why do people from the USA ask questions as if that is the only country on the web?
540475
A very good point and thank you for correcting me.  I apologize.
822907
that doesn't work very well... small countries piggyback on others, aol is world wide, europe is a mishmosh!\n\nyou can make some simple assumptions, but you will be WRONG 25-50% of the time!\n\nyou can figure out the languages they speak and use that with the ip lookups to better guess the country... but you'll never be 100% correct, so if this is important, you might want allow the users to change what you have guessed for them!
128487
why do you think that only people in america use this site , your ignorance amazes me
116419
Compared to whom, Nathan?  Add a comparative statement in your question, because compared to most of the world, we're geniuses.  However, if you are referring to our educational test scores, I would agree that there are other nations that do better. That is the price we pay for freedom.  Some of our citizens have the choice not to have the same work-ethic/education-ethic as others in our country, and our scores go down.  Add that more immigrants come to our country from more nations than any other country, many of them not speaking a word of American or English and our scores go even further down.  In addition, our insistence on freedom of speech means that we are used to people speaking even before they think, because they aren't scared of people censoring them or acting like they are stupid due to a single statement.  We know we can ask a question and they'll make themselves clearer.  In some advanced countries if you say the wrong thing, you are labeled a fool and anything intelligent or valuable you might say is ignored from then on.  Americans are used to sifting through piles of garbage to get at the truth, and everyone gets multiple tries, so we just keep getting better.  Oh, one more thing:\n\nYou just insulted two continents: South America and North America, which includes the larger countries of U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, etc.  Do you want to rephrase your question?
1010889
I basically asked the same question.....well, sort of, about the US. \n\nPeople HAVE become lethargic.
636110
It doesn't make a whole lot of difference actually!\n\nYou get the Yahoo! Answers homepage of that country ... but then when you click another link or two you end up back on answers.com anyway!\n\nThe only real difference between the homepages is the featured question ... and the URL!
248498
Because this country just can't seem to keep it's nose out of other countries affairs .  It thinks every other country should be just like it. Not all countries want to be like the U.s and the sooner the USA realizes that the better
35395
I don't really understand what you are asking.  The United Kingdom is a completely separate countries from the United States.  Most American commercial web addresses end in ".com" and most British (UK) web addresses end in ".uk.co".
959757
Most countries have restrictions on what U.S. information can be introduced on their citizens, therefore they do not get all of the information. The leaders of these countries also make their news stations and newspapers reflect the U.S. in a negative way especially if they are opponents of our policies.
659087
Why not? Yahoo is worldwide. Why do so many Americans think everything revoolves around them?
693672
Yes, there's quite a lot of us from the UK, although we don't all still LIVE there, some of us are in other countries now!\n\nThe UK link at the bottom is a bit of a waste of time ... the questions are still the same .com ones!!!\n\nAnyway, lots of people ask questions like "For Brits only - what does this mean ...??" so just go ahead and post those Qs!!
196574
Should it be?\n\nNobody is aware of ALL countries around the world, only those that for one reason or another are interesting to them.\nI'm sure there are countries around the world that I know by name but wouldn't be able to accurately locate them on the world map or tell you anything about their culture.\n\nDo you know all the countries in the world? Can you locate each and every country in the world?\n\nRomania in relevant to the US as a whole only as a tool to be used. To the everyday american, it is even less relevant unless they know a person from Romania (or have been there, or have about Romania on the news, etc)>
136640
I aggree with all of you, BUT have you considerated the fact that internet is an international medium and people may not be US or english citizens?\n\nKaterina
884946
why are you asking americans go to your own question and answers
433060
I'm from Australia.\n\nI think that a lot of people in the USA don't know very much about countries outside of the USA (compared with people who live in other countries), so sometimes they appear to be misinformed (which is easily mistaken for arrogance).\nHowever, I have met many nice people from the USA who are not in the least arrogant.\n\nThe politics of the government of the USA are a different matter entirely.  I think the USA's foreign policy is very arrogant and patronising, and I think it gives the country a bad reputation that some parts of it at least do not deserve.
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The very fact that you have poor english and are asking ignorant questions, tells me you aren't from here. \n \nIt's a figure of speech. For example... He has a wife, but sees another woman on the side. He wants to have both. \n\nWhy do people come in American Q&A when they are from different countries?\n\nNow, to "help you out" at the bottom of the page, click on the flag that represents your country and ask them questions.
727940
It is precisely because of 'Josh's" answer that so many in other foreign countries dislike us. There is no need to be so defensive! I notice the same tired rhetorical attitudes, and that is exactly what they are. If we are so great, we needn't get so pee' oood\nwhen someone asks a legitimate question about US policies. The questioner is correct.Most in this country are warn and friendly. Jews are still caught up in the Holocaust and want everyone else to be also. \nBut they are wrong. We are all familiar with the Holocaust, just as we are familiar with other atrocities that have happened before us and those that are happening now.\nMost of the questions are legitimate. No one is constrained to answer if they find questions offensive. Its too bad there aren't more open minded people on board here.