American Logic: 81 Times People Were Completely Confident And Wrong

"Climate change isn't real."

Well I voted for him because I just like that he's gonna shake things up, ya know?

"Why is Alaska cold and Hawaii hot if they're both next to each other?" Girl I was in the military with. Some US maps have Alaska in its own frame next to Hawaii to save space. She believed Alaska was its own frozen island literally next to Hawaii.
If I remember correctly, she also believed lions were the males and tigers the females of one species.

I’m Italian, living in the US. I had this conversation more times than it’s recommended. Along these lines.

Them: “I love your accent! Where are you from?”

Me: “Italy.”

Them: “Oh wow! So you speak Spanish!”

Me: “No… I speak Italian…”

Them: “Oh but it’s *Italian Spanish*”

A lot of them were baffled knowing that Italian is it’s own language. A couple of them didn’t believe me. Ah… I hated being a waiter.

Setting: my cousin's wedding in Mexico City, Mexico

My cousin's MIL said at least 5 times that I heard "Why are there so many Mexicans here?".

She said, "I wonder why Georgia is in a conflict with Russia. Isn't that a state?"

This was in like 2008 or something. I looked at that woman and just shook my head.

Edit: And I am an American.

I used to work at a craft beer bar. A patron asked me where Bell's Kalamazoo Stout was from. I told it was made by Bell's Brewing in Kalamazoo. She gave me a blank stare.

Me: "Uh, Kalamazoo? In Michigan?"

Her: "That's a real place? I thought that was a made-up place, like Abu Dhabi."

I just.......no.

I’m Scottish, I don’t have the strongest accents (but it’s definitely there). I’ve visited the US multiple times and can say that more than once I’ve been told my “English is really good” at the end of a conversation with someone.

I was outside smoking a cigarette with a guy I know. It was winter so all the leaves were down from the trees. The wind started kicking up and he said "I can't believe it's so windy out. There's not even any leaves on the trees.". I paused for a second pondering what I just heard and I asked him "do you think the wind comes from trees?" He did. He was about 25 at the time!

I had a lady try to explain to me how the dinosaurs were just oddly shaped rocks or just rocks from other planets.

She was a bit... extreme in her religious beliefs.

I was in California for a delivery, parked beside me was a big truck. The driver ( from texas) asked me where im from. I said im from Canada. He was “ what? Cana…what? Where is that? Somewhere in Africa or Asia? My brain literally froze for some time. And he was like super serious. I had to educate him about the existence of a country in the north of the USA. He was mind blown.

I was asked if we had running water in Ireland about a decade ago..

I was in Paris and overheard an American say very seriously to her friend 'American is the language, English is our accent.'

Aarrrrite babes.

I was in line at McDonalds in NYC and an American tourist was talking to a Brazilian tourist. When the Brazilian told her they speak Portuguese in Brazil she asked if that’s because Brazil is close to Portugal.

In Canada, I heard another American saying that it didn't make sense that speed limits were higher (posted in km/h instead of miles/h), but temperatures were lower in Canada (Celsius vs Fahrenheit). He thought they should both be either higher or lower.

I am French and I studied in Clifton high school. One student once asked how we treated the native. I did not understand so she says the French Indian native. Like we colonized Europe.

I was talking to a lady in the navy who thought New Zealand was in Europe.

They let her on an aircraft carrier and that thought terrifies me.

Was asked for my ID at a Florida liquor store ( Im from Massachusetts) kind lady says " Arruda? What kind of last name is that" I replied "its portuguese" lady says" Ooo wow weres is the country of portuguese?" After a loud chuckle I responded " right next to Spanish... true story.

I'm American.

I asked a coworker if he was getting vaxxed for covid.......he said "No. It's a
COvert Vaccine ID. Educate yourself bro".

I’m English living in the US driving a semi. I was once asked by a forklift driver where I was from. I said England and she said to me “Say something in your own language”.