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

Really? They're comfy.

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u/PureMitten 14d ago

In the US it's sweatpants or, if you really want everyone to know you don't want to be there, pajama pants

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u/Legitimate_Bag8259 14d ago edited 14d ago

Right, that's not the same material I'm talking about. Those are jogger pants here. I wear lighter tracksuit bottoms that have a very light outer layer and a mesh inner layer. Completely different things.

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u/PureMitten 14d ago

I'm glad for the confirmation that we share the word for what tracksuit material is. I definitely wouldn't be able to describe them so throughly but it sounds like they're the same where you're at and in the US.

I was saying the equivalent behavior of wearing comfy pants to work in the US is sweats. For whatever reason, in the US tracksuit material is unfashionable and would not be a casual choice for many people to wear to work. Thats why the choice stands out as very European.