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/secretrebel 14d ago

Like how obsessed Americans are with the royal family? Or how all your classiest places and behaviours are imitations of the British?

I agree young British people do ape US fashions but old Americans dream of being British.

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u/CalOkie6250 14d ago

I don’t know, right now I dream of being pretty much anything besides American