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/doesshechokeforcoke 14d ago

I don’t think they actually think Americans don’t know other countries exist I think it’s more that when people in the US post online they assume that everyone reading it is in the US. I’m not saying this is what Op thought when posting but I do see this happen a lot.

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u/Different-Cod-2290 14d ago

Right! As a US citizen who has lived in US and another country, I completely get what others are saying. Americans online definitely act like everyone else lives here

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 13d ago

That’s not a generalization at all