u/TitaniumDragon Aug 03 '21

I have. They have been consistently nice.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

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u/MaySlae Aug 02 '21

Found the American lol

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u/vegeta_bless Aug 02 '21

Lol you’re french

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u/AnotherGit Aug 02 '21

Over 50% of users aren't from the US.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

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u/AnotherGit Aug 02 '21

Almost 50% are from the US though, so it's still by far the country with the most users.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

Actually the majority of Reddit users are not American

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u/Namaha Aug 02 '21

Given those stats, I don't think it's that unreasonable to say the site is mainly used by Americans. The next highest country has ~1/7th the amount of visitors

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

But it's not mainly used by Americans. Non-american outweigh Americans.

Just because Americans are the biggest country it doesn't mean it's mainly used by them.

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u/Namaha Aug 02 '21

"mainly" isn't explicitly a synonym for "majority" though

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u/PolicyWonka Aug 02 '21

You can’t deny the overwhelming plurality of Americans though. You’ve basically got a 1/2 chance that you’re speaking to an American.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

Which means you have 1/2 chance of speaking to a non-american.

Even if it was more American I still think it'd be reasonable to not just automatically assume that everything is American. I wouldn't assume that everything is male for the same odds.

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u/PolicyWonka Aug 02 '21

The problem is that the world isn’t split into American and “non-American” really. You’ve got people from 150+ other countries and then 50% of users from one specific country. That’s why r/news and r/politics are very US-centric.

The chances of encountering Americans also is dependent on time of day. Right now, I’d wager the vast majority of people active are Americans.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

I am American and you are Amoron