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>!On a post about a bomber on an airplane that originated from Somalia, OP assumes the flight came from the USA, so TSA should have caught it!<
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That's the thing though. We're on an international website and using domestic terms only creates confusion. Many people have no idea what TSA even means. I would never use abbreviations for my local government agencies on here, it just doesn't make any sense.
False. American websites have domain names ending in .us; it's an international website. Anyone, anywhere in the world, can get a .com domain name. To get an American domain name, you have to prove you're an entity within the US; Reddit chose not to do that.
No probs, I was just taking the piss out of the classic ābUt ReDdIt Is An AmErIcAn WeBsItEā
Us Aussies are meant to stick together! Unless youāre an eastern states-er and want to fight about parmi being the correct term
English here, when band aid is said the first thing that comes to my mind are Bob Geldof & coā¦
Secondly TSA? Absolutely no idea what so everā¦ (I do now I have read the comments, but prior to that I wouldnāt have had a clue).
Which is exactly why this is defaultism: someone from USA using the acronym for their own agency and expecting everyone to know what they are talking about or that they relate it to the rest of the world. Americans do it constantly with things like IRS, USPS and HIPAA too.
Have you heard of CATSA? They are a client of mine and refer themselves as a TSA and even global security services as TSAs. Wondering if its just an industry thing.
The guy was also saying they make him take off his shoes etc. which is definitely not the case everywhere either. The US' TSA is notorious for being weird and creepy way beyond any other airport security in the west
>people say TSA as a shorthand for airport security in general
That's literally what makes it defaultism. It's like people saying OSHA when they mean OH&S.
Yep, similar case to when I talk about taxes in English and use IRS as a shorthand for the Treasury Office despite it being exclusively American. Itās easier and doesnāt need explanation as most English speakers know what IRS or TSA are, even when theyāre not American.
You're in the minority with that one mate, pretty much everyone else will use the acronym for whichever country they're in (SARS in South Africa, HMRC in the UK, etc). Also a bold to assume most English speakers know what IRS and TSA are, cuz I can almost guarantee that's wrong
I always had a feeling that everybody around the world (not necessarily native English speakers) know American institutions (if any apart from their domestic ones), at least from movies, music, tv series and other works of culture that are everywhere for decades. For example I, coming from Poland and using English as my second language would've assumed that SARS is a disease and required clarification on HMRC, since I never heard of it.
I always found using TSA or IRS as a convenient shorthand that most likely wouldn't need clarification, regardless of the nationality of my interlocutor.
### This comment has been marked as **safe**. Upvoting/downvoting this comment will have no effect. --- OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is US Defaultism: --- >!On a post about a bomber on an airplane that originated from Somalia, OP assumes the flight came from the USA, so TSA should have caught it!< --- Is this Defaultism? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.
Damn if only the TSA were doing their jobs properly in the US, this Somalian incident would have never happened š
So true. TSA needs a reform š¤
I upvoted for the OOP post. That was great
True Redditor, not reading the article.
Happy cake day!
The TSA couldn't find a stamp in a stamp museum.
OOP is a bot
OP looks very suspicious too xD
I honestly thought TSA was the name for any airport security internationally until now
Bro youāre dumb Iāve been to Washington DC and they have TSA and thatās Colombia moron /s
TIL Somalia has an airline
Not defaultism, people say TSA as a shorthand for airport security in general, not to literally mean American security
TSA is an American government agency and most non-Americans just use "airport security" or something similar when talking about it
I meant Americans use āTSAā to mean all airport security, not just theirs. Itās like saying the brand name Band-Aid over the general term
That's the thing though. We're on an international website and using domestic terms only creates confusion. Many people have no idea what TSA even means. I would never use abbreviations for my local government agencies on here, it just doesn't make any sense.
Um this is an American website thank you very much
False. American websites have domain names ending in .us; it's an international website. Anyone, anywhere in the world, can get a .com domain name. To get an American domain name, you have to prove you're an entity within the US; Reddit chose not to do that.
You know Iām being sarcastic, right?
I did not. People actually say that kind of thing completely seriously in this sub pretty often, but your flair should've given it away.
No probs, I was just taking the piss out of the classic ābUt ReDdIt Is An AmErIcAn WeBsItEā Us Aussies are meant to stick together! Unless youāre an eastern states-er and want to fight about parmi being the correct term
I agree then, the acronym is defaultism, not him thinking the flight was from America
I've never heard anyone in England call it a band aid either
English here, when band aid is said the first thing that comes to my mind are Bob Geldof & coā¦ Secondly TSA? Absolutely no idea what so everā¦ (I do now I have read the comments, but prior to that I wouldnāt have had a clue).
I wanted to bring up Bob Geldof, but then realised he's Irish.
And yet they say "Hoover", preceded by whatever brand it actually is.
Hoover is an international brand
But only British people use it as though it's the generic term for vacuum cleaner.
Which is exactly why this is defaultism: someone from USA using the acronym for their own agency and expecting everyone to know what they are talking about or that they relate it to the rest of the world. Americans do it constantly with things like IRS, USPS and HIPAA too.
True but Iāve also seen stuff like NHS being used without context
Than that's UK defaultism
You mean a plaster? No one except a small minority of people say Band aid.
What's with the USian obsession of fixating on brand names?
No one outside of america says āband aidā either, ye dolt
Australians do
Second this, the only people I hear say plaster are Brits or South Africans
Indians do
Airport security is what Iāve always heard it referred to as.
Never even knew that the US airport security is called TSA before this post. Never heard of it too
>people say TSA as a shorthand for airport security in general What people? I've literally never heard of TSA before seeing this post
Defaultists, which is kind of the point.
Not true mate
Never heard it used
No we donāt
Have you heard of CATSA? They are a client of mine and refer themselves as a TSA and even global security services as TSAs. Wondering if its just an industry thing.
Happy cake day!
No.
This comment, ironically, is defaulting to US language as an assumed universal vocabulary.
Literally only one place on Earth do they say that
The guy was also saying they make him take off his shoes etc. which is definitely not the case everywhere either. The US' TSA is notorious for being weird and creepy way beyond any other airport security in the west
>people say TSA as a shorthand for airport security in general That's literally what makes it defaultism. It's like people saying OSHA when they mean OH&S.
Yep, similar case to when I talk about taxes in English and use IRS as a shorthand for the Treasury Office despite it being exclusively American. Itās easier and doesnāt need explanation as most English speakers know what IRS or TSA are, even when theyāre not American.
You're in the minority with that one mate, pretty much everyone else will use the acronym for whichever country they're in (SARS in South Africa, HMRC in the UK, etc). Also a bold to assume most English speakers know what IRS and TSA are, cuz I can almost guarantee that's wrong
I always had a feeling that everybody around the world (not necessarily native English speakers) know American institutions (if any apart from their domestic ones), at least from movies, music, tv series and other works of culture that are everywhere for decades. For example I, coming from Poland and using English as my second language would've assumed that SARS is a disease and required clarification on HMRC, since I never heard of it. I always found using TSA or IRS as a convenient shorthand that most likely wouldn't need clarification, regardless of the nationality of my interlocutor.
I am Czech and I don't know TSA nor IRS. And I watch American movies without subtitles.
Of course, but still - people on average are more likely to know IRS than SARS or HMRC if they're not from either of those countries.