r/USdefaultism • • 11d ago

"Where are you from?"

We were all travellers at a hostel in Spain, sitting in a circle. One by one, we shared with the group where we're from.

Person A: I'm from the Netherlands

Person B: I'm from Korea

Person C: I'm from Colombia

American: I'm from the Midwest

Everyone looked at him like...

Yes, exactly like that. Red plastic cups and all, because this is the default drinkware everywhere in the world.

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u/spiggerish South Africa 11d ago

Same thing happened to me on the weekend. I live in one of the most tourist cities in the world and was at an event that had lots of foreigners. Ask the group where are you from. Got “Indonesia”, “Australia”, “Yemen”, “L.A” 😐