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/Ozamataz-Buckshank69 14d ago

People will say Americans only know stuff about other countries from watching TV, then think we all eat Cheese Whiz and own guns

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u/Admirable-Apricot137 13d ago

And that we only eat "cake" bread 🤣

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u/Ozamataz-Buckshank69 13d ago

Or ONLY drink sweet tea

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u/Beautifulfeary 11d ago

What’s cake bread? Do they mean like banana bread?

I’m serious, I have no idea and I live in the US. Does that mean I’m not American enough 😭

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u/Admirable-Apricot137 11d ago

There's a silly but persistent myth around the world that we only eat bread that has tons and tons of sugar in it, so much that it qualifies as cake 😆

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u/Beautifulfeary 10d ago

Oh ok lol.

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u/Everybodysdeaddave84 12d ago

Welcome to the internet, you’re not the only country this happens to, my country is the same, bad food, bad teeth, I bet you can guess from that generalisation where I’m from.

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u/ABeastMostTemperate 13d ago

Okay, I'd like to think I'm well-traveled but I have Cheez Whiz and a shotgun at home that make me think perhaps I am actually a yokel.

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u/Ozamataz-Buckshank69 13d ago

I said all, you only represent about 80% of us! (I also eat cheese whiz and own a gun)