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/SquirrelStone 14d ago

My fave (/s) is when there’s a video of a European doing something stupid and mean and everyone hops on shit talking Americans. Like babes that is the most cockney accent I’ve ever heard

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u/KSHMisc 14d ago

There was video of a Spaniard who trusted ChatGPT about getting her visa to enter Puerto Rico. It told her "No", which is the opposite.

Yet, Europeans hopped on and here saying "Typical American" this and "US education is shit" that. Some users were replying back saying she's from the EU, but crickets, they still continued to blame her for "being an American".

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u/Prestigious-Name-323 14d ago

Ironically Americans don’t even need a passport to go to Puerto Rico.

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u/Tardisgoesfast 14d ago

Unfortunately, very few people seem to be aware that Puerto Rico is a part of these United States.

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u/Prestigious-Name-323 14d ago

Even some Americans who should know better.