Dan
@dandwig.bsky.social
40 something Mechanical Engineer. Liberal, scared, and despairing.
Alleged drug dealers. The administration had admitted it doesn’t have the evidence to prosecute survivors. When the weren’t committing war crimes to make sure there weren’t any.
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Alleged drug dealers. The administration had admitted it doesn’t have the evidence to prosecute survivors. When the weren’t committing war crimes to make sure there weren’t any.
And I'm not debating that there are 35 countries in the Americas. But of them, only one, AFAIK, has America in its name. While two have United States (and at least 4 others have historically). So if you're going to pick a new demonym for the US, USAian is at least unique. USian is not.
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
And I'm not debating that there are 35 countries in the Americas. But of them, only one, AFAIK, has America in its name. While two have United States (and at least 4 others have historically). So if you're going to pick a new demonym for the US, USAian is at least unique. USian is not.
I'm not saying treating them as one is incorrect, but it's not a matter of conceit, or some claim that the singular only refers to the US.
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I'm not saying treating them as one is incorrect, but it's not a matter of conceit, or some claim that the singular only refers to the US.
So, there's a linguistic and cultural difference here, which makes the correct translation plural, at least in American English. (I believe in Commonwealth English, as well). Because the singular is either North America or South America, which, in the US and Canada, are two separate continents.
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
So, there's a linguistic and cultural difference here, which makes the correct translation plural, at least in American English. (I believe in Commonwealth English, as well). Because the singular is either North America or South America, which, in the US and Canada, are two separate continents.
The percentage of black voters that vote GOP is so low however, that you’re pretty much looking at the far, far right exclusively. The Hispanic numbers are less easy to explain.
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The percentage of black voters that vote GOP is so low however, that you’re pretty much looking at the far, far right exclusively. The Hispanic numbers are less easy to explain.
While I tend to think the demonym is not an issue, my point was that switching to another demonym that could also apply to multiple countries is not helpful.
December 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
While I tend to think the demonym is not an issue, my point was that switching to another demonym that could also apply to multiple countries is not helpful.
You mean me? Because I definitely didn’t block you.
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
You mean me? Because I definitely didn’t block you.
What does that have to do with the overlap of "United States"?
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
What does that have to do with the overlap of "United States"?
Maybe start playing for the country rather than for your dear leader/
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Maybe start playing for the country rather than for your dear leader/
Absent proof, they were all innocent. There is a reason innocent until proven guilty is a keystone of US law.
And then there’s the problem that smuggling isn’t a capital crime. This was murder.
Only then do you get to the fact that it was an act of war, and a war crime.
And then there’s the problem that smuggling isn’t a capital crime. This was murder.
Only then do you get to the fact that it was an act of war, and a war crime.
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Absent proof, they were all innocent. There is a reason innocent until proven guilty is a keystone of US law.
And then there’s the problem that smuggling isn’t a capital crime. This was murder.
Only then do you get to the fact that it was an act of war, and a war crime.
And then there’s the problem that smuggling isn’t a capital crime. This was murder.
Only then do you get to the fact that it was an act of war, and a war crime.
I no longer interact with FB except through “feeds”. It eliminates all the “suggested content” so I just see friends and pages I follow. (And ads, admittedly). And while it knows I would love a desktop CNC milling machine, it’s cut way down on my rage engagement.
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I no longer interact with FB except through “feeds”. It eliminates all the “suggested content” so I just see friends and pages I follow. (And ads, admittedly). And while it knows I would love a desktop CNC milling machine, it’s cut way down on my rage engagement.
If your soil is at all acidic, and you didn’t bury too deep, the oldest has almost definitely fully returned to the earth. The five years, maybe not.
November 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If your soil is at all acidic, and you didn’t bury too deep, the oldest has almost definitely fully returned to the earth. The five years, maybe not.
The murder of civilians (the initial attacks) without trial is illegal. Period. The claim that it is an act of war fails the test of a declared war.
The fact that even if it were a war, shooting survivors of a ship destruction is a war crime doesn’t negate that first bit.
The fact that even if it were a war, shooting survivors of a ship destruction is a war crime doesn’t negate that first bit.
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The murder of civilians (the initial attacks) without trial is illegal. Period. The claim that it is an act of war fails the test of a declared war.
The fact that even if it were a war, shooting survivors of a ship destruction is a war crime doesn’t negate that first bit.
The fact that even if it were a war, shooting survivors of a ship destruction is a war crime doesn’t negate that first bit.
Minor side issue that residents of the United Mexican States are also Unitedstatesians, which sort of negates their whole argument that it's about clarity.
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Minor side issue that residents of the United Mexican States are also Unitedstatesians, which sort of negates their whole argument that it's about clarity.
If I’m trying to differentiate it from the United Kingdom of upper and lower Egypt, then yes. You’re the one who is insisting the short form “American” is ambiguous.
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If I’m trying to differentiate it from the United Kingdom of upper and lower Egypt, then yes. You’re the one who is insisting the short form “American” is ambiguous.
Not in English. USain is just “United Statesian”. It doesn’t matter if it’s United States of America or United Mexican States. If you’d said USAian then you’d have an argument.
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Not in English. USain is just “United Statesian”. It doesn’t matter if it’s United States of America or United Mexican States. If you’d said USAian then you’d have an argument.
Oh, and just an aside, USain is also applicable to Mexico, Estados Unidos Mexicanos. So you've actually made it worse, not better.
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Oh, and just an aside, USain is also applicable to Mexico, Estados Unidos Mexicanos. So you've actually made it worse, not better.
I have yet to see anyone use "USain" except if, like you, they are trying to make a point.
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I have yet to see anyone use "USain" except if, like you, they are trying to make a point.
Who’s complaining? When consensus has shifted, feel free to come back and revisit this conversation. In the interim, you are making an argument that “USain” is required to make a distinction that is already made by “American” as it is currently used.
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Who’s complaining? When consensus has shifted, feel free to come back and revisit this conversation. In the interim, you are making an argument that “USain” is required to make a distinction that is already made by “American” as it is currently used.
But no one does. Which is sort of the point.
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
But no one does. Which is sort of the point.
In other words, the same authority that defines the English word for US residents. Consensus among English speakers. And of all the things that tie into manifest destiny, the fact that the other North American Countries were “the Dominion of Canada” and “Los Estados Unidos de Mexico” is not one.
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In other words, the same authority that defines the English word for US residents. Consensus among English speakers. And of all the things that tie into manifest destiny, the fact that the other North American Countries were “the Dominion of Canada” and “Los Estados Unidos de Mexico” is not one.
No, the argument is that American is exclusively a term for US residents. It’s not used, as a demonym or exonym for anyone else.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
No, the argument is that American is exclusively a term for US residents. It’s not used, as a demonym or exonym for anyone else.
So, did you ask your friend what they say when asked their own nationality? Because it’s not American. Yes, I oversimplified, technically one of those original demonyms should be Mexicano, not Mexican, and possibly Candienne. But it’s still not “American”.
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So, did you ask your friend what they say when asked their own nationality? Because it’s not American. Yes, I oversimplified, technically one of those original demonyms should be Mexicano, not Mexican, and possibly Candienne. But it’s still not “American”.
Other locations in NA have their own demonyms. So yes, American means the US, just like Canadian and Mexican mean their respective countries.
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Other locations in NA have their own demonyms. So yes, American means the US, just like Canadian and Mexican mean their respective countries.