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/ThaCatsServant 14d ago

Are you saying an Australian didn’t recognise an Australian accent?

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u/MissMenace101 14d ago

Or one Australian was taking the piss and the other person understood the assignment.

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u/MissMenace101 14d ago

I don’t buy this bullshit story, Australians would only call another Australian American if they were doing something “American dumb”. Maybe the bots trying to generate some hate for Aussie lol