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13 June 2025

Stuff Americans say
US invented everything

Stuff Americans say

Newspaper headline 'Can America save its national dish?' with slices of cherry pie, pumpkin pie and apple pie on plates in front of an American flag

Reddit post from r/mildlyinteresting by u/yalltakecarenow. Title: This Budweiser I bought in Ninh Binh, Vietnam. It was next to the original Budweiser and about a quarter of the price. Photo shows a hand holding a can of Budweiser Budvar - Original Czech Lager, with the Ceske Budejovice crest and OWNED BY THE CZECH REPUBLIC at the bottom

Reddit thread from r/wallstreetbets (German interface). VegetableMoney4355 (16 downvotes): We invented the stock exchange, europoor. higuy721: Invented by the Dutch centuries before the US even existed. Education really is for the happy few, it seems. superidoll420: Amsterdam stock exchange was founded in 1602 and is still operating my man.

Facebook comment thread. First: We invented the car you Euro fuck. Reply: actually the first four wheeled internal combustion vehicle was invented in German in 1886. Reply: the French Army had a steam powered three wheel vehicle in 1769. Reply: yeah this is false by every possible metric, first powered vehicle is french, first combustion engine vehicle is german, first car company is french, first electric car is german

Photo of a bottle of American Classic Worcestershire Sauce with the tagline The Original and Genuine and Enjoy the Rich Taste on a bar counter

TikTok comment section. Video shows hands cutting orange cheese with a knife. Overlay: it hurts my scandinavian soul watching ppl cut cheese with a knife. Search: scandinavian cheese slicer. Comment (1d): Cheese was invented here in the USA we can cut if however we want

Reddit comment thread (Dutch interface). BummerKitty: seattle has the best teriyaki on the west coast. No_Ur_Stoopid (519 downvotes): We kinda invented it so I hope so. I_Shot_Web: what? Teriyaki was popularized in Edo-era Japan in the early 1600s

Comment thread. 8champi8: Pancakes are just fat crepes. Sorry americans, I'm still looking forward for any good food that you invented. TheTimberTinderBox (7 votes): Nah crepes are shittier pancakes. Helicopter0 (-31): Pizza and hamburgers, French fries. You're welcome.

TikTok comment thread (German interface). First: As a German: that is no sourdough. Reply: Sour dough was invented in America, so you'd think we do it best. Reply: Sour dough is literally older than the us xD

X/Twitter thread (German interface). Reply: Next level tech! It's been in Europe for over 10 years!! Reply from X Media Host @jhayflanagan: Sorry bruv. Not a headlight specialist. Im over here in America. The ones who invented FREEDOM - with Iwo Jima flag-raising GIF

Instagram/TikTok comment section. Video header: The Office (Arabic Version). Comment: They buy all the Americam shows, bring American artist, american shops etc....ZERO CREATIVITY. Reply: It was originally a British show hahaha

TikTok comment section (Spanish interface). Video shows person holding notepad reading Please TIP 1000% with caption Buying anything in the US vs... Comment: U do realise the usa invented beer and made it more popular right. Reply: What does that have to do with anything? Reply: America.. a country not even 300 years old invented something that came out in BC?

Instagram/TikTok comment (Dutch interface). Name scribbled out, 8 older replies: Europeans talking shit about us Americans as if we aren't the oldest country on earth AND literally invented democracy.

Reddit comment thread. honksmcgee (-4): I thought that was on the 4th of july. Fish_Fucker69 OP: Right, cause the only country in the world is the United States. honksmcgee (-6): Well yeah we basically invented independence. Everything before was just Britain. Fish_Fucker69 OP: Lmao, the only thing you invented was obesity and war for profit. honksmcgee (-5): War for profit? Oh, haha you mean capitalism.

YouTube comment (name redacted): A lu min um. It was invented by an American

Reddit comment thread. Mzsickness (-114 downvotes): We had the wild idea that the populus should hold voting power and rights to elect government. Everyone else was just jealous and ended up copying. IcyTastykills: Wait. Are you saying the US invented democracy? _OIB__: I swear it was Greece. I mean the word is in Greece too

News article screenshot. The Opinions Essay header. Headline: Can America save its national dish? Subhead: Americans invented the dessert we call pie. Why are we letting it die? Photo shows three pies (cherry, pumpkin, apple) on a wooden table with blurred American flag background

Meme. Text: You hating on America? On a computer? On the internet? On electricity? That WE INVENTED. Below, a portrait of Benjamin Franklin in front of a waving American flag

TikTok comment section. Video shows hands kneading pasta dough. Comment (1d): Kinda strange that people would be asking an Italian how to make pasta when it was invented by an American... Reply (15h): I would never go to america for pasta. Reply (16h): bffr. Reply (21h): Guess the country

Reddit thread from r/AskReddit. Xeludon: You do. Baddle av wadder! Oh may gahd! Even the neutral U.S. accent is thick as hell, sounds like a cross between an Irish person, Swedish person and Dutch person all trying to speak English. Federal-Speaker-7527 (-41): It's not an accent if we made it lol. Xeludon: Made what? Federal-Speaker-7527 (-8): The very device you are typing on is made on this soil. Reply: No, it wasn't.

Long rant comment: we've contributed NOTHING? So I guess we TOTALLY NEVER invented the car, telephone, computer, metal ships, internet, planes, helicopters, WiFi, penicillin, nuclear bomb, nuclear power plant, or solar panel? Your entire country probably isn't the size of one of our REIGONS, your entire GDP is likely less than CALIFORNIAS

TikTok comment thread. First: THIS WHAT I'M ALWAYS SAYING! Why does America think they're so special that we should care about THEIR independence more than everyone else's?? Reply: the #1 economy and military for the past century, the first revolution, that triggered the rest, the first constitution.

Reddit post from r/ShitAmericansSay. An American defends a cop's right to punch a woman out cold. Carnage4freestuff: Talking mad shit for someone from a country whose only accomplishment is waffles and getting invaded by germany. Later: Two time world War champions. First atom bomb. Dismantled two major empires. Landed on the moon. Infected the entire world with our culture and propaganda. And invented everything.

Facebook comment thread. First (woman's photo): White American men are terrorists? Who was the first country on planet earth to ban slavery? That's right, America. Reply (man's photo): You are WRONG. Portugal 1761. Great Britain 1772. Denmark 1788. Haiti 1794. Spain 1824. Chile 1825. Mexico 1829. British Empire 1833. The United States 1865. Not even the top ten.

Instagram/Threads post: People ask me what I hate the most about the USA: It has no trains bro. No shinkansen like wtf? There's zero excuse for the country that INVENTED TRAINS to not have a shinkansen from La to SF to Vegas

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