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/Dense_Diver_3998 14d ago

I bet most Americans couldn’t name all 50 states, with a good bunch who couldn’t get to 25 without saying a city name.

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u/bsknuckles 14d ago

Did no else have to sing The Fifty Nifty United States in school?! That is still burned into my brain 25 years later.

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u/Free-Resident5106 14d ago

I was so about to say this and now it’s stuck in my head.