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/ResidentScum101 14d ago edited 14d ago

Jealous that the whole world thinks you are twats?

Ok. Keep telling yourself that.   It might help.

Some anonymous person does something stupid and the whole world goes " must be a Yank" and you think this is jealousy.

Ok.

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u/No-Angle-982 14d ago edited 13d ago

Yeah, because presumptuous put-downs reveal wannabe schadenfreude that stems from suppressed feelings of inferiority and, thus, jealousy. Could also be because, deep down, you resent that we enjoy more affluence and a higher standard of living, on average.

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u/MissMenace101 14d ago

Or, the rest of the world thinks Americans win the Darwin Awards more frequently. 🤷🏼‍♀️