Molly Cantillon’s +1 Hissy Fit: Hating America’s Phone Code Swagger ‘Cause They Ain’t Us
http://twitchy.com/justmindy/2025/08/19/molly-cantillon-mad-about-america-phone-n2417544
Molly Cantillon formerly from Stanford and now working for a texting company, is really unhappy with the United States for taking the +1 Country Code.
Molly Cantillion is a girl in her early twenties who dropped out of Stanford and founded Nox - a "personal Artificial Intelligence assistant."
Molly Cantillon (@mollycantillon) ~ Nothing screams "I am the main character" more than America having the +1 phone code.
Mike K (@MamazMike) ~ They called dibs when they invented it.
Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) ~ Nothing screams "I'm pig ignorant" more than some lackwit not knowing an American invented the telephone.
Myshkin (@ode_to_fyodor) ~ Plus we took all the zip codes. England was forced to use letters. Canada is stuck with emojis and scratch and sniff stickers.
If the world was a just place, that's how it should be. We beat England, after all and we allow Canada to exist.
G. 𝕏. Rubicon (@gXrubicon) ~ Yeah, and VINs that start with 1 are cars assembled in the USA. 2 is Canada, J is Japan, 3 is Mexico, K is South Korea, among others. You get “privileges” (such that they are) like this when you invent everything and the world revolves around you. Which we did, and it does.
Period. Sorry you hate American Exceptionalism.
ayush (@hyusapx) ~ Even better is that only the U.S. government can use .gov, only the U.S. military can use .mil, and only U.S. educational institutions can use .edu.
Again, when-the-world-revolves-around-you type of stuff.
The Parks & Recreation character, Ron Swanson, said it best ...
anadromous jones (@zhamm) ~ We ARE the main character in the world, that's why every 3rd world shithole character wants to move here. Feeling guilty about it? Move to said 3rd world shithole and dial +1 when you feel homesick.
Whoa, Molly Cantillon ... Anadromous Jones just lopped off your ass and served it to you on a silver platter, baby!
Eric (@breakingbaht) ~ Well, the guy and company who invented the telephone and did the first international phone call was American and the company was based in America, so ... we are the main character.
Adyana (@adyanalistens) ~ But ... the U.S. is the main character, the inventor of the telephone having been an American. Ditto for the internet, as I see some petty nitwit is complaining about .gov, .mil. and .edu.
Will you complain next about .us? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nah, Adyana ... you need to re-read G.X. Rubicon's tweet ... he wasn't complaining ... he was laughing at Molly Cantillon and highlighting other ways in which the USA is listed first ... because, as G.X. said, "You get 'privileges' (such that they are) like this when you invent everything and the world revolves around you. Which we did, and it does."
Mostly Peaceful Cat (@MaxPaxCat) ~ We let the Canadians use it, too, and a bunch of other North American island nations.
Marc Joffe (@joffemd) ~ Canada does get to share +1 with us. But, maybe that's a precursor for annexation.
We're easing them into it.
John Wolf (@ICBMinvestments) ~ Other countries shouldn’t be able to use the Internet or phones. Ridiculous we allow this.
Tanya Berlaga (@TBerlaga) ~ {Replying to @mollycantillon) What a weird way to get clicks. I bet nobody even gave it a thought before you exposed yourself as a low self-esteem attention seeker trying to get a date.
Maybe The Bronx Valley Girl will date her?
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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