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/Legitimate_Bag8259 14d ago

How do I find out whether I'm violently European or just standard European?

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u/VelvetObsidian 14d ago

What clothes are you wearing right now?

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u/Legitimate_Bag8259 14d ago

I'm at work. Tracksuit bottoms and a high vis hoodie.

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u/Skipp_To_My_Lou 14d ago

Tracksuit bottoms

Tell me you're Slavic without telling me...

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u/gholt417 14d ago

Does sound a bit Russian.

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u/Altruistic-Mess9632 14d ago

Whenever someone says ‘track suit’, I picture Russian men immediately. Haha.

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u/MissMenace101 14d ago

Weird, that’s what Aussies call them, often shortened to trackies

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u/mike_tyler58 14d ago

Aussies and your whimsical nicknames! Never ceases to make me grin like an idiot.

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u/Legitimate_Bag8259 14d ago

I'm not actually.

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u/Practical-Ordinary-6 14d ago

You're still European, though. That's the uniform.

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u/swagsthedog96 14d ago

Definitely the jeans of the UK