Malgas

Ah, but would the tech bros have come up with the torment nexus if not for the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus?

Tra(i)ns.

Then who was phone?

I don't know about salsa (old Pace commercials notwithstanding) but Arizona tea started in Brooklyn and is now somewhere on Long Island.

Eh, you take the bad with the good.

Sure, Ea-Nasir may be the worst copper merchant you've ever heard of.

But you have heard of him.

Hell, the US military has a detailed strategic plan for responding to zombies.

Not that that sort of thing is unique to the US. cf. Crisis in Zefira, a sci-fi training scenario commissioned by National Defense Canada.

I mean, if I went 'round saying I was "Usher of the Black Rod" just because some geezer had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd lock me away!

european bourbon

I know what you're getting at, but bourbon whiskey is a protected designation of origin. By definition it can only be made in the US.

Sorry for the delay, updating to the beta took longer than I would have expected.

It does not appear to be happening on 218.

Yep, every time I switch away and come back for the last update or so.

Well now I want a mash-up of Spider-Man and Chicken Boo where Spidey is a giant horrifying arachnid but, like, Doc Oc or someone is the only one who seems to notice.

Not a direct answer to your question, but the book Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay is about a group of future archaeologists excavating a ruin from 1985, and is definitely of some relevance here.