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[@murphymurf6581]

OMG WE ARE IN TROUBLE!!!!! How embarrassing for our country.

[@staggerlee9362]

Do classrooms not have analog clocks at the head of the class anymore? We all learned time by watching it creep by so slowly.

[@FirstOfTheMagi]

I graduated high school in 2016 and we had them up until then at least

[@GrimBrother]

My youngest siblings are in elementary school in a nicer school and yes there are plenty of analog clocks. So even at 10 years old, they should know the time lmao no excuses.

[@LancerX916]

A good amount of schools took them down and replaced them with digital clocks.

[@officialzacht]

@@FirstOfTheMagi same for 2018

[@greyfox9109]

I would feel confident saying that in every public school classroom and university in the US there is a analog clock.

[@rumblestylskyn]

A big contributor to this problem in the U.S is the "No kid left behind" policy. Basically ruined that standard of education here.

[@Out-Of-Service]

As a parent now, my wife and I can leave coded messages that our daughter can't read....just write in cursive. They don't teach it any longer.

[@UncLester]

For some reason I still write checks in cursive. I've had someone say we can't accept that, we need it written in english.

[@Anubis78250]

@@UncLester We were always told checks had to be written in cursive, printing on a check was considered an indication of forgery. I guess these days it's easier to scam a credit card then to fake a check.

[@zxrof34r]

They stopped for me in 4th grade(2016) but I still Writing in a mixed of Cursive and Print as I like the flow, they also don't teach how divide, multiply and all that on paper, all on calculator

[@badgerden7080]

There really is no real need to write cursive anymore unless you need to sign your name on something. It's a very computerized world now where even signatures are computerized. Even windows has fonts that can write cursive for you by simply changing a setting. I'm 52, and I haven't had to write cursive since intermediate school. That was 40 years ago for me.

[@badgerden7080]

The operative word there is "were". I haven't written a check in a long time.

[@HangingGarden606]

These people all have the ability to vote. So yes, have at us blokes. We've earned it.

[@MrVvulf]

The good news is they're too stupid to find their polling station, or even properly fill out an absentee ballot.

[@jgust2154]

​@@MrVvulf exactly!

[@holysquire8989]

they're also breeding

[@warlord_n_warheads7198]

Exactly got to "protect" their right to vote OMEGALUL

[@fezzik7619]

These people don’t vote. Trust me on that. Unfortunately they DO reproduce.

[@jessehouston1636]

The "no kid left behind" rule is so stupid. They pass these kids to the next grade level without even learning anything.

[@barrykeleher2659]

I tried, blokes… I really did. I hung with it for about six or seven minutes and then I felt a severe headache coming on. It was just too painful to keep watching.

[@clipsedrag13]

I swear to God my wife said "can we watch something else? This is bumming me out"

[@ShinVejita]

problem with these kids is they never had to know anything; they can just google it.

[@HiztoryNDAmakin]

The movie Idiocracy is coming true.

[@kaziu312]

Welcome to Costco. Love you!

[@pointlessmanatee]

people have always been stupid

[@cindymatthewsarrowdalearts6449]

My own grandsons, who are now 13 and 15 (both teenagers, a realization that hit me a full six months after the younger turned 13!) are crap at geography. In fact, last Christmas a geography fact came up in conversation and neither of them could answer it. I asked, "What do they teach you in geography these days?" and the answer I got? "What's geography?" The other thing you all failed to mention is that these are highly edited video clips. We don't know how many people, of whatever age, answered correctly.

[@kimp2678]

That is true about editing. But, with some of those questions, even morons should be able to answer most!

[@cindymatthewsarrowdalearts6449]

@@kimp2678 Too right, Kim. The lack of basic, even cultural knowledge about our country by young people is shocking and pathetic.

[@Tarek-pc5rg]

I suggest to your grandsons watching these two youtube channels : JackSucksAtGeography Drew Durnil They can Learn geography and have fun at the same time since it's aimed at younger audience

[@ishmaellion6721]

As Zimbabwean who came to UK done the citizenship test in the UK it’s hard I would say 90% of people will fail without studying. I would ask my English friends most of them will get the answer wrong when I was studying.

[@iamjenniferjames]

♥ I don't think we can blame the pandemic. Everyone should have had the answers to these questions by the 5th grade, at the latest.

[@sahanaashvin1573]

I think we can blame the school system

[@bravesirrobinn]

Watch George Carlin on the American education system then you will understand why.

[@badgerden7080]

Not if you attended public school. The education in inner city public schools is crap.

[@badgerden7080]

The public school system. I'd hate to think private schools are getting it wrong.

[@brianlewis5692]

I weep. No, there's no defense for the clock, they teach us that in school. 😭😭😭

[@pleasegoawaydude]

The defence is that it's a meaningless skill in a world where most people do have some access to at least one digital clock interface.

[@TheOrangePatriot]

@@pleasegoawaydude this. is a out dated useless skill

[@brianlewis5692]

@@pleasegoawaydude ok, yet digital clocks are not new...I'm old as dirt and I grew up using both...besides, if you can't correctly say how many moons the Earth has, or who fought in the Mexican-American War, then there's something else going on...it's not the digital age's fault.

[@5x7m]

If a digital clock doesn't work or shows a non-working digit as an hour and that's what you have to rely on... and you don't have knowledge of an analog measurement of time... that is very scary and pathetic. Digital clocks are useless items for learning and understanding time. Being able to tell time with an analog clock or hell even using a sun dial or a damn hour glass is always a better skill than digital. If nothing else analog teaches measurement of time instead of just depicting a time. I weep for humanity.

[@isaacalzate8262]

@@brianlewis5692 Who said anything about the moon or the mexican-american war were talking about watchs not Abvious things like that

[@lizetteolsen3218]

Jay Leno did a similar sketch called 'Jaywalking'. Ignorance was terrifying.

[@anthonyramirez9003]

Jay Leno ripped that off from Howard Stern. And most of it with Leno was set up. Because Leno was the first douche bag in late night to get laughs at the expense of others.

[@sergiotee7356]

Also u guys should really do your citizen tests. I'd love to watch that.

[@dard4642]

My favorite question/answer was from another Fleccas video: Q: if you're in a car going 60 miles per hour, and you drive for 1 hour, how far have you traveled? A: uh.. uh.. twenty minutes?

[@rayjones280]

I don't understand the answer like how did you get that

[@dannymartial7997]

As a college educated engineer with all engineer friends, I live in a bubble where everyone I interact with are above average in intellect. It’s so shocking to see how people are outside of my bubble. It’s scary to say the least.

[@cptmuska]

Autist.

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

This dont have sh1t to do with ur little bubble of people, guy! Lmao.. I work in a warehouse with ppl who have never graduated High School, and some of them barely speak English, n they STILL would have known all the answers to these questions.. Except for the 1 guy I know, who thought Jews were from Brazil

[@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883]

This video just cherry picked the dumbest answers. What was not shown is the majority of kids who got the answers right.

[@Zombie-lp8bx]

@@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883 Exactly that’s what all these videos are. I am below average IQ and have a learning disability and could still answer 90% of the questions quickly and correct.

[@HangingGarden606]

Inner city schools dog.

[@numberzthegreat]

Scary part of all this... THEY HAVE A VOTE

[@spookym123]

I'm an American and I learned to tell time on a Roman numerals clock and also those with standard Arabic numerals.

[@laudanum669]

What gets me is that they laugh at their own ignorance.

[@wazzup233]

That Queen of England question probably she'd watched an episode from South Park and that's the real reason why she'd answered Canada instead of United Kingdom. 🤪

[@williamswiniuch7527]

His yes after every answer always cracks me up lol

[@JoeyVatavuk]

One of my friends just got a full ride academic scholarship for PreMed at one of the best schools in the country. she doesn’t know how to tie shoes. it’s wild.

[@willvr4]

Nobody in Times Square is from NY.

[@djm3suxx]

My job is working with youth and we have clocks on the walls. Easily over 95% of the youth can’t tell the time. I’ll teach them though. The faces they have when they ask for the time and I respond with something like, “It’s a quarter till 3.” Lol!

[@barnabydodd8956]

These people can vote and it counts the same as ours.

[@afrocomber]

They need to end each school lesson with a 5 minute sporcle quiz!

[@isaacalzate8262]

Lol i used sporcle in college 3 years back me and my friend were teaching ourselves the countries,presidents,and states , ans we started to ger into wars but the covid shit started and i dropped out. Where dis you learn about sporcle?

[@AlexSadof]

It's amazing how some people navigate life... 😆

[@oldschool72]

It amazes me all the excuses for them being absolutely brain dead when it comes to Math, History, Geography and basic concept of time. These were not just 16 year old kids, they were 20 21 the girl that said she would be 40 said she was 21 years old. This should tell you what is NOT being taught in schools today.

[@79glane928]

Stop blaming the schools. The kids just dont care about being smart anymore. Its their own fault. And your attitude doesn't teach them accountability, so they dont feel ashamed of their ignorance. They just blame the school instead.

[@CancerKicker98]

The American citizenship test is supposedly the easiest test for foreigners to do.

[@robertherring9277]

I teach middle school in the US. 6-8 grade. Post covid, Im just blown away. Its like, are you proud to be an idiot?

[@e-reptiledysfunction2243]

It's more important for some ppl to b on social media all day than it is to actually learn anything these days

[@arthurplummer520]

You're surprised? Given that you seem to be teaching with a clear emphasis on viewing them that way of course they'll turn out none to bright. I mean FFS who actively views their pupils as idiots? Why even teach if you feel that way?

[@robertherring9277]

@@arthurplummer520 you dont understand my position. Its not that the kids ARE idiots. Its that they go out of their ways to PRESENT themselves as idiots. They want to be seen that way. Ive seen them bomb a test just to not look smart. Its a constant drone of "I don't know how to do that. I'm stupid" even though Ive watched them do the task accurately a dozen times. Maybe it was the 2 years they were lacking socialization glued to social media? Whatever it is, the classroom is a very different experience than it used to be just 3 years ago.

[@Antonio-wh3oq]

@@robertherring9277 I recognize the very behavior you’re describing. I occasionally tutor some students in math in the NYC area and I witnessed the same trend of pretending to be completely incapable of doing/learning anything at all. Some seem to think it’s hilarious to just waste time and it is deeply frustrating. I try to be extremely patient but when I’ve watched them do something quickly and accurately half a dozen times before and they decide one day that they’ll fully commit to acting as though they either don’t know it, never saw anything like it, or can’t possibly be expected to learn it, that really bothers me. Props to you for having the ability to do that on effectively a daily basis.

[@LancerX916]

A lot of schools in the US took down their analog clocks and put in digital ones. So Daz is right a lot of younger people might have never seen an analog clock before. You should see kids trying to figure out how to use a rotary phone, it's pretty funny.

[@darkseeker102]

I watch leave it to beaver about a year ago and how some things worked in the 1960 was very confusing. I had to keep remembering inflation to for money

[@you_can_call_me_T]

@@darkseeker102 how old are you?

[@darkseeker102]

@@you_can_call_me_T 27, I watch the married with children episode where Jerry Matters(The beaver) made fun of himself of being a failed actor asking for a few dimes to hand out autographs, I also love histroy and just got Peacock at the time so it was interesting to see 1960s America even though I know its very milquetoast. Then after playing Red Dead Redemption 2 I went on a Western Bing Young Clint Eastwood movies Laramie, The Riflemen, and some of gunsmoke. Old tv still holds up.

[@djkd21]

What you mean! We have those clocks in schools. I graduated back in 2014. But my mother is a teacher. They still use those clocks. How can these kids not know how to tell time 😂😂😂🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@mitchblackmore5230]

OMG, I want that noise that green tank top girl made as my ring tone. That was awesome!!!

[@SMOOVKILL1]

Same as with the analog clock. Calculators were becoming common in the 70's and 80's and people were saying then it's forcing us not to think as hard. I think there's a youtube video on that.

[@scotchsour]

Hell smart phones have made society more ignorant about basic stuff. Why do I need to know what happened the Queen when I can look that up and ask Google. Phone numbers? What is that? Can't memorize shit, not even my own number.

[@SMOOVKILL1]

@@scotchsour so true

[@joestewart5406]

As a 22 year old American this is hilarious but it’s so true, almost everyone I interact with is dumb as a rock 😂

[@Westpark16]

Lol 😆

[@mickeyd6444]

2:50 laughed and cried. "Ain't that leap year or some shXt?"

[@Pandemiclui]

to be fair, he did this in new york. some of the sharpest marbles there.

[@willvr4]

I have 2 friends who are teachers. Kids literally can't read analogue clocks anymore because it's not a part of society. They don't teach it either. Everything is digital.

[@ohslimgoody]

That's no excuse!

[@willvr4]

@@ohslimgoody It's not an excuse, I just told you the reason "why" it's happening.

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

Yeah that still dont make sense lol. Theres still a good portion of the world who doesnt even use electricity.. Its crazy to NOT be able to read a clock

[@a.d.prayer1779]

This highlights our youth not knowing how to think! almost every question could have been answered without previously knowing the answer if they just knew how to think and problem solve properly. But there is a silver lining, based on how long it took him to get that many fuck ups to actually make a video I'm sure the majority of the people he asked could answer those simple questions. A base that on how many times he changed clothes and locations.

[@andregourdine8353]

That's the problem Daz. We shouldn't give any slack to these kids or educational system. We shouldn't reward the stupid. This a true representation of our US youth. They aren't being taught basic knowledge anymore. It's truly sad 😥.

[@shrekjunior6144]

US youth can be dumb as hell, but these people are far below average. I can tell you because Im apart of the US youth. However, we still shouldn't dehumanize them for their intelligence, or lack there of. That won't help anyone or solve anything.

[@richarddimeck4578]

Bet they could tell you all 72 genders though. I hear that's high on the syllabus in American schools currently

[@ZiggyZou]

Yes they are. They are too Fuckn stupid to put down their their phones and actually learn

[@biffbarely7045]

Sadly, this shit started at least 20 years ago, so we are fucked.

[@richarddimeck4578]

@@biffbarely7045 that film idiocracy is scarily on point for how we will turn out. Mike judge might be a prophet 😂

[@patticrichton1135]

CLASSROOMS in SCHOOLS STILL have an ANALOGUE CLOCK on the wall!

[@mitchblackmore5230]

Along the lines of young people not knowing how to read an analog clock, there's a video of 2 or 3 teen boys trying to dial a phone number on a rotary phone. It's hilarious.

[@grumpymorris6351]

And these people will one day rule the world

[@FourFish47]

If any can bother themselves to run for office

[@SouthWestRacing]

I think this is more of a statement about the US education system. As a Brit I very rarely meet people this thick

[@Plague_Doc22]

The thing about intelligence is that it truly is a spectrum. There has to be people at the very bottom, with enough time you run in to them. Had an ex who was convinced Argentina was in Africa. I showed her a map and pointed it out and she said the map was wrong..

[@FourFish47]

That's all too common these days. Nobody can admit being wrong.

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

I used to work for a guy who thought Jewish ppl were from Brazil

[@elijahsesi4755]

Thank goodness she's your ex. I would never risk my future children having a negative IQ. I dont give a dam how good looking the lady is, if she's below average intelligence I'm booking.

[@Plague_Doc22]

@@elijahsesi4755 She just had insanely low general knowledge. Every deep conversation would esentially require me to fill her in on the topic. Which defeats the purpose of the discussion since she cant add anything.

[@clipsedrag13]

@@Plague_Doc22 and you look pedantic in explaining everything

[@Westpark16]

😲 omg...are they at a Mall, skate park, or FLORIDA? Lol

[@SherriLyle80s]

Good lord. Even my children 10 and 12 know how to tell time on an analog clock.

[@NaNslx]

Can't blame him. I ❤ NY too!

[@casey4602]

When I was 5 years old, I remember making the mistake of asking my mom the time too much, she got tired of me asking every other minute so she taught me how to read a clock.

[@djkd21]

These are not trick questions 😂 there's one moon. ONE! I wanna be there just telling them all these answers 😂

[@scwyd6769]

40 minutes to 1 makes the most sense

[@user-nr1ow7nq4t]

Wasn't expecting the Queen of England question to stump Mike that much xD

[@derred723]

lol. without thinking i tried to skip the intro and skipped right to the discussion of people skipping the intros. lol. i had to back up to hear the discussion just out of curiosity. Granted a few seconds later i started typing this and now i'm skipping forward lol.

[@gregrambo606]

I've seen this video before and it's still sad. You're being too nice Daz. No defense for this. This is New York.

[@michaelrue1400]

I used to watch a game show like this. It was hilarious.

[@Weaver1812]

This video hurts

[@YetiUprising]

I always find it amazing how people don't understand what is and isn't relevant or important information to one person is going to be different to someone else. Especially crap like analog clocks which are on their way out. Why would they need to know it? Ya might as well ask the interviewer if he can saddle a horse.

[@clipsedrag13]

These kids wouldn't know the difference between a horse and a donkey. Relax

[@YetiUprising]

@@clipsedrag13 probably, but why would they need to?

[@joshuabolton3866]

And these are the people who can vote and drive

[@MrVvulf]

How many people under 40 (even in the UK) would know that the Queen's husband, Prince Philip, was from Greece?

[@indowneastmaine]

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno did some great 'Jaywalking' bits on the street of Burbank, CA like this. There are some good compilations (if they won't get flagged). Can't wait for the citizen test challenge!!! Great idea, UK and USA!

[@bruceday4036]

Boy, the future looks bright!

[@2005YouTubeUser]

Now you got the boomers interacting lmao

[@skylargreen7156]

Wow ! There is a serious problem with education in the United States😮 I would give a lot to know what their teachers teach them at school. This youth is in total perdition

[@eponine1966]

Times have changed. My Mom gave old family letters to my nephew. They don't teach cursive writing any more so it took him awhile to read them. Yet he and his friends can work their way about computer/phone issues in a second. Love history, but these kids today, will never discount them.

[@badgerden7080]

That's because cursive isn't really needed anymore, unless you need to sign your name on a legal contract or something.

[@cjames4478]

I used to work at Union Station in D.C. and someone actually called and asked what station we were at. 🥴

[@moses4583]

GenZ cares more about how they feel and what they identify as rather than logic so this is the result.

[@pleasegoawaydude]

None of you care about how anybody else feels, or so it would seem from our perspectives.

[@charlie7mason]

Yep, the should really be letting the exploitative assholery of previous generations continue. After all, everyone from the previous generations were a shining example of human decency and intelligence. Everything they've done, the world that exists today, is created on perfect sense of logic and fosters the perfect attitude towards everything in life and in the world.

[@isaacalzate8262]

Maybe GenZ from california or them woke ass states but prople from the douth havent change much in the last 5p years other than learning new shit cause of technology

[@moses4583]

@@pleasegoawaydude Point proven

[@charlie7mason]

@@moses4583 Imagine revealing yourself as heartless.

[@mustafaahsan1999]

I'm not having it 🤣 this can't be real.

[@margaretsimmons1598]

You’re giving them to much credit. These are simple questions with simple answers. I think in many cases parents don’t take an interest in their kids education and allow them excessive amounts of time on their electronics

[@TinaMUFC10]

Ain’t that leap year or sum sh!t🤣🤣

[@beverlyshane8433]

Thick as 2 planks stuck together with stupid glue.

[@EskimoPablo907]

Citizenship test sound brilliant. Good on ya

[@thseed7]

Citizenship tests is a brilliant video idea.

[@cinb3448]

Other than the USA/Canada question, Aidan killed the geography quiz! These young folks however.....I don't even know what to say. 🤪

[@Chyrnobyl66]

thanks ..i now have a permanent handprint on my forehead

[@freckles7184]

Guys, I’m sub’d but I seldom leave a comment. But I love you guys and I’m watching. ❤

[@officeblokemike7914]

Cheers Freckles, appreciate the support 👊🏻

[@PenelopeFrank]

It’s like they’re in their own little world. How?!

[@scotchsour]

Before you say there is a lot of stupid people, I am pretty sure he went through a lot to find the uneducated ones to put on camera. Notice same people shown multiple times.

[@FourFish47]

Those were the dumbest ones lol

[@endtimeelijah4851]

And I'm sure every single one of them voted. Scary.

[@module79l28]

That last clip proves that none of this was staged and also Justin (the interviewer) probably came across so many of those situations that he decided to say yes to every wrong answer instead of correcting them.

[@djgrant8761]

I learnt how to tell the time by watching Play School as a child.

[@goonbelly5841]

LOL, these people couldn't pour water out of a shoe with the instructions written on the sole.

[@jamesallen5591]

All right, all right I subscribed! Stop pressuring me!

[@mneugent7658]

America! Fck yeah!!

[@BarabooTycoon]

The sad thing is that these people are voting, and foreigners wonder how we could elect such bad politicians.

[@chris5947]

To be fair, people voting for bad politicians has been happening for the longest time already

[@FourFish47]

I don't think they're voting. They're too busy being on social media

[@andirandolph8830]

After the first three, I couldn’t watch anymore. It hurts.

[@robovermeyer6674]

The Intro's are the best part

[@robovermeyer6674]

Mike is here today but without the intro we might never know where he is

[@Elevatedzebra96]

My 9yo can answer most of these questions, probably going head to head with me, I can’t even write cursive to try and confuse him..

[@TreyM1609]

Wow just because you said I went and took the citizenship test. Lol I only got 113 out of 133. Jeez I missed a few simple ones too.

[@paulcochran1721]

My brain hurts.

[@jamesfunnyvideos]

Half these people have to be baked

[@roymilanista1]

The clock argument, say a navigator from the 1800s handed us a compass, many would be flabbergasted. But hey, gotta know how to read the clock.

[@user-lf7nf3kl7t]

I'm embarrassed....

[@kajabrill2404]

WOW!!

[@hanaj]

The time one is crazy, but a coworker asked me the same time after looking at an regular clock. She was 25

[@isaacalzate8262]

That melienal not gen z

[@thomasohanlon1060]

@Office Blokes By him putting that originally changes what queen is he asking about, the current or the first. Granted she was Mary I, also called Mary Tudor, (AKA) Bloody Mary, (born February 18, 1516, Greenwich, near London, England-died November 17, 1558, London), the first queen to rule England (1553-58) in her own right.

[@dicktater6245]

Laughing on the outside & crying on the inside. Doooooooom! Doooomed!

[@branplore]

As an American millennial still in there 20s I DO NOT claim this video as fact for me at least hoping the majority can say the same lol

[@Antonio-wh3oq]

I’m actually surprised at the number of people taking this very seriously. I was convinced from the beginning that it was staged for comedic effect. The fact that the stupidity was so extreme just seems to me like the video creator(s) took great care to make sure it was painfully obvious that this was just intended to be funny. Many people in the comments section seem like the types to think that the Birds Aren’t Real movement is founded on genuine suspicion about the existence of birds rather than, say, conspiratorial satire.

[@chrisj3318]

great editing

[@icantthisishard9133]

This dude gets a hundred right answers then he takes the few wrong answers and put them on his social platforms as an indictment of how poorly educated the young people are today. he is a coward.

[@FourFish47]

Why would he show people getting the right answers? You would expect them to.

[@Antonio-wh3oq]

@@FourFish47 Because the caption of the video implies that perhaps the majority of young people he interviewed got all these questions wrong. If the point was that there are a few very stupid people within Gen Z, I doubt that’s a video that needs making because that’s a statement that could be made about literally every generation. The video could’ve also been captioned “Americans know NOTHING!” and it would’ve been about as accurate as the current title: not very accurate.