American Reacts to "What's the Dumbest Thing an American Has Ever Said to You?"

[@dutchroll]

Many years ago my Tasmanian born wife was visiting LA with her friend in the Warner Bros store and a staff member overheard them talking about how “Taz” the Tasmanian Devil character was the wrong colour, being light brown when a real Devil is very dark brown or black. The staff member helpfully explained to my wife that a Tasmanian Devil is a fictional character invented by Warner Bros and Tasmania is not a real place. She was still sceptical when my wife produced her Tasmanian drivers licence.

[@cgkennedy]

So oblivious to the rest of the world.

[@senor-achopijo3841]

Should have spun around like a tornado for a while and told them: "See? It's real!"

[@micade2518]

Many don't believe that most cartoon characters are caricatures of actual animals.

[@cgkennedy]

@@vesaseppala5260 I know it's a state, just separated by Bass Strait. Tassie devils are also marsupials.

[@gordowg1wg145]

@@vesaseppala5260 Perhaps you should actually LEARN what the licencing situation is in Australia, and why it would have been a Tasmanian licence... 🤦‍♂

[@dominikdiensthuber7458]

I always have to explain to Americans i am from Austria and not from Australia. No kangaroo's. One girl from California even told me once i don´t look asian enough for being an Austrian !?! So wrong on so many levels

[@G0Lg0Th4N]

Austria eh, well G'day mate. Let's chuck another shrimp on the barbie.

[@dominikdiensthuber7458]

@@G0Lg0Th4N Hey mate, lets crack open a tinny

[@LucRio448]

I mean that's why we already got the famous "In Austria there are no kangaroos, only kulimuhs"-stuff here, I've even seen shirts with that on some main stations :D

[@rome0610]

Depending on my mood it's either "I'm from Austria, that without the kangaroos" or just "I'm from Austria, Europe"

[@rickthelian2215]

When they book a fly to Austria instead of Australia must be embarrassing😀🇦🇺

[@tomaschmelar298]

I'm Czech, a few times I was asked by "dumb Yanks" if we celebrate 4th of July. I replied, "Yes, on 28th October". Sight on their faces was priceless.

[@SimonAErat]

We celebrate that on august 1st 😂 #switzerland

[@nicelle6920]

I'm Australian and have been asked multiple times if we have the 4th of July. I always answer that we do- right between the 3rd and the 5th.

[@simonasramkova6520]

good answer, Tomáši:-) I can totaly see, how his head was smoking! 😆 ...have a nice day

[@MareshDiBohemia]

OH yeah 🤣

[@cmo6055]

My birthday is on oktober 28th! You celebrate that too in Czech Republic?! Wow, I am so honoured😅

[@vencik_krpo]

Mate, I've got one for you: I'm a Czech shooter; and as we've got rather different attitude towards guns and gun laws here in Europe, I sometimes got in conflict with Americans about the subject... When I expressed my opinion that people should _demonstrate_ their prowess in handling guns safely before being entrusted with one, I was called *by the same individual* a fascist, a "nazi" and a communist, all at once (in one sentence). Um... I know the state of your education system is... what it is... but could you guys at least refrain from using labels willy-nilly if you've no idea what they actually mean?

[@wykydytron]

They absolutely cannot, best part is when I tell them the labels mean monthing to me and calling me names not gonna work because here in Europe no one gives single flying F about opinion of uneducated stupid people, they just don't understand world where calling someone racist or Nazi means absolutely nothing and produces zero reaction because muricans abusing labels made them loose all meaning.

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

Seconded.

[@cyberfux]

We--ell ;-) I COULD see the "communist" if you're old enough but the fascist/nazi one? It's not like they invaded CZ or something ;-(

[@vencik_krpo]

@@cyberfux well, I'd be prepared to overlook the rudeness of such labels (even though I grew up in a family considered to be "enemy of state" before 1990; and of course the WWII connotations, as you say...). I'm not such a snowflake to take it personally. But the sheer stupidity of amalgamating these terms in one mix... That just offends human intellect in general. (I wouldn't let such people use scissors, let alone guns, you know... ;-))

[@cyberfux]

I read you - i just proved that German humour really is an acquired taste ;-)@@vencik_krpo But after living in the US for a while is just started to tread them like mentally handicapped children in my head, saved me a metric ton (not that they know what metric is) of headdesking ;-)

[@CurtisSmal]

alright, ive got one for you mate, im a kiwi, and an american tourist came up to me and asked me where the walmart was, when i replied sorry mate we dont have those in this country, and i really wish i was making this next part up.... the dude replied, im not looking for a girlfriend im looking for walmart, gobsmacked, i said, what do you mean? he then yells, IM NOT LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO MATE WITH, really slowly like he thought i didnt speak english, i proceeded to damn near die of laughter in front of him.

[@CiaraOSullivan1990]

I've seen an American in a pub here in Ireland on St. Patrick's Day trying to order a drink known as an Irish car bomb. They seemed completely oblivious as to how that could be viewed as offensive. The barman's response was brilliant. He pretended he didn't know what it was and said that he'd make them something much better. He then filled two shot glasses with Jack Daniels, put them down on the bar, lit them on fire, and told them it was called a 9/11. They were very offended until he explained a bit about the history of car bombs here. They looked really embarrassed and apologised profusely. It must be a fairly common occurrence because I've heard a few other people with basically the exact same story.

[@Yandarval]

An apology, and a sincere one at that from an American. Maybe there is hope for them after all.

[@manueltapia1859]

It's like they do the same here in México with the September earthquake 😮 oh wait they did in that dumb and stereotypical cartoon 😅. Hope one day I can visit Ireland. Greetings from northern México 😊

[@L4NC3_L0T]

Damn, that reaction from the barman was sooo awesome ! XD

[@thomaswolfgang81]

Funny response from barman

[@tanithrosenbaum]

@@thomaswolfgang81 Not his first rodeo...

[@101steel4]

I've been asked by Americans what language we speak in England. When I tell them they speak OUR language, and not the other way around they get upset😂

[@hybrid9mm]

Yep i’m English and I online game as a hobby I’ve been asked many times “why do I speak English instead of a European language”. the other question is “where are you from” I answer England and I kid you not the next question is “oh New England but your accent is different” I normally reply no the original one. 😂

[@101steel4]

@@hybrid9mm some of them are so stupid it's unbelievable.

[@sugoruyo]

Oh I got a good one for you: shortly after the now late Queen's last jubilee, I overheard an American tell someone else that he listened to the Queen's speech and thought her English was excellent but he didn't expect her to have an accent. He thought she'd sound American. Everyone within earshot were pissing themselves... like, mate, it's the bloody Queen of England, what are you on about? Poor lad looked so embarrassed when it dawned on him.

[@vtbn53]

@@sugoruyo It is definitely NOT the Queen of England there hasn't been one since 1707.

[@sugoruyo]

@@vtbn53 pretty sure she was the reigning monarch in England at the time. I remember her face being on all the money and everything.

[@bobogliddabrun]

I speak four languages, Australian, Canadian, American and English

[@herb6677]

poor me, i am from Austria and have to speak German

[@Pidalin]

@@herb6677 poor Germans, they also have to speak German, they should all speak austrian

[@steddie4514]

Same here but I also speak Scottish, Irish (northern and southern) with a smattering of Welsh but not the hard stuff obvs! 👍🤪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@jattikuukunen]

But you must speak French if you speak Canadian!

[@Arltratlo]

i am also New Zealand and Malta...and German!

[@andyossie]

The comment about the Aussie saying he sits at the computer peddling a generator brought tears to my eyes😂😂

[@senor-achopijo3841]

Honestly, instead of using his own kangaroo to pedal the thing... What was he thinking?

[@cetterus]

American tourists in Dubrovnik (one of Game of thrones' most popular filming sites) often ask about the city walls: "Where do you keep these walls when tourist season is over?". We are talking 2 kilometers (6,360 ft) long, mostly 5 meters (13-20 feet) thick, 25 meters (83 feet) high, cca 500 years old cold granite walls with 16 defensive towers and they think these are built for their viewing pleasure. Tragic thing is- these people are voting for the most powerful and influential government in the world. Their education make other governments rise and fall and they help thousands die in battles with their government choices.

[@valsyaranamual6853]

Sad being allies!

[@niallrussell7184]

In the UK, lot of the small picturesque towns and villages (with thatched cottages, etc) have to put signs up not to enter the homes. American tourists just wander in, thinking it is a theme park!

[@senor-achopijo3841]

Gives me serious "Why did they built the castle so close to the airpport" vibes.

[@TheKeystoneChannel]

@@niallrussell7184 OMG, makes me think of Absolutely Fabulous where they go to France and just enter a cottage house of a French man , thinking it was their holiday house 😂🤣😂😂.

[@wizardsuth]

Peter Jackson had a heck of a time building a mountain range in New Zealand so he could film the Fellowship crossing the Misty Mountains.

[@-sandman4605]

In Australia when we watch the news on TV we get what's happening local and also what's happening around the world, in America when you guys watch your news it all about America America America, same as when you go to school it's all about America America America, there's ya problem. 😂😂😂

[@ioi2803]

Translate please. Мы в России смотрим документальные фильмы о природе, где регулярно рассказывается, что вся Австралия усыпана гигантскими пауками, крокодилами, змеями, и прочей нечистью, нереальных размеров))) Конечно, я утрирую, но многие из нас удивляются, как можно выживать в месте, усыпанном такими опасными насекомыми и животными)... Да ещё и ходя по земле кверх ногами 😁

[@-sandman4605]

@@ioi2803 Translate please

[@carmenelenamitrofan6860]

Same in Romania

[@maurafarrell3671]

I actually think it’s only local news 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[@petitiontoburndownmnet9862]

​@@carmenelenamitrofan6860im also from Romania and I'm pretty sure the whole world besides America gets news from everywhere

[@pearlisreadingthis]

I’ve got one for you: I’m from Australia and one year, I shipped my Harley to America as I was travelling to Sturgis for bike week. When I was riding from LA to Sturgis, I got asked a lot where I was from. I said I’m from Australia. Then the next question I got asked (and this was all the time), how long did it take for me to ride my bike from Australia to America? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@julzhunt7790]

😆🤣❤️🇦🇺 G’Day from WA

[@pearlisreadingthis]

@@julzhunt7790 hey, from Melbourne.

[@DavidCalvert-mh9sy]

Did you reply that holding your breath was the worst part?

[@pearlisreadingthis]

@@DavidCalvert-mh9sy nah. I told them we snorkelled as we rode the bikes through the oceans

[@Arltratlo]

i got ask how long the train ride would take, from Central Germany?

[@steddie4514]

In the early seventies I was travelling by train from Newquay in Cornwall to my home in Liverpool. The first stop was at a small town called Parr where an American couple boarded the train. They were sitting a couple of seats in front of us and they appeared to be quite agitated and unsettled. It transpired they had missed lunch and were hungry. ( I should have mentioned the train was pretty bog standard with little or no facilites other than toilets) Along came the ticket inspector and he was immediately approached by the couple. Thier manner was very domineering and somewhat rude when they demanded he tell them where the restaurant was. He was momentarily taken aback but as soon as he spoke I knew he was a fellow scouser. His face cracked a cheeky grin as he said they should go further up the train through the bowling alley and cinema carriages where they would find the restaurant carriage (in truth a small counter selling stale sandwiches and tea like bats piss...typical British Rail fare to be honest ) Oh how we laughed! 🤪👍🇬🇧

[@TheKeystoneChannel]

This had me in tears laughing, sometimes the answers are so hilarious and funny, cause it is useless to get angry with this stupidity, so the creativity of the answers are always the best to me . The Brits and the Aussies top it with their creative answers to Americans 🤣😂😂

[@steddie4514]

​@@TheKeystoneChannelYes, we scousers are renowned for our spontaneous wit 🤣

[@TheKeystoneChannel]

@@steddie4514 Absolutely. I'm Dutch and we appreciate the humor

[@steddie4514]

​​@@TheKeystoneChannelThere is always room for some acidic sarcasm 👍🤪 P.S. About ten years ago my wife and I had the pleasure of spending a week in Holland (a town called Holten) and we had the best time ever.

[@TheKeystoneChannel]

@@steddie4514 Oh I know Holten, I used to live near that town :) , and yes, no better humor than that . People take themselves too serious these days

[@t.gunnnetherlands5409]

I was in amsterdam,when an American tourist told me to stop talking in that foreign language.when i told him i was from the Netherlands where we speak Dutch,he said. Yes but were in amsterdam

[@101steel4]

😂😂😂😂

[@Roggen45]

Yep Amsterdam isn't part of The Netherlands at all, how dare you to suggest otherwise! 😂🤣

[@hungariangiraffe6361]

The sheer audacity to tell anyone they can not use any language they want is mind blowing to me, but the stupidity is the cherry on the top.

[@tanithrosenbaum]

@@hungariangiraffe6361 Apparently happens a lot in the US. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5e4naanntKYmck

[@RandomBeagle]

😂😂 Holland, the capital of Amsterdam 😂😂 I'm Dutch and this actually annoys me

[@micade2518]

The top of the top stupidest comment came to a French friend of mine who was furthering her studies in the USA. At a party in NYC, when she told someone that she was French, she was (seriously!) asked "Oh, France! And ... uh ... do you ... do you have BABIES there???" My friend coolly replied "Oh, of course not, we import them from the USA". 🤣

[@ZosiaDabrowski]

I am hoping they just had the biggest brain fart of their life and weren't truly that dumb

[@-sandman4605]

😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@robertfarrow5853]

French letters????

[@senor-achopijo3841]

I'm absolutely baffled. Did they think people reproduced differently depending on their nationality?

[@micade2518]

@@robertfarrow5853That was probably at the back of the idiot's mind, who knows? 😀

[@loo_ping]

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein

[@jattikuukunen]

"Most quotes on the Internet are correctly attributed." ― Plato

[@skipper409]

I once took a tiny commercial flight to Wichita (the 3rd leg of a journey from Britain),,,,the plane seated about 20 passengers, but still had cabin crew. Together with a miniature Coke, I was handed a tiny packet of peanuts, the size of a postage stamp. The bag said, “contents may include nuts”, and “don’t place bag over head, risk of asphyxiation “. This ‘no sh*t Sherlock’ moment was when I realised that the US was a weird place to visit.

[@rome0610]

Warning labels... Once on vacation in the US we rented an RV. We noticed warning labels every where and started to count only the one beginning with "Warning", "Caution" or "Attention". First count 48. I joked "Let's make it 50!", opened the microwave and - Bingo! - 49 & 50. At the end of the vacation we were at 56. Even on the windshield there were 11 of them. I just missed one: "Warning! Warning labels on windshield can reduce your sight. Drive carefully!"😜

[@tehontuoksuinenpulla9504]

Peanuts are not nuts actually☝️🤓 they are related to peas. The asphyxiation warning is hilarious tho😂

[@bconn3652]

@@tehontuoksuinenpulla9504 Warning: Peanuts are not nuts contains peas only.

[@EA-js1me]

This is, however, because Muricans love to sue each other and companies for everything. Suing is a national sport. So companies have to put warning labels everywhere.

[@wykydytron]

Yeah, I once both inflatable ponton for pools, it had warnings for several countries, all eu countries had just one warning "it's toy not boat" the USA warring took triple the space of other warning combined and said things like: don't use for jumping, not for use in open sea, not for use in river, don't stand in it, weight limit, not meant for professional use and few more. I get why they do it and how absurd I'm gonna sue you for everything culture in USA is but it's still hilarious but also shows another difference where Americans win millions for every ridiculous thing while where I live last time some parents sued company because their kid drank some cleaning chemistry Judge said it's parent role to take care of children not company's to make it hard to not drink product, your 5yr old is expected to know better by that point and it's your responsibility anyway, here's fine for bothering court with stupid problems".

[@tuikku22]

That was hilarious 😂 I was an exchange student in the USA a long time ago, and my fellow high school students explained how they could not live in Europe since they are used electricity, refrigerators, and me being from Finland; they would not like to face polar bears 🫢😂 You are a great guy 😊👍Greetings 🇫🇮

[@JarlGrimmToys]

I was watching an American KZbinr reacting to a video about Britain. She stopped the video and said “huh, they have industry in Britain” in a confused way. For starters the Industrial Revolution started in Britain. Secondly she said that after seeing a tractor on a farm. I don’t know if she expected us to still have horse drawn ploughs or something. She later became infamous after a video went viral of her. Claiming the country Montenegro was racist for naming their country after a derogatory word for black people. While reacting to Eurovision.

[@andyt8216]

@@JarlGrimmToysah, I know that one. Favour! She also genuinely thought we don’t brush our teeth. 😖

[@productjoe4069]

@@JarlGrimmToysher reactions to Eurovision are generally a little… off the wall. She seems to enjoy it though, even if she frequently says things that make me think she doesn’t really understand it.

[@akyhne]

First of all, Montenegro wasn't named after black people. Second, negro comes from Spanish, and means black. So are Spaniards not allowed to use the color or word negro? 😂

[@supreme3376]

Well i live in Poland mosly americans used to thing that on street walking Polar bears i live in here 48 years and i see onece in zoo. Faster you will see a wild bore

[@thodorossrx600]

I had an American that insisted that i was lying for my origin! I am Greek and thought i was Spanish because i sound like like Spanish!i had to saw him my passport,but he got more confused and called me again a liar because my passport has the official name of Greece that is Hellenic Republic. We had to google to saw him the official name and another Spanish guy start explaining him that i am not from Spain.All of us we are working for a USA company. He left more confused 😅

[@senor-achopijo3841]

How can anyone be so clueless?

[@YukiTheOkami]

arent amaricans saying "that is greek to me?" so he must have hered of that place lol i am puzzled again and again about some amaricans and how their brains work do they have koala brains? all smooth no surface

[@cyberfux]

If you really want to confuse a Yank ask a swiss friend to show him his Confoederatio Helvetica passport but insist on being from Switzerland ;-)

[@eimere]

To be fair, as a spaniard, every time I hear a greek talking in greek I think they're speaking spanish but don't understand a word😂 we use the same exact sounds and it's confusing! Maybe we have the same accent speaking english as well??

[@senor-achopijo3841]

@@eimere Sí, sonamos muy parecido cuando hablamos, sobre todo en otros idiomas

[@cdyoutoob]

I've had numerous conversations online when the other party would not accept the facts that it's the early hours of the morning in Australia when the sun is up in the US. That the seasons are off by 6 months due to the tilt of the earth, and that it's a day ahead in eastern Australia than it is in the US. And too often, yes, time-travel does get raised.

[@najrenchelf2751]

Ok, but that reverse seasons scenario is one you have to think about a little bit though... it was certainly a headscratcher when I first learned about it. :)

[@jattikuukunen]

@@najrenchelf2751 yeah but one would think the time of learning about it would be in the elementary school.

[@madthing5738]

Used to work in tourism in Ireland. I also used to train and supervise Spanish university students we'd get as part of the Erasmus program. Our office was in a historic Irish town, right on a river leading to the ocean, we were right on the docks. I was in the office one day, while one of my students was in the tourist shop when I heard shouting. Worried, I went downstairs to see this American guy in his 60s berating and nearly threatening the young student. Like she was on the verge of tears. So I stepped in and asked the guy what the problem was. Keep in mind, he was with 3 other people (his wife and their two friends), and they're cringing away from him. The guy straight up bellowed at me "What was the con? Did we think we would get away with it?" and nearly jabbing a finger into my chest. (I think the only thing that stopped him was the fact that I was 30+ years younger than him and had a couple of inches of height on him and I was staring him down). I politely asked him to clarify. His dumbass self stated "I was hear 40 years ago and when I was here, the water was right to the top of the dock! What happened to it? Did you steal it?!" It took every fibre of my being to not punch him, so I just took in a deep breath and told him, "Sir. It's low tide right now. The high tide will be..." And I turned, took one of the books we have for the tidal times and looked up the time and date before putting it back and continuing "...at 5:54pm." "Tide?" I've never seen a man deflate so quickly.

[@jattikuukunen]

What an unreal story.

[@TrudyBusterKittyMadness]

My relative worked for an east coast IT company with worldwide operations. He was born in Scotland and moved to the US in the 70s. In the late 90s he was given the European clients to deal with as the American employees thought they were to difficult to deal with as they had the audacity to not be American.

[@najrenchelf2751]

...?!??!!?... ...I am flabberghasted, honestly! XD

[@morthiumcz1204]

i have been told in a discussion that I don t know freedom, since im not from US, i asked him if he can go for a walk at night without fear, or walk to store, or drink beer (or any spirit) on a street. After insisting that we are commies we never heard of that guy :D

[@stuarthancock571]

Just ask them if they can celebrate their 18th, 19th and 20th birthdays at a bar.

[@deinemudda6617]

@@stuarthancock571 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th #switzerland

[@najrenchelf2751]

@@stuarthancock571 and then give them some ice along with a mocktail, 'cause that reply will burn! XD

[@tanithrosenbaum]

@@deinemudda6617 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th #bavaria ;) (admittedly, for the 14th and 15th, parents need to be present, but when they are, you can drink beer at that age in a public restaurant or bar)

[@Truckspotterappelscha]

I was in America about a year ago. Someone asked where I was from. I told him I was from the Netherlands. then he asked in surprise how I got my sneakers. I say from the store. He Answer surprised, can you buy sneakers in the Netherlands? I say yes . Then he thought we always wore klompen (weird Dutch wooden shoes)walked .I quickly walked away and burst out laughing 😂

[@Truckspotterappelscha]

sorry for my typo

[@Yandarval]

@@Truckspotterappelscha To be fair. At least he was in the right area. Not off in Mongolia. Thats doing very well for "them".

[@christianthieltges6953]

"Are you stilll wearing steel helmets?" Yes, I'm german.

[@Truckspotterappelscha]

@@christianthieltges6953 😆 LOL

[@Justforvisit]

@@christianthieltges6953 Also: "Is Hitler still your chancellor?"

[@tealobsession5663]

I work as train conductor in Poland and i've had few interesting comments from American tourists here. Starting with the "I didn't know you had trains in here"", "I didn't know that you could speak American in here, I thought I'd have to speak russin when I came here" ending with one when I asked to be nice how are their enjoying the country so far and the answer was "It's nice but we are surprised that we could use our credit cards here"... thb I don't remember last time I had to use cash here, even the street vendors allow you to pay by card. Was surprised no one asked me why they couldn't see any knights yet...

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

being german reading about poland and trains im not sure my government allows me to laugh or if i am ordered by law to feel guilt XD. Also as a hema enthusiast - poland has some of the coolest hema events in the world! Id expect to see many knights there ^^

[@petrameyer1121]

How can an American not know about time zones? How many TZ does the continental US have? 4?

[@kholdanstaalstorm6881]

9 timezones if you count all the island ones, 4 for the lower 48.

[@christophh3233]

Had an American exchange Student staying with us. His grandparents asked on the phone if we got running water. In 2003. Yes, this house had running water for more than 80 years. And in contrast to their hometown it was save to drink… My sister was an exchange student in Seattle. She was asked more then once if Hitler was still in power. And no. Not meant as a joke… Had many lovely interactions with Americans, but some stereotypes are not without a base.

[@cyberfux]

Dude, i got asked if i MET the failed painter! In the late 90s! When i was in my mid 20s!

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

i would have answered" Running water? no sorry ours flows. if yours has legs and runs around you should definitly upgrade your water purification system" Your sister should have had some fun with it like "How do you know that? Thats classified! Did your source tell you about us ruling the democrat party from behind the scenes too???" XD

[@helmuthschultes9243]

As embarrassing as some of these examples are, to me among greatest failings of many US people is their seriously deficient understanding of the world, geography, continents, countries, and how little the USA is area wise to the world.

[@oldoddjobs]

Fingers crossed, hopefully one day the U.S will produce most of the world's Nobel laureates

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

Ok my funniest encounter was at a local supermarket (aldi) in germany. A tourist couple from the US bought a cucumber for....adult entertainmet as they spoke, in english to each other what they planned on doing with the cucumber later after purchase. Clearly oblivious to the fact that most germans speak english fluently and everyone understood what they were saying. And even more oblivious to the stares. The entire store stared at them, some trying not to laugh, some mouth wide open, some just blinking in disbelief as they went on describing certain things they wanna use the cucumber for in the hotel bedroom. I was standing right behind them at the cashier, who smiled a lot brighter than she usually does and once the couple left the shop she burst out laughing.

[@graemejohnson9025]

my mate.. owns a tourist company in north queensland... his favourite thing is when? american tourist ask him, if australia has the internet? um, er, you booked your accomodation on the internet.. and when they rent cars.. they can't drive a manual.. my granddaughter is 12, and drives a manual.. on her uncles farm..

[@RustyDust101]

A friend of my sisters worked for a US company headquartered in Hawaii as an international accountant for their overseas department. She lives in Germany , and deals with the variant taxes of both countries. She was regularly called during Hawaiian working hours shortly after their lunch break despite asking multiple times to be called during their morning hours. The 10 hours difference (depends on daylight savings time) does make it a bit difficult to coordinate but she was willing to work fairly late in the evening. But as she had to contact German officials as well she couldn't simply work at night only. Once she got into contact with the HR department who reprimanded her for being so sleepy sounding during the many late in the work day "emergency" phone calls. She had to explain to them that being woken up at 4am does tend to have that effect on people. She was then reprimanded AGAIN for lying to that HR person. It wasn't 4am in Hawaii. That was about the time she resolved to quit that company on regular notice. True story.

[@jattikuukunen]

One would think they would know about timezones if they have contacts in mainland US.

[@dutchglorius]

i would have slowly asked them where they are and where i was, and when they figured out where i was i would have asked them to google the current time at my location and when they saw that i would have asked them at what time the emergency call was when they called and tell them to calculate the time difference, if they didnt realize the mistake at that point and be absolutely embarassed i would have all out quit as they are too stupid to work with.

[@hazeman4755]

Yes, I have to agree, the comment sections to those videos are gold! I have been laughing my ass off reading the comments. Thanks to every commenter for all the good stories. Unfortunately there are dumb people everywhere, but US Americans are experts at saying the dumbest sh*t.

[@richardhall6034]

Just look at the last 3 president's they've voted for Obama trump and Biden 😊

[@FenrisUlfven]

Of course we don't have fridges i Sweden, we just collect a lot of ice blocks during the winter to last us through the summer to keep our beer cool. We don't have any electricity either, but we tap into the northern lights so we can light up our homes during the dark hours. 😉

[@nolajoy7759]

Wait ..what? Don't you just chip the ice off the walls of your igloo? 😂

[@keit99]

Oh you should definitely switch to cellars and put a beergarden on top. (for context: Bavaria's beergardens were built on top of beer cellars. The shadow cooled the beer below.

[@dutchglorius]

dont you have to build one yourself from IKEA?

[@laugesen18]

Lool 😂😂😂

[@Roggen45]

So that would mean, me as a European tourist i would not be able to buy alcohol anywhere in the US? Okayyyyy....😂😂 Yeah i got a few they asked me about my country ( The Netherlands ), one that always sticks with me is " How far is Amsterdam from The Netherlands?" "Sigh" Another fun fact : The United states does not even have an official language!!

[@Rozsomakk1]

Closer than his intelligence to human!

[@YukiTheOkami]

to be fair again they dont have much geography outside of the us i doubt they have any understanding of it if not out of own interest i also could not name one big city for every amarican state and i only have wast understanding of canada or southern amarica or most of asia i cold name most countrys but citys dont ask me XD not everyone is a geography nerd but the question is strange indeed on the otherhand since Portland is a city (or pultiple couse comon city name) maybe their logic was netherlands is a city as well lol

[@Roggen45]

@@YukiTheOkami Then I'd say ask before I'd assume, or as mom use to say "It's better to let people assume you're an idiot, than to open your mouth and take away all doubt".

[@cyberfux]

Ok the id thing? I never once had a problem using my german drivers license as an ID (the passport is to "big" for carrying around) - plus: since i started greying the point is moot ;-(

[@cyberfux]

You know what assume mean, right? Making an ASS out of U and ME ;-) @@Roggen45

[@spadeface8500]

This comes from my friend, Who's an English teacher in America. One of his students asked him how he practiced his English as it was so good. For context, He's English. When trying to explain that fact to his student, He was told 'But they don't speak English in the UK'. It will continue to be my absolute favourite.

[@AlanLindaCumming]

Then what language do we speak?

[@norbertoravec476]

I met a couple from Florida travelling in Europe and spent a few hours in their company. We drank some local beer outside in the streets when it got really dark and Moon appeared in the sky. American seriously commented... "Oh, Your Moon is so small here in Europe". First I was not sure what he meant but then I thought for a while and answered... "True, bro, our is smaller than your Moon in USA. Actually, yours is the biggest of all of them. Our Moon when approaches American coast (Eastern or Western) turns scared away and goes back. The problem is just it needs to be careful to avoid Hawaii in Pacific so that locals cant see it. Your Moon - the biggest One obviously travels only within US borders and shines brightly and happily on true and only Americans". He solemnly nodded in awe about this information and added "Makes perfect sense, I wonder why we were not taught it in our schools". I was dying laughing inside with such level of stupidity but I played on. "You know, it was taught before but your government decided to stop teaching the truth 30 years ago because other countries were really jealous about American Moon and so decided to teach kids One Moon only theory in schools". He was so proud about himself and his Moon qualities observation.

[@valsyaranamual6853]

Ad he probably took that info home and taught it to his kids!

[@nadajniczek]

IDK if you know this but moon looks different in different parts of the world and it's an optical illusion. The smallest moon I've ever seen (so small, so up in the sky) was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which is not so far from the eqator. An the moon was everyday the same and in the same position. In my country (Poland) it depends of the time of the year (because of the angle of the earth).

[@jugatsumikka]

​@@nadajniczeknot really no, the change of distance between the Moon and the Earth on the Moon orbital cycle is enough to make the apparent size of the Moon change of approximately 10% over the course of a month, but the angular size of the Moon is so small (approximately half a degree) that it can't be perceived with the naked eye. The change of distance due to the Earth tilt is negligible enough to not matter. Furthermore, you would see the change during the monthly cycle too if that was the case, as the relative tilt compared to the Moon orbital plane is the same at 9AM in the winter than at 9PM six months later. What changes the apparent angular size of the Moon, without really changing it, is the proximity of the Moon to the horizon: the closer it is, the bigger the Moon will appear because we will have reference objects to compare it to.

[@hypsyzygy506]

I wonder how flat earthers maintain the two-moon configuration.

[@espekelu3460]

Wasn't surprised that an ordinary shop worker couldn't take a passport as identification. Saw a guy who was visiting California, and was stopped by the police. He was asked to show his driver's license, which was Canadian. Then got a message that he had to have a driver's license from California. He then replied that he was on a working holiday in California, and had been there many times, and been stopped a few times, and had never had any problems with his driver's license. The policeman stood his ground, he was driving illegally, as he only had a Canadian driver's license. Then the Canadian said that the USA and Canada had had an agreement since 1984, that everyone in the USA could travel on an American driver's license in Canada, and vice versa. Then the police asked for a passport, which he got. Then he said that the city the passport was registered in was in Alaska, which was completely wrong of course. Then the police said that since he was driving illegally, the car (a Masarati) had to be towed away. He politely asked the police if he could park the car in the first side street, so he could get a friend to pick it up, this the police refused, then he asked if the policeman could not mess with the switchboard, if what he said was correct. He showed that what he said was correct, and the Candie replied that he was COMPLETELY wrong. He told the policeman that he could drive in California for 10 days, and he was only going to be there for four more days, so there should be no problem. After this, the Canadian traveled to the police station, and received a clear message that he could drive in California for 6 weeks with a Canadian driver's license. Europeans can also drive on their home country's driver's license for up to 12 days in most states in the USA!

[@najrenchelf2751]

I feel like this policeman was missing vital information to do, what seems to be base level work... how is that possible?

[@normanwade]

In his book 'America Unchained', writer/comedian Dave Gorman recounts how he was stopped by police in the US and told that he could only drive in that county on a US license and not his combination on UK license and International Driving Permit. He tried to argue the point but the officers started fingering their guns and told him 'they were the law there'. I think he had to arrange for a garage to transport his car across the county boundary before he could continue. The cultural difference of Europe having a police service who enforce the law as it exists and the US having a police force who interpret the law as they choose.

[@cyberfux]

Never had that problem (in the 90s) with my International AND my German (depending on which i was carrying) drivers license - just got me a Californian one after a few months for shits and giggles to see how "hard" their test was (Not much, they saw my German one, shrugged and printed me a Californian one).

[@julianbarber4708]

@@najrenchelf2751 American Police receive 652 hrs of training, compared to plumbers, who receive 3,500 hrs training. Finish police require a formal education and 5,500 hrs of training. Yes, I googled it!

[@laugesen18]

I saw that video. He has numerous videos with clueless police officers 😂😂

[@thenerdytiger9306]

I live in Wales in the uk. I encountered an American here is what he said to be: "You need to speak American better since we gave you language"

[@sekborg5757]

I was really surprised to see the reaction of my american friend on our church. For me, its just the church in our small german village. It is nothing special. He asked: "How old is this ? Like 200 years ? Its impressive for that time" Then I told him that it was finished in 1131. His face was priceless. He really thought that I was making that up.

[@patjayne5273]

Someone did asked me once where I used to work if we have 4th of July. I deadpannedly answered, “Of course we do. We don’t just skipped from 3rd to 5th.” 😂😂 I knew she was asking about Independence Day, but I just couldn’t help myself…

[@paulocarvalho6480]

I was working as security at Expo-98 in Lisbon. We had people coming from every country and tried to help finding their country's pavilion whenever we could. One day, an American couple of about 45 years old, came walking to me and asked when were the Spanish taking over their province ( Portugal has provinces the same way the US has states) and why ee eere still speaking Portuganese instead of Spanish. I was fuming mad. We are neighbor countries, we get along, but don't mix us with the Spanish. I turned to them and asked why are all Americans descendants of the bastards the English left in the US. The man turned from red to complete white, grabbed his wife and left without a word. I felt bad saying something so stupid and offensive, but they asked for trouble. You don't go to another country and offend people.

[@afiiik1]

We Czechs get the "are you Russian" comment all the time🙄 equally offensive since the Russian army occupied our land for 20 years ... And hardly anybody here can speak Russian.

[@speleokeir]

Common mistakes that seem to be made by a number of people from the US: 1) Confusing Australia and Austria. 2) Confusing New Zealand with Australia. 3) Confusing Switzerland and Sweden. 4) Not understanding that English comes from England and that's what British and Irish people speak. And Australians, Kiwis and Canadians. 5) Being surprised when people in other countries DON'T speak english. 6) Nor understanding that to get to the US from Europe you have to cross the Atlantic ocean. 7) Believing modern technology only exists in the US and was invented there.

[@RodrigoCastroCh]

The ones that enrage me the most are when they think other countries also celebrate July 4th and that only the US has freedom.

[@Ryuuoo_]

​@@RodrigoCastroChThe rest of the world are communists or somthing😅

[@stefanholmstrom1968]

This goes back to 1987: I'm a Finn, travelling in the USA. I met a young guy in a part of a more not-so-international-USA. When he heard I was from Europe, he said: "There are a lot of punk rockers in England, are there not?" I answered: "Well, yeah, maybe, I have never been there". And he said: "If I ever saw a punk rocker, I would just punch him in the face!" Didn't know what to respond. But otherwise he was truly cool and nice: we shot pool, drank a lot of terrible 80s jelly shots and then he drove me in his old Buick to the place I stayed in, blasting Pink Floyd in his car stereo.

[@101steel4]

I watched an American show his top 10 American bands of all time. It wasn't until he read the comments, that he realised all of them were English 😂😂

[@freas8520]

Sounds like a typical Swedish "Raggar-kväll" :D

[@ak99uk]

He would have been ten years late for the punks.

[@autarchprinceps]

What I don't understand with the timezone thing, is the US noticably has multiple timezones, even without including Hawaii, Alaska or territories. Like in Germany everybody and all our neighbouring countries have the same timezone. Sure you usually have been in Portugal, the UK or far enough east in Europe where this isn't the case, but in the US don't you constantly have to point out eastern, central, & pacific if not the other ones, if you see times for national events or on nation wide publications/broadcasts, or when planing meetings with other offices in the US?

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

yeah confuses me all the time as well. I mean if i do streams with americns they tell me like 8 PM pacific standard time...and they are vry aware that the east coast is quite a different timezone...then again we speak about a country that has quite some people in it that think the earth is 6000 years old and flat

[@Dasyurid]

We couldn’t warn America about 9/11 because it happened later for us. And on 11/9. 😉

[@stewartbristow846]

But how can you explain time zones to somebody who thinks the earth is flat?

[@Ryuuoo_]

​@@stewartbristow846 pie zones 😂

[@GoWestYoungMan]

Thanksgiving is NOT only in the US. Canada just celebrated Thanksgiving a few weeks ago. Our Thanksgiving is 444 years old and dates back to 1578. It was originally a celebratory feast marking a successful voyage to Frobisher Bay in northern Canada. It's a time for family, the Canadian Thanksgiving Day feast with all the fixings, pumpkins, and the traditional Thanksgiving double header put on by the Canadian Football League. Come on, you guys live right next door to us. You should know this.

[@valsyaranamual6853]

They think you live in igloos and ride polar bears to school and work!

[@timbucktu5141]

In Saxony only religious people celebrate Thanksgiving (it is called Erntedankfest). It is in September mostly. You bring fruits to the church. Then there will be a mess for saying thanks to god for the harvest. And the fruits are given later to the care homes for elderly and disabled. Or were sold and the money was given to charity for the elder people.

[@wfcoaker1398]

The date of Thanksgiving in Canada has changed several times. Our current Thanksgiving was to give thanks for the end of the Boer War.

[@scottsheppard4332]

Gold again Ian ,,,,, that reaction to comments was hilarious !! I had a funny chat to 2 ladies in a shop near the Pike street market in Seattle about the timetable for the old Melbourne trams that were running near the marina . I was told I was a liar as the trams were American 🙄 I just had to smile and wave on my walk out of the shop

[@fifi23o5]

American guy said a black Brit and a Nigerian guy were African Americans..... BTW, nice hoodie!

[@CultOfMU]

I wonder if those people asking if Australia has electricity saw Mad Maxes and thought they were documentaries?

[@Erulin68]

Dumbest thing I ever heard an American say here in Bruges, Belgium was when I was waiting in line to buy a waffel and this American infront of me straight up asked : "I'd like a Belgian waffle please" To which the guy behind the counter answered : "Sir... you are in Belgium. By definition every waffel you see here 'is' a Belgian waffle" I couldn't stop myself from bursting out laughing. Oh, the look he gave me. 😂

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

well to be fair here, "chinese food" in the US (or europe) is almost nowhere to be found in china, and actual chinese food wouldnt be selling well in the west either. Fortune cookies come from the USA, lasagne is swiss, crossaints are austrian an schnitzel is actually italian in origin. So belgian waffle is a type of waffle (usually used for chocolate covered waffle) from a culinary vocabulary perspective so i stand with the american here that it may sound stupid but is actually correctly articulated. Its a bit like a berliner - everyone knows what a berliner is, and youll get served one even if you order it in berlin. The fun fact that citizens of berlin are also called berliners doesnt interfere with the transactions at the bakery either. Though inside germany you may have regional quarrels play out when you order a berliner outside of berlin cause every region has their own word for it, like Krapfen in southern germany, a pfannkuchen in eastern germany, a puffel in northern germany or kreppel in western germany...

[@Erulin68]

@@OrkarIsberEstar That wasn't his point. His point was that though in other countries there are certain places that sell Belgian Waffles, linguistically and geographically every single wallfe made inside the boarders of Belgium is by definition 'a Belgian waffle' 😄

[@pasmas3217]

working at starbucks in the US and due to my accent i used to get asked where i am from quite often. when i wasnt in the mood i responded just with greece (cause most people have heard of it and either know it or are emberassed to say they dont). (i am mixed and have slavic accent mixed in with my greek accent) so the lady responds to me with "Oh the capital of europe! nice!" (two romanian guys working the shift with me dropped to the floor to burst into laughter, just so they were not laughing in her face, while i had to bite my lips and hold it to take her money and give her change...)

[@jattikuukunen]

No, no, Nice is in France.

[@Qyngali]

Apropos pizza, an Italian friend of mine was talking to an American online and the guy said wait a second I got to take delivery of a pizza he had ordered, when he came back and started eating he asked him if they had pizza in Italy. He answered no, we only eat burgers over here.

[@101steel4]

They think pizza is American. Along with Mexican food, Chinese food and Indian food. Wait until they find out apple pie isn't American 😂😂😂

[@d.p.2680]

Burgers are a Roman invention, so wouldn't be strange.

[@paulaalvarenga1362]

OMG 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@marlenaantonia2656]

A friend of mine was born in the US but moved back to Austria when she was still a toddler. She and her family therefore still have friends over there who come to visit sometimes. She told me of this one instance where a group of such friends visited Austria and in particular the beautiful monastery in Melk. When asked if they liked it, they acted a bit weird saying something along the lines of "Well, it's hard to appreciate the building given the history". Met with confusion, they were asked to clarify and said "Because it was built by black slaves". Like did they think they exported them to Austria to build our monasteries?

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

as long as they think Adolph was german.... XD und Stift Melk is actually really beautiful. Grüsse aus Amstetten - a town that also has a great world wide reputation thanks to one of its citzens. and his family i guess XD

[@laugesen18]

That doesn’t even compute with me. 😂😂

[@DavidCalvert-mh9sy]

What really threw my American friends back in America was that here in Australia we are a day ahead of the US, courtesy of the International Date Line running down the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Tbey didn't believe me. So I responded that it can be seen from space.

[@keit99]

Haven't they Heard of timezones or did they just not connect the dots

[@YukiTheOkami]

tbf this concept might be practical for modern day structure but to devode time like this is a human made concept we might go as well by with counting days by 7 units and time by 24 but everywhere in the world its the same time and same day but the light level and sun stand is different Sounds strage but would work if we where used to it couse by physics its the more logical soloution XD think about it australia was not made first and then the rest of the planet magically appeared h by h thats not how it happened XD so in a way they are right by being dumb

[@karengray662]

I’m in UK, NE of England. I had a friend come to visit with her 2 children. They were originally from the South coast, but now living in NW. We visited the local Tourist Information centre & her young son was looking at books. One caught his eye, a picture of a knight on the front. He asked his mam if he could have it. She flicked through & said “No, it’s in a foreign language, look for an English book”. It was a book about a local myth written in local dialect. I had to explain to her that it was in fact written in English Great reaction, thanks

[@milliechook7375]

"Do you have Thanksgiving?" "No, I live in Australia - we're grateful every day!" :)

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

Worked with a Canadian girl many years ago, she was quite surprised that Australia didn't have Thanksgiving or an equivalent.

[@douglachman7330]

In Australia at a north Queensland beach i was told by an American. Why is American beer like a beach? Bloody close to water!

[@brianhansen9934]

I need to tell my experience with people I have met from the US. I worked as a security guard at a night club. then 4 young women came up to me and said they had some things they wanted to complain about. at first I thought there were some there who would not let them be. but it was not.they would complain about the music. they could not understand the music. and then they complained that there were many minors in here. must admit I thought they were joking with me but could tell they meant it. so i said. lady you are in Denmark (a country in Europe) we don't just playEnglish music. and regarding the "minors".in Denmark you can go to a nightclub at 18 and drink😉

[@bookvee]

Ive heard the time travel one before. Being from England, I told him, "nah, mate, We need a phone box for that stuff."

[@SlowmovingGiant]

mid 2000's i was chatting to a guy from the US in a Buffy the Vampire slayer Forum Board. When i told him i was in Australia he asked me if we had the internet there... i said yes, we are chatting on a web page, on the internet. He didn't get it.

[@winstonwilliams4859]

the electricity reminded me I of childhood ,I am 67 some of the remote cattle stations still had pedal powered radio units to be able to call the flying doctor and general contact

[@tjdewolff5104]

Hilarious video! All things brought to fore are so recognisable American reactions! It reminded me instantly to a situation some 45 years ago. In a nearby small town, called 'Roden', in a northern, bit rural part of the Netherlands, an American company by the name of 'Cordis', originally based in Florida if I'm not mistaken, had an American guy leading the branch for some 2 decades. The man had brought over his entire family: wife, son, daughter and dog. The first one and the last one were non to smart, but neither was the son. The story was ent through the village as local lore and goes as follow. One fine day the wife mentions to one of her friends that she did not understand how that villagefolk did communicate with each other as they did not speak English. Well, clearly, in her opinion, did did not really communicate as when they made some sounds they were often laughing. Her conclusion was that they did not understand each other and were simply making some funny noises. The locals tend to speak in a local Saxon dialect and she was typically very loudly talking in some southern state version of American English.

[@gregorturner9421]

reminds me of the uk as well. they might speak english but some of the accents make understanding them near impossible. the Scottish for example sound like their growling and i defy enyone to understand a yorkshire accent.

[@dutchglorius]

so she didnt even understand british english? or do you mean you where talking in "plat gronings"?

[@TB-bb7uy]

I'm English and whilst in the Victoria British Columbia museum a few years back, looking at a photo exhibition of the native Americans entitled "The First Americans" I heard an American older couple from somewhere I assumed was in the Mid West US (John Deere baseball cap) the wife asked the husband "First American?? What about Chris Columbus?"🤦‍♂

[@endeavourist5287]

Coincidentally, I live in Victoria. I was once asked by American tourists "if I lived in the park". It took a bit to determine that they thought the city of Victoria was a giant theme park.

[@tomtorres212]

As much as those videos makes one giggle they´re basically an indictment of the US education system. Doesn´t happen that often nowadays but i can´t exactly remember back in the days how often i had to tell americans that we don´t have Kangaroos in Austria (except some in the Vienna Zoo), lol

[@Senator315]

Funny story. I was in the US for a holiday. In this part of the trip I was in LA. My cousins flew to LA from Ohio to meet up. One night we went to the supermarket to get a few things and a case of beer. Since my cousin is from the US he showed his Ohio drivers licence and the lady said we can't accept that, it has to be an California licence. I thought this was quite strange, so I showed her my Australian NSW Licence as a last resort and she said, yep that's fine. How does that work? We didn't question it, we just left.

[@101steel4]

Still seems strange that adults (of any age) have to show ID anyway.

[@jars6230]

​@@101steel4And how do you know they are adults, and not a mature looking 17 year old?

[@101steel4]

@@jars6230 how do you not know someone is 80?

[@jars6230]

@@101steel4 Where I am, the signs say, if you look 25 or younger, you need ID. Based on, if staff are guessing your age, and guess wrong, and sell liquor to a minor, big trouble. Other places remove all doubt and just say, ID is required.

[@101steel4]

@@jars6230 when my cousin lived in the US they automatically ask for ID. He's nearly 60 🤣🤣

[@ch3fk0ch0815]

I could also share some "unbelievable but true stories" from my old AOL chatroom days or working with my american colleagues on a daily basis but I think it is more important to point out your great work and videos which are actually the proof that there are also the "other" (I would call it the majority of) Americans out there who are not just ignorant, arrogant or stupid af. So @IWrocker: Thank you for representing a "good" american to the world and please stay inquisitive on things happening outside of U.S. and keep sharing your stories. Big THX from Europe.

[@ziba9899]

Many years ago I had a heated discussion with an American friend. I had mentioned that I was from Denmark and the guy flat out refused to believe that Denmark exist as anything other than a place in Sweden no matter how hard I tried to tell and show him otherwise. He has gotten a lot wiser over the years since then. We are still friends to this day 😂

[@jattikuukunen]

Just why

[@laugesen18]

We all know it’s the capital of Sweden. Come on. Common knowledge 😂😂😂

[@StergiosMekras]

Friend of a friend was in the States and spent a few days in a cell. Apparently the local state trooper (or some such) thought his Greek passport was fake because Greece is only a thing from mythology, not a real place. If not for the embassy getting involved, he'd still be there...

[@buschhuhn9197]

Would be interesting how much he got for damages

[@dutchglorius]

did noone correct him? i can understand one idiot but an entire station?

[@miki1510]

I was in Spain a 4 years ago. I met a few americans in a bar and when i told them i was italian one of them asked me if we still hosted slave vs slave fights in the Colosseum. I thought he was joking but he seemed genuinely curious about it. To this day i still i'm still asking myself if he was serious or not. In his defence we were all very drunk, it might have been stupidity or the effects of alcool. I hope it's the second.

[@laugesen18]

Don’t bet on it😂😂😂

[@christianflor1394]

An American lady sued her travel agency after visiting Norway to experience the midnight sun. The reason: it was the same sun.

[@101steel4]

Ive seen a few asmr language videos where Americans use the American flag to represent English. When i tell them that's not the English flag, they say Americans speak English 😂 Although one woman did change it. To the Union flag. When i told her that wasn't the English flag either, she called me a socialist haha

[@afiiik1]

To be fair, the UK flag 🇬🇧 is not the English flag either 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@101steel4]

@@afiiik1 Exactly my point.

[@guillaumeb5511]

​@@101steel4you socialist!

[@RodrigoCastroCh]

Well since languages don’t have flags it’s only logical to use the flag of the country where the person speaking is from.

[@dutchglorius]

@@RodrigoCastroCh yeah no i do believe there are actually flags associated to languages, like dutch or portugese, hell japanese

[@davidjacobs7465]

A friend of mine once asked me how much dollars I earned at my job in Europe. I said 0. He then went a bit on a rant how I was a slave and to sue the company yadda yadda yadda. I said it's ok, I don't need dollars. He still didn't catch on and asked what I get for working there if not money. I said I was getting money, just not dollars. He was confused and that's how I learned he didn't know there were other currencies. I'm not even sure if he can describe what a currency is.

[@gluteusmaximus1657]

In my hometown there is a rather well known christmas market. US tourists asked for the famous "german christmas pickle" tree decoration, wich is not a german thing at all. Until the shops got fed up and got them extra made for them!

[@tobiasminwookgoser770]

The Canadian thing that they live in igloos and use dog sleds and there is always snow and no cars and whatnot, I hear that very often. And that's a country right next to the US. I get when people have limited knowledge about Europe or whatever, but the country right next to you?

[@minsin21]

I live in Norway, i always answer "yes we have 4th of july, its the day after 3rd july"

[@Kelsea-2002]

I had often forgotten about the time difference. Once I wanted to wish my best friend (she now lives in the US) a happy birthday at breakfast. For me it was 9 a.m. ... in the States, however, it was only 2 am and she had just fallen asleep. My God, that was embarrassing.

[@tommysellering4224]

Talking about the cars in Germany, there is also a lot of "Low end" cars in the domestic market, that are not "flashy" enough for the US market. An american wants to brag with an imported car so they buy almost only the top models! Even some models of porsches can be so cheap that you don't have to have a big salary to be able to afford one in Germany!

[@HaurakiVet]

On the accent thing, some years ago when I was in the US taking part in a joint military exercise a couple of us Kiwis were in a meeting with our US counterparts with a female clerk to keep a record of what we decided. At the conclusion of one discussion I noticed that she was not writing anything down, when I asked her if she had recorded the last part of the meeting she just gave a big goofy grin and said "I'm sorry sir, I wasn't really listening to what was being said, I just loved listening to your accent". Heaven help us if we rely on soldiers like her.

[@Bierzgal]

I met many lovely Americans and they were from all over the US, California, Alabama, Texas etc. But the two situations I had left me bit dumbfounded. The first one was not live but on an Internet forum. I don’t remember exactly what the discussion was about but I mentioned Maria Skłodowska-Curie in one of my comments. And one American (they had the flag in the profile etc. that’s how I knew) responded with something between the lines “It’s spelled MARIE, educate yourself”. I was just… dude, I’m from Poland and she is one of our Nobel prize winners, I’m quite confident I know how to spell her name. One of the elements she discovered is called POLON (or Polonium). The second one was not that long ago when an American from Nevada said to me that the whole world should just switch to english and that any other language is useless and not as advanced and sophisticated as the one America uses. So they should just stop using theirs. I didn’t even know how to answer this since it just fried my brain.

[@Sayitlikitiz101]

In the defense of the guy from the internet forum, Marie Sklodowska-Curie, once naturalized French, used 'Marie' rather than Maria even when using her hyphenated name. But then again, many Polish upper-class people used the name Marie as they were typically Francophile and rejected the russification of Poland under the Romanov Empire.

[@d.p.2680]

The reason English are so popular as a common language is that it's a really simple language, one of the easiest to learn.

[@nicelle6920]

​@d.p.2680 it's due to the past influence of the British Empire

[@Bierzgal]

@@d.p.2680 I'm all for learning new languages. In Poland for example english is mandatory in schools. Most oftenly you get to learn english + one more of your choosing depending on the school. But there is a big difference between learning another language and telling someone they should stop using their mother tongue and switch to theirs. Invaders of the past tried that here. It's not something you should say to a Pole. There is great pride in having your own langage.

[@tommoore2012]

Since Latin is the origins of many today's languages, perhaps every new generation around the world should be taught two first languages, their national language and Latin.

[@anth5189]

People used to be open to leaning something when they were wrong. The problem today is that when people are wrong about something they will not accept it no matter how stupid it is or how much proof you give them. It is ruining all of society. I don't know about time zones, they apparently don't know how "time" works.

[@MickH60]

100%, ignorance reigns

[@Robalogot]

I'm from Ghent, a medieval city in Belgium. An American woman wanted to pay in dollars and got mad when I said we don't accept US dollars. And then she said, oh that's why you can't afford to build new houses.

[@Yandarval]

A pithy reply would have been. " well prefer solidly built, beautiful homes. Not cheap wood and plasterboard ones".

[@morthiumcz1204]

@@Yandarval Every time i see american house i think of fairytale about 3 pigs.

[@denisewest7166]

We were touring the War Memorials in Villers France a few years ago. We started talking to an American tourist who asked why we were there. We said to pay respect to our Aussies in both wars. “Australians didn’t fight here”…sheesh!

[@SilverionX]

I think people from the US have gotten Switzerland and Sweden mixed up with me at least four times. The forth time I had a miniature meltdown and forced the poor guy to sit through a 5 minute lecture with pictures about the differences. Not my proudest moment but we all do silly things sometimes. Also I'm sorry if any Americans out there believe Sweden is inhabited by polar bears, I may have been the instigator of that. Also lynx instead of cats, the Swedish Royal Moose Cavalry and many more. What can I say? You're a very trusting lot and I was a guy with a lot of imagination and a captive audience. I just kept pushing it further and further. I also wanna say I love my US friends, some of my chosen family are spread across America. Really good people that are genuinely caring, smart and creative. I guess when there's a lot of people some are bound to stick out, for better or worse :P

[@hungariangiraffe6361]

Swedish Royal Moose Cavalry?😂 Honestly, I wish it was real.

[@SilverionX]

@@hungariangiraffe6361 I later heard that one Swedish king or other actually had plans like this but it didn't come to pass (I can't recall why). If it's true it just shows fact is sometimes stranger than fiction. :P

[@Peterraymond67]

Hi. In 1994 I was working on Staten Island (NY) for my UK employer. It was the 4th July and I had the day off. After having a lie in, a stroll in the park and an hour in the sun I went to my local bar, The Cargo Café. I was sitting there quietly thinking and supping a beer and One of the locals, who knew I was from the UK, said cheer up it’s the 4th July! He didn’t get it when I said why celebrate, we lost. He didn’t get it.

[@endeavourist5287]

I'm Canadian, and I've been asked by an American if we celebrate the 4th of July. "No, we were on the side of that war" was my answer, to his confusion.

[@tomjsmits7671]

Gods the "passport isn't valid ID" absolutely broke my mind when I was in the US. It's a Dutch passport but still... "That's not a legal form of ID", "We haven't been trained on passports". One time it got accepted and I later found out the cashier got an official written warning over it.

[@solreaver83]

I've had people argue with me I was faking being Australian, because if it was true I'd know I couldn't have power or internet in the outback....

[@bethmetcalf3447]

🤦🏻‍♀️

[@senor-achopijo3841]

Well, that's what kangaroos are for, right? For pedaling so you can have electricity. Source: My Texan friend.

[@maxmustermann4141]

australia exists?

[@extremchiller410]

power schould be nor problem. but i think internetconnection can get tricky if you are living Working in the outback. feel free to cerrect me if i am wrong.

[@solreaver83]

@@extremchiller410 most towns have Internet of some sort, many were early nbn adopters. The rest have nbn satellite or wireless internet on the 3g network with telstra which is what I had at the time. Now there is also starling too. Most remote stations use satellite but they all have phones so I the day dial up 2as still a thing for some though I'm sure they are all just on satellite now or 3g

[@JMJones-hb1fr]

I wanna quote Vince Ebert (a german comedian) here: "In America they say >We go TO school< , in Germany we say >We go INTO school

[@d.p.2680]

That explains it all

[@laugesen18]

English prepositions are hard😂😂😂

[@chrisfogedlee7059]

True story:Did you hear about the 2 American girls killed in Germany by another American man? They put out warnings all over American TV warning Americans that Germany was no longer safe for American tourists and issued a terrorist warning!😂😂😂 At least USA FINALLY admitted to being the true source of terrorism!😂

[@woesmaro]

When I was in Atlanta for my transfer to Mexico, I felt like I was in a sitcom. Many Americans indeed come across as fake and sometimes ask ridiculously stupid questions. On the other hand, I always found them super friendly and genuinely interested in my friends and me, and our home country. But is it true that Americans learn less at school, or are they super uninterested in how the world works outside the US? It's like some have received no basic knowledge or education at all.

[@KeesBoons]

The worst part is that those same US Americans become managers in international companies later in life. The stupidity of managers I've heard and have had to deal with.

[@gladiusthrax4941]

I have met many Americans. Yes, there are many who have never left the country and never cared for what's outside of it. But at the same time there are many brilliant ordinary Americans. I guess it's a diverse society.

[@vuyophama8668]

That time zone clip had me on the floor😂😂😂😂stop this too much😂😂😂😂.

[@datwistyman]

Lol as an Australian i asked my best friend some dumb questions. She lives in Nevada now, she was a yank and lived here for a few year's but we went to school together in Australia. We were taking about Weather and i asked her if she had a cupboard outside her house to use as a refrigerator and freezer. Because she was sending me pics of snow and her place being really cold. It made sense to me to just leave shit out side to keep cool/cold/frozen 😂 Oh the passport thing she is USA and Australian citizenship holder so she is able to just come and go here and to the usa. I have a few stories to share 😁👍

[@rickthelian2215]

I believe that people whom live in cold climates like Alaska do actually have freezers outside over winter, why pay electricity to run the when it’s freezing -20c below zero, as they’d do it in other countries. Remembering they need to store food due to isolation in many cases.😀🇦🇺

[@datwistyman]

@@rickthelian2215 oh really 🙂 Yeah I told her it seemed like a good idea lol 👍

[@tuikku22]

I am from Finland and if we have a big party or just lots of people for a few days in the wintertime or Christmas eg, we always use outdoors as extra storage; animal & bird proof containers on a snowy terrace/ veranda . If it is -20C it works well as a freezer and around zero and a bit above it is a refrigerator. One just has to follow the weather forecast not to freeze or melt something that is not supposed to . 😊 Growing up my parents hosted an exchange student from Australia in the 80's ; we learned a lot and still keep contact 🙂

[@speedyjago]

I was born in Switzerland but am a Spaniard. When I changed schools in the middle of the year my new classmates were told that a new Spanish classmate was going join the class. My first day at the new school I was sitting on the stairs to the entrance and happened to overhear some of my future classmates (two cute girls) giggling and theorizing about their new Spanish classmate who was sure to be tan and fit and an awesome soccer player...I'm pale as any Swiss dude, while somewhat in shape wouldn't be classified as fit, and at that time had played ice hockey for 7 years as a goalie. The faces those two made when they saw me...priceless.

[@SandraLeone-y9i]

if you were born in Switzerland you are not Spanish, you are swiss, you just have spanish heritage.

[@davidribeiro1064]

​@@SandraLeone-y9iyou are american aren't you?😂 FIY, you can be born in a different country than that of your citizenship and or ancestry. For example, the children of US servicemen born in Germany are not German. They are american. The son of say, a Spanish diplomat, born in Switzerland is not Swiss. They are Spanish.

[@yadiracamacho499]

@@SandraLeone-y9i Spanish citizenship is by right of blood. If your parents are Spanish you can opt for the Spanish citizenship no matter where you were born. I'm Spanish, with a Spanish passport and everything, but I wasn't born in Spain.

[@RogersRamblings]

@@SandraLeone-y9i If a dog gives birth in a stable are her offspring horses or dogs?

[@mrhan2low41]

I was asked the electricity and fridge questions multiple times. Also „Do you have cars in Germany?“…on one hand its really stupid, but then again, at least they asked!

[@dutchglorius]

not like you guys got about 10 different car brands being sold literally all over the globe

[@Bioshyn]

ok here we go, happened on German TV a while back, there was this reality show following a millionaire couple, one episode they were in Greece on vacation and visited the Acropolis, the wife said (in german of course) "how can this be 2500 years old when we only have 2011 right now?"

[@xxJOKeR75xx]

These two are living proof you don't have to be smart to become rich.

[@Sayitlikitiz101]

And I bet Mutti Merkel descended upon them, a lightning bolt and a history book in hand, to wash away this new stain on Germany's honor.

[@extremchiller410]

die geißens zufällig

[@Bioshyn]

@@extremchiller410 Volltreffer

[@cyberfux]

Without even watching TV OR reading the replies: That can only be the Geißens...

[@helmutkok7833]

A thing I often meet online is this thing where Americians mix up Dutch with Dane, and the other way. It's what is it two relative small countries, but a fun thing. I never really figured out how Danish/Danes sound close to Dutch/nederlands/Holland

[@jarnar08]

Well related to that: I've often seen the confusion of "dutch" vs "deutsch" (german)

[@Peterraymond67]

Hi. In 1999 I was working in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on my way home from work in Amsterdam I called into the Centraal Station café for a drink. There was a lady in line before me and she was having a loud argument with the lady on the till. I asked if I could help. The said “They won’t accept my Dollars, everyone knows Dollars are good currency” I tried to explain to her that you’re in The Netherlands, here they use Gilders. She wasn’t having it, the taxi from the airport took dollars. I dread to think how much he charged her, I bet it was much more than the fayre with a bit more for conversion fees. I’ve had this happen several times. I’ve been on several US vacations, and I have a pronounced Welsh accent. When asked where I’m from and say Wales. They will say you can’t live in a fish, or the slightly more sensible ones say which part of England is that? I know some Welsh nationalists would fight you about that. We have a village in North Wales that is 50 odd letters long. full of unpronounceable letter combinations, double L's, CH double D's, NGH which are all letters in the Welsh alphabet. it's a party piece and I'll say it to answer stupid questions I'm asked And when they know that Wales is a country I'm then asked, do you know my Aunty Mary, she's from Aberdare? Hey, Wales is about the size of New Jersey do you know everyone there? I have a wicked sense of humour, I have to hold it back when speaking to tourists.

[@MickH60]

An eve sadder observation is that a "Whale" is not a fish...!

[@Jutta-fp4fn]

There was an american exchange student in my studies. At some point she said that she had been dissappointed at the beginning that we would not wear dirndls and lederhosen, she had always imagined Germany that way. I confirmed to her that I could understand her disappointment, because I had also been very disappointed when I undrstood as a child that the Wild West no longer existed. She was completely horrified that as a child I had believed that the Wild West was everywhere in America, right up to the preent. How could one believe such a thing? It took a few days for the penny to drop for her.

[@Cruelaid]

Born & bred in Wagga Wagga pass me the Vegemite 😂😂

[@TazPessle]

I was once explaining the relation between Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II. They were amazed, "wait, it's not always been Queen Elizabeth II!?". No, no she's not immortal.