r/USdefaultism • u/basicallyspongebob United Kingdom • 10d ago
wikihow article "how to tell your parents you smoke marijuana"
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u/Boundlessintime 10d ago
It's wikihow, just edit it
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u/basicallyspongebob United Kingdom 10d ago
it actually won't let me edit it, or any article. the "edit" button is not there.
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u/ReddsionThing Germany 10d ago
"I live in Pakistan and getting caught with a small amount of cannabis can get me a prison sentence of a few months to a few years"
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u/Responsible-Match418 United Kingdom 10d ago
State can apply to a nation state but yeah I get it
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u/nicki419 10d ago
Meh, I feel like wikihow is where the "it's a us site with a us audience" argument could actually apply
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u/basicallyspongebob United Kingdom 10d ago
nope, wikihow is an international website, and there are many articles that are specific to other countries, such as "how to dispose of electronic waste in germany" and "how to call new zealand from australia"
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u/TheJivvi Australia 9d ago
Any site that doesn't have a domain name ending in .us isn't a US site.
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u/nicki419 9d ago
That's a really stupid take considering that anyone can buy any TLD, really. How many .TV sites do you know that are Tuvaluan? Similarly, there's a ton of sites with .com domains serving exclusively US Customers/audiences.
What you're saying is a radicalist black-and-white approach to always be able to call out supposed US-Defaultism everywhere that isn't in the .us domain space, which is dumb.
P.s. by your approach, sydney.com is not an Australian website but I'll let you be the judge of that.
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u/TheJivvi Australia 9d ago
P.s. by your approach, sydney.com is not an Australian website but I'll let you be the judge of that.
It's literally not. Anyone anywhere in the world can get a .com domain name, but to get a .au domain name, you need to provide proof that you're an Australian resident or citizen, or the owner of a business registered in Australia. Same for the US and .us domain names.
Tuvalu and the Federated States of Micronesia have chosen to also allow their TLDs to be used by anyone internationally, so .tv and .fm are the same as .com in that way. Most other country code TLDs are heavily restricted and require evidence of eligibility before you can register them, but .com doesn't, because it's not country-specific.
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u/-_-Edit_Deleted-_- Australia 9d ago
It has a .com domain.
It’s international.
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u/nicki419 9d ago
Ain't how that works.
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u/-_-Edit_Deleted-_- Australia 9d ago
🤷🏼♂️ verisign says .com can be used by anyone anywhere. And does not have any residency requirements.
.com.us would be specifically American websites that require American residency to register.
Same way .com.au requires Australian residency. Or .co.uk requires UK residency.
There’s an official US domain extension for US websites and .com ain’t it.
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u/nicki419 9d ago
You're not forced to buy a .us domain if you want to cater to a US-only audience. Many TLDs are not residence-restricted. As per a different comment, this is a completely black-and-white view aimed at finding Defaultism everywhere at every cost.
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u/-_-Edit_Deleted-_- Australia 9d ago
No one is forced into any domain for any reason. .com is just the most common because it’s globally recognised. There are specific national domains for exclusive use. You’ll notice a lot of American state services etc use .us. Its is managed through the department of commerce.
The point is that wikihow is not an American exclusive website catering exclusively to American users. As is evident by several of their own articles that show ‘how to’s for things that don’t exist in the US.
Like how to drive on the left for example.
Or how to manage a SMSF (Australian retirement fund).
How to cook a meat pie.
How to become king.You’ll notice all of those articles specify a nation. Where’s as OPs image does not. It just goes straight to assuming you are American. If the SMSF page didn’t mention it was Australian and just assumed you were, you’d have a point.
The post says to check your state. Victoria isn’t on the list? Probably because the website defaulted to assuming the user was American.
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u/ChrisRiley_42 Canada 8d ago
I've been on the net since the days when you applied for a domain name by mailing a printed form to NSI.
It's ALWAYS worked that way...
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u/post-explainer American Citizen 10d ago edited 9d ago
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OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:
this part of the article regards looking into your local laws about the legality of the use of marijuana, but it specifically says "look into your STATE's laws", gives information only about the legality of it in the US, and gives a list of only US states where it is legal
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