in my tower weaving nightmares

So the gas station by my work has a sign in the window saying there's no midgrade or premium gas right now, only 87/regular.

MY FIRST THOUGHT: fuck. It's Iran. I read that article about oil shortages. It begins. Fuck.

MY SECOND THOUGHT: remember when there wasn't actually a toilet paper shortage, but people created one by deciding there was one? What if people have bought extra because of Iran, and their delivery schedule just hasn't caught up?

MY RESPONSE: I asked the clerk what was up.

THE TRUTH: they've got a leak and the easiest way to deal with the problem was to shut off premium until the repair people can come. They'll be back up and running in a day or two.

You're gonna notice the real answer isn't very exciting. They need to do a bit of maintenance, big deal. But can you imagine the panic I could have started by reporting my initial reaction as fact?

north american - individual living in or a national of a country located on the continent of north america

south american - individual living in or a national of a country located on the continent of south america

canadian - definitionally, especially lately, person who does not fucking want to be called an american, because "american" in both canadian and american english has the semantic weight of "national of the united states of america"

and this is not, in fact, limited to english

amerískur - icelandic adjective for american (loanword, more on the slang side, bandarískur more often used)

ameríkani - icelandic noun describing a national of the united states of america

américain - french adjective or noun describing a national of the united states of america