I only assume that when the person is wrong
Population of U.S. ~340 million.
Population of Canada, UK and Australia combined: ~138 million.
Chances are, native English speakers on the internet are American.
I don’t assume people who speak other languages on the internet are American, but English speakers probably are. Unless they’re in country specific communities, like Canada, or UK. I do check the community before I butt in with my American take in country communities, usually, I don’t comment at all. But, I do see my fellow Americans making fools of themselves in those places sometimes.
You’re ignoring ESL and L2 countries like South Africa and India
India has a billion internet users
why assume all english speakers are in these 4 countries? :P
I don’t care how high the chances are, you shouldn’t assume someone’s nationality, just like you shouldn’t assume their race or sexual orientation. You shouldn’t refer to a group (eg, the American people) as “you” without knowing whether the person you’re replying to is part of that group
The way you and I are on the internet is because of our AOL subscriptions and AOL stands for America Online.
Huh.
I thought that the ‘A’ stood for avoirdupois and referred to the weight gain from sitting at a computer all day, whilst drinking Roan Bull and eating Chee-Z Poofs.
Because the majority of English speakers are American. If you’re speaking English online there’s a lot less of a chance that you’re English than that you’re American. On top of this localization on some sites and shared interest means Americans do spend a lot of time online with other Americans.
Carefully read the question again
Measured by gross tonnage, many of us are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_obesity
Because they often are, until proven otherwise. I also assume anyone online is a man until proven otherwise.
“I am Groot!”
This thought process is the basis of the internet rule, “There are no girls on the internet.”
It means to use caution and not fall victim to fraud or attempts to be persuaded based on alleged gender.
https://archive.org/stream/RulesOfTheInternet/RulesOfTheInternet..txt
