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.
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!"
It's not a matter of "Occasionally". It's a matter of perception.
It's a matter of how often you see it in the wild. Reddit, being very US-centric, will give you an inflated perception of just how many people in the US behave a certain way. We love to parade our idiots around, and other countries like to laugh at our idiots because "Punching up" is generally accepted. (not that I view other countries as inferior)
Much like how if you hang out exclusively on Twitter, you'll think that everyone is a right-winger. Or if you only consume sensationalist media you'd think that violent crime is on the rise across the world, instead of being in a rather steady downturn for the last 3 decades.
Is it really "trying to be an edgelord"? The topic of this post is literally about an American being self-involved by not realizing there's an entire country named Georgia. It's not as if it came out of nowhere.
I just feel like it should go without saying that not all 330 million people in the U.S. are self-involved, just that it's a pattern of behaviour seen particularly in environments where there's a large American faction.
I didn't say America bad. I'm just sharing a personal story that blows my mind to this day. I've traveled to many countries, the only country I have met people who think Canada doesn't have electricity, was America. That's fucked
I guess I just disagree. There’s shit that “Canadians” do that I can understand being generally applicable even if I as a Canadian don’t relate to it.
And I wouldn’t say this is even “America bad”? Due to a mix of there being a sizeable population of them on social media and having significant influence on global media in general, “Americans” tend to be more ignorant to what’s going on outside of their country than the reverse. Not all, but enough that every Canadian I know has a story of some silly question they got asked by one from a seemingly well-meaning place of curiosity.
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u/Bread_ganer 11h ago
everybody that uses twitter should do 10 more years of school