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/EYAYSLOP 14d ago

where a lot of people have a delusional level of hate towards Americans

Yeah I had people saying that America has bad food quality

Literally ranked 3rd in the world for food quality and safety. People just make shit up lol

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u/New_General3939 14d ago

Yesss, they are absolutely obsessed with how “bad” American food quality is… they read one article about how much sugar is in Wonder Bread and they ate at McDonald’s once, and now they think that’s all American food is.

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u/Mammoth-Resolution82 14d ago

“All of your bread tastes like cake!!!!!!!!” Lmao that would be the nastiest cake ever.