Why does Americans and Brits think they’re the center of the universe?

[Parts]

Not sure abut the UK, but the world maps in US schools used to look a bit like this only the US was depicted as being larger than it is by true scale.



Maybe not taught as the center of the universe, but the center of the earth on some subliminal level.

cutting an entire continent right across the middle makes so much sense

Asia is too big anyway

[ῦ]

From a tiny, cold, wet little miserable island, Great Britain conquered a quarter of the world.

We had the largest, most wealthy Empire to date.

Also, I'm amused that the States haven't learned from History; the Soviets couldn't hold Afghanistan, We couldn't, the Romans couldn't, Genghis fucking Khan couldn't. It's a big desolate strip of NOTHING.

The UK IS WAS the centre of the world - you set your clocks by our timezones, you trade in our language - you use our frontend for the internet, www. The first Turing Complete computer was invented in the UK - Hell, Alan Turing was British. We invented the Car, Train and the Tank, the Passport and the Telephone.

Sure, we're arrogant bastards, but we have a whole list of reasons to be.

Oh, and that map is fucking retarded - why the hell does it split Asia down the middle? Stupidity.

[ZEGH8578]

From a tiny, cold, wet little miserable island, Great Britain conquered a quarter of the world.

We had the largest, most wealthy Empire to date.

Also, I'm amused that the States haven't learned from History; the Soviets couldn't hold Afghanistan, We couldn't, the Romans couldn't, Genghis fucking Khan couldn't. It's a big desolate strip of NOTHING.

The UK IS WAS the centre of the world - you set your clocks by our timezones, you trade in our language - you use our frontend for the internet, www. The first Turing Complete computer was invented in the UK - Hell, Alan Turing was British. We invented the Car, Train and the Tank, the Passport and the Telephone.

Sure, we're arrogant bastards, but we have a whole list of reasons to be.

Oh, and that map is fucking retarded - why the hell does it split Asia down the middle? Stupidity.

we guys conquered and enslaved you people.
but that was while you were still easy to handle :]

[ῦ]

I don't know where you're from; conquering us could mean Italian or Saxon.

["couldbecousin"]

I don't know where you're from; conquering us could mean Italian or Saxon.

I believe ZEGH is Norwegian, and talking about the Vikings. 

[ῦ]

I don't know where you're from; conquering us could mean Italian or Saxon.

I believe ZEGH is Norwegian, and talking about the Vikings. 

Oh, yeah, the Vikings kicked our arses - but Britain wasn't united then, it was a bunch of kingdoms that just happened to be on the same Island - Elmet, Rheged, Strathclyde, Ebrauc, Bryneich and Gododdin (Or possibly Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex and Wessex - don't remember the precise timeframe when the Vikings were kerbstomping us).

[Al Swearegen]

up until recently i thought britian and the U.K were different countrys!

Oh dear..

[odeon]

The 18-yo *really* needs to grow up.

[RageBeoulve]

I think he must have been really pampered or something. He needs a few good hard ass kickings.

[ῦ]

up until recently i thought Britain and the U.K were different countrys!

What.

How..But...WHAT?

UK is England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, The Isle of Man and the Isle of Wight.
Britain is the island that comprises Scotland and England.
Wales is Britain's backpack.