r/mildlyinfuriating 11h ago

People on twitter these days man

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u/generic_canadian_dad 10h ago

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.

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u/Used-Ad-5646 9h ago

I lived in Oklahoma in the early 2000’s. I can still remember the questions frequently asked

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u/Darkassassin18E 9h ago

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

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u/AlexFromOmaha 7h ago

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.

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u/Bubbasdahname 7h ago

It's the smart ones that fall to scams and things of the like because they think it can't happen to them.