Ya, all of South America just out here proud of Vespucci, the pickle dealer. First thing they say landing in Tokyo for a visit. "Hello, I'm American," they say.

Yeah, it does sound kinda dumb, but so are we

I wouldn't be offended, signed a canukian

Yeah I don't know about people from other countries in N and S America, but here in Canada American means from the United States of America. I'm North American, not American.

Nobody would ever say it in real life. That's how you know it's for the terminally online smug huggers.

In Spanish, as far as I know, "americano" = inhabitant of the American continent, "estadounidense" = person from the US, so I don't think Mexicans would be offended at the first, at least not in Spanish.

We'd always have been offended, just now we're more likely to be "immediate punch to the face" offended.

Okay, but have you considered that it sounds like I'm from an Ace Combat country if I say it?

Times have changed, I guess. When I lived in Honduras, it was a pet peeve of folks when Americans would call themselves Americans. You'd get reminded that anyone who lives on the continent is American too.