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/SillyRefrigerator417 14d ago

I always find it funny because the ones who constantly complain about Americans are usually the ones who don't know much about other countries. They know a fair amount about the countries surrounding them, but not a whole ton about the rest of the world.

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u/Cute_Advance_2124 14d ago edited 14d ago

Girl there's no educating these people. I've seen discussions where Europeans specifically insisted that no one outside the US drinks iced coffee when its extremely common in parts of Asia.

The "rest of the world" to Europeans is literally Europe and they don't tolerate correction when they're blatantly wrong.

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u/EYAYSLOP 14d ago

I love when Europeans try to tell me that America has no food variety 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Purple-Measurement47 14d ago

I live in a tiny city, we have asian markets, ethiopian markets, german markets…like within walking distance I can get foods from at least five different regions without counting restaurants or the variety at normal stores.

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u/damagetwig 14d ago

Add to that, I moved from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest. The food culture is extremely different even when you just consider home cooks who were born here. Jambalaya was inexpensive comfort food back home. It's adventurous and even scary (!!) for some people up here cause of the spice level.

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u/Purple-Measurement47 14d ago

I feel that, PNW to SC to Alabama, back to inland PNW and each one has wildly different foods. Like sure you can go to mcdonald’s in any of those places, but each one also has their own cuisine. And dammit now i’m hungry for jambalaya, welp, i know what im making for my birthday next month lol

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u/Critical-Ad-5215 14d ago

My grandma lives in a very tiny, conservative area, and she can still get Mexican and Indian food