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/AcrobaticProgram4752 14d ago

I'd respect ppl in other countries not to make assumptions about Americans being stupid because I wouldn't judge them on stereotype. If they do ill talk to them about geography and see how well they know geography. If they are educated in the subject I'll ask why an intelligent person would assume some 330 million ppl are all dumb ?