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[@Ruffceyx530]

People who buy Madden NFL every year should be put on a watchlist

[@justinland1208]

Same with FIFA.

[@hanzo90]

Adults that play Pokemon should be on the registry and anyone that moves nearby should be informed that there's an adult Pokemon player down the street

[@lazygamer4746]

I still play NFL 2k5, best football game of all time.

[@absolute-xero7502]

That's a pretty big watchlist.

[@zeroinblack7317]

Mouth breathers.

[@Just_a_turtle_chad]

To put it simply, most Americans don't have to worry about the outside world, but most of the outside world does have to worry about America.

[@DasAngryBishop]

Lol really

[@ripvanwinkle6557]

@GiegueX Honestly, that goes for the entire western world. It's all going to kick off 🤐

[@danrockwolf8772]

@@GiegueX world collapse, given the political influence usa still have in countries like morocco, ukraine, afganistan among others

[@Soxmember69]

No. Japan's intelligence isn't decreasing.

[@myst2212]

​@@danrockwolf8772 Political influence on morocco? Most people in Morocco don't even know that the US is supporting the country, our government has always been corrupt, but the only thing I can remember the US did in Morocco was sell fighter jetts and weapons for cheaper to us. And of course the fact that they acknowledge that the sahara is morocco's and not for the polisario (which i'm grateful for tbh)

[@pimentinha1121]

The fact that Asmon confused Central and South America is icing on the cake

[@shakey3306]

Really

[@Axolotlindividual]

It's south of Murica. It's south Murica.

[@cube6485]

Both central and South America for the most part is not fond of the US.

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

@@cube6485 Yet, they hoards demand their way in.

[@Michelle-rdz17]

@@TheSolidSnakeOil lmao keep believing Venezuela is all of central and South America….

[@Ioria89]

As an Italian, when i watch an American movie portraying Italy, I cringe so hard. According to them, we are still living in 1960, it's like potraying a city in Africa with huts all over 😂

[@1stvinyl]

😂😂😂 lol

[@ryansais13]

Do you guys still pump gas while smoking? Absolutely horrifying to watch in person.

[@giorgioguolo7196]

​@@ryansais13not that i know of

[@crust9889]

​@@ryansais13I remember watching someone smoking at a pump behind me with their car on while fueling at an Ohio rest stop. Didn't think people still did that shit

[@ThaTyphon]

Source?

[@Jobiin]

The edit at 6:29 really kept my hamster brain engaged and helped me avoid any critical thinking and/or retrospective thoughts, much appreciated.

[@flypr7561]

it was a genius edit

[@SmeekPeek]

Yeah, I was about to change video. Glad it came up

[@makima-kijn]

13:18 don’t worry there’s another one ☝️

[@neonicecube908]

I love that at 6:28 when asmon takes 2 seconds to think and nothing happens, the editors decided to put in that mobile game clip to keep our monkey brains entertained

[@wrawler]

I didn't even noticed it XD

[@octavius9685]

This video basically verified that EVERYTHING Kojima warned us about in MGS2 was real and he is a fucking wizard.

[@yoshitsune5691]

Man I should really get around to playing the metal gear series.

[@thefiresworddragon927]

I'm convinced that Kojima is the mortal avatar/reincarnation of some kind of god of creativity, and this ain't even referencing the Kojima Is God stuff, this is based on the fact that he's pulled some insane awesome stuff, while being I believe the guy who made the very first stealth game mechanics that would go on to be used in Splinter Cell, his latest projects in Metal Gear Solid, Assassin's Creed, Ghost Recon, Batman, and more.

[@dacsus]

And someone should explain to Asmongold that US is rich, because US is robbing other countries from their natural resources.

[@realpatriot1769]

Kojima is God after all

[@FalconRS]

We need to start official Cult of Kojima. First holy rite is to play all MGS' twice.

[@sandercohen5543]

I hate being told to "stand your ground" in an argument. It's the epitome of stupidity to latch on to a flawed point of view, if you're clearly wrong. It's just so much more productive to recognize that you're wrong, even if it hurts sometimes.

[@filipbitala2624]

We have a saying in my country, translated it would be something like: “wisdom relents”

[@vinniegret4841]

@@filipbitala2624Cool 👍

[@crowd175]

In Center Europe I learned from home that admitting wrong doing & take responsibility is a form of strength.

[@FirstLast-xf6xx]

Standing your ground means sticking to what you believe to be true. Mainly what you know to be right and be ready to hold the line with your life. That takes more strength then accepting something you don't believe to not go against other people. Be a person for the world, not a parrot.

[@vinniegret4841]

Context is important. There is no absolute. Imagine: If you will stand your ground against "me" in something i personally took a part in while you watched through news/internet/YTube lens. And somehow our opinions diverge. Arent YOU will be the idiot for teaching ME what was really happening there? It doesent matter what you believe in, the fact is a fact. And there is no strength to standing the ground on it, just idiotism. And by exorcising the so called strength you'll just be spreading misinformation, why still knowing no better. And there is also enother example where it will be other way round. So why do we still stick to theese empty absolutistic statements if they arent true half the time? We should approach anything with an open mind, only by questioning things and actively educating ourselves we grow as a person. Otherwise, degradation.@@FirstLast-xf6xx

[@krevetka9744]

I find it sad how anytime I speak to an actual american (non-npc, non-karen) - we're getting along just fine, but whenever our governments get involved - it's a disaster. Every. Freakin. Time.

[@ColdRooR]

It has always been and will always be...

[@leobe2104]

I feel like that's the case with a lot of people from any nation. That's part of the reason I don't like to mention politics

[@TheDansior]

ряльно

[@zebra3962]

Rule number one. Never talk politics and religion.all other rules ? Refer to rule number one😂😂😂

[@sarzootashoota]

Nuclear war Asmon: There was an altercation.

[@Acoto]

IMO the Entertainment Industry and media/social media is dictating America's attention and perception of reality, and we're all a lot dumber for it.

[@r3dr4te963]

I used to think 4kids was a stupid localization/ censorship attempt that dumbing the contents so American kids can watch them. Nowadays, I feel they're actually more into screening "undesirable" foreign culture, that could teach different value to kids.

[@appearr7611]

this is just shifting the problem to someone else. Media in Europe isn't that much different, especially now where a lot of european media is directly influenced by american media.

[@olebogengthothela1191]

Non American watching an American watching a non American talking about American culture.

[@HeavyMetal45]

American, reading a comment from a non American about a video of an American watching a non American talk about American culture.

[@slappevaatdoek]

... on a non American phone

[@YadraVoat]

@@slappevaatdoek ...running an American operating system (Android OSP hopefully), using a kernel (Linux) founded by a non-American. 😁

[@styve6205]

wearing an "its not gay if its TSA" shirt while a TSA worker is on his knees in front of him is excellent

[@alfyb4512]

Actually France did not block “American” music from radios. Instead, it passed a law requiring a quota of songs in French. Of course, it affected all the US and UK stuff most of all, it’s not like there was a lot of Finnish metal or Vietnamese folk on the waves in the first place.

[@drantigon]

That's still the case today iirc

[@oremfrien]

This is a case where the law was written specifically to prevent French radio stations to effectively become American-British radio stations because most French would, if they had a choice, listen to American-British music.

[@mateuszkulesza8528]

Same law exists in Poland

[@Sig509]

same with other European countries to various degrees. When they first introduced that law, the songs in native language were all pushed to the middle of the night xD.

[@Aro9313]

Fair enough.

[@BigJMC]

As an Australian I no joke legitimately convinced someone that I rode a kangaroo once to school and that Mad Max was inspired by Australia and is an accurate depiction of what goes on in Australia.

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

They're sheep, they just nod and say yes.

[@random_duck1]

Yeah I know the feeling, they think we (Brazilians) all live in the rainforest and have pet monkeys and jaguars

[@RealBadGaming52]

Im from Ireland, and was shocked when i start3d to see Home and Away and proper cites in Oz and suburban areas, when i was 13 or so i thought oz was Crocodile Dundee and that was it

[@hurtigheinz3790]

But it's not just Americans. A friend of mine was in Montreal as an exchange student during high school and she was asked if we have cars and refrigerators in Germany. (And the Québécois pupils were excited about the idea of having contration camps for the Anglo Saxons.)

[@mehallica666]

In the U.S, 'Mad Max' was re-dubbed with American accents, different sound effects and score. They probably had no idea it was Australian and didn't even notice that cars were right hand drive.

[@I-am-Igris]

My college professor had this saying, "Education in America was modeled for you to pass while in most parts of the world, education was modeled to make you FAIL" and I stand by that to this very day.

[@dembi2770]

Wich both are pretty bad to be honest.

[@mkultraenjoyer]

And that's when you see people in higher education absolutely fail, public school sets you up for failure

[@thespiderfrommars2840]

Basically America has a lower curriculum standard than most other countries.

[@smkeybare]

@@thespiderfrommars2840 No child left behind - George W Bush.

[@thespiderfrommars2840]

@@smkeybare that’s great but if I had to choose between a random American surgeon operating me or a random German one,I’m gonna go with the latter.

[@CelestialDesign]

He got the orwell thing so wrong. The main character of the book is literally part of re writing history to fit the narrative those at the top want to push at the time. It had nothing to do with having too much info, it was that big brother didnt think the masses needed access to information they didnt deem important.

[@IrvNation]

He got a lot of stuff wrong, to be honest....

[@michaeljohngarcia6432]

1984 doesn't have a problem of having too much information, it's the problem of forcing the state to listen to just one information, the information the party deems to be true

[@CorwinTheOneAndOnly]

A post with purely anti-american sentiment as its driving force got some things wrong? Say it ain't so...

[@CelestialDesign]

@@IrvNation fair, but its also a bit excessive to make a claim like that imo because I don't feel like typing an essay explaining each and every thing I disagree with him on. That being said, I don't usually disagree with his final points very often, I usually just disagree with some of his logic in reaching that final point... so most of the disagreements are moot points.

[@twaggytheatricks4960]

@@CelestialDesign No, I understand. XD I think your opinion is fair, and you're at the very least in your right to point out, like, how he's wrong. It certainly educates people like me who don't necessarily have the cultural knowledte to fully grasp _how_ he's wrong, you know? Personally it doesn't bother me too much because I know he can own it (at least, based on the videos I've seen), and nobody can be right 100% of the time, so, yeah. But seriously, thanks for your comment! It was genuinely informative.

[@SandySalesman]

6:34 thanks for the subway surfers gameplay, i was about to click off but that kept me watching

[@CookiePieMonster]

The fact that it took an event in 2023 for people to realize something that's been obvious since 2018 is just insane to me. I thought we all have been watching this circus act an fully understood exactly where we're headed. *IDIOCRACY*

[@johnmcstabby2699]

I'd argue it's been obvious since at least 2010-11 with the freak out starting over 2012

[@CookiePieMonster]

@@johnmcstabby2699 Probably, but then again I was in basic and AIT at that time so idk wtf happened those two years. I just know things didn't really start getting stupid until 2018. My memory is trash so I can't remember specifics, but I know that's the year I started to realize people are getting dumb and not just "Oh I didn't notice that" dumb I mean "What the fuck is that?" dumb. The kind of dumb that has you baffled from just witnessing it.

[@tiryaclearsong421]

​@@johnmcstabby2699I agree in hindsight but I was a freshman in college in 2011-2012. I didn't see it at the time and life honestly seemed pretty good. I became aware we were becoming insane a couple of years later.

[@totallynottrademarked5279]

@@johnmcstabby2699 Nah it started in 2007 and has only gotten worse since then. The opinion of the AM shock jocks really bled over into politics and both sides have moved further away from moderate positions since then. If you want to be super technical it started under Regean and his repeal of the Fairness Doctrine for media, the poisioning of the right with the Milton Friedman style of capatalism, and the Burgess Society. However it really kicked off in 2007 when a lot of those ideas started then finally got massive support and has only gotten worse since then.

[@Fr00stee]

i think it became a lot more noticeable after people were forced inside due to covid and became terminally online, lots of people got brain rot from it

[@TheSaraGames]

Many moons ago when I was still playing Dark Age of Camelot I got a random message from someone who thought I was someone else. We got to chatting about the differences of criminal laws in Canada, I have limited study of that from school, and criminal law in Japan. The person I was talking to was a professor of law in Japan. I never would have had that chance if it wasn't for the internet/mmo. It was a festinating conversation.

[@at6062]

Are you me? DAoC was my first MMO and my first time talking to people from other countries. It was a good time back then...

[@elel3041]

[@choco2689]

Same here. DAoC introduced me to people in other counts when I was a lad some 20 years ago. Canada, UK, one was a paladain living in Ukraine. Man I hope he is doing okay.

[@SR-mm2ru]

+5 Dire Kingdom Points

[@mmbw123]

What the hell is festinating?

[@acmenipponair]

The difference between the USA and Japan is, that also Japan is trying to be on their own - but they know the rest of the world exists.

[@astuteandy]

There are many differences between Japan and the USA, the biggest being how xenophobic Japan is. People from other countries will always be able to come to America and feel as though they belong in our culture, whereas in Japan, you will never be fully accepted in their culture, and they even have certain areas/businesses where they absolutely refuse to do business with anyone but other Japanese people. Many people tend to look at Japan with very rose tinted glasses, and they romanticize parts of their culture that would be demonized if it was happening anywhere else.

[@timihari]

​@@astuteandy Somewhat true, but also not painting the whole picture. The reason other people might be ok coming to the US is because of the amount of cultures that exist there so they can always find similar people, but this only happens in bigger cities where there's a mix of many cultures. What happens if a foreigner who doesn't speak english comes to a smaller town for example? Not all of them, but a lot of people will look down on them or worse. And that is how it is everywhere around the world, most people only pretend they don't dislike you. Japan is definitely a bit more xenophobic than most countries, but there are reasons for that. Not many foreigners living there so the culture is very homogenous and quite traditional in a lot of aspects (which makes them more wary of anyone that's different). Also, most don't speak english, so if you don't speak japanese they don't like that. And what's more, they especially dislike americans for obvious reasons (a shopowner didn't want to serve me once because they thought I was american, but when I explained that I'm not they apologized and served me). All this applies mostly to the older people though, younger ones are much more accepting and more likely to speak english to boot. I think a good example is tattoos, which are traditionaly very taboo and pretty much banned in Japan. Might be one of the reasons certain stores refuse to serve you too, but you certainly aren't allowed in public baths if you don't cover them up. But recently it's becoming less of a problem as younger people aren't as traditional anymore and I think it will get a lot more common in the near future. And even though I don't look at Japan with rose tinted glasses(at least not culture, I do like their architecture and food though), I disagree that it would be demonized in other places, because it really does happen everywhere to a larger extent than you imagine. And I do say that from experience in both ways: as someone who has traveled to a lot of places and had it happen to me, but also as someone who has lived in a lot of places and seen it happen to others. In short, Japan isn't that much more xenophobic than other countries, they're just very direct with it and will straight up tell you they don't like you as opposed to most modern countries, where people pretend to be nice but are spitting in your coffee cup behind your back, both literally and figuratively.

[@raditicat]

@@astuteandy not xenophobic, they just don't like conflict.

[@ChemiiOneLegacy]

Tbf Last Samurai is one of the most critically acclaimed movies of all time in Japan. It held box office records and is one of the few places it actually won awards. It was actually more successful internationally than in the US.

[@zachu5508]

True and the the people who see Tom Cruise as the lead character and think "lol white wash/white savior movie" clearly have not seen the movie.

[@bonjourbonjour2754]

The Last Samurai is based on a true story. It's real sad the video doesn't mention it. Except the hero is actually French.

[@Daniel-yy3ty]

@@bonjourbonjour2754 that's the point though, isn't it? In order for Hollywood to ship that story the protagonist had to change from French to American

[@bonjourbonjour2754]

@@Daniel-yy3ty Absolutely, I don't mind at all. I love the movie. But in the video it's presented as being whitewashed, and it is not since it's from a true story

[@kylevernon]

Yeah. The guy who made the video clearly had a bias. The dude didn’t even mention that the US invented nearly all of the media technology use of past and present. Of course we have more media when we invent new cameras, computers, software, social media, news media, cable, dvds, internet, etc.

[@MoraMorbid]

I thought I was the crazy one when my BOSS, friends, etc. started telling me all the reasons why the lady on the plane was right and that man didn't exist. When I got home I told my bf and he just looked at me stunned, turns out he'd experienced the same thing that day and we both where ridiculed for not buying it.

[@weatheredseeker]

I have a feeling you just both had issues with communicating and understanding that day. There's no way that is the full story of what happened

[@MoraMorbid]

@weatheredseeker you'd be shocked 🥲 I wish I was lying to be honest. Conspiracy theorist Facebook moms exist in droves

[@weatheredseeker]

@@MoraMorbid your framing of the narrative suggests that every single person you talked to that day agreed with her but it seems like it was really just 2 or 3 people

[@nuke2099]

@@weatheredseeker Maybe they only talked to 2-3 people. Therefore every single person was the case.

[@MoraMorbid]

@nuke2099 that's exactly what it was. Also I'm not gonna under sell how insane it is that 4-5 people actually believed this garbage. By saying "1 or 2 people believed this woman" is a giant understatement for how serious it is. Working with 30-50 year Olds, you get alot of conspiracy theorists. Especially where I live.

[@tekh_ops7855]

The subway surfers in between saved me from getting distracted. Thanks Editor 👍

[@MrTeamGuy]

as someone from Eastern Europe, I have to say we had sh*t loads of great movies. Movies touching character struggles and providing continuity. Not sure how French made their movies, but Russia, Lithuania, Poland made great movies. Now most of the movies try to replicate what USA Hollywood movies are. Now, we have the worst movies apart from few indie flicks

[@TheRealDionysos]

I am german. if I watch 1000 german movies there is maybe one which doesnt suck. French movies I hate even more than german movies, but I also hate on most new movies from the states. To many shitty writhers out there right now.

[@joelmcclatchey1863]

I love UK crime shows as they don't drag on for 20 seasons and aren't always the ending you wanted and can be very dark.

[@zenit1910]

I love old Polish movies. They ware amazing and unique. Now we copy Hollywood and every Polish movie sucks.

[@filipstruhar]

Czechoslovakia had great movies

[@DiavoloGrenadine]

Léon, Athéna, Irréversible, Haute-Tension, Martyrs, Le Pacte des Loups, Nikita, Ernest et Célestine, Alphaville, etc.. watch them if you want an idea on french movies.

[@defalttheloner]

As a Brazilian, this is just so scary. We have been manipulated in south America since the WW2, the cold war era destroyed us and since then we have been fighting in politics and stuff.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Brazilian gdp percapital is low than Mexico now

[@BloxyBarbossa]

​@@carkawalakhatulistiwafact checked and u missed by a long marge

[@ceoofgg553]

​@@BloxyBarbossa i mean it is true

[@zebra3962]

As a Brazilian, I feel that this Brazilian has no idea what he is talking about. Brazil is a rich country that's controlled by corrupted politicians for a very long Time. Therefore things are not so great there, ever!

[@zebra3962]

​@@carkawalakhatulistiwaMexico still a worse country then Brazil

[@BrianC1664]

The difference between Japan and America is that Japan has a long and rich history which goes back way more than a few 100 years, they have unique culture that isn't just a lazy stereotype of everyone else's culture, theirs is worth preserving.

[@Daddy-Saxon]

The USA absolutely has a rich culture. A younger but rich culture. The most influential to

[@gamzillio]

​​@@Daddy-Saxonthe "most"? It's the third after Italy and France.

[@Juustovastaava]

@@Daddy-Saxoni dont see it, big trucks go vroom to mcdonalds

[@flusen9408]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@Juustovastaavait’s not just one culture my man, it’s many cultures put into one country, can you say the same?

[@alexc1713]

People generally want affirmation, not information

[@idyt1985]

indeed, sad but true

[@7Saints78]

Correct you are💯

[@TheMeklankinator]

Validation too

[@woozy2171]

And thats exactly why I liked this comment, I have a natural bias. But I can be educated.

[@Knight_Kin]

Social media is the prime example of it. I find it odd people don't think that when the purpose is that you can receive the information you want. It's the total opposite of exposing new ideas, people will just ignore it anyway. If they really wanted to know they would do research. Exception is memes, but that's more a /pol/ thing not really a social media thing (boomer memes and all that). If we didn't have the modern meme, social media would be even worse than corporate news. It's the only real thing that breaks the mold. KZbin can do that but KZbin is not social media. Evidence 1: Flat Earth & Space Deniers. Why is that becoming far more popular? This is something so easily disproven with your own lived experience, but more people believe it than ever. It's due to social media bubbles. Evidence 2: Juneteeth. It takes a reworking and deliberate deluding of known history to take a single event out of thousands during the "Bleeding Kansas" era of Free Staters vs Pro Slavers during the 30 year lead up to the civil war. Somehow this one day is different than decades of conflict? That's due to the modern sensibilities about race. This is a creature of social media bubbles. So many other examples I could go on all day.

[@mattutes]

To be fair, Jour de Fete is one of the funniest movies ever made. Much better than the Nutty Professor.

[@arnodobler1096]

Jacques Tati is the best

[@KILLERDEVIL13]

It's just that it can't be translated in English. Or I guess that would be complicated

[@Tristan.Raymond]

A french guy approves this comment.

[@honilock577]

19:15 Japan doesn't try to convert literally the whole planet to their insular culture...

[@23Lgirl]

Japan loves France.

[@nicolasbermejo1643]

The bit about France banning American music isnt true. the french government imposed that radio stations spend 60-70% of their air time playing french music in order to help and protect the french musical scene and culture. the rest of the 30-40% is anything the radio station wants to play including american music

[@yukanda3296]

C'est le contraire non? 30% de musique française

[@almor3270]

The only issue i have with people from US is that they expect to everyone know their culture, slangs, etc. Usually if you say something that is completely fine for you but is not for them you get crucified for not knowing and blamed for being ignorant, is not that usual when is the other way. My only thoughts are they should relax and understand that the world is bigger than just US and not everyone know their culture and they shouldnt be blamed for it.

[@Trump2024Vance]

Yeah but a lot of people outside the US like to act like they know everything too. Especially when they have opinions about our politics. I'm also not saying that being an asshole to each other is right. In todays political society you cant talk to anyone about anything because every conversation becomes political even in World of Warcraft. Americans share servers with Australians and it's mostly toxic conversations. But I do agree with your last point. Most Europeans that I meet have no problem having real conversations or explaining anything. A lot nicer people than Americans.

[@PrincessofKeys]

Just remember not everyone from the US is like that. I want to learn about other countries and their culture and try to understand the differences.

[@Evija3000]

Encountered this two days ago. Commented about how I found it crazy that some Americans (like the original poster there and a bunch of his upvoters) think that 5 year olds should have free access to guns at home as long as they're taught about gun safety. And then got a giant paragraph from someone about how close minded I am, how I should try to understand them instead of judging them, complete with insults for me and praise for USA :D

[@ForgedinPrint]

@@Evija3000 Just remember, tik tock had a trend where people pointed loaded guns at their man giblets with their finger slightly squeezing the trigger. If you come across anyone else says that, just calmly remind them of that simple fact. Yes, people should be trained on gun safety even at an early age. Free access though? It only takes one stupid action, and well kids are known for doing dumb things. Some adult cops have been proven to not be able to handle a gun properly, what makes one think a kid could?

[@Evija3000]

@@ForgedinPrint Yeah, I replied something along those lines. Didn't get a response.

[@SpieleSuchti894]

Just using "europe" as a term compared to the usa is kind of ignorant. Each country in europe has extremely unique culture and language. There is no "just europe things" every country in europe can be assumed to do things differently. The assumption makes me think though that in america all is the same.

[@Skyl3t0n]

Imagine comparing romanian policies with germanys

[@LuisBrito-ly1ko]

“Extremely”? It depends. At least in the western part they’re somewhat similar. I didn’t feel this much of a cultural impact when going from Switzerland to Italy for example. Even languages can overlap or not change at all, depending on the country.

[@jakoberson4162]

@@LuisBrito-ly1ko It's not "extremely" different, I will agree. If you went from Switzerland to the Philippines for example, it would have been far more different culturally. But even within Western Europe there are far larger differences between countries than between US states, who share the language, the currency, the system of government etc. For example, Switzerland is a country with four different official languages and some form of direct democracy that I don't really understand. Italy is a republic with a unified language (with several dialects) but it is also a patchwork of the different states that preceded the modern italian republic, many of which were ruled by the french or the spanish or the pope at one time or another. The border between Switzerland and Italy is something like 800 years old, with the country of Italy only having existed for 150-something of those years. There has been time for really different systems and cultures to appear on each side.

[@LuisBrito-ly1ko]

@@jakoberson4162 Actually, the modern border between Switzerland and Italy is 221 years old. Napoleon did a bit of redrawing.

[@jakoberson4162]

@@LuisBrito-ly1ko that may be so, but my point still stands =)

[@tekk034]

I've said it for years. The internet is the greatest and worst thing to happen in modern times.

[@abnon-tha3088]

I still haven't got around to reading The Coddling of the American Mind. As a Brit, I have to say we do have a fair degree of stupidity over here as well.

[@erxan4163]

I would say most trends start in us , and then slowly travel to other parts in succession. Though europe may start some themselves

[@damnumonkeyballs]

It's ok , we can have stupid people together.

[@tenou213]

@@erxan4163 Except the toilet paper deal. Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie!

[@mindblown42069]

i think we have inherently better geographical knowledge because of our history, size and geolocation, but agreed, roughly the same % of people are stupid here in the UK as in America. Luckily we dont have anywhere near the same amount of racism, guns, bipartisanship and conspiracy theorists.

[@a-my9ql]

I don't think americans are stupid as much as americans are a commodity used in the NWO, first and foremost to fight wars like in Iraq and so on. Americans aren't told the truth about Ukraine. Luckily a lot of the right woke up to this, but even then, did the right wake up to what our real purpose and reason for being in Iraq was, no, do they ever investigate the reasons why we oppose Iran, why we oppose tons of countries in the middle east, especially since the end of the cold war, no. There is an American empire, and unfortunately, americans (ordinary americans that is), aren't in charge of it, they're just the ones operating the truck somebody else is driving.

[@benns9673]

20:00 In France we had TV channels that massively buyed hundreds of japanese anime in te 90', so anime have always been relatively popula here , we had d1 release of dragonball, op, naruto and it was dubbed by some of the most legendary french voice actor . That's why when i leaned english i was shocked to see how America tended to hate anime and how late they got things like dragonball. It's also the reason we have a lot of talented animator or animation studio. (fortiche for Arcane, Chansard Vincent, Wakfu) as well as japanese/corean and french collab for anime.

[@Random-ij1em]

ah le club dorothée mais c'est vrai qu'on a été des pionniers en ce qui concerne l'import d'animation japonaise

[@signa8]

In regards to the crazy lady on the plane, I heard someone summarize it very well: When you have a crazy person saying crazy things, there's telltale signs we pick up on that they are not all there. Bad hair, bad dress, deranged looks in their eyes, stuff like that. That woman was lacking all of those signs. I don't believe for a second that what she was saying was real, but I understand people wanting to know what she actually saw, because it would appear this is the first time she's ever done something like this.

[@TyrianHaze]

Either she saw what she claimed to have seen, or she was on drugs. I wouldn't discount either.

[@mikehunt7857]

Some are just better at not broadcasting their "telltale signs". Drugs, alcohol, stress, sleep deprivation etc can cause people to act out of character as well.

[@TyrianHaze]

@@mikehunt7857 I used to be in a perpetual state of sleep deprivation. I definitely did some weird things in that state. Won't go into what I did, but was definitely a weirdo when sleep deprived.

[@joee7452]

@@OBEYTHEPYRAMID Bullying is not rooted in American culture. It's rooted in humanity across the board. Don't kid yourself. If you think bullying is bad in the US or in Europe, try going to other places and take a look around. I traveled a lot for work (Europe, Africa, Asia, South Pacific, Central and South America) and you know I found once you leave the "tourist areas"? In every country, the government bullies it's people. Gangs bully people. Tribes bully other tribes. The Rich bully the poor. The strong bully the weak. The poor bully the rich. The "in group" bullies the outliers. It's all the same, everywhere. The difference is access to social media and the ability to cry about it and get validation.

[@signa8]

@@Fadaar 🤣

[@Vexy93]

As an Italian I'd like to point out that Hollywood believes that Italy is just either Sicily in 1930 or Rome in 1970

[@smellysock4260]

Until somebody gives me a time machine, I'll avoid Italy. Same with Africa. Unless it looks like a photo from a 1920s National Geographic with mud huts and natives standing around wearing straw skirts, it's not interesting.

[@tarrker]

LoL right? And that you guys basically have no police at all. Even in major cities. x_x

[@Discovery2024-rn8kn]

Significant Americans are from Italian descent

[@Oumegi]

7 years in Tibet is directed by a French director, and is about an Austrian in the Himalayas.

[@Grim_and_Proper]

Purely from my experience as an Australian and the effect that our monopolised media has had on public information, it is very plausible that Asmon is correct regarding the corporatisation of media being a major problem. Even with social media weakening their grip on information, the Australian public information space is still dominated by two corporations that seem to agree on everything, especially when other corporate bodies stand to make profit (because they totally don't pay them off through goods or services...).

[@aessitt]

Social media is even worse. It's a junkyard of opinions. There are no journalistic standards applied to it. Many people haven't learned how to handle that kind of unfiltered pseudo-information. Yeah, there is more information available, but the sheer amount often makes people pick the most simplified or controversial wich often is just an opinion. You can buy opinions for very little money because the audience pays for the big part through platform-monetization. With a little jumpstart you can create self-financing, self-confirming opinion-spheres that can't be tracked back to you because our own industry took over paying the bills. I think it's the root of modern extremism that people stopped consuming traditional media and that social media platforms are todays biggest threat to unbiased information for the same reason as corporate media. Make money, don't care.

[@MarviMofoVarietyShow]

I agree 100%. There’s a lot of information and people don’t know how to cite their sources. People rather distract themselves bc life is a very short thing and they don’t want to be bored being informed. We suffer from people being able to vote that are uninformed, easily swayed and without a solid worldview.

[@MarviMofoVarietyShow]

@@titaniumwolf1123 that answer shows more about you than what you think it says.

[@weatheredseeker]

I mean I somewhat agree in theory but you're watching asmongold today so does that mean you are gonna give up your vote or do you think yourself better than everyone else?

[@vergillives9890]

​@@MarviMofoVarietyShowmost people read a headline than read an article

[@MarviMofoVarietyShow]

@@weatheredseeker I’m not understanding this question, lol. Give up my vote? Watching asmongold? My initial comment is to highlight how people don’t bother doing research, let alone making sure it’s unbiased, productive and honest research. Which highlights a big problem within the marketplace and our politics. That’s all.

[@hagoryopi2101]

There's two reasons for that: 1. Education is centrally controlled by the same government who benefits from your votes. Why would they want to make it any harder for themselves to manipulate you? 2. Because taxes are normalized and democracy is not real accountability (every political party is on the same side anyways), people have no real incentive to inform themselves because it doesn't affect how much money they lose or other significant personal issues. Compared to researching major personal purchases like a house, a car, health insurance, etc. If people had major personal stake in political issues like when they have genuine choice between competing services in the market, and if politicians were subject to real accountability like they would be if they weren't entitled to the right to take money from you at gunpoint and instead had to earn your money at threat of being boycotted, then this wouldn't be an issue. Nor would corporations have an easy out to being subject to the free market by just buddying up with the government that takes your money at gunpoint and funnels it into their bailouts. People would have reason to learn, and leaders would have reason to serve.

[@savagesoul1983]

Okay, I've been there, You can get Cocacola in Cuba or NK, but only inside of hotel resorts, only for tourists, but if you are Cuban or North Korean, you won't find it. In those Countries, hotel resorts are independent from the rest of the country, they bring everything from outside.

[@TaiFu2323]

America is like that guy in the class who like to talk but don't like to listen

[@deusvult9439]

True!

[@WildZephyr]

"Global free market of ideas" Man, remember that? It's been a while.

[@SerWhiskeyfeet]

Is this an ironic statement? I can’t tell. In case it isn’t, you’re saying this on the World Wide Web.

[@Orrissan]

Admittedly it was a Global free market at the time. Free markets gravitate toward monopolies however...

[@TyroPirate]

@@SerWhiskeyfeetwhich is becoming more and more corporatized. Every mouse movement you make is tracked. Characters that you type out then erase without clicking Enter are logged. On the phone, where you are looking and for how long is also starting to get tracked. Then the little things that you are shown on the webpages, aren’t things that you asked to see. You probably think you are above it all. That you are too smart and can see through marketing and propaganda… but the reality is, the subtleness of it all is insidious and you do end up having your though compliant with what the corporations want, and what the government wants… if propaganda didn’t work, the CIA wouldn’t exist. And if marketing tactics were bogus, Google’s adsense wouldn’t be worth shit… yet here we are. There’s no free market, and there’s no actual global free market of ideas

[@kylevernon]

@@OrrissanThat’s literally untrue. Almost all monopolies have come into existence because of the government. Red tape regulations, interstate commerce, federal agency commissions, subsidies, grants, government contracts. Look up “The Myth of Natural Monopolies”.

[@WildZephyr]

@@SerWhiskeyfeet On KZbin, which likes to delete comments like crazy.

[@ebr__]

13:15 as a French guy, I can tell you that there are TONS of great french movies, great comedies especialy. But indeed for special effects and budget, american movies are unmatched.

[@markusmononen5891]

When you laugh at the stupid movie rules of the past, then you read the rules for Oscars Best Picture award 2024.

[@colbr06]

Films from other countries are less insufferable than Hollywood nowadays. I'm sure that's a large part of why other countries are seeing more cinematic success.

[@gingerbill128]

I started watching lots of foreign language films as Hollywood films became rubbish .

[@GooberBrainTrollingCorp]

Excuse me, woman. For a dollar, could you name a woman? Woman: Uhhmm

[@fucknancygrace]

it was a stupid question and she was caught completely off-guard

[@HeavyMetal45]

It’s because a camera was shoved in her face and she’s like why am I being asked a dumb question. It’s not that hard to figure out.

[@charlie8458]

God damn I laughed so hard at the French cinema thing, as a French man.

[@ronholmesuk825]

I have to say, I wasn't expecting a deep, thoughtful, insightful and very intelligent argument on the state of modern mass media from you today, I was wrong. Maybe there is hope for us after all - you made my day.

[@soyentak5076]

hope; it has been like this since the dawn of time, only difference is we can see it in 4k

[@Famous007i]

yes... he better continue playing his games and dont even try to speak about his own nation/country. He knows nothing.

[@bullettime1116]

​@@Famous007i?

[@bradmiller7777]

I think you made a great point about the internet combating racism as opposed to enforcing it. similar to how I explained it to my mom. her generation grew up with people on their street. our generation grew up with everyone

[@boodrowwilson1894]

doesn't mean stereotypes aren't true, kid. That's one thing the internet confirmed.

[@solitaryenjoyer411]

Thanks for the subways surfer compilation snippet in there, I almost got bored

[@Bob69303]

25:29 I agree. I am European, I don't consider myself particularly stupid, but I am definitely a black hole of ignorance. Learning new stuff is hard because, unlike school, you have to know the context, the source, and who to trust. You can't ask me to become a history professor to make an educated guess of who I should vote/support/believe. Am I supposed to know everything happened in my country in the last 50 years? What about other countries? Do I have to remember it for the rest of my life? Imagine doing a test when the professor taught you bs the whole semester and you had to fact check everything, with people accusing each other of fake news. Now imagine doing this for politics, wars, corporations, climate... I give up.

[@Bob69303]

Oops he made the same points after

[@xSabir-hc7wj]

knowing your ignorant already makes u much better

[@biodidu25]

You arr not European, you are from a nation in Europe. There is no such thing as a European identity, culture,territory or even people. I am French, that is it. The EU is just an american institution.

[@ensar3752]

@@biodidu25yes there absolutely is such thing as European, African, Asian, etc. Much ethnonationalist?

[@biodidu25]

@@ensar3752 Do you have a European culture ? No. Do you have a european territory ? No. Do you have a European common language ? No. Therefore do you have a European identity ? No. I don't know why you bring ethnicity into the mix. Never mentioned it in the first place. I don't have a once of french blood in me and yet i am 100% French and 0% "European" Because there is no such thing outside the location as a continent. Americans can try as hard as they want to create this myth and undermine our sovereignty, repeating a lie a thousand times doesn't make it turn into a reality.

[@notelectrostormy8809]

i love that he added the subway surfers gameplay when he paused. IM DYING😂

[@qualivia]

This is the react content I like, No leaving to eat, No staring and saying nothing at all. Information is exchanged and opinions are discussed.

[@SR-mm2ru]

It's transformative

[@shemsuhor8763]

It's called "the lowest common denominator." Mystery solved. Who constantly wants to appeal to it and manipulate it? Well, that's a question that will get you in trouble.

[@nachomanrandy]

Found the guy who thinks soros is a boogeyman. What a shock.

[@MrSolLeks]

​@@nachomanrandy well he is the biggest democrat doner, so if you think the dems do a lot of really bad stuff and pass unconstatutonal laws, yes, he is bad.

[@aethelfrithofbernica]

​@@nachomanrandy Soros shorting the entire UK economy didn't happen then? Whoa, talk about a delusion!

[@nachomanrandy]

If this Soros person is here with us right now,@@aethelfrithofbernica ?

[@SirGalahad83]

Well, the problem with conversations on the internet is that it is a shouting contest.

[@Canseeyt]

The people that buy the same COD…

[@scbaman9470]

I think the opposite could be said about being a guild on a server with a bunch of Brazilians. You develop a new found hatred for Brazilians.

[@MrSolLeks]

Or play conqure online in the 2000s. The JAJAJAs still piss me off

[@melonmale]

You reminded me of a video of someone ranking how good generally a person from a different person was as a teammate online. I can't remember it explicitly tho.

[@thehobbygremlin]

In my experience, as someone living in Japan for over five years now, I would say that Japan is more insular than the U.S. in literally every perceivable way, and the people are generally far less aware of what is happening globally (especially the young people).

[@ZombieLincoln666]

not that surprising given it’s an island and it’s like 98% Japanese

[@thehobbygremlin]

@@ZombieLincoln666 Yeah, just figured I better mention this issue is a global one in many ways, and has never been unique to the U.S. in spite of what some may encourage others to believe. To be fair though, in many ways the U.S. is the most prosperous nation, so I understand why people hold it to such a high standard.

[@kejtos5]

​@@thehobbygremlin I don't think they are held to a higher standard, It is just that the US one is the most influential and relevant to people who speak English.

[@GuzmanMPetit]

@@ZombieLincoln666 Yes, and also they had a 300 year isolation policy that modeled they ways. Japan's aperture to the world is , historically speaking, very recent.

[@MikeSlippy]

The interviews where they highlight peoples lack of common knowledge always astonish me as well, but I would have to assume they probably interview 200 people and just cherry pick the duds.

[@Withlovefrominterent]

Intelligent and educated used to go hand in hand. Now the two words have about as much in common as two neighbors in an integrated neighborhood.

[@weatheredseeker]

Weird metaphor but true statement

[@tc_military964]

Asmongold, you exemplify the typical American so well. Your reactions are exactly why you could never pay me enough to live in the U.S.

[@SynthhInHD]

Old guildie of mine died just before the beginning of TBC. I'm European, he was South American, and the guild was American. Miss you Aerays.

[@Ps-we3pp]

When they made the education system easier so more people could pass. Thats why east asians and even Europeans have much smarter kids

[@Leroset]

There is a twofold reason for this. The first reason is that in America, the school systems are funded based on local property taxes, and controlled foremost by the local school board, which is staffed by public election, and secondarily by their state’s education board. Meanwhile, in other countries, the national government funds schools and has a much larger influence over the curriculum. The second reason is the legal system in America. It is much easier to sue schools and individual teachers in America. As a result, American schools do everything possible to avoid a costly lawsuit and its PR stain. This includes not teaching certain topics, curtailing the teaching methods and disciplinary power of teachers, and just allowing problematic or uneducated students to pass through. This is a large part of why a high school degree is now worthless for most office jobs in America: if truant, or uneducated, or severely mentally disabled students can get a high school diploma, then a high school diploma becomes worthless.

[@FuFightersStudio]

@@Leroset I would add that its also in part due to how Americans raise their kids - since those kids are basically locked to a single spot by necessity (cant get around without a car, its not safe to get around anyway and if you try someone sues you), american kids grow up way more sheltered, less self sufficient and less practical. Like in Europe you have kids the age of 6 going to their elementary in another city unsupervised - when you tell that to an American they usually lose their mind. On top of that there is way more opportunity for the kids to get practical education (visit a castle to learn some history, go to a forest - yay biology etc.) which is way less viable in US thanks to private property and just general lack of things of this nature. All of this stifles the growth of the child.

[@LaMangouste]

Unfortunately most of Europe is following the same trend now.

[@PrincessofKeys]

So how is the education system suppose to be? I think everyone learns differently and it should be somewhat molded around making it better for people to learn. Some people its hard to learn cause of other factors beyond their control.

[@FuFightersStudio]

@@PrincessofKeys thats part of the issue - not everyone needs to be a PHD - in Europe, if you arent a student-type you go to a very different school than someone who aims for a doctorate - People that arent good at studying can easily learn a craft or less study heavy professions. When you split it like this the study focused kids can go at faster pace since they can keep up and the not-study focused kids can go slower and more thorough so they actually learn stuff in school. It helps the studious kids learn more and the not studious kids to not fall behind. Then again I find US school system broken beyond measure in general - from the bottom to the top - it just makes no sense from a study point of view.

[@Ichigoeki]

Thing is: not wanting to go outside of your own country is fine and dandy, perfectly understandable. Being unwilling to learn about anything outside of said country, now that's just the stereotypical American. Watching Asmon's reactions to these is entertaining in its own way, having a somewhat balanced combination of good takes and immediately contradicting what he just said a minute later with his own actions.

[@melonetankberry5211]

always rings hollow when asmon swoons over texas, while he constantly states he dreams of living in new york.

[@aty57]

That last part about commending people for doubling down on things even if they are wrong. That is definitely not an America only issue. Keep an eye locally and you'll see this play out. Maybe it's not in front of a camera, but this happens. You'll have someone say the dumbest things, get proven wrong, and then when they double-down some 3rd party will just say something like "You tell'em" or some equivalent.

[@moogiibat5845]

Now you all understand why that Polish game dev said they had to dumb down the games for the Americans.

[@shakey3306]

Who?

[@moogiibat5845]

@@shakey3306 Watch more Asmongold

[@iorwenvaremreis2195]

@@shakey3306 former CDPR member who worked on Netflix witcher show, Bagiński

[@Aro9313]

I can virtually guarantee you I'm smarter than that developer. And I'm American.

[@iorwenvaremreis2195]

@@Aro9313 Sure thing pal.

[@charanko2971]

The Idiocracy movie is actually a documentary about the United States of America.

[@Ryan21500]

The internet. People thought they knew everything because they can Google it and get one opinion or answer in 30secs without actually researching anything

[@yoshitsune5691]

Well I guess my adhd helps, because I go down insane rabbit holes, I guess I’m the few who actually research things, before formulating an opinion.

[@Cheeseybeaver45]

Thing was last samurai was a super hit in Japan lol

[@feltorcist]

He does realize he's one of those Americans

[@aleksanderk99]

@@somebodyoncetoldme2664 Nobody pretends that, lol. But population of other skintones in Europe isn't as high in most EU countries and most people don't give a fuck either way, especially in the eastern part of the European Union, bcs they have much more serious problems than some groups hating each other on miniscule margin. Ofc you can get called out on the street with the slur once upon a time, but the rest of the population will too, no matter gender, race or nationality. More often you will get trashed for being a fan of the wrong sport team than for anything else

[@hardcorehage]

Of course he does. Didn't you hear him unironically agreeing with everything the cc said in the beginning?

[@grandmothergoose]

The greatest problem with thinking you're living in the best place on Earth and everything outside of your great area doesn't matter to you because nothing else could be better, is that you'll never notice when other places advance and overtake and become better, leaving your little pocket of the planet behind. The USA has suffered from this exact problem, and that is why it is falling behind in every positive measurable demographic. Many other countries are now more democratic, have more freedoms, are more technologically advanced, are safer, have less poverty, better health, longer lives, and more civil rights than the USA today. Hopefully the internet will help fix that, but it requires Americans to be interested in the rest of the world enough to want to learn about it, and that isn't going to happen so long as they're still happy to blindly believe that the USA is the greatest and nowhere else in the world could possibly be any better.

[@juliej9225]

It's crazy how this "appeal to the American audience" is still a thing in modern times. Snowpiercer, with Chris Evans, was a Korean film they brought over and specifically grabbed him for the role because he was "Captain America" therefore the American audiences would want to see it. I'm glad it's slowly changing, but still...you'd think that this idea would have died out by now.

[@Stefantius]

I'm Canadian and Cap is my favorite lol

[@yourarchnemesis8453]

still a good movie.

[@ZombieLincoln666]

Okay, and Parasite won the Oscar for best picture and it’s in Korean Often what you see happen is studios will put in minor Chinese characters and subplots because they want to appeal to a new large economy.

[@B00h44]

fact: When you chant 'USA USA USA' loud enough, you can't hear the rest of the world hate you.

[@HeavyMetal45]

Good, we’ll chant louder

[@COUNTVLAIDMIR]

@@HeavyMetal45 Ok, just don't go complaining about expensive medical bills next time, mmkay?

[@HeavyMetal45]

@@COUNTVLAIDMIR we have the best medicine in the world Einstein. I’d rather have bills than not get in at all.

[@COUNTVLAIDMIR]

@@HeavyMetal45 Just don't complain you can't pay for it, mmkay?

[@Zeppathy]

1:57 Me when someone asks me any question. Them: Whats your name? Me: >Panic< I have a name?

[@Jaimethepanda]

Traveling to Spain and Morocco when I was 12 gave me a better appreciation for the things we have. I wish it was a requirement for some of our entitled citizens.

[@Skullrayge]

It’s mostly just governments and businesses that have problems with eachother. Most people can probably AT LEAST get along.

[@Stefantius]

the people lobbying the governments are having trouble with them? lol

[@NoName-mi8js]

Utterly false. Try roommating with anyone for more than a month.

[@ZombieLincoln666]

governments and businesses consist of people

[@CerealKiller2]

European movies are honestly much better than american ones, and it's always been like that

[@emorsi]

Sometimes I think we make a too big deal out of this. Crazy people were always there, in the past, now and they will be in the future. The difference now is the easy accessibility through social media. Suddenly everyone can be seen everywhere so we get the false idea that the crazyness has reached new heights.

[@chiliflis8660]

Moral of the story is "do your own research", and decide what is best. Don't get told what is best from the mainstream media/single perspective sources.

[@martinschulz9176]

9:41 dam that river playing in the backround 🤌

[@martinschulz9176]

only the real g's get it.

[@abcdefghijkl123454]

whoever suggested ai should parse through the news and summarize them that's literally the "villan"'s plot in mgs2

[@mynameisstarlord1226]

I’m Venezuelan I live in USA and sometimes I get really impress how ignorants are, I ask to many people in here about I don’t know, basic stuff about geography and they think my country is in Africa and crazy things like that. They don’t even know stuff about their own country.

[@mynameisstarlord1226]

I have two years living in the town that I am and I know more about this town than more people that I know 😅

[@Aedrion-]

I have friends in Venezuela - who mostly live in Columbia now because y'know - and friends in the US. It's hilarious to hear what the US people think they know about Venezuela. "It's socialism man, socialism destroyed it." Ah yes, the government system that is focussed on citizen welfare is why people are starving...

[@HeavyMetal45]

I could name 100 countries, but I don’t blame people not knowing where shit holes are

[@MC-nt7jz]

⁠@@HeavyMetal45you can’t even name all the states in your country without google.

[@HeavyMetal45]

@@MC-nt7jz who tf are you?

[@thomascleo]

USA the land of the Air Heads you have a great future,,,,,,,,,,,,LOVE FROM SWEDEN🤣🤣🤣

[@flusen9408]

Ok alts’e’tnaey, love from a native born American.

[@StarDragonJP]

Yeah, until you're exposed to a person from a different walk of life all you have is probably just what you've seen in tvs or movies to base your opinion on them, and that's usually going to be some stereotypical version of that. So a lot of people just have that stereotypical view of people from other countries and don't realize the people there are just like they are anywhere for the most part

[@weatheredseeker]

Americans included right?

[@bullettime1116]

​@weatheredseeker everyone included, this is basic human perception

[@ronr6010]

"stop being an NPC" LMAO, gold

[@c.j.shotgunangel8905]

I love how he says that texas is a land and thats exactly what happened in cyberpunk timeline.

[@parl_hd]

I was born and raised in Panama City, Panama and I remember back in 2004 I joined a guild in world of warcraft and when meeting people over in teamspeak they would ask me where I was from since I have an accent. When I would say I'm from Panama City, Panama they would be in geniune awe and ask but how do you play the game? do you guys have like internet and shit? like isn't Panama like all huts and indigenous people all around? Americans in my guild geniuenly didn't know Panama was a full flegdged country.

[@alventuradelacruz522]

Me pasó con europeos en Francia, estaba como estudiante allá y yo que vengo de República Dominicana cuando lo digo me preguntan si somos mayormente una reserva de indios y si vamos en bote a la escuela (lo dijeron con ojos muy serios)

[@TchHry]

Is it sad to realize later on that... McCarthy had a point.

[@Shahi_lancer]

Pakistani music industry is insular because their product is so good. Pakistani pop music has a very wide audience.

[@latkepotatopancake9812]

Room temp IQ.

[@tyrkdlesath]

The good part of the internet is that it demonstrates to everyone that people are more similar than many think, and it introduces good individuals to other good people. On the other hand, on the internet, it is easier to find negative individuals than in real life, and this is a significant problem. In real life, it is rare for bad people to come together, whereas on the internet, it is easy. If one person can create chaos, imagine a whole group of them.

[@CndBcn]

It only takes a very small percentage to fuck things up for everyone else too....

[@SoulTransient]

Imagine an organized group of them that pretend to have no power(no im not getting racial)

[@jeambeam9788]

The subway surfer blend in was genius

[@tempname8263]

One of the reasons - is lead poisoning. It affects IQ, and this issue is really widespread to this day in USA

[@totobeni]

Americans staying at home is a win win, you(the Americans) feel great cus you got all what you need at home, we(the rest of the world) feel great when you stay there. perfect!

[@puniopenetrante]

"I live in the greates country in the world....Texas, of course" JAJAJAJAJAJAJA!! That is how we HAHAHAHAHA!!! in spanish.

[@DA_Doog]

Texas is country that confirmed This is a joke

[@ibraahimdureng7482]

Okay that’s quite offensive not all us Americans act like that.

[@DA_Doog]

At the age of 13, I knew more about history and science than most modern-day American adults

[@hekatetrivia1727]

Socrates was executed for impiety and the corruption of Athenian youths. It is neither new or unique. It never has been nor ever will be. Ignorance is part of the human condition. It takes far more intelligence to understand WHY people think the way they do then to sit back and stroke your own ego thinking about how you're not like them when you are, in fact, worse off.

[@Loki_Yogi]

The internet is literally responsible for making me a more compassionate, humane, loving and more educated human being all around. I fkn love pretty much anything made in Korea for example. Or Japan, India... Just more well rounded in general.