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[adventured]

Was your entire post just a very cheap excuse to bash Americans?

Why would it be "quite depressing" if Americans call them Q-tips or "cotton buds" or any number of a dozen other things.

[pwinnski → adventured]

I'd say the entire post was probably an attempt at a joke, given the use of brand-name Advil.