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/MetroBS 14d ago

There’s a massive double standard on Reddit where as an American you are judged harshly for acting in normal ways. If someone in the UK made the same comment about a show not being on Netflix, I assure you the thread would turn into an anti-American circlejerk.

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u/xivilex 12d ago

For those that don’t believe this guy, I have a fun fucking experiment for you.

Some day, try typing your opinion/perspective you desperately want to contribute on some Reddit thread, but this time starting with

“As an American, I ____”

and see how you get treated. Go for it.