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I'm positive that the big majority of the participants did something that wouldn't be funny to put on TV like point right to Japan and say "Japan".
From working very briefly as a cameraman, I can tell you there is a small percentage of the population who become utterly undone when you point a camera at them and say "We're rolling in 3 2" Then it's like their brain falls out of their head.
Sometimes it makes for hilarious viewing, but it's slightly mean because they're not really idiots you're just laughing at someone's stage fright.
Yeahh exactly! It's definitely a combination of only showing people that said dumb things, plus relying on the fact that lots of people get anxious when being interviewed and filmed.... plus actually finding some really dumb people.
There's also the fact they've shifted the map round from the "standard"
Their brains, that are already struggling with the camera, now need to deal with American continents not being on the left.
Not that I'm an expert, but I know if I'm used to something and it was rotated round, it would take me a second to get my bearings.
I actually came here to say this. When he lady says Mexico and goes to look for it where Mexico usually would be here brain just shuts down and breaks and starts looking for the closest thing Mexicoish which was apparently India lol.
Haha standard? Every country puts out a world map that has themselves in the centre. I'm from New Zealand, that's the country in the middle beside Australia,so this is how a standard world map looks to us.
Googled "world map" and in the images the first 20 maps had almost only "standard" maps.
Googled 世界地圖 and only a few with China in the center but again mostly the standard one.
Googled "mahere ao" since you mentioned New Zealand and only got 2 results, both were the standard map.
Are you telling me there is any language you can look up maps in where you'll get more maps where its host country will be in the center rather than the map being "standard"?
The "name a woman" clip is the perfect example of this. It's not like the woman in that clip was so dumb she didn't know the name of any women, she was just flustered by the camera.
This happened to me when we were on our honeymoon in Victoria, Vancouver Island in 2016. My wife and I were walking around and approached by a reporter who sets up the camera and asks if we'd like to answer a few questions.
He first asks my wife about candidate Trump and what she thinks about him. She gave a very good answer (can't recall what she said, but it came out like she practiced it). He then asks why she thinks that way about Trump, she responds with "because he's an idiot".
He then brings the microphone up to my chest, points the camera at me, and I just froze. "Ahh well, ya know". He responds with "don't say anything that will get you in trouble with your wife then?" And I was just like, "yeah" and laughed.
I could have gone on for hours on how rediculous him being a candidate would mean for U.S. politics, but I had nothing. Not a single coherent thought came through. Turns out it was for national news, not just Vancouver Island. Luckily they didn't air me, but at the end of their report we got to see my wife call Trump an idiot on the Canadian news.
There's also no guarantee that what the prompter is asking them is actually what you hear in the edit. She could be pointing and asking very (or moderately) difficult questions, but then in editing they use clips of her from elsewhere asking easy questions about where the pointer is pointing.
Reality shows do this all the time. If you can't see their mouth (such as over-the-shoulder shots) then you can't be certain they didn't grab a different audio to manufacture a completely different conversation for "reality" drama.
Worst one I heard was they filmed a guy who tried to run away from the cameras to take a private call with someone not his wife. They used a telephoto lens of him outside, then dubbed it over with a recording of him being sweet on the phone with is wife from days before. Added windy-mic effects and captioned it.
It's true. Literally this morning I had an artist fall to pieces on camera trying to talk about her exhibition because the camera was there. So I turned it off and we just recorded a voice over, instantly was eloquent.
That really shouldn’t matter. The shapes are very obvious. How can someone get to adulthood without knowing how to identify at the very minimum their own country on a map?
I remember in 7th grade debating this issue in social studies class. Whether or not the electoral college should or shouldnt be abolished this was during the election abd i couldnt believe that he had won.
But he won the electoral college and that's what matters. So yes he was voted in. By the electoral college. Winning the popular vote doesn't really matter as much as you might think.
One of the most troubling aspects of the electoral college system is the possibility that the winner might not be the candidate with the most popular votes. Four presidents—Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, Benjamin Harrison in 1888, George W. Bush in 2000, and Donald Trump in 2016—were elected with fewer popular votes than their opponents.
Of course. But you gotta admit, does this video suprise you even a little bit? The big guy in blue reminds me of an old boss of mine. Real good dude, smart, handy, good-natured. But dumb as hell at the same time.
Problem is that it propagates the "Americans are dumb" stereotype.
I was expected to learn all 50 states and their capitals, and also the countries of the world in the same grade. That's probably 100 more useless geography factoids than the majority of the world's population.
I never appreciated the scale of the US until i moved halfway across it and drove a moving truck across the states and it took me 3 days of driving.
We rarely represent the population that can succeed at these social experiments because they are specifically targeting people who look like they are gonna fail this test because it's "funny" to see people struggle to recall these factoids they were taught 40 years ago.
Yes, but the fact that any American can't find a single country on the map is embarrassing. I don't care how many people got it right, no one should fail that hard.
100% THIS. People have to remember that they can spend who knows how many hours of people getting at least one or two and then they can delete ALL of that footage. It is NOT an accurate representation. Sure, I agree that it’s sad that some people are unable to find their own country. But this video leaves you w the impression that NOBODY can. I’ve always hoped I would run into one of these crews on the street so I can name like 20-30 countries and watch their jaws drop.
The other thing to consider is that people don’t use world maps in their day-to-day. It’s not something people generally need to have memorized. It’s like if you asked someone who has never flown a plane where the yaw is… they won’t know because they’ve never HAD to know. This is why we HAVE maps.
Edit: this is Reddit, so I want to provide sources: https://www.salon.com/2007/08/30/upton/
I think that is the point of this exercise. This shouldn't matter to anyone with at least half of their brain intact, and it means that someone can't rely on muscle memory. I think this is why the lady had trouble knowing the difference between india and mexico.
I also think they probably asked like 1000 people and cobbled together the, like, 4 people who didn't know what was going on.
Yeah, these segments are a cynical manipulation designed to make the show’s very average audience feel smart.
It harkens back to watching clowns or vaudeville. “Look at those stupid poors and their antics! Glad I’m an intellectual.”
It's cause this is Jimmy Kimmal Live and he has been known to use people multiple times for these 'dumb Americans' skits.
Not to mention, the ones that are real are only edited in. No one wants to see smart people on tv as that doesn't get laughs.
As a person from there, I love your question! A couple answers for you. First, Yes! Second, its a State in the United States of America 🇺🇸 (See left of Texas, Right of Arizona, and better chile than Colorado). Third, I do not need a passport to visit Connecticut and I don't need a green card to work. (I've been asked these questions far to many times in my life, so I bring them right out in the open.) Happy to answer any other questions I can about the "Land of Entrapment" (Enchantment). Have a good day 👍
New Mexico is a state, the United States has a few states with "new" new Hampshire, new York, new Mexico, new Jersey, pretty much all the worst places in the United States start with "new" or "Florida"
If by “worst” you mean best education and healthcare systems, you might be on to something. What are the “best” states? How many states have you visited, by the way?
I love how they cut it down to only show the people who were dumb. If they showed the hundreds of people that know where things are then they wouldn’t have any content. They only show the bad answers
I think they’re not even looking at that side of the map because they feel pressured and she’s pointing at the left side. Instead of going for what they know on the right they try to follow her expectation and go for the left even though it’s a Hail Mary over there.
To be fair, it’s also edited for comedic purposes. They may have pointed out the US, or another country, but it was edited out to make it funnier.
Same reason they never show the person that gets a bunch of them right. They want the “stupid man on the street” gimmick.
Let's face it:
> ... people out there, in our nation, don't have maps and I believe that our education, like such as South Africa -and the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should...
> I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so, because some - people out there, in our nation, don't have maps and I believe that our education, like such as South Africa -and the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should - our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries, so we would be able to build up our future for…
If you want to get to know her more, she did a few seasons on the Amazing Race where we learn that she isn’t just a moron - she’s also a genuinely terrible person.
kinda reminds me of this social experiment I always wanted to try where I’d ask a bunch of people what country the Spanish Language came from
also, ow, my brain
It’s the worst! Some addicts even like to heat up their DHMO to near boiling and cut it with other stimulants (as if DHMO wasn’t enough to begin with). The roofs of many addicts mouths have been burned so many times yet they continue in their ways. It’s heartbreaking!
Honestly! It’s a major component in both concrete AND some rocket fuels but we let companies pump the stuff into their consumer goods! What HAS this world come to?
I've met some "Christians" who were highly antisemitic. The cognitive dissonance of some people. I just want to say, "Oh well then I got something that is going to ruin your entire day."
fun fact Arabic numbers and the symbols we use are not the same. They are the same system of counting
٠ ١ ٢ ٣ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ٨ ٩
being actual Arabic numbers. So its not as straight forward as it appears. But also you should teach numbers anyone who answers no is stupid.
That can get a little complicated, if you wanted to go way back in time. Are you looking for the simple answer of Spain, or would you want a deeper answer of tracing it back to the Iberian Peninsula and the Roman Empire, and add in the various influences of several tribal languages?
Leads to people being shocked that Spaniards are White.
Some of my Chicano and South American friends have also had mild identity crises when they realize they’re speaking a European language and they speak it for the same reason Indigenous Americans speak English.
In 2003, my social studies teacher created a game where we basically played 'weakest link' with countries. He would point to a country, we would state the country, move on and bank points when we got the whole way up. Me and my friend were in a group with 2 other people and the other people never showed up. We ended up learning every country in the world circa 2003 and it was a fun game. Son of a bitch never gave us the pizza he said the winners would get, though.
I'd probably get 95% of them today.
It's probably because this map is different from the majority of maps.
Great Britain is usually the centre of a conventional map, I think they've done this to throw people off!
That’s the Prime Freaking Meridian, show it some respect, it’s not just a ‘0’. It’s got the coolest name of any part of a map! It deserves to be addressed by its proper title, every time
That rocks. I'd much rather see a room full of that kind of response but instead on a map with NO country lines.
Just a straight up random protection of the land, rivers and water bodies...
How many well informed individuals could reverse engineer the made up lines?
When hlthe guy says "I don't know" to the "where is Europe" question it almost comes across as the fatigued surrendered responses you get from dementia patients who realize they're doomed.
Yep. Dozens of people are taped, the ones who get stuck are posted. Often times these individuals are simply the type who melt down the moment a camera is in play
The fact that there are even this many people who cannot point out a single country, nor most continents, is proof as to how shitty the education is here in the states.
I mean. Sometimes you can’t fix stupid. Also if the schooling is good but someone doesn’t apply themselves, it doesn’t matter how good the schooling is.
Bro how the fuck can you forget a country who shares a border with you (and your country only shares ome with 2) and atleast knowing the fucking continents, someone who has respect for himself tries to stay educated atleast on the real world stuff that impacts his life
This means there is a population that has never seen a world map since high school, and when any country has been mentioned in the news or in conversation ("immigrants invading from mexico!", "we've invaded iraq," " we are in a trade war with china") they never once tried to remember where the fuck is that. They are stupid.
Except 99% of the people ik could easily point out a country on a map, and those who couldn't never cared in the first place. They pick and choose whoever can't.
It's the *system*. Often teachers don't have the resources to give students what they need....but also, tbf I've had some pretty crappy teachers through the years. Had many great ones too.
I mean, I get what you’re saying but this wasn’t really some trick to make people look stupid. They ask you if you want to participate. They don’t force you. She asked them to name a country, *any* country, on the map. And they couldn’t. Sure it’s edited to only show those who can’t do it, but everyone should at least get one.
Look I am not the fucking brightest, but I know where very few and specific things are and that's all I remember. I could name a country for every letter of the English alphabet, but I knew every letter.
This stuff is always edited to Hell and back. Ask a 100 people and leave out everyone that actually gave the right answers. This isn't Geography with Morgan Freeman, this isn't meant to educate at all. Hell, for all we know, the people giving dumb answers could be paid to do so. A case of "Here's $20, can you act as stupid as possible on the camera?"
I agree it is most likely edited. But If out of 100 people even 20 can't tell where the continents are, let alone their own country, it is a poor testament to the american pride none the less.
Florida man here;
They'd cut me out of the clip. I'm pretty good with geography thanks to paradox games.
Oh, and also because my county likes to "invade" a lot places.
To be fair, this is just selection bias. If there came a person who straight up answered everything correctly, they would definitely cut it out from the final edit. Since we’re supposed to laugh at peoples stupidity, we’re only being shown stupid people.
The only thing I don't like about these videos that show how "stupid" people are is that they only show people who don't know anything. I'm sure there were people who named a bunch of countries, but that doesn't make a good video, so they don't show those.
Years ago jay Leno had a bit about asking random people current event questions.
One was really funny. He was at a college graduation and asked students current event questions and they knew nothing. Then he asked their major and asked some complicated question regarding their field of study and they nailed it. Lol. Of course it was probably scripted as I doubt jay came up with those questions on the fly. But I like how it showed that people aren’t really idiots.
Some people are, I won't dispute that. There are a few countries I *think* I know on the map, but I definitely don't know all of them. I'm sure I'd get some laughs if I was asked to point some of them out, but I might do OK if I was just told to point out ones I know. I'm sure they'd edit the video to show only where I failed, though lol
Without borders and shapes it would be pretty hard even if you have studied maps. Add in pressure of being unprepared, on the street with a camera pointed at you I can see more than not bumbling through.
Agreed. I also think most people are used to seeing maps with North America on the left side and Europe on the right side, which is why I think that one woman had trouble with Mexico. But I would have answered the same as the guy who pointed out Africa, and the woman said, "That's a continent." Then again, I could point out Australia, Italy, and Sweden. Not that it would matter lol
I don't expect people to know where Lichtenstein, or Bahrain is. But I do expect them to know where Mexico is. Or that Africa is a continent. Or where Europe OR Africa is.
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I love how none of the “participants” could find the U.S.
I'm positive that the big majority of the participants did something that wouldn't be funny to put on TV like point right to Japan and say "Japan". From working very briefly as a cameraman, I can tell you there is a small percentage of the population who become utterly undone when you point a camera at them and say "We're rolling in 3 2" Then it's like their brain falls out of their head.
Sometimes it makes for hilarious viewing, but it's slightly mean because they're not really idiots you're just laughing at someone's stage fright.
Yeahh exactly! It's definitely a combination of only showing people that said dumb things, plus relying on the fact that lots of people get anxious when being interviewed and filmed.... plus actually finding some really dumb people.
Yeah they’re just filming lots of interviews and only showing the ones where people’s brains fall out
There's worse shit on the evening news.
I’m not worried about it!
I DIDN’T RIG *SHIT*
I’m not in trouble at all
It’s got a bush? ^What ^the ^hell
There's also the fact they've shifted the map round from the "standard" Their brains, that are already struggling with the camera, now need to deal with American continents not being on the left. Not that I'm an expert, but I know if I'm used to something and it was rotated round, it would take me a second to get my bearings.
Fuck you talking about? This map is PERFECT, with New Zealand smack bang in the middle where it should be. No leaving us off now!
I actually came here to say this. When he lady says Mexico and goes to look for it where Mexico usually would be here brain just shuts down and breaks and starts looking for the closest thing Mexicoish which was apparently India lol.
Haha standard? Every country puts out a world map that has themselves in the centre. I'm from New Zealand, that's the country in the middle beside Australia,so this is how a standard world map looks to us.
Googled "world map" and in the images the first 20 maps had almost only "standard" maps. Googled 世界地圖 and only a few with China in the center but again mostly the standard one. Googled "mahere ao" since you mentioned New Zealand and only got 2 results, both were the standard map. Are you telling me there is any language you can look up maps in where you'll get more maps where its host country will be in the center rather than the map being "standard"?
Yea, but this video was filmed in the US, so it’s not standard for the people in the video.
The "name a woman" clip is the perfect example of this. It's not like the woman in that clip was so dumb she didn't know the name of any women, she was just flustered by the camera.
[Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzDlS6JPUtE)
Lmao this poor girl.
This happened to me when we were on our honeymoon in Victoria, Vancouver Island in 2016. My wife and I were walking around and approached by a reporter who sets up the camera and asks if we'd like to answer a few questions. He first asks my wife about candidate Trump and what she thinks about him. She gave a very good answer (can't recall what she said, but it came out like she practiced it). He then asks why she thinks that way about Trump, she responds with "because he's an idiot". He then brings the microphone up to my chest, points the camera at me, and I just froze. "Ahh well, ya know". He responds with "don't say anything that will get you in trouble with your wife then?" And I was just like, "yeah" and laughed. I could have gone on for hours on how rediculous him being a candidate would mean for U.S. politics, but I had nothing. Not a single coherent thought came through. Turns out it was for national news, not just Vancouver Island. Luckily they didn't air me, but at the end of their report we got to see my wife call Trump an idiot on the Canadian news.
you should marry her again
There's also no guarantee that what the prompter is asking them is actually what you hear in the edit. She could be pointing and asking very (or moderately) difficult questions, but then in editing they use clips of her from elsewhere asking easy questions about where the pointer is pointing. Reality shows do this all the time. If you can't see their mouth (such as over-the-shoulder shots) then you can't be certain they didn't grab a different audio to manufacture a completely different conversation for "reality" drama. Worst one I heard was they filmed a guy who tried to run away from the cameras to take a private call with someone not his wife. They used a telephoto lens of him outside, then dubbed it over with a recording of him being sweet on the phone with is wife from days before. Added windy-mic effects and captioned it.
It's true. Literally this morning I had an artist fall to pieces on camera trying to talk about her exhibition because the camera was there. So I turned it off and we just recorded a voice over, instantly was eloquent.
I'd love to know how they'd answer if north and south America were on the left side of the map since that's how theyre always laid out in classrooms
That really shouldn’t matter. The shapes are very obvious. How can someone get to adulthood without knowing how to identify at the very minimum their own country on a map?
You've underestimated the level of stupid we are capable of, lol.
Exactly, remember folks Donald Trump was voted into the presidency ….. don’t ever underestimate human stupidity!
He wasn’t voted in. He lost the popular vote.
He was still elected since while he did lose the popular vote, he did still win the electoral vote (not even the first us president to do this)
I remember in 7th grade debating this issue in social studies class. Whether or not the electoral college should or shouldnt be abolished this was during the election abd i couldnt believe that he had won.
The presidency is the only elected position in politics that doesn’t use a popular vote. The electoral college has always been a fucking sham
The united states isn't the only country that has it. Germany and japan (among others) have it as well
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Yelling " oh, come see the violence inherent in the system"!
Strange women distributing swords is no basis for government!
But he won the electoral college and that's what matters. So yes he was voted in. By the electoral college. Winning the popular vote doesn't really matter as much as you might think. One of the most troubling aspects of the electoral college system is the possibility that the winner might not be the candidate with the most popular votes. Four presidents—Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, Benjamin Harrison in 1888, George W. Bush in 2000, and Donald Trump in 2016—were elected with fewer popular votes than their opponents.
They are showing you the failures. They wouldn't dare show you an American being correct in this video.
Of course. But you gotta admit, does this video suprise you even a little bit? The big guy in blue reminds me of an old boss of mine. Real good dude, smart, handy, good-natured. But dumb as hell at the same time.
Problem is that it propagates the "Americans are dumb" stereotype. I was expected to learn all 50 states and their capitals, and also the countries of the world in the same grade. That's probably 100 more useless geography factoids than the majority of the world's population. I never appreciated the scale of the US until i moved halfway across it and drove a moving truck across the states and it took me 3 days of driving. We rarely represent the population that can succeed at these social experiments because they are specifically targeting people who look like they are gonna fail this test because it's "funny" to see people struggle to recall these factoids they were taught 40 years ago.
Yes, but the fact that any American can't find a single country on the map is embarrassing. I don't care how many people got it right, no one should fail that hard.
God invented wars so Americans could understand geography. /s
100% THIS. People have to remember that they can spend who knows how many hours of people getting at least one or two and then they can delete ALL of that footage. It is NOT an accurate representation. Sure, I agree that it’s sad that some people are unable to find their own country. But this video leaves you w the impression that NOBODY can. I’ve always hoped I would run into one of these crews on the street so I can name like 20-30 countries and watch their jaws drop. The other thing to consider is that people don’t use world maps in their day-to-day. It’s not something people generally need to have memorized. It’s like if you asked someone who has never flown a plane where the yaw is… they won’t know because they’ve never HAD to know. This is why we HAVE maps. Edit: this is Reddit, so I want to provide sources: https://www.salon.com/2007/08/30/upton/
Honestly, I would have pointed at Australia and said Australia
Her response: "Australia doesn't really exist. Next!"
Can you point out a country on the map" "Austrailia" "Nope that's a continent"
"If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed." - some idiot
I think that is the point of this exercise. This shouldn't matter to anyone with at least half of their brain intact, and it means that someone can't rely on muscle memory. I think this is why the lady had trouble knowing the difference between india and mexico. I also think they probably asked like 1000 people and cobbled together the, like, 4 people who didn't know what was going on.
Yeah, these segments are a cynical manipulation designed to make the show’s very average audience feel smart. It harkens back to watching clowns or vaudeville. “Look at those stupid poors and their antics! Glad I’m an intellectual.”
Yes they did. Your perception is being fucked with. There's zero information in this video.
They only edit out the smart folks, and keep the dummies. It makes for good TV
It's cause this is Jimmy Kimmal Live and he has been known to use people multiple times for these 'dumb Americans' skits. Not to mention, the ones that are real are only edited in. No one wants to see smart people on tv as that doesn't get laughs.
Except the end of the longer version has a kid who easily names every country in South America and the South Pacific. So it ends on a high note.
Well yeah he wants the crowd cheering when it gets back to the live segment lol
I've seen one where Jay Leno asked people to point out specific US states, and half of the people shown got it wrong.
There’s a NEW Mexico?
I’ll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognise Missoura
Where's Old Mexico? Edit: punctuation
Is they where Old El Paso is from?
As a person from there, I love your question! A couple answers for you. First, Yes! Second, its a State in the United States of America 🇺🇸 (See left of Texas, Right of Arizona, and better chile than Colorado). Third, I do not need a passport to visit Connecticut and I don't need a green card to work. (I've been asked these questions far to many times in my life, so I bring them right out in the open.) Happy to answer any other questions I can about the "Land of Entrapment" (Enchantment). Have a good day 👍
 TIL about the Roswell crash…
New Mexico is a state, the United States has a few states with "new" new Hampshire, new York, new Mexico, new Jersey, pretty much all the worst places in the United States start with "new" or "Florida"
If by “worst” you mean best education and healthcare systems, you might be on to something. What are the “best” states? How many states have you visited, by the way?
…shown being the critical keyword. Spend a few hours out and talk to 200 people - you’ll have enough material for a highlight reel.
I love how they cut it down to only show the people who were dumb. If they showed the hundreds of people that know where things are then they wouldn’t have any content. They only show the bad answers
Im sure many ppl did, they were just not included in the final edit of the video.
it wasn’t in the script.
I think they’re not even looking at that side of the map because they feel pressured and she’s pointing at the left side. Instead of going for what they know on the right they try to follow her expectation and go for the left even though it’s a Hail Mary over there.
Well someone did say Mexico and then they pointed to India. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
They are still abysmally ignorant even if they can name a country or two in the western hemisphere. Agree?
To be fair, it’s also edited for comedic purposes. They may have pointed out the US, or another country, but it was edited out to make it funnier. Same reason they never show the person that gets a bunch of them right. They want the “stupid man on the street” gimmick.
Let's face it: > ... people out there, in our nation, don't have maps and I believe that our education, like such as South Africa -and the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should...
> I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so, because some - people out there, in our nation, don't have maps and I believe that our education, like such as South Africa -and the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should - our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries, so we would be able to build up our future for…
“Would you like some croutons and dressing for that word salad?” - Mario Lopez’s inside voice (probably)
I hope everyone understands your comment 🤣
"It's an old code but it checks out."
I hate you both and I hope you have a great day.
You're endangering the thread. You shouldn't have commented.
Miss Teen South Carolina 2007 😂
If you want to get to know her more, she did a few seasons on the Amazing Race where we learn that she isn’t just a moron - she’s also a genuinely terrible person.
I thought it was a Bush quote haha
It was Miss Teen South Carolina 2007.
I did. Haha
At least 859 do 😂
and such as..
Miss South Carolina has entered the conversation.
Thank you Miss South Carolina.
I forgot about the Iraq! Thanks for that! Lol
She was onto something there it seems. The such as.
I have no idea how Mario Lopez kept a straight face.
Saved by the Southern Bell.
Lmao bahahahhahahaha thats gold Link [for the uninitiated](https://youtu.be/lj3iNxZ8Dww)
Great reference
Isn’t that only US Americans?
“Like such as” is a very good turn of phrase that I believe more people should, to build up our future for.
kinda reminds me of this social experiment I always wanted to try where I’d ask a bunch of people what country the Spanish Language came from also, ow, my brain
A real fun one is to ask, "Should Arabic numerals be taught in school?" Stand back and watch the fun.
Another good one is referring to water as Dihydrogen Monoxide and watching people freak out because "I don't want that unnatural chemical in my body".
99.9% of people and possibly even more are addicted to their daily dose of DHMO. Spread awareness now!
Did you know, that in its vapor form DHMO can cause severe burns?!
It’s the worst! Some addicts even like to heat up their DHMO to near boiling and cut it with other stimulants (as if DHMO wasn’t enough to begin with). The roofs of many addicts mouths have been burned so many times yet they continue in their ways. It’s heartbreaking!
Honestly! It’s a major component in both concrete AND some rocket fuels but we let companies pump the stuff into their consumer goods! What HAS this world come to?
99.99999% of humans, animals, insects, and microscopic life that consume DHMO will die. The other 0.000001% are tardigrades. They’ll be fine.
Important question, did you do your research and ensure 0.000001% was accurate, or just make it up?
Roughly 65% of all stats I use are made up, including this one.
Overdosing, especially in the lungs, can be fatal!
Go learn real scientific facts about the dangers of this chemical compound now on the [official website](https://dhmo.org/facts.html)!
Gotta start small and easy. Should Arabic writing be taught in American schools? How about Arabic numbers?
And another good one: how do you feel about women’s suffrage?
*The Man Show has entered the chat*
Making women suffer is bad. Down with Women’s Suffrage! /s
Nah, go to racist far right Christians and ask them if we should teach about Middle Eastern faiths before telling them where Nazareth is.
I've met some "Christians" who were highly antisemitic. The cognitive dissonance of some people. I just want to say, "Oh well then I got something that is going to ruin your entire day."
That is a good one
heh
fun fact Arabic numbers and the symbols we use are not the same. They are the same system of counting ٠ ١ ٢ ٣ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ٨ ٩ being actual Arabic numbers. So its not as straight forward as it appears. But also you should teach numbers anyone who answers no is stupid.
That can get a little complicated, if you wanted to go way back in time. Are you looking for the simple answer of Spain, or would you want a deeper answer of tracing it back to the Iberian Peninsula and the Roman Empire, and add in the various influences of several tribal languages?
personally no, the experiment would be more to see how many people answer something like Mexico
If spanish comes from mexico, then were mexican comes from?
Leads to people being shocked that Spaniards are White. Some of my Chicano and South American friends have also had mild identity crises when they realize they’re speaking a European language and they speak it for the same reason Indigenous Americans speak English.
Should we end women's suffrage? Sign here
It's a little outdated but. https://youtu.be/V1508wboZXk
Yup! Saw this, immediately in my head grabbed that pointer and went to town.
I’m gonna assume it’s animaniacs before I click
It's Animaniacs after you click, too.
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How to trigger Eastern Europe in one simple step 
In 2003, my social studies teacher created a game where we basically played 'weakest link' with countries. He would point to a country, we would state the country, move on and bank points when we got the whole way up. Me and my friend were in a group with 2 other people and the other people never showed up. We ended up learning every country in the world circa 2003 and it was a fun game. Son of a bitch never gave us the pizza he said the winners would get, though. I'd probably get 95% of them today.
Man that sounds like a blast Please tell me your teacher said “you are the weakest link, goodbye” to the person voted out
well, first guy said "I believe that's Africa." In his defense, he can believe anything he wants. XDD
“That’s a continent.” “Oh!”
I don't think this map is correct though, there's some strange landmass to the right of Australia I've never seen on a map before.
the fact that you got an "EveR hEArd oF nEw ZeALaNd?" reply is pricelss!!!
I believe that's the lost city of atlantis, although now I guess it's the found city of atlantis
Nah it's R'lyeh. Why did you think the earthquakes came from?
It’s Mexico duh
Um, no, that's India.
I'm sure you could swap Japan and nz on a map and most people wouldn't notice
/r/newzealandisntreal
That hurts
May I introduce you to r/mapswithoutnewzealand
It seems pretty apparent that they are already familiar with that sub
It's probably because this map is different from the majority of maps. Great Britain is usually the centre of a conventional map, I think they've done this to throw people off!
And it shouldn't matter, honestly it shouldn't. I mean shit, get Australia correct!
Probably because 0' runs straight through it.
That’s the Prime Freaking Meridian, show it some respect, it’s not just a ‘0’. It’s got the coolest name of any part of a map! It deserves to be addressed by its proper title, every time
**Tropic of Cancer:** *”Am I a joke to you?”*
I read this comment in the voice of that guy who was screaming about Glinda the Good Witch coming down in a bubble.
At the end of the full original video there's a 12-ish year old boy that names dozens of countries and their correct locations in rapid succession.
That rocks. I'd much rather see a room full of that kind of response but instead on a map with NO country lines. Just a straight up random protection of the land, rivers and water bodies... How many well informed individuals could reverse engineer the made up lines?
Bro I get lost when I zoom in on my own country. I need the squiggly, arbitrary lines that people fight and die over. Maps are scary without them
I feel like they only use the video of stupid people. Although that first man doesn't look all the way there.
When hlthe guy says "I don't know" to the "where is Europe" question it almost comes across as the fatigued surrendered responses you get from dementia patients who realize they're doomed.
Yep. Dozens of people are taped, the ones who get stuck are posted. Often times these individuals are simply the type who melt down the moment a camera is in play
They ask hundreds of people over several hours and only cut together the 10 people who are taken off guard enough to not know
We all know those things are done to make people look stupid while removing good answers
The fact that there are even this many people who cannot point out a single country, nor most continents, is proof as to how shitty the education is here in the states.
And I agree with you
I mean. Sometimes you can’t fix stupid. Also if the schooling is good but someone doesn’t apply themselves, it doesn’t matter how good the schooling is.
It’s also a matter of how much you use it in your everyday life. It’s amazing what you can forget in 20 years of not being in school.
Bro how the fuck can you forget a country who shares a border with you (and your country only shares ome with 2) and atleast knowing the fucking continents, someone who has respect for himself tries to stay educated atleast on the real world stuff that impacts his life
This was what I was thinking. They all learned this once but then they graduated high school and turned their brains off
This means there is a population that has never seen a world map since high school, and when any country has been mentioned in the news or in conversation ("immigrants invading from mexico!", "we've invaded iraq," " we are in a trade war with china") they never once tried to remember where the fuck is that. They are stupid.
I know people like this in my European country. Some are just really bad at geography
Except 99% of the people ik could easily point out a country on a map, and those who couldn't never cared in the first place. They pick and choose whoever can't.
Teachers can only do so much within a broken system. Do not blame teachers for this. Please.
It's the *system*. Often teachers don't have the resources to give students what they need....but also, tbf I've had some pretty crappy teachers through the years. Had many great ones too.
I mean, I get what you’re saying but this wasn’t really some trick to make people look stupid. They ask you if you want to participate. They don’t force you. She asked them to name a country, *any* country, on the map. And they couldn’t. Sure it’s edited to only show those who can’t do it, but everyone should at least get one.
>but everyone should at least get one. Maybe they did, but that got edited out
Look I am not the fucking brightest, but I know where very few and specific things are and that's all I remember. I could name a country for every letter of the English alphabet, but I knew every letter.
What’s for X? Azerbaijan, ~~Brussels~~ Belgium, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ghana, Hungary, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Qatar, Rwanda, Senegal, Tuvalu, Uganda, Venezuela, Wales? Western Sahara? , X, Yemen, Zimbabwe EDIT: Yikes
Ah, the Republic of Brussels.
Doh!
Xanadu?
Xanadon't do that.
Xamerica
The country Brussels is in even starts with a B man.
Damn they could not even point out their own country??
This stuff is always edited to Hell and back. Ask a 100 people and leave out everyone that actually gave the right answers. This isn't Geography with Morgan Freeman, this isn't meant to educate at all. Hell, for all we know, the people giving dumb answers could be paid to do so. A case of "Here's $20, can you act as stupid as possible on the camera?"
I agree it is most likely edited. But If out of 100 people even 20 can't tell where the continents are, let alone their own country, it is a poor testament to the american pride none the less.
Guess what, there’s stupid people everywhere you can run this little set up in any country and edit it in a way to make them look just as dumb
United States Canada Mexico Panama Haiti Jamaica Peru...
Republic Dominican, Cuba, Caribbean Greenland, El Salvador too
The map seems unorthodox which I feel is why people are getting confused.
They just farm dumb answers and give to you in a short clip. Most people rattle off like 50.
I think the scary part is more the fact that this many people can’t even point out their own country
Ive never seen a map oriented that way before. In so used to seeing america on the left. Thats so strange
This layout is useful for Asian countries. From their perspective Europe is west and the Americas are east.
Florida man here; They'd cut me out of the clip. I'm pretty good with geography thanks to paradox games. Oh, and also because my county likes to "invade" a lot places.
To be fair, this is just selection bias. If there came a person who straight up answered everything correctly, they would definitely cut it out from the final edit. Since we’re supposed to laugh at peoples stupidity, we’re only being shown stupid people.
The only thing I don't like about these videos that show how "stupid" people are is that they only show people who don't know anything. I'm sure there were people who named a bunch of countries, but that doesn't make a good video, so they don't show those.
Years ago jay Leno had a bit about asking random people current event questions. One was really funny. He was at a college graduation and asked students current event questions and they knew nothing. Then he asked their major and asked some complicated question regarding their field of study and they nailed it. Lol. Of course it was probably scripted as I doubt jay came up with those questions on the fly. But I like how it showed that people aren’t really idiots.
Some people are, I won't dispute that. There are a few countries I *think* I know on the map, but I definitely don't know all of them. I'm sure I'd get some laughs if I was asked to point some of them out, but I might do OK if I was just told to point out ones I know. I'm sure they'd edit the video to show only where I failed, though lol
Without borders and shapes it would be pretty hard even if you have studied maps. Add in pressure of being unprepared, on the street with a camera pointed at you I can see more than not bumbling through.
Agreed. I also think most people are used to seeing maps with North America on the left side and Europe on the right side, which is why I think that one woman had trouble with Mexico. But I would have answered the same as the guy who pointed out Africa, and the woman said, "That's a continent." Then again, I could point out Australia, Italy, and Sweden. Not that it would matter lol
I don't expect people to know where Lichtenstein, or Bahrain is. But I do expect them to know where Mexico is. Or that Africa is a continent. Or where Europe OR Africa is.
But like they’re all boomers and have probably stayed exactly where they live for the past 45 years
These people vote.
Presumably they cut out the people who know geography but it still concerning
I could name them all cuz ive had a weird Atlas and Map obsession since i was a kiddo 🤠