&gt; It&#x27;s a niche thing.<p>One needs a very <i>special</i> kind of schooling and&#x2F;or social circle to even imagine there&#x27;s a difference. It seems to be very limited to (some) Americans.<p>Some people suffer from phantom limb syndrome. The pain is real, but the limb is not. We&#x27;ve not yet reached a point where the politically correct thing to do is to pretend otherwise.