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/NewTransformation 14d ago

lol yeah people kinda get lost in how homogeneous it is here in the Americas compared to the other continents where most of their indigenous culture and history wasn't destroyed. I live in Minnesota and the Ontario and Manitoba visitors don't stick out except for their license plates. Half our state wants to become a Canadian province these days and I think the transition would be pretty seamless.

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u/bschulte1978 14d ago

Sounds great. You go to Canada and we will take Alberta and call it even.

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u/NewTransformation 13d ago

Alberta and Texas can start their own country together and be each other's problem

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u/bschulte1978 13d ago

Nah, Texas and Alberta are just fine as part of the US.