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The term I used is an official term used by the Taiwanese government.

That’s actually their head, but I can understand why you thought it looked like a dick.

Don’t you mean the “Communist-occupied unfree area of the Republic of China”?

Well, nobody ever said Wolf Warrior diplomacy is successful in achieving one’s geopolitical objectives. But it does make the person doing it feel powerful.

Chinese nationalists don’t try to persuade people. Their goal is to overpower you (physically or verbally) because they think it will force submission out of you.

It’s called “Wolf Warrior diplomacy”, named after a popular Chinese military film franchise.

The only thing I am claiming is that a majority or large plurality of English language Internet users are American, meaning if you are to assume a country of origin (note: if), assuming the user is an American is the one most likely to be accurate. I think I’ve said enough on the matter.

If you disagree, that’s fine but I’m tired of this conversation.

I’m pretty sure Russia has already accumulated a huge stockpile of CNY. But Chinese banks are even refusing payments denominated in CNY between Russia and China.

Surely you have a bit more thinking power than that. If you gave each of your bullet points a mere five seconds each of critical thought, you wouldn’t have made this ridiculous comment.

Those countries you mentioned? Of course there are people living in them. But there aren’t as many English-speakers as in America. I didn’t say all, I say most (this will be a recurring theme).

With the exception of southern Africa (76%), the rest of Africa has Internet penetration rates below 50%. As low as 27% in east Africa. Remember, I didn’t say all, I said most.

China’s great firewall prevents most people from accessing the outside Internet, and many Chinese people don’t care to. I know this, because I’m fucking Chinese. Is it possible to circumvent? Sure, if you’re willing to play VPN whack-a-mole with the CCP or are lucky enough to be the 1% of China that lives in Hong Kong or Macau. But again, I said most, I didn’t say all.

You also clearly have never been on any forums populated by Indian users if you think that I’m only saying Indians use unintelligible English on the Internet because I’m racist. They code-switch between English and Hindi. If you don’t know Hindi, you won’t understand it. Are all posts like this? Of course not. But a great deal are. I never said all, I said most.

Here are random top comments from the top posts of Reddit’s r/Indiasocial that show what I’m talking about:

Kal bolne ja rha Hu usko . Want to get it over it once and for all been bugging me since some time . No boldiya toh sahi hai Padhai kar lunga .

Kassh bta pata mummy ko apni sab problems. Bta bii nhi pata kyuki woh chinta karengii

OP ke AAnde jalwa diye

Folks, look what I found during cleaning today😭🥺🥹

I am so happy that my mom has still kept all of stuff in the store room. Woh bhi kya din the🥹🥹

Bhai hamare side ke Ghar mein kirayedar rehte Hain. To un baccho kii ball hamari chat ya backyard mein aa jati thi aur mere ek Purina badi wali thaili bharke balls bahut variety Hain par mummy nikalne NAHI deti.

Time to leave this sub. Har dusara post my gf/bf made this, i went for date, gift given by my bf/gf. Had hai

And also, I don’t use American English. I live in America but I am a Hongkonger and use British English.

Strange how not even China wants to deal with the hot mess that is Russian money right now.

The average American uses only English language forums.

The average European who speaks English will probably spend some portion of their time using whatever their native language is.

The average English speaker in Africa is not as likely to have an Internet connection.

The average English speaker in China is likely to not be able to access English social media sites (great firewall).

Many English-speakers in India post online in a mix of English and Hindi that non-Indians find difficult to comprehend.

You’re correct that the claim that the US is ¾ the population of Europe is erroneous. But it is ¾ the population of the EU. I’ve corrected this.

I did not claim the people who use English on the Internet are likely native English speakers.

I made the converse claim—that people whose native language is English are likely to use English on the Internet.

This point was plainly addressed. Read carefully before going in guns-blazing.

Do you think Nigerians use the Internet as much as Americans?

Not all Internet users generate the same amount of content. In addition to Americans being proud blabbermouths in general, people from wealthy countries generate more content than those from poorer countries. The US is among the wealthiest countries in the world.

Although it is not the most representative, nearly half of all Reddit users are American. American media outlets have immense global reach. You can probably name four or five American media outlets just off the top of your head, even if you’re not American. The USA’s geopolitical power means people are always talking about American politics or what America’s leaders are doing, which draws engagement from Americans like a lamp draws moths. 7 out of the top 10 English-language YouTube channels are American (fully or partially).

It’s pretty much impossible to prove, but I think the claim that Americans generate most of the content on the Internet is likely true or very close to true.

It’s even more convincing if you exclude English Internet users from India, as a quick visit to any forum dominated by Indian users will cause you to quickly realise that the language used there is not really English but a mix of English and Hindi which is not comprehensible to non-Indians.

I think you misunderstand.

What I am saying is that of all Internet users that use English, Americans are by far the largest group due to it being a very large country, (third most populous in the world) with a high Internet penetration (97%), and whose residents speak English as their main language (78.3%).

To be fair, the US has the largest number of English-speakers of any country in the world. As a first language, it has five times as many native English speakers as second place (the UK). It also has one of the highest Internet penetration rates in the world, meaning most of those English-speakers are also Internet users.

The US is a single country that is three-quarters the population of the entire European Union, and nearly all of its inhabitants speak English and use the Internet. So yes, if you pick a random user on an English social media page, odds are very good that person is an American. If you were to guess any random English-speaking Internet user’s nationality, “American” is the best possible guess. But go on a Spanish language forum or a French language forum and nobody will assume you’re American.

Consequently, Americans generate the majority or large plurality of English-language Internet content.

Edit: Please stop replying with “English is a lingua franca for non-native English speakers”. I never made the claim that someone who uses English on the Internet is likely a native English speaker. I am claiming the converse—that people who natively speak English are likely to use English on the Internet.

It didn’t say “e-book” when I originally wrote the reply

You can donate books to the library, you know. They’re always looking for more copies of popular books and what they don’t add to their collection, they’ll resell them and use the money for more books.

Paper books aren’t “waste” by any means as they are easily recycled.

Most authors I’ve heard from (through their Internet posts) don’t mind libraries, but they’d rather you enjoy their books legitimately than pirate.

It might not be legal, but in my book, it is perfectly ethical to pirate a copy without DRM if you already own a legitimate copy (paper or DRM-inclusive)

I would be astonished if publishers figured out a way to put DRM on a paper copy of a book.