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tweet by Melanie Balke: If you’re having a bad day just remember that the Salzburg airport has a counter for people who flew to Austria instead of Australia

Edit: Dang it’s fake

  • @Masimatutu@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    I’m sorry, I really did not put that much thought into the post. But you do realise there certainly are examples of Americans who are not all too familiar with the geography of the rest of the world, and additionally, I actually know of a person who accidentally flew to Rome in the wrong country.

    • @TheTimeKnife@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      And there are examples of the same from every European country. It changes nothing about what I said. I know you didn’t put any thought into it. That’s my entire point, maybe Europe should put a little thought into being nationalist assholes.

      Furthermore, I’ve met a lot of Europeans and I know yall know next to no geography knowledge outside of Europe and treat European geography like world geography. So again, the high horse is very much imaginary.

      • @Masimatutu@lemm.eeOPEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Yes, I am perfectly aware, and again, I apologise. But the British and Irish are too close to Austria to possibly make such a mistake, and New Zealand and English speaking Oceania are too close to Australia, and the rest of the English-speaking world is either too small or too poor to be significant.

        And, while it is by no means a good way of thinking about people, stereotypes are based on something, and in this case, it might have something to do with that Americans, due to the size of their country, don’t interact with the rest of the world quite as much. Again, I am not trying to say that this is an accurate representation of reality in any way.

        Edit: typo