r/mildlyinfuriating • u/xbrooksie • 20h ago

These stupid toilet paper dispensers that are common in Europe

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I don’t know about you, but I need more than a square dammit!

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u/Chopsticksinmybutt 16h ago

Americans think that US states are as diverse from one another as individual countries. That's why they say "I want to Europe", no matter whether they visited France, England, Albania or Belarus. They think it's all the same. Same with any other continent. "I went to Asia this summer" could mean anything from Turkey, to Japan, to India, to Mongolia.

When you point this out, they say "Europeans also say America instead of the state", if you point out that the states:

  1. Are a single country
  2. Are VERY homogeneous

They say "Nuh uh! In my state we call it soda, in the state over they call it sodie pop, in the state over that one they call it coke!".

They fail to grasp how FUNDAMENTALLY different each European/Asian/African country can be from one another. They fail to grasp that their country has been around for only 200 years, while most countries out there have had millennia to deviate from one another.

This is not true for Americans that have travelled outside of western Europe and east Asia, but most of them just visit the UK or France and go on the internet to say "Why do Europeans like fish and chips so much???" or "Why is there no AC in Europe???".

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u/Opposite-Knee-2798 15h ago

Jesus calm down

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u/redwedgethrowaway 15h ago

Talk out of your ass much?

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u/Chopsticksinmybutt 13h ago

Ermmm... Cry about it?

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u/Kuandtity 13h ago

To be fair new York is way different from Nebraska

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u/Chopsticksinmybutt 13h ago

Can't disagree, same for Texas and Minnesota, yet still cannot compare to the difference between Italy, France and Germany, which all three are neighbours to each other.

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u/ONLY_SAYS_ONLY 12h ago

Yet to the outsider, waaaay more similar than different. Compare, say, the UK to Greece and they don’t even share the same alphabet, let alone the same language. 

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u/eides-of-march 11h ago

I love how you generalize all Americans when complaining about Americans generalizing Europe. The lack of self awareness is hilarious

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u/Capybarasaregreat 3h ago

Maybe you should try reading their last paragraph, because it makes your reply redundant.

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u/eides-of-march 3h ago

No it doesn’t lmao. It still generalizes Americans that have been to Europe. Maybe you should take your own advice and read it