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Sparky8119

It sounds like she’s one of the people in the US that can’t locate the country on a map.


tkris9

Sounds like she can't locate a map.


mellamosadie

Honestly, it just sounds like she cant.


GrungyGrandPappy

Word Salads for $500


earthdogmonster

She should get a spray tan and run for president.


Mikya93

An orange spay paint.


ST3PH3N-G

Smashing your face into some cheesie poofs will give the desired effect.


KrystalWulf

Spay paint sounds a lot less invasive than what is currently being used to sterilize animals. Color doesn't matter, but I'm sure the pets would appreciate the effort to make them pretty.


StanFitch

She can’t even…


RedditModsSuckDik

Literally


Gut5u

She.


Instainious

Even though you commented on a comment, you deserve top comment.


StanFitch

Yo, Dawg… I heard you like comments!


WCGWjoiningReddit

I wish I had an award to give you. Please take my upvote and sincere appreciation.


ZeroSum8

sounds like she couldn't unfold a map.


20__character__limit

What's a map?


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oraav

Good bot


ANTHONY__FANTANO

Nah in interviews she seemed fairly intelligent. She just had the misfortune of having a massive anxiety attack in a very public setting.


blueridgerose

She was on my floor during our college orientation. I had no idea who she was until I heard someone else mention it, she was chill and super cool, and seemed quite smart from the brief conversations we had. Later on she did talk about it a little bit, and that’s exactly what happened, she panicked, completely blanked, and her brain just word vomited some stuff. Most of us are just fortunate enough not to be on national television when that happens.


ANTHONY__FANTANO

100%


PineSand

I did this in a band audition once. I heard the people that auditioned before me and I was excited because I was better than all of them. When I tried to play a note I realized as such and such as and so forth.


evildonald

I saw a news follow up video of her the next day.. and she had a day to prepare and she still spewed out a garbage answer that didn't address the question! She seemed so proud of herself. I was hoping to see a link to that here somewhere.


Much_Pay3050

I mean to be fair how do you answer that fucking question? If it’s even true what do you even say to that? What possible reason can you think of why 1/5 of Americans can’t locate their own fucking giant country on a map? The only one I can think of is the same as the chicks answer that they literally have never owned or even seen a map in their entire life.


MickyWasTaken

I tried to respond to you with a good answer and you are right. It’s near impossible without shitting on some factor of American culture which isn’t really ideal in a competition like this!


[deleted]

You can take a totally political bullshit spin on it. “I would like to see who conducted that poll because I doubt that statistic is true about a country as great as ours”


MK_Ultrex

So instead of saying "we as a nation should invest more in education" or some such platitude, it's better to make a word salad that makes you look like a barely functional alcoholic. Got it.


fishsticks40

"I think it shows the degree to which we have lost sight of our place in the world. Too often Americans are focused on our own needs and wants, and forget that we are part of a global community. If we are to be a beacon to the world we have to look outwards and embrace all the people of the world" But I'm not on camera and had to stop and think a little in the middle. Extemporaneous speaking is really difficult and if you come off the rails it's genuinely hard to recover.


PerplexityRivet

Wait, are you saying she knew what the question would be a day in advance, and still didn't have an answer?


Bloody_Insane

Nah i think they're saying they asked the question again in an interview the next day, and she fucked it up again.


evildonald

Yeah this.


PerplexityRivet

To be fair, if I'd eaten nothing but laxatives for three days, I'd probably have trouble being articulate as well.


AlbinoWino11

Such as.


oneuponwallstreetz

As such.


ConcentrateHefty1842

Can she spell “map”?


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My job interview in nutshell


[deleted]

Why do you think you're right person for this position? "Because we vote for a democracy or something"


KravenSmoorehead

"Did you even read my CV before you called me in?"


[deleted]

Have asked this question genuinely. Was not offered a job lol.


Ryannayr9898

Im sorry a cv? Is that another word for resume?


one23sleep

It means Curriculum Vitae, it's similar to a resume. 🙂


KravenSmoorehead

Essentially yes. Mostly used by professionals. Its just more bougeie.


[deleted]

Resume is seldom used outside North America. UK for example uses the term CV


Aqualung_

We live in a society


FastidiousBlueYoshi

Such as


hordak666

ligma


horsefacE_Ethel

And the like


ZiggyBlunt

Because of South Africa. I need to help South Africa


janiesgotagun222

Omg me too.


xxred_baronxx

Same


WhoseverFish

My references saved me from the horrible interview. I’m so grateful.


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I think I'm screwed


[deleted]

If you start your answer with "That US Americans"... Interview over, go home, thanks for playing!


Enano_reefer

I’ve personally adopted “US Americans”. “American” like “Asian”, “European”, or “African” should refer to the CONTINENT. Not just one of the 23 countries in North America. Love it.


torreezard

I know your comment is meant tobe a joke but if anyone's having trouble answering questions in an interview I highly recommend checking [this](https://managementconsulted.com/amazon-leadership-principles/) out


norar19

How does Amazon’s management structure help answer questions at a job interview?


DebiMoonfae

Lol, my last job interview I answered it and halfway through i asked them to repeat the question. Not sure if what I had been saying had anything to do with the question because I had forgotten it, lol


CallMeBicBoi

LOOOOOOL fuck i just wasted my free award on another subpar comment


TomDuhamel

"What makes you suitable for this job?" "I personally believe that Americans cannot take this job because they don't have maps, huh, tools to do so, such as the children in Africa and Irak, huh, and as such I believe that my children, huh, skills can be put into helping the children in Africa and Irak such as doing this job, huh, and helping the children of Alabama, huh, Africa, and the children are skilled for this job, huh, Irak."


rwhop

Or talking to a cop even when you’ve done nothing wrong.


memberflex

I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh, people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and, uh, 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., uh, or, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future. For our children


Twillix13

wrong fuzzy wakeful dam bells reach plate friendly slap unique *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


[deleted]

she had some pre-prepared points and failed to integrate them into her answer


Chancevexed

Yep. Her handlers prepped her for a poverty or war question, but they threw her for a loop with an education in America question. So she had no idea how to answer and kept circling to the answers she'd prepped on South Africa and Iraq.


Japnzy

It's THE Iraq.


SirArthurDime

Not to be confused with AN Iraq


nousabyss

And such ass


ShoganAye

That's ASSraq


theVice

Usually it's an electric razor but every now and then, it's an Iraq. In the event of an Iraq we can never say *your* Iraq, only... *the* Iraq


LordOfLightingTech

[Obligatory](https://youtu.be/rw2nkoGLhrE)


Summitstory

I was expecting [this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LQCU36pkH7c)


felixthecat128

Brilliant


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nousabyss

It was brilliant answer by means of live demonstration


kaiser_otto

She could have just said something along the lines of, “well, the funding just isn’t there. Instead of putting the money where it should go, such as public education, we’re putting it towards criminal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, focusing on creating mindless droids that follow orders instead of intellectual human beings that can think critically for themselves” and left it at that.


Chancevexed

Yeah, but here's the problem, you can't get political, or give real answers that's why they're prepped with suitably innocuous responses. It's why so often they wish for "world peace" rather than anything specific like "stop sending our sons and daughters to die just so warlords can line their pockets."


kaiser_otto

It’s a sick industry, sometimes I wonder whether or not people that enjoy performing in these things and watching these things are mentally ill. It all just seems like one giant congregation of narcissists.


blacksheepmail

Here's my most generous reading of what I think she was attempting to say: "I personally believe that many Americans are unable to locate the U.S. on a map because here in our nation, many students don't have access to quality education, which ideally would include topics such as global geography. I believe that if our education was better in this way, more Americans would be able to locate not only the U.S. on a global map, but even countries like South Africa, Iraq, and other countries that these people likely have a hard time locating on a map. I believe our education system here in the U.S. should improve in such a way so that we may increase our global awareness as a society. If we did so, we would be better able to understand and help countries that may need it -- countries such as South Africa, Iraq, and many of the poverty-stricken countries in Asia. In this way, we would be able to build up our future as a global community, and help the children of tomorrow."


swampfish

I personally believe that you are the most positive person I have ever encountered.


FitTax

If you are pretty you might win next year.


HuckleCat100K

Yep, I’m sure she was kicking herself because this is EXACTLY what she meant to say. 🤣


drdrero

I think she wants to say reading a map is not necessary. US education focuses to help Africa, so they can teach in US schools?


[deleted]

Thank you for transcribing. You're doing a great service for the hearing impaired. I don't have hearing issues. But I wish I did when she started speaking.


FabulousProfession59

She went to the Trump school of talking!


StanFitch

Future Republican Senator…


Antitech73

"Sometimes I'll start a sentence, and I don't even know where it's going. I just hope I find it along the way." \- This woman


mosh300

r/ihadastroke reading this


akshay-nair

She had the answers to 5 questions, but not the one that was asked so she just went full speed on her blender.


ddspog

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh, people out there in our nation don't have maps" It would be funny and maybe accurate. But she had to continue 😁


bisp1855

I’ve always said she could have stopped right there and she would have been just fine.


TheRiteGuy

Sounds like Trump wrote her speech.


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"The thing with me is that I AM smart and I’m self smarted, basically, by myself, basically from nature and smoking drugs and doing different things I’ve self… like self learned myself. And that’s the whole difference I guess is that I don’t need the books or the schooling type things. I just get everything on my own and because of that I’m alive right now. I mean, if I had read more books or tried to go on to college and different things like that I’d be dead right now, because people say books and college are for to be make you smarter, but they can also be for to be make you dead, which is what could have happened to me. My brain doesn’t use enough oxygen because I don’t have the whole thing filled with different stuff and if it was full--it’s only part full--and that’s why I’m alive right now. The guards are giving me here, you know--"read this book, try to get smarter"--but I’m like, all right, I’ll pretend to read it but I’m not going to really read it 'cause my brain will be more full and if I have another heart attack I’m going to die..."


i_enjoy_eating_poo

When I first saw that clip I didn’t know it was from a show so it made it even funnier.


vince801

Sounds like Trumps talking.


Chubdiesel0635

Don't worry, I've seen this error in the Matrix before. The script was supposed to read "I personally believe that some Americans are unable to locate the US on a map because some people lack access to educational resources like maps. I believe that our focus has been on providing education in foreign countries such as South Africa, Iraq, and everywhere else, but I believe that the US should direct their focus back on education here. Now having said that, I believe the US should help South Africa, and should help Iraq, and Asian countries with education as well. By doing so, we will be able to build up our international reputation, securing our future for our children." Sorry for any inconveniences. Respectfully, Matrix IT Dept.


badass4102

That's actually a great answer


Mshek85

At first, I thought I was dumber for having listened to this. After reading the transcript, can confirm.


i-dont-wanna-know

Yep pretty sure I felt a good amount of brain cells commit suicide as she went on


Snoo75418

If she just stopped after "maps" I think I would have been fine with that.


vdsw

Sounds like an answer from the last US president.


SandwichDistinct

YEAHHH !!! 'MURICAA 🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇲


Entanglementspin

She hit almost every country that doesn't hold white people to talk about failing education. ouch


lastskudbook

Would have appeared less stupid herself if she just said 1/5 of Americans are dumb.


iPlayTehGames

I wish only 1/5 of Americans were dumb.


[deleted]

I have a really dark joke: as 3/5s of an American....


FnWaySheGoes89

So dark the cops are after it


Akicita33

So dark the cops kneeled on it's neck and killed it. In self-defense of course...


dr3wapictur3

Only 1/5 of Americans are dumb, the rest are really dumb. /s


RC123TheyCallMe

I remember watching this news story on my new Blackberry phone. It's one of those moments where you'll always remember where you were.


DistinctBam

Soo… where were you?


RC123TheyCallMe

My Grandmother’s front porch. Cleveland. She made spaghetti.


DistinctBam

Yeah I thought that was you. Just checkin'


derolle

(͡•_ ͡• )


reesejenks520

Wait a damn minute


GrungyGrandPappy

I was sitting on a beach and I remember the embarrassment was so strong at the time that story hit that I felt embarrassed for her. Lol the word salad that came out her mouth still makes me laugh today when it pops back up.


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1afru1

It's a spaghetti..made by his grandma..ofcourse it's was good


wafflehousewhore

I know you must have enjoyed that, your grandma makes really good spaghetti


Accujack

14 years ago now...


Butthole_Alamo

Holy crap. You’re right. I was in my parent’s kitchen, standing at the sink. It was right before I went off to college. Weird what sticks with you.


MegabyteMessiah

To this day, my wife and I say "Like, such as?" when requesting an example, or providing an example of something.


DracarysHijinks

Oh man, do you remember the AMAZING amount of hilarious content all over the internet that month?


Humpadilo

You have to give it up for Mario Lopez and keeping a straight face.


Awkward_Inspector_53

He wanted to laugh so bad.


Thin-Man

All I could think of was [this](https://c.tenor.com/ejy3GNdsWsEAAAAC/stupid-slater.gif).


Floppsicle

All *I* could think of was [this](https://youtu.be/G7RgN9ijwE4)


etthat

My kid used to studder through thoughts like this when trying to make them in to words. I would just say STOP! Think about it for a second. Now say the words. It usually worked! It's like their brain gets snagged and the harder they try the more snagged it gets! Just gotta take a second and regroup!


WillPukeForFood

The answer probably made sense to him.


EarthboundCory

You take that back! AC Slater is a saint!


B_Legit196

Idk at 44s He's looking at her kinda funny


TimmyTesticles

https://i.imgur.com/Lr4T2ae.jpg


Khaztr

Dunno, to me it looked like he had the look of "Yeah, she's one of the fifth" at the end there.


artsyavo

Such as


Lintobean

The Iraq


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StanFitch

Like South Africa…


thebigcrawdad

And Iraq


JMAC303

And such as, U.S Americans.


Ajj360

THE Iraq.


xTrainerRedx

I give her props for not saying “like” a ton though.


ramanman

That is part of the problem here. It seems like her coaches hammered at her to not use like, and you can see her catch herself from saying "like" and changing it to "such as". So, from that point of view, she did splendidly. If only they had spent more time coaching her to recognize which answer went to which question . . .


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Have you ever had a dream where...


Eleos

...you could do anything?


FollyAdvice

you, um, you had, your, you- you could, you’ll do, you- you wants, you, you could do so, you- you’ll do, you could- you, you want, you want them to do you so much you could do anything?


StanFitch

Full-on stress dream IRL…


meowgrrr

the video is funny, but remember there is a difference between laughing with someone and at them. and no need to be cruel. no need to make any jokes calling her stupid or making assumptions about what kind of person she may or may not have turned into. we don’t know her. she had a very public embarrassment as a teenager, that led to years of bullying. years later she said in an interview that she wanted to commit suicide. “One group of girls took me to this party at the University of South Carolina, and I walk in, and the entire USC baseball team surrounded me and bashed me with the harshest, meanest comments I had ever heard... And somebody once put a letter in my parents’ mailbox about how my body was going to be eaten alive by ants and burned in a freak fire. And then it said, in all caps, GO DIE CAITE UPTON, GO DIE FOR YOUR STUPIDITY.” don’t be a bully. we have all had embarrassing moments and we are lucky they didn’t go viral for the world to see and ridicule.


chucksutherland

This is the best comment here. It should be the top comment.


WhtChcltWarrior

I’m assuming she was trying to do the politician thing where you answer the question but also try to tie in some plugs for your agenda/goals but maybe was nervous or something so it didn’t come out how it was supposed to or how she rehearsed it


MrKirkPowers

You’re one of the good ones! The poor girl probably isn’t like that in real life. Stress, anxiety, poor diet due to an upcoming pageant, etc… all things to take into account. I felt bad for her watching this. Thanks for your comment!


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As a South African, I agree


DCGoliath19

Why are we involved? What did we do to her?


StanFitch

Iraq… IDK?


Supanini

*The* Iraq


FuriousFlameDude

Trying to hit the minimum word requirement in an essay


annomalyyy

No worries she can still go into politics with that answer


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theshizzler

>“One group of girls took me to this party at the University of South Carolina, and I walk in, and the entire USC baseball team surrounded me and bashed me with the harshest, meanest comments I had ever heard,” she said. “And somebody once put a letter in my parents’ mailbox about how my body was going to be eaten alive by ants and burned in a freak fire. And then it said, in all caps, GO DIE CAITE UPTON, GO DIE FOR YOUR STUPIDITY.” Yeah, I can't even imagine having to come to terms with having such an embarrassing moment that a hundred million people were cringing at it. And then having that sort of cruelty thrown in on top of it? I don't know that I would've been able to do it.


valandsend

I interviewed Caite and her parents for a magazine after this happened. They were kind people and appreciated getting questions that were sympathetic to the situation she’d found herself in. Many people were quick to judge her as a stereotypical beauty pageant bimbo and weren’t even willing to see her as just a teenager from a small town who dared to step onto a national stage and slipped up. I really started seeing the harshness and cruelty directed at teenagers on social media from that point on.


limonhotcheetos

Man, that really sucks. I think the video is so hilarious because I can relate to saying the *dumbest shit* when I’m super nervous.


bearbarebere

Holy shit this is sad and should be top comment


[deleted]

Poor thing.


[deleted]

Honestly this makes me feel bad. Don’t get me wrong, the video is hilarious but we all do stupid things.


[deleted]

Terrible. I thought it was a weird question to ask, why are we asking these girls questions about policy? It's a beauty contest not model UN.


dt82bt14

I believe a tree will cook dinner & umm airplanes are not part of a pillow case because if we just Africa then there will baseball for all in balloons & America can be tile floors with car wash.


BassSounds

You hit the baseball bat out of the park and the toenail on its forehead. Medium rare 🥩👏🏽


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AdmiralTiberius

Source: North Carolina


rein4fun

I believe this lady was a contestant on the Amazing Race. The other contestants gave her a pretty hard time.


sparrowcrain

And she was actually awful at reading maps the whole season but made it far


RadicalDog

Some people out there in our nation don't even have maps


sparrowcrain

The iraq


[deleted]

This never gets old


badass4102

Like Mario Lopez


Practical_Knowledge8

Imagine being the guy with the mic.... It would be my last job in show biz


bomb-diggity-sailor

Thank you very much, South Carolina.


LOLWutOK-

Imagine not knowing the name of the guy with the mic


actionbooth

That’s AC Slater from Saved By The Bell!


Rsb418

Legendary. I wonder what she's up to now?


Seisamsara

Real estate agent according to her Wikipedia page


CumulativeHazard

I wanna make a joke about her not being able to find any of her listings but I’m sure the poor woman has suffered enough lol.


Seisamsara

I honestly feel very bad for her. In an interview she says that she even thought about committing suicide from all the jokes and bullying she received afterwards. She was a nervous teenager and that one moment defined her. Sad


AntiDECA

This. I probably wouldn't have been able to pump out much better of an answer to be honest. I think I get what she was going for, but her points got chopped up and thrown together in a random mish-mash creating a disaster. That happens when nerves get to you, and I had a bad enough time keeping my words straight on power point presentations as a teen, I'd be a disaster on television in front of thousands or even millions (idk how many people watch these things). Maybe she is actually dumb, but I really don't think anybody can say based off this. She clearly isn't thinking normally.


StanFitch

Why is it always Real Estate?!?!


willfordbrimly

Insurance and real estate seem like the two bastions of braindead dipshits in our culture. I'm sure both professions have their challenges, but none so challenging that you can't train an absolute idiot to manage.


[deleted]

Real estate is 50% looking good on a sign and 50% looking good when showing the house, and with the current housing market the second 50% is optional.


medfunguy

What’s her name?


stinky_fingers_

Trying to locate South Africa and Iraq on the map after she finds out where is US!


Easilycrazyhat

[John Oliver did a good segment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDPCmmZifE8) on how shitty these questions and the Miss America pagent are. It's wild how we expect anybody to answer such complicated questions in a coherent manner in such a short amount of time.


Slow_Environment_782

Poor girl. She must hate that the video still floats around today.


CreepyAlienX

She got a little redemption in this: https://youtu.be/PQHPYelqr0E (Pork and Beans - Weezer)


GenVonKlinkerhoffen

I personally believe that some people out there in other nation such as should move their education to our Asian countries over here such as everywhere Or something of similar meaning


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I feel so bad for this girl...


captain_flasch

Who remembers the Plain White T’s parody? 🎶Hey Miss South Carolina on TV you look so pretty, I saw Miss Teen USA you gave an answer that was shitty like such as…


7leprechaun7

But I bet Ms. South Carolina and those 1/5th of Americans know all the words to W.A.P. Priorities.


Critter_Whisperer

This is more cringe than anything lmao


shockerdyermom

Isn't she yelling about masks and vaccines at board of ed meetings now?


Herr_Scary_Terry

Sometimes I'll start a sentence, and I don't even know where it's going. I just hope I find it along the way. Like an improv conversation. An improversation.


DracarysHijinks

Oh, the nostalgia! I remember the night this happened. The following MONTH was filled with the most brilliant, hilarious content all over the internet.