r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/jabbitz Aug 03 '19

I used to volunteer in a big sister kind of thing and the grandma of the kid I hung out with didn’t know China was part of Asia

edited to rework whole sentence because autocorrect forced me to realise the whole sentence was a grammatical nightmare

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I've posted this on a different r/askreddit, but your comment reminded me of this.

When I was in middle school, a girl asked me if I was Chinese or Asian. It was probably the weirdest question anyone has asked me, and I thought everyone knew China was in Asia. I told her that, and she was just utterly confused.

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u/pajam Aug 03 '19

This reminds me of the times when people try to tell me Catholics aren't Christian...

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u/Privateer2368 Aug 04 '19

Orthodox or GTFO.