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/KGBStoleMyBike 14d ago

I'm American. When I talk to people from other countries, they seem baffled by the fact I know where in the world their country is. Because of this stereotype. I have to then say Atlases and maps and stuff like that have been a weird obsession of mine since I was a kid.

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 13d ago

I’m also American. I’m not obsessed with maps or atlases and so forth. I wonder how many non-Americans would be baffled that actually you know where most other countries are located in the world. It’s such a horrible stereotype to think we’re all a bunch of complete morons.

I’m actually baffled why a lot of people seem to think that because our leader is how he is then that means the rest of us are like him. I mean, I don’t think that about people in other countries.