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Did I mention anything exclusive to what schools in USA teach?

I did mention "most English-speaking countries" though. Is that what you're referring to? Here's a fun fact: USA is not the only English-speaking country. In fact, the language emerged from a place called England – hence the name ;)

Actually, I was already familiar with those words in Portuguese. However, your guide made me realize that I didn't know the Portuguese word for "South American." According to Google Translate, it's "sul-americano." Thanks for helping me learn 🙂

However, your guide is for Spanish or Portuguese, not English. This matters because most romance-language-speaking countries are taught that "América" is one continent. In contrast, most English-speaking countries are taught that North and South America are two separate continents, not one single continent called "America."

Americans

Okay, there are two continents called that, though.

Fun fact: This actually depends on which part of the world you're from. In the US, we're taught that there are seven continents. Some countries teach that there are fewer. For examples:

• Some regions teach that "Eurasia" is one continent. In the US, we're taught that Europe and Asia are two separate continents.
• Some regions teach that "North America" and "South America" are one single continent called "America." I think this one seems to cause a lot of confusion across various cultures. If I understand correctly, some of these cultures recognize North, Central, and South America as subdivisions of the continent "America." Maybe this confusion is what leads to the creation of new terms like "USians."

I've never heard of an education system that teaches "two continents called America". That's fascinating. "This one is called America. This other one is also called America. However, they are not one continent; they are two continents with the same name." It seems like a confusing concept, IMO, but I suppose every culture has its quirks.

Appending a suffix like "ians" to an acronym is also an interesting concept. I'm not confident enough in my grammar skills enough to comment on whether it's (in)correct, but it's interesting to see language evolve. How is "USians" pronounced? Is it "U-S-ians"?

Oops, that appears to apply to Portuguese and Spanish conversations, but all other comments in this context have been in English.

Mas eu estou aprendendo português e agradeço 🙂

Is the term "USians" just something UKians started using recently?

Personally, it never interested me very much, so I couldn't tell you much about it on a technical level. I remember thinking the decocker is kinda cool though lol.

From the perspective of an FFL employee though: Those pretty much sold themselves. They're one of those guns that people usually already know about when they show up to buy one. They've done their research, maybe already tried shooting one, and they're excited to finally buy one of their own. IIRC, a decent portion of them tend to have military or police background.

Those were among my favorite kinds of customers. I was usually able to learn some interesting things from them about the particular gun they're buying.

I wish I could recall more about the USP aside from the neat decocker, but I've been out of the business for like 7 years.

Edit: I also remember that the .45 is an extra chonky boi.

Probably nothing. I generally don't draw much attention to myself.

Wow that's wild. I kinda get it though; it's probably valuable insight into the lifespan of the hardware.

...Hopefully that's all of the data they collect from that hardware. Kinda doubtful though

Maybe coffee. I actually roasted an interesting batch yesterday that I'm looking forward to tasting 🙂

Maybe guns too. I kinda lost interest in them years ago, so my knowledge/experience is pretty dated. I worked for a gun dealer for many years though. If you're like a technical-brained nerd like me, guns can become a fascinating rabbit hole if you spend enough time around them. I knew almost nothing about them before getting that job.

Also, maybe whisk(e)y. There's so much to learn and explore in the world of whiskies. I used to enjoy touring distilleries when traveling. Some of them have such long, interesting history. And some of the newer distilleries get pretty creative.

Fun fact: There's an heirloom corn species that was saved from extinction by a bourbon distillery. It's a very interesting bourbon! "Jimmy Red," IIRC.

Sadly, my pancreas suddenly decided that I had to stop partaking in one major part of that hobby: tasting. I miss it.

I haven't heard DirecTV mentioned in such a long time, I'm a little surprised it still exists

Yeah, fair point

It would probably go to whoever uses it to find the cure... And to none of the authors who wrote the data that it was trained on