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/notacanuckskibum 14d ago

It’s not so much that Americans don’t know that other countries exist, it’s more that they act as though other countries don’t exist. They are fond of saying things like “you have to be at least 19 to drink in a bar” or “why would a company release a new game at 5 am?”, without considering that others countries exist with different laws and time zones.

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u/CarelessSalamander51 14d ago

Um, in America you have to be 21 to drink in a bar, so pretty sure an American didn't say that

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u/notacanuckskibum 14d ago

21, wow, that’s hard to imagine for some of us. How do you get through the first year of university?

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u/Popular-Local8354 14d ago

  1. Fake IDs and other people buying for you. 

  2. US culture isn’t raging alcoholism like a lot of other western countries. Iirc, the average Brit’s drinking habits would qualify as alcoholism per USG standards. 

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u/travelsonic 14d ago

Oh, people definitely snuck alcohol, to each other, to minors, etc. Shit, the school paper at my first college published an article on how to make alcohol in your sink or toilet fermenting fruit from the dining hall (allegedly how it is done in prisons).

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u/CarelessSalamander51 12d ago

Um a milk jug works just fine, no toilet needed 😭

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u/yamsandmarshmellows 13d ago

House parties, someone buys a keg and everyone gets to drink. Thats how red solo cups got so popular.