MIND BLOWING - American Youth Knows NOTHING (American reaction)

[@deanoparsons]

The idea that it is legal for these people to own a gun is terrifying!

[@BobWitlox]

Or to vote. Or drive.

[@adoadic3880]

@@BobWitlox or to reproduce

[@alysonpreval4241]

Totally, totally agree with what you just said. What is scary is these kids are the future of the USA? 😮

[@tracymcardle1236]

The fact that they think they are the greatest country in the world is terrifying

[@vickiepower6201]

Ain't that the truth that is so sad wow this seriously gob smacked me

[@Celisar1]

This isn’t only a completely failed school system. There is much more wrong with these people. Most of these questions don’t even need to be taught; if they had the slightest, the faintest, the most vague interest in the world around them they WOULD know!

[@janetbaker7848]

This is a sure sign that they are no longer teaching how to think in school they're only indoctrinating these kids. I'm 70 years old and when I went to school they taught us to think about stuff and figure things out ourselves. They're not teaching that anymore they don't want people to be able to figure things out. The Dumber you are the easier you are to control it's that simple!

[@lindan2836]

Agree.

[@irisfbernard8377]

It almost appears to be planned to make American kids so dumb. The dumber they grow up to be the easier to conquer them as slaves.

[@gardenjoy5223]

Ask the girl in the brown dress about the Kardashian family and beauty products and I'm sure she scores in the top 5 percent. Guess it all depends on how one defines 'world around them'.

[@elaineerskine]

@@gardenjoy5223 It’s a very limited world view they have. The USA IS their world. Most I’ve interacted with here, or in person, have limited knowledge of their own country and next to nothing about the rest of the world.

[@donsland1610]

The very idea that some of these people are allowed to vote and own guns is absolutely terrifying!

[@Margot4454]

and have and raise children as well

[@streaming5332]

Many Americans don't vote, voting there isn't compulsory.

[@russellbree6458]

It's a blue states

[@annep.1905]

Vote, yes, have guns, no.

[@russellbree6458]

@@annep.1905 women and liberals should never have to vote or own nasty guns that's a real man's job

[@MalakianM2S]

The fact that "I don't know" is the best answer is hilarious.

[@zartbitter6778]

A friend of mine, was in the United States as an exchange student. During the first week, they discussed the continents in the master's program. Unfortunately, no US American knew where Africa was and that it is a continent. In a master's program! I didn't want to believe his story. Now I believe it!

[@mar97216]

Wow! How did they get in to the master program at all? Anyone with money gets in or?

[@zartbitter6778]

@@mar97216 i don't know... but it wasn't only one person that didn't know where africa is...

[@franzihe1888]

I just shared a comment with another Exchange Students perspective. A friend of mine studies economics at a University in Germany and when he went to the US, the exams were so easy to him, that he went there drunk and still passed with good grades. He said he don’t know if he would have passed the German Version of this subject at all. Let alone drunk

[@larsradtke4097]

@@franzihe1888 I remember, the 90ies classmates that went abroad from Germany to the US for 1 year, they jumped two grades in the US and when they came back, they had to go down one grade.... Not a new situation.

[@yvak1232]

@@larsradtke4097 On the other hand our kids got Ukrainian exchange students in their school. I am pretty much convinced that they could skip two grades in Germany. So all is relative. Germany is a good middle ground in terms of education, but the US for sure is pretty much at the end of the foodchain in that regard. At least in average, not overall. Finally there are for sure people in every City all over Germany that won't shine in an interview like that.

[@peterbrennan7111]

And these people are your future voters and leaders! Congratulations America.

[@keithfallon-norris9570]

That’s why people like Trump can get elected, 😮

[@julienpithois6391]

Or like Biden!

[@ericnorthman9410]

​@@keithfallon-norris9570 Lost

[@hannahaprent233]

Frightening!🥺

[@JavaAndroid]

​@@keithfallon-norris9570Who then progresses to make the US perform better than every other president over the last 50 years.

[@MrJueKa]

The idea that it is legal for these people to VOTE is terrifying!

[@C0lon0]

There should be an test to allow you to be a full citizen of the country.

[@surfaceten510n]

These are the same type of people that lumbered America with a Potato for a president the future of America is doomed when these people start breeding.

[@CinCee-]

They're not voting

[@MrJueKa]

@@CinCee- that`s why I wrote "the idea"

[@CinCee-]

@@MrJueKa Dont even worry your little skull w/ such "ideas"

[@richardhockey8442]

17:50 the epic occasion when Justin finally gets tired of 'Yes' and tries to correct the person answering incorrectly, and encounters the true awesome power of dumb

[@crazymelomanka]

😂

[@peppermint3808]

He actually got it wrong as well. His question is vague because the progressive year falls in Jan. If you were born lets say 1992 and now its 2002. Thats 10 years ago and you would still be 10, but now lets take his question and its august, but your birthday is in may and he asked you this question. Your correct answer would be 11 because as he tried to correct her, he just attempted to use the YEAR which would only work if you were BORN on the day hes asking the question, but his question doesn't state that, hes only saying "10 years ago" by the YEAR we currently in. So the correct answer is either 10 or 11.

[@aweave24]

​@@peppermint3808thank you. Another common conception is how so many people think "oh north is up and south is down" when they're just cardinal directions and there's no objective correct way to hold a map.

[@RealJackBolt-NITJ]

​​​​@@peppermint3808 Assume you were born in 1992 and that the day I ask you this question, the current year is 2002 and the month is of August. Assume that you were born on 2 May, 1992 at 12 AM or (0:00 hrs). At this Instant, your age would be 0 years. On 2 May, 1993 at 12 AM, your age would be 1 year. On 2 May, 1994 at 12 AM, your age would be 2 years. Similarly, On 2 May, 2002 at 12 AM, your age would be 10 years (+ some days due to leap year, but we'll ignore that). I asked your age on, say 9 August, 2002, your age would still be 10 years (+ some months, days, seconds but we'll ignore that) You wouldn't be 11. Even if I asked this question on say, 2 Jan, 2002, your age would be 9. But the question is: "if you were born 10 years ago, what would your age be?" >> 9 wouldn't satisfy the question as it literally tells you the initial assumption, so your birthday doesn't matter. So you must assume that you were exactly born 10 years ago the moment the question was presented. Hence, this question is totally valid and correct, and has 10 as the only Correct answer.

[@peppermint3808]

@@RealJackBolt-NITJ No it doesn't, im not reading any of this crap. I already know im right, I already know how common sense works. His question was ENTIELY vague,.stop it

[@writerinprogress]

"Get your hand out of your pants - it's time to represent America!" A sentence I never thought I'd hear, but I love that I did!

[@patrickbuick5459]

He was moving his single clock dial trying to work out the question.

[@CotopaxiAH1968]

That guy had Al Bundy internalized.

[@xjrlionheart4423]

@@CotopaxiAH1968 😆🤫

[@EetsBack]

That kid with his hand in his pants does represent America.

[@gregmonks]

🤣

[@Grosfaaters]

I'm not American and this is truly beyond any level of sadness. How can you live your life and not see what is going around you

[@JoeTuub77]

The US is so big that 90% of the people do not know geography outside their own state, let alone outside the US.

[@thomaschampion4142]

we see but their is nothing we can do. we ask for changes in school but that is left to local school boards. these people should have failed school many times until they passed.

[@kawabewa_8w8]

@@thomaschampion4142 part of the problem is people that blame schools while failing to consider subpar parenting throughout the different stages of the child’s development.

[@TS10852]

This is what happens when all the schools are made for the sub 80iq crowd

[@StriderAngel496]

this is what happens when instead of math, physics, chemistry, philosophy, logic, you learn about feminism, oppresion, white supremacy and math is racist... Oh and pay gap.... god damn morons

[@krismansfield7792]

I’m a 71 year old woman and I feel like a rock star after watching your videos. I had no idea it was this bad out there. It’s almost seems unbelievable if it wasn’t so sad. 🇺🇸

[@daerdevvyl4314]

Schools are just teaching ideology these days. Ask these kids about gender identity and I guarantee they know a lot about it. But what a country is? Nope, the schools don't consider that important.

[@lollylollypop3626]

Same age as you. We had to take a whole year of Geography in Jr High School! This is soooooo sad to watch! Are their parents just like this?

[@rockn997]

Imagine, these big corporations won’t hire elderly people, except for Walmart type jobs

[@miyuryuu7260]

Make a test ur grandchildren for basic knowledge, if they also like this, u better talk serious with ur children about ur grandchild education.

[@kathleenking47]

They long know, what a "quarter to" .is..2/3 past the hour, is beginning of next 7:40= 20 to 8 Say no to digital clocks 🤣

[@TucoBenedicto]

My favorite part has to be the guy saying "Yes" to every comically wrong answer.

[@shdon]

And the one time he didn't, at the end, she challenged him... That's aggressive ignorance right there!

[@daveamies5031]

Ryan, your mission if you choose to accept it: make sure your children don't end up like these people 🤣

[@Arltratlo]

send them to Europe...!

[@blotski]

My children always had a map of the world on their bedroom walls and we used to play games finding countries and planning trips.

[@clivenewman4810]

That is why it is mission impossible.

[@guyvandurme7228]

@@blotski Really GREAT idea.

[@alanlivingston3727]

He'd need to migrate to Australia

[@Rhino_D1]

As an incoming 8th grader, this makes me feel like I can work for NASA.

[@MariaAlessandraLlSilva]

Definitely, little man! The USA has drowned in idiocracy.

[@Rhino_D1]

@@MariaAlessandraLlSilva Yeah.

[@thanossnap4170]

@@Rhino_D1 I'm rooting for you to be part of the change, champ! Good luck :)

[@anamariaguadayol2335]

Study, go to college and you will own these people!

[@J.A.W.1964]

@@anamariaguadayol2335you sure about the college ? In the US ? Maybe painting the satellites and rockets in Rainbow

[@lesleydickson7746]

What makes me sad is that they are happy to be ignorant at a time when it’s never been easier to find information about stuff. 😢

[@nadinewhite993]

Exactly what I was thinking. A wealth of knowledge at their fingertips yet they seem to know significantly less than the bare basics

[@filipbitala2624]

Tbf the guy who said 2:45 is fair, as there are clocks that only clock up when at a full number, so if the hour was pointed at two it would be 2:45

[@oliviakrause3336]

That's exactly the problem. They never learned to use their brain and do manual research because they can just ask Siri or something. I was born in 93 and enjoyed a great education (in Germany), my sister was born in 2003 and doesn't even read. And this girl is studying psychology to become a therapist. She's dumb as hell though. Being a therapist is definitely a position of power. That's so tragic.

[@psychosislove]

@@oliviakrause3336 I am an American raised in America. I was born in 1990. I was taught how to read, count, and even do basic addition and subtraction when I was 5. This video is so disappointing.

[@MrHeesbeen]

The one problem with being stupid Lesley, is that they don`t know that they are stupid - because they are stupid !

[@stevenvanhulle7242]

"If you were born 10 years ago how old would you be today?" "I'd be like 12." That's with tax, of course.

[@gingergamer3270]

Even though the answer is in the question so it's obviously 10, she is also 20 years old. Even if the answer was arrived at by subtracting 10 from her age she still should have arrived at 10, and she somehow got 12? How the hell.

[@MarcLeonbacher-lb2oe]

😢😮

[@mastergx1]

That made me laugh more than it should have!

[@grave-d5v]

that's gotta be trolling tho. like sure most people spat out by american schools tend to be a wee bit dumb but there's no way that was serious.

[@markymark13ification]

Seriously how can the guys asking the questions keep a straight face? I would be rolling on the floor howling with laughter

[@Radbug11]

Sad true: he heard it 1000s times so it is not funny for him at all.

[@tinawitte420]

@@Radbug11 Yeah, he probably bet that americans cannot be THAT stupid and sees his money flying away with every such answer.... No thought of laughing..... 🙂

[@Diggy77]

Its not funny, its sad to be honest

[@rybaluc]

Because of ignorancy to stupidity in US is a social norm and cultural setting. You might be well educated, but still have that behaviour as public face.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Inmost of his videos he just says "Yes" to their answers, at least he tried to challenge one of them here.

[@auburn886]

I lived in Spain for a while in 1985. When I came back, friends and family asked me a bunch of questions. Some of them had no clue that Spain is in Western Europe, no clue that Spaniards DO NOT eat Mexican food as a regular part of their diet, and that Spain borders France.

[@ademile_0973]

Now Spain with the actual goverment (and opposition) it's becoming equal as USA in education. Im still studing and my classmates doesn't know where is our country in the world. They doesn't know anything that all adults needs to know to live.

[@auburn886]

@@ademile_0973 qué lástima

[@debra1363]

As exemplified by the media and most US citizens labeling as Hhhhhhispanic any nonwhite person who is not obviously Black or Asian,and insisting there are no white people from Mexico.

[@sandrasc6580]

¿Cómo cojones no van a saber situar a España en un mapa? Te compro que cada vez la educación es peor pero nunca he conocido a nadie que no sepa dónde está España.

[@auburn886]

@@sandrasc6580 yo tampoco entiendo No están enseñando geografía

[@artstartdiy]

Most Aussie kindergarteners would be embarrassed if they didn’t know the answer to these questions❤️✨

[@patrickcorliss8878]

Even Aussies would know the American questions like "How many states in the USA?" and "What two countries are neighbours to the USA"?".

[@freecountry3544]

Im Australian....I doubt any Australian child would get any of these questions wrong. That is scary.

[@VestigialHead]

@@freecountry3544 Hmm a lot of Aussies may not know when the US was formed. Not much reason to remember that date.

[@jimmyd486]

Most US kindergartners would be embarrassed to. Fortunately these are high school graduates!!

[@triarb5790]

​@@VestigialHead Except, there is. It has a direct correlation to the establishment of a colony in this country.

[@kevinwhite981]

I'm from the UK 🇬🇧 I'm beginning to think we let you win. 😂😂

[@jamesknight3070]

We won the War of 1812, but America seems to have erased that one from their history books. 😆

[@jeannawilson662]

You were completely correct when you stated, "this is going to be painful". OMG .

[@lechat8533]

I would love to ask their teachers the same questions. Did these people finish any kind of school? If yes, who gave them their first school certificate? Once you have such a big lack of knowledge, you complicate every simple question in your head, and you can`t think logically. That`s so sad. But the worst tragedy is that these people are allowed to vote.

[@chrisza7938]

You are so right but I seriously doubt these people will ever be interested in voting.

[@ickster23]

This is exactly who politicians want voting. You can tell them anything and they will believe it.

[@lechat8533]

@@ickster23 Yes, it`s tragic!

[@corners23251]

Who is hiring these teachers?

[@Ellada-hu5tx]

​@@corners23251 It's not about the teachers. It's about students and their parents. Kids don't want to study and teachers have no power over them. So much time goes to disciplining kids. If only the schools were allowed to be stricter...

[@GiannisSpPapagiannopoulos]

If I was an American, I would be on the streets demanding from the government to change the education system. These guys cannot even THINK for themselves! This is tragic.

[@tesscarry]

And these Gen x are the young voters and they don't even know a simple question......gosh....Scary if that's my child I will make sure they learn at the least basic .

[@ssantelha]

@@tesscarry They're Gen Z, Gen X is my dad lol.

[@mollytremblay1396]

But ask them anything about celebrities and they will be spot on. So sad.

[@corners23251]

They can't fix it if they don't know what's wrong with it. Once upon a time a man landed on the moon, but that was once upon a time.

[@B.Alance1st]

In old fashioned Europe, if we would be caught like this...parents strangle us....they know absolutely nothing...I m sorry but why do they go to school ? Or don't they?

[@thurljackson8432]

Ryan, could Justin perhaps ask the same questions to random teachers at a school? The answers might just be mind blowing.😅

[@loganryan1317]

Ask the parents.

[@KenFullman]

Am I the only one that noticed that at 14:08 he says" 77+TWENTY three" yet the text says 77+33?

[@J.A.W.1964]

Ask both reachers and parents. At least than the “kids”when they join the army might know in which continent and country they’re deployed to.( not that they end up in the wrong place )

[@TierchenF95]

I love education in Germany. There are a lot of bad educated people in Germany too, but I think IT would bei harder to find people who mess up that hard. Free education and to know your education is not connected to your parents income is really a great thing. Obviously money can provide a better education, but the "normal" is alright. But I have a question: How do these people survive? And what happend all the time these kids sat on a bench at school? Waiting for the end of the day?

[@TierchenF95]

@@JochenHormes No, I am afraid 😱

[@bloozee]

You couldn't even buy drugs with the level of maths that these people have. I wonder if they could answer " how many 8- balls of coke in a kilo"? Probably! It's a survival strategy! The curriculum should be framed in reality!

[@TierchenF95]

@@bloozee maybe that's the reason they don't use cash 🤔 they would pay random amounts of money 🤔 I think a dealer could trick everyone "price ist 20, you gave 50, so you get the drugs and 10 Dollars back." 😝

i have no idea what job they can do....

[@rudolfgernd8760]

"to know your education is not connected to your parents income" Sadly it is. This is a huge problem in germany. Allthough education is mostly free parents chose the education level they have for their kids. Education equals income. So parent with low income often are parents with low education and they chose a low educational level for their kids.

[@attilabokor8045]

"The strongest argument against democracy is a five minute discussion with the average voter." /Winston Churchill/

[@Katt-._.7.]

It terrifies me that these people are allowed to vote! 😅 Btw it’s not a quote from Churchill, he never said/wrote that. But I’m sure he probably thought it from time to time 😂

[@HaurakiVet]

Not among the world's most open minded individuals.

[@Katt-._.7.]

@@HaurakiVet I’m sure you’d be surprised. Also he never said this quote.

[@ken-u3n]

Whether Churchill said it or not, it's just so true.

[@Katt-._.7.]

@@ken-u3n I agree 😁

[@kraftelinita]

This is so upsetting. It is not only the school system that is failing. America in general is failing it's people.

[@julesfarm1]

And their parents also need to take some responsibility in raising and educating their children

[@InservioLetum]

You realise murica IS its people, right? They do this, day in day out, by raising their children to be entitled imbeciles with literally not the sense to come in out of the rain. "Protecting" them from the word 'no', screaming at teachers instead of offspring, driving everywhere, and infecting the young with greed, hypercompetitiveness, anti-intellectuallism and worst of all : entitlement.

[@judytelles3518]

They have a lifetime to learn, I dont think I knew the answers at their age. I knew the time though, 1 moon. They will be alright in the end.

[@alangaughran]

How else do the nutters get the population to vote for them? Keeping your population ignorant is a powerful strategy in Russia, China, N Korea and the USA. The main thing to note is that the ignorance is pretty universal in the USA while some of the more effective methods of enforcing ignorance simply apply it to general international news to enable their economic systems to continue.

[@judytelles3518]

@@alangaughran I went to China Oct 2019 as a tourist, all Chinese parents are very aware of the importance of education and having a job. I saw school children at historic sites with their teachers and school groups at no time were they in shopping centres or streets or on trains during school times. I have been to Russia in the 80's my coach tour guide was a university graduate. My young Russian neighbour is a university Botanist graduate, he works as a landscape gardener, full time. I dont know any N.Koreans but they will be very education oriented. I have been to Cuba and the taxi drivers were university graduates as was the young mother we gave a lift. You dont have to have a degree to be smart and we all have other talents to give like kindness, generosity, joy. I dont understand your comment about enforcing ignorance by news.

[@m1k3ga]

You can find similar videos where people ask such questions everywhere. And everwhere you can find people who can't answer them. Even in germany 🙂

[@SWillut]

And from Generations past, too. Of course the videos only show the jarringly wrong answers. Correct answers aren't as entertaining.

[@johncummins3860]

My Irish mother born in rural Sligo could recite her × tables at 96 years of age - and was suffering with dementia ! RIP Mum xx

[@OurFamily-]

Dementia is a time shifter. Your mother went back to her schooldays in her mind. The thing thats nice is, many girls born when she was born werent allowed to go to school so its nice that she did.

[@TheDreserDeviant69]

Bless her

[@lounolastname4477]

Long term memory and old learning remains intact, which is why she could still do it

[@traveltm]

This is astounding!! I knew our schools were lacking, but this is deplorable.

[@Mikemalone7873]

Our schools educated me. I think it’s more about the”student”, social promotion and participation trophies..

[@chrisgraham2904]

At least this video took place on the street or in a mall. These videos are often conducted on university campuses and the results are just as bad or worse.

[@judytelles3518]

They are bright in other ways and they can learn these facts at other times.

[@chrisgraham2904]

@@judytelles3518 Oh! What are these "other ways"? There used to be a certain level of general knowledge that needed to be achieved by the end of grade 6. When your still lacking that knowledge at college age, American has a serious problem.

[@judytelles3518]

@@chrisgraham2904 School wrecked Shakespeare for me but I took it up after I left school and even I can say that I am only familiar with 4 of his plays, I am more interested in learning to speak French now after school age and learning about history by reading and geography by travelling. For me you dont learn everything in school. You should learn throughout your life from reading, experiences, interests and from others. I wasnt ready or open to learning when I was in school. My school was a battle ground. Grade 6 is a 10 year old. They certainly dont know the continents. But have time to learn and to travel. Maths comes with every day usage. I find that if you arent using a knowledge you lose it or dont have it but if you need it you will learn it.

[@jarls5890]

I had this exact thing happening to me back in 1996 when visiting California (I'm Norwegian) on business. I'm standing on a corner eating when a guy comes up to me and asks "sorry, do you have the time?". Since I had my mouth full I hold up my wrist - where my analog wrist watch is. He replies "Sorry, Sir, I do not know how to read that". I had to chew up and swallow and tell him the time...

[@dimiathan]

It is even more weird considering that back in 1996, analog clocks were the norm.

[@elizabethlovett4318]

@@dimiathan Exactly what I was thinking

[@MorellaReborned]

Jesus…💀

[@Nicamon]

@@dimiathan I'm ashamed to admit that,but I was born in 1988 and I *never* learned how to read an analog clock. I was *SO GRATEFUL* when digital clocks were invented!!

[@AJVD2123]

French here, had the same thing happen to me in Tennesse with a friend of mine.

[@how2pick4name]

"Can you name 5 states?" I had a 0.000000000001% chance hope she would go "Solid, liquid, ..." lol

[@MrAlexblabla]

Well, just because you piqued my curiosity with your comment, here we go. gas, liquid, solid and plasma (the 4 general states of matter) to this can be added states specific to certain elements, the best known being the superconducting state

[@how2pick4name]

@@MrAlexblabla Thank you chatgpt 🤣

[@MiTaReX]

​@@MrAlexblablayou can just add Bose-Einstein condensate as the fifth one.

[@tonycapri2608]

Bose- Einstein condensate and the others 😅

[@art3mide644]

I read a discussion where an American who was coming to Europe asked what kind of alphabet and numbering system is used here. The Latin letters and Arabic numbers answered him. The guy was desperate thinking he had to learn to count in Arabic and a new alphabet.

[@andriysychuk7799]

Maybe later he distorted the information (Latin numbers and Arabic letters), and at least learned something new.

[@CETGale]

I am an American and have been to Europe many times... I also married a British woman... I can tell you this current generation of US kids are the DUMBEST people on Earth. What's more distressing is we spend more per student than any other country.... I am labeled a raaacist for pushing for a basic civics test for the right to vote and own a firearm.... Welcome to the fall of the new Rome, brought to you by the Democratic / Communist Party of America..... FJB...

[@danielvanr.8681]

Imagine his reaction if he were to find out that Europe also uses the Greek and Cyrillic alphabet. 😄

[@UncleNewy1]

As an Englishman AND a carpenter, I learned to use imperial (feet and inches) while on site being taught by the old guys, and learned metric when I was at college. So now I have the advantage of knowing both whenever it comes up. It's like being bilingual.

[@jayedeebriggs9880]

In Aus we still use cm, inch, metre, feet and mm. Just depends on what age you are. It took me a long time but I managed the changes and can use all of them now.

[@scarletred8888]

I suppose it depends upon your age, but nowadays everyone should know that as basic, what is a foot and what is a metre, how can people function without knowing basic measurements? Does that mean they don't even know what height they are?

[@superliegebeest544]

But knowing both, doesnt imperial looks like a dumbass system? Its more like a its around this size guess system. 3/8s of an inch? So I picture an inch in my head dived that by 8 x 3. Or somewhere close to a little bit less than half an inch. If u say so much mm its clear to anyone.

[@UncleNewy1]

@@superliegebeest544 yes, metric makes complete sense, simply because it's just like working in decimal, and imperial is gibberish to anyone who can't read it.......however, if I am just measuring for myself, I will use the nearest big line, whether it is the 5/10mm line or the 1/4 - 1/2 - 7/8 line....it's just easier for me than trying to find 1m573.5mm, for example.

[@NorthWestOutlaws]

I left school in 93, and we were taught both. But life was easy back then we could count genders only using our ears.

[@ItsjustmeElisa]

I'm always curious how many people he had to question to find those "specialists" 😂

[@SmarK2K]

the answer to this question could be even worse than the video itself, i prefer not to know 😅

[@skipp3252]

yea it could really go either way. Im scared its 1

[@TribulationsSolo]

And what the cameraman can do to induce mistakes.

[@martinloss4171]

whatever the answer is, he found too many "specialists" Americans are really something else

[@dvgolf9915]

Yes, he probably skipped normal answers but those types of questions should know even 5yo child in African slum

[@lauramurat3182]

I'm a dual national who spent some of my childhood in the US but most of it as an expat in Europe. When I took the university exam for a language and translation school in my country, I was given the subjects aimed at americans due to an administrative mixup. Now, for the most part, this didn't change much for me. However, there was a General Knowledge component to the exam where you had to answer 5 to 10 questions and the difference between the American oriented test and the European one was shocking. I had prepared with practice exams aimed at people educated in this European country, so the questions I prepared were along the lines of "What was the Age of Enlightenment and name 3 influential people from that time.", "What were the last 3 countries to join the European Union?", "What was the Treaty of Versailles and when was it signed?", etc. When I saw the questions aimed at americans I thought it was a joke. The questions included: - "Name three American states that start with the letter A." - "What country has a maple leaf on its flag?" - "Where are the winter olympics currently being held?" - "What does the acronym NATO stand for?" Easiest test of my life xD I was a little insulted even, but I'm starting to realize that they may have been spot on with those questions.

[@OpaSpielt]

As a German I have problems with one of these questions too ... how many inches are in two feet ... I generally think, that the use of metres and centimetres is much easier than inch and foot. But after watching the video, I even doubt that these guys know how many centimetres are in two metres.

[@PlasmaMongoose]

As an Aussie Gen-Xer, I grew up learning both metric and British imperial measurements as we were transitioning from imperial to metric in the 1970s.

[@Subject.13]

I knew this despite being Czech, because I often encounter American description of bodily height, like 5'6", and I know it only goes to eleven before it becomes another foot. But I wouldn't be able to tell you off the bat just how long 24 inches is in centimetres 😅 Go metric 😁

[@mar97216]

@@Subject.13same! I’ve also learned 5,6 as to what heigh I am. Or 5,6 1/2. It only tells me that it’s very different from centimeters and meters.

[@skipp3252]

I also had to go check after that question and all I can say is americans have some giant ass feet o.O

[@Subject.13]

@@mar97216 Hey, me too! That's why I used it as an example 😅

[@keithneal5369]

The guy who asked the questions is a genius. He managed to find all these people who have never been to school or college. Even here in the UK I'm amazed how many young people have no knowledge of history or geography. What on earth are they teaching kids these days.

[@MrJagger112]

Gender identity, feminism and other fucking nonsense. Brainwashing new generations.

[@Snowflakes_Magical_Adventures]

They teach them about 120 different genders. Because that is the most important thing they have to know

[@ak5659]

It starts in Kindergarten. Kids arrive at age 5 and are developmentally about 3. It's impossible to make up that difference in a school year. And every year after that the kid is expected to learn ever increasing quantities of information. To compound the problem, teacher salaries haven't kept up with the cost of living so people who would've been excellent teachers go into other fields where they are paid more and have a lighter workload.

[@advancedanr]

They teach them that it's okay to be a girl even if you're a boy, and that even boys can have babies

[@gastraball]

@@Snowflakes_Magical_Adventures ...and how they feel about it all.

[@tulpe3332]

It is kind of starting to make sense why college is so expensive in US: it must take lots of resources to bring this level of knowledge to the level of bachelor's degree... :)

[@vulcanswork]

ROFL

[@Niem4ls]

This is poetry 😂

[@danielvanr.8681]

Well said! (And good morning/labas rytas to you!) 🇱🇹😎

[@tinaneal6702]

They graduate just as dumb. Now they work in teams not by themselves and hope that one person has a brain. They all get diploma’s.

[@advancedanr]

Most of them are probably already college students

[@Haggis1983]

This has been going on for decades, Jay Leno used to do segments like this way back in the 90’s.

[@sergeantchick2820]

I love how dude say “yes” at the end of every answer. It’s secret code “yes, they are this stupid” 😂.

[@juwen7908]

The interviewer, he kills me every time he said "Yes" to all of these totally stupid answers. Oh my goodness!

[@King-cc8uz]

That's easier than getting in an argument. These people wouldn't accept the correct answer.

[@andrewmccormack4295]

@@King-cc8uz This lack of knowledge is astonishing,even not being able to read a clock face blows me away,but you are right,it's best not to argue with these people.

[@sidlerm1]

​@@andrewmccormack4295 Not being able to read a clock is actually not that surprising, they hardly used or saw since they were born. That's rather a generational evolution than real ignorance.

[@tincustefanlucian7495]

Responding with yes to a really bad answer is a bad choice. Also suggesting them to guess is bad choice, since for those questions you need to think not to guess. Demoralising videos

[@spacefanatic]

I am from the UK and my 10 year old grandson could answer these questions easily. Your country is is trouble if the younger generation cannot answer these easy questions. Not one of them could get a job even in a burger bar because they have to be able to count money and how many of each item are required which obviously is beyond them.

[@paul1979uk2000]

@Kate Moore Not all but I bet they would answer most of them, most of these questions are very basic that regardless of country we are from, we should really know them. It was surprising how so many were struggling with them and that should send off alarm bells about the future generation depending on the percentage of the young that are educated like this. I mean, don't get me wrong, there are clueless people all over the world but I've never seen it as bad as what we see it in the US unless we're going to poorer countries where many of the people have not been educated at all.

[@fenellainnis7216]

@Kate Moore they would , most of those people were early twenties,or teens , I’m sure the kids in the uk would know most questions by that age . ( hopefully) lol

[@fenellainnis7216]

@Kate Moore 😂

[@chrissiesbuchcocktail]

They don't have to count money... people pay with cards and the register handles that without any help. I think it's very rare that someone with cash walks in.

[@romystumpy1197]

@Kate Moore I totally agree with you ,we have our share of numbskulls

[@christopheb.6121]

American students are so funny 😂😂 From Europe (France for me) it's just incredible to see that !

[@steveneardley7541]

"What is a country?" I taught a course at the local college, and had some students who didn't know what the word "political" meant. I used the word melancholy, and there was this blank look from the class. I asked if they knew what the word meant, and maybe a third did. I taught high school a little and the 11th graders were reading at a 4th grade level, or what USED to be a fourth grade level. This is not surprising since the kids don't do ANY homework. Sure, you could assign it, but no one would actually do it. The parents didn't care, and the administrators were salaried bureaucrats who were phoning it in. We're talking Idiocracy here--or something out of an Orwell novel.

[@christianherzig1575]

“What is a country?” is a legitimate question when talking about Britain, though. Is England a country? (Answer: It is). If it is, is the UK a country? (Answer: Define what a country is)

[@chrisza7938]

Something Orwellish: Keep the masses ignorant in order to control them.

[@jeff-hopkins]

So the students were not learning because their daily lessons were not being reinforced in the home? Parents were not encouraging or assisting their children to do /how to do their lessons? --and the administrators simply did not care about the performance of their students?.... Can you think of any solution to this /these problems? Where do we start? Do we start in the home or do we begin with the classroom? (I suspect that eliminating or reducing the distractions of the internet, social media and video games would be a great help.)

[@steveneardley7541]

@@jeff-hopkins You're right about the internet. The high school gave all the kids laptops connected to Wi-Fi, so they were continually playing games or looking at ads during class. And as for the kids' parents--WHAT PARENTS? Two of my students were cousins, living together, with one parent between the two of them. Another dropped out because she had to drive her alcoholic mother to the hospital where HER alcoholic mother was, since her own driver's license had been suspended. I found out that another one of my students was living in a homeless shelter, though his own mother was lying to us about it. In this state over half of all children are born out of wedlock. This is not Leave It to Beaver. It's not even Married with Children. The kids in my classes had been so brain-damaged by the internet that they did not have enough concentration to even watch a movie, much less read a book.

[@jeff-hopkins]

@@steveneardley7541 Assigned reading in 6th grade was Dicken's "Tale of Two Cities:" and we skimmed over some Shakespeare. "Two Cities" was relatable at that time because the kids and I used to go racing home from school each afternoon to watch Luke and Laura from the General Hospital soap opera, who were sort of emulating the storyline of the classic novel. We also read Orwell's 1984, in '84! 🙂 I'm afraid that I do not recall much else assigned reading due to a couple head injuries though.... But I do remember reading Catcher in the Rye while laying in a hospital bed after I woke from a coma one summer. --I finished the previous school year in the hospital so that I could graduate with my classmates.

[@timefliesaway999]

I laughed way too hard at the “us was founded in bc” 🤣🤣💀

[@Ben-xe8ps]

I wonder if she actually knows what BC means though.

[@tracymcardle1236]

That's what I thought , it's really scary to think they are old enough to own a gun🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Maybe she thought (though I do not think so) that the question was 'When was the US geographically formed?', that would at least get her into the BC range.

[@Pomdownuder]

@@Ben-xe8ps yeah,it's British colony 🇬🇧

[@nahui9010]

@@Thurgosh_OG then she's a few million years away instead of a few thousand... Way better

[@ireeeeen]

The fact that I also never heard of the American-Mexican war but would still be able to answer it correctly and they can't BAFFLES ME!

[@carlinetorweihe4246]

My parents talked about history. Learning at school of minimum importance even back in the 50's.

[@rosemather7130]

I'm an Australian. I visited California in the late 70's. Most people did not know Australia existed or where it was located. People were surprised I spoke English. Many thought I was from Austria. My European friends (Holland, Germany, Switzerland, England) had a broad knowledge of my homeland. It's pretty hard to miss a country of 3 million square miles on a Global map.

[@gordowg1wg145]

It would be interesting to see what sort of representation those in the USoA would have if the voters had to pass the same tests as immigrants do to gain citizenship. It would be even more interesting to see what sort of representation if the politicians had to pass the same immigration tests.

[@judithoberpaul509]

OMG

[@SharkyLunasaurus]

I think the percentage would be less than 10% of the population.

[@CrochetIsLife54]

In order to block them from voting, a POC had to pass a test in order to register to vote. The test was so hard, 99% of whites couldn’t pass it, either. But only blacks had to take it.

[@watchcity2068]

Let's go even better. We should give that American History test to all members who hold govt offices from the Presidency all the way down to town alderman (with emphasis on congress members). They should have to take the history test, a test on the Constitution and one on the Bill of Rights. Every govt employee elected or appointed should have to pass these tests. Would that make too much sense? We should also make police officers take and pass a test on the bill of rights, disability (mental health) sensitivity, etc.

[@peterblyth378]

May be it is time for politicians to sit that test as you might suggest. And also if you want to get a gun license 😮

[@mereyemsuzanne8635]

The way the guy keeps saying yes with every wrong answer is hilarious 😂

[@oleolsen1073]

The guy's t-shirt that says : always give up 😅😅😅

[@Taurcan]

If you diisagree and tell them "No,the answer is wrong." You have to explain why. Would you enjoy trying to explain anything to these uneducated louts?

[@bee5778]

Yes 😂😂👍

[@mereyemsuzanne8635]

@@oleolsen1073 hhhhhhhhhhhhhh 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mereyemsuzanne8635]

@@bee5778 😁😁😁🤣🤣🤣👍

[@kgbgb3663]

14:11 The answer _is_ 100. He _said_ 77 + 23, even though the person doing the subtitles wrote 77 + 33. 12:10 I heard her to say Manhattan. Confirmed when her later "states" were boroughs of New York city. I think she heard "five" and went for boroughs, as there are five. But even then she still made a category error, putting "New York" in the list along with some of its constituents.

[@udowurf7597]

Finally someone who pays attention...

[@SWillut]

I also thought I heard 23! Glad I'm not losing it

[@johnwjr7]

That's what I came on here to say. I guess I'm about 8 months too late.

[@ronuss]

there pepople walk around with blinders on. in there own little bubble, where they are the center of the universe, there phone is there outlet to everything in life, and they have a memory of a gold fish.

[@jenskreibach9424]

A friend of mine was responsible for the acknowledgement of students from abroad to a German university. He always said that students from the US where at the same level as those of a West African third wirld country. I couldn’t believe it. Until now.

[@edwinbartels9360]

I think that is an insult to the African students.

[@eisamiller88]

I work for a community college in the US. We have a lot of students from West Africa. Most of them are better educated than our domestic students. We're open enrollment meaning we take anyone regardless of GPA or test scores and offer "learning support" courses, basically mandatory tutoring, to help low scoring students complete their college level English and Math courses. About 80% of our domestic students are required to take at least one of these support classes based on their test placement. Conversely, it's very rare that one of our immigrant students needs them at all if they come from a country where English is their 1st language.

[@jenskreibach9424]

@@eisamiller88 Interesting additional information, thank you.

[@v.r.2834]

Don’t offend African students, because they are better!

[@TheCornishCockney]

It’s not just the US where this excruciating embarrassment occurs,it happens here too (UK). This world is rapidly turning to shit,any passing aliens would take one look at us and say ‘’fuck that,let’s get the fuck out of here”

[@romystumpy1197]

Yes I agree,

[@spugelo359]

Haven't seen that here in Finland yet, like sure there's idiots everywhere, but this level of ignorance is really hard to find here. Honestly not sure if it's just few or many countries going to shit, or did the apple just not fall far from the tree?

[@TheCornishCockney]

@@annep.1905 It was an analogy clever clogs. The only aliens I see in my country are the illegal ones mate.

[@TheInsaneVane]

As a Brit, that's horrifying to know. I think the only one I didn't know was the Vice President one, but then again I'm 40 this year.

[@annep.1905]

@@TheInsaneVane Keep in mind that these videos are edited - he only shows you the dumbest responses.

[@schroedingers_kotze]

This is as entertaining as it is terrifying.

[@zopo17]

The girl naming the 5 states is clearly a native New Yorker because she gave the interviewer the 5 buroughs of New York which are Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island.

[@praveennair7917]

Kudos to the guy for his infinite patience. I would have hit them or myself in sheer frustration!

[@Ben-xe8ps]

If you read books by the American science fiction author Robert A Heinlein written back in the 40's 50's 60's you will see that he quite accurately predicted this decline in education standards and refers to it several times.

[@SilverScriptz]

Robert A Heinlein is my favourite sc-fi author and I started reading him, borrowed from the local library (in Oz,) before and during Primary school. Then I'd read the dictionary and was CURIOUS about the world ( you know, ENCYCLOPAEDIA) and all those 'groovy' things (yes, a flashback said with humour). But I wanted to know - general knowledge is needed to at least so you don't sound ignorant. Now, I give up too on the future and am getting to the stage of not caring all that much as the generations roll on. Humans - Failed experiment. lol🤕🙃

[@damiangordon8893]

@@SilverScriptz try reading the series by "harry harrison " called "the stainless steal rat" very comedic but also very down to earth

[@IanSinclair-nx6rw]

no profit for big business in education and as most of your politicians are owned and paid off by big business this is nothing they worry about .. same with health care , workers salaries and entitlements ( paid leave , sick pay , maternity leave etc ) and they keep feeding you the same bullshit from birth about how great you have it in the USA and Americans keep electing the same paid off parasites to congress / senate so until your corrupt system of government is changed ( gerrymandering ,electoral college , stupidly long and expensive campaigns) not a damn thing will change it will get worse ...good luck

[@heatherwolmarans8287]

@@damiangordon8893 I've read them all, they're amazing!!!

[@CrochetIsLife54]

@@damiangordon8893 loved that series. I haven’t thought about it in decades. Time to go for a re-read. I’m a bit weird - I thought Starship Troopers was “meh” but loved The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Stranger in a Strange Land was fun, but too many people were taking it seriously. (But I did love when a button came out which read “I grok Spock.”) I liked Sturgeon, and so many more. But my all-time favorite was Asimov. Oh, well. So, fiawol or fijagh? 😉

[@ninachiflada]

.I’m Central American and I have laughed so hard watching this!!!! 🤣 I used to think our education was the worst: not anymoreee.

[@Patrik6920]

Compared to US American it probably alot better... sad is just that US Americans refere to themself as 'Americans'... its an insult to Americanos...

[@ninachiflada]

@@Patrik6920 maybe it had to do with the fact that our scholar system was either catholic or military supervised so we had to learn or else we were punished or laughed at for being “dumb and useless”: no one wants to be labeled like that.

[@Patrik6920]

@@ninachiflada ..probably evoled a bit since..and evolving... US on the other hand taken the fast track to dumb down the whole education system... we can all see the effects...but it will get worser and worser if it continues... its a downhill spiral... even now thers Teachers and even Professors that lack so much... and thay are supposed to teach things thay dont understand...to childeren that dont care.. while at it add in some laughter and shaming of kids with learning disabilities... a perfect coctail of creating a society with high rates of crimes, an excessive ammount of poor and starving ppl, unhealthy everything... while at it why not prep the food with compounds thats banned wourld wide that agrevates cancers, nerological disorders and such...

[@dimiathan]

You are writing in fluent English. Clearly your system is really good. How many Americans (non-Latinos) would be able to respond to your comment in perfect spanish?

[@Paulo37580]

That's because you, guys, haven't seen what our Educational System is like, down here in Brazil ... 😢😢😢 Shameful ... Anyway, 😂😂😂

[@mash40771932]

"What is a country? Maybe she is being philosophical." Priceless.😂

[@katehobbs2008]

Oh America, your education system is so sad. It has failed generations. I am not sure whether to cry or be really angry.

[@Zentron]

Too many private and charter schools, they're constantly turning out the dumbest people in America, due to the lack of set standards.

[@timefliesaway999]

If you don’t live in America and don’t plan to raise your kids there, then crying is the option

[@MrOrmanley]

Cry angrily? 🤔

[@GeorgeSaint666]

You know, I think it is not just the USA. I once saw a Jamy Oliver cooking show, where he was teaching teenagers how to cook. One girl did not know why the water was producing those little bubbles. I mean seriously,... she HAD NO IDEA what cooking water was.

[@kayelle8005]

I was buying groceries last week and the cashier asked me what the piece of fruit I was buying was called. It was a passion fruit.

[@olanrewajuihenacho178]

@@kayelle8005 TBH, that’s not a common or garden item in the UK shopping basket either. Don’t think I’d have distinguished it from a mango externally. (Just Googled the image now and can see the difference 😂😂😂) 🤷🏾‍♂️🇬🇧

[@olanrewajuihenacho178]

Poor Jamie was dealing with kids from some particularly educationally unenlightened families though😢🇬🇧

[@keithlawton7821]

Have you no idea how to spell Jamie Oliver

[@senor-achopijo3841]

I guess you mean boiling water?

[@livinginvancouverbc2247]

0:42 "Maybe she's just being philosophical" made me laugh harder than I've laughed in a long time.

[@kareno6986]

Thank you, thank you, thank you I needed a good laugh, the tears are streaming down my face 😂😂.

[@memecats5698]

I remember my mom saying the older she got the more she realized she was a genius compared to what was coming up

[@chrisspere4836]

Your Mum is/was wise.

[@demonmurasame733]

I'm not sure what is more amazing: The amount of times these people could not answer that there is only 1 earthly moon in the night sky or the fact that no passerby stopped in shock to a) ask what's going on and b) help those fools out.

[@mindexplode5599]

I think it said on QI there are 3 moons if we count all rock masses going round the world. But 1 is the obvious answer.

[@tracymcardle1236]

This just shows the parents must be the same, imagine not knowing or having to think how many moons there are, it hurts my brain

[@Grandude77]

​@mind explode they revisited this question at least 3 times and any answer from zero to hundreds could be correct. Depending on the definition of a moon

[@oleolsen1073]

Asteroide 3753 cruithne , so not technically a second moon orbiting our planet earth

[@PeauDuVieilOurs]

Fun questions to ask : 1) How many star there is in the solar system : common answers I dont' know or any number which is not one 2) What is the name of the natural satellite of the Earth : common answer the Sun, Mars, Jupiter.... 3) How many earth there is in the solar system : common answers I don't or from 4 to infinite and beyond They don't know what a country is, I doubt they know what planet they live on or what is a planet, a satellite or a star. I can't wait to hear their answers to these very difficult questions

[@CarolMacKay-vh5fd]

Ryan, YOUR reaction is worth the price of admission.

[@BadischAberNett]

"Isn´t the northpole below us?" -- this one made me laugh so hard :D

[@joyfulzero853]

It might be on a flat earthers map!

[@johnsmith-cw3wo]

@@joyfulzero853 if you wanna be strict, there is no ''UP'' and ''DOWN''

[@ianfleming152]

Your expression are hilarious they ranged from totally amused to complete frustration love your content

[@i_like_dinnos2847]

This helped so much with my self-estem, Thank you now i can go back and feel smart even if i‘m just average

[@romystumpy1197]

Yes same for me,I'm not so thick

[@24LionHearts]

"how many moons does the earth have?" "30?" we're all gonna die from flooding. 😂

[@Strato13]

It's funny because my primary language is Spanish. I had to learn English, and I learned it so well that I have zero accent, and learned it by old fashion reading, tutoring, and practice. I went to the library, voraciously read books on everything, and anything. Learned to hand write in the second grade, learned to tell time on an analog clock in grammar school, taught myself to play guitar, etc.. [A large portion of] Kids & even young adults these days with every advantage in their hands, on their fingertips, every piece of info, everything they have these days at their disposal that I didn't have, still struggle with basic stuff. Granted their are also lots of very smart kids and young adults that are as smart as whips, the level of struggling with answering basic questions displayed in this video is just incredibly scary.

[@crazymelomanka]

I know. I remember learning English from whatever material I could find (there was no internet), and now every opportunity is available, just take it! But they just don't need it. They are more interested in Kardashians I guess.

[@hassanrazakhan9645]

No such thing as zero accent

[@ralfu.5710]

Admittedly, we have a radio show that asks questions like this on the street as well. People are just thrown off by question like that if there's sth in the question that makes you feel it's a trap like "How many seasons did the year 2016 have?" But some questions are still ridiculously low level

[@dinolator8311]

There are similar formats in Germany, whether on the Internet or on TV (and I guess everywhere in the world) where you get the same incredibly stupid answers. The sad truth is there are extremely uneducated people everywhere. I can't imagine how people get through life or perceive their surroundings like that, but I guess if he had asked these dudes about sports or music, or asked the girls about make-up tips or celebrities, they could have said more. It's about other priorities/interests and other realities of life, but it's still unbelievable.

[@Qunas]

A lot of the times these are actually just fake, because we have or i think had something similar in Lithuania, but they actually ask a couple of questions and simply in the video they edit one question and another questions answer and make it look like the person is stupid.

[@MaLoDe1975]

While true this level of questions could even be answered by our idiots.

[@azelia05]

Yes there are similar videos in France too. But there are also videos in which French people are asked random questions about the US and they know more than the average American. It is crazy 🤯

[@PhotoBrad]

@@Qunas As a professional video editor I can tell you these videos are not edited deceptively. These young people are genuinely stupid.

[@Qunas]

@@PhotoBrad I happen to be a video editor aswell, and I didn’t say, that this one is the edited one, but that was happening in Lithuania with some show, but people started to get angry because of them faking their videos and making people look stupid.

[@marcomarco6430]

Congratulations...they live among you and vote

[@sonyasmith1991]

It's so sad to see how our young people have been dumbed down.

[@Celisar1]

They did that all by themselves. That degree of ignorance is only possible if you don’t give shit about the world around you.

[@aaaab384]

​@Celisar1 they care a lot about the world around them. Just, "the world around them" is what they can see in their smartphones.

[@gregmonks]

The WHO warned that the average IQ was dropping 7 points per generation since the 1970's. A generation is 20 years, 50 years have passed since 1970, so today's average is 82.5. It's a good thing for these people that the Motor Vehicle Department doesn't test IQ, because you need an IQ of 86 or higher to hold a driver's license. An IQ of 82 means you're mentally disabled!

[@carlinetorweihe4246]

The schools are valiantly trying. So where is the problem?

[@gregmonks]

@@carlinetorweihe4246 The problem is that education isn't in the hands of the educators. It's in the hands of the bean-counters, who treat education as a cost. In so doing, they're ignoring quality (of textbooks, for example) and going with the cheapest crap available. Back in the 70's renowned physicist Richard Feyman was briefly in charge of adjudicating textbooks. He wrote that his recommendations were always ignored in favour of cheap, useless junk. Read Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman for plenty of examples. It's available as a free pdf.

[@sarahmorgan8827]

I don’t think it’s just this latest generation. I live in Spain and I am in my 50’s and aged 17 went to the US for the first time and when I explained were I came from I was asked to remind them what part of Latin America Spain is in …. and this was from a lawyer so presumably educated 🙄🙄 And that’s just one of the ridiculous questions I was asked! However I have to say people were warm, generous welcoming and kind.

[@mel3687]

Out of curiosity, was this attorney from California, Virginia, Vermont or Washington State? Because these States don't require a formal education at a law school. If you can pass the bar exam (which requires extensive knowledge of the legal code) then you can become a licensed attorney. And, technically speaking, any American citizen can waive their right to legal representation during a trial and, instead, represent themselves without any legal or licensing qualifications (like Ted Bundy).

[@kareemplays5162]

Last time I checked, Spain is in south west Europe

[@oddpoppetesq.3467]

@14:16 He does ask what 77+23 is, which is 100. The question on screen says 77+33 which is 110....

[@naadi2000nr1]

I was bothered with that too

[@adamperera371]

This is supposed to be the generation that solves the climate crisis. We’re doomed

[@janbo8331]

Well I mean, the extinction of the human race that these folks will lead us to will solve the climate crisis as a by-product.

[@engo8207]

Imagine people like that have control over nuclear weapons (maybe one of them becomes president anytime), WE ALL are doomed. Cheers from Germany.

[@Dave1507]

No, that generation was us. But yes, we're doomed.

[@bee5778]

😂😂😂👍

[@walterrutherford8321]

If you love your kids, you’ll homeschool them. It doesn’t matter if you’re not a teacher. There is no way possible you could do worse than the teachers that these people had. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@soteed]

Why do you automatically blame the teachers?

[@Raggmopp-xl7yf]

@@soteed I suggest you THINK about your question.....

[@Raggmopp-xl7yf]

I wholeheartedly agree! Our schools have FAILED!

[@nbenefiel]

@@Raggmopp-xl7yfhy wouldn’t they fail? We haven’t put anything into education for decades. Our schools do not have enough desks, books, computers. The number of kids entering university has decreased 20% in the past 20 years. We do not have enough teachers, doctors, nurses, engineers.

[@nbenefiel]

Who s buried in Grant’s tomb?

[@seldakaya0414]

I just love he always reacts with a happy „YAAASS!!“ just to every terrifying dumb answer…. 😅

[@so_monika6743]

A close friend of mine used to work as a substitute teacher in schools in the Boston area. I remember him telling me about a girl who would curl up on her desk to sleep every day, paying no attention whatsoever to the teacher. It turned out that her mother was forced to work as a prostitute by her partner and that school was this little girl's safe place where she could sleep, but only five days a week.

[@lockedinreason]

OMG I nearly wet myself looking at Ryan's expressions of disbelief and exasperation lol

[@schroedingers_kotze]

I love how the interviewer always confirms "Yes!" to the answers.

[@sharnisteel]

That just pisses me off, why leave them thinking they know the right answer, why not tell them the correct answer

[@JeusAlprime108]

​@@sharnisteel May be because US respect human right in believing what BS they want? Even if in the most ridicule way possible.

[@izeculd8828]

Because he need content, and if he d ridicule them or make them feel dumb they d stop 2 questions in and be pissed.

[@MsMiklosa]

Love it! We Europeans feel so wise watching it 😂😅

[@v.r.2834]

We are in compare -Einsteins 😂

[@Ramotttholl]

And then realize in your average school we dont even learn the complicated math like algi. In europe and i think they try pushing that down americas throats.

[@MsMiklosa]

@@Ramotttholl It certainly may be so … I had to learn it. However I must I don’t remember much… We even some geology in geography lessons. I don’t remember a thing..Admittedly it was hundert years ago. My children had half of it at school. Yet they could answer all questions here. Needless to add that most questions provided answers anyway. B/b I met people who can’t read maps ! But let us keep it among us :))

[@maureenharris6669]

So do mos!t Americans

[@mel3687]

Really? Because there are similar videos of UK and French citizens that I've seen here on KZbin...

[@richardesh7342]

Now we know why he agrees their answers are correct. Even when he tells them the answer they don't believe him.

[@hassanrazakhan9645]

No it's cause it's more entertaining

[@corjp]

🤣🤣 Yo Ryan.... you are very inventive in finding explanations for the dumbness of your fellow countrymen.... I LIKE IT 👍👍

[@Lokahi-fo-life]

I nephew just turned 7, I know he knew most of these when he was 5. His parents read to him, but don’t force stuff on him. When he likes something he will immerse himself into it. Since seeing Top Gun, he’s into military and jets especially. I remember when he was almost 4 he read a store front sign out loud. His dad said what, what are talking about? He replied it says it right there. You can read that? He said, Yes, why? His dad was shocked.

[@zvxcvxcz]

My nephew is 2 and is telling me about cranes, excavators, bulldozers, and all sorts of other construction equipment. He got super into trucks, probably in part because they're still putting up new homes in their neighborhood. We're lucky to have smart relatives. Life with stupid people is hell.

[@witthyhumpleton3514]

I swear I was going mad for a second. I was listening to the video and at 14:08 I thought "Oh easy, that's 100.", then I hear Ryan go into his Spiel about it obviously not being a hundred. I really needed to go back and realise that the video says 77 + 33 while he says 77 + 23. I swear to god I thought I suddenly had lost the ability to do math for a second.

[@continental_drift]

Caught me like that too.

[@12leverkusen]

you are absolutely right, it says 73 + 23. Ryan Wuzer is wrong

[@elemar5]

The guy in the video says 77+23, subtitles confirm this.

[@continental_drift]

@@elemar5 That's right. and the video show 33.

[@zenonorth1193]

Yes - I didn't even get to "Ryan's Spiel" because I was sure the questioner said "23" and that's what the closed captions said as well, but the number on-screen in the vid was 33. Hd to go back and check.

[@ladychrysta1]

People becoming American citizens have to know these answers in order to become American citizens. Maybe it's time to make all graduating high schoolers take the same test. Our youth is beyond stupid. My kids are 16 and 13, they knew every answer. Darn my forehead hurts from all the stupidity I just watched.

[@chronic2023]

A third grader should be able to answer these!

[@albertlugosi]

I love how this guy agrees with them all. He tells himself, "No need to argue with idiots or the radio." And he's right!

[@BrianM0OAB]

That's some of the funniest shit I've ever seen, saddest part is that's the future for America, as Al Murray once said, 1776 was a lucky escape for us Brits.

[@judithoberpaul509]

😄😄😄👍

[@gdok6088]

I'm beginning to think you might be right!

[@goytabr]

No, not 1776, B.C.!

[@BrianM0OAB]

@@goytabr ????? B.C. where in my comment is that ?????

[@goytabr]

@@BrianM0OAB, you didn't watch the full video, did you? If you did, you'd understand my irony.

[@jayedeebriggs9880]

This is rediculous but I have to say that having grandkids, I'm realising that the schools in Adelaide, South Australia are getting just as bad. My grandkids, the younger ones still don't know the basics. It's crazy. I'm starting to think that the government wants our children to stay stupid so they are more controllable. (Just a bit of conspiracy theory there)

[@OverReaperCh]

At this point it might not even be conspiracy European here.

[@NoBodysWife]

That conspiracy is ringing true here in the US.

[@hec231]

I don’t see it as a conspiracy anymore. The results are there. Ironically, just look at how many people buy into conspiracy theories (ex. Flat Earth) without a second thought, and have no issues distrusting and discrediting science, medicine, etc.

[@bentzenfabio]

Agree with you ignorance is designed by the government they know that knowledge is POWER....😉

[@Taurcan]

@@bentzenfabio In a country of blind people, the one person who is sighted is King. Knowledge is power, ignorace creates slavery. Thus the dumbing down of society.

[@bugleboy4527]

Shockingly depressing and I'm not American.

[@Maureen-g2c]

I cry for the people answering the questions, but Ryan, your response makes me laugh.

[@tiaelina1090]

Your facial expressions had me cracking up. The only question I didn’t know was the Vice President because I live in Australia. That was truly sad and depressing.

[@louiserawle8999]

The Vice President is the Laughing Hyena..Kamala Harris..

[@rudystarosta]

It’s always good to know who potentially the most powerful papers on in the world is.

[@louiserawle8999]

@@Lewtable oh okay ,thanks

[@bcdjrise]

So, you knew all almost all answers ! How about this! How many Moons can you see from Australia a quarter to midnight !?? ! :))

[@davidpatrick2163]

@@bcdjrise Well, duh! I thought everyone knew that all 24 moons are in the Northern Hemisphere and, thus, not visible in Australia. The answer is "none".

[@sajovc1]

I'm from Europe, not to brag, but this is elementary school knowledge, and in my country, probably all of Europe It's not embarrassing, it's catastrophic I apologize for the inconvenience

[@Ana-bw7gm]

We had limited toys growing up but we played chess and games such as choosing a letter and than recording countries, capital cities, rivers, mountains etc. and for each answer getting points. If somebody else had the same answer their points were halved and if someone didn't know answers didn't get any points. The winner was the one with most of the points. That was before we started school.

[@RosieandFriends1]

In the 80s and 90s this was taught in America too.

[@christianherzig1575]

Yes, I also learnt that the Queen of England is Queen of Canada. And I was also puzzled by the question "what is a country" when referring to the UK - specially as a football fan.

[@samsonian9468]

The American education system is a sham. I was a middle school librarian (6th-8th grade) and I had several teachers tell me that their students were reading at second and third grade levels. These kids are advancing grades without knowing how to read or write properly.

[@RosieandFriends1]

@@samsonian9468 I’m a behavior therapist and in the schools that I have worked in most of the kids are far below grade level. They also only have math and reading. They don’t do history, science or spelling. It’s shocking. The kids don’t have any homework and they barely do any class work. It’s a joke. When I was in school we have homework every night. We worked all day in class. If you didn’t perform you got held back.

[@axiana]

You know what I think is weird, I am in the UK and was taught how to read information in different ways ie. The clock said 1:50, also known as 10 to 2, also known as 01:50 or 13:50. If I say anything other that 1:50 (am or pm) to a US citizen they will generally not understand. We were also taught metric and imperial measurement and can flick between them depending on the situation.

[@john26874]

As a fellow Brit, my Instant answer was "10 to 2" as well.

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

the two that 'get' me are the 1776 founding date and also the "what's 15% of 100?" - it's no wonder so many people get conned when shopping. As a 60+ y.o. Brit, I can still do mental arithmetic , date & time and convert old imperial into metric. (SI since 1969 Beta Maths)

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

Me too! Don't forget Roman numerals too! 😁 If they can't tell the time, as in knowing how to "read" it no matter what format....then they have no concept of time passing either...? They must have to set 50 alarms a day to remind them to do things or be somewhere at a set time! 😳 What a way to live! Fellow Brit, coming up 53 and have brain fog...and still capable of thought process better than they are! They didn't even know how to understand each question let alone think of an answer! I'd have to emigrate if they were my kid! They'd come home and find me and my stuff GONE! 🏃‍♀️

[@augustusquindecimus1855]

Fully agree, same here in Germany. My first though was "10 to 2", too.

[@robopecha]

its like they are not able to understand the questions. like they are just not used to thinking that way. like humans who just survived for 20+ years but got no input. like people who grew up in isolation or something. like nobody talked to them when they were children. you cannot just put them in a school and expect them to learn things like "normal" kids. they need to be picked up where they actually are. they need someone to play toddler games with them and take them seriously and go from there. forreal.

[@gdok6088]

Mind boggling. Your facial expressions at times were priceless Ryan! 😂 it would be interesting to see how gen z kids in the UK would do with these questions.

[@jessrigg538]

I’m pretty sure gen Z kids in the UK would do much better than this. Even on the questions about America. As a Brit myself, it’s sad that I know more about America than some of the people who actually live there!

[@gdok6088]

@@jessrigg538 That is my sense too. Perhaps we should appreciate the UK education system more. A lot of young kids in the UK seem to be smart, have good general knowledge and impressive skills in analytical thinking. I can't imagine any of them being unable to tell the time!

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@gdok6088 Agreed. And that's despite our recognition of UK education being dumbed down considerably.