it was difficult writing it too…

under 18 + 3 year age gap + sex = statutory rape in many US States and many countries

I’m USAian. (just identifying for this thread, i don’t call myself that)

would “gringo” include Black USAians? Asian USAians? Spain-born USAians?

from my understanding of “gringo”, that doesn’t seem to include non-white USAians. Most English monolingual USAians think that means “white guy”.

a lot of gen z USAians might not know the word Yankee as a term for USAians. if speaking to them, you might have to explain it’s not the baseball team.

maybe it’s better to stick with “USAians”. it’s never been used but it’s easy to figure out. other possible choices are:

• Statesians
• USAliens
• USAmericans
• Staters
• Stater Tots (re: tater tots)
• USticles

better yet, call each of us by the state we’re each from. that’s the safest bet. you know all our 50 state names right? and their official demonyms? 🤣 kidding

that sounds like a few different, but related sets of behaviors that u-tube psychologists regularly mention

• obsessive compulsiveness
• narcissism
• anxious attachment style
• equating mistakes/perfection ratio with p self-worth, worthiness to exist/to receive love

researchers actually succeeded in creating that phone system upgrade. the resulting communication system is the internet and world wide web.

hooray! you got what you wished for!