American Reacts to What's The Dumbest Thing an American Has Ever Said To You?

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[@helenagreenwood2305]

'Stupidity isn't specifically an American trait - but they do it so well' this cracked me up 😆😆😆 love from 🇬🇧

[@LAU-ik6dp]

Do they speak English in your country😂🤭 Sorry couldn't resist.

[@RustyDust101]

I definitely applaud that notion. In all aspects. Because while there are some really dumb and stupid people in every country, some Americans (note: some) really take the cake.

[@ericburbach632]

Arrogance and stupidity are a deadly combination

[@LAU-ik6dp]

@1984 is now. yeah for sure😂😂

[@annasaddiction5129]

Defintifley my favourite.

[@Brennbare]

This is not a joke. I've had a conversation with an American woman, who asked where I live. When I answered that I'm from the Netherlands, she didn't believe me because she said that's where Peter Pan lives. I was stunned...

[@irissupercoolsy]

Well, at least she knows that Peter Pan takes place in the Netherlands in the story 🤣 Didn't knew that haha.

[@sutreB]

We got Peter Pancake (Pannekoek)! Look it up.

[@Brennbare]

@@sutreB Haha, dat moet de verwarring geweest zijn.

[@irissupercoolsy]

@@sutreB Heh?

[@henrijansen4224]

Must be because of the American dream! When that dreams messes up your reality, but you can still switch of your tv and start to lissen what other people have to say(respect) without interruption.

[@HiopX]

Had a conversation with a tourist starting with asking for locations. Then he noticed my bandaged hand and asked about. Told him I had a bicycle accident and what the ER doctor thought to be a contusion lasted longer than it should, and that I'm scheduled for an MRI later that week to check, (it was a partial bone fracture). His reaction was something: "Oh poor you. Being too poor for a car and then you go into debt for an MRI." He was shocked to learn that a) MRI scans are covered by social health insurance b) I chose to not own a car because I live in a big German city and don't need it.

[@Real_MisterSir]

Ahaha the classic "oh you're too poor to own a car?".. Even the late US ambassador in Denmark thought her personal driver was too poor to own a car because he came on bicycle most days even in cold weather. Like woman the fuck, you're paying him you should know he can easily afford a car XD

[@majdavojnikovic]

This is not stupid, it is just uninformed.

[@0Quiwi0]

@@majdavojnikovic Technically yes. But it's a thin line

[@majdavojnikovic]

The poor guy just wanted to get info about some location ( he was a tourist, uninformed by definition), but then he asked an empathetic question ( about the injured arm) and, when he showed even more empathy (totally based on his USA experience) , he was looked down as STUPID, by the injured EU cyclist, and more. :)))

[@Real_MisterSir]

@@majdavojnikovic Saying someone is "too poor for a car" isn't empathetic in any stretch of the imagination lmao. It just means you're ignorant and don't even bother to ask questions in a foreign culture before you start assuming things. Troll tourists. Also the guy said he was from Germany. What does the entirety of the EU have to do with that? Troll tourist.

[@justapile4376]

An American once asked me if we had electricity in Canada. I told them "just at the border", the rest of the country re-fused.🤣

[@bethlehemeisenhour5807]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@angshusarma8331]

Ain't no way.😂😂😂

[@rrdam72]

I'm from The Netherlands and I know a whole bunch of nice smart Americans, that's why I visit every year. One Christmas we are shopping and the girl behind the counter spots me as a foreigner. She asks me where I'm from and I politely say "The Netherlands" and to be sure I added Europe, because I saw the questionmarks above her head. Then she asks me: "Do they have Christmas in Europe?" I think her colleague was about to die on the spot, but she started putting her foot in much deeper by asking me: "How do you say Merry Christmas in Europe?" My answer: depends on where one in Europe is from. Her answer: "Ooh yeah of course, Europe is big country." That was the moment the lights seem to go out for her collegue.

[@bethlehemeisenhour5807]

😧

[@axoram]

dovevi dirgli , circa in 30 lingue diverse ; olandese,tedeco,greco,francese, finlandese,italiano....scegli pure ..e sarebbe andata in schock😅

[@hartjeslips4061]

The following happened to my daughter: She was working at the time in Antwerp, Belgium and was visiting Brugge (Bruege) a beautiful quaint medieval town. An American couple asked her, if she knew at what time the park was closing? They thought that everything they saw was just an amusement park....

[@Snowshowslow]

😆 I mean, it does look like one a little bit. But up close you should notice it's an actual city.

[@themetricsystem7967]

Some american cruise tourists in downtown Oslo at the tourist office: listen, we’ve got 4 hours. We want to see a moose, a fjord and. Polar bear. When do the fjords close? Also, in Disneyland, Florida: Are Norwegian women pregnant for 12 months because of the cold?

[@TheITGuy84]

We have the same with Asian tourists here in Giethoorn. They think it is an amusementpark with al the canals and boats but in the houses just live normal people, they just enter the houses and take pictures, very intrusive.

[@jeffw9465]

@@Snowshowslow whoooosh

[@gertvanderstraaten6352]

I was a tour guide in Egypt for one tour (I was a terrible guide and they were terrible people, some of them). We went to a Nubian village and people started climbing on the roofs of the houses, ffs. ETA: Dutch people.

[@emberneko8640]

I once talked to an american guy on the Amino app, he asked me where i was from and i said the south of france specifically Pau. he was like "where is that?" And when i told him it was in the south of france near the mountains chaines of the Pyrenees, the boarder that separates France and Spain, he did not believe me. He was like "that place doesn’t exist. You don’t know basic geography. " Apparently i've been living in an imaginary city for most of my life.

[@FredrikUggla1]

I am Swedish and when I was in the US last time I got this question: "Do you keep vikings in reservations?" =)

[@dustylong]

What?!? 🤣😂🤣 At the same time: 😭😢

[@GGTrinity]

Oh my god. Imagine realizing you're one of the only people in the world, still keeping an ancient native group of people in "reservations" - and having them live poorly too. that hurts to hear that they think it's that common to do to natives.

[@SonnyWeg]

@@GGTrinity Nahhh, just give them their meade and give them somthing to plunder from time to time and they'll be happy

[@beckyrushfan8174]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

I'm hoping they were joking

[@_-martin-_]

Most Americans live in a bubble and that combined with their eroding educational system does not make things better. It is not looking good for the future of America.

[@Kathakathan11]

How do you know? Your country has every person who is smart? I don’t think so. The fact is America can afford this stupidity due to brain drain from most countries. While they keep their citizens stupid, but enterprising enough. The new citizens who work on their high end jobs keep quiet against any state actions, because they want citizenship

[@danijelandroid]

Fun fact: the Prince of Wales might not own all the whales in the world but his mother the Queen of England owns all the (wild) swans in England.

[@BrgArt]

Charles III does now i guess

[@danijelandroid]

@@BrgArt - Yep.

[@robt2778]

This is a common misconception, the monarch owns some of the swans on part of the river Thames, but not all the swans in England, but the monarch does own all the sturgeons ( the fishes not the Scottish first minister) in British waters.

[@Godstud]

Americans just need to travel A LOT more, and they discover other countries are pretty damned good, too. A little education goes a long ways.

[@barrymantz6026]

Yeah, they think America is the only country in the world. The only bloody city they know is Amsterdam. Because of our coffeeshops!

[@harrydehnhardt5092]

How do you visit other countries/continents when you only have 2 weeks of unpaid vacation (if you are lucky) and you have to be worried about of your job when you dare to take these 2 weeks in row?

[@cynthiamolenaar770]

Yeah or at least make studying foreign countries and other continents obligatory in schools!

[@renehoyvik]

The general worker can't afford it.

[@MrMajsterixx]

@@renehoyvik are u jokin ? xD iam czech and many people travel, many, do u know how much people make ? about 1200 dollars a month avarage. Its not about wages its about priorities, if u need your double cheese bacon bburger 3 times a day, 10 drinks and i dont know what, well then ofcourse .. If the avarage american worker took the money he/she made in a month and traveled for example to a country like India he/shecould live there for quite a long time like a rockstar. So nope, its not abbout money, if i dont count western europe workers cuse of the social policies etc... you in USA still make the most money in the world xD how can u say u dont have money for traveling when everybbody else travels lol

[@writerbill1]

I too am from the US, and these stories never cease to horrify (and amuse) me. I don't know why our country is so isolationist, but it is. Most people don't seem to know or care about most of the rest of the world. I love world geography and have learnt a huge amount of it. To my fellow Americans-- please learn about the rest of the world! The internet is your friend.

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

Honestly, I don't give a damn about the rest of the world and I barely care about the US, my family is my world, and the rest can burn for all I care.

[@allourmess6251]

I'm learning some Dutch and recently found out that a Snapchat friend I have lives in the Netherlands. I had no clue because we hadn't really spoken about where we were from and didn't talk much, but I posted a page from a book I was reading in Dutch and he replied to me to start a convo in the language. I then proceeded to ask him a few things about his country to see how true they actually were vs just being stereotypes, and he was so shocked that I even knew as much as I did! All I did was watch a couple KZbin videos about the culture! We literally have so much knowledge at our fingertips yet no one uses it

[@writerbill1]

@@allourmess6251 Great job in learning about his country. Exactly, we have so much at our fingertips but our fellow Americans don't do anything. Sad.

[@roserain7034]

I'm more surprised over the ones who thinks the rest of the world doesn't have Internet. Like do they not go on KZbin and see people of different cultures making video? You don't need to watch to know they do.

[@lordofrims]

All "big" countries are... mostly those that were against each other in the Cold War or had it rough after the WWII. USA, Russia, North Korea, China, Cuba, Japan (they have a lot of antiquated thought in their government).

[@paulmccarragher4106]

We were in Hawaii on holiday from Australia and after having a big meal of steak took some home in a doggie bag to eat later. Passing a bloke and his dog begging on the street and seeing he had Vietnam campaign badges to show he was a vet we gave him our doggie bag and $20 with best wishes. Policeman stopped us and asked why we had done that and I told them we were both Vets and never leave a fellow vet worse off and he looked at us quizzically and said, "Did Australia fight in Vietnam, I didn't think any European nations fought there" WTF, dumb as dog shit..

[@Eyrenni]

Unfortunately, US police officers don't have a lot of schooling. I think it's less than a year. I think I remember something about 4 or 6 months but don't quote me. There's a video online where members of the police from different countries react to information about police of the US. In it, it did state the amount of time American police officers train before they're qualified. It was apparently less than a barber/hairdresser or plumber.

[@dfuher968]

@@Eyrenni It differs from state to state and sometimes even within the state. I havent seen anything above 9-10 months, sometimes as little as a few weeks, then "heres ur gun, go police!". Whereas here in Europe, its a serious education, length varies between countries but its 2½-5 years with regular updates. And the admission criteria are pretty strict.

[@Eyrenni]

@@dfuher968 Thank you and that makes sense with the different states thing. I know a cousin of mine was considering becoming a police (Sweden) but either decided not to or didn't get in. I never asked her when it was relevant and that was a good few years ago now.

[@ChantalAngeles_]

I'm from the Netherlands, there was this discussion about gun laws on facebook, I told this american lady, violence creates more violence, ya know... The whole thing, because she really thought guns made the US better and it kept her safe. So after explaining to her why it doesn't make it safer, she goes "well I guess as a non American you can't understand because you don't have the freedom that we have". I could not believe what I had just read, but after watching so many of your videos, I now understand that this is what they teach people, so really can't blame them much other than that they should educate themselves.

[@Goldenhawk583]

In the netherlands right now.. there is a bit of a scuffle going on.. to put it mildly. The people, versus the government. So.. if the government is willing to go against the very people that hired them, do you really think that the government deciding that the people cant have gins.. is really to keep people safe? Or could it be.. that it is easier to control a people that is unarmed?

[@maartendetemmerman393]

@@Goldenhawk583 do you really think your ar15 and other stupid handguns are even gonna put a dent into a battle tank? like seriously if the government wanted to take out its own people it has more then enough firepower to not care about stupid little guns.

[@Goldenhawk583]

@@maartendetemmerman393 I dont have an AR15.. lol.. It is sad that you are telling me that soldiers.. your own sons and daughters, father and mothers.. can shoot citizens freely.. and you see nothing wrong with it.. Maybe you will when YOUR son/daugher/mother/father stand there with a gun to your head because government said so. Then it might cross your stupid mind, that you are a slave, not a free person.. that " your government" do not give a shit about you or yours.. just themselves. I do not want to be ruled by people like that.. you do:P

[@TheRecklessMetalhead]

As an American-born, wtf did I just read?! Guns made the USA better and kept that woman safe? Foreigners like you can't understand because you don't have the freedom that the other countries have??? What is this non-sense? Typical Americans.🙄

[@sidjustice5742]

it´s very simple really when a country becomes a dictatorship..without guns it´s much easier to take over ...hitler and mao per example took most of the opposition´s guns just for that purpose...also a country without guns is easier to invade by others which is exactly why vietnam was given tons of guns during the war in the 70s and now usa is sending tons of weapons to ukraine lol

[@m.s.1067]

I worked as a tourguide for mostly american tourgroups I have a bunch of stories but my favourite ones are Americans proudly telling me they're German and badly explaining German culture to me (a German). One older american tourist was bragging about how much more German she is than any of the other tourists at the table. Her grandma, who was born in Germany, taught her all of the german traditions. She then proceeded to explain to the rest of her tourgroup some german traditions. Apparently in Germany we celebrate a type of Thanksgiving, a significant holiday called the Spring Clean: The entire family gathers to do a deep clean of grandma's house and sings traditional Spring Clean songs and mops the ceilings and vacuums the garden (I specifically asked her to confirm that they did in fact vacuum clean the garden).

[@dustylong]

🤣😂🤣

[@louisdewit4429]

I’m from Netherlands and until the late ‘70ties we did nation wide ‘Spring clean’. Can’t remember my mum happily singing domestic songs while doing it. More her being all grumpy 😠 and complaining of a married women’s Schicksal having to be a Hausfrau with, in her case, 4 ungrateful kids. Thanks God, or feminism, things changed drastically. Mum is going to be 97 next week.

[@m.s.1067]

I just think that was one clever grandma. I'm also gonna teach my kids that it's tradition for them to clean my house.

[@winterlinde5395]

@@louisdewit4429 🥳🎂

[@Lily-Bravo]

I had a German friend here in the UK, When her mother came to visit, she went nuts Spring cleaning her house, as her mother would find a speck of dust if she missed one bit.

[@pauldunn5978]

Had a waiter in a Florida restaurant say he wanted to visit Europe and his two cities at the top of his list were London and Paris. He wanted to hire a car out and drive it ( its not really that far) so I explained he would have to get a ferry across the water or use the channel tunnel. He was confused and said " What water". I explained that the UK was an island separated from Europe by the English channel and thats why we are called the British Isles. His response, " Oh I didnt realise that . And i thought the British Isles were in the Caribbean Sea."

[@Kathakathan11]

Well he clearly was poor in education, many across many countries are. It’s okay. I am baffled when Americans don’t know about America itself. Like basic year of independence. Or flag or about first president. Or basic maths.

[@bethlehemeisenhour5807]

Good one.

[@dutchgirl624]

Im a Dutchie and have an American friend from TN. She nevers asked me dumb questions and is interested in my culture. When Russia started the invasion in Ukraine, she was panicking because she thought that I was living in a war zone now. Althought my country is 2000 KM away from Ukraine, she keeps asking if I am okay. She wanted me to promise her that I will contact her in case of an emergancy and if I have to flee. I was a little bit shocked and amused that she thought this. I keep assuring her that I am fine. She still ask from time to time how my country is doing. Bless her heart, she means well. But I am still dumbfounded about this.

[@LAU-ik6dp]

Don't they have Google maps in TN? 🤭

[@B-A-L]

I would have scared the shit out of her and said I was from Georgia and have Russians practically on my doostep and see her reaction to how Russians managed to get all the way to the Deep South!

[@rockytekkel406]

@@LAU-ik6dp yes ..and bitches too lazy to look at it ....

[@dutchgirl624]

True, and also not exactly knowing whats going on. I think she thought that whole Europe has turned in a war zone .

[@BrgArt]

@@dutchgirl624 dude it's no joke, i'm actually living in the south east of france where all the rich russian go on vacation and it's a daily struggle. I can't even go out man, life's hard.

[@kjk8941]

I am German, 32 years old, was in a relationship with a US Army soldier and heard a lot of stupid things. For example: "Did you ever meet that Hitler guy?" Asked by an adult man about 30 years old. I thought he was joking at first, but he looked at me totally serious waiting for an answer. Oh, and when my ex introduced me to another guy: "You are from Germany?" - "Yes." - "But you're pretty." ... well, uh... thanks... I guess... Seriously???

[@BrgArt]

lol as a french i can tell the second guy didn't seen a lot of german girl. He's missing out so much.

[@franciscovilcheavila960]

@@BrgArt Maybe he thinks that german girls are like Trunchbull from Matilda

[@lillic8522]

When I was traveling in the US in the eighties (!), someone asked me how that was even possible for me with that big war going on (she meant WWII)…..

[@axoram]

😅ti prego dimmi che e' uno scherzo..

[@Nome_e_Cognome]

They a FIXATION with Hitler . Seriously. Maybe they secretly like him, i don't know 😂.

[@johnwellbelove148]

I remember a third hand story from a teacher friend, who's friend taught German in a US school. On parent's evening, she mentioned to one set of parents that their child was not putting much effort into their German language lessons. The parents reply was "If English was good enough for Our Lord Jesus, then it's good enough for our child too."

[@rrdam72]

I hope he was joking...

[@MrMajsterixx]

Lmao iam not even a christian iam atheist as my parents but I know that (attleast according to the stories) jesus was somewhere from around the middleast. He definetly didnt speak english, and he wasnt white guy 😅

[@Daph909]

Hahahahahaha that's hilarious(ly sad) 😂

[@pitdusk8]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@Tamaki742]

"Yeah, that's not gonna' pass him the test."

[@gregwilliams386]

An old British joke. An American couple were at the site of the battle of Runnymede. The British tour guide mentions that King John lost the battle and was forced to sign the Magna Carta. One American asked when it was signed. 1216 replied the tour guide. "Dam. we missed it by 10 minutes".

[@MisterHowzat]

Damn, you missed it by one letter.

[@littlemissmello]

Not "dumb" but does illustrate how ethnocentric Americans generally are, but when I ask where an American is from, 9/10 they just answer with their state. Me: "Nice to meet you, where are you from?" Them: "Arkansas" Me: "I have never heard of that country" I'm just saying, imagine a French person answering with "Les Cévennes" or something

[@thezetes]

Guys, this makes total sense. The USA is a union of states. If someone asks you where in Europe are you from, I am pretty sure you answer with your country and city. Texas really isn't a province. Maybe Americans do it best, but stupidity isn't specifically an American trait. Especially we the Dutch need to acknowledge that the Netherlands fits almost 240 times in the USA, holds 7 major climate regions, and 11 distinct cultures. I, for one, like it when Americans give me a head start by telling me if they're from CA, NY, NM or AK...

[@littlemissmello]

@@thezetes The USA is the country though, it's not quite the same as saying you're from Europe either instead of saying your specific countries. I don't think it's dumb or stupid or something when Americans do this, but I do think it says something about the way they (perhaps subconsciously) think about themselves and their place in the world

[@thezetes]

@@littlemissmello I am aware that the USA has a federal government, but as I said, different states have different climate, culture, and development. Of course it is not the same as saying one is European instead of, I don't know, Portuguese, as saying that you are European is kinda a statement. I for instance, feel myself more European than Dutch. Now back to the USA, they are not alone in this, a lot of huge countries do this. I don't have much experience with Chinese, but if you ask Russians where they're from, often they answer with just their city. "I am from Saint Petersburg". I hear a lot of Canadians do something like this: "I am from Montreal, Canada"

[@RH-ro3sg]

In my view the point is not that they are mentioning their state, which is fine by me, but that some _don't_ consider it necessary to add 'United States' to that when talking with people from other continents, as if every foreigner ought to know where (for example) Wyoming is. I think adding a reference to your country in such a context would be the considerate thing to do, unless you already know the person you're talking to is fairly knowledgeable about your country. And yes, in my opinion that goes for Russians and Chinese too.

[@richardhockey8442]

or the my ancestors were.... 'I'm Irish - my great, great, great grandfather came over from the Old Country 150 years ago... I know all about Irish culture!'

[@thoso1973]

Overheard this comment when inside my citys 12th Century cathedral; "Roman numerals? They have Roman numerals in Europe?? Why?" XD

[@Real_MisterSir]

Don't tell them about Arabic numerals it will surely fry a circuit in their head :D

[@richardhockey8442]

just mention who was living in the north American continent when the cathedral was built

[@bjokvi91]

An american that i was having a discussion with, said as an argument for America being the greatest country in the world: "Name one other country that has freedom and democracy"

[@GGTrinity]

xD oh god I can't. Their form of democracy is so far from the definition it's hilarious.

[@MissSlovakia2]

Well, just the way they mixed the meaning of socialism and liberalism and how they (sub)consciously support far-right is something my head can't cope with... And they call it democracy 😂

[@kristinehansen4665]

In denmark - in the 90ties got asked the way to the viking reservation. Gave her directions to a museum about vikings.

[@angelpascual7494]

Visiting Rhode Island I met a woman who thought Spain was south of Mexico... All her friends had a weird tendency to think that the places they didn'tknow were south of Mexico. She also thought that the reason why people had cars in the rest of America (The continent) was because they were stealing them from the USA.

[@TheChobyter]

For me it was when an American asked me if Hitler was still alive, I thought he was joking but he insisted that he wanted to know the answer... 🤦‍♂️

[@icturner23]

A friend of mine did a year abroad in an American high school. He came top of the class in American history.

[@IcanbePsycho]

I’ve said this on another Chanel but here we go again. I’m Australian & when I was in the USA, 2 American girls asked me if I speak like (with an Aussie accent) this all the time. Another time, an American bloke in Los Angeles told me that America gave Australia eucalyptus trees 😳 FFS!, where did the drongo think gum trees originate from.

[@MisterHowzat]

"Chanel"?!?

[@Binus_]

We live in CA and a while ago we (husband, blonde and me, very dark hair) went to a concert (Andre Rieu xD ). While waiting in line we started having a conversation with a very kind lady. Then she pointed a question at me: "Where are you from?" I told her that we're Dutch, from the Netherlands. She observed me from top to bottom and said "Okay, but where are you from originally?" ... C'mon lady, NL does not only have blonde people :p

[@LAU-ik6dp]

Oh no...😏😂

[@tinyvanuffelen7918]

André Rieu hè, bofkont !

[@gillcawthorn7572]

I had someone tell me that I am Jewish, because of my dark hair and brown eyes, although what that has to do with a religion I have no idea. I laughed a bit ( trying to keep it light) and said that my hair and eyes was probably because somewhere far back I have an Italian G`grandmother .She looked at me coldly and said" Yes ,many people use that as an excuse" !! Not an American ,by the way ,other people can be stupid and tactless

[@MissSlovakia2]

@@gillcawthorn7572 people can be Jewish by religion and Jewish by ethnicity. There's also a country Israel.

[@gillcawthorn7572]

@@MissSlovakia2 You are right but I considered it an extreme impertinence for a stranger to tell me that she knew more about my ancestry than I did!

[@mikeymikeFType]

I knew an air stewardess who used to cover European flights out of UK. She said that there was an American who kept regularly shouting down the aisle every time he wanted a drink. So maybe after the 4th time she said to him that all he had to do was press the button above his head. Unbelievably next time he held his glass up to the panel and pressed the button expecting a drink to come out. Hey ho

[@JekyViews]

A Swedish movie did that exact gag in 1980. Although the person in the movie wasn’t obnoxious, he was just very shy and naïve… He tries to get the attention of the stewardess to get some more juice, and a fellow passenger tells him to use the button… It’s a comedy classic, Sällskapsresan (The Charter Trip). :)

[@mikeymikeFType]

@@JekyViews . Interesting. Maybe based on an element of truth. I had no reason to doubt the woman

[@thebear11]

I'm from Belfast, Northern Ireland. On a ski lift in Killington, Vermont, I was asked did I know his uncle, who lived in Cork, Republic of Ireland, some 263 miles away. Did he think Ireland is so small that we know everyone else (combined population of Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland nearly 7 million). When I was 16 I spent 6 weeks with relatives in Toronto (I know its not USA) but I was asked did we have bicycles in Ireland. Doh!!!!

[@blondkatze3547]

No bicycles gives only in the Netherlands.🤣😂😅

[@MissSlovakia2]

@@blondkatze3547 and Denmark! 😂

[@geoffmower8729]

I worked on a cruise ship a few years ago and an American woman asked me .....Does the ship make it's own electric power? I said yes it does but in my mind I said no we have a really long power cord.

[@littlemissmello]

Lol to be fair, I have never even thought about it, so I can imagine asking myself haha Could have been a really big battery???? Hahaha

[@Anson_AKB]

that's one problem that many port towns have with cruise ships. even in the port they keep producing power themselves and pollute those towns and the environment. luckily, more and more ports seem to start offering power connections (and those have to be massive, just like for an entire small town) to them so that they no longer color roofs and clothing on clothing lines black.

[@wakeupcall2665]

@@Anson_AKB Just think about all the cargo vessels transporting all sort of shit around the world for people to buy, hardly use and then throw away. Compared to the size of that fleet, cruise ships a green havens!

[@Anson_AKB]

@@wakeupcall2665 every kind of pollution is bad, but as long as ships are at sea they spread it and there are few people living nearby. but when a dozen big cruise ships stay in some port town, there are lots of people who daily and all day long are showered with gases, dirt and black soot and grease. just imagine having 10+ coal power plants without high smokestacks near the center of towns instead of big remote powerplants that are also stationary and thus can have better filters, higher smokestacks, etc.

[@MrMajsterixx]

I have to defend her, have u heard about batteries ?

[@johnbrown0224]

I told someone I was from South Africa. He said "okay, but what country" I repeated South Africa. He said, " that's not a country, just like North America is not a country".

[@thezetes]

Ah the dumbest thing I ever hear back from an American is when we were discussing school shootings. I TRIED to explain that gun laws DO make a difference. Even if it is the person killing others, and the gun is just the (USA's preferred) tool, having to buy a gun from a black market and paying 15k for an automatic weapon is rather hard for a 15 year old... The reply was: "Well, I think guns can also protect you in case of a school shooting". I think the suggestion was for kids to bring guns to schools to protect from school shootings and it left me utterly confused!

[@velocirandom7025]

trust me plenty of us want gun laws

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

If a 15 year old little shit really wants to shoot up his school, he's going to do whatever it takes, and besides if you somehow managed to make it impossible for people to get guns that wouldn't stop attacks on schools, you would just be changing the weapons used, (heard of the terrorists who attacked a bunch of people using KNIVES?). Even if you have armed guards to make sure no attacks happen, they could just steal their guns, and if you don't have armed guards then you have no way of stopping attacks without calling the police, which is already the most common response, and don't say, "they could disarm the kids", because for as much training as any adult can go through, a kid can go through just as much, meaning kids can still attack schools either way, can still end lives, and can still be menace. Not to mention how many people outside of those schools you would be hurting, what if someone has to defend themselves from a stronger attacker? No guns, means that shit is gonna get up close and personal, and chances are the average Joe is gonna get fucked up and then killed in that situation. On top of that, moving to disarm people would allow the government to gain more control, thus leading to a totalitarian state, and since people couldn't fight back you could either be looking at a monarchy or a much bigger north Korea. Still think having a bunch of fun laws is a great idea?

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

TLDR: gun laws cause more problems than they solve

[@thezetes]

@@Anonymous-hx3pu Too short, can't take the argument seriously. And on the side note... hold on... it's coming... my argument is... Australia. Argument won.

[@sidjustice5742]

nah he means the teachers (After proper training) and more security (usa doesn´t have much security in schools unlike pretty much every other place...stupid but hey government for ya lol) that´s pretty much the debate between democrats and republicans nowadays..also u have to keep in mind that usa is the country with the most guns in the world...what u think works in a country that imports guns doesn´t apply to one that "exports" guns lolol...and ftr i´m not american but lived in it for 2 years (texas) I understood this afterawhile there...

[@davebirch1976]

It's Wales not whales 😂 I love how Americans don't realise a lot of the things they think are American, actually aren't. The top 2 selling candy in America are skittles and Starburst, both of which were originally created in Britain and exported to America.

[@gertvanderstraaten6352]

Apple pie. 'As American as apple pie'. More of an insinuation than an appropriation but still. It's between the Dutch, Germans and Czechs as far as I know.

[@davebirch1976]

@@gertvanderstraaten6352 according to Wikipedia the earliest written recipe is from England in the 14th century, so considering independence Day didn't happen until 1776 and the country didn't get called America until September 1776 I think it's another Americanism that is incorrect

[@gertvanderstraaten6352]

@@davebirch1976 Is it? Written down doesn't mean it was theirs originally. Anyway, American it's not.

[@davebirch1976]

@@gertvanderstraaten6352 the English version is the closest version to the American version, the Dutch version was more of an apple crumble and was from the 16th century so still way before America became America

[@davebirch1976]

@@gertvanderstraaten6352 the German and Czech version is the apple strudel which dates from the late 17th century

[@Catinka88]

while road tripping through California my boyfriend and I stayed one night in a motel. in the laundry room we met the cutest couple who had lived such a rough life although they were very very young. He was ex gang member, she pulled him out of the life and now they were raising two young kids. They were staying in the motel because their apartment was overrun with rats and the rat shit was in the crib of their newborn baby and their landlord didn't do anything about it. Anyway, they asked where we were from, we said The Netherlands and they asked "Is that a long drive?" I didn't think they were dumb tho. I just felt sad how everything in their lives could have been so much better if only basic social systems had been in place and had worked for them. I hope they are well.

[@flowerpower8765]

Sincerely since I used to stay for a quiet long time in the US I lost a lot of respect and it's hard to stand their arrogance, they really think by the deep of their hearts that they are better and living in the best country in the world. The reality telling different stories, I never would change with an American as an European citizen NEVER EVER !

[@Borgforce]

I stayed with a family in Pennsylvania. I tried to explain what makes up Great Britain. (Four Countries making a United Kingdom - I showed them this on Map-quest). I had one of the kids say to me, “Nuh huh, that’s England” “Nope, that’s Great Britain” “We got taught that that’s England” “Well, I live there I should know…”

[@anged3078]

Years ago I was on a guided tour around Lancaster Castle. We were being shown around the dungeons when an American asked the guide "where would the shower block have been?"

[@warailawildrunner5300]

LOL... yeah sounds about right - on a side note, if you're ever inclined to return to Lancaster, they've added a new museum to the castle now and a few other things given it's no longer an operational jail. It feels weird just walking in through the main gate still.

[@beateadriana]

I've got one! First time in California, we're in a shop, and the sales girl asks us what language we're speaking (me and my sister) and where are you from? Norway, we tell her. Oh, she says, is that the capital of Sweden? We were stunned. Stunned. We just looked at each other and walked away. LOL

[@Real_MisterSir]

Haha why is it always "is that the capitol of Sweden?" xD Heard the same about Denmark being Sweden's capitol.

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

@@Real_MisterSir because not everyone spends all day studying maps of countries they'll never go to

[@Real_MisterSir]

@@Anonymous-hx3pu But still you must have put some effort in to believe one country is the capitol of another country - otherwise why would you ever believe that? When discussing prominent western nations, it is quite humiliating to mistake a country for a city no matter how little time you spend on google maps. And the point here specifically is that multiple people keep saying "denmark is capitol of sweden" - so there's gotta be a reason why this particular statement/belief is repeated so frequently. At this point its not really about time spent on maps.

[@michellebrown4903]

@@Anonymous-hx3pu hey , l know l will never go to Tasmania.... but l still know where it is . Your ignorance is as important as someone else's knowledge,huh?

[@MissSlovakia2]

@@Anonymous-hx3pu oh, my lord must be an US-American... You know it's not about studying maps all day long, right?

[@pedrodionisio8789]

The "Whales" lady would go crazy if she knew you can actually be from a country that is also an animal 🇹🇷🦃

[@jollybodger]

I'd love to see the reaction of someone from the state of Georgia when they meet someone from the country of Georgia.

[@emiliajojo5703]

Nice one!😂😂😂❤️🇩🇪🇹🇷

[@andreanecchi5930]

about what the first girl said: how can you not know Rome! , one of the most important cities in history and capital of one of the most important empires ever existed😑

[@markwalker2627]

Unforgivable and a teacher also...says alot of the education system in some US states, no wonder they have this distorted view of the world.

[@retromaus]

My Italian coworker once had to spend an embarrassingly long time explaining to an American client that Rome still existed as a city where people actually lived.

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

@@markwalker2627 you're taking one dumbass and equating that to be all of us. While our education system is DEFINITELY flawed and needs fixing, it's not THAT damn bad.

[@bobvanmeijeren8891]

I have a nice addition for this video. A couple years ago I was on vacation in the US and some dude said it was very nice of us (the Dutch) to name some of our cities after American places

[@Anson_AKB]

like naming Amsterdam after New Amsterdam ? :-) at a time before british people named their town (that was founded almost 2000 years ago) York ...

[@marcusty6957]

Freaking hilarious!!! Gota love the Americans!

[@TheCornishCockney]

Haha. As a telecoms consultant in my working years,I often worked with American comms centres. They were very clued up about their job,but outside of those tramlines,thick as two short planks. Typical statement: when you want to come live in the US,don’t worry about a sponsor,we’ll vouch for you. Like I live in a crumbling,third world shit hole and I desperately want to escape ! Nice guys no doubt but I’m happy right here on my Little Rock in the North Atlantic DESPITE all our faults.

[@Real_MisterSir]

@@Anson_AKB I mean in South Carolina they have a fucking city named "Denmark"... I'll start a petition to rename our local village here "The United States"

[@winterlinde5395]

@@Real_MisterSir 😄I found Amerika in the Netherlands and several in Germany. Amerika in the Netherlands is bigger.

[@Creativqueen]

This reminded me of when I lived in DC, and I went up to Franklin and Marshall to visit the university. My mom, my brother and I were speaking Spanish with each other. The person who was showing us the campus, asked us what language we were speaking and as soon as we told her, she said that there were several people from Africa there. Well, I didn't go to that university :)

[@wernerboden239]

I am so impressed, you carry the dutch flag. This little country, with so much support. It's amazing.

[@ellesee7079]

Don't worry, we all know there are exceptions to every rule! 😂 And some Americans are quite exceptional!! 😊

[@larsdahl5528]

Yes, you can be sure they use the: America is many different states, we are not the same everywhere, we in our state [InsertStateName] are not that stupid, only those in the other states are. - excuse.

[@jollybodger]

@@larsdahl5528 Why are they called the "United States" when most of the states can't even agree on the same laws, what makes them united?

[@australianbloke3934]

Hi from Australia Charlie. You deal with whatever you are watching in such a calm and unruffled manner. I enjoy your reactions. Well done mate. Subscribed.

[@Real_MisterSir]

I have a great one, not personally said to me, but spoken in public by the former US ambassador in Denmark. She has stated to the public (in the US) how middleclass Danes apparently can not afford to own cars, reasoned with her observation of how many of us use bicycles for daily transportation. She even noted how her own personal chauffeur "must not have been able to afford a car" because he rode his bike to work even in winter. Like, woman. You pay the man big bucks to drive you around for a living. Don't you think he can afford an expensive car that is already parked at home in his garage? XD This woman, a foreign ambassador living in one of the wealthiest developed countries in the west for years, believed people here can not afford cars..... The standards are low peeps, very low. Of course the ambassador was elected by Trump - who himself has had many instances of displaying zero knowledge/understanding of our country -despite his apparent confidence when he talks about us. Gotta love how he got all offended after our prime minister declined to sell him Greenland and he immediately cancelled all the upcoming scheduled meetings in Denmark for the following month XDDDD Just pure comedy gold.

[@tinyvanuffelen7918]

Mmmm Trump hè, there is nothing under that toupee of his .

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

Honestly trump was better than Biden, all things considered that should tell you how I feel about Biden. Btw don't equate politicians to the average citizen, most of us aren't parasites that live off of other people's work.

[@Real_MisterSir]

@@Anonymous-hx3pu That's exactly the thing, always making things about politics and always throwing blame. I don't really care if Biden is better or worse. Trump is a tool and unfit for a presidential role - and he relates specifically to my example of "dumb things I've heard Americans say". The real issue is that for a nation of 300 million people, somehow it is never possible to find more than 2 viable candidates (and between those, how viable are they truly?..). And the fact that politics at the highest level is not decided by who has most votes or the better balanced politics - but rather who can afford better marketing. When every (not in a literal sense) American resorts to blaming each other based on political views regardless of the topic, then yes people will end up equating the average citizen to the politicians they can't seem to shut up about. Republicans vs Democrats, leftists vs right, everything is always the other side's fault. Anyways, I never intended to talk about politics as a general topic, only these specific examples I mentioned in my first comment which I found absolutely absurd with the context of their respective situations.

[@cathrynhesketh5703]

Oh.i bet Denmark was so gutted about that.have sympathy for us brits he came

[@keanancupido]

I live in South Africa. Some Americans asked me if we have lions in our backyards... I was like yes and we ride elephants to school too

[@Katshipley]

I live in Durham, UK. Two american tourists asked me if I knew where they could watch 4th July fireworks.....erm, the usa is probably your best bet lol. They couldn't understand that we don't celebrate Independence day 😂😂

[@peterdurnien9084]

I was being driven around town in America by my friend, when she said "Oh that's Governors Road there, I should take you there. There are some really old houses". I am from Europe. Well come on the paint can't be dry yet!

[@cathrynhesketh5703]

They think a house built a 150 years ago is old 🤣🤣🤣

[@barrymantz6026]

Every American thinking their history is older than 250 years. Except the local native tribes.

[@charlotte89726]

I am a gamer and once I met a new American friend and I told him I am living in the Netherlands. So he sayd to me, oh nice you life in Amsterdam? I sayd no I life in the north of the country. And he was like, north... I thought that Amsterdam was the Netherlands 😱

[@markwalker2627]

At least he has heard of Amsterdam and its in the Netherlands 🇳🇱.

[@charlotte89726]

@@markwalker2627 the only upside 😃

[@iR0CKt]

@@markwalker2627 that’s all you can ask for though.

[@Widdekuu91]

@@iR0CKt that'd be like; "You live in America....right...so you live in New York? I thought NewYork was America. I'm sure it is."

[@Be-Es---___]

I used to say; there is no such thing as a dumb question. I used to...

[@Anglo-Saxon-Glory]

I was a tourist at Orlando's Disneyland and an American heard my accent and asked me where I was from, so I said South Africa. He then asked if I did any hunting and I said yes, I had done quite a bit of hunting. He then asked me if I had shot any kangaroo's. I couldn't answer as I as laughing too much.

[@StanWatt.]

My first and every time, forty + times I say I'm Scottish. "Wow, , how are things in England?", "Dunno, don't live there", "But Scotland is in England, isn't it?", "No, England is in England. Scotland is a different country"..."Have you seen the Queen of England?", "No, but I have seen the Queen of Scotland"....

[@MrFosite]

I spend a lot of years talking with Americans, or generally people all over the world. I would agree with the statement "when Americans are being stupid they are doing it really well" People any where can have rather dumb assumptions about other places, its just that with Americans its different some way, i think part of it might be how convicted they are while being wrong, or the uther confusion about something that generally is seen as well common knowledge.

[@VampiraVonGhoulscout]

I saw one of these where a girl kept asking an Australian which state they were from. She was so confused. Then she proceeded to tell them that America was the whole world and they couldn't possibly be from anywhere else.

[@Kathakathan11]

What was she 10?

[@MissSlovakia2]

Maybe she ment if they're are from Victoria for example.

[@VampiraVonGhoulscout]

@@MissSlovakia2 No no, she literally said that America was the world.

[@MissSlovakia2]

@@VampiraVonGhoulscout that's really bad...

[@powellmountainmike8853]

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." ... P. T. Barnum

[@Dolce_Far_Niente]

This is sad and hilarious at the same time.

[@YAMR1M]

We were visiting family in the USA that had lived there for quite a few years. So as we were on holiday (vacation for you Americans) and there was a town not too far away called Mansfield, which is the same name as the town we both grew up in England. So we walked into a Dunkin for a bite to eat and a drink. When we ordered the guy serving said to my wife " Thats a really cool accent, where are you from?" She replied "Oh we are from Mansfield" and he looked deflated as if there was only ONE Mansfield in the world. The other person working there laughed and said " You mean there is a Mansfield in England right??" So my wife said "Yes its the centre of Sherwood forest where Robin Hood used to live" One thought we lived in the middle of the actual forest and the other luckily said "Ah Nottingham right like the Sheriff of Nottingham". That was one strange couple of minutes.. lol

[@danceswithcritters]

This one guy said we need to rake the forests to prevent forest fires .

[@marcusty6957]

Oh boy.

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

Damn, we're gonna need a huge ass rake for this one.

[@Sharon-bo2se]

Well, that was Don the Con drumpf. Given his level of stupid, that was almost sensible.

[@Linda-hs1lk]

I was talking to an American guy once about the Dutch cheese Gouda. Mostly pronounced totally wrong in English (not just Americans). When I told him Gouda was actually a town not far from where I grew up and it's pronounced GGGGGOHWDAAHH he asked me....'are you sure?' Uhhhhh, yeahhh I'm VERY sure even...

[@Kathakathan11]

May be he didn’t know you were a local. How would he?

[@jollybodger]

Yeah it seems things can't be named after towns or cities to Americans, I had an american colleague a few years ago that didn't realise Cheddar is the town cheddar cheese was made or that a sandwich is named after the Earl of Sandwich who inveted it. I understand not being British they may not have learned these things, but I'm not lying to you, you can see these towns on a map.

[@ElgynsToy]

@@Kathakathan11 I think this may have given it away, no? "When I told him Gouda was actually a town not far from where I grew up"

[@UltimateSeduction]

Even today most Americans think Holland is the same as the Netherlands and we all walk on wooden shoes.. wtf?? 😂

[@Snowshowslow]

I mean... "Holland = the Netherlands" is a very forgivable mistake, especially when our own tourism board makes ads with Visit Holland and our own fans go "hup Holland hup" in the Holland Heineken House. But yes, the clogs have been out of fashion for a while 😆

[@SD_Alias]

Like Germans are all Bavarians in Lederhosen…

[@Kasamori]

To be fair, some languages just call the Netherlands "Hollandia"

[@soulangela7154]

@@Snowshowslow Yeah we can't blame them for that, it's the countries fault for calling us Holland to the outside world unfortunately

[@MisterHowzat]

Not just Americans. Most people don't know the difference between The Netherlands and Holland. I mean, it's not like it's common knowledge to the rest of the world or is taught in every classroom.

[@NinoMit87]

US student in Belgium: "Oh you are from Amsterdam? I love that country!" ...... Yes...... that famous country called Amsterdam XD

[@Daph909]

I got an 'how far is Amsterdam from the Netherlands?` when I visited Arizona.

[@lhproductions61]

This legit reminds me of my parents. My father made friends with a coworker of his who was on work visa from Italy. Instead of being in his hotel all the time he would hangout with my family. My parents talked to this guy like he was an alien. I know he appreciated my siblings and I asking him normal questions about his favorite things instead of dumb stuff like “DO YOU HAVE SODA THERE!?” “WOW YOU USE AMAZON TOO!?”

[@ElgynsToy]

Reminds me of a conversation a while back in a Discord group I was in. It was largely Americans, just me and another woman from the UK. She mentioned having ordered something from Amazon that should be arriving the next day and the guy who ran the group thought it was hilarious... we couldn't figure out why so I quizzed him on it, and he says "imagine thinking a package can ship from the U.S to the U.K next day". K den.

[@in551125do]

Charlie did you ever listen to your politicians talking about other countries....? ........it's all about these countries being "evil socialists", and not being as "free" as the US....!!...imagine Americans finding out how it actually is outside of the US.......(like you are slowly finding out....!!)

[@sidjustice5742]

@@Corndog_Enthusiast lol indeed ...in fact u ahve tons of lefties spreading the stupid woke sjw crap nowadays which even the french are warning about lolol

[@haddib]

I was once asked why none of the street signs in my Icelandic town were in English. When I responded with "because we speak Icelandic here" she responded with something along the lines of "well, thats not very considerate for travelers".

[@0Quiwi0]

There is this weird thing where many americans keep telling me that our free(ish) schools can't work in the long run because we would have a country full of doctors and lawyers. They really don't seem to understand that when every job is paid decently you don't have to go for the high earning ones. You can just get a degree that interests you and you can be happy with your job. Ok arts is still kinda hit and miss wether you can get a living out of it, but if it doesn't work out get the next best thing on your dream job list. Not everyone wants to be a lawyer or a doctor. Hell most don't. Both are very hard professions. If you only think money you forget that life is for living. Not for working to make the most money. If I hate my job I will quit no matter how much it pays. And because I live in Finland I can study a new field if I can't find a new better job on my current one

[@Widdekuu91]

Funny thing is, you said 'Arts' and for a moment, I forgot you were speaking English, because 'Arts' in Dutch means Doctor...like a surgeon, a proper high-up one. So that was confusing to read for a bit haha.

[@jonsummers5087]

The dumbest thing an American told me was that Trump is the best president ever.

[@locarno24]

One of my lecturers loved to say, encouragingly, that "there's no such thing as a stupid question". Then he did a secondment to the states. Apparently he's changed his mind.

[@StarSong936]

I'm from the US, and this guy asked his girlfriend, "If you're driving 40 MPH, how long will it take you to go 40 miles?" Her answer was 40 hours.

[@johnnielund4889]

I had an American colleague, he told me one day that if I always use cruise control when I'm driving, I can do speeding, because the police radar and laser, measures the position of your accelerator pedal 🤔🤔

[@PDTrooper30]

Some of them think that windmills are made to produce wind. Just saying.

[@maartendetemmerman393]

he probably uses 6th gear and then lightly presses the gas pedal, that way he isn't speeding :p

[@alibombari1486]

We (3 couples) took a cab. Friendly driver, pretty intelligent guy too. Had a conversation about politics, the war in Iraq, etc......untill he asked us where we were from. 'Ahhh Holland, the capital of Denmark' and after telling him we were going skiing in Tahoe, he said 'Why, you have the most beautiful mountains.....? 🤔

[@anne005v]

Lol the same happened to me except I’m from Denmark. Then they replied “ooohh I have always wanted to go to the Netherlands” I then had to explain that Denmark and the Netherlands are two different countries and showed them the counties on a map.. they then proceeded to ask “so Denmark is the capital of Sweden??” 💀🙄

[@Saiko_PATH]

.... you didnt even correct him after his first mistake??

[@erik5374]

That’s a classic one. I first heard Eddie Vedder say something like that in an interview right after Pearl Jam’s epic Pinkpop gig in 1992 in the Netherlands. The interviewer (jan Douwe kroeske, from Harderwijk, where quite a lot of Vedders live) asked if Eddie had family in the Netherlands. Yes, he answered, he had some family in copenhagen. A few years later I traveled by train from amsterdam to copenhagen and shared the cabin with Americans. They were very enthousiastic about amsterdam. The softdrugs, the cheap import beer (Heineken), the old houses and canals. They were exited to see ‘the rest of the country’. They probably weren’t aware that the train passed international borders twice. And because copenhagen has canals too, I guess they still tell great stories about their trip to whatever they name the country where those cities are. Neverland?

[@TheCornishCockney]

Mountains in Holland. Yes,ok.

[@alibombari1486]

@@TheCornishCockney Yep, highest hill is 300 meters.....😉

[@mlapointej]

My Brother and I share a birthday, two years apart, we were in the US for one of our birthdays and got birthday pictures at a Walmart. The woman taking the pictures said, Oh you're twins. We are used to this and explained that no we just share a birthday but we were born two days apart. She says, oh you are just don't know what you are talking about, any siblings that share a birthday are twins. As further proof she pointed out that we looked very similar and were the same height. When we tried to explain that twins have to come from the same pregnancy she decided we were too young to understand. We were 11 and 13.

[@StevenQ74]

I did not have dumb encounters with Americans myself, just people who were amazed to hear that we were on holliday in the US for 2 and a half weeks.

[@ChocoLater1]

Never been to USA but the people from USA I talked to actually shocked me here in Europe. I was expecting some dumbass shit but because they all lived here for some time they were very down to earth and very well aware that the world does not revolve around them.

[@jpfoto64]

Hi charly, I think it basicly shows how bad the education systhem of the usa is. And also why many people think your country is the best in the world by lack of general knowledge.

[@msotolongo589]

When living in Buffalo NY, a Polish friend told me that a co-worker was excited about her weekend getaway to a nearby resort in Warsaw, NY. The Polish friend said "that's nice but I wish I was going off to Warsaw in Poland." The response? "Wow--there is a Warsaw in Poland?!!"

[@System509]

This is what happens when you get your knowledge about the world from family guy

[@matthijshannink]

I will never forget when an american tourist asked me what the “capital of the country of Amsterdam is”. I just walked away without saying anything.

[@TheTekknician]

Bruce Willis thought Amsterdam was a nice little country...

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

So you chose to leave them ignorant and make it somebody else's problem?

[@rosea1295]

My mom moved to Ohio and was asked where she was from. She answered Puerto Rico and was then asked “what part of Mexico is that in?” 🙃

[@padraigpearse1551]

I'm Irish. I had American relatives over a few years ago. The though we still lived in thatched cottages with no electricity. These people are literally two generations removed from Ireland. Their grandmother lives up the road from me

[@louisdewit4429]

USA needs de-commercialized tv. Documentaries and no adds.

[@D0G_CN]

how about this one? Question: why do the brits talk english, why don't they speak any european language? blows ya mind if you think about it lol

[@Saiko_PATH]

Bc…. “England” ?

[@D0G_CN]

@@Saiko_PATH hence it beeing dumb, coming from an american..

[@marcusty6957]

Bhahahaha that the best one yet! 🤣 funny 😁

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

English is the world lingua franca and lots of people in other countries speak it quite fluently. So English speakers can mostly get away with being lazy.

[@richardhockey8442]

@@Saiko_PATH connecting 'English' and 'England' is a rare feat of logic for some of the citizens of The Land of The Free

[@gertvanderstraaten6352]

I have an American sister-in-law so I've been there a couple of times and her friends and family come over here. They're not the dumb ones though. And most of them from Texas. I have other American friends and internet friends. Also: I met these Croatian girls who told me they loved Copenhagen when I told them I was Dutch. So don't despair.

[@GGTrinity]

Oh no, do they do that the other way too? Idk how many times i've been told "oh you speak Dutch then" and im like, no i speak danish? i'm from DENMARK for cryin out loud xD

[@markwalker2627]

@@GGTrinity every nation has its idiots but Americans are on a another level

[@Niki91-HR]

As a Croat myself I dont claim these people and I am kind of shocked that they didnt know where Copenhagen is. Our education is quite good, I guess they didnt attend geography classes xD Stupidity is universal, but it does shock me more when people from my own country or other countries with better education than the US say stuff like that.

[@gertvanderstraaten6352]

@@Niki91-HR Yeah, me too. That's why I remembered it.

[@Niki91-HR]

@@gertvanderstraaten6352 Yeah, I understand. I would probably as well remember those instances more.

[@GothCharlieBear]

Im from England, I was speaking to an American and He said "i dont get it" I say "get what?" he says "why you have a Queen" I said "what do you mean, why?" "he said well you used to have a king and then you all woke up one day and decided you want a queen" I say "we didnt decide, its the law of succesession, so there is a line of succesession, and if no male heirs are alive it falls to the next female in line" (the law has changed since, but at the time this was true) He says... "i dont think thats right, you should look it up!" 😵😵😵

[@eastfrisianguy]

I was sitting in the high-speed train (abbreviated as I.C.E) from Hanover towards Nuremberg because I live in northwest Germany and my mother lives in the southeast, and once a year I visit her there for about 10 days (thanks to 28 vacation days a year, plus holidays!). I always train travel first class long distance, and in the section next to mine sat an older American couple with a very strong Southern accent (worse than Blanche from the Golden Girls, lol). As we were speeding along at 175 mph, the woman said to her husband, "Wow, I didn’t think Germany had trains at all, even with toilets and an onboard restaurant with affordable food!" and her husband agreed. They marveled about the solar parks, highways, cities, everything passing by like little children. I couldn't stop smiling. A train attendant asked if we wanted coffee or something to eat and spoke to them in English when she realized they didn't speak German. The man was surprised that she spoke English at all, and at that moment I had to giggle. He looked over and asked, with exaggeratedly slow and loud pronunciation, "You understand me, young man?" and I replied with tears of laughter in my eyes, "Yes, sorry, very well. We definitely learn English from the 1st grade, sometimes even in kindergarten. In my generation, we started learning English in the 5th grade!" and he asked, "So almost everyone could understand us pretty good when we spoke in English?" and I said, "Almost everyone, older people speak English less frequently, and in East Germany, perhaps even some Russian because it was the first foreign language before the Wall fell!" and they couldn't quite believe it. We had a very friendly conversation, and they had many questions and invited me over for a coffee to their section. The couple were farmers from Mississippi with German ancestors. They had been in London previously and only caught a flight to Hanover and wanted to go to Nuremberg because distant relatives lived there. They were a bit embarrassed because since they had been in Germany, they spoke to every German very slowly and with exaggerated pronunciation because they thought no one spoke English and everyone must have thought how rude that was. We often understand English very well, but we are often rather hesitant to speak it because we either lack practice or are afraid of embarrassing ourselves.

[@colinlakerveld]

I've met a lot of Americans in my home town Utrecht, The Netherlands, and they all knew stuff from around the globe. So I don't think all Americans are dumb, absolutely not. I just think your educational system should improve. Like a LOT. Show interest in other cultures and customs. We all are citizens of a planet. Learning can be fun...like travelling. 😅 Awesome video as always dude! 🤘🇳🇱

[@gertvanderstraaten6352]

The ones that travel usually know stuff. It's the ones that stay home that have no clue. I've met some of those too.

[@johnah2]

I agree with Gert van der Straaten. U.S. Americans who travel to Europe usually go because they want to experience other cultures, are more enlightened and have a more worldly view. A large amount of U.S. Americans are ignorant of anything outside the U.S. and sometimes even anything outside their own state they are ignorant too. 🇺🇸

[@drivehard2395]

​@@johnah2 43% of the US population holds a passport. 40% Have left the country. That says it all right there. 11% of Americans never travel outside the state they were born. 54% say they've visited 10 states or fewer. 32% of Americans don't own luggage. Compare that to Canada. 70% of Canadians hold a passport. 55% of Canadians travel abroad annually, and that number is suppose to be much greater this year.

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

Why should I be interested in other cultures? All of them bore me, same for my own. Honestly most cultures and customs seem pretty fuckin stupid to me. As for all of us being citizens of a planet, that is true, and I hate the fact that I have to be lumped in with everyone else because I'm human, our world is a fucked up place and if I had a choice I would have no part in it. Also traveling is FUCKING EXPENSIVE, seriously just living normally leaves most of us pretty much broke after all the bills are paid and all the groceries are bought, so we can't just quit our jobs and go travelling whenever we want to, and yes you will be fired if you take too much time off, like 2 weeks off for example, and almost none of us get paid vacation. So yeah, traveling is a pretty terrible idea for most of us.

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

That said our educational system needs MASSIVE improvements

[@cobynonamegiven842]

I heard that Americans are taught that everybody in the world wants to become American and go to America. I am sure that there are all kinds of people who do want this, but it is the same for a lot of other countries. People like to go to other places too. It must be the believe in exceptionalism. Like there is no other option than to lovvveee and envy Americans. For "they live in the best an freeeeest country in the world!" LOL. Nope; we do not. To a lot of people in the world America is to us like the florida-man is to America. We are very interested, but we do not actually want to become you. It must be the flagwaving. I never heard of any other people who were that sure of themselves. Maybe it does something to your head. Or could it be the indoctronation of the pledge of allegian. You do know other countries do not do that? It sounds creepy to me. Like Stepford-wife creepy. I get wishfull thinking, but it seems like people actually believe it. Maybe it is the bad schoolsystem. But you will be alright. You seem normal enough. And you will hear often how not-dumb you are, just by being not as bad as other americans. 😁😁😁

[@GGTrinity]

Yeah I want to go to America, to see the Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon, etc etc - and then I wanna go right back the f home xD not staying there that's for sure.

[@drivehard2395]

That's exactly what I was taught in the 70s and 80s. No body has it as good as the Americans. I think that was true for about 10 minutes.

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

I get that America isn't some utopia, but this is my home dammit, so If I can then I WILL make it a place people actually want to come and be a part of.

[@ficialintelligence1869]

"Our kangaroos are more civilized than your people. And our spiders are nicer than your people!" 🤣🤣🤣OMG! I'm dying!

[@lupine.spirit161]

When I was in California on vacation I met a group of people, and one of them asked if we had modern cars here in germany. Later I saw her getting into a BMW with her boyfriend

[@jospeters4185]

I like the Dutch flag 🇳🇱 😎

[@irissupercoolsy]

5:50 I looked it up. There is apparently a "Denmark college" in Chicago and maybe she lived next to it and got confused? 😅 idk

[@johnnielund4889]

There is also a few towns in the US named Denmark, in WI, SC, TN, ME and IA

[@GGTrinity]

@@johnnielund4889 Watch.. soon some American will tell us Danes and that it's nice we named our country after their cities.

[@johnnielund4889]

@@GGTrinity I know, they are something else 😆

[@tonvanhelden8368]

We were on Aruba for our vacation and I happen to speak to an American woman, she was impatient because the service on the beach was too slow. I said; this is vacation time so what's the rush. Anyway, she asked me : where are you from. I said: I am from the Netherlands, then she said, where the ... is that. I was a bit annoyed with her and said. The Netherlands is in Africa. And then she said: Okay. :)

[@peterpel8305]

I'm a Dutch guy and in 2008 I had an internship in London (UK). Every American tourist I ran into at the bar I was working at, asked me the same question when they found out I was Dutch...... (keep in mind; I don't have the "stone-coalen-English" like most Dutch politicians)(In speech, writing is a bit rusty at the moment) ......"Do you have weed?" Like every Dutch person smokes weed and you must have brought some kind of stash with you. Uhmmm no, tried it once or twice when I was 14, to look cool because it's illegal at that age and too rebel against my parents. But the fact is that most Dutch citizens don't smoke weed and it is a bit frouned upon and is done (mostly) in private. The people you see blowing out in the open in public are 9 out of 10 times tourists (from whatever country they may be) or juveniles trying to look "badass". Mand! (Basket!)

[@aidanm5578]

Was hoping you'd do this.

[@GGTrinity]

so as a Dane, i hear a lot of funny stupid things. First of all, yes our language is called Danish, we speak danish, Vikings. - not Dutch, thats the Netherlands, you know Amsterdam and Tulips. And just some food for thought, why do you think the cakes (danishes), are named what they are? - we don't speak cake... the cakes migrated from here. We do not have months without sunlight, and polar bears do not walk the streets here. - That's Greenland, part of the kingdom of Denmark Yes, but please look at a map and consider its location compared to where Denmark is. We're 1 country in a group of countries called: Scandinavia. Scandinavia consist of several countries: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland etc. Oslo is not the capital of Scandinavia, it's the capital of Norway. Just like Stockholm is the capital of Sweden, and Copenhagen is the Capital of, you guessed it... Denmark. Scandinavia is not a country. Our people are called "Danes". Not Danmartians, Danmarkians, or any other alien-sounding weirdo thing. And lastly.. we can afford cars. But our country is good at designing city layouts with biking lanes, to promote biking. We like biking. We build our cities, around biking. Often biking through a big town, is faster than a car, cuz the biking lanes go under bridges, roads, through the landscape cutting through areas where cars can't go. And lastly.. before talking about our tax system, read up on how it actually works, and what it actually pays for, cuz when Americans approach us, uneducated, yelling "YOU PAY SOME OF THE HIGHEST TAXES SO OTHERS CAN GET FREE HEALTH CARE" - It sounds stupid, due to the way the tax is actually paid, and what it pays for. ps. not directed at you Charlie ;) and this is all answers to stupid statements, I've heard from Americans.

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

Thank you for stating this in a calm respectful manner, honestly I'm not going to debate any of your points with you because I don't have enough knowledge on these topics to build any arguments that would actually hold up. Have a great day. 👍

[@LF-gg6ik]

I was asked in an chatroom if we have Internet in Germany.... I replied with no I write an note on an paper and send it via pigeon to America so someone there types it down and send the message via discord to him .... he answered with wow the pigeons are super fast he didn't know that ....

[@natb9919]

If I meet someone from somewhere I've never heard of or don't know really anything about I would just ask them "what is it like where you're from?" It's never a good idea to start making ridiculous assumptions about places you're clearly clueless about and I just don't understand why Americans do this. It's ok not to know about every country in the world and its ok to ask questions but the fact they tell people what it's like and argue with them about their home countries is just insane to the rest of the world. Tbh in most European countries (and probably everywhere else) that kind of interaction would make people question your mental faculties because general social interactions, even between strangers, are usually a bit more respectful and...intellectual I guess. Like most people would be more interested in learning about someone's country than telling them all the stereotypes they heard or just their random ideas about it. There's honestly no other nationality of people that does this but Americans. Of course there's always ignorant people in general but you could never attribute this level of self absorbed ignorance to a whole other country. It's sad because not all Americans are ignorant or self absorbed but people begin to expect that attitude when meeting US tourists and some people even deliberately avoid them for this reason.