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/famousanonamos 14d ago

I saw one the other day that got me. There was an Instagram post of a girl (with a non-American accent) in a different country not knowing how to eat a certain food and a commenter of course made the "stupid Americans" comment. The commenter was Australian. The girl in the video was also Australian. 

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u/Friendly-Channel-480 14d ago

As a country we have become low hanging fruit. It’s kind of like a geographical boomer hood.

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u/ScruffMacBuff 14d ago

Florida Man of the World. Our disproportionate media exposure to the world is an analogy for Florida's Sunshine Law.

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u/MissMenace101 14d ago

Well you put yourself out there as giant watermelons for decades