American reacts to How Stupid are Americans? [part 3]

[@chrisdavies9821]

An American woman in a hotel in York went on a long rant about about Britain didn't invent anything and that we even had to copy American place names. She used York and New York as examples.

[@gerardflynn7382]

York has existed longer than the US. The original name for New York was New Amsterdam a Dutch colony.

[@SnowyRVulpix]

Does she not even realise what "new" in the name means?

[@wullieg7269]

an american women in british gas showroom trying to cash a gas bill because it said credit on it

[@robertjackson3552]

New York was named in honor of the Duke of York (later King James II of England). so its not even named after the english city

[@Alltagundso]

That must have been a troll. Tell me it was a troll.

[@steveknight878]

What is extraordinary is not the ignorance, but the confidence they have in their ignorance.

[@sarahsnowe]

Dunning-Kruger Effect: basically, stupid people are too stupid to realize that they're stupid.

[@buddys_dad]

Trust me when I say it wears out some Americans too.

[@thehellyousay]

that's pride. they're proud of not knowing ...

[@thehellyousay]

@@buddys_dad must worn all of them out, judging from the current state of affairs ...

[@maxcr.3688]

That's arrogance as well. Thinking you know everything is the most absurd thing ever.

[@Sollace]

You know how the US has all the restrictions on who can go into the country? Yeah I feel like they should make you take a written test before you're allowed to leave as well.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

But the test must be administered by the country they wish to visit.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Don't hold your breath - just like their "driving test" in most states - it would be laughably easy. Driving test used in air quotes since it's barely a test let alone a test of competence, it's considered so little that most countries laugh at it. The british test is much harder and even I think our driving standards are too low.

[@Yandarval]

The scary thought is the ones with passports had the intelligence or knowledge to get one. So tourists are the cut above the rest. Yet these are the ones, stepping on every rake and falling into every hole...with the utmost confidence of US person.

[@SotGravarg]

IQ under 50 can't leave

[@twwraistlin]

@@Thurgosh_OG Let them take the test at the airport upon arrival, send them home if they fail. Perhaps they'll inspire other americans to educate themselves before going abroad.

[@microcastleVS]

still remember a US lady complaining loudly on a flight that the in flight entertainment didn't have a language setting for "American"... I pointed at the option for English and told her she'd probably be able to understand a few words.

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

... And she was right! 😉

[@nameless6676]

Maybe she wanted a Navajo setting or another Native American language?

[@TopLifeConciergeSantaCos-ef1gg]

ahahahahahahahhahahah

[@Jedidiah_Martin_2]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@senadnicevic3441]

​@@nameless6676 Cold. 🥶

[@Sarmaamy]

I met three americans in Greece and went together to Athens. They wanted to go to Olympic Stadium in Athens and were really enthusiastic about that big concrete building. When I asked what is so special about it, they replied that it was the place where the first olympics were held ever-ever. I just couldn't spoil their day. I had just few days ago visited the ancient ruins in Olympia. The real one.

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

Maybe they were hyped for the first modern Olympics?

[@Sarmaamy]

@@redelfshotthefood8213 nope. It was the first Olympics ever-ever.

[@paulqueripel3493]

​@@redelfshotthefood8213the 1896 1st modern Olympics was held in a different stadium to the 2004 Olympics. If it was concrete, it's the 2004 stadium.

[@apveening]

@@paulqueripel3493 And Sarmaamy referred to the Games as held in 776 BC.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

At leat they knew they where from Greece

[@meee6836]

I am an Aussie that was in Wisconsin. I was asked very loudly DO YOU SPEAK AMERICAN BECAUSE I DONT SPEAK AUSTRALIAN? I had to inform said woman that neither of us spoke those as we both spoke ENGLISH lol

[@janeant9638]

👏 absolutely

[@patriciamillin-j3s]

I’ll bet she didn’t know that and thought it was actually called “American”

[@meee6836]

@@patriciamillin-j3s Yep

[@shy404usernotfound]

We're not literally retarded wtf......but sure OK dude 😂

[@Ckawauchi35]

Except for negligible nuances between American English and Aussie English, they are both basically English languages fr England. Bet the Wisconsinite wouldn't even have known that.

[@Estalrom]

USA is Karen of the world

[@pennieholley24]

ABSOLUTELY!

[@creativian68]

I have been trying to find out the origin of that expression... Why are loud, stupid people called Karen? Who was the original Karen? Maybe you can explain this to me?

[@demo2823]

​@@creativian68It was a meme. Like when you say, "Shut up Rebecca that did not happen," it made Rebeccas into people who tell tall tales to seem wise. Karen was the default name someone came up with in their meme that "Karen came into a non starbucks and asked for a frappuchino" and it stuck.

[@micheledix2616]

Excellent quip

[@georgesheffield1580]

😂🤙

[@AAC2446]

Outside a pub in London, there is a sign that reads: "All Americans must be accompanied by an adult". I think that sums it up nicely. The sign refers to the Americans from only one of the 35 American countries on the continents of South and North America.

[@dfuher968]

Unfortunately, the humour is probably too subtle for Americans. Those from that country seems to prefer rude in-ur-face "comedy", subtlety is not in their toolbox, for humour or anything else. Just like sarcasm and irony are unknown concepts to them.

[@kyle381000]

That sign is utterly brilliant. I wonder if anyone has the marketing rights for it in Canada...

[@shy404usernotfound]

I saw that online. As im sure you did. And it would be mildly funny if Americans were actually going to London like that and causing so much of problem that their little sign was needed instead of posted online for smart people like you. And oOoOoOoOoOo you're so edgy saying that people from other "35 countries" in North & South America are "American". Go tell a Canadian that they're American then you retarded rage baiter.

[@cindyrissal3628]

Excuse me, but bot all Americans are like that. Some of us were raised right & paid attention in school. You can't just lump us all together...

[@AAC2446]

@@cindyrissal3628 USamericans do an exemplary job of lumping other nationalities together (Arabs/Muslims, US Blacks, Africans, Russians, Chinese, etc.). As they say, be done by as you do.

[@chriskelly9476]

When I was in the US, I was playing a trivia game with my cousins and their friends, and their friends were stunned and appeared offended that I didn't know the answers to some questions related to American politics, sports and national holidays - questions that to them were completely obvious. I asked them if they knew who was the first Prime Minister of Australia, how many players are on the field in Australian Rules football, and what does ANZAC Day stand for. When they said they didn't know, I said then why would they expect me to know about American football and Thanksgiving and US political history? It's like they just thought everyone should know about the US.

[@patriciamillin-j3s]

That reminds me of my youngest brother. He is my half-brother by my Greek-Cypriot stepfather and lives in Cyprus. He told my other brother (he and I are from England) that Europeans don’t know history. When my brother told me about it, I asked my younger brother if he knew what Hastings was and he said no (or as my other brother said, the Magna Carta). People don’t seem to understand that each country or region has its own history and you can’t possibly know all countries’ histories.

[@darthmarvin247]

I did my undergrad in the US (originally from Mexico) and for a summer I entered an internship program where I was sent to London. There were a bunch of other students from different universities in the program, all of them from the US. A bunch of us liked to go out and mingle with the locals. Whenever we were asked where we were from I always answered with "Mexico" (even though Mexico City has the advantage of having the country name within it), and the rest always went straight to naming their home state. At some point I turned to them (without trying to be mean or anything) and told them "you guys do realize you kinda just expect everyone to know US geography right?". At least these guys were well educated and knew more geography than the average American.

[@chriskelly9476]

@darthmarvin247 I've noticed that as well. Happens online too when someone is asked where they're from.

[@apveening]

@@darthmarvin247 US geography would be a bit much, but most Europeans at least recognize the names of the 50 states. Don't ask them for the names of the state capitals though.

[@darthmarvin247]

@@chriskelly9476 Yeah, I think it is just their general reaction to the question.

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

A German comedian likes to tell this story during his shows in the US: US woman asks: "Why are so many different languages in Europe?" Comedian answers: "Look, Tiffany, because we Germans lost the war!" US woman says: "I'm so sorry for you, guys!"

[@brauni2558]

Ahh, klassischer Michael Mittermeier Witz🤣🤣🤣

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

Something along the same lines. The American who was saying "why is England allowed to exist why isn't it a State". I just imagine Germans in the background shaking their heads. Trust us it's a terrible idea.

[@allanorme2093]

@@tamasmarcuis4455 "We've tried like twice already, it wont work" ''You know what they say 3rd times the charm" "WE ALSO tried that, it also didnt work

[@themadwarden6603]

​@@allanorme2093English person here, what was the 3rd time again?

[@stevelloyd5785]

BMW owning Mini. It doesn't work either.

[@jom4882]

I'm from Germany. An American once told me that Germany is not on the sea. I think that's OK, because Germany is perhaps better known for its mountains and castles and less for its (also very beautiful) beaches, cliffs, islands and seaside resorts. But when I showed him pictures of our coasts on the North Sea and Baltic Sea, he still didn't believe me. He told me I was getting something mixed up.

[@m.m.4645]

OMG

[@tobiasbayer4866]

The most charitable explanation I can come up with is that he heard somewhere that Germany was in "central europe" and so must have assumed that it was land locked. Possibly thinking that Denmark being above Germany means I doesnt have access to the coast. Although that would require them knowing about Denmark, which I kinda doubt tbh.

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

Not long ago, our Ryan, on his german channel: Germany has beaches, I didn't know that.

[@SotGravarg]

Show him google maps bruh

[@Koirankeksit]

​@@koschmx In my marriage certificate issued by the State of South Carolina it's stated: this is to confirm that their race ist white. This was somewhat confusing for us....😂

[@johnallsopp6324]

US tourist at Windsor castle (UK) was overheard asking why the castle was built so close to the airport. Windsor castle was begun in the 11th century.

[@jarraandyftm]

I was on duty at Windsor and was asked if I was US Army 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@jarraandyftm Ahhh yes... Good old Windsor... Windsor, Massachusetts.. no doubt the Americans think anyway.

[@ShanePalmer-yo4og]

Ah, I've just posted about that myself. You beat me to it..... The Prince was a very amusing character....

[@tengericsillag7865]

This the best 😂

[@aalvesify]

Hahahahahaaha

[@william6682]

Britain doesn't have beaches?, that must mean we are land locked. I hope our navy realises that or they're going to look pretty silly.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Have you seen the size of our tanks? Massive things on thousands of wheels to cross those blue, damp, flatlands to France and Ireland.

[@Powermongur]

Once there was some land called doggerland, but an American probably never heard of that.

[@Alltagundso]

Oh, so what I saw in Brighton was just a big lake.

[@rovanderby759]

Next thing you know, you'll all be making cuckoo clocks and fine chocolate products!

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@Powermongur Is that like diggerland but for doggers?

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

It seems to be a common thing for Americans to think other countries don't have cars. Indians use elephants, Egyptians use camels, Canadians use dogs, Italians use boats. They probably think we travel everywhere on rainbows in Ireland.

[@dfuher968]

And in Denmark we use dog sleighs to match the polar bears in our streets. Oh, and we ripped off the Little Mermaid from Disney!

[@JaneStephen-m1m]

Personally I always travel by magic carpet. No one else can see it!

[@misssunnydee]

We apparently all wear clogs and all the women are milkmaids 😒. Amsterdam is the capital of Denmark (and those that DO know Amsterdam think we're all high the entire day) and we speak German - Deutsch #Dutch

[@pouljensen8210]

You dont ,?

[@ZenoDovahkiin]

It's especially maddening as a German to hear them believe they invented cars.

[@tonycasey3183]

If that girl only just found out sunflower seeds come from sunflowers, there was an excellent opportunity to wind her up about baby oil. 😅😂

[@michaelhunt364]

And Juice.

[@shy404usernotfound]

Where are sunflowers native to again? .......oh right. You people are getting baited by trolls into believing stupid shit you see online that's anti American. Which says more about you than it does Americans....

[@hanzitheauthor]

I feel like she might have been a gap year student studying in Israel. There are a lot of them, mostly American, and if they're from certain parts of the USA their world knowledge is very lacking. I was once asked if Manchester is in London, then if Paris is in London. 100% true story, happened about 17 years ago.

[@cindyrissal3628]

🤣🤣🤣 Too tempting...har-har!!

[@doubleplusgoodthinker9434]

I am a Brit. I was on a tour of Gettisburg, when an American on the tour asked me whether George Washington fought on the Federal or Confederate side. I had to point out that Washington died 66 years before this war started. I thought, how ironic that a Brit has to explain American history to an American.

[@margi9103]

When I was in high school in Australia in the 70s my sister and I studied modern history which included Australian, English, European and American history. In 1999 my sister and I went to the US on a 15 day tour of quite a few national parks in 7 states. There were 4 Australians, 2 Argentinians and 30 US citizens on the bus . The tour guide would ask questions about Lewis snd Clark when we we were nearing areas they explored and asked about wind talkers from WWII when we near a museum that had information about them Guess who answered the questions correctly and it wasn’t the Americans.

[@doubleplusgoodthinker9434]

I should have said that Washington died 62 years before the Civil War started, but that was not far out for an off the cuff answer.

[@BeanMacdui]

These make me laugh! Thank you for the fun stories 😄

[@hildeschmid8400]

That's the American school system for you.

[@peterkoch3777]

​@@hildeschmid8400what "school" system?😂

[@nicksykes4575]

There's at least one gift shop in Austria that does a roaring trade in t-shirts that say "There Are no Kangaroos in Austria". Complete with the Australian road sign warning of Kangaroos, with a cross through it.

[@joeblow9467]

Haha

[@84com83]

Where can I buy one?

[@84com83]

(The T-shirt, nor the kangaroo)

[@nicksykes4575]

@@84com83 I was going to suggest the internet, or a trip to Austria, but then I decided to investigate, I typed "no kangaroos in Austria t-shirts into Google, and got 279,000 hits. apparently you can get them anywhere.

[@philiprice7875]

in Liverpool (the UK version) a shop sells t-shirts NO! i have not met the Beatles

[@speleokeir]

I've noticed there are several ones that keep coming up in these videos: - Confusing Sweden and Switzerland. - Confusing Australia and Austria. - Being surprised when people from English speaking countries, especially ENGALAND, speak good English. - Thinking the US Dollar is legal tender throughout the world. - That other countries don't have modern technology/amenities, etc.😐 I suspect there are a combination of reasons for this: - The Incredibly poor standard of education in many US schools. - The US population gets very little exposure to other cultures due to it's media and news being focused almost exclusively on the US to the point they even remake TV programs from other English speaking countries, rather than showing the originals. No other country does this. - Indoctrination from a young age that the US is the greatest country in the world. I believe this really took off at the start of the cold war during the rampant paranoia of the McCarthy era. I get the impression that the US Government prefer it's population to be ignorant and uninformed as it's easier to dupe/control them. The influence of the religious types doesn't help either. To be fair I've encountered a number of educated and informed Americans and there are plenty of ignorant and uninformed people in every country. But America takes it to another level.

[@cedhome7945]

So you have seen the MAGA with there mouths flapping open ❓

[@lnemeth4334]

Several years ago somebody put a giant billboard next to the main romanian airport with the label "Welcome to not Budapest" Hungarian authorities made a similar billboard at BUD, but with "Welcome to not Bucharest". US tourists keep mixing up our capitals.

[@buster2256]

Methinks the reason is this: "USA! USA! USA!" (which would be part of your third point, I guess)

[@markschattefor6997]

The USA isn't a country it is a giant business, everything for fast profit, no long term vision on anything. It is falling apart, look at California, the looting of stores seems to be legal.

[@wessexdruid7598]

Plus confusing Australia with Argentina.

[@jllorente4662]

A couple of senior floridians told me: You have such an amazing country. We don't understand why you're all trying to "invade" our country, our southern border is a shame. I'm a spaniard and this happened in the center of Madrid 😮

[@yotest3697]

They have too much Faux News

[@silencehill3355]

🥲 That's a special kind of hurt.

[@washimpatwary1446]

Ya estàs olvidando del imperio España cuando ellos invadieron los aztecos y tomaron el mitad de los Estados Unidos

[@SomeRPGFan]

😮 did they not realize they crossed an ocean to get there?

[@jllorente4662]

@@SomeRPGFan that was precisely my point. I can understand if one knows nothing about other countries, but it implied a complete lack of knowledge about their own geography and borders

[@pascaleDUPONS]

I remember that when I worked at the bakery of the French pavilion of Disney World an American asked me how many gallons of oil the Eiffel Tower produced per year, I told him that it was not a derick and that we We don't produce any oil at all in France, for which he asked me what it was used for and I answered him what is your president carved out of rock for!!!

[@UVCMD]

You could have told them, that it was used as a radio transmitter.

[@marcinlatosinski2255]

@@UVCMD That wasn't its purpose. The Eiffel Tower purpose was "decorative". Pure bragging "we have the tallest steel structure!"

[@UVCMD]

@@marcinlatosinski2255 Doesn't change the fact that it had its practical use cases.

[@AlbandAquino]

@@UVCMD That's an actual intelligent answer. Remember, ask stupid a question, get a stupid answer. I would have been WILD on that answer. 😂

[@pascaleDUPONS]

I admit that at the time I didn't think about the technical side or technical prowess! I was so amazed, it's still one of the most famous monuments!!!

[@SuperEohippus]

An American tourist (in Helsinki, Finland) just asked me which one I´m voting for - Trump or Harris. I answered that since I am not a citizen of the USA I cannot vote for either one. He was totally amazed. What? Don´t you vote at all? I told him we vote in our own national elections and also in the elections of the EU parliament. "Oh, then you can vote for either Trump or Harris in those national elections of yours" he said. For a moment I thought he was joking, but sadly he wasn´t. When I continued and told him we don´t have here the democrat and republican parties, but several different, smaller parties, it was too much for him. He was yelling to me "That doesn´t make any sense! You need to vote either for one or the other!"

[@demo2823]

You slowly tell people like that, "People elect their own leader in a democracy. As I am not an American, I don't vote for American leadership."

[@outinthesticks1035]

Same thing a few years back , I was asked if I was going to vote for Obama or trump . Said that I liked Obama but could not vote for him , that was followed by the question " was I not able to because he was black , and I didn't want a black president I replied , no , I'm Canadian To that , I was told " you can still vote , Canada is part of the USA , just like any other state "

[@AAC2446]

Having two parties to vote for is too much for USamericans so they have formed a Uni-Party to make things simpler for them. Just one box on the ballot to mark with X now.

[@Alltagundso]

In fact the whole world should be able to vote in the US, considering that they participate in so many wars and have otherwise influence as well.

[@rhdrhd3255]

you should have told him for jimmy carter

[@trishloughman5998]

There are stupid people everywhere. Some of them are just more confident in their stupidity.

[@ShadeScarecrow]

Yea, and those people are usually quite loud, so they are noticed much more than the normal or smart ones.

[@DeepThought9999]

Dunning-Kruger syndrome

[@Thurgosh_OG]

While this is true, The US is actually 'The Best in the World' at it.

[@ju5572]

@@DeepThought9999 That's not the Dunning Kruger "syndrome". Kinda ironic.

[@sophiastorm8616]

Amen 😂

[@stevenvanhulle7242]

Heard of US tourists visiting Neuschwanstein castle (Bavaria, Germany): "Hey look, they copied the Disney castle".

[@gerardflynn7382]

Even though the Castle is older than their country?

[@geraldbalzer2429]

@@gerardflynn7382No it‘s not. Building Neuschwanstein started 1869. The US were founded almost 100 years earlier.

[@veepotter307]

OMG!

[@allanorme2093]

@@geraldbalzer2429 So it's still older then Disney. The man and the company

[@ZenoDovahkiin]

Now thismakes me angry.

[@Ignacio-MV]

The first time I went to Europe, I took a walking tour, at that time it wasn’t available in Spanish, so I took it in English, the guide made us introduce ourselves. I said that I am from Chile. Then, an American tourist told me, “oh nice, I went to Mexico before”. I answered: good for you, I’ve never been there. The American guy replied telling me: “how, if Chile is a part of Mexico”… me: mate, Chile is in South America, and we’re like 8000 Km away from Mexico…no further questions…

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Nice reply. This is the way to (very slowly) educate them.

[@BlackHoleSpain]

Yanks heads must explode when they learn the US wouldn't exist nowadays without the help of the Spanish Viceroy of Florida and his supplies and military support in Revolutionary War.

[@zelts]

Perhaps the American guy confused Chile and chili.

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

@@Thurgosh_OG Let's start educating all the people on the planet: People in the USA are "US" Americans.

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

Uh oh. You made the classic error in your explanation of omitting how the distance is expressed in freedom units. The person likely doesn't know what a kilometer is. USA is one of the few countries that uses miles still. So to them 8000 farble-barbles is what you said, rather than 5000 miles away from Mexico.

[@paulmidsussex3409]

It is amazing that you go for a Ferrari as an example of an Italian car, the rest of us were thinking Fiat 500.

[@vanesag.9863]

The first thing I thought when he said Ferrari was: But now it's not Italian! Why he didn't said anything about a cinquecento?

[@jerry2357]

I was thinking of two other car companies from Modena: Lamborghini and Maserati.

[@paulmidsussex3409]

@@vanesag.9863 Listen to Mr Fancy Pants with his Italiano.

[@LeSarthois]

I personally was thinking "Wait until they learn that Chrysler belongs to Fiat"

[@lizcollinson2692]

😂❤

[@Powermongur]

What is it with Americans telling us they know more about our country than we do?

[@crank1985]

A preemptive strike, cause they subconsciously know, we know more about history, than they do...

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Brainwashing. From and early age many US Americans are literally brainwashed into thinking that the USA is the only advanced country and that they invented everything and are superior to all other countries. It may sound over the top but only 2 other countries in the last century indoctrinated their children by having them pledging allegiance to a flag or person. The other 2 being North Korean (who are led to believe that their ruler is a Deity) and what was Nazi Germany (pledging to Hitler) around 80 years ago and we know how that turned out.

[@TriViuM2k22]

Narcissism.

[@fuglbird]

They don't teach children much in their schools. American schools are mainly cheap places for storage of children.

[@paulplaiulla9033]

@@fuglbird I wouldn't say it is a daycare. The American education system's role is to produce workers not citizens, It's kept afloat just enough for this purpose not much more.

[@m.m.4645]

As a German (now retired and 64yrs old) I travel a lot. Many different countries, often english speaking areas. Countless times I have been asked if Hitler is still around and where in Berlin he lives. Needless to mention which nationality the people that have asked me are. It is hopeless.

[@leec6707]

Is it a mix of nationalities or always American?

[@m.m.4645]

@@leec6707 I have only been asked that question by Americans. At least that is what they said.

[@TerezatheTeacher]

So, is he? 😅 (just kidding obvs, as I sm not American)

[@Narokh]

Tell them he went home to Austria and watch them get REALLY confused.

[@timetraveler43]

Tell them he lives on Florida.

[@stephenkelly1887]

In 1972, my dad worked for an American steel company in Scotland. A US delegation came over and one of them was shocked that we had telephones and television. My dad was quick to point out that we invented the damn things. He refused to believe that.

[@AguedaG]

Les faltó extrañarse de que tuvierais penicilina.

[@stephenkelly1887]

@@AguedaG Yes indeed. I apologise to you for only being able to speak English. And Latin!

[@AguedaG]

@@stephenkelly1887 you don't need to apologize. I do it for my bad English.

[@stephenkelly1887]

@@AguedaG Your English is probably better than mine!

[@AguedaG]

@@stephenkelly1887 thank you!

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

I once told an American to stop calling people who disagreed with him Communist and Marxists. He told me I didn't know what I was talking about. To which I replied, I grew up in the Soviet Union, was conscripted into the Soviet Army and spent about three years in the Soviet Afghan War. I was 25 when the Soviet Union collapsed but I had already deserted the Soviet Army to fight to restore my country's independence. This didn't make any difference as the American did not know what USSR and Soviet Union were. He didn't know the country was not called Communist Russia or that Russians only made up half the population. The definition for Russian was pretty loose to exaggerate the statistic. He also seemed to think the word "union" meant something like the "Teamsters" truckers trade union.

[@gerardflynn7382]

That sounds like a face palm moment.

[@shy404usernotfound]

Union.... United States.....sure OK "they didn't know what that meant" whatever you say.....🙄

[@evabierbrodt5650]

Do you mean the Soviet Onion?

[@Mistmantle88]

Working at a hotel in Vancouver, Canada for decades, I have more than my share of stories like this. I recall one particularly ignorant college age woman complaining that DOLLARS are AMERICAN and that Canada should get a currency of its OWN. Poor thing…when I explained that the common currency during colonization was the SPANISH GOLD DOLLAR, and when Canada and the USA settled their borders they both created dollars of their own to replace the original Spanish gold dollars, she didn’t care.

[@Bunny_Aoife]

im Austrian, and a friend of mine was taken aside at an american airport, because he had stamps from hungary in his passport, the guy asked him repeatedly what he was doing in Hungary. Now we live very close to Hungary, and back in those days, early 2000's maybe late 90's, it was very common to go to Hungary to shop a bit cheaper for stuff. Anyway, that security guard was explaining to my friend, that Austria was part of Germany, and Hungary was part of Russia, so if he could explain what he was doing in Hungary... It took a supervisor to get sorted.

[@chronic2023]

This reminds me of an incident where some Swedes, one of which related the events to me, were traveling to the US to attend some sort of mental health type seminar. They were stopped at Immigration by an officer who was accusing them of using the US educational system for free and actually intended to put them on the next plane back to Sweden. 😅 The head of the Swedish group asked for the supervisor. The supervisor shook his head in dismay, stamped their passports, and let them into the US without a word. 😅 Probably too embarrassed to say anything. 😅😅😅

[@oPlazmaMC]

Well that is extremely interesting. I have been visiting Russia this entire time?

[@valsyaranamual6853]

So stupid people get jobs in customs - in the USA?

[@joynicholas3404]

With Austria and Australia I have good one for you Ryan. A few Olympics ago the women's marathon was won by Austria. The exhausted girl ran up to the Australian broadcasters and in a pure Aussie accent, just like mine, said , "Hi Mum and Dad." Everyone was astounded. She lived is Austria married to an Austrian. Australia celebrated with her.

[@eroslove1787]

I love learning foreign language and dialects , made a career as a translator , an american girl from LA said "thats cool that you can speak many language but it will be difficult for you to choose what country to vote for presidential election"

[@dragutaku4717]

That's incredible 😂

[@LinMonash]

That's entirely credible. It's a dangerous thing to deliberately down your population. The US is the country with: - the greatest no.of people who believe the earth is flat. - the most people who believe aliens regularly visit earth in UFO's - in order to kidnap humans & sexually interfere with them. - The most (weekly?) School shootings - the most no. of people who join Cults - produced a Church where the congregation believe Dancing with Rattlesnakes will bring you closer to God. ( well, in this instance they might be right...) - and the country where the majority of the voting public chose Trump. Not once - but twice! Tis no longer laughable. Now it's truly Scary!

[@HanneMary]

Those people somehow skipped the step in childhood where you realise not everyone is the same nationality and doesn’t speak the same language. The biggest problem is that they’re way to confident in their belief

[@bodybalanceU2]

its called "cognitive dissonance" and it is running rife in the USA

[@Gernot66]

but but in star trek they all speak english....

[@mushroomsteve]

But the thing about the US is, there is just about every nationality in the world right here in this country. I remember getting off the train in LA last year, and our Uber driver had just arrived from Spain, and she spoke no English. I had to do my best to communicate with her in what little Spanish I could speak. I could get by, but I was a nervous wreck, and frequently mixed up Spanish and French words. I asked her what she thought of LA, and she replied, "Es loco!". I got a kick out of that. Edit: "LA" is the abbreviation for the city of Los Angeles, California.

[@mushroomsteve]

@@Gernot66 Not all... Some speak Klingon, others speak Vulcan.

[@Gernot66]

@@mushroomsteve grrr... yes😀

[@ShanePalmer-yo4og]

I once heard the late Prince Philip tell an amusing story about some American tourists who were going round Windsor Castle. Just to set the scene, he was mentioning that he sometimes walked around the castle & grounds when tourists were there, but hardly ever got recognised. He overheard a few Americans chatting to each other when one said "Don't you think it's silly to build a Castle under the flight path to Heathrow Airport". The Prince just said, "obviously they have no understanding of history"... The Prince was a very amusing person.....

[@BeanMacdui]

Oh!! That is a wonderful story!! Prince Philip and a wicked sense of humor! 😅 ❤

[@londonlion5179]

An American tourist in Scotland was heard to say that she thought it was very convenient that they built Edinburgh Castle right next to the railway station

[@thefiestaguy8831]

😂😂

[@eshiestrik2756]

😂😂😂😂

[@The_real_Arovor]

Whaaaaat? 🤣🤣🤣

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Maybe she confused Edinburgh with Cologne. The Cologne Cathedral is actually right next to the main train station...

[@londonlion5179]

@@melchiorvonsternberg844 I don't think that you get it. What was there first, cologne cathedral or the railway station?

[@microcastleVS]

also had an American react with surprise at finding out I don't celebrate the 4th July.....I'm British.

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

I'm Canadian. One of the computer games I used to play is made in my home city. It's marketed worldwide. The big summer sale was called the fourth of July offers. They started selling them on July 1st. July 1st is Canada Day. So. Every Canadian knew what they really were. And why they always started July 1st. And why we couldn't call them what they were... Because the huge customer base that encloses our country is the goldmine. Over ten times our population. Gotta market to the biggest market!

[@madabbafan]

Wait until you,tell Americans we Brits don't celibrate the start of the land theft from the indiginous population. Sorry Thanksgiving

[@Jo_Kuiper]

Neither do we have a thank's giving day in Europe.

[@sallybutcherskalamundakrafts]

Maybe we should celebrate it. Otherwise we wouldn’t have these stories to laugh at.

[@TopLifeConciergeSantaCos-ef1gg]

how dare you ahhaha

[@Zephyrines]

3:29 "wait you have cars in Italy?" 😂Italian car giant FIAT own; Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Ferrari, Fiat, Fiat Professional, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Ram Trucks, and SRT.

[@B-A-L]

Just reply 'What do you think the movie Ford Vs Ferrari was about?'

[@SnabbKassa]

A lot of Americans think nowhere outside North America has roads, running water or motorized transport of any kind.

[@SopokistaJr]

Alfa Romeo also gave birth to Lamborghini and pagani.

[@sugarnads]

Who owns fiat now... Hmmm?

[@zeynepyazici9618]

I am from Istanbul, Turkiye. A decade ago I attended a international congress which took place in Istanbul. I met an American lady who holds a significant place in a well known American university asked me where I am from. I told her I am local. Then she proceeded to ask me how life is in Afghanistan. I answered I have never been to Afghanistan so I don't know. Still remember her shocked face😂😂😂

[@josephfoulger9628]

She thought she was in Kabul? It’s crazy that an educated person can travel to anothe country without knowing where they are going. To be fair I have met Brits who traveled to Madrid or Barcelona and didn’t know they’d been to Spain…

[@gypsygem9395]

​@@josephfoulger9628I recently got told by a (British) colleague that they were going to Puerto Rico for their holiday, with the add-on that "It's in Spain". To be fair, it is one of the Spanish colonies, but it's not actually in Spain! Most Brits do know more geography than that though

[@josephfoulger9628]

@ how embarrassing

[@buddys_dad]

@@gypsygem9395 Puerto Rico is no longer a Spanish colony (the last Spanish soldiers left in 1898). It is now a U. S. territory. I’m an American, so…

[@MrHariSheldon]

@@buddys_dad Puerto Rico was originally colonised by Spanish. So it is originally a Spanish colony, no matter who rules it now.

[@ShoreVietam]

So my friends and I were sitting in VRChat, talking about possible outcomes to the war in Ukraine, as two Americans came along. The first wispered to the other: "Don't say anything, I don't want you to embarrass us being American." They listened a bit, later I split up with them and being German of course WW2 came up and the other one asked how we could recover so well after the war. So I said "It was thanks to you and the Marshall Plan aid you gave us." he was confused and asked what the Marshall Plan is. So I steped a bit closer, put my hand on his shoulder and said "You don't know what the Marshall Plan is? So let me educate you about YOUR history." - the other just ran away screaming "I SAID YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT !! I KNEW IT !!!!" 🤣🤣🤣 Edit: The best part is, they did not know each other, the first one just already expected this from a fellow American. xD

[@broadband0118]

I'm English and thought I knew about the Marshall Plan, however I was unaware that West Germany received aid too. I guess that makes me equally stupid!

[@s.b.907]

@@Audulf-of-Frisiathe story is that every government in Europe at the time welcomed the group of Americans that headed the Marshal Plan with lavish parties, etcetera. Then they came to the Netherlands and were welcomed by the Minister-President with coffee and some cookies, nothing fancy. So the group thought that the Netherlands had to be in extra need, not being able to afford a proper welcome. Not sure if this is really the truth but it is a good story. 😂

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@broadband0118 Well... For Germany, the story was a little different... When the war ended, Allied special units fanned out everywhere to carry out specific tasks. Well-known examples include the "Monuments Men", or the guys who were on the hunt for superior German technology and those who were looking for the scientists who were responsible for it. But there were also units that were simply set up to secure the gold of the German Reichsbank. Today, as then, Germany has the second largest gold reserves in the world. We are talking about 6,000 tons of gold in 1945. The Americans actually managed to find the gold and got their hands on it, illegally of course. The idea was that no matter what happened in Europe after the war, America would already have secured compensation and would not have to share it with the allies. And after the development had taken its historical course, the equivalent of these 6,000 tons was made available to West Germany as a starting aid. But of course only as a loan, which had to be paid back with interest. What a unique business model! First you rob someone and then you give him his money back as a loan and collect the interest on it on top of that... And then you let the person you robbed, pat you on the back for your generosity.

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

@@melchiorvonsternberg844 or facts: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshallplan#H%C3%B6he_und_Zuteilung_der_Mittel

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

@@s.b.907 or facts de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshallplan#H%C3%B6he_und_Zuteilung_der_Mittel

[@Songfugel]

The Finnish thing is an actual conspiracy theory that started from some stupid meme, I've heard it as well a couple of times as well when I lived abroad as a Finn (from American republicans who were pretty deep into "left-wing" conspiracies). The bit about us being actually Korean, isn't completely insane tbh. In ancient history (roughly 20 000 years ago) Koreans and Finns used to be part of the same people from the same mass-migrating wave, until it split around current day Mongolian region due to glacial ice. Over thousands of years, one group went West (Finns, Hungarians, etc), one went East (Korean and Japanese), also "this going to the West" took over 10 000 years, so we are talking about massive times scales here. Some Finns still have significant "Asian-ish" facial features not present in the European stock that most of Finnish DNA has updated to. Especially some Finnish women can sometimes be confused into being Asian or mixed-Asian heritage, especially if they are of a very Finnish heritage from some of the smaller and more remote villages, that haven't mixed with other Europeans that much (Some Finnish villages are so genetically isolated their DNA is being researched to better understand hereditary diseases

[@chaoskind9012]

Thats so interesting! Thank you for sharing

[@boogermaiden]

Wow! Didn't know that!!!! Hello from an Asian!

[@rexochroy2]

There is no way an america knew that. Not a chance.

[@Milovatsi]

Oh, yes, I'm either japanise or thai....

[@julianbarber4708]

Are you sure they're not mixing up 'Korea' with 'Karelia', which was formerly in Finland? My Finnish partners grandparents were from there.

[@SiGr10614]

the funniest part of this video, Ryan losing the will to live because of the horrific background music hahahaha!!!

[@thomasalbrecht5914]

Someone should have told him he could switch it off if he so wished 😂 … ok I’m being a bit harsh there.

[@Sharon-bo2se]

I was doing 2 month trip hostelling around Britain (did it all on my regular 6 weeks of vacation time plus 2 weeks banked from previous year). Could tell many of the Americans just by observing. In a hostel in Dover one evening as we were settling down to sleep, we were chatting. There were 10-12 of us in the room, including Germans, Brits, Australian and others. I'm Canadian. After lights out, we heard a very nice young lady from Virginia ask, in a very small voice, if Americans were really as bad as they were said to be. The whole room went so dead quiet one could feel it. Another girl from Sweden had to answer that many were. We really did not wish to hurt this nice gal but it had to be done. We did try to make it clear that it was the loud obnoxious ones that were the issue, not polite and friendly ones like her.

[@BeanMacdui]

Yeah, this is precisely the reason that Americans say they are Canadian if asked where they are from 😂 Soon Canada is going to have the bad reputation, thanks to their American cousins! Lol!

[@BeanMacdui]

Weird, I left a comment for this post and it’s been removed?!

[@msboomerizzle303]

Whilst gaming, I was in a chat room with a few people, one of whom was American. He asked me where I lived and I replied 'Scotland'. He acted surprised that I was online as according to him, Scottish people still lived in caves. True story. 😂😂

[@crank1985]

You should ask how he has the time for gaming and who's watching for Cherokee attacks in return.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Want to confuse him? Tell him it's 23 hundred hours and show him your 24 hour clock....

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

I've (🇨🇦) been 3 times to Scotland. I must've somehow missed seeing the famous caves of Scotland! Maybe next time? 😉

[@olewyrdd]

This happens within our own country. I lived in Oklahoma and had someone from Oklahoma City ask me if we still had to fight the Indians and travel around in wagons.

[@dennisfraser6896]

Along the roads of northeast Scotland are signs saying bear Scotland.All the sign means that is the name of the company who look after the roads.An American tourist complained he hadnt seen any bears in Scotland.😂😂😂😂

[@dieschachbrettfee2060]

15:06 According to The Economist Democracy Index (seen on Wikipedia) New Zealand is the 2nd most democratic country of the world in 2023 (1st is Norway). USA is on place 29, described as "flawed democracy", while place 1-24 are classified as "full democracy".

[@dieschachbrettfee2060]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index

[@gbdewbery]

Congratulations on having the courage to go through this ordeal. I respect your open mindedness and your willingness to learn about other countries even when it may be embarrassing for you as an American. The world would be a better place if more of your countrymen and women looked outward as you do.

[@tosa2522]

Well-known boat brands in Italy are Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini.😁

[@AndrewwarrenAndrew]

with the Fiat rowing boats.

[@solaccursio]

@@AndrewwarrenAndrew love and laughter from Italy 😁😁😂😂❤

[@gio7799]

Anyway...we are also good at building yachts.

[@TheZodiacz]

I've got a Bugatti brand canoe!

[@tosa2522]

@@TheZodiacz Nice, but Bugatti is established in France. Only the founder is Italian.

[@MoodyMarco-vj3oe]

The whole "pledge of allegiance" always seems very culty to me; especially making children recite it.

[@MickeyStartraveller]

yup, Taliban with cowboy hats.....

[@speleokeir]

Agreed. The only other countries I can think of that do that are North Korea, China and 1930s Nazi Germany.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

My favourite is when they renovate or buy a house they also put up a new flag at the front! It must be the only country in the world where the people need to be reminded where they live! 😵

[@arnodobler1096]

@@jenniferharrison8915 Poor knowledge of geography?🤷‍♂

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@arnodobler1096 Definitely, it seems that they don't study geography at all!

[@Resuzeku]

I'm from Poland. Used to work at an IT helpdesk for a customer based in Texas. The questions I got sometimes were: - Do you have computers there? - Do you have toilet paper? - Do you have toothpaste? - Is Poland an Island? Is it in Texas?

[@analholes77]

The toilet paper question is kind of legit, as most of the world uses water to clean their bud, which is way cleaner.

[@TerezatheTeacher]

Czecha here. if Poland is an island, does that mean we get a seaside now? 😊😊

[@Resuzeku]

Of course, why else would you greet people with good old sailor ahoy :D?

[@ThisIsAnnie2002]

@Resuzeku , I think that's Czech buddy

[@raymondwestland2512]

A couple of years ago I went to Paris together with my wife to Paris to celebrate her 40th birthday. During our trip we went to Père Lachaise Cemetery where a lot of famous people are burried, including Jim Morrison (the Doors), Chopin and Oscar Wilde. Despite the cemetary being somewhat of a tourist hot spot, it's still a cemetary so a modicum of respect is warrented. There were two American girls in their early twenties making a racket and climbing on tombs. Mind you, these are still privately owned. I asked the girls to tone it down and show some decency. It took them a while to take it all in...

[@anmaster_aw9923]

while chopin's body is burried in Paris his heart is burried in Polan so you're partially correct

[@sugarnads]

Google american tourists at auschwitz...

[@samnemeth-smyth6109]

As the video goes on, you can see Ryan's will to live slowly disintegrate 😬

[@84com83]

Noh, don´t be such a pessimist! (he is fairly O.K.)

[@MichaelCook-f8y]

Cheer up Ryan. The only Americans I've ever met were serving members of the USAF when I was in the RAF in the 80s and they all acted like normal, sensible people.

[@michakaikarsten7331]

I lived with some americans when i was studying abroad in Ireland and they asked some funny but harmless stuff, but i think one of my favorites was when we were talking about the preparations for a local Halloween party, and one of the Americans went "oh I didn't know they celebrate Halloween here!" Like my dude who do you think INVENTED it, he was so surprised to learn it originated in Ireland

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

In my 30s (🇨🇦) my favourite holiday was still Halloween. When I went to Scotland, I was shocked to learn they didn't do anything for it. UK too. First I'm hearing if it originating in Ireland. Thank you Ireland!!!!

[@dfuher968]

@@redelfshotthefood8213 Halloween or Samhain, as its called, has been celebrated in Ireland for 1000s of years. There is a 4500-5000 year old ritual site with the entrance aligned to the rising sun on Samhain.

[@RoadKillBarbie]

​@redelfshotthefood8213 we do celebrate it in Scotland, and was also known as Samhain in Scottish Gaelic. We used to carve turnips, dook for apples, etc, when I was wee (a bit older now and excited to do all this again when my wee girl is a bit older) and we call "trick or treating" guising.

[@zenzombie72]

That's something we didn't learn in England.

[@PeterThompson-qj2lm]

Well, when a certain US ex leader told a gathering that the army captured the airports during the US war of independence, what do you expect.

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

For real?

[@PeterThompson-qj2lm]

@@MazzaEliLi7406 July 4th 2019

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

Oooooh dear! The USA is a nuclear power . . . Oooooh dear oh dear oh dear . . . this is sooo worrying! I have said it before & I will say it again - politics is too important to leave to politicians, corporations mainstream media.

[@PeterThompson-qj2lm]

@@MazzaEliLi7406 Off topic

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

@@PeterThompson-qj2lm True but incompetence in politics is more scary than deliberate evil. IMO. Cheers.

[@anneliblom]

I'm from Sweden and I dated a man from the US a couple of years. The first time I visited he told me very articulatory that "Here in the US we can pay for gas and other stuff with a CARD!" ... 🙄

[@dfuher968]

Im guessing, that relationship didnt last too long.

[@lorrainewhitehead9080]

The first time you visited! You’re not easily put off are you. Was he very handsome or very rich. 😃

[@eriwanfranget507]

The answer should have been "yes, invented in Paris by a Jew born in Egypt".

[@SnabbKassa]

Europe's payment and banking system is still 20 years ahead of the US, but they have no idea.

[@chronic2023]

​@@lorrainewhitehead9080Swedes are tolerant folks. 😅

[@craigdavidson4378]

An American friend was shocked when I pointed out “The Star Spangled Banner” is about a “Glorious defeat”

[@nixer65]

Better than that…the tune is actually from "The Anacreontic Song” - it was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London. It was usually sung as a drinking song. 😂

[@black4pienus]

There's a pledge of allegiance flag ceremony at Disney World/land? That's crazy! I can't imagine people stop what they're doing at the Efteling to sing the Wilhelmus (Dutch national anthem). lol Insane.

[@vanesag.9863]

Imagine trying to sing the Spanish anthem every day🤣🤣🤣

[@apveening]

@@vanesag.9863 LOL

[@kyle381000]

This is why it is always somewhat grating to hear (only) Americans refer to themselves as the leaders of the free world when they are among the most insular people on Earth who generally have little knowledge of the very world they're supposedly leading.

[@Cat11629]

An American once told me that I was lying when I said that it was summer in Australia at Christmas. He said that the weather all over the world was the same.

[@janhansen554]

Yepp... Its alot of palmtrees in Oslo... lol

[@alansmith2426]

Flat earther maybe?

[@300DBenz]

This is what happens you keep cutting public school budgets year after year after year after year for decades.

[@SharlzG]

Hey Ryan, the dictatorship comment, I've heard the same in Aus also - it was happening a lot after the covid lockdowns and restrictions down here that we had Americans telling us that we were living in a dictatorship, and that our government was reaching our whatever amendment rights, even though we don't even have such things as "amendments" in Aus NZ ... 🤦

[@mareebrown-e3n]

Yes, Australians are told we live in a socialist country because we have a universal health system. It is not free, we pay through our taxes. However if we need medical treatment it is free within the public system.

[@Old-USRefugee]

Re the person from New Zealand , who said they are often told they live in a Dictatorship. I am an American with dual Citizenship living in Germany. In a few of the facebook groups I belong to, I am often asked " Why did you choose to live in a Communist Country?", by other Americans.

[@maddyc2412]

If New Zealand is a dictatorship it's a very free fun one, I love living here

[@russs7574]

Just remember the sage words of H.L. Mencken, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

[@hollyleafwell2118]

Once I had a day off uni because it was the coronation of the king where I'm from so I was chatting with my American friend. She asked me how I'm still talking because I usually have class when she's free because we're 12 hours apart. I mentioned the king's coronation and she said, "I thought you said you weren't British." I'm not. Other places have a monarchy too, Jessica.

[@ebbhead20]

Congrats, you're the second Yank to see the £ sign and call it Euro.. A Euro wont help you in England mate... You need a pound sterling which is the sign you're looking at....

[@Thurgosh_OG]

He's not the 2nd, he's way back in the queue for that but that Dollar or Euro isn't useful anywhere in the UK, not just the English bit.

[@ebbhead20]

@@Thurgosh_OG well i meant what ive seen on KZbin. And i know about the UK, im from England myself i just don't live there anymore...

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Pet peeve of mine. Only Americans will see a pound, euro or other currency sign yet still refer to it as "500 dollars" when it is in fact 500 pounds or 500 euros.... neither of which are 500 dollars. I'm sure they'd be just as chuffed if we went to the USA and did nothing but go around stating "How many pounds is that?"

[@Phiyedough]

@@thefiestaguy8831 I wonder what they would say if you tried to pay with English money?

[@howardhales6325]

@@thefiestaguy8831 They'd think you were asking how much it weighs.

[@georgedeaney7270]

Question by American tourist in Ireland, "are there beaches in Ireland. Answer " It's an island. "Yes, I know, but are there any beaches".

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

I'm guessing the tourist is thinking of the majestic cliff faces he's seen. I would be worried too if I hadn't seen some photos of sandy Irish beaches too.

[@albertosantamaria8370]

It doesn't matter. Just say yes. If he spends his money in Ireland, it doesn't matter if he's an idiot.

[@josephfoulger9628]

There are islands with no beaches

[@georgedeaney7270]

@josephfoulger9628 Correct, but the tourist was already in Ireland, and tourists would usually do a bit of research on the country they are going to visit.

[@stevenvanhulle7242]

@@georgedeaney7270 You seem to forget we're dealing with USAmericans here

[@helenwood8482]

I am baffled by how many Americans think we don't have beaches.

[@gerardflynn7382]

They don't bother to educate themselves about the rest of the world. As far as they are concerned America is the whole world. Poor idiots.

[@jasoncallow860]

Yeah, can you hurry up, I want to use the ladder.

[@altosanon]

Probably think of the UK as just London

[@madbruv]

​@altosanon uk is not europe xD

[@ebbhead20]

Specially when almost all countries in Europe has beaches, island or not.

[@michaelleiper]

A telecoms company in Austria actually had an advert (in Salzburg airport) giving advice for people who found themselves in Austria when they supposedly had intended to fly to Australia.

[@johnsperry9494]

“There is a cult of ignorance… and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” - Isaac Asimov "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell

[@wolfgangholba6365]

You see the effects of a poor education system and complete ignorance about other nations/continents. Why do these people visit places outside the US?

[@philiprice7875]

so they can say we are the best country in the world, but we brits are too polite to laugh in their faces

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@philiprice7875 Well, we are to polite, most of the time but every now and then, we just have to let them know the truth.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@philiprice7875 Sick of hearing these pathetic flag waving people brag about their pathetic backwards nation. Next time someone says that to me I will literally laugh in their face.

[@MarijnvdSterre]

Mixed in with a firm believe they are the best. So, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package.

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

The global stereotype: - The Incredibly poor standard of education in many US schools. Facts: Are you familiar with the PISA studies (otherwise: Wikipedia)? According to this, the USA is on a par with the UK, France, Germany and many others.

[@gamingtonight1526]

I spent a year preparing for a holiday in the U.S., reading books on travel, housing, tax, etc. It seems U.S. holidaymakers just buy the air ticket and go!

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

Yes. Wealth will do that to you... They can go to many countries over many trips. I'm Canadian and did similar. I just went. To Australia, various counties in Europe. But I had learned French and Spanish in school. So I did have some sensitivity to outside cultures. And some smattering of world history.

[@SnabbKassa]

They do. I have seen Americans arrive in London expecting everything to be culturally identical to their home town just because we almost speak the same language.

[@DeepDownInTheOcean]

rich U.S. holidaymakers* Most of us can't travel, too expensive. No one wants to increase the minimum wage, so most Americans live paycheck to paycheck and have to eat very unhealthy foods because most can't afford healthier options. It's an issue, and no president has cared enough fix that.

[@nagranoth_]

they... they do a flag ceremonie in Disney land? That's deeply disturbing....

[@valsyaranamual6853]

Really?

[@melonmale]

​@@valsyaranamual6853it would be a bit weird to see Peppa pig marching with the royale guard in peppa pig world, wouldn't it?

[@slake9727]

​@valsyaranamual6853 Yes. Yes, it is.

[@KevinStraw]

Weird and disturbing.

[@arianbyw3819]

The us is a cult

[@helenwood8482]

Be happy. You are an intelligent American.

[@danielepadrini6731]

the rarest species xD

[@wellno7179]

Well not really, but he’s about as intelligent as an American can possibly be.

[@marcinszymczak359]

Sounds like oxymoron 😅, but true, Ryan seem to be an exception.

[@eucitizen78]

Yes he is an intelligent American but how got he the idea that there would probably an Korean Empire that conquered Finland. I hope it was ironic.

[@Fe-ironman]

every country have stupid people its just that USA has many people who are most confident stupids

[@breezy3392]

Why do some Americans think that other countries...don't have schools or roads?? Can anyone explain this?

[@annafrolova7891]

Or Internet. Yes, they asking If you have Internet in *country name*? in freaking chat in Internet! 😂

[@piratetv1]

There are a lot of very sheltered americans. It's by no means most of us but I've noticed they're very loud with the things they don't know about

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Education standards are dropping across most countries but the US seems to want to be 'the best' a poor education.

[@Alltagundso]

​@@piratetv1 I talked to a teenager from a city called Brighton. He didn't know about the British Brighton. What the heck. 😮😮

[@boogermaiden]

American Exceptionalism

[@icetwo]

Austrians and Germans do not have the problem of the risk of confusion with Austria and Australia, because the countries are called Österreich and Australien

[@BlackHoleSpain]

The first one is from German "east" and the second one is from Ancient Latin "south".

[@Hiswf_]

​​​But Austria was never really east or south. Yes maybe in history with Hungary a bit east but only south from the perspective of the Scandinavian states, The UK and Germany​. Why is it called after these directions? @@BlackHoleSpain

[@Dalthorsan]

FYI i did calculate the distance between Barcelona Airport and Argentina, It's roughly 6600 miles or 10621km lol.

[@colingregory7464]

Just because you are American, you do not need to apologize for other Americans ! If You F up apologize for your self, no one else is your responsibility (except possibly your child !)

[@mariafroman-rj9hy]

I was an exchange student in the US and my social studies teacher told me we were starving in Europe. This was 1989, Sweden was the richest country in the world then. I am Swedish.

[@helendunbar1845]

Many years ago at a conference in Blackpool (seaside town/resort on NW coast of England for non-Brits), a guest speaker from NASA looked out over the Irish sea and said, "This lake isn't so big. We have bigger lakes in the States!" 😅

[@Rearda]

I have no problems with people whose knowledge is inaccurate, it’s the failure to accept correction that is the true ignorance.

[@joeblow9467]

When i first started watching you Ryan you were like a child reading his first book but now it's like you have read the Encyclopedia and have taken in the info like a sponge , good on ya mate .

[@Alltagundso]

Nice words

[@wessexdruid7598]

Agreed. If only you could say that about his brother.

[@joeblow9467]

@@wessexdruid7598 Yep ! Tyler was not painted with the same brush .

[@BeanMacdui]

Sounds a bit patronizing 😂

[@kevinoliver3083]

It's not the ignorance and stupidity of some, but far from all, Americans that is astounding. It's how confident they are about it.

[@BetsyEimers]

An Italian friend of mine visited the US for work and was asked if he already tasted some typical American food like pizza. 😂

[@Tejiknasten]

I'm Swedish, once working up in the far north in Lappland. There I met an American couple who asked me why there was no Midnight Sun in the sky, 'cause all they were able to see at midnight was the 'regular Sun'. 🌞

[@GazilionPT]

15:24 My bet: all those Americans think the President of New Zealand is Sauron, and Saruman is the Prime Minister...

[@MADblogVideo]

idiots. everyone knows that aragorn now rules over these lands

[@dnocturn84]

No, they know this was only back in medival times.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@dnocturn84 So, 3 or 4 years ago by their reckoning then?

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

Melkor for 2025? Make NZ great again?

[@pennieholley24]

@@dnocturn84 Do they though?

[@marylynne9104]

Because I have a strong interest in world politics I interact with opinionated Americans a lot. I have been told multiple times by numerous Americans that in the UK we have no freedom because we are “ruled by a monarch”. Apparently they believe our parliament is just a way to make us think we are “free”?

[@Kissameassa538]

I heard that an American asked his friend ‘Does the UK have beaches ‘ his friend educated him be saying. ‘. They are an island’ ❤️🇬🇧

[@Yandarval]

The surfer dude and beaches is rather ironic. The UK has to the second largest surfable tidal bore in the World. Surfers from all over the World come to surf the Severn Bore every year. There is a lot of surfing locations in the UK.

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

I'm Canadian. To us, USA (California and Hawaii) and Australia are famous for surfing. UK isn't. Come to think of it, a Winnipeg boy flew to BC to surf every summer. Off the west coast of Vancouver Island. There are world class beaches there too. And world class surfing too I bet. And now I know UK has some too. The more you look, the more you know...

[@dfuher968]

@@redelfshotthefood8213 There are lots of great North Sea surfing spots, we have a great 1 in Denmark, Northwest Jutland to be exact, thats nicknamed (not by us) Cold Hawaii for its waves.

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

Sweden vs. Switzerland is always a real struggle for Americans. Apart from both starting with an S I have no idea what we are supposed to have in common

[@jeanpierreviergever1417]

The second letter is a w? Very confusing……

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

@@jeanpierreviergever1417 I mean there is Swaziland too, which would make so much more sense because it does sound similar but they mix it up with Sweden.

[@jeanpierreviergever1417]

@@MrsStrawhatberry My guess is that Americans would not confuse it with Sweden as Swaziland is the capital of Myanmar.

[@anttisaarilampi]

​@@MrsStrawhatberrySwaziland actually changed their name to Eswatini recently because it got confused with Switzerland so often!

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

@@anttisaarilampi I think one of the reasons was that eSwatini is their original name and Swaziland was the name given by the colonisers.

[@OldieBugger]

No American ever told me Finland doesn't exist, but most of them were quite ignorant about other countries than US. There was this one absolute jewel for an American though, a boy who lived 11 months with my parent's household and went to school with my little brother. He actually learned himself passable spoken Finnish in 10 months. Not a small feat! But then, as he took the SAT test in a US consulate (or whatever) he scored 98%. Like I said, an extraordinary young man.

[@wessexdruid7598]

They're not all stupid - just uneducated. The large corporations that own the USA want a population that is both an obedient workforce and a gullible mass market.

[@minecraftfox4384]

That's not how SATs are graded.

[@OldieBugger]

@@minecraftfox4384 It was long ago, I just don't remember what the test was called. I only remember he was in the best 2%.

[@martinvo981]

Here is another story in Canada. I am Vietnamese, and i also speak Vietnamese, and when i tell people I'm Vietnamese, people automatically assume I'm actually Chinese.

[@LynxLord1991]

Be careful you dont get an aneurysm from all that mind boggling answers you read XD

[@boogermaiden]

Imagine American and Chinese tourists clashing in the wild.😂😂😂

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Like the cold war all over again... essentially just a dick waving contest with no action.

[@wessexdruid7598]

Come to Bicester.

[@wizardsuth]

"I had to tell her they [leprechauns] aren't real. Oh, did you tell her about the Tooth Fairy too?" -- Probably best not to tell her Jesus is in the same category. She might get upset.

[@peterb9432]

I would have been tempted to say that they had to travel to Blarney Castle, where leprechaunstend to hang out, knowing they wouldn't get the joke.

[@AdvdW]

Note the word Edinburgh. Edinburgh is in the United Kingdom (UK). Edinburg is in Texas (USA).

[@helenwood8482]

I think Chuna is a typo. Norway has famously some of the best schools in Europe.

[@annafrolova7891]

Obviously, the author means China. But thanks to this now we know the river Chuna exists 😂

[@araptorofnote5938]

Chuna is a sandwich.

[@tovarishchfeixiao]

To be honest, it sounds like a phonetic re-spelling of "tuna".

[@Krebs-Danmark]

Nobel Prizes 😲What on earth 🤷

[@chriss2452]

Norway has some of the best schools in China.

[@missnesi4525]

last year, in Spain, I was asked if we had running water (like in the bathrooms). This people were staying in a hotel so I think they assumed only hotels had water for the tourists. I was also asked if we had pharmacies, and I wanted to tell them no, we all have Chem degrees and we make our own ibuprofen

[@nickburns8096]

To put some perspective on the woman in ireland looking for leprechauns, the national animal of scotland is a unicorn.

[@SilviaLeichsenring]

That‘s why someone like Trump can become President…

[@frankmueller7660]

Well Trump , a brain death old fart or a drunk woman. No difference here

[@senlac.86]

Or Biden

[@tacfoley4443]

I remain astounded that a people so blatantly stupid can become so rich.

[@alexdragoon74]

U make a dement president...

[@patsykenny9188]

Totally agree 😂

[@jopearson3022]

I'm UK-born, grew up in California, but now back permanently in the UK, so have got loads of stories about how Americans can be clueless about the rest of the world. My husband works in a museum here in the UK that's part of a World Heritage Site, so gets lots of international visitors. It's an old cotton mill and, when it was built in 1771, was the world's first true factory and the place where the Industrial Revolution really began. Several times he's had American tourists tell him that he's got the history wrong because, according to them, the Industrial Revolution started when Henry Ford invented the production line, which was just after he'd also invented the motor car!