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A threads post saying “There has never been another nation ever that has existed much beyond 250 years. Not a single one. America’s 250th year is 2025. The next 4 years are gonna be pretty interesting considering everything that’s already been said.” It has a reply saying “My local pub is older than your country”.
About 15 years ago, I got to go on a road trip across the states. 6 weeks, driving from east coast to west coast.
On more than one occasion, when we were inevitably asked where we were from and dutifully replied “England.”, we were met with utterly blank stares.
“Uhhhhhhhh, Engerland?” “You mean New England? Never met anyone from there before…”
“No, England. Old England. The original England, capital city, London. That England.”
“London? That’s just north of here… I don’t get it.”
I swear, the sheer ignorance and lack of basic understanding of the geography of our world was fucking staggering in some places. Not always the armpit of nowhere “towns” either.
I got asked what state New Zealand was in. I felt my American tour had been worth it at that point.
I’m not saying this didn’t happen. But as an American myself, I find this bizarre. I was born and raised in Texas, and I can’t recall ever meeting someone who didn’t know what England is. Though I guess if you are visiting from England, the topic is more likely to come up.
I’m also convinced that every country has absolute morons within their populations. Our American morons are just louder than most.
Pfffft. Texas was one of the worst.
Despite being the oldest of the group at 25, not one, but two different restaurants in Texas refused me alcohol on the basis they thought both my British Driving Licence (a biometric photo-ID) and my Passport were fake as they’d never heard of Britain.
That and the entire fucking state stinks of oil. You can smell it before you cross the state line, and the smell fades as you leave, it’s bizarre.
There are some really dense people, who actively avoid learning anything at all.
I guarantee you could find American citizens who have never heard of Donald Trump.
I kinda envy them if so. To be so oblivious or isolated to not see the country crumbling around us…
I have had exactly the same experience. “Where’s England?”… “Errrrmmm, Europe…?”
You know the language you’re speaking? It’s from there.
I wonder what i would get if i say my region
The first part is believable, you are talking straight out of your ass for the second. No one, not even the most inbred, hillbilly, hicks, would think “USA” when they hear “London”.
And before anyone starts with “well there are lots of stupid people in the world, I can see this happening” no you fucking can’t. Because NO ONE would associate London with the US rather than the UK.
There are people in the US for whom the whole world is whatever region they’re currently living in. Sounds like they encountered some of those.
You seriously overestimate your countrymen. We were just about to cross the Canadian border, if that helps you wrap your head around it. London, Ontario was some ways north. We actually went through it for the laughs, after the interaction with the moron. 💛
I guess youve never been to Kentucky.
We went to Kentucky. A nice fella who we played EVE Online with back then invited us to swing by for BBQ and Bourbon.
Didn’t really hang about otherwise though so can’t comment on the average local’s temperament. We had a lot of ground to cover :)
Or Oklahoma 💀💀💀
There’s even a London there.