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The reason no one does it in person is because they would be swiftly corrected.
In fact, no one actually uses it on the Internet because no one would know what you mean... It's just a meme argument that probably originated from 4chan
It's literally the same as calling all Asian people Chinese. You can't just pick the biggest country in a region (let alone an entire hemisphere) and fold everyone there under their label...No matter what Internet logic you use to justify it, it's still offensive to everyone involved
Thanks for the comedy. I love how wrong you are. About everything you said.
A) it isn't said online because of context. Everyone you're talking to face to face will understand what you're saying from previous parts of the conversation. It's only online that you talk to people from all over the world in any given conversation so it's better to be specific about areas. That's also why people will say "The US" and not America. To many people, America is the continent, both North and South America. This just shows you lack in education and understanding how others see the world probably because you're selfish and don't think about other people from other parts of the world.
B) just because you've heard of 4chan and probably don't understand it, you think everything you don't like/understand comes from there. Such a Boomer take. Everybody would know what you mean if you called someone a USian. Unless they lack in education and understanding how others see the world probably because they're selfish and don't think about other people.
C) People do say "Asian people" quite commonly. They probably shouldn't but they do. Asian means something different in different places too. If you said "Asian" in the UK, they would think you're meaning India, Pakistan or Bangladesh. In the US, it'd be the "Oriental" countries. From Australia, it could also be used for South East Asia. You'd know this if...insert end line.
D) China and The US aren't the biggest country in either of their respective continents. China isn't by physical size OR population. Well done on being ignorant in multiple ways. Calling someone from the Americas "American" isn't calling them USian, it's calling them from The Americas. Insert end line.
E) Hemispheres. Western and eastern are colonial concepts and based off the Greenwich Meridian. Northern and Southern are based on a physical attribute of the oblate spheroid we call Earth and useful due to our axial shift. This shows lack of knowledge about the...you know where I'm going with this.
F) if you're offended, meh, I don't care. Don't be a snowflake. Others aren't. Get over it. I'm not punching down at a maligned group, even if USians do have both a superiority complex and a victim complex simultaneously - honestly the cognitive dissonance inherent in the psyche of the country should be studied.
Anyhoo, good chat.
... Wow. I think every bit of that was objectively wrong, except maybe the thing where it becomes obvious in person? I couldn't make heads or tails of that part.
But the fact that you said "Asian people" instead of "Asians" proves my point
You apparently know it's offensive... But you still seem to think it's offensive to Americans. It's not, it's offensive to everyone else on that half of the planet (which is what a hemisphere is, no matter how you draw the lines)
On that note, you really should spend a few minutes with a globe...