MetaTalk posts tagged with america

Seeking an old post

snsranch — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:51:52 -0800

Can anyone guide me to a post about USian education in which it was described how the POTUS met with business leaders to determine the course of public education in the U.S.? I think they were events that happened during or just after the industrial revolution.

gobble gobble

Mister_A — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:56:48 -0800

What gives with all these turkey-related posts? Reminds me of elephant day...

US-centric posts on 9-11

sgt.serenity — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:54:26 -0800

A usa-centric post is surely not the best of the web.

Missing Thread

cloeburner — Thu, 18 May 2006 08:59:53 -0800

Quick question: A couple weeks ago someone asked how to get a job in England as an American who just graduated from college. I can't find that thread, can anyone here help me track it down?

2 manE W2 ?s - no more US taxes

reklaw — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:33:08 -0800

Maybe that's enough US tax stuff on AskMe now? I mean, seriously.

US-centric MeFi bias

wilful — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:59:15 -0800

I just know I'm going to get beaten up for this comment, but a lot of FPPs seem to assume that the audience is entirely American, or at least North American. The level of unthinking parochialism seems to have increased recently (or maybe it's just me). The Guidelines are silent as far as I can tell on whether MeFi has a particular cultural focus or bias, is there or should there be a policy on this?

Always blaming the US media/government

dhoyt — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:03:10 -0800

WTF is up with the "blame the U.S. media/government" derail which occurs every time there's a disaster abroad? Why do so few seem to be bothered by it?

Only America Cares About Newsfilter

dash_slot- — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:57:59 -0800

Pointless Meta callout for YankeeNewsFilter

Who is right, in the US centric vs Newsfilter debate

Ethereal Bligh — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:42:33 -0800

What does the reaction to this post tell us? Myabe it's just a statistical blip, but I'm a bit surprised at the very vocal negative reaction to this bit of US-centric front-page/TV news as contrasted to the reaction to the NewsFilter posts we get every single day. Why are the naysayers in this thread right when the anti-NewsFilteristas are not? What, exactly, is different?

mefi is an american weblog

MiguelCardoso — Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:43:17 -0800

MetaFilter is an American weblog. Europeans here, whether British or continental, are mere tokens. Perhaps we should all give up the international pretense. The truth is that MetaFilter, for those of us not lucky (or, to be frank, unluckly) enough to live in the U.S. or Canada, is fast becoming a domestic concern with an ever-decreasing regard for what happens in the (enormous) rest of the world. Whereas (the few remaining) Europeans here are curious about America, Americans here seem boringly and predictably obsessed with themselves. Is isolationism the growing trend on this board? It certainly seems so. Say the word, by the way, and you can have it all to yourselves, no hard feelings.

It is not a good idea but it's a stone's throw away...

U.S.A. bad, kills civilians (again)

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:52:06 -0800

U.S.A. bad, kills civilians. Guess what folks, we've done this before, several times. Isn't it time to declare a moratorium?

U.S. vs. rest-of-the-world grudge match

PrinceValium — Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:03:31 -0800

The ongoing U.S. vs. rest-of-the-world grudge match is unnecessary and annoying, especially when it's off topic.

Dean may well be the bee's knees, but still.

mcwetboy — Wed, 04 Jun 2003 17:23:14 -0800

Another post praising Howard Dean leads to charges of DeanFilter. There may be something to those charges: there have been several uncritical and laudatory Howard Dean posts on MetaFilter over the past few months, some of which seem interchangeable. And, as matteo points out, it's probably only going to get worse. We complain (rightly) when a post reeks of viral marketing; why shouldn't this be any different? Shouldn't we be more skeptical of breathless posts that coo over politicians? Aren't we (well, not me per se, but American voters) being sold something? Dean may well be the bee's knees, but still.

America-centric attitudes on MetaFilter

twine42 — Thu, 06 Mar 2003 08:49:58 -0800

American attitudes on the net... [more inside]

America: Love it or leave it

XQUZYPHYR — Sat, 28 Sep 2002 10:31:28 -0800

Iran? Berlin? Or maybe we should just shoot ourselves because we all hate America so much. Does MetaFilter have a term yet that abbreviates "Telling me I should leave the country because I disagree with your viewpoint is a tired, wasted, pathetic retort, and all it does is make you look like a loser with nothing new to contribue to the conversation?" Maybe if we make one we can discourage its apparent growing abuse. Thanks, all.