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From AskReddit - Credit to ErictheViking311 for getting this party started.
MyConcho
Dumb people in any society or group can ruin it for everyone else.
PartyPete
In defense of the Minnesotans speaking to the Swiss miss it can be hard for us to keep track of which of you have which modern technologies.
maplesyrupinmycoffee
Rick mercer " talking to Americans". Pretty funny. You tube it.
TrijezniMujo
#12 is simply genius.
TerriblePokemon
I mean being from Ohio, Canadians are basically Amish and the Amish speak german, sooo
Kippysweetpants
Talk about dumb shit, get on any public transport in England after a football match, BTW watch your back Nad don't wear bright colors
zFUBARz
Huh, It does kinda look like an igloo from the waterfront. All these years and I never noticed it.
fuckpuffins
I thought that then, when I heard the cop say it to my dad. (that was my entry on reddit)
Eurrkaaa
My family is from Brazil. The first time I came to visit my one cousin asked me if we had lighting and thunderstorms in the US. ????
xSquirrelly
Umm, where is this free ice cream with a salad place? I've never heard of this and now feel ripped off.
vodkarocksandtoast
But why would you go to The Cheesecake Factory to order coffee?
OGsatan
Asking the real questions here
ColonelColon
Every country has idiots. America's are just apparantly slightly more spectacular.
skydivingDog
The best idiots
pirateluke
I was asked in a tgi fridays if i had ever tried pasta before.
Froppythedeamon
And to be fair a lot of Canadians speak French as a first language.
NegativePositivePrimitive
America: the really cool, popular redneck cousin
allmostthere1234
I was in usersub one time and asked if the text on the .jpg could get ANY SMALLER!!!!!!!?
Bibes
Gonna have to call bullshit on some if not all of these
pirateluke
When i told a server i was from manchester she asked madagascar? No Manchester she said ahh i knew madagascar wasnt a real place
OutrageouslyBritish
Not sure what's worse. That she thought Madagascar wasn't real, or that she inferred that it wasn't real due to the existence of Manchester.
pirateluke
I think she was thinking of the films
Dramacian
Went for a burger in NT Wall Street (Argentinian place) 5 Cops outside, all massively obese. I though they don't run to catch thieves.
finallystoppedlurkingonimgur
Are there any more posts like this? I need more.
fuckpuffins
this is the source: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4w16l6/people_who_have_visited_the_us_what_is_your_wtf/
creepyoldcracker
Damn we dumb
clutchthepearls
Yup. We sure is.
philphantom
I worked for an Australian here In the US. he totally sounded British. I think Australians are just southern Brits.
BritishBatman
technically they were our criminals, so yes...
clutchthepearls
Yup. They're Brits with a tan.
qwertysmith
Tell an Australian that and they'll get their pet kangaroo to punch you in the face
Lunardenizen
A lot of these seem like sarcasm taken seriously
Cryolith
As an American..... Oh fuck I wish that were so.....
TheThingNoNotThatOne
Yeah, clearly that Chicago cop was well-versed enough to know what the Skydome was and say that it looked like an igloo
fuckpuffins
since that was actually my entry (marcuspapad)....that cop also told my dad "he'd love to go to Canada but he doesn't speak French....1/2
IlliniFire
Yeah that really sounds like a Chicago cop being a smartass
fuckpuffins
.....and how do you handle winter all year round?"....He was a lovely guy as I recall, just didn't know shit about Canada.
TheThingNoNotThatOne
Sounds a lot like he's being a smartass. Do you think everyone who says "Australia is upside down" really believes that?
Jophis
The money one could be ribbing. I refer to Canadian money as Monopoly money and US$ as real money. Canadians are too nice to show offense.
Pandameter
Well of course. Right now it's 35C, the igloos melted, and we roam the prairies as nomads. Then the snow comes and we rebuild. Just so busy
mighteee
I refer to East Coast Time as 'Real People Time' to piss my CST/PST coworkers off. It's funny how invalidated they feel by my jokes.
Jophis
My international friends hear the phrase "Here in American...(implied correct way to do things)."
mighteee
I append that to 'Here in Murica, where we do it right, we xxxxxx'. I use this especially when talking to my New York friends and coworkers
weirdnorwegianguy
Never been there myself, but managed to convince some Americans on teamspeak that polarbears outnumber humans in Norway.
TheProkrastinator
Yeah, I'm norwegian, I've had Oslo people believe polar bears roam the streets of Mosjøen, which is in the middle of the country.
killersoda275
I told some people we ride polarbears, nobody even tried to correct me. They were in on it or ignorant.
ShaZam1269
Eagles used to outnumber Alaskans, we fixed that!
brickweed
My g/f's exchange student year was full of "how much polarbears and penguins u have in Finland" "jokes", which of course got old pretty fast
bluefacepaint
I once convinced an American that the polar bear cavalry is a real thing in Canada. At least until I pushed too far and claimed it was (1)
bluefacepaint
(2) polar bears on horseback. I should've just said we used them as battle mounts.
jmartkdr
Nah, you made the right choice. It would have been epic if it worked.
sethgeck0
My brother got to know a couple of Australian girls when he was there and managed to convince them that polar bears roam the streets in 1/?
sethgeck0
Sweden. When they visited in Stockholm he and his friends texted them right after they left that they just missed the firsg polar bear 2/3
sethgeck0
for the season. They were really bummed out. 3/3
LapisLovesLupus
Hahahah! Where in Norway do you live? And shouldn't it be moose or smth?
weirdnorwegianguy
I live in Oslo. The most exotic animal I've seen i my backyard is a squirrel
LapisLovesLupus
I live in Trondheim and a friend of mine had a moose stand by a window while they ate dinner, and my grandparents had a baby moose lick 1/2
LapisLovesLupus
Salt from the iced ground of their front yard. But I've only had a bunny...
LapisLovesLupus
2/2 (or 3/3 now)
JeffMansell
Americans in general have this same experience with Californians. "What, you don't know the difference between Iowa and Ohio?" No, I don't.
mighteee
Or the wealthy and poor. I remember telling a rich Illinois kid I was from Ohio and he asked if we 'got electricity yet'. Like... What?
Pharsydephreak
As a Canadian, when I California people who ID me would ask where Manitoba is, and full heartedly believe me when I said
Pharsydephreak
It's a state between Vermont and New Hampshire" there's a Canadian flag on the ID , love you guys!
JeffMansell
It's nothing personal. It's just a combination of geographical size, pop density, and, frankly, cultural gravity.
Pharsydephreak
Oh I know, it happens, I would usually tell them I was playing around, I even had one girl come back with a bunch of info on Manitoba lol
Pharsydephreak
And wasn't being sarcastic, I love going to the states, we have plenty of dumb-dumbs here too just less cause of population and such things
textilelover
I promise you many of our citizens are well-educated, well-traveled and intelligent.
boobcat
I thought I'd never use this but..... ROTFLOL
TurboTaco92
And reportedly the nicest people.
imnicetopeopleontheinternet
Whoa, buddy. Cool it. There are benefits to having the bar set so fucking low when you travel abroad.
TheUnknownNoob
THERE ARE DOZENS OF US
MechanicalOgre
And then some are voting for Trump.
wtfIm
And some are voting for Hillary ????
Alex475
The lesser of the two evils
wooshheeyonnn
Lol I get the reverse effect as an American. Foreigners assume I'm ignorant and speak slowly and stupidly to me
boobcat
no thats the correct approach and before you argue.... Presidential Nominee TRUMP
KittyKanary
When I made a stupid mistake in another country I just laughed and said, hey, I went to a US public school, give me a break! ..then googled.
IllogicalPine
It's just so we don.t startle your kind. We know how quick some of yiz are to open fire ;)
thehungryguy
not calling people yiz helps
ZacMuerte
Frankly, I'm more afraid when I travel abroad that people will speak at their normal pace. I may know their language, but I'm not fluent.
ZacMuerte
also there's the problem with thick accents and all that. I have a hard enough time understanding english half the time
SomethingAwesomer
I get told Swedish is a hard language to learn all the time. It's hard because everyone literally apologizes to me for speaking Swedish 1/2
SomethingAwesomer
& switches to their perfect English then tell me that they like to practice English. I've been here 2 years, still can't speak Swedish. 2/2
UncleTouchyCopaFeel
As long as you know Gråtrunka you should be fine.
LanaDelReyy
That happened to me a lot when I lived in Quebec.
HardcoreMango
Is that a pen in your hand? Hang on, I'll go get you some crayons.
Beepity
The pen is in my hand?
jp189512
The pen is in your mouth?
HardcoreMango
My hobby is finding NSFW sounding sites and sending them to coworkers when they're in meetings www.penisland.net