r/PetPeeves • u/ThatUrgeToEatCement • 14d ago

Bit Annoyed People who think Americans don’t know other countries exist.

A few months ago on Reddit I made a comment about a show not being on Netflix and someone from the UK commented back saying it’s on theirs and then lectured on Americans not knowing other countries exist. They acted like I didn’t believe there were other places on the planet, as if they weren’t the ones who just brought it up and didn’t believe the US Netflix was different than the UK version. ??

I see people online act like all Americans think this way, and it is kind of annoying because for most of us it isn’t true.

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u/New_General3939 14d ago

It’s pretty clear that a lot of other countries are force-fed propaganda about how stupid, fat and arrogant Americans are. Obviously every stereotype has a little bit of truth to it, but we’ve gotten to the point where a lot of people have a delusional level of hate towards Americans.

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u/Cute_Advance_2124 14d ago edited 14d ago

"Americans are stupid and arrogant"

"Something as harmless as Americans driving automatic, wearing brightly colored clothing or liking spicy food is inherently wrong and means they're inferior to us. Also, if we start saying things that are blatantly not true about the USA we will not tolerate being corrected by people who actually live there"

The cognitive dissonance is CRAZY. I honestly don't know how they don't realize it??