The 35 Most Cringeworthy and Embarrassing Things Americans Actually Said on the Internet

There are a lot of great things about America, but the education system doesn’t seem to be one of them. In fact, there are plenty of examples of American ignorance on social media. Many of these posts are pretty cringe-worthy and sort of embarrassing, especially for Americans who read them. Though we have to admit that they can also be pretty funny so we thought we would share some of these social media posts.

Military Time

There are two ways to tell time. You have the American way and everyone else’s. Countries, excluding the US, use military time when talking about time but America has to be different. Even so, there’s no reason to behave as this individual did.

How could someone look at others and question their way of telling time? Who said that America is always right anyway?

Language Barrier

There’s no question that British English is very different from American English. We’re still talking about the same language, though. This person, however, didn’t quite grasp it.

At least this guy knew that England was in Europe! That looks like a good start, but as for the rest, it seems like they need to go back to school to relearn a few things.

Running Water

Americans don’t get to visit other countries that often and so, sometimes, they just might have wrong notions about how life looks outside the US. However, this person questioning the European plumbing system is quite embarrassing.

We really appreciate the Portuguese person’s response. The only thing is that Americans might take them seriously, so they should make it clear that they were just joking!

Date of Birth

In the US, when you write the date, you first put the month, then the day, and finally the year. However, in Europe, as in the rest of the world, you first write the day and not the month. This can be quite confusing for Americans.

Sadly, this American thought that there was something wrong with the website because they just didn’t realize that they needed to write the date in a different way.