Is Our Wealth Hurting Africa's Feelings?

In The Know panelists discuss whether we should spare Africa's feelings by not telling them about the global economy.
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[@clyvelawrence8820]

“The whole country-the whole continent” subtle...

[@jacobrickayzen2744]

evylC i dont get it

[@jokuvaan5175]

@@jacobrickayzen2744 Quite a few Americans think that Africa is just one country.

[@jacobrickayzen2744]

@@jokuvaan5175 Oh thanks! I actually reckoned that too lol

[@Tom-2142]

Jacob Rickayzen ...

[@wendystwitter7199]

Jami they were all taught the continents in school so it has nothing to do with them being American

[@ozzyfromspace]

I’m an African, and I tried really hard to just have a good time with their satire. It was tough but in the end I got through it. Tbh the panelist was right, we’re facing the worst *stick*-market recession in years. I might lose everything. *And by that, I mean sticks.*

[@ozzyfromspace]

@UsirRaMaroon I'm a simple man, it's Acacia sticks for me, all day everyday 😂

[@Mngalahad]

i recommend to invest on ETFs that replicate the summer time stick index, as they have their highest growth at the end of spring. sell them there.

[@randomorange6807]

Don't do that- don't make me crack up so much

[@menib7574]

Hey look at the bright side, whether or not you fail, that's a whole new start right there. So don't be such a stick in the mud

[@physical_insanity]

Damn man, sounds like rough shit. Hope you make it through all right. If you need some alternative, I heard the mud and grass-thatch market is starting to get on it's feet, so if you need to bail for a new market, they've got you.

[@HarukiYamamoto]

As an African, I feel extremely insulted by this. I have been selling my oil for sticks but can't find an American willing to accept my sticks for plumbing pipes.

[@orangequill1645]

Simple,sell your oil for plumbing pipes

[@acecollinson749]

@@orangequill1645 I hassle is real my brother I just started putting goats inside the stick's to make this interesting

[@heli0s101]

Self-hating African selling out their culture for plumbing.

[@SinaAla]

Americans don’t know the value of good sticks :(

[@porkcutlet3920]

@@orangequill1645 That's genius.

[@thoumotherdearest9041]

My dad is an immigrant from Nigeria and he reportedly cried profusely when he found out there was no child soldiers in Colorado.

[@E4439Qv5]

None that they want you to know about.

[@sharonbrookes1188]

What about child politicians?

[@stellarwind1946]

The situation there seems pretty complex.

[@chiefkief222]

@@stellarwind1946 there's just so many factors at play

[@zurielsss]

Does Child school shooters count?

[@jeremiahbrand5430]

"The main thing is we don't want to rob them of their culture. We don't want to introduce things like plumbing, electricity and housing and doorknobs." 😂😂😂😂 IM DYING!!! HAHAHAHA

[@charsfm5203]

"It would be much more difficult to exploit them"

[@juanitadudley4788]

Jeremiah Brand doorknobs

[@ultrakool]

you racist f#(ks. as if they couldn't prosper without world banking interest interference?

[@ultrakool]

K D your brain cells are in complete free fall

[@HooDatDonDar]

Certainly. One culture is as good as another. Especially in their treatment of women. That’s why I live in Rwanda, rather than a Park Avenue penthouse.

[@AstralSandwich]

"The stick market is in complete free-fall" Brilliant!

[@eyezbaby1]

Stick market.. is complete free fall.. these bunch of idiots... are they really humans ?? Clones!! Electricity ? Come on idiots ... Africa still uses hydroelectric power mostly... stick market?? Jerks who chews on a stick...

[@williamzhao2521]

stick market - us dollar market.

[@ReddoFreddo]

@@eyezbaby1 r/whoosh

[@SPEARHEADGLOBAL]

This is the ryt to to invest in stick stock exchange

[@teratoma.]

@@eyezbaby1 1 year later and no one really told u but this is fake my man

[@majozichongo3952]

'how many sticks does one need' as an African I would warn you to not infringe on our second amendment the right to own and bear sticks.

[@johnlevin4567]

Okay, but can you recognize that owning sticks can harm children?

[@lorimorgan7279]

@@johnlevin4567 Actually a majority of supposed stick crime was done with branches.

[@davidklaube497]

@@lorimorgan7279 Which is exactly the Reason why normal People should be allowed to buy and own the Far more effektive Logs to protect themselves and their Familys.

[@Core-Poration]

7

[@laika6661]

@@davidklaube497 Log ownership seems quite excessive. Such military grade equipment should be kept for national defence.

[@ramentaco9179]

"The whole country- the whole continent" Omfg the onion is too real

[@boxofcans461]

Ya yeah

[@Gangstabob716]

God forbid we show them doorknobs....

[@TheDreadXxXx]

Whoa whoa whoa! Slow down, before we show them doorknobs we have to introduce them to the concept of a door. Cmon buddy use your head we don't want to start continent wide panic!

[@MrGraciuz]

Hahaha...We had golden doorknobs while you cave men were still creeping around on all four limbs until we introduce you to civilization. You stole our everything and now act like you know it all. Bitch you ain't shit!!! I would've loved for this shit to last. But I'll end this shit with a fuck you and have nice day. CAVEMEN!!!

[@tawandaburton831]

Grasswa Basson ♥

[@scienceandmusic4295]

Grasswa Basson Joke Woosh Your head

[@MrGraciuz]

HAHAHA

[@danielrabinovitz478]

I love how the bald guy with the glasses authored a book called "The Six Worst Continents." Little details like that are why I love the Onion ^_^

[@nintendo9231889]

He's also in the Sonic drive in commercials

[@dinosaurusrex1482]

There's only 6 continents

[@cathalevans6754]

Dinosaurus Rex that is the joke...

[@jamesh1866]

@@dinosaurusrex1482 well a lot of people claim 7, North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia and Antarctica. But it sounds like this book considers there to be 6 and is joking that all continents are terrible.

[@kevintrang3007]

Antarctica best continent!

[@SamTheSubSaharan]

I was having an empty plate for breakfast when I watched this! As an African I have to say this is so disrespectful! It almost made me spit out the air I was chewing on!

[@johnconcerto8721]

Yes, we are laughing at Africa

[@tristanmoller9498]

Where’d you get the plate?

[@tristanmoller9498]

How many sticks does the plate cost?

[@johnconcerto8721]

Tristan Möller I hear the going rate is three sticks for a plate.

[@insightfultoaster2965]

@@johnconcerto8721 murderer!!! U killed alyona ivanovna

[@muhammedakinyemi7560]

I'm an African with Internet and I must say that this is the worst thing that has happened to us. Now we have young children who don't want to climb trees or hunt tigers. We have people talking about investing sticks. Take your Internet away.

[@redhen2470]

Pretty funny, except there's no tigers in Africa.

[@muhammedakinyemi7560]

@@redhen2470 you're fun at parties

[@Iosaiv]

Yeah

[@_zoid]

⁠​⁠@@redhen2470Because the young children hunted them all to extinction. There’s also no trees for them to climb due to massive demand in the stick market. It’s a sad time to be a young child in Africa.

[@salscomfort3993]

something they can chew on..... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 On a serious note someone asked my mom "if I go with you to Kenya should I take my mobile phone... I mean can I charge it?" My mom was like "well we will have to drive 7 hours to Uganda to have it charged". She believed my mom

[@lasarthe]

+Salome Tjallinks hahaha

[@yogeshrathi2120]

Ya it's funny Even when most of the public transport in Kenya is being run by electric vehicles!

[@BrustinNikolai]

Yogesh Rathi yeah electric buses funded by chinaaaa

[@CoorDaLoor]

I actually seriously wanna know the answer to this. wouldn't alot of parts of kenya be so underdeveloped that they don't have electricity or even cell coverage?

[@xcoldbloom]

i think the joke is that they're going to rob the phone and maybe kill the owner

[@ericverster4069]

"It would make it much more difficult to exploit them." This is a supposed to be a satirical network but they always have the truth in there somewhere. Kind of like South Park.

[@AtlasReburdened]

Only jesters and mad men are allowed to speak the truth.

[@anonb4632]

Erm that's what satire's about.

[@HooDatDonDar]

Or someone’s idea of the truth.

[@eagled2000]

Because that’s what satire is

[@Micho55]

had me until the last sentence lol

[@belalabusultan5911]

their economy is so bad, even a prince 🤴 from there asked me for money 💸to get back home. I feel sad ☹ edit: added emojis, and this is a joke.

[@nicholaschristodoulou3821]

I got your joke😂

[@zathary564]

did you give him your money?

[@belalabusultan5911]

@@zathary564 yes, but I sent the money on a carriage, drawn by 2 snails :P

[@awdrifter3394]

Nah, he's sending me millions right after I sent him these Steam gift cards. I guess he just loves gaming.

[@_LEONKING_]

@@awdrifter3394 mfs really be like "I'm stranded and need to borrow money, please buy me some *Playstation plus* "

[@nii_amart]

As an African (Ghanaian), this is actually hilarious and the last statement was perfect..... and yeah we do need those Fisher Price mining tools though...lol

[@yougothere6000]

The last statement is not true though. Was simply brought up in order to protect themselves against politically correct censorship.

[@martinch0]

@@yougothere6000 Yeah politically correct censorship from 2008??? What do you mean is not true? Look up Neocolonialism.

[@nyhyl]

@@yougothere6000 Yeah that would be unconvenient to be true, right? It must be the zionist reptiles with their politically correct criticism why this was put in there, I agree.

[@randomorange6807]

@Ezio Auditore hey hey what about me i find it funny too :(

[@rusitoexplorador]

I kinda like your president

[@CoffeeSnep]

My old high school history teacher told us a story of the time he went to Africa. A lot of the people there, especially the children and teens, asked him how many guns he owned, how many people he's killed, etc. They had all their information about America from watching old action movies made decades before, and assumed the whole country was like that.

[@CoffeeSnep]

@Tatsujiro Kurogane oh, I never said their assumption was wrong.

[@angel-ke9vs]

Nah, its because all we see on the news about America is police shooting unarmed people and mass shootings. And people arguing about gun laws.

[@audreykoskei4072]

Now we just assume America is like that because of our Netflix subscriptions.😂

[@Nedyiesh]

Baloney...Get a life!

[@randomorange6807]

It isnt?

[@raikou8784]

*”It* *would* *make* *it* *much* *more* *difficult* *to* *exploit* *them”* 😂

[@lancelotkillz]

Stay away from africs

[@lancelotkillz]

Africa

[@sunnzo2467]

African's don't even know who you are.

[@mardukgilgamesh1500]

@@lancelotkillz mami africa :)

[@mardukgilgamesh1500]

@Th3Aggr3ssiv3 Cons3rvativ3 hell throw a stick at u and then he wont be able to buy dirt to feed his family :c

[@objectivemillennial2117]

this is leaked footage of the leaders of colonial empires in the 19th century

[@RetractedandRedacted]

It was released when it was because Britain didn't want the rest of the world to feel bad that we had news TV.

[@youtuvi7452]

Underrated comment

[@hoagielamp6543]

@@youtuvi7452 Berlin conference wasn't until the late 19th century, maybe he hasn't got likes cause he's off.

[@matthewstuckenbruck5834]

@@hoagielamp6543 Meh, century names are stupid. We should just call them by the first two numbers.

[@frankmerker630]

And the last few seconds of the clip is what they are asking themselves today

[@purplefloyd1513]

One thing I really love about these Onion episodes that tends to get overlooked is how all these debate panels are just everyone agreeing and reassuring eachother.

[@maazkalim]

so-called debate panels, indeed.

[@patrickshaw8187]

@@maazkalim Americans have been trained to think these propaganda hews outlets are debating.

[@nyctomint]

@@patrickshaw8187 this is a satire news site.

[@Weirdisjustabrownandyellowword]

Not all of them. What about the Halloween one?

[@ciggystardust99]

Or the one about skanks

[@schlomomcgoldstein4379]

How many sticks does one person really need? LOL

[@brianwesley28]

That's the debate that's going on there right now.

[@SuperNintendawg]

Shows what you know. The stick market is extremely lucrative.

[@anoutdatedmeme6358]

69 of em

[@lukes.3679]

How ba-a-a-ad can I be?

[@geradosolusyon511]

How many do you need to cook food?

[@TheGunzyman]

I love old Onion vids. The recent ones just aren't the same to me

[@v8Buster87]

unless it's Peter Rosenthal lol he is still out there killing it.

[@roberttucker1527]

Leftists make me SICK

[@mydadscrazy7112]

TheGunzyman true

[@livelaughlove0209]

Clickhole is the old Onion

[@getcrack4me]

This was when they had the "Onion News Network" on IFC. No budget now...

[@user-bc9ve4sc1c]

As an African (Tunisian) this is one of my favorite onion videos And yes our culture doesn't have doorknobs, and I'm afraid the mine workers will start attacking the rest of the people if we become in charge

[@MouhibBayounes]

Maya7koch 3ala tounes houma 😂

[@lolasdm6959]

@Matt-he7om To exploit the market vaccum we can sell sharpened sticks, 100% more effective at maiming. I am going to trade mark it in the Republic of Africa now.

[@ImNotaRussianBot]

Well, we need to ship out those Fisher Price mining too kits to really get Africa on its feet, ya know?

[@Nate-wf5hk]

This is unironically how western media views Africa, brilliant satire from the onion, as all ways

[@Iosaiv]

All the ways

[@g.w.7893]

always*

[@josephstalin6549]

Africa should bundle their sticks together. Strength in Unity! Viva!

[@nintendo9231889]

That's actually the fascist symbol.

[@roberttucker1527]

He knows.

[@ashol5232]

@@directrulefromgamerchair3947 That philosophy could fix most of the world's problems.

[@medexamtoolsdotcom]

Joseph Stalin and you can be their leader!

[@hisexcellencypresidentofre4118]

Says the communist commissar

[@danielmatthews5759]

"should we shut off the electricity?"... welcome to south africa

[@lifeissobeautiful6404]

@@larrystalinski69 Indeed😅

[@hazukichanx408]

*Sooth Effrickehh

[@78XT500]

Electricity? Oh yes, thats the stuff we used to use for lighting before candles. I remember those days.

[@johnfrench6564]

I thought South Africa was like one of the better countries on the continent

[@Diesel436]

@@johnfrench6564 it was in apartheid

[@tyleralmquist7606]

That little nod at the end agreeing that it would make it much harder to exploit them if we helped them was absolutely brilliant

[@devendraveerkar6276]

This sketch ends with "It would make it much more difficult to exploit them" and this still sums up most of the world's Africa policy even today.. Onion, take a bow

[@fredriks5090]

It is a dog-eat-dog world out there. Don't reveal your buried bones to a starving dog, - the bone won't save him anyway.

[@cameronschyuder9034]

@@fredriks5090 Bone won't give dog food but can give dog motivation to not die and become a pile of bones

[@discordlexia2429]

@@fredriks5090 Don't share any of your grotesquely obscene hoarded wealth stolen from all over the world with people who are literally starving, you mean.

[@randomm928]

@@fredriks5090 nah bruh the world literally took away all of africa's bones and then churned up political turmoil to take away every single scrap of bone and then left them to fare for themselves, you think the worst thing we did to them was not giving them bones??

[@AthelstanKing]

What's funny is before any whites got to africa, africa was already exploiting itself and selling each other into the arab slave trade. They love exploitation because it gives them something to blame not inventing the wheel on.

[@user-dq6hs4ry6z]

I love africa, toto is the best

[@icescreenfilmz8627]

Toto is American though

[@ilikestew5719]

@@icescreenfilmz8627 But he blessed the rains down in aaafrica

[@hazukichanx408]

Toto is definitely the best song by Africa.

[@knightenchanter7908]

@@icescreenfilmz8627 r/woooosh

[@evvylovesuu]

@@knightenchanter7908 quiet

[@lol101lol101lol10199]

I'm offensive and I find this African

[@XxRaceRCxX]

@1113 Cntrl yikers

[@apopheniapareidolia]

So, so, so good. Thank you, person/bot for this comment.

[@cocopus]

funny original comment. so so so xd funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👌👌👌👌👌

[@hydraulichydra8363]

Nice profile pic, bro

[@aadisethu]

Hi offensive, I’m dad

[@Timothymukansi]

"It would make it much more difficult to exploit them" What an ending

[@OilFreak]

No time to think, just *outro*

[@ericg4915]

What's ironic is this was made a matter of weeks before the great recession

[@siimkivisild2251]

Back then the stick market was still booming compared to what it is now

[@barakathiongo4835]

They knew

[@baller84milw]

189 Africans just found out there's no famine in Kansas.

[@RedprintBobcat]

I sure hope 2018 doesn't discover this.

[@user-nu3sd7zb2j]

Lmao .

[@derex47]

Too late nerd

[@oscarohman685]

LoL who get offended by this?

[@tyyer]

2019 gang whatup tho

[@bradygiacopelli9003]

2019 did too

[@Iosaiv]

The beautiful thing about sticks is you can break them and have twice as many👍.❤

[@richardb8104]

Underrated comment.

[@TranslationHell]

Wholesome

[@loutisharc6292]

I’d be willing to pay 29 sticks a month for more of this journalism

[@andrewolesen8773]

Lots of Africans getting upset. Well as a Canadian, I think I'll be throwing the last log on the fire then hitting the hay tonight, starting to get chilly in these igloos. My dog sled almost didn't start this morning!!!

[@BorrieBeats]

It's that him carey sketch when people found out he was from Canada and every response was. "....Wow must be pretty cold" "Yes...It was a hard winter. Nuntak and I built a shelter...to protect ourselves."

[@ninototo1]

Poor Candians.. I can't believe how cold it must be there. And dangerous, what with the bears and wolves and all. I'm glad to be german. Beer, sausages, genocide.. what more could I ask for?

[@fabulousdolphin4221]

@@ninototo1 genocide is the gift that keeps on giving.

[@lewisdean22]

@@ninototo1 are we talking cultural genocide folks

[@gregoryglass9040]

That's is funny and Canada is better then america your too cool fr

[@MrSanjayV]

Most realistic news report Ive ever seen. Lets Make the Onion Great Again.

[@edhuber3557]

Got my MOGA hat ready!

[@Iosaiv]

@@edhuber3557 Ofrica?

[@derciobene3458]

I thought this was supposed to be satirical. I've had people try to tell me all of those things, as if we deal sticks and rocks for a living. smh. But can't blame them tho, media portrays the continent like a single country with a single culture living in absolute poverty, without even food to feed ourselves or any type of city whatsoever.

[@jimhalpert9803]

@@derciobene3458 for oil or assault rifles?

[@dopaminecloud]

I believe (and hope) that as more cultures move into the online sphere we will all benefit from a wider perspective on the world. The media can only convey caricature.

[@AsiaMinor12]

​​@@dopaminecloudnope. As more people start living their lives on the internet, people will become more out of touch with reality and radicalized. It's been happening in most countries with mass usage of the internet.

[@lindokuhlehlophe2837]

I'm African and I'm hurt There's no famine in Kansas!??

[@richhartnell6233]

The mainstream media won’t report on the famine in Kansas or the civil war in New Mexico. Do not believe their lies!

[@chongahloi69]

@@richhartnell6233 antifa

[@soliel5680]

@@richhartnell6233 As a New Mexican, the uranium mining and processing has gotten outta control, and the civil war is 1 step away form going nuclear.

[@mariuszfurman4767]

Old Onions videos aren't sitire but prophecy. 😉

[@v8Buster87]

fisher price mining tools lol

[@StarboyXL9]

Unlike some of you, I get my news from a reliable source! The Onion!

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

The last line was the clincher that says it all. After all their rationalizing bs, the truth comes out. Brilliant.

[@emmarina3525]

African (Egyptian) here Tbh the plumbing and electricity sort of break on their own every week so... :/ Something to chew on would be nice while we wait for the yellow water to turn clear

[@SanaZub]

the fischer price bit kILLED ME LMFAOOOOOOO "something to chew on" BGHHFHF

[@blindsight_music_]

As an African, I can confirm, our feelings are very much hurt.

[@rubennietnodig7579]

sry :(

[@blindsight_music_]

Ruben NietNodig haha 😂

[@EmeraldHero]

“*Duncan Birch* Author, ‘The Six Worst Continents’” 0:28

[@TheDarkever]

"I wouldn't mind introducing Fisher Price mining tools, so they don't hurt themselves" said in serious voice. Priceless xD

[@boxofcans461]

Love the serious jokes ❤️

[@zayzay4405]

@@boxofcans461 Foreal. This is gold. The onion is perfect.

[@KINGSOMALIA]

LMAO

[@lucifermorningstar3709]

The random cough here and there, and the panelists talking over each other, just makes this seem so freaking realistic, it hurts

[@rivashanmolefi7326]

"It would make it much more difficult to exploit them" Perfect end

[@chiarifairy6862]

I absolutely loved this, but I hate how I could actually imagine someone makes the argument "we don't want to rob them of their culture ... we don't want to introduce plumbing, and electricity, and housing, and doorknobs, because that's gonna take away what it means to be inherently African"

[@fernandaabreu5625]

wut

[@ariadnegmusdaedaloximo708]

Whoever named this The Onion, should be rewarded in "layers" of wealth! Because layers of ingenuity is what this network has!

[@roberttucker1527]

THIS IS PURE GOLD

[@johnomara849]

“The whole continent . . . is like hospice” 😂😂😂😂

[@markodjuric4282]

Where have I been when I am only now finding out about OnionTV. This channel is a beautiful masterpiece!

[@mikedamon8685]

" something they can chew on"....I peed myself laughing

[@gaborszabo80]

After 11 years, I'm sure glad the New Mexico civil war is over. 😆

[@JamesMakoni]

I'm from Africa. and this is funny as fuck... holy shit my sides...!!

[@miamitten1123]

_”That they can chew on”_ Come on....staaaap!

[@pokemongo-up3rq]

"Fisher Price mining tools, something they can chew on." Lel😂

[@BillChanhkcom]

How many sticks does one person really need? Me: a minecrafter: yes

[@clouddoge5560]

Bill Chan but now they need diamonds too bad the companies own all the mines

[@MK_ULTRA420]

Dog: woof (yes)

[@EinFelsbrocken]

Yes (Yes)

[@HereIAm247]

Great for practically free emeralds!

[@solomonpriest8387]

Hahahahahahahaha, LOL.Ey Murica, I love your work man, I love your work. Kind regards: Africa.

[@sunnzo2467]

I'm starting to think you're not really Africa at all..

[@Tee-vq3mv]

The casting director of "the onion" deserves 2 Oscars.

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

"It would make it much more difficult to exploit them." That was too much loooool. She said it OUTRIGHT

[@shutupgays]

As an African, im really hurt y'all lied to us. Really disappointed in u guys :(

[@nikolajrasmussen9573]

But you have to see it from our perspective. It would have been much more difficult to exploit you if we didn't...

[@higherthanusual1897]

Why is this at the end of EDEN’s album😪

[@osaiha5913]

Bc he hates capitalism maybe idk

[@garmezon9502]

the great country of africa

[@zeigbert1743]

Doorknobs are the pinnacle of Western civilization.

[@fish_6807]

FISHER PRICE MINING TOOLS... SOMETHING THEY CAN CHEW ON LMAOOOOO

[@goseone412]

😂😂😂😂

[@kirani111]

“It would make it much more difficult to exploit them” *other anchors wisely nodding in approval*

[@que_93]

The ending line says it more, and says everything. Absolutely brilliant!!! The creativity at Onion is just mind-blowing!!!

[@juampyvarela]

She just said it at the end.

[@jarahfluxman20]

We africans certainly find doornobs a mystery. Just yesterday I tried opening a door and was mystified at how you have to turn the nob.

[@whatdoesthisthingdo]

Careful! You could hurt yourself.

[@penske_material]

They're joking.

[@arnabiarnab3037]

As an African this was so offensive....... that it was beautiful 😂😂

[@mollymermaid1398]

Idk how many of you there are so I’m curious… how many of you are from EDEN No future’s playlist where he accidentally added this XD

[@jzia0]

He still hasnt fixed it ahahahha

[@iamrobert_10]

Ayooo I came from there too

[@Ghost-jw4bn]

yeah i'm starting to think this wasn't a mistake lmao

[@Canzary]

It’s scary that this almost sounds like reality now trying to avoid offending CERTAIN groups

[@cbbattlestar]

wow! we africans sure don't know how to take a joke.......fisher price mining equipment......love it......LOL

[@denki2558]

now its 96

[@jaydonturner882]

@@denki2558 now it's 112

[@nintendo9231889]

Apparently Bob the builder is now too sexist. We'll send his sister to Africa.

[@StephGrobler1]

You are South African tho ..

[@gregoryglass9040]

We black people in America know africans are really intelligent even the white ones too the joke is on us you good air bounty of plants animals undiscovered animals plants other raw and rare resources we wish you would use it wisely and take care of each other and not let the world dictates how you should live with love and respect your America brotha

[@TheRealMEEDABEE]

The best part about all this is that there are actually people like this out there

[@HaTran-lp6hf]

This was made 11 years ago but I feel like it’s happening right now

[@playboicartiismydad4842]

@Pure Thoughts I dont think you understand the point of this sketch

[@rakuengrowlithe4654]

Host: Should we cut off electricity to Africa so no one gets television. ANC: Hold my beer!

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

OML That little nod at the end bahahaha!!!

[@Capt.Schnasty]

I showed this to my mom, and she bought it.

[@JEGNAW]

I'm African and I find this very funny

[@osaiha5913]

Good it shows how your country was raped by imperialist power for their own economic system (capitalism) to keep a section of the human population in a perpetual state of dis order to exploit their labor for profit for business owners and not for the people that make that value happen in the first place

[@tahaabdullah8833]

This is gold!

[@GreenGretel]

"Not telling Africa about the global economy will mean leaving the continent in charge of their own mining and drilling operations. _Are they gonna hurt themselves with all that equipment?!"_ "I think so. I wouldn't have a problem with introducing Fisher-Price mining tools to sort of, like, get them started, give them a sense of what the shapes and sounds are like." The satire here is so excellent. ::*chef's kiss*::

[@youarenowawarepodcast8896]

I just discovered The Onions videos, and I absolutely love this. Their videos are so funny

[@JaySuschrist]

I love how the host did this little smile after the first line. She was just trying to hold it back.

[@eoghan.5003]

Tbh I imagine a lot of impoverished people on Africa would be shocked to see the extent of unnecessary poverty and homelessness in the "rich world"

[@mobeenkhan824]

Eoghan Connolly I am from Pakistan, I thought wealth inequality like that only existed in poor countries like ours.

[@vladivanov5500]

​@@mobeenkhan824 Even then, though, they can feed themselves. What constitutes poverty in a developed country vs developing country is very different. Statistically most people below the 'poverty' line in America have TVs, computers and air conditioning.

[@ajgerbi]

Vlad Ivanov / They’re probably referring to people that are homeless and have to beg on the streets tho, not people stuck in fast food jobs who are just kinda struggling (although most Americans still consider it poverty). However, a lot of the time when people experience homelessness, it’s from those people who are just “struggling” making their own mistakes, such as an addiction to drugs that basically empties their pockets til they have nothing left. There are the few cases when someone is left in immense poverty in the U.S. from experiencing just a series of unfortunate events tho. There are a lot of places you can rebuild your life tho, plenty of shelters and churches that can help you, just some people don’t take advantage of it sadly :/

[@vladivanov5500]

​@@ajgerbi Yep. All on point. Sometimes there is no accounting for a sudden shock to the market. The worst problem to my mind in first world countries is crippling debt. The cycle of usury. The most developed countries today have got to where they are on borrowed money, and are ultimately on borrowed time. The upside for them is that with strong allies and a strong military, the state never need default on its debt because it has the might to back it up. Developing countries don't have that luxury.

[@interestingusername2633]

Mobeen Khan the us can’t even give it’s citizens adequate health care. They can barely be considered first world.

[@illumi_verse]

Thank u eden

[@Ryboy1122]

:) this shit made me laugh so hard when I found it 😂

[@illumi_verse]

@@Ryboy1122

[@jayhill2193]

The panelists were in a tough spot, back in 08 it seemed like no one could make it in the oversaturated stick market, but the introduction of Minecraft in 09 turned that one around a full 180°. I don't blame them for not predicting that, after everything that went down at the stock exchanges in 08, no one was watching the development of stick manufacturing.

[@jameswolf5513]

I've watched so many The Onion videos that actual news is starting to appear in in my feed

[@shivshah971]

Lol I live in Africa and the end bit was so true even rn

[@satvikraghav4507]

“This is year the global economy grew by 6%” The year was 2008

[@4izm0v]

Fun fact, two African countries have high speed rail with more joining in soon. My information may even be outdated

[@Zionist298]

doesn't change the fact it's the poorest

[@4izm0v]

@@Zionist298 you'd be surprised

[@TastyyOnYoutube]

@@Zionist298look at places like nairobi in Kenya

[@Zionist298]

@@TastyyOnKZbin you're cherry picking

[@Zionist298]

@@TastyyOnKZbin plus it was built by europeans

[@Christian-vs2rf]

I am in Guinea west Africa and there are literally no fucking doorknobs.

[@charlesuzozie5747]

Buy my sticks.

[@Kobaford]

I'll trade you a doorknob for 15 sticks

[@charlesuzozie5747]

@@Kobaford deal. Fucking steal

[@beatrixwickson8477]

The problem with Africa is it needs a money hole.

[@lwm2985]

Sure. Sounds like a good solution. But sticks wouldn't sit well in a money hole.

[@beatrixwickson8477]

@@lwm2985 great for the money fires though

[@hannibalbarca6308]

Cant believe this is still on youtube 😅🤣😂

[@castle9165]

I'm pretty sure the joke is that these people are being incredibly patronising.

[@bruceusername]

I’m guessing you don’t get it. Statue pfps never do

[@xmlthegreat]

This is brilliant satire. It honestly felt like I didn't know where exactly they were going with it until I got to the toys part.

[@haydenmacfarlane7194]

I can rewatch these videos so many times and still burst out laughing😂😂

[@Gythem]

Why is this in EDEN’s No Future playlist lmfao

[@osaiha5913]

Bc he whispered in my ear and said Viva la revolucion. You know, cause he hates rich people

[@osaiha5913]

Which is a good thing