What do you think of this?

[Squeek]

Re: What do you think of this?

Reach: DDA.

I bet I failed, right?

Then again, the video in question had common things. I mean, how stupid do you have to be to not know Australia is the big island on the southeast of the map?

[Reach]

Re: What do you think of this?

Reach: DDA.

I bet I failed, right?

Then again, the video in question had common things. I mean, how stupid do you have to be to not know Australia is the big island on the southeast of the map?

No, you got them all right. I've asked a couple people those before though and they all got them all wrong.

And you have to be pretty damn dumb.

[angel-d]

Re: What do you think of this?

Although any idiot knows that most Americans aren't that stupid, there has been a lot of very similar clips like this one made recently.
I think the point that is trying to be made is that it is surprising how little many Americans know about the world they are so proud of their country trying to control. You can of course name many countries where perople are equally ignorant of the world around them, however i'm pretty sure it would be difficult to find another 1st world country (with the exception of Scallies in UK, which is Anerica's lapdog anyway).

However the point about America being huge and therefore having plenty to talk about within itself is totally valid. It probably is the main reason the Americans shown on all the clips don't know about the rest of the world.

Also adressing Squeek's point. College students around the world (possibly with the exception of some Asian countries) are seen as lazy alcoholics who are a menice to society. This steriotype is purely brought about by the fact that for many College is the first time away from parents for a prolonged period of time which causes some to go wild and act out. The effect these few individuals have in society is to reinforce the steriotype.
Which brings us in a full circle to the original problem. Americans in general are seen as ignorant of the world around them due to the small percentage of them seen on the type of clip being discussed in this thread, which reinforces the steriotype to the rest of the world.

[tsugomaru]

Re: What do you think of this?

Score! I got them all right too. =]

I think in the video, some of the people were lying about their answers and thought it'd be funny to answer them incorrectly.

This video is terribly biased, but true in some respect. We Americans, as a whole probably do not know much about other places in the world let alone their capitals and presidents. The rest of the world however, know who we are, our capital, and who's running the whole outfit.

~Tsugomaru

[slipstrike0159]

Re: What do you think of this?

My take on everything is as follows. They may or may not have answered the way they did because of impulse, humor, or because someone made them but the fact remains that it wasnt meant to be taken seriously. The same thing can be done to any other country producing similar results its just there is a stereotype against americans describing us as lazy (and a lot of the time, fat) which only makes things worse. Ill condense everything into this little saying, PEOPLE ARE DUMB, dont take things to literally and dont believe stereotypes, just sit back and laugh at everyone and their dumb actions.

[Jokee]

Re: What do you think of this?

Star Wars... a true story...
WTF they don't know where's KFC from...
And one thought Australia was North Korea and New-Zealand was South Korea...

SlipStrike, you're true, people are dumb...

[eagleboy]

Re: What do you think of this?

Sure they're dumb. But then again, think about this: with all due respect, these... blithering idiots.. make up too small of a populace to pose a serious threat to the country's well-being. It's people like them that give America a bad name...

[Chrissi]

Re: What do you think of this?

4 sides on a triangle.