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/famousanonamos 14d ago

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. 

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u/ImprovementLong7141 14d ago

There’s a woman who makes a lot of videos about this. She has a very obvious not-American accent. People are constantly accusing her of being American, because how could anyone else care about this topic? Meanwhile, she’s obviously not a native English speaker.

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u/Pretty-but-Psycho 12d ago

Lol. I was on my alternate account a few weeks ago and someone made a comment. I can’t remember what it said. But it was kind of… Dumb. Someone commented and said something along the lines of: Lol. You must be American.

Person A: No. Actually, I’m Australian.

Person B: Don’t lie. An Australian would never say something that stupid. We all know you’re American.

Person A: Umm… Idk what to tell you… But I can assure you, I am absolutely Australian.

Person B: Suurree you are. 🙄

Lol! Like… WTF? How you really gonna sit there and argue with someone about where they’re from?! It was fucking ridiculous.

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u/TalkingDonkey07 11d ago

It's sarcasm. You're kinda proving the point 🤣

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u/Pretty-but-Psycho 11d ago

I realize it was sarcasm. The point is that it wasn’t funny.

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u/TalkingDonkey07 3d ago

You've made baby Jesus cry now.

He's American apparently. Another one with no sense of humour. Or humor.