Americans are NOT stupid

sam_levi_11 · Post by **sam_levi_11** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:01 pm

so 19% of america have 3 wives- man im so moving there

griffin_slayer · Post by **griffin_slayer** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:59 pm

Skittles! wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:I feel so guilty, cause I was the one that showed her that.
Skittles, dammit.
Look, that was only a few people, expect that to represent over 300 million? By the way, youtube is a bad choice to fall back on for info.
Actually, it was CNNNN, which takes the piss out of things.

And the one thing that shocked me the most, was that someone of old age doesn't know how many World Wars there have been.
Unfortunetly, there are idiots for every country.
Uhm, of course, but how many adults do not know who won the Vietnam War, or how many World Wars there have been? What about the religion for Israel?

technically, the vietnamese won the war because we pulled out. 2 world wars. jews.and i'm not even 15. Americans are not stupid... well not all.

Aegnor · Post by **Aegnor** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:28 pm

dustn64 wrote:All of those guys look like blue collar workers, why would they need to know half of that stuff? They aren't going to run for president.

Perhaps because they need to vote at some point in their lives?
Imagine the next scenario:

(President giving speech on TV): We have to attack Iraq!!
(Hillbelly watching TV): Iqak, isn't that on Mars?? Well, he gets my vote!!!He likes to eat hamburgers!

sam_levi_11 · Post by **sam_levi_11** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:32 pm

griffin_slayer wrote:
Skittles! wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:I feel so guilty, cause I was the one that showed her that.
Skittles, dammit.
Look, that was only a few people, expect that to represent over 300 million? By the way, youtube is a bad choice to fall back on for info.
Actually, it was CNNNN, which takes the out of things.

And the one thing that shocked me the most, was that someone of old age doesn't know how many World Wars there have been.
Unfortunetly, there are idiots for every country.
Uhm, of course, but how many s do not know who won the Vietnam War, or how many World Wars there have been? What about the religion for Israel?
technically the vietnamese won the war because we pulled out. 2 world wars. jews.and i'm not even 15. Americans are not stupid... well not all.

man, i knew the answers to all the questions but one on that- and it was about collateral damage, and im 16

my 14 yr old bro knew most of them too

its not hard....but also worrying to think how some guy who is prolly a very respectable citizen with a good job, yet he doesnt know how many sides are on a triangle!

STUPID

The1exile · Post by **The1exile** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:44 pm

Aegnor wrote:
dustn64 wrote:All of those guys look like blue collar workers, why would they need to know half of that stuff? They aren't going to run for president.
Perhaps because they need to vote at some point in their lives?
Imagine the next scenario:

(President giving speech on TV): We have to attack Iraq!!
(Hillbelly watching TV): Iqak, isn't that on Mars?? Well, he gets my vote!!!He likes to eat hamburgers!

Yeehaw!

Fircoal · Post by **Fircoal** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:05 pm

s.xkitten wrote:Okay...i knew Americans aren't the brightest on the planet...i knew that they are woefully uneducated, especially in history...but seriously people! i have lost all faith in America...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE

Wow, that was a ton of stupidity.

griffin_slayer · Post by **griffin_slayer** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:25 pm

s.xkitten wrote:
Nc_Hunt3r wrote:
b.k. barunt wrote:
s.xkitten wrote:obviously, i realize that all Americans are not like this...
Really? Then explain to me how Bush got elected twice, if we are not truly a nation of morons. "All Americans are not like this", but i'd say it's clear that they're in the majority.

hahaha you think John Kerry would have been better for 04? lmao'
yep...John Kerry would have been better...much better...

and @ BK...yes, 51% of America is that stupid...sadly...

yeah it's depressing. here's an explination.http://youtube.com/watch?v=pfRUMmTs0ZA

griffin_slayer · Post by **griffin_slayer** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:32 pm

sam_levi_11 wrote:
griffin_slayer wrote:
Skittles! wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:Skittles, dammit.
Look, that was only a few people, expect that to represent over 300 million? By the way, youtube is a bad choice to fall back on for info.
Actually, it was CNNNN, which takes the out of things.

And the one thing that shocked me the most, was that someone of old age doesn't know how many World Wars there have been.
Unfortunetly, there are idiots for every country.
Uhm, of course, but how many s do not know who won the Vietnam War, or how many World Wars there have been? What about the religion for Israel?
technically the vietnamese won the war because we pulled out. 2 world wars. jews.and i'm not even 15. Americans are not stupid... well not all.
man, i knew the answers to all the questions but one on that- and it was about collateral damage, and im 16

my 14 yr old bro knew most of them too

its not hard....but also worrying to think how some guy who is prolly a very respectable citizen with a good job, yet he doesnt know how many sides are on a triangle!

STUPID

my 10 year old brother could tell you the answers in his sleep.

Coleman · Post by **Coleman** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:36 pm

sam_levi_11 wrote:so 19% of america have 3 wives- man im so moving there

Not legally, I have 2, if anyone cares.

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:50 pm

Do they know of each other?

Emperor Skippy · Post by **Emperor Skippy** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:54 pm

MeDeFe wrote:
unriggable wrote:
I'll repost it since we're on a new page now, for everyone to see.

Unfortunately, this is false as reported by Snopes.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/stateiq.asp

but it would explain some reasons why Bush did get into office.[/url]

Hitman079 · Post by **Hitman079** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:24 pm

i would've been able to answer the questions also, except about the coalition of the willing, the next country to invade in the war of terror, and locating iraq. i forget exactly where it is, i know in the middle east, but i keep confusing iraq and iran (in an unlabeled or mislabeled map) it took me a long time to remember that israel's major religion is judaism (and how they kicked the ass of their neighbor countries attacking 3 days after the country was "made"

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Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:30 pm

Stopper wrote:
Jenos Ridan wrote:And yet, they still put me in the 'special education' classes since I was in 1st grade!
No! You, really? Unbelievable. Shocking.

And as the old line goes, Har Har.

I know you're probably sarcastic, but that was close to insulting. But, for a 'Special Ed' Graduate of an American Public High School in a provincial backwater, I'm still pretty bright, no?

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:30 pm

i'm not reading this whole thread so maybe somebody already said this....

my favorite part of the video: guy scratches chin....

"ummmm, i'm thinkin' italy"

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:34 pm

Skittles! wrote:
unriggable wrote:Jesus f*ck. Nobody can possibly be this stupid:

"What state does KFC come from"
"No freaking idea"
"Do you know what it stands for?"
"Kentucky Fried Chicken"
Unfortunatly they are.

Why does Unriggable doubt it? I don't.

d.gishman · Post by **d.gishman** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:36 pm

Nephilim wrote:i'm not reading this whole thread so maybe somebody already said this....

my favorite part of the video: guy scratches chin....

"ummmm, i'm thinkin' italy"

haha yeah that was random.

Remember though, with this video, they took out all the people who answered the question correctly, and stuck the people who got it incorrect. all this video tells you is that some Americans do not know the answers to simple questions, not all

On the video: that guy who answered "Germany" to the Axis of Evil thing - it's not so absurd: he was talking about the Axis forces in WWII

And that guy who answered 'three' to 'how many world wars are there', that's not that stupid because some people consider the cold war and its proxy wars to be collectively put into ww3

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:05 pm

Then he should clarify that. SInce not everyone thinks so.

Emperor Skippy · Post by **Emperor Skippy** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:45 pm

And he might have. We don't know if that guy added why he thought there were three world wars. I bet if he was asked why he thought there were three world wars, he had an answer to that. However, which makes this guy seem more foolish? Him saying there were three world wars or him saying why he thinks that there were three world wars and it has a point of logic too it. Still, we don't know what is said afterwards, we just know that he said there were three world wars.

Stopper · Post by **Stopper** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:19 pm

Jenos Ridan wrote:
Stopper wrote:
Jenos Ridan wrote:And yet, they still put me in the 'special education' classes since I was in 1st grade!
No! You, really? Unbelievable. Shocking.
And as the old line goes, Har Har.

I know you're probably sarcastic, but that was close to insulting. But, for a 'Special Ed' Graduate of an American Public High School in a provincial backwater, I'm still pretty bright, no?

I'm sorry, that was a little close to insulting. And yes, you are pretty bright for a special ed graduate of a provincial American public high school.

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:06 am

griffin_slayer wrote:
Skittles! wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:I feel so guilty, cause I was the one that showed her that.
Skittles, dammit.
Look, that was only a few people, expect that to represent over 300 million? By the way, youtube is a bad choice to fall back on for info.
Actually, it was CNNNN, which takes the piss out of things.

And the one thing that shocked me the most, was that someone of old age doesn't know how many World Wars there have been.
Unfortunetly, there are idiots for every country.
Uhm, of course, but how many adults do not know who won the Vietnam War, or how many World Wars there have been? What about the religion for Israel?
technically, the vietnamese won the war because we pulled out. 2 world wars. jews.and i'm not even 15. Americans are not stupid... well not all.

It's Judaism, not Jews.

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:07 am

Hitman079 wrote:i would've been able to answer the questions also, except about the coalition of the willing, the next country to invade in the war of terror, and locating iraq. i forget exactly where it is, i know in the middle east, but i keep confusing iraq and iran (in an unlabeled or mislabeled map) it took me a long time to remember that israel's major religion is judaism (and how they kicked the ass of their neighbor countries attacking 3 days after the country was "made" )

Iraq and Iran are right next to each other, Iran is just bigger on the right, and Iraq is smaller and borders Saudi Arabia.

Hitman079 · Post by **Hitman079** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:52 am

aren't iraq and iran in the middle east, and isn't saudi arabia in arabia?
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EvilPurpleMonkey · Post by **EvilPurpleMonkey** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:40 am

Hitman079 wrote:aren't iraq and iran in the middle east, and isn't saudi arabia in arabia?
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Hmm, was that stupidity or something else?

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:45 am

EvilPurpleMonkey wrote:
Hitman079 wrote:aren't iraq and iran in the middle east, and isn't saudi arabia in arabia?
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Hmm, was that stupidity or something else?

It's a joke.

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:46 am

It was irony I think.

Americans are NOT stupid

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