American Reacts to When Americans Realize the Entire World DOESN'T Revolve Around Them 🤣

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[@dedmanstudios983]

I was talking to a girl online one night before the last US elections and she asked who I was voting for, I replied "You know I'm in Australia don't you?" She said "What? you guys don't get to vote for world leader?" I was speechless.

[@Mercure250]

Well, considering how influential the US is, I guess we people outside of the US should have a say as to who is elected president... (I'm joking)

[@Trattato68]

Wow... Just wow

[@nomadgigi4051]

Today in Australia we vote for our own world leader!

[@robertleeimages]

Tbh with no disrespect to Ian, I'm not surprised

[@triarb5790]

@@nomadgigi4051 Didn't we ever!!! 😊😊😊😊

[@ehekkert]

"... and when we rescued them in WW2." Just that statement is so American. Completely ignoring the Russians, Canadians, British and other nation's soldiers that had a hand in defeating the Axis powers.

[@lmaree200886]

Totally left out the ANZACS (Australian and New Zealand) that played a big part too. Just so arrogant, their britches are bigger than their parent country Britain!

[@A_nony_mous]

It also is a total fail in that why would people that no longer exist (since they all apparently moved to the USofA) need "rescuing".

[@kateemma22]

Not to mention that if WW2 were a clock, the Yanks turned up at 11pm and went ‘great work we did it’ after one beach landing.

[@michaelssoftbinbows3237]

My favourite is "you guys would be speaking German if it wasn't for us" Yeah? And what language would you guys be speaking if it wasn't for England?

[@georgekoul]

And the white Americans that said these worlds they forget that actually are Europeans.

[@hagelslag9312]

Oh man I remember talking to this girl who was studying abroad in the Netherlands (my country). She was a nice girl but she was a textbook example of how the American education system failed her in multiple ways. A prime example was history and how 'old' things are. She was oh so proud of her old town, and how it was founded somewhere in the 1700's and had a lot of old architecture yadda yadda. I'm sure it's great, I love old architecture and culture. But I asked her if she visited some of ours in the city she's studying at, we've got a lot of history too. Her response was "it can't be that old." It was a big discussion because she refused to believe there was a world before the USA and she couldn't wrap her head around the fact that my town was founded in 792. Not 1792, but 792. I had to show her the wiki lmao.

[@Salakert]

Since the sensible People came to america...except the fools in new amsterdam. You can have van buren, roosevelts and wall st. (the walls of the then old town)

[@bororo798]

This will be fun conversation when we start talking about indian civilization🤣

[@GeminiPlatypus]

What was she studying, and why did they let her 🫣

[@aichohvee]

@@Salakert 🤡

[@esmeraldagreengate4354]

Where do they think the people came from who settled America?

[@michaelvallierii7945]

I am married to a German and live in Germany... there are so many crazy things that I have heard Americas say, but the best one was when the topic of 4th of July came up and a woman asked my wife "So you guys don't have the 4th of July in Germany?". My wife had the best response to it and the look afterwards on that woman's face was priceless... My wife answered "No we go from the 3rd of July straight to the 5th."

[@AA-hg5fk]

Another great example of 'hilarious' German humour

@Al Khen ○ Omega One little error: the Mexicans don't really celebrate May 5th. USians do…

[@adrianreichel6531]

😂😂soo nämlich! :D haha

[@bryku]

She rolled a 1.

[@axoram]

🤣

[@connoroneill9406]

I’m Irish and have visited the US a few times. One time me and a couple of friends were in a store in NYC and were chatting. This older woman (I’m only taking like 50’s) came up to us and asked where we’re from so I said Galway, Ireland. I’ll never forget the next thing she said to me. “Wow, your English is really good.” To which I replied: “thanks, yours too” and smiled. She looked so confused for a solid 5 or 6 seconds before informing me that: “of course it is because she’s from America”, so I said something like “aye, and I’m from Ireland where we’ve spoken English for longer than your country’s existed” and carried on shopping 😂

[@irishcountrygirl78]

When in NJ people kept telling me they'd been to Scotland and how beautiful Scotland is after l told them was Irish and from Donegal, good craic. They thought it was all the same l guess, friendly people though on the whole.

[@vicnad92]

to be frank, people in Ireland are supposed to be speaking Irish no? its a no brainer to the average person. It's not our fault the Irish chose to stick with English instead and letting their mother tongue die out.

[@connoroneill9406]

@@vicnad92 Firstly: our ‘mother tongue’ hasn’t died out at all. Secondly: no, it’s common knowledge that Irish people speak English because it’s quite literally our first language (well for most of us)

[@vicnad92]

@@connoroneill9406 Hmm it is dying out. Just look at the recent stats. Only few older people are fluent at native level all situated in far rural parts of Ireland. Funny enough, there are more fluent Welsh speakers, followed by Scottish Gaelic than Irish. Moreover, with recent immigration, the Irish govt does not require for new immigrants to know basic Irish, unlike Germany or Sweden where knowing the basics of the national language is mandatory by law. Seems like you don't know your country well enough.

[@gerardflynn3899]

@@vicnad92 Yes, Irish is our first language. English is our second language. Try reading Bunreacht na hÉireann

[@Melrick72]

I've had a surprising number of Americans genuinely shocked to discover that we here in Australia don't celebrate Thanksgiving or 4th July.

[@thebutterflylady4904]

🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@graemejohnson9025]

A Aussie mate came back to Australia with his American bride and 2 kids.. she confused me and my ex wife, she wanted to buy fireworks, so Australia could celebrate 4th of July.. She got upset when we said, that's only a American thing.. 93% off the world population doesn't give a shit.. then she told me, America runs the world.. 👻

[@iceeeuuuu]

What's 4th of July even represent? Lol

[@AndrewFishman]

@@iceeeuuuu The Declaration of Independence passed on 4th of July 1776 signalling the birth of the America as a nation and the end of the Revolutionary War.

[@AndrewFishman]

@bobbiebob575 bob Funnily enough, I did mean that. Somehow, I missed United States. Dunno what happened. That is why it reads "the America" in my post lol. I might have deleted it when I was fixing a spelling error or two 🤔

[@jackx4311]

A story I read elsewhere was from an English couple on holiday. They were in the bar of the hotel late in the evening, and an American said to them to "Hurry up, the fireworks will be starting soon!" They hadn't heard anything about a firework display, but they followed the Americans up to the roof, and waited, and waited . . . no fireworks. The Americans were baffled. "There's no fireworks? But it's 4th July!!" They were in Turkey . . .

[@vask92]

😆 In Turkey? Wow

[@transoxian]

Omg how did they fit bar inside a turkey 🦃?

[@Liggliluff]

Sounds a bit on the fake side. If they asked when the fireworks started, that I would believe.

[@forgor2727]

@@transoxian lol they meant the country Turkey

[@anuragrai1520]

@@transoxian Bro has achieved peak comedy

[@Kit_Bear]

Many times I've had arguements with Americans telling me that I need to learn English and to speak proper English because they read that I Spelled Colour, Honour, Neighbour, and humour the proper way. One of them insisted that she were in the right all the time and I was wrong. It dragged on for a bit just to lure Her into a direction I wanted Her to go until She said "Where did you learn English because it's terrible". I said "In England. I'm from Britain!" to which She replied "You can't be. I know English because I'm speaking it and you're not. You are a liar!". This get's more entertaining; so I say "OK then, what language do you think we speak in Britain?" She replied "Err, British Duh!". I know where this is going so I go along with it. "And what Countries are in Britain?" to which She replied "One, Britain is a country. Shows how smart you are!". Here I'm going to try to educate Her. "Is that so? Google: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and tell me what Google says". So She does and comes back "OK. I saw Britain but I didn't see England. You're stupid!". So then I ask "Where's London?" Me giving my screen a stupid face look at this point. She replied "In England stupid!". I'm getting frustrated by her stupidity at this point then said "Right, England is a Country in Britain". "No stupid. England is in the UK. I knew you were lying" was her response. Cutting it short. The arguement went on and on. She claimed that Her English was correct and My English was wrong because She was speaking English and even though This country spawned the language and My family have been here for over a thousand years She was in the right. I just left her to it and let her idiocy speak for itself for all to see. This is not an isolated case. I've had variations of this arguement so many times I've lost count. This is how f-ing stupid a lot of Americans can be. This is why they can only drive Automatics. (Europeans will get the message of what I mean here!)

[@ZZMJo]

🤣🤣Sorry if I laugh. I had the same discussion once with an "American" Instead of "I knew you were lying" I was told to learn geography bc I never lived there...and don't know what I was talking about...

[@Chiayiklin]

Ironically American ancestor was from British and I bet those American doesn't knew about it.........

[@Eysenbeiss]

Sorry, but you Brits are idiots too and that autmatic thing is one of the past, since intelligent people would ALWAYS chose that kind of transmission, since it is way more oeconomic. On the other side, your "English" is primitive still, since it is based on an OLD lower german accent and the point is on LOWER. Ever read shakepeare? Even there you'll find that proof, that you don't have an language of your own, since it is still missing important things, not just one (grammatical) tense. I had an altercation with my old "english" teacher, who actually was from the US, to make it even more ridiculous, trying to sell it to us, that English is older then the german language. I dared to disagree, at the age ot 15 !!! and told him to his face, that this is a lie, BECAUSE english is bases on said LOWER german accent. He still insisted and gave me a warning, which my other teacher had removed, after I got to tell him the whole story, and he even gave his colleague, who was also his friend, a talk-to about that topic, since it was a bloody lie.

[@TheLegoMaster261]

You are every bit as stupid if you use stereotypes to insult a country will hundreds of millions of people. How does bullying people from other countries make your life better in any way?

[@Nick-AngelpeodSeaxisc]

I have had the color colour argument with an American and how the u should be included, it ended with me saying "think about the word colon and figure it out"

[@charlieboy6315]

I once met a Texan who asked me (a Brit): "I notice y'all listen to lots of American music, right?" "Sure," I reply, "there's a lot of great American music" "Yeah!" he proclaims triumphantly. "I mean - no offence - but we just have the best music! Like what have you guys got that compares to Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin or the Stones?" "Er...sorry to break this to you but they're all British." Long pause.... "You're kidding, right???" he says in disbelief. "That music is awesome - it must be American!" ...and then Americans wonder why they have a reputation for arrogance!

[@A_nony_mous]

One wonders if he's heard of The Beatles, The Who, or Status Quo.

[@charlieboy6315]

@@A_nony_mous Saddest thing is they really do have plenty of great music of their own to crow about - there's really no need to go claiming ownership of other people's!

[@_marcobaez]

Please tell me you proved it to him 🙏

[@gai7486]

WTF??? Seriously??? 😱

[@brotbrotsen1100]

One American once tried to tell me that rammstein is a incredible because it's the only American band that speaks German....

[@gabrieljenkins-handy5232]

I find it funny that on websites you’ve got “English 🇬🇧” and then they have “English (simplified)🇺🇸” it just makes me laugh😂

[@jessevans8982]

Just dumbed down 😂

[@irishcountrygirl78]

Oh man 🙈

[@annabees]

absolute truth on a language point of view 😇

[@rahiem5283]

its still to hard for them XD

[@honza_88]

I like traditional german 🇩🇪 over simplified one

[@mercury2936]

I'm from Japan, and when I visited my American friend's family 25 yrs ago, an American wife started to explain what TV is as if I have never seen TV before in my life, and said "you don't need to go to the TV to change TV channels, we have a 'remote controller ' to change any channels without standing from a couch". I was stunned how she was educated to think all other countries are so behind.... And I noticed that their electric devices are all made in Japan and a little bit behind models...., but I couldn't say anything because I was too shocked.

[@yongling9825]

Yikes, I'm so sorry you had to hear all that.

[@TetsuoTakayamaCyberpunk]

Japan beats the USA 10/0 in terms of culture and technology

[@MerryMoss]

Whoof... that sounds like a horrible experience xp All you gotta do is point at the TV and ask: "So where was this made?"

[@motorlife7037]

@@MerryMoss She´d probably say, USA, look it´s in english

[@MerryMoss]

​@@motorlife7037 Aaaarghh x'p

[@Emanouche]

As an immigrant from Switzerland to the US, I'll never get tired of hearing almost each year "Do you have thanksgiving in Switzerland?" 😂...And that's if they don't call my country Sweden. 🤣

[@magnuslundstedt2659]

I am from Sweden, and i have lost count of how many times people confuse it with Switzerland. 😂 Even some that try to tell me we don't have any coastline in Sweden, course it's an mountain nation in the Alps.

[@Lostouille]

Sweden ↔️ Switzerland Austria ↔️ Australia 🫡

[@my_other_side473]

The real question here is why would you immigrate from Switzerland to the US.. buy hey Ive heard Swiss loves Guns too. But you guys are more peaceful.

[@AnnaZundel]

wieso würd mer freiwillig ih dere kognitive sackgass welle lebe?

[@Emanouche]

@@AnnaZundel Sorry I speak French. ;)

[@AndrewFishman]

I was a Taxi Driver. I picked up a passenger from the Airport who had just flown in from California. As we were driving to the hotel, he was looking out the window and turned to me to say, "Gee, you guys sure have imported a lot of Eucalypts." Caught by surprise, I replied, "What do you mean?" He gestured expansively out the window at the bushland we were driving through, and explained to me as if I were a little slow, "All these trees are Eucalypts. They are from California, where I am from. You guys sure must have imported a lot to have so many!" I just about had a brain aneurysm trying to process this thought, and all I managed was "Um, they are native to Australia..." He just gave me a pitying look, shook his head sadly at my ignorance, and stated, quite authoritatively, "No, I think you will find they are from California!" I let the confusion clear from my face, smiled and said simply, "Oh, I guess we must have imported all the Koalas also." Again he shook his head pityingly and said, slowly, talking to the obvious simpleton I am, "No, those are native to Australia." "Oh," I said, confused again, "Given they eat only Eucalypt leaves, they must have been very relieved when we imported so many to save them from starvation..." He looked a little confused, and said "No, they eat Gum leaves." "Mate," II replied, "Gums *ARE* Eucalypts. They and Koalas are native, the seeds were taken from Ballarat and Bendigo to California during the '49 Gold Rush, and that is how you ended up with Eucalypts in the USA!" He absorbed this for a while, all sorts of emotions playing over his face as he reassessed his entire existence, then he turned to me and said "Was Australia already settled in 1849?" I gave up... 🤦‍♂️

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

Now that woulda made a bloody good video😂🤣 I don't dislike yanks at all but geez they're so bloody insular,on the whole.

[@MickH60]

Hahaha That's gold...!!

[@70snostalgia]

great story

[@JoJo-rg4kt]

Excellent story

[@janrogers8352]

Another American who is wilfully ignorant and proud of it.

[@David-lr2vi]

One of my female friends here in Australia who was in an online forum discussion and struck up a convo with a US military guy told me that all the other Americans in the forum were trying to say that she was just trying to hook up with him to get a green card and free healthcare. We already have free healthcare in Australia for everyone, not just military personnel. 😂

[@allister.trudel]

yeah the idea that people from other "developped" countries (and even not so "developped") would want a US green card for healthcare is the most ridiculous one yet. Everybody else has better healthcare than the US...

[@DanMarksman]

Yes. US military has socialised healthcare! (A comunist army???)

[@zues9614]

@@allister.trudel yeah everybody, the developed world isn't actually everybody, not even a minority infact, the U.S.A ranks 11 out of 193 in healthcare so clearly not everyone and perhaps you may check your ignorance too.

[@benwatson5787]

@@zues9614 sure, you have good health care, for those that can afford it.

[@QuestionThingsUseLogic]

@@benwatson5787 yeah like the $3500 bill my son got for going to outpatients for 15 minutes...

[@nebularain3338]

A guy from the US was shocked to learn that we have TVs in Scotland, and actually said "You're welcome!". Had to explain that the TV was invented by John Logie Baird - a Scottish engineer. He didn't believe me, and it almost resulted in a fist fight because he was so incredibly insulted. He genuinely believed that the USA invented the entire modern technological world and graciously shared it with the rest of us. He was also one of those types who said "I'm Scottish" when what he really meant was "I have Scottish ancestry". Note to Americans - please don't do that. We hate it.

[@forbiddenrecallskillinguss4012]

He may of just watched Braveheart. William Wallace has many descendants in USA from what I hear 😂

[@Eysenbeiss]

@@forbiddenrecallskillinguss4012 It's not absolutly correct, but at least, Baird was involved in that invention overall.

[@TheLegoMaster261]

Note to ignorant people like you: Stop stereotyping nations based on ONE person. It doesn't make you look any smarter than the people you're insulting.

[@diegoalfaz]

Wonder what his reaction will be when he finds out color Tv was invented by a Mexican

[@rutgaurxi7314]

Plastic paddies/ Scots/ Sheep shaggers and wankers, gotta love to them!

[@farokudahitam]

As an Australian once said "America got the puritans, thank God we got the convicts".

[@lifesavid]

I remember standing in a line with my wife to see a local tourist attraction. An American gentleman in front of us was asking for two tickets for him and his wife for entry to the Colosseum. He got quite argumentative when told by the attendant that she couldn’t sell him any tickets to the Colosseum. He became quite defensive thinking it was something to do with him being from the USA. The attendant politely said this is the Parthenon in Athens, if you want tickets for the Colosseum you will have to go to Rome in Italy. Such a grasp of history!

[@laugesen18]

Omg🤦🏼‍♀️

[@andrep.3774]

OMG! 🤤

[@lucas-prado]

I love it. 😅

[@_karannaik_]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@silkeotd7194]

Reminds me of when we had an American lady upset at our staff because we weren't selling souvenirs of the Statue of Liberty. However, she was in Canada. When we told her that, she insisted she was in the U.S.

[@Raaslen]

I am not from the USA but once this guy was here visiting my country (Brazil) because his girlfriend, a friend of mine who at the time was an exchange student in the US, came to see her parents and brought him with her. The thing is, this guy was genuinely surprised that no one here cared for "american football", especially because we knew what it was but just didn't care for it, and it blew his mind when he found out that what he knew as "soccer" was known as football not only by us but by the rest of the world and that it was far more popular

[@TheCornishCockney]

By a million miles more popular. They are so insular and their inward arrogance is astonishing for the wealthiest country on the planet,but third world when it comes to awareness of the rest of the planet.

[@jpbaley2016]

TBH I’m American and I can’t stand American football.

[@andrebrait]

@@jpbaley2016 you mean handegg? Because you play with your hands, and that's an egg.

[@jpbaley2016]

@@andrebrait 😆😆😆

[@hempar9612]

@@andrebrait literally what it should be named

[@foxtrothotel96]

I’m from Germany, my husband is from the US. Without bragging I would say that my English is rather good, with little to no accent to give away that I’m not from the US originally. When I first met my husbands cousin we talked for a while and it seemed completely natural to her that I speak good English, until my husband pointed out to her that my native tongue is German. Somewhat confused she asked, “what do you mean, when talking to your family at home in Germany you don’t all speak English?” I was at an absolute loss for words. I couldn’t even grasp the amount of stupidity and ignorance in those words. And she was being dead serious. It was definitely at that point I realized the public school system has failed Americans and if we ever have kids, I want them to go to grow up and go to school in Germany.

[@larrybuchannan186]

In the top 10 world's best universities, 6 are from USA and zero are from German So gemany gets its as kickd by USA at producing world class universities.

[@Scamander]

@@larrybuchannan186 An American study using criteria that are massively favoring universities from English-speaking countries (and especially the USA themselves) finds 5 (!) of the Top 10 universities are from the US, while 4 are from the UK. I'm shocked (well, not that shocked). Anyway, enjoy your student loan - assuming you actually did go to an university. Looking at your spelling, I'm not too sure. But maybe that is also the result of the world class universities you have in the US.

[@Ellinillard]

@larry : u’re absolutely right : 6 colleges, app 9000 graduates per year, so 55 000 (among which a significant number of foreigners), out of 4M graduates, are clearly better than most graduates around the world. The other 3 450 000 are just morons, is your point I guess. Thanks for the confirmation. Just missing is : which college did u graduate from ? 😂😂😂

[@lanxy2398]

@@Scamander Say what you want but if you look at a list for american universities especially upper tier and ivy leagues they have pages of international applications. It isn’t a coincidence that the US has the most amount of foreign born doctors they come here for schooling for a reason it’s okay to admit that the US does things better than other countries lmao

[@randomdude0fficial]

@@larrybuchannan186 Yes but about 3,2% of the USA citizens visit those universities (in about 80 years). Its like praising that u have the wealthiest brands and companies but most of the citizens are still poor. Like where is the win for you exactly Its funny how the USA hates China so much but have so much in common too

[@ChoirFan1]

Returning to Australia, after a trip to the USA, I’d just entered the arrivals hall at Brisbane airport. I was queued in the “Australian Passports” line, when a lady approached me and asked if I knew where the line for Americans was. I just pointed to the “All other Countries” line. She walked over and joined the queue, looking totally dejected.

[@aiziszizis2536]

@Chris Davis Russia is not a shithole!

[@yutahkotomi1195]

@@aiziszizis2536 Politics aside, I'm sure there are many beautiful places in Russia, but considering the current state of affairs, I don't think many people want to go visit them.

[@aiziszizis2536]

@Chris Davis You saw Moscow, Sankt Petersburg, big cities? These cities are beautiful, really!

[@ukr009]

@@aiziszizis2536 Shithole as it is. І я знаю про що я кажу.

[@ukr009]

@@aiziszizis2536 Even in Russia they saying "there exist Moscow and St. Petersburg and the Russia" because of the huge gap between life quality experience.

[@dazmonics]

What I've seen from living in Oz, England and the US is that America teaches American history and geography and most other countries teach World history and geography

[@derekhowe672]

Thing is we have a course called world history and it’s basically just talking about how America has done with other countries (the good) and doesn’t really speak on the bad or other countries history too much except for maybe The UK

[@jenniwatson8799]

I feel as an Aussie backing the 70's & 80's we didn't really learn a great deal about Australian history. Only the nice parts.

[@evanflynn4680]

The world history we get taught in Australian schools is pretty much limited to the world wars. The better schools teach about the wars, the not so good ones just teach what Australians did in them. Considering that we were in both from a fairly early point, unlike the US that jumped in late, then bragged how they "saved us all". I'm thinking more along the lines of "where the hell were you guys at the start of the war?"

[@phoenixparrot9351]

In Australia we do world geography, Australian geography, World History, and Australian history. Well we do now days used to be different. We still learn a lot about Britian though. Do love out Motherland.

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

This explains why Americans seem to think they live on their own planet.

[@realise6]

I once read a comment from a US citizen on a news comment section that the world should be grateful to the USA for giving us a language and culture. A couple from the US came into the pharmacy where my sister worked. As she greeted them in French, the woman asked 'Do you speak American?'. My sister: 'No, sorry, but I do speak English.'

[@EllaBee90]

@@doomslayer1984 You sure like that line a lot. Stuck on ALT+V?

[@doomslayer1984]

@@EllaBee90 Sorry if the truth hurts. And hey I'm just spreading the word as you white euro's are content with dissing my fellow colored brothers and sisters in the US that makeup half that country's population and which I and the majority of others in the global south have no beef with.

[@enginerd80]

@@EllaBee90 "ALT+V"? What's that? The only related thing I'm aware of would be "Control+V".

[@amradzinovic4086]

They're giving us culture? 😂😂😂😂😂 I bet they don't know there were freaking universities in Europe,long before the discovery of America.

[@doomslayer1984]

@@amradzinovic4086 Yeah universities that catered only to white people slick! Yes so very cultured...YAWN!

[@Cafenoir_]

I'm french. I went to florida for holidays in 2014. I made friend with a local girl. Among the question she had about france, she asked if we had the same phones as they do. Not the latest version just smartphones. She thought we had old Nokias or something. She also asked if we had WI-FI. Not everywhere, just if it known and if some had it. Not the majority, just some. I wasn't to far from telling her we didn't have access to electricity and water everyday.

[@davidlacoste]

To be fair to her, if i were not French myself and had to judge France from what French politicians are saying when they're abroad, i would probably ask the same kind of questions.

[@iceyplayz3388]

I’m American. I remember one time in my freshman English class, a girl who has a reputation for being, let’s just say, not all the way there, said something incredibly ignorant. I can’t remember what, but it was stupid. I responded to her, saying, “I bet you’re the type of person who wonders why Europeans don’t celebrate the 4th of July.” She looked shocked, saying, “They don’t?!”

[@LMB222]

European here. Given our history with the Brits, and the recent Brexit handling, I think we should start celebrating 😂

[@katelyn3997]

I taught English in Japan & my sons taught English in China & Japan. From our experience most of our students wished to learn English for either business or international travel. None of us have ever had a student who was learning English because they wanted to move to the USA or any other english speaking country.

[@leierkreuz1529]

I learnt English because I wanted to travel and at least in Spain is requested for a lot of jobs.

[@aranara_song]

I personally learnt English for fun. But I'd never wanna move to the US. Half of the population voted for Donald Trump lmao I would not feel safe

[@A_nony_mous]

I learnt English in order to survive my childhood in Australia. Never had any intention to move to the USofA, still don't.

[@Niki91-HR]

In Europe English is mandatory in schools , at least as far as I know it is more or less the same across Europe. And it makes life soooooo much easier when you know it. Especially when it comes to business but of course it is a big plus for travelling as well. We do learn other languages as well but those we can choose like between French, Spanish, Italian, German....depending where you live. It is funny that some would assume we learn it because of the States... it is even funnier to me since in Europe we learn british english and after a while at least I had a few hours where we had a few chapters where we learnt the differences between certain british and american words and thats it xD

[@ABC1701A]

@@Niki91-HR Maybe now but when my best friend was in school she had a choice of Russian or French as a second language (she chose French). When she was accepted into Ireland as a refugee she learned English simply from watching ALL the different soap operas. Her English, especially her grammar, is actually better than that of many USAmericans (and I have a number of friends from the US who now live in Ireland, more USAmericans who DON'T want to live in the US) though despite never having had formal classes which I find amazing.

[@laziojohnny79]

I'm Dutch and I met two American girls in a Dutch 'coffeeshop' in the winter of 2017. So after a bit of the usual chit-chat bout where I was from and where they were from and where we have traveled to throughout the years they started talking politics and they asked me who I voted for in the 2016 POTUS-election .... as I said they already knew I am Dutch and that I never lived in the US. I. Kid. You. Not. !!

[@ultramarine40k65]

A dutch laziale ? thats a new one 💙🦅 C'mon eagles

[@laziojohnny79]

@@ultramarine40k65 not really, we are legion.

[@ps4games164]

Those are dangerous people, honestly. Even in the movies is clearly said that THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.

[@thornbird6768]

I have posted this elsewhere but my favourite discussion with an American was about landmarks around the world , when I said I would like to visit Paris , France to see the Eiffel Tower he laughed and said he didn’t need to because he could go to Vegas and see the real one 🫤 I kid you not ‼️

[@nijlpaardw9085]

Isn't it bizarre that here in the Netherlands, the subjdct history, teaches you about the whole english, british, indian, indonesian, german and english history. Also a lot of other stuff, but Americans are just like: there are more countries with history?

[@efzel]

They teach you Indian history in Netherlans?

[@GoGicz]

@@TheElevenBravo20 more BS i see.

[@TheGamingSyndrom]

@Chris Davis wtf?

[@TheGamingSyndrom]

@Chris Davis god damn, you must be a troll, 100%

[@TheGamingSyndrom]

@Chris Davis no objections there. the russian attack on ukraine is in breach of internarional law and theres crimes against humanity commited still, what kind of bullshit are you spitting about the united states of garbage?

[@thirstwithoutborders995]

I once had two international students to take care of in my University Buddy programme, where local and international students get paired up, so they can ask for help, find their way around the city etc. Usually those kids don't speak German. I got an American girl and a black guy from France, who knew German quite well, so he needed a lot less assistance. I explained this to the American girl, and she was totally mistified. Her: "How can he speak German?" Me: "Dunno, probably learned it in school." Her: "But he is black!" Me: "..." Her: "How can he speak German, when he is black?" Me: (thinking I heard that languages are often elective in American High School) "He is from France. In most European countries you have English and a second foreign language course in High School for everyone. Maybe theirs had German." Her: "But he is black, how can he be from France?" Me: "Ummm... so, France had a lot of colonies, but we also have a lot of migration from African countries right now. So quite a lot of Europeans have darker skin..." Her: "..." Me: "..." Her: "I didn't know there were Afro-Europeans. Are there many of them?" Me: "Umm... we don't call them that. Like, we don't ask for race in the census, so I don't know..." This was also the girl that had her parents from Texas send over a winterjacket they bought for her in the US, because she didn't trust local brands. IN AUSTRIA, in the ALPS. Where we have a Jack Wolfskin Store and any brand you can think of...

[@-----REDACTED-----]

Before I started university I would have quipped about how the f she managed to be accepted to uni but after a few semesters I have lost a lot of respect for any academic degree short of a PhD…

[@SiriusBigbadda]

Reminds me of when French black people are referred to as African-Americans in US media because they're afraid of saying "black people".

[@24JJ821]

I would have thought she was a staunch racist if it wasn't for her seemingly intellectual deficit.

[@ABC1701A]

Reminds me of when a US chat show host kept calling Lenny Henry (UK comedian) African American. He is British born and bred, though his family is from the Caribbean. He isn't the only one either, they seem to think than if you have darker skin you can only be African American. Mind blowing.

[@osez111]

Afro-Europeans ??? What the hell is that ?

[@deckard1970]

Well, in Rome I've actually heard a elderly American couple complaining about "why no one is fixing all these old structures" while walking in the Roman Forum 😑

[@Vickzq]

😂

[@Liaros_]

Once a guy online asked me why we don't rebuild the Colosseo from the ground up to play shows inside of it

[@bloodymary76]

My nephew....italian citizen, but born and raised in America. Why is all ruined? But she's 8 years old.

[@vask92]

@@Liaros_ lol, I mean maybe building a replica would be a nice idea. The original should stay ofc 😄

[@Liaros_]

@@vask92 A modern replica already exists: is the Olimpico stadium for football. An exact replica of the Colosseo would just be a fake with no purpose, unless we decide to start gladiators fights again.

[@krrrattt]

I was working as a tour guide in Tallinn in Estonia and I showed the tourists the medieval walls of surrounding the Old Town. A little later a guy from the group came up with to me and asked a question: Excuse me, there is one thing I can't understand. You have the medieval walls surrounding the city,right? So how come your country got occupied during WW II?

[@bettinaknuelle9981]

Tallinn is such a beautiful city!

[@lesleygreen273]

Because 20th century weaponry defeats medieval defences.😮

[@mrblues2008]

(Canadian here) I was in line at a Tim Hortons doughnut shop for a coffee and doughnuts, a woman in front of me was paying for her order and was checking her purse for some money. She pulled a handgun out of her purse and placed it on the countertop and resumed looking for money to pay while complaining that Canadian shops should accept American money. She was absolutely shocked when police officers came up to her and arrested her for having a firearm in public.

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

I've always had the impression that Canadian customs officers asked US visitors about what firearms they might be carrying. I'm sure there are signs at the border.

[@larrybuchannan186]

Complete and total bs

[@Salakert]

Sad she went to our icebox colony for the unwanted

[@MrToadGaming]

That just didn’t happen lol

[@kathrynhobbs8874]

My husband, a former London police officer was shot at whilst on duty, by an American pilot, who, when he was arrested and charged amongst others things for Possessing a Fire arm, said, but I’m American

[@jemmajames6719]

Husband was staying in a castle in Scotland that had become a hotel whilst on a business trip it was full of tourists mostly American. A American couple received their meal which included chips, the Americans had known they were ordering fries but didn’t know our chips are chunky. Bless ‘em when they started to complain the Scottish waitress in a loud and no nonsense thick accent told them “ you ordered chips, you got chips, this is Scotland, you have our chips!” walked off leaving the couple looking like a pair of naughty children.

[@ThePinkBinks]

I love it when Scots tell off Americans. It’s one of the funniest things ever.

[@chriscaspian2280]

Nice one

[@janenseling4295]

If I had a restaurant, I'd hire her on the spot. 😊

[@georgejob2156]

Gie it tae them full Monty..

[@jemmajames6719]

@@doomslayer1984 Eh? 🤣

[@fermitupoupon1754]

I did have a tourist couple once tell me they were from Georgia, obviously in the US. But just to mess with them I replied with "Ahh, I've never been there but I really want to go visit Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, I hear that it's a very pretty part of the world. It was even more funny when they said to each other looking very confused "I think he means Alabama"

[@jeffspalding5368]

Hahaha

[@vineethchintha1]

This what i dont like in Americans there are so full of themselves

[@kerensabirch5214]

I met a couple of guys in Belize once who asked me where I was from. When I responded "Australia", they indicated themselves, grinned, and said proudly, "California". I honestly didn't know what to do with that. Was it supposed to mean something special? Australia is around the same size as the US, but I'd never introduce myself overseas as being from Queensland, just Australia.

[@B-A-L]

I remember when Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympics and when Georgia came on the whole stadium erupted. I swear it was because they all thought it was their state and not the country!

[@nox8730]

@@B-A-L Epic. I have seen the Atlanta olympics on TV. The end result is: before the olympics even ended, i had become anti-american ^^. Unsufferable to watch.

[@mikemacneil9319]

I live in Canada, and a friend of mine worked at pub downtown and always had lots of American tourists from cruise ships. One American couple asked him “how do you grow your totem poles?” He stared at them shocked and said, “you mean trees?” They said “no totem poles are not trees.” He had to explain they are trees that are cut down and carved into totem poles. They sincerely thought they were grown already carved and painted🙄

[@lukasvandewiel860]

Sometimes one would think that they all upkeep such an image of numbnuts as a conspiracy, while in the meantime they are doing something clever and sneaky while nobody is paying them any attention.

[@Sharon-bo2se]

Hadn't heard that one before. Mind you, pre-covid Vancouver had 2 million cruise tourists in 2019. Heard a lot of others.

[@trevormillar1576]

When an American asks me why wr don't celebrate Independence Day. I always say; We gave our own Indrpendence Day It was so long ago we aren't sure of the date. But it was in 293AD, when the Romans left, That's when they scratch their heads and ask "Romans?" I'm a Brit by the way.

[@cursigravis944]

I was talking to an American once and he was shocked to hear we have Italian restaurants in Australia. I asked why he was shocked and he said he didn’t think we could have real Italian food here. He then said that if I wanted to try real Italian food, I should come to the US. I just said that sounded great and I’d love to try some real Italian food someday.

[@artiglieria2533]

i'm an italian: you probably have better italian food than they have good american food

[@mchouseboat3405]

@@stephen8797 cuz american food is all dogshit?

[@nedrasorai]

@@stephen8797 0.1%? You are so naive and optimistic. 😄

[@Janoww]

​@@stephen8797 more like the bottom 72% of americans (30% overweight + 42% obese)... ( according to your own government: www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/overweight-obesity )

[@wangdulu]

​@@Janoww to be fair, BMInumber doesn't reflect people's health. Overweight is irrelevant to being fat. You can gain more weight but have a much better body type. Body fat is a better way to compare with BMI

[@paolojohnsson2419]

I met a couple of guys from the US a few years ago here in Sweden. The kind of guys that seemed to really want to talk to everyone they met in the bar. It was like they were on a small talk frenzy that ended shortly after the questions about the US ended. Anyways, the eventually came to our pool table and started talking. Since I’m mixed race one of them asked me were I’m from… from Sweden, I said. So I asked him were he was from. He said Texas. I said: that’s not a country. That’s were he’s face changed. He took it like an insult and said with a condescending tone. America then, you get it now? I said, that’s a continent. Then he walked away.

[@paquitagillis901]

Had exact same discussion. When back packing Europe. Introductions... Everyone said Australia, New Zealand, England, Brazil, South Africa. And then Walter said Texas. I said, oh l come from Victoria. He said very confused .. You dont sound Canadian. I said when did l say l was from Canada? He said "You said your from Victoria. Then what country is that? I said Australia. He said, how would l know that... I said. Well you assumed it with your State. You cant assume as you do that everyone know's' Texas. Its a state of the USA. Its annoying your assume everyone knows where the state of Texas is.. (Even though the world does its still annoying!!) Tip: Just say USA, we will find out the state later!!!

[@chaoticsequencer]

@@paquitagillis901 But England hasn't been a country since the Acts of Union 1707 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707). If Texans should say they're from the US then shouldn't people from England say they're from the UK/Britain/Great Britain? EDIT: I should've written 'sovereign nation' instead of 'country'. Both Texas and England are non-sovereign entities/regions within sovereign nations with England being a non-sovereign country and Texas being a non-sovereign state. If one thinks one should say either what sovereign nation one is from or what country one is from, but not what state one is from, then obviously Texas is not an option, but England is. I think this is a pretty strange rule though and IMO, if it's OK to say England, then it should also be OK to say Texas (which I think it is, even if not preferable). A final issue is pragmatics. One should not say they're from somewhere no one has heard of. Most people have heard of England and Texas, very few have heard of Victoria outside of Australia and New Zealand.

[@monstercrx]

@@chaoticsequencer England is still a country its just not the nation

[@chaoticsequencer]

@@monstercrx Seems like semantics to me. Texas is a "state" within a federation. It existed as an independent state prior to joining the federation. England is a "country" in a Kingdom (or nation) and doesn't even have its own parliament. I think the English get away with this where Texans don't because people equate England with Great Britain (to the annoyance of many a Scot) whereas no one equates Texas with the US.

[@ChiaraVet]

@@chaoticsequencer it's not semantics, ffs. Nation and Country are two different definitions in dictionary. Nation CAN eventually be used as a synonymous of country only if the cultural heritage and the country territory coincide, but it's a very broad definition and doesn't always identify as a country. Ex. The First Nation in the US refers to the Native Nord American People, but not to the US or Canada, which are the countries those people currently live in. So. Not semantics. Everyone says their country when asked where they are from, never heard anyone refer to their nation as their country (also because they don't necessarily coincide).

[@ianwebb3496]

I've got a fun one. I was in a Kiwi sports team touring the States back in the 80s. We were playing a college team in Kansas, I think it was, and were sharing a dressing room with the home team. We were all chatting and one of the local lads said "Hey, you guys speak pretty good English!" I replied "Why thank-you; I wish I could return the compliment."

[@debra1363]

😄😄😄

[@MidnightSt]

Yeah, I'm from Slovakia, and I absolutely LOVE correcting english grammar of native speakers =D

[@duhusker4383]

@@MidnightSt English, not english (proper nouns are always capitalised in English) 😂

[@MidnightSt]

@@duhusker4383 Yes, I'm aware, I just don't bother most of the time, unless there's a point that needs to be proven. :)

[@dudoklasovity2093]

😂😂😂 great reaction

[@tatters2072]

As a Canadian who has travelled around much of the eastern side of the U.S. I could write a book about things like this. What irritates me the most is that Americans assume they invented everything. People wonder why Americans are so self-centred as a nation. Here's one of the reasons why. Much of this comes from a deliberate effort by the U.S. media to obscure the origins of new developments and make them sound as if they were all from the U.S. Here's how this is done. Let's say Reuters puts a story on the wire about French scientists making an important discovery in the fight against a nasty disease. This story leads, "French scientists in Lyon have announced today that . . . " and a Canadian newspaper would run the story as is. A U.S. paper will delete the the French references and run the story as, "Scientists have announced today . . . " knowing full well that U.S. readers will automatically assume that the scientists were American. One of the worst examples happened a number of years ago. We were watching the Canadian news on TV then we switched over to NBC news (a U.S. TV network that we can get in Canada). Three stories ran on the Canadian news channel: Canadian researchers had made an important discovery in the fight against HIV/AIDS, a Canadian aircraft (DHC Twin Otter) with a Canadian crew flew to Antarctica to rescue an American scientist who had suffered a heart attack, and the Canadian made robotic arm was being installed on the International Space Station. NBC ran the three same stories and never once used the word 'Canada'. In fact they went out of their way to ensure that no one watching the broadcast would associate these stories with Canada. Only pictures of the robotic arm and the Twin Otter plane that lacked Canadian flags or registration were shown. The significance of the HIV/AIDS development was explained by an American researcher, leaving everyone with the impression that his team was responsible for the development. These aren't isolated examples. They happen every day in every news media in the U.S. And we wonder why Americans sound so smug.

[@forbiddenrecallskillinguss4012]

I make you right. They do the same with British inventions and discovery's

[@tatters2072]

@@forbiddenrecallskillinguss4012 Just spotted a good one recently showing how this approach permeates all aspects of the news, even sports. A Canadian born football player was recently signed by an American NFL team and it was noteworthy enough for the story to be picked up by a number of U.S. sports news outlets. Some outlets repeated the original story which contained references to the fact that he was Canadian. Others however, deliberately removed all of those references, leaving the impression that he was an American. Since he had attended a U.S. university, it was an easy con to pull off. Don't get me started on Hollywood propaganda . . .

[@2693742]

​@@tatters2072 as an avid follower of football (not American football), I sometimes watch ESPN. And the pundits there (all American) constantly try to drum up Pulisic and some other no name American footballers whilst undermining probably the best footballer to come out of North America, a Canadian, Alphonso Davies. I'm not even Canadian but it annoys me to no end.

[@valsyaranamual6853]

Delusions of grandeur!

[@niuginiannative5517]

Smug & stupid

[@zdenektrnka4940]

From Czech Republic with all respect to educated Amaricans. I am not speaking just for me, but for majority of my friends, there is no desire to move to US or even visit. In the past times, america image seems to be rather silly to us. With all the stupidity going on there... Social media are just approving this opinions. I know this is up to longer debate, but this is how we feel like. All of my friends are glad, we have not been born in America. With all our social advantages and balanced tax system. Ohhh, and metric system.... Sorry to hear hat. 😐

[@Jeni10]

Thanksgiving in Europe just tells me that Americans don’t understand why they celebrate Thanksgiving at all, the history of it and how it came about and so on. If they did, they would know it’s an American holiday and nothing to do with the rest of the world.

[@tommoxjr]

We should do thanksgiving in the UK….giving thanks we got rid of those pesky pilgrims.

[@tkps]

I saw one of these compilations recently where an Aussie exchange student in the US had a girl ask her where she was from. She pointed on an imaginary globe at the top for the US & at the bottom for Australia. The girl asked but what State is it in. She was told Australia is a different country twice. The girl went onto say but the US IS THE GLOBE. So maybe some think everyone celebrates Thanksgiving because the US runs the world, even knowing other countries exist.

[@andybelcher1767]

@@tommoxjr Spot on!

[@coldlakealta4043]

This is a hot one in Canada. The Americans are in disbelief that we celebrate Thanksgiving in a different month (October) which is totally unrelated to the settlers and Indigenous Peoples myth down there. Our Thanksgiving continues the centuries-long European custom of a harvest feast - nothing to do with the Plymouth fantasy. It's in October because up here the cold is coming and the grain is in the barn. Plus, we don't have Black Friday, thank heavens.

[@coldlakealta4043]

@@tommoxjr good one, mate, from Canada

[@surfer59babe]

I work as a customer experience manager at a supermarket in London and every year I get at least three irate Americans berating me for us not having turkeys, or Pumpkin pie or other thanksgiving paraphernalia on the run up to thanksgiving. Even after explaining as politely as my indignance will allow, that this is England and we don't have, let alone celebrate, thanksgiving, they will still demand to speak to the store manager. The gall of them! Effing rude and soooo self entitled. PLUS whilst travelling in the States I've often been asked 'what language do you speak in England?'

[@_marcobaez]

Just say "it's a US holiday, only celebrated in USA, make sense?"

[@russetmantle1]

It's so fucking weird. It would be like a Brit visiting Idaho on 5th November being surprised and annoyed no-one's celebrating Guy Fawkes night.

[@surfer59babe]

@@_marcobaez The sad thing is that English Guy Fawkes 5th November does seem to have been largely superceded by blimmin' Halloween here in London! That's super annoying to me, cos we're NOT American and we should maintain our own holidays and celebrations. I guess he who shouts loudest....🤥

[@vask92]

>PLUS whilst travelling in the States I've often been asked 'what language do you speak in England?' Are you serious, omg 😄😆

[@youjustgotburned3980]

Why did they leave their country if they have a hard time adapting though? That's so silly,if you know you're slow to adapt and catch on to cultural, environmental and situational differences,then Just stay home. No one is forcing you to leave your comfort zone

[@klotz__]

I would never give up the perks of living in the EU, especially Germany, for moving to US. You couldn't pay me enough money for that 🤣

[@StevenWilliams2560]

When I traveled to Greece, everyone I encountered who asked where I was from wanted to know what state in the U.S.? They were interested in visiting some states and not others. This was in 2016. The Greeks knew their U.S. geography.

[@dafnikem]

As a Greek I confirm!

[@peterbruells28]

​@@dafnikem Really all the states? I recently talked my self in learning all the 50 states reliably. Before that I would *recognized* what was a state and what not, but I couldn’t list them by memory nor could I place all of them except in the vaguest sense „Somewhere in New Englang“ or Umm... East of Texas. And that’s my experience with my fellow Germans. There are perhaps 20 states they can name and place reliably, but then it gets sketchy.

[@brabbelbeest]

I can’t recall the number of times I’ve been in a discussion with a American online and been told that “people criticize/say negative things about the USA just because they are jealous…”

[@adamslaney5638]

wtf jealous lol, jealous of what? Im so glad I live here in Australia.

[@allister.trudel]

lol that's a good one :)) I'm honestly sad for US americans thinking they have it best when their systems are all around so lacking...

[@brabbelbeest]

@@allister.trudel recently I had a conversation with an American about gun control. He actually thought America had the least crime in the world… it was so endearing that I was hesitant to tell him America ranks around 22nd place when it comes to crime…

[@zues9614]

They are jealous of the USAs cultural impact that outreaches Europe, and it pisses them off that a country so illiterate of the world yet has such an impact.

[@ABC1701A]

I've been told that as well, people seem to think that everyone is jealous of the US.

[@GoWestYoungMan]

I took a domestic train trip from Halifax to Montreal (both in Canada) that cut through northern Maine because it was quicker. It never occurred to me that I needed to bring my Canadian passport on that trip but at the border US Customs checked ID for all passengers. I got yanked off the train & interrogated. It only dawned on me 20 minutes into it that they thought I was trying to sneak into the US. When Canadian border control confirmed I was former Canadian Armed Forces they started back pedalling but they almost seemed disappointed that they were wrong. You have to be next level self absorbed to assume people are all clamouring to get into the US.

[@Rebel9668]

From the North? No. From the South? Yes. Doesn't matter to me. I say let them in as they actually want to work which is more than I can say for a lot of native US citizens I know.

[@wombatwilly1002]

@Smiling Shadow Passports have only been required for cross border US-Canada in the not so distant past.Easily forgettable,get off your high horse

[@wombatwilly1002]

@Smiling Shadow I'm closer to it than you are 😁

[@doomslayer1984]

@@steiner554 just getting the word out that you white people regardless of where you're from love to think your shit don't stank to the rest of the world. But news flash... it does!

[@wombatwilly1002]

@Smiling Shadow The good old days my friend were far better than what you're experiencing now😁

[@LucianoMMatias]

A few years ago my brother had to show the city of Lisbon (Portugal) to some American executives. They could not accept that several monuments had been built in the 12th or 16th century nor that Portugal had begun to colonise several territories around the world in the 15th century. In the end they were stunned by the rich history of a small country.

[@shpeen8835]

The world was much smaller until Portugal showed the rest of it how to get there

[@circleinforthecube5170]

All Americans know is vinyl sided boxes

[@roxter299roxter7]

As a naturalized Canadian I can say that most of us are glad that most Americans don't know where Canada is.

[@shpeen8835]

The less they know the better.

[@niuginiannative5517]

Lol 😂

[@BkkKat5]

😂😂😂

[@patriciamillin1977]

OMG, I just glanced at your comment before actually reading it, and instead of naturalised Canadian, I thought it said neutralised 😂

[@oweng7987]

I’m from the UK, the first time I travelled to the US Me and my mate got talking to some guys in a sports bar while watching baseball. One of them pointed at the screen and asked what I thought of it. I said I didn’t really understand the rules but it looked fun. He said, and I quote ‘No not the baseball, the TV, what do you think of TVs’ - assuming we’d never seen one before! Quick as a flash my mate jumped up and got on a stool, pretending to look in the back of the TV and asked the American guy ‘how do you feed the little people in the magic box?’ I tried to keep a straight face and keep it going, we lasted about 2 more minutes before we lost it. Couldn’t stop laughing.

[@vask92]

Oh my god 😄😆

[@uingaeoc3905]

Did you tell them a Scotsman invented TV? And the telephone?

[@shuaguin5446]

I can't believe that story. No way that baseball actually looked fun.

[@harryhatter2962]

London actually made the first T V transmission in 1932.

[@axoram]

🤣🤣Great!very british umor , greetings from Italy

[@davidgibson5810]

Working in Edinburgh, during the festival time, when there are many people form around the world that visit. A lovely American couple started chatting with us and the lady asked "After the festival, do they take down the castle?". I laughed thinking this was a joke....and then realised that she was genuine. I mentioned that the castle originates from the 12th century. You can imagine she was embarrassed.

[@rodmorrison47]

@Al Khen ○ Omega The Edinburgh Festival is the biggest arts festival in the world, plus the Fringe festival (which is now a bigger draw than the main event) - three weeks of comedy, theatre, literature, music, street performance and general freakery.

[@antoniom.andersen6704]

Met a guy from the U.S and the thing that hit me was that America is apparently the U.S in the U.S whereas here, America is the entire continent north, central and south. I was confused for a minute when we started talking. On another note he claimed that he could drink me down (I'm danish) so we went at it. I mean he drank off but the beer we ordered is 7.5% so he didn't last long. To all you great visitors from the U.S: EU beer is often stronger than what you get in the U.S so read the label 😃, just a friendly advice. I will say that your educational and political system is not like it is here in the EU but saying that the people in the U.S.A are stupid is wrong. Sadly stupid people all around the world have got a mouth piece via social media... no matter what you say you'll always find someone who agrees with you. ❤ to all in the U.S from Denmark

[@thyroidtube3739]

I was an exchange student in Madrid, Spain in 89/90, and several of my fellow students were American. Myself, I am Norwegian. Now granted, this was before the internet, but still. The American students told me they would get letters from home asking things like: "Do they have electricity?", "Are there street lights in Spain?" and "Isn't it fun having to ride on a mule to school since there are no cars there?"

[@dutyfree5192]

As a Spaniard, some of these guys think we're mexican and that's one of the main reasons why Spain has a serious anti-american problem LOL

[@auradb1140]

Todavía lo siguen preguntando, la hija de una amiga fue a US de intercambio y me preguntaron si habían toros sueltos por la calle, también si comía tacos...🤦🏻‍♀️🤣 Pero no todo el mundo es así, también había gente que era mas culta.

[@doesitmatter3642]

I'll be honest mate....I have never understood that "everyone wants to go to the US" mentality. With how accessible the internet is nowadays, there really is no excuse for staying this ignorant. about the english translation on websites, not sure how common this is - and I find it both funny and insulting for the people of the USA - but some sites have the Union Jack flag which says "English" and then the United States flag which says "English - simplified"....

[@da3daluz]

I’ve never seen that, that’s hilarious 😂

[@breezy3392]

Considering how many conversations I've had with Americans just this past week alone that were derailed because they didn't understand the definition of simple words, kept misusing them, or misunderstood me when I used them, raged at me for giving them the dictionary definition to clarify and couldn't be bothered to look it up for themselves...Yeah, "English - Simplified" fits.

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@breezy3392 I've seen studies about the average reading level of the US population. Look it up, it's terrifying when you consider about half of these people vote! If you want to be understood by a majority, you damn well need simplified English.

[@kaiberberich1]

"English - simplified" - hahahaha Also - as lovely a bunch as the Americans are - I may want to visit the place at some stage in the future... but live there ? Not a chance !!

[@wes6195]

It should really be the English flag, not the Union Jack. Afterall, it's the English language, not the British language. That would confuse Americans more than they already are.

[@SimPilotMika]

As someone from another country I find it so cringey that the English language is represented by the America flag haha That’s like using the Mexican flag to represent Spanish

[@LemonChick]

Yep, I too find it a little jarring when a website in a non-English language uses the USA flag to change to English. But to be honest doing that is probably the most helpful to the most people - the sad as that is. But it does make be understand how Scottish people must feel when asked where in England they come from. :-)

[@SimPilotMika]

@@LemonChick haha yeah I heard that pisses them off. I’m Australian so I don’t really get that down here

[@nomusician4737]

Yeah, that cringe! But I love it when there's both a US and British flag. The US one usually is for simplified English. Always makes me a bit more giggly than what is appropriate for a middle aged Scandinavian.

[@doomslayer1984]

Actually depending on where you go or what sites you visit the Mexican flag does represent Spanish speakers.

[@sasshiro]

@@doomslayer1984 yup, I often have to remind both Americans and Mexicans that Spanish is a European language from Spain, in Europe, and that it comes from the language the Romans spread across Western Europe.

[@TheEvertw]

The myth of the USA being the best country in the World is carefully maintained, because otherwise the people might learn something and expect better from their leaders.

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

They've been brainwashed into thinking that especially there "PLEDGE OF ALLIGENCE" A political oath you've got to sing at soon as you hit school age.I get CULTISH VIBES from that and you'd expect that from CHINA, RUSSIA or a 1940's GERMANY not from AMERICA.But the AMERICANS don't realise it because they've been conditioned to think it's all patriotic so they don't know the difference.. Creepy AF

[@nighthawk043]

The hint with the second one, about "America didn't invent the English language", is probably the part where it's called the "English language", and the fact there's a country called England, which is the home of the English people.

[@johnj3577]

Many years ago we had a young engineer come over to the UK from our US parent company and I was driving him around town showing him where things were. As we drove past a sign advertising one of the gyms by showing some people in a swimming pool, he actually said to me "people in England can swim?". I was stunned.

[@kevartje1295]

Did he know he was on an island?

[@Lavealikesreading]

@@kevartje1295 probably not

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

Still, the tea spilled by the Americans could not be saved :(

[@mariabolt3881]

We're an island surrounded by the sea! I should hope so!

[@callumhaines6874]

@Al Khen ● Omega People have swam across the English Channel lad. You know what’s on the other side of that don’t you? France.

[@Bethan932]

I (British) was in an Irish bar in Florence, Italy and 2 American women walked in. Given it was Florence you've got the gallery, statue of David, incredible architecture, the duomo and a million other things. They walked in the bar and were pointing out the Guiness posters, Irish flag, joke leprechaun shit and exclaimed "Oh My God, Italy has soooo much interesting culture!! We should try some of this guiness stuff". No words.

[@francescov8272]

The flags are similar at least, you gotta admit that xD

[@bz09034]

I’m German by birth, married to an American for 30 years so I’ve heard a thing or two. My first name is Barbara. I’ve actually been asked a couple of times over the years if this was my “American” name, as in did I have some other native German name that I changed when coming to the US. Crazy.

[@darrenfryer3354]

I'm from England and have American friends that I play online games with and one of them said " You are English ? " so I replied yes like you would the response I got had me in stitches " How are you able to play online games with us the internet only exist in American speaking countries " 😂😂😂

[@larrybuchannan186]

you are a liar dude.

[@stephen8797]

sure you did

[@monchique8388]

I think he meant the servers

[@ukr009]

I have 1gb/s speed fiber optic at my home for about $10. And it's funny to hear such a stories. Americans have maybe the worst Internet on the world if to convert it's for per capital.

[@rivenoak]

next time tell them about Sir Tim Berners-Lee and his work with HTML and WWW; it will explode their brains :p

[@clarktoms]

Im Australian I was backpacking in Europe and at youth hostel in Finland I met an American couple. We got talking they asked where I was from I told them Australia. They both told me that I speak good English and asked it must be hard for you to learn a new language such as English!

[@mazinwonderland3077]

I am from London and have been told that my English was very good by Americans.

[@idontreadorreply]

Greetings from Finland, did you have fun? :D Terveisiä Suomesta!

[@kerensabirch5214]

A friend was visiting relatives in New York and when one of them indicated some traffic lights, asking "Do you have those in Australia?".

[@kikidee23]

This one comes up a lot. I met someone years ago, friend of my then flatmate, who had worked at summer camp in the US. This woman is English. The kids at summer camp told her she had really good English and asked her how she learnt it. She replied “Books and television” 😂

[@silver6071]

@John H I mean the words sound similar. As a kid I couldn’t differentiate the two either (I‘m German and Austria is Österreich so the word sounds completely different to Australien which is the German word for Australia). At least it was a mix-up and not just them thinking Australia doesn’t speak English. Which of course also happens and imo is so much worse

[@claymore2k1T10]

I once heard a conversation between two American tourists visiting Caernarvon Castle (North Wales, UK) one said to the other, what a beautiful Castle, it's just such a shame they had to build it so close to a railway station.

[@fintonmainz7845]

No you didn't.

[@philippage5916]

They also wish Stonehenge was further from the road

[@CampervanCookout]

Yeah reminds me of when some American relatives visited us and we took them to Warwick castle. They commented some of it looked a bit tired and worn which was a shame. I had to tell them the first parts were built in 954... they just couldn't comprehend it. 1954? No a thousand years before that...

[@brunogimeno9086]

@@fintonmainz7845 Yes I did

[@fintonmainz7845]

@@brunogimeno9086 no you didn't Giuseppe.

[@phishcatt]

I have the exact same experience with the green card thing dating my american boyfriend. Some people told him, watch out maybe she's using you for a green card, and I was like ''hell no I don't want to live in the US'' haha. He ended up ''using'' me and we live in Europe. Americans would be surprised at how many Americans are looking for a way outta there.

[@LMB222]

Around 50,000 per year manage to relocate to Europe. Yes, I was surprised with the number. That's not exactly a handful.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

​@@LMB222"relocate"? If your ancestors left Europe about 400 years ago it's a bit difficult to relocate anywhere.

[@valgardurhalldorsson4006]

I am Icelandic, some years ago i moved to another country in Europe. We decided to say goodbye to some of the landmarks of Iceland, we are me and my a lot of children. We decided one day to take the tour to an waterfall we icelanders like a lot, when we got there the ground was frozen and slippery, me and my wife and the children could walk on the ice, probably be course we are patient but there was this tour buss full of foreigners... And this young woman slipped on the ice and fell, me and my 8 year to daughter try to grabbed her, obviously to try to reduce her hurt when she falled and to help her stand up afterwards, this lovely young woman called me rapist and screamed her lunges out until her guide came and had to screen at her to not be an butthole. I worry about America .

[@gurnish9741]

@@globe_master3290 Don't worry, we in Europe don't have to sell a kidney to get treatment. best country in the world? you have cities full of homeless in the USA, it is beautiful the richest country in the world

[@karlbmiles]

In America we don't lift a young woman by her breasts.

[@Hammy85]

Funny but true story: When i was in high school a friend of mine was doing an exchange year in the us (somewhere around the year 1999). He ended up in a very nice family in texas. One day they asked him if we even had cars in germany. As he tried to explain, that germans (karl benz & gottlieb daimler) somewhat invented the car and therefor there are ofcause cars in germany they were shocked and almost looked at him like he was the anti-christ in person. I mean how can you not know something basic like this, especially when there are mercedes and volkswagon in the us too?!? xDDD

[@monstercrx]

A lot of Americans seem to think Ford invented the car

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

@@monstercrx Yes, or he invented the production line which is also not true.

[@A_nony_mous]

Volkswagen gives it away, surely?

[@TremereTT]

@@A_nony_mous the Volk with the Wagen...

[@rattywoof5259]

January 29th 1886 - Benz got his patent for the first automobile.

[@WhackyRavenLand]

I'll be perfectly honest and blunt. You could not pay me enough to move to the US. I have 3 great friends in the US and they all want to move here (Norway) because they're completely done with the US.

[@youjustgotburned3980]

What happened to "God bless America and no place else" though? No really,you don't hear that anymore

[@jmlepunk]

I'm French and my wife is from the US, so I've moved here. Beside making money everything sucks here and I can't wait to move back to Europe with her in 3 years

[@mr.skully8787]

Why would anyone move into a country that makes u work 40hrs a week at 7.25$ hr and the rent and bills are more expensive than an eco car God forbid you get sick in the us You might literally just die cuz u cant afford the hospital bills And they say itd the land of the free Americans live in a bubble

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@jmlepunk woooo

[@anthonydejongh7053]

A long long time ago I went to Paris with some friends of mine to spend our holiday as we loved the city so so much. One night we came across some Texan tourists, while sitting on the stairs at the Sacre Coeur. We had a great time until one of the American guy in the group asked us where we came from...I answered " The Netherlands, a.k.a. Holland" He then proceeded to say (I kid you not) " Oh...Holland....the capitol of Sweden yeah?" Instead of one of us answering, crickets could be heard as we slowly stood up and said goodnight.

[@aelfycarcini3992]

Just a remark: you're not "outside of America" when you live in Colombia. Colombia is INSIDE America.

[@kerensabirch5214]

I was commenting on KZbin about the US political situation back in 2020 when I had this reaction from an American woman: "Don't complain. I know it's not always perfect but this is the best country in the world. Just be glad you have a seat at the table." My response was that, being Australian, I have no desire for a 'seat at the table' in America and I naturally disputed that it is 'the best country in the world' (every country thinks that about themselves). I have travelled extensively, including across the USA, and nothing in the world could persuade me to live there. I'll stick to my own uncrowded, relaxed and safer country.

[@Snowshowslow]

Do you really think every country in the world thinks they're the best? I doubt it... When I was volunteering in Romania every teen we met planned to leave for Western Europe or elsewhere. Obviously, I don't think you'll ever reach a consensus on what is the best country (which is probably a good thing).

@@Snowshowslow You're both wrong: countries don't think. They're countries, not living beings. ;-)

[@Snowshowslow]

@ Wow, such great insight... You probably got top marks when it came to metaphors in school, huh?

[@mimig4378]

I would dispute the safer talking about australia, there are to many dangerous animals for me sorry :)

[@tannew2120]

@@mimig4378 Seriously! And where did you see this? In a you tube video. Unless your travelling in the outback or swimming in the swamps with crocodiles your not going to come into contact with a dangerous animal. Even spiders you might come accross seldomly. Even our largest spider is harmless.

[@LemonChick]

I did an online course from a USA university but with people talking part across the world. We had exams and these ran in a 24 hour time slot, the exam itself only talking a couple of hours but once you started you had to finish within six hours. So you needed to decide when you wanted to start to fit in with your day. The dates were posted at the start of the course so everyone could plan, with the start times reference to UTC+0. First exam - carnage. Everyone in non USA countries seemed to be fine figuring out the time difference but not so Americans. Not all Americans of course, but a surprising number just assumed that the window start times posted were referenced to their time zone (which is extra weird as the USA has a number of time zones just across that country) but this was just the start of it. Over the next few days in the forum there was a discussion about what UTC+0 means and why a course aimed at an international audience might decide that is a good way of describing time - us all just having to add to or subtract from 0. Most, while still being a bit grumpy that their specific time zone was not the base, came round but there was a group in one USA area who would not have it, saying it made the most sense to use their time zone as the base. Their argument? Everyone watches America TV and there was a particular show (cannot remember what it was now) that was popular so everyone across the world would just know what the time zone is in that part of the USA, their part, where the show was set. We would all just know, as a matter of course, what the time difference was between our place in the world and theirs. Still can't get my head round even starting to unpick the logic but it sort of went that because we watched say... Friends... everyone across the world knew, in their heart and soul, the time difference between their country and New York so it made the best sense to have that as a base. The people who ran the course kept it at UTC+0 and added a link to a website to help with the conversion.

[@allister.trudel]

wow... that's hilarious and sad all at the same time :P

[@frankmitchell3594]

Did they have trouble with the date as well?

[@whytortureiswrong]

Fun fact: the exam took place on 9/4/2021 😏

[@Blackheart521]

@F. A. Educated does not equal intelligent ;)

[@ashitakaharuo]

yeah, time zones is another thing. i play final fantasy XIV, which is a japanese MMO that regularly has maintainances scheduled around night-time in japan to not inconvenience the players too much. but it is played everywhere in the world and time and again americans complain about the maintainance schedule because it is not adjusted to THEIR time zones.

[@TheEvertw]

"Being oddly specific" I have had some conversations with US people who asked me where I was from, and I answered "Netherlands". Then they asked again. I answered the question by being more specific, but inside of me I rolled my eyes and prepared to explain the most basic topography of the Netherlands, i.e. that there are places outside Amsterdam.

[@ChadwickTheChad]

They were probably bored and were just being polite. The vast majority of Americans couldn't possibly care about any european nation.

[@pasmas3217]

i was in the US for a few months and i was working at a few places, one of them being a Starbucks. i come from two countries, but people have never heard of the second, so when asked i would almost always respond "Greece", becuase i noticed that even when they dont know where greece is located, they are embarassed to ask, because they have heard of the country in some way. So in comes a Karen (she wasnt bad, just had the full style) and i take her order. She pays and we are talking a bit and she asks where i am from and i respond Greece, as usual She comes back to me with "Oh nice, the capital of Europe"!!!! I had two colleagues, both from Romania behind me working the bars. The guy litterally dropped below the bar to laugh and stay hidden and the girl hid behind me and in her attempt to stay quiet she was gripping my shoulder. even with her not having long nails, i had her nail pattern in my shoulder for a couple of days. And i had to stay respectful and burst into laughing with my friends loosing it behind me... I never did manage to gather my composure to let the Karen know the greece was not the capital of Europe... But in the end i did had to make her drink, because the other two were useless while she was close...

[@Anth1963]

While visiting Australia 🇦🇺, an American exclaimed; "I'm protected by the American constitution", I replied; Not here your not! 🤣😂🤣😂

[@lenasophie5455]

I was in a group chat once on Twitter with a lot of fans from the same band and one of them asked how we were all celebrating the 4th of July. They got so angry when most of us said we didn’t celebrate it as we were all from around the world. Couldn’t believe how we could just be so ignorant to not celebrate how great the US is…they eventually left the group…

[@valentinvas6454]

It's interesting that most comments here share a similar story with 4th of July. I wonder why many Americans think other countries should celebrate it because I've never once in my life believed that an other country would celebrate a national historic moment of my country

[@awaitingbacklash5043]

@@valentinvas6454because for the most part they are so self absorbed and ignorant.

[@lemsdarkapprentice2535]

it's because they are brainwashed (or sufficiently ignorant) to have an American-centric view of the world... And it's only getting worse... And most of those people will go on to have kids of their own... @@valentinvas6454

[@marvtro]

My friend from the USA "why the hell you call soccer football?" Me "because we play football with our feet not with our hands...?...you know... in the EU the words foot and ball combined means kicking the ball with your foot, not throwing it with our hands... oh and we use a round ball, not an egg..."😁

[@secrets.295]

I am from Malaysia and I used to be an e-hailing driver. There was this American couple. They said they were surprised by how developed Malaysia is. They thought everybody live in a hut. And I was like, wtf.

[@harryhatter2962]

Don't they?

[@newtonwhatevs]

Whereas Singaporeans sigh nostagically 'Malaysia is like Singapore in the 1960's'.

[@circleinforthecube5170]

On the opposite america is underdeveloped, no public transportation or actual communities

[@cazb73]

I'm European. Born in 70' behind "Iron curtain." My knowledge of Malaysia ended with WW2. So I was really surprised, when I due curiosity one day of 1989 dismantled my (trust me, very expensive then and there) Atari800xl and the chips were labeled: made in Malaysia, Made in Philippines... I was almost shocked, due a lack of previous information. But the USAmericans have all informations accessible... And stay ignorant still...

[@superyamagucci]

I met an American woman in a transit lounge in Asia somewhere. I was in drunk, dry sarcasm mode. “Oh wow, you speak really great English!” “Thanks, I had to learn it at school.” “Have you ever seen a Mow-ree?” “Once, but he ran back into his cave when he saw me.” “Oh my god, that must have been frightening!” She went on to learn some useful NZ facts from me. We ALL own sheep, they’re a sign of wealth. We hunt, garden and fish for food. We live in Olde English wooden shacks. Our income is 90% UN aid. “But you have the internet right?” “Is that like a fishing net?” She was the highlight of my trip.

[@mikkokorhonen9260]

omg lol.. this anecdote is gold! hahah :-)

[@Jenjenilou]

I'm laughing at this, but then I remembered how I was chatting to an Irish bloke in a pub in Bristol and he told me that draught Guinness was piped into Britain, directly into pubs, through a network of pipes running under the Irish Sea. I fell for it hook, line and sinker and sat there enthralled listening to him ... until I caught sight of the barman laughing his head off.

[@charlieboy6315]

As funny as it is to troll extreme ignorance, the problem is that woman x 100 million is how Trump got elected. If you ever have the chance again, you might want to think about doing your bit to educate - I know it's not nearly as fun, but you're doing a public service to the world.

[@superyamagucci]

@@charlieboy6315 If "extreme ignorance" got Trump elected, how do you describe Biden and Kamala getting where they are ha ha ha Who's next, that TV couple, I can't remember their names. He has running shoes and she has a big bum. Nothing would surprise me anymore.

[@dgk42]

Good responses. As a kiwi, living in the USA, I always teased people who said they eat kiwi's. And then, the constant laughs as americans tried unsuccessfully to pick where my accent came from.

[@LaddieT]

I'm a Brit. Once in Florida a lady asked me how long it took me to drive across the bridge. When I pushed further, she meant the bridge from the UK to the US. This grown woman thought there was a 5,000 mile long bridge across the Atlantic ocean.

[@larrybuchannan186]

you are a liar

[@huntz3215]

I would have said, it's a rough trip with no rest stops along the way.

[@arnolddavies6734]

Rolling my eyes at this moment.🙄

[@andreasbechpehrson3940]

MEASUREMENT: 10 millimeters = 1 centimeter 100 centimeters = 1 meter 1000 meters = 1 kilometer. WEIGHT: 1000 milligrams = 1 gram 1000 grams = 1 kilo 1000 kilos = 1 ton CELSIUS: Freezing point at 0° Boiling point at 100° ITS THAT EASY AMERICA!

[@arnolddavies6734]

Ah, the metric system. The one used by all the advanced countries.

[@martinmoore9758]

I got chatting to a middle aged American in a bar near my house (in Barcelona). We talked about some of the differences between life here and in the USA. Then he said triumphantly "ah, but you don't have democracy" I told him that we had 7 political parties in parliament. He absolutely refused to believe me. "Impossible, a country couldn't survive with so many parties "

[@Ken.Howard]

I am an Aussie who travels heaps to the USA. It's mainly to see my clients (as I am a new product developer and manufacturer), but also to see my youngest son, who is a Captain for a major airline there. I get asked so many times by Americans, "When are you moving to the USA?". When I reply "NEVER!". The look of shock on their faces is quite funny, I can see them thinking "someone DOESN'T want to move to the USA"!!! Having been to almost 60 countries, I only go to the USA out of necessity and to see US family, which includes my two Australian-American granddaughters. Yes that one where they tell you which state they are from, I don't get it why Americans want to give you a geography lesson everytime... "Oh yes, I am from San Francisco, California"! Like how many San Franciscos are there in the world. I don't say I am fron Sydney, New South Wales, Australia... strange... Re the girl talking aobut judges and sport, I actually find it offensive when Americans don't dip their flag at the olympics, when every other country in the world does. It is simply called respect, nothing else. Just makes you look so arrogant. What do you think about this Mr Wrocker?

[@michaelmurray3800]

Could be Sydney, Canada. I've heard a few stories where people have flown to the Canadian Sydney by mistake without checking their flight details. lol I can understand if Americans say either the US, Alaska or Hawaii as each one is separate from the other.

[@Ken.Howard]

@@michaelmurray3800 oh wow that’s crazy hey! But Canadians don’t add the province like we don’t add the state! Lol

[@quakxy_dukx]

I remember a few years back my mum was looking for flights from Cairns to Sydney and one that came up was Cairns -> Sydney -> Los Angelos -> Sydney and we were really confused until we realised the final destination was Sydney, Canada

[@r.fairlie7186]

My favourite story was in Column 8 of the Sydney Morning Herald. A Qantas flight attendant was assisting passengers to disembark at Cairns International Airport. An American man asked him what time does the Cannes Film Festival start…..

[@Ken.Howard]

@@r.fairlie7186 oh that is so funny!

[@bjrntorkeldahl7938]

The problem with saying which state your are from isn't specifying the state, but omitting the country. Especially Georgia.

[@diegomorett142]

I met a girl while travelling, and as it's common at hostels I asked her where she was from. "I'm from Brooklyn" "Oh, I'm from Miraval" (a neighborhood in the mid sized Mexican city where I'm from). Just the sheer arrogance of not even naming the state or the city, but the borough, astounded me.

[@captainbalderdash5412]

To be fair, almost everyone in the world who is familiar with NYC, knows what Brooklyn is. I don't think this is ignorant. It's like if someone said they are from LA. The vast majority of people on this planet, who have any geographical sense, knows what LA is.

[@vaper8824]

That’s not really ignorance many people from Newyork will say I’m from Brooklyn, Queens etc..

[@diegomorett142]

@@vaper8824 It's not ignorant. It's arrogant and ethnocentric

[@abdalla9814]

​@@captainbalderdash5412 I swear I never heard something called LA Or Brooklyn may be 😅 Brooklyn yes i saw Convert Muslim girl Called Muslim Brooklyn in KZbin But what the hell LA stands for

[@enriqueburgos9754]

@@abdalla9814 Los Angeles a neighborhood of Madrid, Spain ;-)

[@alexandrajoppe7718]

My wife has been here in the Netherlands with me since 2005 and the in-laws still ask us "what did you do for Thanksgiving?" "What are you doing on the 4th?" Uh work? And then we get "oh right..."🙄

[@sueneilson896]

Have spent some serious time in the US, and have lost count of the number of times I have been asked … as an Aussi…”what is it like to be in a free country?” The rationale for the question was that Australia was still under the oppression of the British monarchy. When I replied that we had just as much freedom as the US, I was often told that was not true, as we still had the queens head on our coins.

[@anserbauer309]

I hear you.... because in a truly 'free', secular, constitutional democracy the money has "In God we trust" printed on it.

[@pommesspecialpsn]

@@anserbauer309 In a „free“ country where you are suddenly not allowed to have an abortion 🤡

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

Worth watching Jim Jeffries on this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6DcfIl3n66Go6s

[@allister.trudel]

lol and their "free" country has the most imprisoned people per capita (Also known as modern day slavery)...

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

@@allister.trudel Yes, the 13th amendment abolished slavery "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted".

[@Immudzen]

From living in Germany now for about 7 years I can tell you that most Europeans would not date an American to get a green card. The vast majority of them don't want to move to the USA and look at it with a mixture of horror and curiosity fairly often. During Covid it seems that Germany mostly looked at the USA for a lesson on what not to do. We need to do X policy or we will end up like Florida kind of stuff.

[@Lavealikesreading]

We really did😂

[@sefribu4159]

And these days we look at it more with horror... couriosity can be satisfied by using the internet or reading up on stuff.

[@missharry5727]

I'm considering a trip to New York next Spring, but I'd never choose to live in the US. Great place for a holiday, but it's so good to be back on a BA flight back to Heathrow.

[@larrybuchannan186]

Gemany became a civlzd country under US leadership Before that you were busy starting worldwars

[@MaMastoast]

Ye... Im sure there are lots of lovely things to see and do in the US, but in my experience Europeans typically look at the US as reality tv.

[@tharengore7215]

As an American I apologize for the uncultured people that travel. Our education system in a lot of states are a joke sadly. To make it more sad most don't even know US History or geography that well. 😪

[@jackhawkins7285]

America shouldn’t be called America, the whole continent is America, in fact South America was originally named America before USA

[@TekaGLAM]

I'm Brazilian and I went with my father to his master drawing teacher's exposition in Argentina. He was part of this art exposition with many other great names from our triple continent. The head artist came to talk with us saying how glad she was to make this event out of America with other people and we were like "you know we're South American, right? This is America just as much...". Her face when she realized we also present ourselfs as American, it took her a while to calculate the goegrafy.

[@lucas-prado]

In this case, we need to remember that their country's name is America (United States of America) as well as Brazil (Federative Republic of Brazil). We were even the United States of Brazil.

[@Zokalex]

@@lucas-prado united states OF America not America

[@mateuschagas8615]

What do you mean, "triple continent"?

[@joseluispcr]

@Al Khen ○ Omega triple continent is probably a reference to north america center america and south america. Outiside the US this is a common concept. The entire continent is called america, after all. So yes, everybody is a american in a way. Is aways messy due the continent and the contry having the same name. Aways leads to discussions

[@Salakert]

Sadly i heard that too. Had to reconvince some others they are american too through. Im always about supporting my fellow americans against foreigners. Like Argentina in the soccer world cup.

[@catherinekelly3446]

On a visit to Florida 25 years ago my husband and i were having a meal in a restaurant when the man at the next table heard our accents and asked if we were british he then proceeded to tell us that America had won the war for us and we should be grateful my husband said "well you must have read a different history book to the one i read mate" the manageress of the restaurant actually came over and apologised for him.

[@debbie541]

WWII lasted 7 years. The USA was only involved for the last 4 years of WWII

[@liviuganea4108]

@@debbie541 1945 - 1939 = 6 .. where do you take the 7 from?

@@liviuganea4108 Classic off-by-one error. Yours, that is. Even though you're both wrong: the war in Europe was "just" 5 years and 8 months, and in the Pacific it was even shorter, "just" 3 years and 8 months. But your calculation is still wrong: if something goes from, say, 2012 to 2018, it's considered to go for 7 years, not 6, since you have to include both the first and the last year.

[@liviuganea4108]

@ Apparently you need to study history some more. And maths.

[@dougwilson4537]

@@liviuganea4108 His math is correct. WW2 (European theatre) was actually 5 years 8 months, but... Counting the years as inclusive: 1939 - year 1 1940 - year 2 1941 - year 3 1942 - year 4 1943 - year 5 1944 - year 6 1945 - year 7 🙂 Not too difficult, when you write it out. And Jürgen certainly didn't deserve your condescending comment.😊Cheers now..

[@jaroslavmarek49]

I used to work as a bartender in Prague. A bunch of Americans got really mad at me for serving them Budweiser Budvar beer, thinking it is what they would refer to as “American piss water”. They just couldn’t wrap their heads around the fact that their Budweiser isn’t the only Budweiser in the world and that the Czech Budweiser is actually the original one (Budweis is a city 2 hours south of Prague).

[@juliabillman4693]

And as an Aussie I can say the original is soooooooooo much better

[@lvm3034]

Your so chill bro, I’m British and if I was watching a British version I would be slightly offended but you took it like a champ 😂

[@TheIceman567]

Because there are ignorant people everywhere we even deal with these types in the USA.

[@aichohvee]

@@TheIceman567 "even" in the US 🤣

[@TheIceman567]

@@aichohvee yep that’s what I stated

[@TheIceman567]

@@aichohvee like other people I’m other countries don’t have ignorant people, thanks for showing your ignorance 🤷‍♂️

[@briansmith6862]

I was living in Spain, and I started a new job on the day of the 9/11 attacks. One of my colleagues was a young Colombian lady. A few days later, she told me that her brother was travelling to the states at time, and shortly after crossing the border he stopped for fuel. When he went to pay the cashier, she asked, presumably because of his complexion, "Where are you from?" "I'm from Clolombia", he said. "Is that anywhere near Iraq"?!!!!!!

[@arnolddavies6734]

Yes, that’s the level of their geographical knowledge. Pathetic.

[@katelyn3997]

When I was hosting an international quilting design swap, I asked participants to add their names and location (city, state/region, country) as I thought it would be fun to see where everyone lived. Without exception all Americans wrote their location as USA & abbreviations for their state. Everyone else wrote country name & city or region in full. After noticing this I asked everyone not to use abbreviations for their states, but write the state name in full as this is an international swap. It made no difference to the USA participants as they just continued to use the state abbreviations. Guess they expected everyone around the world knows the abbreviation of each USA state though pretty sure most Americans wouldn’t know the regions/states of other countries by their abbreviations.

[@AndrewFishman]

Being an Australian, WA confuses me often. Sure, it is the abbreviation for Washington, but to me it is Western Australia.

[@jgodbee3090]

@@AndrewFishman The A's and the M's get me every time the abbreviations could apply to so many different states.

[@ShipCreek]

We of the world simply look up the abbreviations. The USA on the other hand would not.

[@n.w.owhoknowstheshadowknow58]

@@AndrewFishmanthis explains a lot to my simply mind thankyou lol

[@libbysevicke-jones3160]

My educated guess is, most Americans can’t spell their states in full. American education leaves the rest of us, going WTF !

[@lunda2222]

English is mandatory in the Spanish (and almost every other European country) educational system. They continue learning English all through secondary school, where they also need to select a second foreign language. When graduating from secondary school the students are 16 years old, which marks the end of the compulsory education. This means that Spanish children learn English in school for a total of 10 years

[@mateusgirotto6346]

2:33 I was in the USA this year and a Portuguese guy was really mad that the flag to translate to Portuguese was the Brazilian flag (I'm Brazilian and can't stop laughing)

[@muhest]

I know plenty americans who take great pride in telling everyone they’re from Texas, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa …. even to the extend of using state abbrevations to nonamericans. You do know … to the rest of us … you’re “just” americans. 😉

[@snowdoll3778]

But of course since you are open-minded, you then begin to understand this habit isn't a sign of boorishness but of identity. Isn't your attitude a little like an "american" considering you "just" a foreigner?

[@muhest]

I could care less about your national identity. Just like you could care less if I identify as a zealander or a jute. When you ask me where I am from, and I tell you what region within my country, you have no idea where that is. But you apparently expect my openmindedness to accept your identity not being american but KY, AL, GA, CA … or whatever. Because your identity is not american. So … my openmindedness auggests me to accept your arrogance?

[@silkeotd7194]

Yes. I'm Canadian. We could fit at least 3 of Texas into my province and still have room left over and we're not even the biggest province. So I find it rather funny that they think people in other countries would necessarily be impressed by the size of Texas. I have a nickname for Texas by the way... I call it "the crackpot state" because as much as I've heard crazy comments from Americans online, the people are most often from Texas.

[@MidnightSt]

TX, KT, IN or IL, IW? I'm from europe, so I'm halfway remembering, halfway guessing those, but yeah, no. They're not "just" americans for me, since I'm not as ignorant as most of them are ;)

[@youjustgotburned3980]

😂Fair enough. Ignorance goes both ways,if you choose to be ignorant about my country,then I'll just be equally as ignorant about yours It's not fair that I have to get out of my way to learn about your country,state,culture,accent,music, history etc. when you can't even name one country from my continent

[@tryingtobefairandobjective3480]

Back from 2 week cruise over the Mediterranean Sea. Two things struck me. One. All over Europe, and especially in southern Italy, there are allot of American flags flying upside down. Second. On the patio in Paris many have chalk placards on the entrance that reads, "All Americans MUST be accompanied by an adult." 5700 miles away, they get it.

[@TheIceman567]

They didn’t need adults in 1944 🤷‍♂️

[@sergioagusti4871]

@@TheIceman567 no, they needed brits, canadians, russians...

[@TheIceman567]

@@sergioagusti4871 no they need the USA since it was the largest supplier of weapons and troops in the western front. Stop embarrassing yourself

[@sergioagusti4871]

@@TheIceman567 no, the US needed brits and canadians in the west front too, and the west front needed east front, without the east front the US would have been butchered and would speak german now.

[@TheIceman567]

@@sergioagusti4871 there were no Russians on the western front the commonwealth needed the USA

[@Funkybassuk]

I’m English. I met an elderly American couple in the middle of Trafalgar Square in Central London a few years ago. After explaining to them for a few minutes what was being celebrated that day in Trafalgar Square, they complimented me on my English. Out of politeness, I just took the compliment and said, “thank you”. 😂

[@A7xeno]

I am an Indian guy studying in England for that past 2 years and there was this one old American lady, I think she was from Texas because of her accent. I used to work part-time as a waiter in a small cafe and I heard her talking to some English guy who was 20-21 years old about how good his english was. My jaw literally hit the floor when I saw that guy's reaction as he was absolutely perplexed by such level of stupidity. I couldn't hear much after that because I had to go back to pick up and order but like damm........An American lady, in the very heart of England aka London....... telling an english guy how good his english is for someone who's not from America. Sheesh