What do you think of this?

**GasProblemNL** · 01-8-2007, 10:32 AM

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Sorry, but I never heard of the "Coalition of the Willing" or whatever. Maybe it's because I don't live in the US...XD

But come on, what religion are BUDHIST monks...and he said islam..I laughed XD.

And one didn't even know what the United Kingdom is.

But still, this doesn't show Americans are stupid, although these ones are. And it's fun to watch

PS: Invade Italy!!! XD.

**stretchypanda** · 01-8-2007, 10:34 AM

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Clips like that are usually horribly biased and edited to give the impression that every joe on the street is a ****ing idiot.

Although a guy from Canada did get the former governor of Arkansas to congratulate Canada on preserving its national igloo.

**Reach** · 01-8-2007, 11:02 AM

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Whiteboy showed me this the othe day.

How many sides does a triangle have XD

I could probably go around the streets here and find plenty of people that don't know who stephen harper is, so I would say the world in general is pretty ignorant to their surroundings.The average IQ in the states is about average though (98).

**Tokzic** · 01-8-2007, 11:10 AM

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HEY JERRY SPRINGER

HAVE YOU HEARD THAT CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER TIM HORTON FINALLY PASSED THE DOUBLE DOUBLE BILL

"oh well congratulations tim horton on passing the double double"

**sherbtail** · 01-8-2007, 11:12 AM

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First off, I just had to google Stephen Harper so I feel a little stupid now.
Secondly, IQ and general knowledge are very different, and while a high IQ is good, knowledge of the world around you is just as important.
Having lived there for a couple of years, I would say that Americans know relatively less about the rest of the world that Brits, but in their defence, from the UK it is a half hour flight to France which is a completely different culture and every European country is so totally different and so close together. Whereas America is an enormous place so you can easily fill a news program with news from there alone and it makes it much harder to find a completely different culture.

**Squeek** · 01-8-2007, 11:51 AM

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Ask the college students.

Apparently we're retarded and drink beer all day, so you should get some better results for your biased views, right?

I GUARANTEE the average college student would mention that the map they are putting pins on is labeled incorrectly.

**Reach** · 01-8-2007, 11:59 AM

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Originally posted by Squeek

Ask the college students.

Apparently we're retarded and drink beer all day, so you should get some better results for your biased views, right?

I GUARANTEE the average college student would mention that the map they are putting pins on is labeled incorrectly.

But University students represent more like, the top 15% of the population, smarts and education wise. Not really a valid representation of what a nation knows.

I've seen some college professors get sucked into saying some retarded things though on these shows that pretty much try to make americans look retarded. Like, stanford professors at that.

**Squeek** · 01-8-2007, 12:53 PM

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But then why is it that college students are seen as idiots who drink and stay in school for 10 years.

There's no balance to this.

**Dragula219** · 01-8-2007, 03:43 PM

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I'm sure I could make every person from Australia look like a complete moron if I cut out all the people who answer correctly from my video.

Not only is this clip utter stupidity, It is probably the most prejudicial video I have ever seen.

**fido123** · 01-8-2007, 04:09 PM

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OMG THOSE PPL WERE SO ****ING DUMB...

I know its only a small percentage of them but its people like them who got Gerogebush in office...People who support him because "he comes from Texas so he must be right". Those people should be wiped of the face of the earth. But it was funny seeing people thinking Iran, Sri Lanka and North Korea was where Austraila was

**Ruu** · 01-8-2007, 04:39 PM

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There were only about 2 questions I didn't know. Who is in the "Coalition of the willing". I haven't a clue...

Name a country that starts with a U...First thing I thought was Uzbekistan..don't quote my spelling on that...

Makes ya proud to be an American. Doesn't it?

**Cavernio** · 01-8-2007, 05:21 PM

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As was said, you could find the same thing with any country. And as also already said, the US is friggin' huge, and honestly, why do you need to know about other countries when your culture is dominating the rest of the world?

If you went to rural China I'd bet you'd find a whole lotta people more ignorant than these guys. Of course, living in a poor area where you don't have the opportunity to educate yourself is different.

The video's prejudiced I guess, but it's also funny, and you must admit, that these people walked into it themselves. No one stood there and said the people interviewed were ignorant groundlessly; they showed that completely themselves.

**Reach** · 01-8-2007, 06:11 PM

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Originally posted by Ruu

There were only about 2 questions I didn't know. Who is in the "Coalition of the willing". I haven't a clue...

Name a country that starts with a U...First thing I thought was Uzbekistan..don't quote my spelling on that...

Makes ya proud to be an American. Doesn't it?

Coalition of the willing are countries that support the war in iraq.

Uzbekistan, Uruguay, Uganda, Ukraine, United states, UAE...I think that's all of them.

why do you need to know about other countries when your culture is dominating the rest of the world?

These people don't even know anything about their own country. They don't have two clues. I mean, the number of sides on a triangle? The currency in England is queen elizabeths!?

"Let's invade france...they're not our allies..."

It's sad. Obviously not everyone is like this, but it baffles me that people like this exist.

Edit: Let's watch and see how many of you answer all 3 of these basic skills questions incorrectly

1. Do you know how much two plus two is?
A 3
B 4
C 5
D Yes
E None of the above

2. Your response to this question is
A the 2nd option
B the 1st option
C both
D none of the above

3.To which is 31 the correct answer?
A 7 + 11 x 3 - 9 = ?
B 11 - 7 x 7 + 3 = ?
C 3 x 9 + 7 - 9 = ?

**lord_carbo** · 01-8-2007, 06:55 PM

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Originally posted by fido123

biaest

Originally posted by fido123

OMG THOSE PPL WERE SO ****ING DUMB...

Woah man.

A couple of the questions were a bit trivial, not exactly common knowledge, or at least something I wouldn't expect every single person to know off the bat. Most of it was really silly, though.

What I hate the most is how these guys compiled the people who answered dumbly to the questions into a video as if these people represent the majority of the population.

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