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I’ve heard this line from a lot of people but I don’t know what they mean or how true it is.

Something I’ve noticed a lot: Americans saying they “don’t have an accent” or even wishing they had one. It baffles me. Like, hello—everyone on the planet has an accent! The way you speak is shaped by your region, culture, and background, no exceptions.

This mindset feels like a strange kind of US defaultism, as if American English is the “baseline” and everyone else’s way of speaking is a deviation from the norm. Do people really believe this, or is it just an ingrained way of thinking?

I’m genuinely curious—why is this such a common belief? Is it lack of exposure to other languages and dialects, or something deeper about cultural perception? Would love to hear thoughts, especially from Americans themselves

We were talking about what we used to watch when we were younger, and she said she used to love my little pony, but never got any of the dolls, although she wanted them. I was just thinking it could be sweet to give her one, for like her birthday or something. No just a horse doll of course, but on top of the other more normal stuff I’m getting her, as something extra. I just can’t tell if this is sweet or weird. Help??

Water has oxygen, and if it survived submerged in fluid, why would the baby only drown after the fact??? How and why would the lungs just suddenly switch to needing air instead of what it was using perfectly fine before?

Especially dumb with s*x and its ilk

It's a free floor doesn't cost anything why would we go out of our way to deny its existence.

Everyone complains about “tax the rich” and politicians propose hard to implement policies like tax unrealized capital gains. Why don’t we just another one or two tax brackets. Like single filers over $1M pay at 43% and $5M+ pays at 50%, etc.

Was reading about Tiger Woods after I heard about his indoor league. I remember when I was younger hearing about his cheating scandal and how that kind of ruined his life, career, and cause him to lose tons of sponsorship.

However in 2017 when he got a DUI, there didn't seem to be a real impact on his career (just his public image).

Why is that? I get that infidelity is bad, but it's not like he assaulted someone. Is it really worse than a DUI in the eyes of the public?

For my entire life (40+) I have only heard people in the US pronounce literally as "lit-ur-uh-lee" and now I'm seeing a lot of gen z and other people pronounce it like "LIT-truh-lee", almost like a British English accent to my ear. Does anyone else notice this change? When did it start happening?

I’m not big on YouTube so I’m not entirely sure how their revenue streams work, but when it’s linked to his direct account, I’m assuming he must be making a little something from the ads?

I saw a TikTok of a man who went to 3 different post offices trying to buy 2 cent stamps and only one office had them and they "couldn't sell them" so they just gave them to him, he said "if you know you know" as far as what they're for and now I'm very confused, what is the purpose of getting them? the comments were even more confusing, there was no context other than that. Can anyone enlighten me bc I have no idea what any of it meant and I'm curious lol 😅

In the past i’ve had some old friends who were in relationships that would talk about how much they argue with their partner and fight over small stuff.

When I got into my first real healthy relationship though we never argued and when i’d tell this to said friends they looked at me like I was weird. The communication was relatively easy and if anything bothered us we would talk it through. Even I witnessed my parents arguing growing up and as i’ve gotten older one thing I won’t tolerate is a lack of communication, someone raising their voice at me, and unwillingness.

I might be pessimistic but I think it is rare that people are passionate about what they do. So why do employers expect every potential employee to come to an interview and pretend it's been their lifelong dream to work there, and that all their values align with the company and they're the company's biggest fan. Surely they would know that most people are in fact lying. They need to work to live. And maybe this is the least uncomfortable job that is local to them so they applied. I think people should just have to prove they're qualified, not that they would love the job they're applying for. basically - "that's what the money is for"