Jul 1, 2022 11:40 AM
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JeremyPeevin
1) can afford to travel. Has the money to be educated. 2) asked her travel questions. So, yeah. As an American, we're fucking dumb.
SonOfLucifer
we never see the educated Americans, because they aren't entertaining, or controversial enough for fox news...
SlowMoE30
You have to ask Americans who don't travel. You'll find them in America.
WhoAteAllTheBananasAndTookAShitOnTheCarpet
All of these were easy though.
Orcus424
FYI: Man on the street bits like this are usually rigged as in they get them to play dumb or they just record enough to find dumb people.
Trelis
Good on her to prove the stereotype wrong about dumb Americans. They have earned the moniker, but it's not all of them.
ijack
Play this and learn geography: https://www.geoguessr.com/
metalmorgan
Basic geography is impressive to you?
LetAllYourAngerOutOnMeIDontBite
lol right?
QuackWok
You don't hear about most of these folks because we (and I use that very lightly, she's way smarter than me prolly) keep to ourselves mostly
Fatterburito
I suck at geography. I need to better myself. My high school was absolute garbage.
Justtoberight
https://www.geoguessr.com/seterra/en
Hellbrand
tends to be the louder ones that don't "know jack" as it were. and sadly social media has... only amplified this truth.
DoNotUseMyUsername
i didnt know any of them because i suck at geographics
SidewalkWidflower
And language arts? It's "geography", but maybe English ain't your mother tongue. Btw, never too old to learn ;)
you are correct and also correct. and i am too lazy. as long as my skills are sufficient to understand memes, i am completely satisfied
friendsofsandwiches
She's not just from the united states, she's from goddamn Jeopardy.
deepthought64
Oh hey, that's in Vienna ;)
TheDudeanator
Remember most of these that we see they hunt for people with bad answers and that's what they show us
whapowpow
No surprise, there are smart and dumb people everywhere
TheMetalAndTheFunk
There are plenty of intelligent Americans, they just don’t scream about it, put flags on their jacked up trucks, and follow idiots to doom
UncleGumbald
We playing Doom?
ImANurse
These shows usually edit out the ones that get it right
doctorbocker
If an American thinks they're intelligent, you will definitely hear about it.
IDidItForTheSlunk
Only pseudo-intellects need to brag.
ShaZam1269
They did write "thinks", so they're really right.
cardinal29
We're watching Jeopardy. That said, Geography is NOT my topic.
TiredOldBroad
areyouelonmusk
Hwat'd u say bout my truck!?
xerofall
We're the silent majority, believe it or not.
ATacoWalksIntoABar
American ?♀️ we’re more silent, def not the majority … dumb people are much more inclined to have way too many kids ?♀️
GuestChrist
I think it's time we were less silent. Not obnoxious, just less silent.
I meant, everyone else is only hearing from the idiots because they scream the loudest. Those people do not represent who Americans are.
But, yes. We're working on it. Don't give up on us, world, we know this is NOT America.
Squeaky wheel gets the grease, unfortunately. Doesn’t mean that wheel shouldn’t be smashed to bits and replaced ?♀️
UnityInArms
If the wheel is corroded and trying to destroy the whole cart, perhaps replaced?
discolicious
Or vote, apparently
Ikingg
Burn
nomisgnos
We vote. Just an issue with gerrymandering.
Excuse excuse excuse
RoaringTourist
Fuck. That's a painful truth
plainoldfool
Or do vote. But live and vote in Blue states.
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
Plenty vote. Whether there's enoug that vote, that's nother matter.
AsiagoTheSuperVillain
Or live in Red States
Cookie0fPower
Oof
Seanspeed
The dipshit Americans aren't the ones traveling.
thiscantbtaken
They may be traveling but they’re in line at McDonald’s!
kanemano
the smart ones travel, like me, i went to the winn dixie twice today
tokerator
She actually seems nice fo real.
redghost999
absolutezero182
inb4thewar
Atta boy Joey, you're doing your best!
tooRuDe
She knows her geography
boblives
Fun fact, for the last question France is a valid answer, and is actually Frances longest land border
milkmyrod
I've know Americans list Africa as South America and Wales as a place in England.
Katateochi
I've known British so illiterate they couldn't sign their own name. & I've met brits and yanks who's intellect has humbled mine.
nocommennts
The fact we celebrate someone knowing basic geography gives a good idea of the state of the world
I feel that the education problem goes way back to when it started being easier to focus on fact retention rather than critical thinking.
FelixGoldenrod
Geography is where it's at, yo.
TheYoungerChrisEvans
But geology is gneiss, too
MandrewJackson
I thought the double or nothing was going to be a pop culture question. On a different topic a simple question may have stumped her.
KenpachiJiraiya
I know mine too but it hasn't changed my life in any way
SaItyEuropean
she's outside of the US indeed
JustAddMud
Plot twist: she's a geography professor
KevinGrzyb
She was something like that, it’s just cut off
roach79
Nah prob Plays geoguesser ;)
She might be! I don't think 90% of people could have gotten those all correct
StarmineRendezvous
I doubt even 1% would. I know I wouldn't.
Yea you are probably right, closer to like 97% I would have got a couple but not all
spacecowboyein
I'm American and ironically I think the only one I would've missed was the capital of California.
digiteck357
People r smart in different ways..... i couldnt answer any of those questions, but i can build a house! ;")
AutismTheMusical
And I can't do either, but I am very good at closing the imgur app only to immediately open it again.
thePyromanic
I can build sisters of things but no chance with languages
I feel that either auto-correct corrupted your sentence or you had a stonk...
Yes
MarsIsAfire
Show off.
CelestialSea
I knew all those answers. I can also build a house & I design combat robots for fun so :^P
well aren't you a precious little unicorn ;)
Well thats fuckin neato! Lol
Daemencer
The uneducated ones are the ones putting 300M people in the same basket to make a point.
b3twixt
This was filmed in Vienna, Austria.
superpewpew
Hesrightyouknow.gif
ElroydIsGone
LOL, yeah, at the very end I was like "I know THAT police car design in the background..." ;-)
Baltach
Yup, Austrian police van driving at the background plus those lamp posts.
expertLevelProcrastinator
also worth mentioning - the iconic viennese waste bins ;)
TomBrokaw
Right, the capital of Oceania
FishAreSUS
I've never heard an Australian accent like that, did you mean knew Zealand?
ButtblasterMcAssmaster
I was on that very street today, and nobody offered me 200€ to answer a handful of simple geography questions :(
HoneyBadgersAreBadAsses
Simple… try to ask that on a Trump rally.
M1AU
Hah, I also saw the police car there in the background.
Yeah, me too. :-D
ribeyeman
Mahü
idontmindanythingcouldstandhere
Graben eher.
Iwannabecalledspaghetti
I mean, did you ever watch cash cab? It was like Street-Jeopardy, and average people actually did pretty good.
NeonWindbreaker
Cash cab is in Canada and often in Toronto
I LOVED that show. Low barrier to entry - "Surprise! you're on a game show!"
PalaverQuader
"but i am having contractions and need to get to the hospital!!" "we are doing the show now, sry!!"
arthurvanhoudt
Fake Taxi?
LoftheDesert
When I say "Americans are uneducated" I don't say "100% of all Americans", just a loud bunch.
servingmytimeinusersub
WHAT?!!! HOW DARE YOU?!... I'M MURICAN AND WE WILL LIBERATE YOU WITH EAGLES AND FAST FOOD AND STUFF!!!
Menace2Propriety
Good one. How's that well thought out satire working for you, bud?
Cant land em all
hydrocarbon82
Kinda like screech monkeys: the loudest have the smallest genitals. For USA, add low intelligence.
PutItInNeutral
I am quasi educated. I keep myself informed. I am well versed in world geography. I am also a loud asshole.
The term “critical mass” seems appropriate here.
jacblake
Just an elected bunch.
dcjunkee
Aka, the people that Leno / Kimmel find on the street. They'd edit out the smart people.
Pats0r
Not a loud bunch, the loud bunch imo :)
SJohnson23
Not knowing something is fine - nobody knows even a fraction of everything. It’s when they are proud of their ignorance, that’s deadly.
ErgoVisaVisConcordantly
She may have gone to school outside of the USA. My geography is pretty good & I went to a British secondary school, not a US high school
MutantPoptart
I'm well educated but would 100% fail a geography quiz like this. Now international banking, engineering, or history... I got you lol
NoodleDragonSoup
I mean I know I'm stupid but at least I'm trying not to be. Work in progress.
MonsoonGibby
Not all Americans are uneducated, but there are so many that it's a problem. Just like with "not all men."
FancyAmsterdammerrrr
pumper
Just the ones in charge, you mean.
lapus
I'm educated and loud. Just happy loud... all the time. I might be annoying.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Just the people with a woefully disproportionate amount of power.
stlouiscardinalsfan7
I have an opinion on who the loud bunch are….
FiendishHarmlessFun
Agreed! As a Brit in mid Europe I remind pals: 1 loud Anglophone in a full cafe doesn’t mean the other 50 quiet ones aren’t also Brit/US
Dislex1a
As spaniard i dont mind that much if they are loud.. its the drunk at 5pm catcalling girls and being rude in general that annoys me..
LordOfTheFattys
It's a systemic issue and a stereotype, not a blanket judgement.
LeftRightThere
There are a bunch of us, we just don’t talk to the press after a tornado wearing our “Who farted” hats.
Lovethesmelloftoastedsourdoughbread
Seethreepeeoh
darksideofthemoonmoon
That’s my racehorse’s name - Hoof Hearted
CumsInPies
But we all do have a who farted hat. Some of us just take it off for things other than the anthem.
maliciousGman
Yeah, but only because I don't currently have one of those hats
WeeemRCB
It blew away
isavedlatin2x
The "who farted" hat stays on during sex.
SoraPonyBoyVersetti
That's when I switch to my "Who Queefed" hat
SlightlyDodgy
Well it's probably won't fall off for at least 6 seconds.
You're lasting more than 6 seconds? Brag much?
SerenePrincess013
The dumb ones are the aggressively annoying vocal minority. The rest of us are educated, but we got tired of trying to compete with the>
Illinifan88
It's not that small of a minority... it's probably 40%.
puffcorn237
When you work with the general public, it sure seems higher than that
It's still a minority. 10% or 49% is a minority.
I understand, but we can't pretend it's not to the point where it's not a significant amount of dangerous period living here.
Nengex
That's the thing though. It may actually be far less than 40% too. The loud, violent ones have so far coerced many into silence and inaction
Well, yeah, bc the risk of having someone put a 2600 fps piece of metal in your face for putting too much mayo on a sandwich is kinda scary.
Group that prescribes to the mentality of "If I yell louder, that will make me more right."
dirrrtypiratehookerrr
On a podast, author Susan Cain, she discusssed introvert studies... there is no correlation to loudest at the meeting w intellect/value
I'm more than aware. But try telling that to everyone screaming "I'm being oppressed" bc you won't listen to their bullshit.
Yeah, and she goes into how that incorrect assumption that extroverts are better leaders etc, informs schools and work environments. So its
JusticePhrall
'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'
vash77
Yay! A post about America that isn't negative
IDK, the post just shows how DUMB americans really are if they don't know the answer to these basic questions
Grimmy32
Not for long, Americans have woken up & will be posting more than Europeans - like always.
Happy Fourth of July?
my1rstlaptopwas34inchscreenup
plenty of great things came out of usa. it's just that it doesn't balance out the evil shit
SilentSlacker
I feel that if you're traveling to other countries, you're more likely to know this stuff.
prettydumb
hahhahahahahahahahahahaha
DryAgedPopsicle
And then there are also people like this...
Yeah. If you ask Billy Bob from TX he would just be there with a glazed over look like, uh, fuck.
infernopg
I'm from Europe, I love travelling and been to a lot of places, but geography interests me 0 so I wouldn't have known most of these.
Calicious
Definitely truth
Tr1gg3rH4ppy
Its almost like nationality has fuck all to do with intelligence and nurture and nature are much larger contributing factors.
I'm a simple plumber in a dead coal town who was "gifted" and all that shit. That didn't mean shit when I couldn't afford college
pugcashingout
Nono, You are more likely to know this stuff, if you are not dumb and not measuring distance with boulders and football fields
FlissFloss86Gaming
Also Americans aren't as dumb as most other countries seem to think
jennym123
Yes but she's definitely better educated. I'm an American who's travelled extensively and I'd only get about half those answers correct.
ohfudgecicles
A cab driver in Fiji asked me how Tr*** won the '16 election, yet he'd never met an American who voted for him. "Because they don't travel."
bocksamson
She's definitely in the 20%
Gluskab
^
PimpinKen
I'd like to see this same test done at a trump rally...
KamikazeGerbil101
HypersonicHero
Should've said France for Brazil (technically true ;)
ECayce
I would have said "Guianas".
TychoTychoAlba
She doesn't look like a tourist either.
AMLejane214
Even if you read a lot about World Map, you’ll know your Geography
KingTonTon
Traveling has become a personality for many. I know people who've been to 20 countries and couldn't tell you who Ukraines pres is.
Pontation
Maybe more likely. Then again I've been to about 15 countries and I'm not what you'd call Shirley.
SlightChungus
This my mom couldn't name any of them but I got them all, #notallamericans
TheJomsborgViking
Then there is the other type who go to Spain and ask why so many Spanish people are there.
PhobianDarkmoon
More of a UK stereotype than a US one I think, but it holds true.
kalka44
wait did that really happen?
JimboTCB
"Why is everyone in Spain speaking Mexican?"
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GondwanaCraton
"You show my photo to some illiterate camel jockey in the Sahara and he's gonna turn around and say 'Homelander' in perfect American."
Subtilico
Those are the people that go to the exact same spot for 35 years.
DoYouLikePinaColada
When I came to Spain and I saw people party. I told to myself: What the f*ck!?
killersoda275
To be fair, there are a number of English people who do that too.
creepwood
I see you're a patron of r/ShitAmericansSay
kamesha
"Don't these people speak English, uneducated losers" while speaking the only language they barely know
NCPBullet
Wasn't that actually a brit that was bitching to the paper about Spaniards in her hotel in Spain
poilk91
thats got British tourist written all over it probably someone from the *NORF*
SJBSavageInk
Wasn't that last British? Lol
HasteTheFool
That's the cuter pre-evolved form.
Lol idk if it's cuter. Pre-evolved sounds right though. But idk that there is much difference between a bag of trash and a garbage can full
Any Imgurians know the difference between Trubbish and Garbodor?
ImplodingPumpkin
Where do you think we got it from?
LorindaLogan
Conversely, a person who has never left their home town is less likely to know stuff.
Tarumbar
But there is only one country, usa.
Austinious
It's called jeopardy...a game show that schooled a generation.
exbenedict
Lots of red staters never leave their home state. I wouldn’t think any of them could answer a single question correctly.
apocalypticmystic
Lots of *poor people never leave their state, regardless of party
TehGuard
Not true, I play paradox games I know locations and cities of many countries up until the 1950s
LtColThorin
Bear in mind that when you see the stupid people they ask on tv, they cherry pick the ones that are funniest.
I would have gotten the Philippines question wrong.
I also would have gotten the first one wrong.
DemSumBigAssRidges
"America is the greatest country in the world!" - guy who's never left Centerville, TX
Userlivewire
11% of Americans have never left their state. 40% have never left the US. 58% do not have a passport. 76% have visited 3 countries or less.
By speaking to an American abroad at all you’re already talking about an elite group.
misterCT
It’s a shame more Americans don’t travel. It’s also a shame most Americans can’t afford it nor get time off to do so.
Aldante92
I wish I could afford to travel. I want to see what it's like in first world countries.
rhmrcScifiBandit
I get 14 non consecutive days off a yr-USA
Millsslslsls
roughly 2/3rds of Americans don't get a passport throughout their lifetime.
Ryebread91
Wife and I saved up to go to Japan.(u s) it really does change your world view. Everyone should be able to travel the world
zerovanity59
They travel, but remember the US is the size of the EU. We have almost no need to leave.
FutureTravelerPastIgnorer
I've traveled enough in the US that I'd say we definitely should have a need to leave. Just bunch of empty land. Its not really that diverse
sangman
Yeah that's something us Euros love to forget.. most of my destinations are within the EU as well...
Addrammelech
To experience different culteres, cuisine, views? USA is huge but pretty samey and bland almost everywhere imo.
whatsisname
Stop eating at chain restaurants and go into actual cities.
rumandbass
The us is not the same everywhere at all. The us also had myriad cultural areas in nearly every major city. It's the best most of us can do.
Threewisemen
I feel like someone who would say this does chain store everything. The US could easily be 12 different countries solely based on culture.
BrdCdn
You are not nearly as different as you think. It's not like crossing from France into Germany.
Einbrecher
Unless we're traveling further than Mexico/Canada, round trip tickets will easily cost $1500+ - not many people can afford that period. I've
AtypicalMammal
Right now is a weird time with pilot shortages and high fuel prices. But before covid I was nailing $400 BOS-LHR ROUNDTRIPS
got friends in Germany who travel with their family constantly, but hopping the pond is too expensive for them too.
not uncommon to find tickets to florida from Europe round trip for €250
Blud4BludGod
Lmao, ok. I also remember when you could get a round trip from CA to NYC for $99, that doesn't mean it will ever happen again.
randomdudefromtheinternet
As a German? What? Where? Do you have one example for me?
johngofett
My last flight to Amsterdam from MSP was $450. My last flight to RENO, where my mom lives, was $575.
The flight to Reno also took longer because of the 4 hour layover in Salt Lake City...
Was that a special? B/c cheapest tickets to AMS right now from the hub near me cost ~$1400. Same time frame in Reno is $400.
AMS is usually pretty cheap from MSP because it's the major codeshare into Europe for Skyteam. Looks like I can hit $650-800 (1/2)
BillHubbard
I like it here without loud obnoxious freedom shouters.
UsertubeBandwagon
i noticed those people on my trek through Europe. I apologized for USA bc of some asshat three times while in France alone.
Gregreth
Do you have room for an introverted American gay man who's tired of living with that?
I advise Berlin, Amsterdam or Kopenhagen. In no particular order. In Amsterdam and Kopenhagen you can get by properly without>
learning the language first. In Berlin that's just a tad harder.
Come North to Canada. Toronto has one of the oldest and largest Pride festivals in the world.
My manager is from Toronto. He's always telling me that I should visit sometime.
Also, happy Canada Day!
The Brazil question is the only one that gave me pause. The rest were layups - then again its not funny to see people fail hard questions
seehemewe
A country that ends in Q & my brain is like deer in headlights
Noyounot
I was thinking in german and was Irak with Q???
TellusEidolon
Yeah same. Irak is spelled like that in danish too.
AsAHistorian
I think the "ends with Q" question would've thrown me off, I wouldn't have gotten it, and I'd be so mad at myself when he said it was Iraq.
JaimeLannistersRightHand
I was gonna say Peru, Argentina and France and I know I'm right because France's longest border is with Brazil! (French Guyana)
paintnwood
I couldn’t remember if Quezon City or Manila was the capital, but I’d have done well otherwise.
KatieVick
Fun fact: France’s longest border is with Brazil.
kaoticgirl
Yeah Iraq was the only answer I got. I've always been shit at geography :(
Lichelf
If you watch his other videos you'd be surprised how many get the other questions (or WAY easier ones) wrong, or straight up have no idea.
I can never remember Sacramento. I'm like, it's def not LA, is it Frisco? The Comicon is in San Diego I think, so that must be it.
TheWorldAccordingToAtlas
Sacramento, at around 535K people, is the 6th largest city in CA and the 35th largest in the US.
What's the 6th largest city in Brazil?
My guess is Fortaleza or Recife.
lrateyourrig
If i can remember Montpelier, you can remember Sacramento. I believe in you.
I only remember Montpelier because of the cheerios commercial.
TacoPoweredHelicopter
Capital of the Philippines I had no idea. Stupid Canadian. The rest were pretty easy.
eleanorugby
That's because you're so exceptionally well educated that these questions seem easy to you.
MyLittleVenus
Exactly the same for me.
ThisIsMyDogLily
Capital of Philippines easier than ca?
I don't know the swedish region of Skåne but i know the danish region of Skåne
To anyone outside US, absolutely
One is the capital of country, and has existed for at least a thousand years. The other is a random city built >200 years ago in a subregion
ZoidbergIsGreat
Yup. How many provincial or state capitals do you know outside the US? Generally a country's capital is more well known
TinyOctopus
Tiny octopus would have gone with Paraguay, Uraguay, and Argentina, but he primarily knows this because of Evita.
tzahtman
Don't cry for me, @tinyoctopus.
BurtMaklinFBI
I had to think about this one also -after looking at a map almost every SA country borders Brazil! Exceptions are only Ecuador and Chile lol
dudeloveall
I would have guessed Chile
parkway
Probably a lot harder on the spot. I can barely remember my age if someone asks me out of the blue.
Wraid
RenHero
"Uhh... what's my age again..... 23? WAIT NO 39 I WAS THINKING OF THE SONG"
Elsuave
Brasil borders with almost every other country in South America
Codykujo
I don't know I feel like the capital of the Philippines is a hard question for someone who isn't there or from there, with no plans to go
bippityboppitybuttsex
Americans should know this cuz we used to own that shit.
Think: Good Place, sexy dumb guy, he's Filipino. Philipines, island of sexy men with spanish heritage... Man isle..... Man isla.... Manilla!
Got it. The capital of California is BOOOOOORRRRRTTTLLLEEEESS!!
jmartkdr
I would have guessed right but only because Manilla is the only city I know of in the Philippines.
bardock
I would have guessed it because Manila is my favorite flavor of Philippines
kittykaroshi
Manilla Luzon the drag queen helped secure this information in my brain
Himura82
This is literally the only thing that saved me on that question. It was the only name that popped in my head at all lol
PrincePiggo
Really? I've never been further east than Greece and I knew that since I was a school kid.
Everyone knows a different set of things, it turns out ??♂️
SpikeTheGoat
I used to, but after decades of not using the information even once, I forgot a lot. Geography, calculus/physics, history. I need a refresh!
To be fair I'd struggle with the majority of African capitals and most of the eastern European 'Stans'
Brazil has a lot of borders. If you want to troll, you have to say France.
Atomic2
Spain, Luxembourg, germany?
And then theres belgium, italy, and switzerland (and I guess Andorra and monaco). Hard mode would be Romania since most US residents would>>
not know. Hell I'm from eastern europe and I could only think of 2 from memory. //
LurkersAssemble
They meant that Brazil shares a border with France, which is true. It's actually the longest one for France, 730 km in the Amazon rainforest
Ah TIL
JeremyPeevin
1) can afford to travel. Has the money to be educated. 2) asked her travel questions. So, yeah. As an American, we're fucking dumb.
SonOfLucifer
we never see the educated Americans, because they aren't entertaining, or controversial enough for fox news...
SlowMoE30
You have to ask Americans who don't travel. You'll find them in America.
WhoAteAllTheBananasAndTookAShitOnTheCarpet
All of these were easy though.
Orcus424
FYI: Man on the street bits like this are usually rigged as in they get them to play dumb or they just record enough to find dumb people.
Trelis
Good on her to prove the stereotype wrong about dumb Americans. They have earned the moniker, but it's not all of them.
ijack
Play this and learn geography: https://www.geoguessr.com/
metalmorgan
Basic geography is impressive to you?
LetAllYourAngerOutOnMeIDontBite
lol right?
QuackWok
You don't hear about most of these folks because we (and I use that very lightly, she's way smarter than me prolly) keep to ourselves mostly
Fatterburito
I suck at geography. I need to better myself. My high school was absolute garbage.
Justtoberight
https://www.geoguessr.com/seterra/en
Hellbrand
tends to be the louder ones that don't "know jack" as it were. and sadly social media has... only amplified this truth.
DoNotUseMyUsername
i didnt know any of them because i suck at geographics
SidewalkWidflower
And language arts? It's "geography", but maybe English ain't your mother tongue. Btw, never too old to learn ;)
DoNotUseMyUsername
you are correct and also correct. and i am too lazy. as long as my skills are sufficient to understand memes, i am completely satisfied
friendsofsandwiches
She's not just from the united states, she's from goddamn Jeopardy.
deepthought64
Oh hey, that's in Vienna ;)
TheDudeanator
Remember most of these that we see they hunt for people with bad answers and that's what they show us
whapowpow
No surprise, there are smart and dumb people everywhere
TheMetalAndTheFunk
There are plenty of intelligent Americans, they just don’t scream about it, put flags on their jacked up trucks, and follow idiots to doom
UncleGumbald
We playing Doom?
ImANurse
These shows usually edit out the ones that get it right
doctorbocker
If an American thinks they're intelligent, you will definitely hear about it.
IDidItForTheSlunk
Only pseudo-intellects need to brag.
ShaZam1269
They did write "thinks", so they're really right.
cardinal29
We're watching Jeopardy. That said, Geography is NOT my topic.
TiredOldBroad
areyouelonmusk
Hwat'd u say bout my truck!?
xerofall
We're the silent majority, believe it or not.
ATacoWalksIntoABar
American ?♀️ we’re more silent, def not the majority … dumb people are much more inclined to have way too many kids ?♀️
GuestChrist
I think it's time we were less silent. Not obnoxious, just less silent.
xerofall
I meant, everyone else is only hearing from the idiots because they scream the loudest. Those people do not represent who Americans are.
xerofall
But, yes. We're working on it. Don't give up on us, world, we know this is NOT America.
ATacoWalksIntoABar
Squeaky wheel gets the grease, unfortunately. Doesn’t mean that wheel shouldn’t be smashed to bits and replaced ?♀️
UnityInArms
If the wheel is corroded and trying to destroy the whole cart, perhaps replaced?
discolicious
Or vote, apparently
Ikingg
Burn
nomisgnos
We vote. Just an issue with gerrymandering.
Ikingg
Excuse excuse excuse
RoaringTourist
Fuck. That's a painful truth
plainoldfool
Or do vote. But live and vote in Blue states.
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
Plenty vote. Whether there's enoug that vote, that's nother matter.
AsiagoTheSuperVillain
Or live in Red States
Cookie0fPower
Oof
Seanspeed
The dipshit Americans aren't the ones traveling.
thiscantbtaken
They may be traveling but they’re in line at McDonald’s!
kanemano
the smart ones travel, like me, i went to the winn dixie twice today
tokerator
She actually seems nice fo real.
redghost999
absolutezero182
inb4thewar
Atta boy Joey, you're doing your best!
tooRuDe
She knows her geography
boblives
Fun fact, for the last question France is a valid answer, and is actually Frances longest land border
milkmyrod
I've know Americans list Africa as South America and Wales as a place in England.
Katateochi
I've known British so illiterate they couldn't sign their own name. & I've met brits and yanks who's intellect has humbled mine.
nocommennts
The fact we celebrate someone knowing basic geography gives a good idea of the state of the world
Katateochi
I feel that the education problem goes way back to when it started being easier to focus on fact retention rather than critical thinking.
FelixGoldenrod
Geography is where it's at, yo.
TheYoungerChrisEvans
But geology is gneiss, too
MandrewJackson
I thought the double or nothing was going to be a pop culture question. On a different topic a simple question may have stumped her.
KenpachiJiraiya
I know mine too but it hasn't changed my life in any way
SaItyEuropean
she's outside of the US indeed
JustAddMud
Plot twist: she's a geography professor
KevinGrzyb
She was something like that, it’s just cut off
roach79
Nah prob Plays geoguesser ;)
tooRuDe
She might be! I don't think 90% of people could have gotten those all correct
StarmineRendezvous
I doubt even 1% would. I know I wouldn't.
tooRuDe
Yea you are probably right, closer to like 97% I would have got a couple but not all
spacecowboyein
I'm American and ironically I think the only one I would've missed was the capital of California.
digiteck357
People r smart in different ways..... i couldnt answer any of those questions, but i can build a house! ;")
AutismTheMusical
And I can't do either, but I am very good at closing the imgur app only to immediately open it again.
thePyromanic
I can build sisters of things but no chance with languages
Katateochi
I feel that either auto-correct corrupted your sentence or you had a stonk...
thePyromanic
Yes
MarsIsAfire
Show off.
CelestialSea
I knew all those answers. I can also build a house & I design combat robots for fun so :^P
Katateochi
well aren't you a precious little unicorn ;)
digiteck357
Well thats fuckin neato! Lol
Daemencer
The uneducated ones are the ones putting 300M people in the same basket to make a point.
b3twixt
This was filmed in Vienna, Austria.
superpewpew
Hesrightyouknow.gif
ElroydIsGone
LOL, yeah, at the very end I was like "I know THAT police car design in the background..." ;-)
Baltach
Yup, Austrian police van driving at the background plus those lamp posts.
expertLevelProcrastinator
also worth mentioning - the iconic viennese waste bins ;)
TomBrokaw
Right, the capital of Oceania
FishAreSUS
I've never heard an Australian accent like that, did you mean knew Zealand?
ButtblasterMcAssmaster
I was on that very street today, and nobody offered me 200€ to answer a handful of simple geography questions :(
HoneyBadgersAreBadAsses
Simple… try to ask that on a Trump rally.
M1AU
Hah, I also saw the police car there in the background.
ElroydIsGone
Yeah, me too. :-D
ribeyeman
Mahü
idontmindanythingcouldstandhere
Graben eher.
Iwannabecalledspaghetti
I mean, did you ever watch cash cab? It was like Street-Jeopardy, and average people actually did pretty good.
NeonWindbreaker
Cash cab is in Canada and often in Toronto
cardinal29
I LOVED that show. Low barrier to entry - "Surprise! you're on a game show!"
PalaverQuader
"but i am having contractions and need to get to the hospital!!" "we are doing the show now, sry!!"
arthurvanhoudt
Fake Taxi?
LoftheDesert
When I say "Americans are uneducated" I don't say "100% of all Americans", just a loud bunch.
servingmytimeinusersub
WHAT?!!! HOW DARE YOU?!... I'M MURICAN AND WE WILL LIBERATE YOU WITH EAGLES AND FAST FOOD AND STUFF!!!
Menace2Propriety
Good one. How's that well thought out satire working for you, bud?
servingmytimeinusersub
Cant land em all
hydrocarbon82
Kinda like screech monkeys: the loudest have the smallest genitals. For USA, add low intelligence.
PutItInNeutral
I am quasi educated. I keep myself informed. I am well versed in world geography. I am also a loud asshole.
AsiagoTheSuperVillain
The term “critical mass” seems appropriate here.
jacblake
Just an elected bunch.
dcjunkee
Aka, the people that Leno / Kimmel find on the street. They'd edit out the smart people.
Pats0r
Not a loud bunch, the loud bunch imo :)
SJohnson23
Not knowing something is fine - nobody knows even a fraction of everything. It’s when they are proud of their ignorance, that’s deadly.
ErgoVisaVisConcordantly
She may have gone to school outside of the USA. My geography is pretty good & I went to a British secondary school, not a US high school
MutantPoptart
I'm well educated but would 100% fail a geography quiz like this. Now international banking, engineering, or history... I got you lol
NoodleDragonSoup
I mean I know I'm stupid but at least I'm trying not to be. Work in progress.
MonsoonGibby
Not all Americans are uneducated, but there are so many that it's a problem. Just like with "not all men."
FancyAmsterdammerrrr
pumper
Just the ones in charge, you mean.
lapus
I'm educated and loud. Just happy loud... all the time. I might be annoying.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Just the people with a woefully disproportionate amount of power.
stlouiscardinalsfan7
I have an opinion on who the loud bunch are….
FiendishHarmlessFun
Agreed! As a Brit in mid Europe I remind pals: 1 loud Anglophone in a full cafe doesn’t mean the other 50 quiet ones aren’t also Brit/US
Dislex1a
As spaniard i dont mind that much if they are loud.. its the drunk at 5pm catcalling girls and being rude in general that annoys me..
LordOfTheFattys
It's a systemic issue and a stereotype, not a blanket judgement.
LeftRightThere
There are a bunch of us, we just don’t talk to the press after a tornado wearing our “Who farted” hats.
Lovethesmelloftoastedsourdoughbread
Seethreepeeoh
darksideofthemoonmoon
That’s my racehorse’s name - Hoof Hearted
CumsInPies
But we all do have a who farted hat. Some of us just take it off for things other than the anthem.
maliciousGman
Yeah, but only because I don't currently have one of those hats
WeeemRCB
It blew away
maliciousGman
isavedlatin2x
The "who farted" hat stays on during sex.
SoraPonyBoyVersetti
That's when I switch to my "Who Queefed" hat
SlightlyDodgy
Well it's probably won't fall off for at least 6 seconds.
isavedlatin2x
You're lasting more than 6 seconds? Brag much?
SerenePrincess013
The dumb ones are the aggressively annoying vocal minority. The rest of us are educated, but we got tired of trying to compete with the>
Illinifan88
It's not that small of a minority... it's probably 40%.
puffcorn237
When you work with the general public, it sure seems higher than that
SerenePrincess013
It's still a minority. 10% or 49% is a minority.
Illinifan88
I understand, but we can't pretend it's not to the point where it's not a significant amount of dangerous period living here.
Nengex
That's the thing though. It may actually be far less than 40% too. The loud, violent ones have so far coerced many into silence and inaction
SerenePrincess013
Well, yeah, bc the risk of having someone put a 2600 fps piece of metal in your face for putting too much mayo on a sandwich is kinda scary.
SerenePrincess013
Group that prescribes to the mentality of "If I yell louder, that will make me more right."
dirrrtypiratehookerrr
On a podast, author Susan Cain, she discusssed introvert studies... there is no correlation to loudest at the meeting w intellect/value
SerenePrincess013
I'm more than aware. But try telling that to everyone screaming "I'm being oppressed" bc you won't listen to their bullshit.
dirrrtypiratehookerrr
Yeah, and she goes into how that incorrect assumption that extroverts are better leaders etc, informs schools and work environments. So its
JusticePhrall
'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'
vash77
Yay! A post about America that isn't negative
LetAllYourAngerOutOnMeIDontBite
IDK, the post just shows how DUMB americans really are if they don't know the answer to these basic questions
Grimmy32
Not for long, Americans have woken up & will be posting more than Europeans - like always.
cardinal29
Happy Fourth of July?
my1rstlaptopwas34inchscreenup
plenty of great things came out of usa. it's just that it doesn't balance out the evil shit
SilentSlacker
I feel that if you're traveling to other countries, you're more likely to know this stuff.
prettydumb
hahhahahahahahahahahahaha
DryAgedPopsicle
And then there are also people like this...
stlouiscardinalsfan7
Yeah. If you ask Billy Bob from TX he would just be there with a glazed over look like, uh, fuck.
infernopg
I'm from Europe, I love travelling and been to a lot of places, but geography interests me 0 so I wouldn't have known most of these.
Calicious
Definitely truth
Tr1gg3rH4ppy
Its almost like nationality has fuck all to do with intelligence and nurture and nature are much larger contributing factors.
Tr1gg3rH4ppy
I'm a simple plumber in a dead coal town who was "gifted" and all that shit. That didn't mean shit when I couldn't afford college
pugcashingout
Nono, You are more likely to know this stuff, if you are not dumb and not measuring distance with boulders and football fields
FlissFloss86Gaming
Also Americans aren't as dumb as most other countries seem to think
jennym123
Yes but she's definitely better educated. I'm an American who's travelled extensively and I'd only get about half those answers correct.
ohfudgecicles
A cab driver in Fiji asked me how Tr*** won the '16 election, yet he'd never met an American who voted for him. "Because they don't travel."
bocksamson
She's definitely in the 20%
Gluskab
^
PimpinKen
I'd like to see this same test done at a trump rally...
KamikazeGerbil101
HypersonicHero
Should've said France for Brazil (technically true ;)
ECayce
I would have said "Guianas".
TychoTychoAlba
She doesn't look like a tourist either.
AMLejane214
Even if you read a lot about World Map, you’ll know your Geography
KingTonTon
Traveling has become a personality for many. I know people who've been to 20 countries and couldn't tell you who Ukraines pres is.
Pontation
Maybe more likely. Then again I've been to about 15 countries and I'm not what you'd call Shirley.
SlightChungus
This my mom couldn't name any of them but I got them all, #notallamericans
TheJomsborgViking
Then there is the other type who go to Spain and ask why so many Spanish people are there.
PhobianDarkmoon
More of a UK stereotype than a US one I think, but it holds true.
kalka44
wait did that really happen?
JimboTCB
"Why is everyone in Spain speaking Mexican?"
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GondwanaCraton
"You show my photo to some illiterate camel jockey in the Sahara and he's gonna turn around and say 'Homelander' in perfect American."
Subtilico
Those are the people that go to the exact same spot for 35 years.
DoYouLikePinaColada
When I came to Spain and I saw people party. I told to myself: What the f*ck!?
killersoda275
To be fair, there are a number of English people who do that too.
DryAgedPopsicle
creepwood
I see you're a patron of r/ShitAmericansSay
kamesha
"Don't these people speak English, uneducated losers" while speaking the only language they barely know
NCPBullet
Wasn't that actually a brit that was bitching to the paper about Spaniards in her hotel in Spain
poilk91
thats got British tourist written all over it probably someone from the *NORF*
SJBSavageInk
Wasn't that last British? Lol
HasteTheFool
That's the cuter pre-evolved form.
SJBSavageInk
Lol idk if it's cuter. Pre-evolved sounds right though. But idk that there is much difference between a bag of trash and a garbage can full
HasteTheFool
Any Imgurians know the difference between Trubbish and Garbodor?
ImplodingPumpkin
Where do you think we got it from?
LorindaLogan
Conversely, a person who has never left their home town is less likely to know stuff.
Tarumbar
But there is only one country, usa.
Austinious
It's called jeopardy...a game show that schooled a generation.
exbenedict
Lots of red staters never leave their home state. I wouldn’t think any of them could answer a single question correctly.
apocalypticmystic
Lots of *poor people never leave their state, regardless of party
TehGuard
Not true, I play paradox games I know locations and cities of many countries up until the 1950s
LtColThorin
Bear in mind that when you see the stupid people they ask on tv, they cherry pick the ones that are funniest.
LtColThorin
I would have gotten the Philippines question wrong.
LtColThorin
I also would have gotten the first one wrong.
DemSumBigAssRidges
"America is the greatest country in the world!" - guy who's never left Centerville, TX
Userlivewire
11% of Americans have never left their state. 40% have never left the US. 58% do not have a passport. 76% have visited 3 countries or less.
Userlivewire
By speaking to an American abroad at all you’re already talking about an elite group.
misterCT
It’s a shame more Americans don’t travel. It’s also a shame most Americans can’t afford it nor get time off to do so.
Aldante92
I wish I could afford to travel. I want to see what it's like in first world countries.
rhmrcScifiBandit
I get 14 non consecutive days off a yr-USA
Millsslslsls
roughly 2/3rds of Americans don't get a passport throughout their lifetime.
Ryebread91
Wife and I saved up to go to Japan.(u s) it really does change your world view. Everyone should be able to travel the world
zerovanity59
They travel, but remember the US is the size of the EU. We have almost no need to leave.
FutureTravelerPastIgnorer
I've traveled enough in the US that I'd say we definitely should have a need to leave. Just bunch of empty land. Its not really that diverse
sangman
Yeah that's something us Euros love to forget.. most of my destinations are within the EU as well...
Addrammelech
To experience different culteres, cuisine, views? USA is huge but pretty samey and bland almost everywhere imo.
whatsisname
Stop eating at chain restaurants and go into actual cities.
rumandbass
The us is not the same everywhere at all. The us also had myriad cultural areas in nearly every major city. It's the best most of us can do.
Threewisemen
I feel like someone who would say this does chain store everything. The US could easily be 12 different countries solely based on culture.
BrdCdn
You are not nearly as different as you think. It's not like crossing from France into Germany.
Einbrecher
Unless we're traveling further than Mexico/Canada, round trip tickets will easily cost $1500+ - not many people can afford that period. I've
AtypicalMammal
Right now is a weird time with pilot shortages and high fuel prices. But before covid I was nailing $400 BOS-LHR ROUNDTRIPS
Einbrecher
got friends in Germany who travel with their family constantly, but hopping the pond is too expensive for them too.
creepwood
not uncommon to find tickets to florida from Europe round trip for €250
Blud4BludGod
Lmao, ok. I also remember when you could get a round trip from CA to NYC for $99, that doesn't mean it will ever happen again.
randomdudefromtheinternet
As a German? What? Where? Do you have one example for me?
johngofett
My last flight to Amsterdam from MSP was $450. My last flight to RENO, where my mom lives, was $575.
johngofett
The flight to Reno also took longer because of the 4 hour layover in Salt Lake City...
Einbrecher
Was that a special? B/c cheapest tickets to AMS right now from the hub near me cost ~$1400. Same time frame in Reno is $400.
johngofett
AMS is usually pretty cheap from MSP because it's the major codeshare into Europe for Skyteam. Looks like I can hit $650-800 (1/2)
BillHubbard
I like it here without loud obnoxious freedom shouters.
UsertubeBandwagon
i noticed those people on my trek through Europe. I apologized for USA bc of some asshat three times while in France alone.
Gregreth
Do you have room for an introverted American gay man who's tired of living with that?
BillHubbard
I advise Berlin, Amsterdam or Kopenhagen. In no particular order. In Amsterdam and Kopenhagen you can get by properly without>
BillHubbard
learning the language first. In Berlin that's just a tad harder.
BrdCdn
Come North to Canada. Toronto has one of the oldest and largest Pride festivals in the world.
Gregreth
My manager is from Toronto. He's always telling me that I should visit sometime.
Gregreth
Also, happy Canada Day!
Calicious
The Brazil question is the only one that gave me pause. The rest were layups - then again its not funny to see people fail hard questions
seehemewe
A country that ends in Q & my brain is like deer in headlights
Noyounot
I was thinking in german and was Irak with Q???
TellusEidolon
Yeah same. Irak is spelled like that in danish too.
AsAHistorian
I think the "ends with Q" question would've thrown me off, I wouldn't have gotten it, and I'd be so mad at myself when he said it was Iraq.
JaimeLannistersRightHand
I was gonna say Peru, Argentina and France and I know I'm right because France's longest border is with Brazil! (French Guyana)
paintnwood
I couldn’t remember if Quezon City or Manila was the capital, but I’d have done well otherwise.
KatieVick
Fun fact: France’s longest border is with Brazil.
kaoticgirl
Yeah Iraq was the only answer I got. I've always been shit at geography :(
Lichelf
If you watch his other videos you'd be surprised how many get the other questions (or WAY easier ones) wrong, or straight up have no idea.
HasteTheFool
I can never remember Sacramento. I'm like, it's def not LA, is it Frisco? The Comicon is in San Diego I think, so that must be it.
TheWorldAccordingToAtlas
Sacramento, at around 535K people, is the 6th largest city in CA and the 35th largest in the US.
HasteTheFool
What's the 6th largest city in Brazil?
TheWorldAccordingToAtlas
My guess is Fortaleza or Recife.
lrateyourrig
If i can remember Montpelier, you can remember Sacramento. I believe in you.
paintnwood
I only remember Montpelier because of the cheerios commercial.
TacoPoweredHelicopter
Capital of the Philippines I had no idea. Stupid Canadian. The rest were pretty easy.
eleanorugby
That's because you're so exceptionally well educated that these questions seem easy to you.
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MyLittleVenus
Exactly the same for me.
ThisIsMyDogLily
Capital of Philippines easier than ca?
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TellusEidolon
I don't know the swedish region of Skåne but i know the danish region of Skåne
Addrammelech
To anyone outside US, absolutely
Lichelf
One is the capital of country, and has existed for at least a thousand years. The other is a random city built >200 years ago in a subregion
ZoidbergIsGreat
Yup. How many provincial or state capitals do you know outside the US? Generally a country's capital is more well known
TinyOctopus
Tiny octopus would have gone with Paraguay, Uraguay, and Argentina, but he primarily knows this because of Evita.
tzahtman
Don't cry for me, @tinyoctopus.
BurtMaklinFBI
I had to think about this one also -after looking at a map almost every SA country borders Brazil! Exceptions are only Ecuador and Chile lol
dudeloveall
I would have guessed Chile
parkway
Probably a lot harder on the spot. I can barely remember my age if someone asks me out of the blue.
Wraid
RenHero
"Uhh... what's my age again..... 23? WAIT NO 39 I WAS THINKING OF THE SONG"
Elsuave
Brasil borders with almost every other country in South America
Codykujo
I don't know I feel like the capital of the Philippines is a hard question for someone who isn't there or from there, with no plans to go
bippityboppitybuttsex
Americans should know this cuz we used to own that shit.
HasteTheFool
Think: Good Place, sexy dumb guy, he's Filipino. Philipines, island of sexy men with spanish heritage... Man isle..... Man isla.... Manilla!
paintnwood
Got it. The capital of California is BOOOOOORRRRRTTTLLLEEEESS!!
jmartkdr
I would have guessed right but only because Manilla is the only city I know of in the Philippines.
bardock
I would have guessed it because Manila is my favorite flavor of Philippines
kittykaroshi
Manilla Luzon the drag queen helped secure this information in my brain
Himura82
This is literally the only thing that saved me on that question. It was the only name that popped in my head at all lol
PrincePiggo
Really? I've never been further east than Greece and I knew that since I was a school kid.
AsAHistorian
Everyone knows a different set of things, it turns out ??♂️
SpikeTheGoat
I used to, but after decades of not using the information even once, I forgot a lot. Geography, calculus/physics, history. I need a refresh!
PrincePiggo
To be fair I'd struggle with the majority of African capitals and most of the eastern European 'Stans'
zerovanity59
Brazil has a lot of borders. If you want to troll, you have to say France.
Atomic2
Spain, Luxembourg, germany?
Atomic2
And then theres belgium, italy, and switzerland (and I guess Andorra and monaco). Hard mode would be Romania since most US residents would>>
Atomic2
not know. Hell I'm from eastern europe and I could only think of 2 from memory. //
LurkersAssemble
They meant that Brazil shares a border with France, which is true. It's actually the longest one for France, 730 km in the Amazon rainforest
Atomic2
Ah TIL