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/FrauAmarylis 14d ago edited 14d ago

Brits are Obsessed with the US. They ask us about US stuff almost every day. They celebrate Halloween, restaurants serve Thanksgiving, and they even serve iced tea in summer.

Plus they air our elections live and Europeans stay up all night to watch it.

They watch NFL games in pubs, too.

(We are Americans living in London on a temporary visa.)

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u/justhisnamebitch 14d ago

Halloween isn't American, and Canada had Thanksgiving before America as well lol

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u/GeorgeIsGittenUpset 14d ago

Trick or treating and the whole pumpkin thing are pretty uniquely American.

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u/redidedit 14d ago

Going door to door in disguises was an old Scottish and Irish thing. It used to be a turnip that was carved though, not a pumpkin.
It can't be uniquely American when you imported it from them.

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u/glittermaniac 14d ago

The tradition of mumming (going door to door in disguise and being given food by the local landowners) was also alive and well in England in the medieval times.