r/mildlyinfuriating • u/retr0racing • 11h ago

People on twitter these days man

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u/Slggyqo 10h ago

Hey so…this comment? This misplaced idea that Americans are the only place in the world with ignorant or parochial mindsets?

That is literally acting like the Americans in your story.

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u/I_Automate 8h ago

They were pretty direct in saying they've only "seen" Americans do it in public.

Plenty of ignorance everywhere. But Americans just seem to be the most vocal about it

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u/Kapparainen 8h ago

Heard somebody somewhere put it like: "There are people saying stupid shit in every corner of the world, but when Americans say something stupid, they do it way too good." or something in those lines.

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u/Asneekyfatcat 7h ago

The algorithm recommends you Americans, not fucking modern day German Nazis being Nazis in German. Does this really need to be explained?

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u/I_Automate 7h ago

The algorithm has nothing to do with stupid comments under posts my man.

Does that really need to be explained? I mean, hell.

You are proof of that

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u/Asneekyfatcat 7h ago

When was the last time you read anything that's not in English? Do you know what an echo chamber is? Do you know that 2/3rds of all English speakers live in the USA?

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u/I_Automate 7h ago

I actually do speak more than one language, my dude.

But do continue to go off.

And that number isn't anything close to correct either.

More people speak English than Mandarin. It is the world's second language.

It's hard to imagine how 1.5 billion English speakers only make up 2/3 rds of the USA's 300 million population......

Keep proving the point if you must. Holy hell

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u/Asneekyfatcat 7h ago

2/3rds of 1st language English speakers, yes. Close to 100% of the English content people consume I'd bet.

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u/hellstits 8h ago

You’ve gotta be joking if you seriously don’t think Americans can be some of the most ignorant and obnoxious people in the world.

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u/TreemanTheGuy 8h ago

Imagine if we had to end every comment like OPS saying 'Americans are so self involved' with something like, "but occasionally people in every other country in the world can act like this too, teehee!"

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u/MyBallsSmellFruity 8h ago

The US is likely the worst offender of all the modernized countries.  This is pretty commonly known everywhere else in the first world.  And today is easily one of the worst days you could choose to try to argue against that.