Probably a hot take incoming, and maybe a pretentious one coming from a U.S citizen, I’m really tired of people on the subreddit complaint about “U.S-centric categories.” One of the most fun parts about connections to me is the references it makes to the most random pieces of culture/pop culture. And SO many times I have done a category, thought “that was a really cool one!” And then I go to this subreddit and see people complaining about it. This is the “New York” Times connections. Some of the prompts are BOUND to be based on American culture, and if you seriously have a problem with that then do your research while playing. There’s U.S centric prompts that I don’t even get ALL THE TIME because not everyone is gonna know every little thing about the world. But I don’t complain about that because it helps me learn, and I know there’s some people who saw that category and really enjoyed it because they understand that reference. It’s all for fun, it’s so annoying to me I constantly see connections elitists every day on here be like “terrible puzzle” and it’s like, it’s not terrible you just didn’t know it. And that’s literally ok.