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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Maybe this is a regional thing but I've always called it the US

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[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

"Saying someone is a United Statesian or Statesian is probably the closest to how other countries like Canada (Canadian) or Mexico (Mexican) refer to themselves. If we forget that pretty much all other countries are a unity of states, counties, and or provinces. "

I was refering to this part of your post. United Statesian or Statesian doesn't make sense to correlate to Mexicans. They are both united states. As for Canada, I think they might be a confederacy and thus united states as well, but I also believe their semi-official name is actually Canada.

As for most countries being united of sorts, I'm willing to accept that as an axiom, but I'm doubtful it is part of their cultural identity in the majority of cases. Maybe on a per capita basis.