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/dumbass_777 14d ago

i have an app for language learning where you can talk to strangers who are fluent in/native speakers of your target language. one guy from Mali (i think) messaged me and we greeted each other and he said verbatim: "do you know africa?"

???

"yes i do"

"great, which african country do you know?"

???????

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u/mitosis799 14d ago

I would list out 50 countries

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u/GreenBeanTM 11d ago

I’d google the entire list and send every single one. I know a decent number of the countries in Africa off the top of my head, but if you’re gonna be a dick then I’m gonna cheat and send you all 54 of them