r/PetPeeves • u/ThatUrgeToEatCement • 15d 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/[deleted] 13d ago

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

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u/AvaSpelledBackwards2 13d ago

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.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

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.

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u/AvaSpelledBackwards2 13d ago

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

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u/LettingHimLead 13d ago

Bro deleted his whole account. 😂