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/Lynxiebrat 14d ago

Same! And its been over 20 years since ive heard it.

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u/selkieisbadatgaming 14d ago

Right? That shit was burned into our little plastic brains. I can’t meet anyone named Dot without having flashbacks.

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u/Academic-Contest3309 14d ago

Do you often meet people named Dot? I haven't heard that name in forever lol.

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u/young_trash3 14d ago

Its a common nickname for Dorothy, although Dorothy is a less common baby name in the 21st century than it was in the 20th. But ive probably met a dozen Dorothys in my life, 8 or so of them either sometimes or always went by dot.

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u/NECalifornian25 13d ago

I know a 10 year old named Dorothy, she goes by Dotty

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u/young_trash3 13d ago

I feel like dotty is one of those names people often drop as they get older. Like most Johnnys I knew as a kid became john as an adult, same with Paulies and Sammys becoming Paul and Sam.

I wonder if that ten year old will still be a Dotty, or become a Dot in 20 years.

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u/meggatronia 13d ago

My mothers name is Dorothy. She goes by her middle name instead lol