The US population is grouped together in one giant pool instead of spread out by state like Europe is grouped by individual country. We focus on national news that affects the large population, and stuff that happens on other states becsuse of the shared identity, while European countries don’t have the same kind of European Union shenanigans that affect all of Europe and mostly post about country level stuff. Communities in languages other than English also tend to be posted in separate communites further separating their discussions from the general purpose communities.
We are also louder, which also contributes, but that is not as big of a deal as the sheer numbers.
Presumably you’re browsing english-language Lemmy
Most people are going to want to converse in their native/primary language, and by numbers that means a lot of Americans who are, of course, primarily concerned with American issues
There’s also the fact that America is a huge player on the international stage, so American issues can have a lot of repercussions in other countries
And if you haven’t noticed, America has kind of a lot of shit going on and there is a lot to talk about there.
Well said!
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“Well said”
“I hope your family gets bombed and you watch your family die”
Are you OK? Please logout and hug a person IRL, it does wonders for mental health.
Everyone slows down to watch the car wreck.
I see German content here all the time, even though I don’t understand it or follow it.
I’ve blocked so much german.
It’s either that or learn German and I’m way too busy scrolling for that.
I’ve accidentally learned a good amount of German from lemmy, actually. I didnt mean to, but from similar words, to looking up Rammstein lyrics, I had a base. From that base, and context, I’m actually learning a good bit of German without intention. Sometimes I read a German headline and it takes me a second to realize I’m reading German. I come across a word I don’t know and I’m like “oh shit, I’m reading German”. It’s honestly been my favorite part of lemmy, I struggled with Spanish in a classroom setting and here I am learning German on accident. Granted, I couldn’t pretend to know how to pronounce half of it, but I’m learning to read it.
You have to be a bit careful, because some people deliberately talk in wrong German (“Zangendeutsch”, where words are translated from English by “force”).
That makes sense, like learning English from Internet memes?
Even worse, English memes usually aren’t as bad regarding the creation of new words.
Worse.
The German you read from Zangendeutsch memes are almost as grammatically accurate as the German accent you got from Schwarzenegger.
Imagine the most broken grammar and then you get that.On top the grammar is also non-applicable.
Upside: You can still get some idea of what the meme is about. :)
The good news is German has consistent pronunciation so it’s easy to learn that part
Until the loan words come out.
𝔅𝔲𝔱 𝔴𝔥𝔶?
Because the Europeans post in their weirdo languages.
NEIN
ABSOLUT NICHT!
Nem
Squomp, squendled scruinion.
Waar heb je het over?
Kamo sreće
I assume its because people love watching train wrecks.
Have you seen the shitstorm we’re (U.S.) in? We’re like the worst car crash you’ve ever seen and then the ambulance also crashes then the fire truck blows up and then aliens come down and start attacking…kinda hard to look away.
I thought I understood US politics…even if it was by osmosis given the sheer volume we’re exposed to…but lately I felt like I only understood the dem half…after the election I’m not sure and by now I have this “there is no hope of understanding this mess, different culture, different values” that I get from trying to understand Indian politics.
I mean honestly this is the most deranged and worst it’s been in my … at least adult lifetime. I think a lot of the political mess we’re in is tied into our appetite for some pretty terrible pop culture. Yes, yes, we have moral and intelligent and sane people here too, but the way that we have leaned in so hard to trashy reality television, infuencers, anything to grab your attention and reward it monetarily…hell we have a reality tv president. It’s not the only reason I think we’re in the mess, but I think we’ve been primed to accept more and more outrageous behavior cause we’ve always been over the top and big and loud. I always assumed I’d live in a democracy, it was just a given. This is the first time I’m doubting it.
Yeah fam we live in a fascist oligarchy masquerading as a democracy. Been that way probably our whole lives, it’s just the latest puppet gave the game away pretty hard. Hope you’ll keep following the white rabbit for your own self edification but stay hydrated and fed and look after your safety, things can get a lot worse before enough people come together to make it better.
As an American I think the same way.
We’ve always really had two parties but historically they were not radically different. While I have certain tendencies, I’ve always understood the other party/perspective and sometimes voted for those candidates.
But now I have no clue what half the country is thinking. I don’t understand what happened to let the current crop of criminals attain leadership or get away with so much. Sometime I think it’s the “leopard eating faces” scenario, but sometimes I think it’s the toddler having a tantrum and knocking over the table scenario. Sometimes I think it’s just narcissists who can only think in the current time with no connection to the future. Sometimes I think people have no abstract thinking anymore and sometimes I think they’re all just gullible and easily manipulable. I can’t even have empathy for them because I can’t tell whether they deserve pity or need a scolding or need to stick to their sandbox.
Or if you’re talking about the mechanics of politics, that too. We have ways we’ve done things traditionally, according to laws back to (and even before) the constitution found our country. Apparently that doesn’t matter anymore
The US is the largest English-speaking country by far and this post is in English. Switch to another language and you’ll see less US stuff.
That has nothing to do with anything. You will obviously not be aware of it, but by far the greater majority of English speakers you encounter on the internet are not actually from an English speaking country, and definitely not from the US. That is because English functions as the lingua franca of the internet, so we have to use English to be mutually understood.
Because it’s the most newsworthy country at the moment. The most powerful country in the world is crashing before your eyes, whilst the rest of the world mostly continues on as it was. Yeah, some noteworthy things are happening all over the world, but that’s not as dramatic as the fall of arguably the most hated country in the world. And everything from genocide to climate change, disease and general suffering can be at least tangentially related to the disaster that is the US and it’s administration. I mean, what noteworthy things are there to chide Sweden for? Anything? Is it comparible to the horrors and despair that the US is causing? There’s your answer.
… but that’s not as dramatic as the fall of arguably the most hated country in the world
Easy there, lets not forget Israel. America is maybe right behind them though.
That’s why that key word, “arguably” is there. Russia is also working for that title.
Most of the things happening in Israel now is because of the US though. Netanyahu really felt empowered by Trump becoming president, and rightly so, because he can manipulate that orange toddler into doing anything he wants.
Israel wouldn’t be high on that list without the sweetheart funding it gets from the United States to wage its atrocities.
It is not just the funding, they literally got a cheerleader in Trump, extremely eager to participate as well, as was seen with the bombing of Iran.
Netanyahu doesn’t have to hold back anymore, he can blatantly genocide because he got the backing of the US, and the European leaders are mostly too spineless to cross the Americans.
Almost at all times…
Because those at the head of the whole government thingy fuck it up for almost half of the world…
Please. Let it diversify.
As a US dweller, I’d love it to be anything but US centric.
I think I know what you mean. When I go on holidays, the last place I want to spend my days is in Irish pubs. The good ones can be lovely, and it’s nice to meet new people from home, but it’s not why I’m there.
Yes!
And also, imagine the loudest bits of your local pubs are Trump, Trump, Trump, 24/7/365.
That’s another good point. That mindset is probably overrepresented online.
I think only Americans like announcing they are Americans. Working with tourists in Europe spotting Americans was easy because the first thing they would say is “hello, I’m from America”, or “I’m from Califooornia”
Never had this happen with any other nationality.
I need to change that. From now on I’ll loudly announce I’m from Earth
Or whisper it like a secret for extra lols.
or, you know, keep it to yourself unless asked? No one needs to know which planet you come from, why does it matter if I’m from Mars? Will you see me as inferior because I didn’t have a good atmosphere or liquid water in my childhood and my favorite color is red because that’s what we had?
I think its because how people speak in movies, americans speak like a script writer
It makes a whole lot of sense the other way around. Script writers speak like Americans.
Strange. Working with tourists in the US, you can’t get Europeans to NOT tell you where they’re from. Pretty much everyone who speaks English will tell you where they’re from and even the ones who don’t usually still do.
I think its a subconscious need to feel like people are interested in you as you are in them.
My guess is because the US is a dumpster fire that is exploding right now, and let’s be honest: who doesn’t slow down to “rubber neck” a dumpster fire when they’re passing by?
Once we’ve completely fallen on our asses, and worn ourselves out crying like little babies, I’m sure the noise will subside.
Until then you probably want to get a lemmy client that supports keyword filtering and you can at least lessen the noise a little.
~As an American, I don’t know if “rubber necking” is a known colloquialism outside of the US. So, if you don’t know, it’s a term used to refer to the assholes on the road who slow down to gawk at traffic accidents as if they’ve never seen one before; very, very annoying.~
From around 7PM - 9PM HST, lemmy is almost 100% German.
No idea where/what time HST is, but I agree, there is a “German time”, not so for French, Italian, …
https://www.timetemperature.com/tzhi/honolulu.shtml
My read is that this is about when Germans are waking up, so there are many people posting whatever the new’s of the day is. It just so happens that it corresponds with the time of the evening after work where I might browse lemmy while watching a show.
if there were countries in Europe that were as politically idiotic as the US has been for literal decades I’m sure you’d read about that place more than the US.
I live in Canada and as far as political news goes here…it’s dreadfully boring and I imagine it’s the same for most of Europe. It’s always been like that. even regular news here it’s boring. nothing dramatic happens because unlike the US most of the world has their shit together when compared to the US.
I miss the days of boring US politics
Donald Trump and the current iteration of america are train wrecks. It’s hard to look away no matter where you are in the world. Super power countries don’t fall every day.
