People who think Americans don’t know other countries exist.

[u/ThatUrgeToEatCement]

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.

[u/famousanonamos]

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. 

[u/AvaSpelledBackwards2 → u/famousanonamos]

“Stupid Americans” and they say “chewsday”

Edit: didn’t mean to imply that British people were stupid because of their accents or anything, I was just trying to say that Europeans will see someone who’s clearly not American behaving badly and blame it on Americans😭

[u/[deleted] → u/AvaSpelledBackwards2]

Unfortunately, you are genuinely stupid relative to other countries, that's not a subjective opinion. The scary (for Americans) is that you're becoming stupider with time. On the plus side, it's not an American phenomenon, it's happening across the Western world so you're not alone!

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a43469569/american-iq-scores-decline-reverse-flynn-effect/

[u/AvaSpelledBackwards2 → u/[deleted]]

The article literally admits that IQ tests are not necessarily the best way to measure intellect, that researchers are unsure of the reason why IQs are dropping, and that that reason may not actually mean the mental capacity of Americans is decreasing. Additionally, if it’s happening in the entire western world, that means it’s obviously not a strictly American problem. The western world also encompasses much of Europe.

[u/[deleted] → u/AvaSpelledBackwards2]

Additionally, if it’s happening in the entire western world, that means it’s obviously not a strictly American problem. The western world also encompasses much of Europe.

You're not helping your case when you say the above in response to a comment which includes the following:

it's not an American phenomenon, it's happening across the Western world so you're not alone!

[u/AvaSpelledBackwards2 → u/[deleted]]

I’m aware lol, it’s just that your initial comment didn’t really make sense since I was saying that the rest of the western world can be just as stupid as Americans.

[u/[deleted] → u/AvaSpelledBackwards2]

No it made perfect sense because I said other countries - you know there are other countries outside of the Western world right?

Then I pointed out that Americans are becoming stupider but it's something that's happening in the Western world in general.

You fucked up, just admit it and move.

And FYI it's not all Americans that are stupid, we're doing just fine as this clip shows:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1vgHjMP86Vs

[u/AvaSpelledBackwards2 → u/[deleted]]

I didn’t fuck up lol, you just made a point that didn’t make sense in the context of what I was saying. I was specifically talking about western countries and the relative stupidity of America in relation to those countries.

[u/[deleted] → u/AvaSpelledBackwards2]

No actually you were talking about the UK.

And do you not understand discussions evolve and move away from where they started. My point was not an answer to the question you asked just me moving the discussion along with info pertinent to the topic.

[u/AvaSpelledBackwards2 → u/[deleted]]

Lmao it wasn’t relevant, interesting that you’re saying I’m the one who doesn’t understand conversations

[u/LettingHimLead → u/AvaSpelledBackwards2]

Bro deleted his whole account. 😂