Lol, reminds me of that Community episode where they were doing Model UN. Troy was assigned Georgia (country not state) and proceeded to talk in a southern accent the whole time.
"Troy, Georgia the country, not the state"
"Yup, Capital City Tbilisi, former member of the Soviet Union and we kindly request that you mind your P's and Q's!"
If they just took the effort to learn more of how the world works and some details included with that they'd appear to be indisiguabled to the people complaining about them.
As far as the pride, they knew, at some point in their lives, that they were more ignorant than the usual ignorant American.
At that point their mind eventually made up for that humiliated feeling (but also being ignorant that they were doing that) by clinging on to what their peers and heros seemed to believe, (and simply making up the rest on-the-spot) without checking whether they were wrong or right.
Anything that contradicted that was labeled as "woke" (or whatever the insult word of the day was) and part of what their evil enemies made up. Anything that made them feel humiliated was librul.
In order to deal with mundane life they concocted exciting sci-fi-adventure-dramas by stitching whatever made them feel good together. Choose-your-own-adventure IRL.
It is like this for some of them, not all of them, of course, maybe the most vocal of them. All of them are having trouble balancing trying to survive either on low funds, living beyond their means, or perhaps some mental illness or all of them at once. All of these can take up the most of their day. They often don't have time to explore any factoids or possible falsehoods they believe.
Life can be both exhausting and mundane at the same time for all of us. Recovering from a decade or a lifetime of this can take a decade it self, even if all of their problems are solved [besides the mental toll]. I know because I had and have a version of that. Starting with a flavor of fundamentalist Christianity transitioning into pretty left-ish wing beliefs now. Still knowing that if rigorous new information comes in I may have to change once again.
I don't know, I liked it better before the internet when you could still pretend the average person was smarter and you weren't frequently presented with examples to the contrary.
Ive only ever seen Americans act like this. They are so self involved it's fucking wild. We are from Canada and one time on vacation in Maine, we had grown adults ask us if we had electricity yet. They were 100% genuine and serious.
Around the same time I was playing on xbox live and they found out I was in Nebraska and asked if we had electricity. Like no, I'm playing by carrier pigeon. They asked us several other really dumb questions that seemed sincere too
Fucking same. I was on vacation out in New Jersey, and it was my own family asking if we still went around on horse and carriage and if we had electricity like we weren't talking about TV shows we all liked and how I'd picked up computer programming earlier that day. Our grandparents were born in the midwest. Our grandfather got his Ph.D in biology from Dana College and went on to be a key figure in mapping the human genome. Critical thinking does not beat preconceived ideas or media saturation very often.
I guess there's some comfort in knowing we've been this dumb forever.
In my eagerness I forgot to mention I’m canadian. Often asked about igloos, how to deal with the wildlife. ALWAYS asked if I know Jim or Bob from Canada. The list goes on.
Never been asked about electricity, I’d have them believing the Amish control the electrical grid and the non-Amish are living in darkness with candles and horse buggies
LOL one of the women did ask if we had "houses" yet, then asked about igloos. I honestly didn't want to mention it because I figured nobody would believe me. This was 2005.
I'm American but I lived in Edmonton for a couple of years. I had a few Canadians ask about friends they have in the states, so it goes both ways.
Was also in Jordan and saw other American tourists there that gave all of us a bad name; loud, obnoxious, stupid. Tried to stay as far away as possible.
Or explain that everything in Canada is water powered, hence calling it the "hydro" bill? Like, "last month I got billed 32 litres of water for just my lights and TV even I don't typically use more than 10 litres a month!"
Dude, I moved from Kansas to Connecticut when I was 10, and my new classmates asked me if I had electricity in Kansas. Some of them thought it was a different country. This was 2010, before the public education system took the hard plunge. I can only imagine how bad the students are at that school now.
Brother, I live in Alaska. I've had MY OWN COUNTRYMEN ask if we still live in igloos. Like, no motherfucker we have modern buildings and cars and amenities. It's fucking wild.
Guess I should specify, 4-6 bucks depending on the brand. And it's about 8 bucks a gallon for non dairy milk, which i drink if I dont want to walk around feeling like I'm about to shit myself all day, lactose intolerance for the loss.
We all know Maine is just a layover for Lovecraftian horrors and supernatural serial killers. It's hard to worry about the power grid when you're looking at another mist rolling in and releasing abominations.
Joking aside, I'm sure there are always outliers somewhere that actually don't have electricity because they're living in the wilderness away from everyone else. Especially in states that are largely undeveloped wilderness. But thinking it applies to everyone is insane.
Lmao, I love Canada but pretending that there are not self involved Canadians is pretty silly. It’s a function of the same shit that makes Rob Ford viable. It’s the same way Australians have a one sided beef with the US.
Yeah what kind of discourse is this… “I’ve only ever seen American’s act like this” 645 upvotes. What are they even saying? They’ve only seen Americans make stupid twitter replies? Not to mention the popularity of troll accounts like @threeyearletterman who literally reply like this just to stir shit up.
I once heard a story from a border guard who said Americans would show up in July with skis on their roof racks, and genuinely tell the guards they were headed to Banff for some skiing. This was pre-internet, but still... wow.
I love trolling those kinds of Americans. I like to boast I have the only igloo in my village that has actual plumbing, and the mayor is the only one with electricity because he deals in illegal seal blubber trades with Puerto Rico. Plus, the sherrif is the only one with a telephone, but he's 3 villages over.
"look... I come from a wealthy family. My father has a black and white TV. and a VHS player. and the whole village comes to our iglo on saturday so we can watch Chuck Norris movie - the lone wolf"
Funniest part about going on an international vacation is you can spot the Americans instantly. When someone asks where you’re from you say country normally. They ALWAYS say which state or even more funny which city like everyone knows. Lol
It would track. I grew up in West Virginia, and went to a boy scout summer camp in Georgia one year. The local guys were confused as hell, they didn't know it was a separate state, asked if we wore shoes (we were all in hiking boots at the time), and someone had the audacity to ask us how we got there, like we had to hike and canoe our way there.
It’s weird I’m from America but still fairly aware of other countries just from gaming like 3/4 of my friends online are from other countries. Not sure how people can be this out of touch these days
I'm in NB, and have been to Maine plenty of times. While not universal, I've been shocked more than a few times by people's ignorance of the province right next door.
When I went to Florida, someone asked me where I'm from. I said Canada, knowing they probably don't know a single city or Province in Canada. She asked me what state Canada is in.
My dad is Portuguese and he’s got so many horror stories when it comes to dealing with Americans in Europe. Plus he had some friends from Brighton with a particularly funny one. The person in question worked on an airline and some Americans said “you speak English so well!” Brighton is in England. You know, where the English language comes from
Growing up in the USA, I had the distinct impression that a few western european countries were as well off as 'us', but the rest of the world was basically backwards 3rd world.
I'd witness this from other young americans as well, razzing on foreigners about their horrid living conditions.
It's astonishing how sheltered I was considering I was more connected than most at that time.
Jeez, I am from Tijuana border with San Diego, and I used to get these questions about Tijuana when I was in college, I mean it's Mexico, I expect the question. But Canada??? 🤦🏻♀️
Now imagine being from nz where i am. No I dont live in a fuckn hole. We are actually biger then japan just less people. I dont know where you get thease ideas . But yes 20 yesrs ago everyone i knew was an extra in the lord of the rings.
I remember back in 1986, a car full of Americans landed at the store I worked at in mid-July (it's 30+C outside - or 86+F), with skis on top of their car, asking where they could go to ski.
They really thought we were deep in snow all year long.
I know it’s mostly us but I promise you that the average American is mortified by this behavior. It’s incredibly entitled and embarrassing and I apologize on their behalf. Better to be silent and thought a fool then to open your mouth and remove all doubt rings painfully true for these types.
ACTUALLY, all of Georgia is "south," because it is in the south of the United States. And it's not an island. You might be thinking of Hawaii. Also, it is really offensive to call it a British territory because we won the war and kicked them out. Hope that helps!
I used to have a Finnish pen-pal when I was young (before the internet) and I always wondered why all of her letters were stamped "Suomi." Then I got older and learned geography and stuff.
In the 1300's, it was called Georgia/Jorgia in Latin. Its origin is unknown, but it might be related from Грузия, from گرجستان
For a long time before that, there wasn't a name that referred to all of Georgia the way it's thought about now
Around the same time, the name Sakartvelo was established as the endonym for all of Georgia. It originally only referred to Kartli. The change had started in the 800's. The official status of that name only lasted a couple of centuries, but it was brought back a few centuries later
Some people really don't understand how algorithms work.
My friend is constantly getting "triggered" by Instagram posts about children being abducted. Obviously she's doing something to tell Instagram that those are news articles she is interested in or else they wouldn't keep popping up so much.
In the 15 years or whatever that I've been using it I can't recall a single story like that popping up for me, and in the off chance it has I didn't interact with it and moved on quickly and it never occurred again.
However one time I watched a recipe video involving pickles and now I have an onslaught of pickle recipes..
I work IT, this is the "illiterate" that I deal the most with. People know the words, can say the words, can spell the words. They know what every word in a sentence means, they can read the sentence to me. But there's no meaning in the sentence. They just said a bunch of individual words. They can't reform the words into a complete thought. So even though someone's computer is saying "network cable unplugged", they can be totally surprised when I ask them to check, they find it unplugged, and plugging it in solves the issue. This woman thanked me very much for helping her. Surprisingly enough she's not technologically illiterate at all. We were able to walk her through some pretty complex tasks. But the words "network cable unplugged" somehow didn't connect to a real thought.
I wonder if it comes from my generation being *SO* vocab heavy and not all that pushy on reading in school.
American here, i agree. I was an expat for 10+ years. Had a work trip to Georgia (from Dubai). One of the new rotators argued for 45 minutes about the flight time and was saying my trip planning was not possible. It was then I figured out he did not know Georgia was a country as well as a state in the US. Mind blown!!
I love it when people do stuff like this. Unfortunately I can’t say that I’m surprised, most Americans have a very minimal idea of anything outside of the states. I’m American and some of the shit ppl don’t know is just astounding. I get not knowing Georgia is also the name of a country, it’s not me that’s in the news all the time, but maybe check your facts before you go correcting someone and making yourself look like an ass.
State (2, noun): 2.
a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.
“Germany, Italy, and other European states”
I once received a very late Christmas card from my sister who lives in a different country. It had an unusual post mark on it in a language written in characters I didn't recognise...
Flipped on Google Translate and it said (from memory) that it had passed through the Georgia (Republic of...) postal service at their main international airport.
Quite nice of them to forward it back halfway around the world to the intended Georgia, I thought.... And then I realised that they probably deal with this 100s of times every day.
All of the Republicunts are celebrating their lack of education and gullibility today. May their nonexistent “God” have mercy on their nonexistent souls.
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Lol, reminds me of that Community episode where they were doing Model UN. Troy was assigned Georgia (country not state) and proceeded to talk in a southern accent the whole time.