The 10 DUMBEST STATES in AMERICA

[@NickJohnson]

Here is my entire playlist about the United States: kzbin.info/aero/PLq-_cmf3H6yoRYg-ZZSFNFo4dBKxg85JC

[@batiyah3166]

President Lincoln didn't go to high school

[@Wind-oh-Wishp]

@@batiyah3166 He did, and he was a lawyer.

[@billturner8377]

Is he the guy who walked 5 miles to school in the snow and then 5 miles back home\ Wow😮

[@allen1755]

oklahoma how you miss

[@isabelledupond1660]

To be educated and to be intelligent are two different things!

[@elizabeth3653]

Yeah

[@kellyjohnson9394]

How would you know. The ‘yahoo’s’ in Mississippi are neither educated or intelligent.

[@dawnkirk4175]

I completely agree. People forget that common sense is a form of intelligence

[@michaele1278]

Exactly!!

[@sabinadonofrio8863]

Yes, but, it's so rewarding to make that walk and feel that it's an accomplishment....even if it is just a community college. Most kids can do that much. If they really wanted to... Heck, I did it with two kids and two jobs. To see the look of pride in my kids eyes made it all worth it. And it did make it a tiny bit easier to get a job. A wee bit. But you can't ever forget how proud you make your family. I'm an immigrant and my cousin later told me how my dad was over the moon, tears in his eyes, that at least one kid made it. He never told me. Years later, I found out he finished paying my condo. Totally unexpected. Wow but that made the other kids green eyed monsters. That's how I found out I had dumbasses for siblings....who knew????

[@Anthony.laurenceau]

You should have renamed it states with the worst education system.

[@austina.duncan1900]

He sounded like he ewes just being an asshole saying that they are dumb.

[@FixNewsPlease]

Pretty hard to keep a business rolling with no customers lol

[@ilovegod7927]

Thought that make better sense

[@arkie74]

just because you don't have a high school diploma, doesn't mean you are stupid. I have seen lots of "educated" people do some pretty STUPID shit..... at least you did mention califonia....lol you want to see the true meaning of stupid, go there for about 5 days.....you probably won't go back. with all the homeless shitting in the streets and all....

[@tommytruth7595]

All public schools in the big cities are horrible today.

[@jacobdenton3671]

A lot of kids I know in Texas aren’t going to college because they can’t afford and go into trades instead which, in my opinion, is a smarter option

[@stephenryder1995]

yeah, that's what everyone says who can't pass a literacy test

[@albuquerquepioy7071]

It's better than becoming a criminal.

[@jodycochrane888]

@@stephenryder1995 you earn bigger money with a trade and can retire earlier and move to a better 1st world country that has free health care if anything bad happens to you or your family. So there's that.

[@stephenryder1995]

@@jodycochrane888 what an idiotic statement

[@jodycochrane888]

@@stephenryder1995 it's true tho. But yeah, "college proves intelligence" as you'd say, sir🙄✋

[@NickJohnson]

Please subscribe to my new channel here: kzbin.info/door/aaUXch8Wm42KSdYh6p8ffA I'll be doing almost all new content on this new channel, Planet Snacks. If you love my channel, you'll love the new one more. Promise :)

[@heraldomedrano6993]

Do most weird.

[@joycehopper8154]

Education does not determine intelligence.

[@meachster4316]

I’m only able to Iike your comment once!

[@trevoreisberg9774]

Sugar doesn't include being fat. Jesus doesn't include being Christian. Right?

[@lr2ldn]

Let me guess....you're from one of these backwards ass states.

[@koalaslamber1484]

On the move your a poopy face

[@jerseyfreshjerry]

@@koalaslamber1484 liking for use of the term 'poopy face'.

[@smokeymayrand4757]

Alabama's a smart state it has 4 a's and a b

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

LOL

[@trevortat]

Haha. Good one!!!

[@christophermichael5764]

i admit. THAT was clever!

[@giancarlo_music]

Omg....

[@tonisims370]

Well there you go!😃😃🤣😂

[@rogeryow2804]

This made me dumber for listening. I quit the tenth grade. Passed my GED, went into the military and testing top 90 percent at the age of 17. Then after that became an aircraft Toolmaker and stuck in the engineering of an aircraft turbine manufacturing company with really stupid engineers, industrial machinist and I can build an aircraft. Stupid is as stupid does.

[@eyekissass]

"top 90 percent" means only 10 percent are dumber than you

[@leegraves8878]

@@eyekissass No genius it means only ten percent tested better than him. That means only ten percent of the people in his age group that took the test, tested better than him i/e smarter.

[@santacruiser2214]

Lyn’s correct. He might’ve meant top 10 percent, but the top 90% would be a D at best. also r/iamverysmart for the commenter

[@timjim875]

@@santacruiser2214 it sounds like BS to me, I agree ☝️ it should be testing in the top 10% in the country why would it be top 90% who says that !

[@timjim875]

@Dan Jackson I think the figures are very misleading like in Ireland education is free plus the government pays you like €220 to go to college if your an Irish citizen so we have a high number of college graduates but In American people are like $80,000 in student debt 💸

[@WendySchroederDenverCo]

I'm sixty-three years old and had older southern parents. My dad is from Mississippi and he told me about the dinner/supper difference in the south. I have issues with the south myself but let's not perpetuate stereotypes. Neither of my parents went to high school but reading was important. We passed books around. Bestsellers and classics. We are too divided in this country and we need to find common ground and become united again as in the United States.

[@stephenryder1995]

Yup! We older folks know what the problem is Wendy

[@stephenryder1995]

they perpetuate their own stereotypes by virtue of their lop-eared, toothless offspring

[@tatert0tter347]

Yeah but they don’t wanna talk about the dumbasses in California smh

[@Wilett614]

You are 100% Correct , Thank You for Commenting . WE NEED Unification NOT Division

[@stanfen]

@@Wilett614 we are unified in stupidity.

[@timothywilliams1359]

I've been a university professor for over 30 years, I'm a retired reserve military officer, a speaker of several languages, I hold five college degrees, I'm internationally published and widely traveled. And I think this survey is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.The bias in favor of those who hold university degrees is especially laughable. Some of the least intelligent and most poorly educated people I have ever met are in universities, and the average college student today is barely literate.

[@cjchonkoable]

Timothy Williams My observations as well sir! Have a happy new year!

[@timothywilliams1359]

@@stevefischer9336 I currently teach at a small Catholic university in Ohio. I taught previously at the University of Kansas, and at the Université de Bordeaux III (France). I have also written courses for the Army War College, and worked for six years as an interpreter and advisor for the U.S. Agency for International Development. This video is the product of a smug little millennial who knows nothing of the world. He parrots the infantile prejudices of today's lazy college student. By the way, do you actually KNOW anything about the faculty at the University of Mississippi? I would advise you to check out their credentials, but I doubt you have the expertise to understand what you would discover.

[@timothywilliams1359]

@@cjchonkoable Likewise, Mr. Chonko

[@Rangerness]

I wouldn't say the stupidest people are in college but I would say that group has the highest gap between self perceived smartness and actual smartness.

[@timothywilliams1359]

@@Rangerness Very well stated. I agree. That is what makes university communities generally so insufferable.

[@justsaying3594]

I have two degrees and the smartest person I ever knew was my father. He had a 10th grade education. He also built two of the tallest skyscrapers in our city. The smartest person he ever knew was his father who quit school in grade six. He also owned two patents, built virtually everything he owned by hand, and was the wealthiest farmer in his community. Education isn't the truest measure of intelligence.

[@judgemanamacarsanar3626]

exactly. Sure I’m in 4th grade, but all of pi I know is 3.141592653587979987566 (the last seven I think are maybe wrong.) Besides, this guy made multiple grammar mistakes. Maybe we should pick on him. Education isn’t intellingence.

[@rainy.d7404]

Hmm where is Australia? 😂

[@justsaying3594]

@@rainy.d7404 North west of New Zealand or due south of Papua New Guinea which is due south of Japan

[@judgemanamacarsanar3626]

@@rainy.d7404 just stop

[@judgemanamacarsanar3626]

The guy who made the video

[@rustymizell3122]

I had a Grandfather who did not go to school past the third grade. No he wasn't too much tech savvy, but he could build ANYTHING. He also owned multiple successful businesses. Two of the businesses he founded were sold to people who had business degrees from major universities (which this guy seems to think is what makes someone "smart"). The businesses were very profitable when my grandfather sold them, but both were completely bankrupt within 3 years of being sold. My grandfather bought both back for pennies on the dollar, and had both back to were they were before they were sold. Guess those degrees weren't as grand as people think. Besides public schools in the United States of America have nothing to do with education. Public schools in this nation are more about teaching kids to be obedient and learning to conduct their days the way they will once joining the workforce.

[@harrymcnicholas9468]

right.

[@boughtbot2639]

It's a different time now man.

[@nikolaospeterson2495]

Most primary schools are really naught but indoctrination centres! To brainwash their youth that Casino Corporate Capitalism is the answer to everything in life! This is why the arts in American schools and history (international) has been so rated at the bottom of the surveys! If one wants REAL education, GET OUT of Trumpland! Just one more thing, American so-called 'education' has evicted basic social studies and worse, basic social skills (look at the social isolationism in America and you shall see why). Pathetic!

[@harrymcnicholas9468]

Yes and without a formal education and a good one, you will be between a rock and a hard place. Competing for the diminishing number of jobs not requiring a college degree. AI and robotics are killing those jobs.

[@rustymizell3122]

@KCWoolsey I have to disagree with you on that. Actually a lot of people don't pursue education because they are going to work to better themselves or their situation. Plus nothing in this video mentioned a single word about the people who went to a trade school or program.

[@peng109]

I worked with college graduates and people with only a high school diploma. From my experience it all comes down to the individual, not their education.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

The smartest folks I have ever crossed are Old Farmers with 8th grade education...You cant beat the knowledge and wisdom in old farmer/ranchers...A young urbanite with a masters degree would not know where to even start...

[@thepoliticalapple5145]

@@davehughesfarm7983 lol your funny

[@davehughesfarm7983]

@@thepoliticalapple5145 Its true..

[@thepoliticalapple5145]

@@davehughesfarm7983 daddy

[@davehughesfarm7983]

@@thepoliticalapple5145 Billy Bobby Nickel

[@karensheline5183]

Calling lunch dinner and dinner supper, is not dumb...it’s old fashioned.

[@tucsonresident9153]

I say lunch and supper. It's a regional thing.

[@georgeboyer8158]

Karen Sheline AMEN SISTER!! from an old Missouri farm boy.

[@coolbreeze2773]

No actually calling lunch dinner and dinner supper is good ol ASS BACKWARDS

[@kimberlybarker1771]

My grandparents who lived in SW Virginia used to say this. Lunch, no...it's dinner! Dinner? Don't you mean supper?

[@peggycreek449]

Karen Sheline right. I call it lunch & dinner

[@karlaallen2971]

Kentucky--- why we have McConnell hmmm

[@Mocky035]

I was confused when I read this since my last name is McConnell lmao

[@elfofcourage]

He’ll be a perm in ant black eye on the state. Sad.

[@seasnakes6337]

california we have Newsom and Pelosi🤣😂😁😂🤣😁

[@JOECANDELA22]

@Hawkeye Pierce you actually said California and smart in the same sentence, Congrats, YOUR dumb! P.S. Im an independent not a Republican and if you can't even recognize that all of the idiots (Pelosi, Newsome, etc) that are causing people to leave your state are idiots. I feel sorry for you. Slamming the GOP doesn't make you or California smarter, it just shows how deluded you are about how far into the crapper your state has gone and is continuing to go.

[@Wilett614]

Because Everyone who voted for him is Too Ignorant to know better .

[@thisworldisnuts]

Death valley is in California not Nevaduh....it borders Nevada. I'm from Illinois and know this.

[@mikebiro3148]

I grew up in Waterloo Illinois, we were given a great education back in the 80s and 90s. 😁

[@bevdavis4148]

Ty

[@jusmax374]

Cindy Agidius I’m from Canada and Ik that

[@knndrick]

I live in Springfield

[@KitsugaVT]

Im from NY and I knew that too

[@harmoniousranger6815]

You lost all credibility when you said Death Valley is in Nevada.

[@londonwatson7342]

He basically proved the point of all the comments that education doesn't automatically make you smart lmao

[@williamarnn5240]

And when he showed Jack Nicklaus from Arkansas.

[@Miumiumiumiumiumiumiumi]

You must be a Californian. They think they own everything. In actual, you are only partially correct as part of Death Valley is in Nevada, just like Lake Tahoe. :)

[@cccubed8901]

Naw--he lost all credibility when he said "less" when he should have said "fewer."

[@alphen9487]

@@Miumiumiumiumiumiumiumi you must be from Nevada. Mad that the only thing your state has is Las Vegas

[@JESUSisLORD24151]

I haven't watched the video yet but I guarantee Tennessee is there.

[@tayaford3161]

you was correct

[@chattipapam5211]

Same, just checking for Georgia...lol

[@ericberry3667]

They really are good though. Don’t sleep

[@nomiddlenamenmn427]

Alabama has to be. Horrible educational system. Third world poverty.

[@artgodbout6582]

I’m from New England - twice during this video, you used the term “less” when the correct term was “fewer”. You get an “F” in grammar.

[@artgodbout6582]

Jamie Nelson I am glad you know all those things, or at least claim to know them. My point in responding to you initially, was to say that before you criticize something, or someone, you should try to remember that “people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”. I’m not perfect, no one is. Yes, I can point out countries on a map, but I do not care to believe everything I might read online unless I check it for veracity.

[@arthurpapikyan4283]

Tea Infinity you mean Iran attacked US and US retaliated snd invaded Iran?

[@bljgaming86]

@@arthurpapikyan4283 and not snd

[@tigerseye99p]

He meant to use improper grammer.

[@bljgaming86]

@@tigerseye99p 😂😂😂

[@Mercurychyld1]

Lol! Oh my goodness, not only do I love your videos for all the great and terrible places you show us, but you also crack me up! I ALWAYS need that, especially these days. Thank you for that…too funny. 😄🤣😆👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🌹

[@sugareehoughtaling9374]

I'm from and live in WV. I went to college and graduated. The reason that there aren't more college graduates is that unless you're in medical, law enforcement, or industrial then you have to leave the state to find a job.

[@NickJohnson]

Makes sense!

[@stephenryder1995]

"Sugaree" huh. One of the aristocrats from the WV Houghtslings I presume...

[@stephenryder1995]

So be s-m-a-r-t: leave

[@benalexander9523]

my half brother and mother were from west by god virginia . until she found out she was her own grandma

[@Elizabeth-tb5wh]

I’m from West Virginia as well. Never knew anyone who married a relative, everyone I know has great teeth, and every one of my family have gone to and graduated from college. These videos are done by people who know nothing about the states they are criticizing.

[@kreiner1]

wow I'm so proud of Oklahoma we did not even make the list

[@vriankhanin1671]

Oklahoma was #11.

[@JamesCarter-ii4up]

lol I came in to Check out How Oklahoma Scored...🤔🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@jousemartinez1106]

This is wrong Oklahoma should be at the top of the list

[@josephglasscock8064]

Oklahoma ain’t dumb. Look at are economy for being a middle of nowhere state that no one wants to come to. We make the most of being nowhere. Pretty smart if ya ask me.

[@hubhub27]

It's plenty of dumbasses there though

[@mairinsea8032]

Smart enough not to be a part of the student debt crisis.

[@NickJohnson]

for reals i need to update this.

[@stephenryder1995]

Yeah, God forbid you invest in your future!

[@hirambright9357]

Not everyone who graduates does it with debt. Not everyone who has college debt can't pay it

[@STICKITINYOUREAR]

@@hirambright9357 -What does dept stand for ?

[@restitutororbis5928]

@@hirambright9357 yeah but people with political science, women’s or gender studies won’t... and if they don’t have something, you better pay real fast

[@Bain2091]

I watch your videos for the message at the end. While waiting for it, I learn and become entertained simultaneously. It's a win win. Helps me get through to the next day for I watch before I sleep. Keep it up man. Saved my skin one terrible night. Much love bro.

[@peacephan2974]

This guy simply called out conservative and sounthern states.

[@michaelpomales8021]

Peace Potentate thing is, he’s not wrong, and it also might be coincidence that the smartest states tend to be left leaning, not trying to be partisan but I’m just sayint

[@Deborahtunes]

Well not all the states on here are conservative: New Mexico Nevada... But I knew what to expect. He's pretty liberal leaning...

[@Deborahtunes]

@Austin Statin ~ I realize that. But since it usually goes to a democrat, I disagree with it...

[@Deborahtunes]

@Austin Statin ~ Well if you think about it, almost all these liberal states started out conservative. It's only been since the drug culture of the 1960's that everything started to change. But in the last 25 years, it's become catastrophic...

[@Deborahtunes]

@Austin Statin ~ My point is, liberals have changed those states, and that's why they are no longer conservative. And Texas is still a conservative state, thus far. Your the one who brought up that Nevada was once conservative. I'm just saying the reason why it isn't now...

[@phollero]

Your sarcastic commentary is too funny.

[@jackhproductions]

1:50-1:54, Sandy Cheeks: “What did you say?!” Patrick Star: “Should I start running now?”

[@lylecosmopolite]

Mississippi produced the greatest American novelist of all time. He won the Nobel Lit Prize when he was merely 52 years old. He dropped out of college after his freshman year. His name was William Faulkner, and his fiction is often a dystopian nightmare.

[@carlosherring7577]

Hey!!!! Fried green tomatoes are delicious. Don't knock them til you try them

[@NickJohnson]

I know it was jokes carlos

[@carlosherring7577]

LOVE fried green tomatoes

[@E3ECO]

You could fry cardboard and it would taste good. What are the tomatoes like on their own?

[@waltershumate5777]

If you cook them wrong they can be made hideous. And Yep, I learned that the hard way! Then here they thought y'all was dumb !!

[@sxshigaming4342]

Yeah

[@jackrobertson328]

I have visited all these states except New Mexico and Nevada. Although I am a foreigner and speak English with an accent, I have always been treated with the utmost courtesy in any of the southern states that I have visited. Southerners are generally courteous and helpful. It's a shame that those qualities are in such short supply in any of the "smart" states. Give me the south any day.

[@さとみあかり-n1k]

@Alexei Yaroslavich I agree. I’ve traveled to a few Southern states and the kindness and help I’ve gotten there was truly amazing. But if I went to states said to be ‘smarter than most other states’ and experienced a lack of what I’d received in the South.

[@ThomasShelby-xz2fk]

Totally disagree

[@nwakava9558]

Yes. As an immigrant from the South Pacific islands, 1988, I agree rural south are some of the kindest people. Let me also add "smartest".

[@allisonlew4508]

You must appear to be White.

[@efandmk3382]

You can have it!

[@darlingpeach6259]

The man who invented Hot cheetos is a multi-millionaire he dropped out of school when he was in 4th grade and later in life worked as a janitor for frito lay he had the idea of chili in cheetos he made a deal and now is a multi-millionaire who is so wise He said "Children are born geniuses it's the world that dumbs them down"

[@lovelylino2570]

HOT! CHEETOS! what a damn hero, someone give him a pulitzer prize.

[@johnsullivan2412]

So you don't need a college degree if you are going to invent a spicy junk food. Sounds like a winning plan.

[@thatgui88]

Look up Alex Sanchez similar story and he is hispanic

[@Armando.Sepulveda]

If California split up into 2 separate states: Northern California and Southern California, Southern California would make the list! Lol 😂

[@stephenryder1995]

so true

[@danmartin6225]

hater that is where the money and fun is at, north is nice for camping, that'sit

[@muccigane2351]

@@danmartin6225 but he isn’t talking about money, he’s saying that the intelligence of people in So-Cal is lower than their counterparts in Nor Cal. And if you want to bring money into it, Nor Cal is ahead in that department, due to Silicon Valley and the medical institutes. The demand to live in Nor Cal is incredibly high.

[@julianbautista9539]

No it wouldn't. Alabama-boy

[@haleyb.1341]

@OSU. 1 .BETTA. Oh the irony. This comment reflects your personal intellect.

[@1royathrone1]

Make a video of the 10 most federal welfare dependent states.

[@davewade2041]

Those would be the MAGAT states. It's already been researched.

[@harrymcnicholas9468]

Not needed look at the dumb states.

[@Evbddgegeh]

I'm bathing race will be of value in your ideology but I want to know also

[@harrymcnicholas9468]

I am trying to understand your attempt at English. Write your comment againl

[@UncleAaron2007]

@@davewade2041 Nope. Your welfare recipients love Democrats, the party of enslavement!

[@diva70smusic]

I am a college graduate who values higher education as the road I chose to determine my career. However, college is not for everybody nor does everyone wants to go. Some of the smartest people in my life never went to college or finished high school. It is just a snobby way of calling people blue collar workers versus white collar. A person's worth, character or value is not measured by a degree. I know farmers with degrees. I know CEOs who never went to college. What a slap in the face to call the people of these states dumb because of the educational system. I think as a whole the US systems stinks regardless of where you live. We need to improve our public schools and make them safe for our children. College prep and vocational classes need to offered. Our students need choices to help them become well rounded adults. We need doctors, auto mechanics, teachers, and HVAC tech's, etc. Every job after high school does not need a college degree. Our children need better opportunities and choices to make it regardless of what path they choose.

[@apophisxo4480]

I'm just glad Georgia didn't make this list. I was starting to sweat a bit...

[@senecagunz9464]

Lol I am truly surprised

[@marklouis1890]

That or Arizona

[@AlterMythic]

Apophis XO it’s probably number 11 let’s be honest here or at-least the Carolinas

[@meetmeatmidn1ght]

Apophis XO Georgia would be on here

[@Jacobontopfr]

SAME. I WAS BORN IN GEORGIA TOO But there are lots of dumb people in elementary schools in georgia though

[@samchanel96]

When you realize that Lil Wayne was an honor student throughout high school🥴

[@ashley9786]

They always stereotype a black person as uneducated and ghetto

[@TheMilpitasguy]

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

[@kerbalscuffedprogram4705]

Don’t underestimate people

[@ashley9786]

@Estela Lopez ok that doesn't make him dumb

[@ashley9786]

@@Zay-lh4om it's sad and u got some black folks that be playing into these stereotypes

[@maxwellroxy3184]

Some of the stupidest people I have ever met had college degrees and some of the smartest people, with down to earth common sense (like my father) are the smartest!

[@debranolan1155]

Fried tomatoes are very good!! Try them before you put them down!!

[@robinheuver1915]

I've tried them one. Ax friend made some for me. Not bad but a little sour

[@JusticeShldRule]

@@robinheuver1915 If the tomatoes have just the slight yellow tinge to them they won't be sour or bitter.

[@dsmith9964]

Fried green tomatoes go quite well with catfish and hush puppies!

[@mattlewis5232]

I'm from the Mid-west and we ate em all the time so it's definitely not just an Alabama thing.

[@gildaprovenzano2787]

Debra Nolan So good!!

[@davidhannam2435]

This made me laugh! What does this say about the American education system? I am American, and consider myself lucky to have been educated outside the United States. I've recently travelled, and driven through all of these mentioned states, and 14 more. I cannot believe that California and Florida did not make into the top 10 of this list. I met very many nice people on this trip. Twice this happened, once in Louisiana, and once in Alabama, that some some nice, friendly person spied my British Columbia licence plate, then assumed I was from Colombia. While at a fast food restaurant in Arizona, when I saw that the change I was about to receive was 24 cents, I gave the young man at the till a penny. This greatly confused him. He took the penny, then handed me 2 dimes, and 4 pennies. I then politely explained to him, that the reason I had given him a penny was because, I wanted a quarter, and gave him back the 24 cents. Now this really confused him even more, but slowly he did the math, 24 + 1 = 25. After a few moments I got my quarter, for which I thanked him.

[@Lisa59]

Hi Nick and Mappy. Although I really enjoy your videos I offer a caveat. I wouldn’t use lack of college degrees as a indicator of stupidity. For instance my son didn’t go to college but went into HVAC instead. So he immediately got a job which is something some to many college grads couldn’t achieve. He’s extremely smart and skilled in so many handiwork areas. Plus I’ve met quite a few college grads who are idiots

[@NickJohnson]

lisa you are RIGHT. ive thought about that since I made this video and i totally agree with you :)

[@laurieevans2325]

👏👏👏

[@laurieevans2325]

My husband has a GED education and makes 100,000+ a year

[@Lisa59]

@@laurieevans2325 That's pretty cool. Wjat does he do for a living?

[@IVANHOECHAPUT]

I never graduated from high school. However... 1. I went to high school in Mississippi and had some really great teachers. Provine High School in Jackson Mississippi, which I attended, had one of the highest average SAT scores in the country! I also went to school in Ohio, Arizona and California. From my personal observation, California not only had the dumbest teachers, but the lowest form of education. Where I was doing algebra in the 5th grade in Ohio with fantastic teachers, the kids in California were still adding rows of two-digit numbers in the 8th grade. 2. I have 18 patents and ran my own high tech engineering firm for 38 years before retiring a multi-millionaire at 71 years old. The only reason I didn't retire earlier was because I loved what I did. I also married a fantastic wife that also hated school who invested our money very wisely. 3. I was tested three different times to have a genius IQ. So, rating a state by the number of people that graduated, or went to college may not provide worthwhile, useful data on any "dumbness" scale. There are many youths that have brilliant minds who's teachers either bored them or they dwarfed them with their grasp on life. 4. I'm an author with 5 books on Amazon and other venues. I also write my own patents and patents for other people. And 5, but not least! Because some people were not born as fortunate to have a certain mental capacity, does not diminish their value on the planet. I believe that one must evaluate people on some scale from intelligent to dumb based on intent from benevolent to malicious, nice to not so nice. Yes, I've had some of the nicest people working for me that could hardly spell their name and fired some of the orneriest smart people that I could have made a lot of money from. How about doing a video on the states that have the greatest number of issued patents, or the largest number of highly successful entrepreneurs - where they grew up and went to school? Maybe a mathematical ratio of dropouts from high school or college to the number of high school or college graduates by actual income when they reached their 30's or older? I know many college graduates, some with Phd's that haven't amounted to much more than an average income and a bitter existence, blaming everything wrong about their lives except themselves. Isn't income and happiness a better gauge by which success (maybe even dumb-assness) is measured anyway?

[@mandymoore5774]

& clearly you weren’t taught the meaning behind keeping something short & sweet!

[@MrEnoBeano]

Look at the people they elect to run their government.

[@elizabeth3653]

Lol

[@jeremyredandblueify]

Texas some of top ranked high schools and research facilities in the country. NASA is also in Houston.

[@alvingaupo6688]

Me:So you say Texas is dumb Sandy:So your saying my state is dumb

[@stanfen]

I call dumb being educated, grown and can't take care of yourself ..

[@stephenryder1995]

It's "Cain't" Cowboy - Cain't take care of yerself!

[@stanfen]

@@stephenryder1995 wot r u babling about little fellow?

[@stephenryder1995]

@@stanfen I'm 267 pounds - you illiterate pipsqueak

[@stanfen]

@@stephenryder1995 Yep , educated on back of hay truck and in the oilfield.. was thinking you was a kid with nothing better to do are add then a sentence structure lesson because couldn't understnd content of a statement. Now I know it's because you're fat nasty and pissed because (can't) was own ass..

[@vanessaflynn8447]

They say Great Minds think alike.

[@babymaomedia]

I’m surprised Florida didn’t make the list.

[@jessicaely2521]

Florida school system is really good. There are areas that are bad just like any other state, but overall they have a good education system. Florida is 3rd when it comes to students scoring high on AP (Advanced Placement) tests. Massachusetts was first, Connecticut was 2nd, Florida was 3rd.

[@user-pv7vc9kp9k]

It's just the memes 😭

[@tinabrown9021]

same

[@jimarcher5255]

I worked in construction in Florida for 3 years and if my workers are reflective of Florida, they were interested in two things dope and the beach.

[@robertgoodale7204]

Neva-Duh? Well... Death valley is in California, NOT in Nevada.

[@robertc7896]

Ironic ...

[@kvmairforce]

Well part of it is in Nevada.

[@WEMunson]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@efandmk3382]

Actually, I think it starts in Nevaduh.

[@ecurewitz]

actually, a small corner of the park is in Nevada . But it is mostly in California

[@rdleahey]

I thought this was a TRAVEL show, but it is now a comedy channel. LAMO! So funny!

[@samuraisaxon6800]

I honestly blame our public education system. When you compare it to other sophisticated first world countries it’s really bad

[@miyubail]

I once worked with an university graduated RN who never heard of aurora borealis. Also met quite a few college graduates who lacked simple common sense. So, education does not always equal intelligence.

[@putikboy]

There is a phenomenon in the US where the more schooling you have the dumber you get. The ones who dropped out of high are probably the smarter ones.

[@efandmk3382]

People who are educated can often talk above the heads of the uneducated, and therefore, sound dumb to the dummies.

[@darksoul479]

Smart people don't bury themselves in student loans and then find out that they can't even get a job.

[@NickJohnson]

yes

[@zxbzxb]

true that

[@bigken5032]

That's the truth.

[@patriley9449]

Death Valley is in California, not Nevada.

[@tucsonresident9153]

It straddles both states. Are you from Mississippi?

[@alphen9487]

@@tucsonresident9153 only a small portion is in nevada

[@edwing8957]

Our 15 man Commo section in the army had 4 guys from W. VA. - They didn't pretend to be something they were not -- they worked hard , never messed up, made no troubleTheir best trait was you could never find any one better at covering your back.

[@susanmooney494]

I am from WV! Kiss my ass! Didn't just come in out of the rain. 4.00 Student all the way, made moonshine for a living!

[@donnajohnson3792]

@@susanmooney494 lol, got any left?

[@Relaxation-Clips]

well said

[@The_Admiral5]

I love reading all of these triggered comments! 😂

[@stomiball889]

issa hobby

[@Maverick-xy4jr]

?

[@fakejackeryz.2454]

Same

[@lovelylino2570]

lmao me too, i love replying to them

[@moneyblue8466]

The Admiral me too😂

[@robertlang9425]

😆"This is incredible, way to go Texas guy... you made a big truck!" Ha!!😂

[@siggyodom955]

Alabama was responsible for the rocket fuel that put man on the moon. Texas was ground control For these missions. Elen Degeneras came from Louisiana. Opra Winfrey was from Mississippi. The list goes on and on. We are not dumb in the southern states. We just know what is important. An IQ test doesn't really tell a persons intelligents. I know people with high degrees that can't pour piss out of a boot with the instructions on the bottom. I was working in California for a recovery service, man calls and said he is broke down on the side of the road. I got there, looked at the car and discovered it was out of gas. I put some gas in, followed him to a gas station. I had to show a Dr. How to fuel his brand new car. I didn't do it for him, I showed him how. I had to explain everything to this person. Well that was my job. And I am from Alabama. You might say I is bumder thin dirt but I can survive the worst of situations. I am not a rocket scientist but I have made moon shine that would run my car. You can call me dumb, I don't want the headaches northern people have. I didn't mean that to be offencive, it's just life in the southern states is a lot easier. Let someone else figure it out, I'll use it when it's done. Most of us are fat dumb and happy and we just don't care for the likes of you. HAVE A GOOD DAY.

[@ronlisk1911]

Fucking craphead.

[@harrymcnicholas9468]

You personify the dumb state of Alabama. You did not understand the video and haven't a clue about taking a test.

[@williamarnn5240]

And you might consider that JB Hunt the largest trucking company in the world, and Tyson chicken, the largest poultry producer in the world, and of course Walmart, the largest retail business in the world, and Stephens Inc, the largest brokerage company off Wall Street, and Bear Bryant, one of the greatest football coaches ever, and Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas cowboys, all came from number 5, Arkansas. But you're right. Arkansas also produced Bill Clinton. Okay I'll give it to you now, you're right.

[@harrymcnicholas9468]

Tyson chicken. A real high tech company. So what is JB Hunt? A has been trucking company. They mean nothing and neither does Wal Mart. They are finished due to Amazon.

[@curtiscox7105]

*Degeneres *Oprah *intelligence *dumber than *moonshine *offensive

[@WesB1972]

Dinner is defined as the main meal of the day. Lunch is a meal at mid day. Supper is an evening meal.

[@jancap8180]

Do you have 4 meals a day?

[@lebronjames9541]

Anybody realized that most of if not all of those States are suburbs🤣😂🤣😂 CRAZIEST THING ABOUT IT IS THAT I'M NOT FROM ANY OF THOSE STATES I LIVE IN WISCONSIN

[@sicario4254]

This cannot be. I’m always reminded by my American friends- The U S of A is nothing but full of smart people. Unless they are all lying. Absolutely awesome channel! Unboxing series is truly amazing and heartbreaking. But your broadcast sheds much needed light on those dimming places where people who are staying behind are hanging on for that glimmer of hope of one day things will get better. Also enjoyed the interviews with actual residents. Arkansas episode was something. Always wanted to tour America. Your channel makes that possible all while sitting on my couch. Keep at it!

[@NickJohnson]

Haha okay I try :)

[@rikkipowers3921]

I live in one of the highest (best) ranked states for education, and my dad didn't even make it through middle school.

[@_xael7947]

Death Valley is in Cali!

[@danielheartsill4269]

No one ever said these people doing the survey knew geography. Maybe they aren't as smart as they think.

[@joelteague8032]

That's right!! Look who's calling the kettle black.

[@weldergod2883]

I lived in Death Valley for five years and it's sad that I've met more Europeans who knew what state Death Valley is in then my own fellow Americans.

[@patrickhenigin4805]

Maybe he meant Deeth.

[@johngalush8790]

It's in Nevada too numbnutz

[@robert.m4676]

I live in Florida and every year we play dodgeball with hurricanes!!!

[@robert.m4676]

Richard McCraw I trade ya you have basements and winter! We have 100 degree temperatures and this other crap called humidity! Try getting out of the shower going to your mailbox and your already sweating! But yeah I wouldn’t want to get caught in a tornado let alone 50!!!!

[@Raheemy1987]

Im shocked i didn't see Florida on here 🤔

[@trappedsol]

FATS MAN me too! But you figure theres only maybe 10% native floridians. Everybody else is from ny or nj. Lol

[@Carlos-nq7up]

@@trappedsol In So. Florida there are people from So. America, Central America, Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Canada, N.J. and, N.Yawk.

[@jackofalltrades7469]

@@trappedsol you forgot Cuba.

[@FJB8646]

@Dino velvetMost are from the north.

[@jackofalltrades7469]

@Dino velvet Yep, wish the idots would go home too, we don't want them here.

[@TYLIE116]

Sounds like an episode where SpongeBob n Patrick are tryna get their GED.. Sandy u tried to tell'em 😂😂😂😂😂😊

[@wardlawrence6871]

I tell you what, this old Texas boy has had 12 years of schooling and 2 years at a Jr. College. and I know I could learn a lot from these old boys that you say are from the so called "dumb states." These folks know how to hunt and fish for their food. They can grow their own vegetables and raise their own chickens, hogs and cattle. They can also make their own whiskey and home made wine from just about any type of fruit not to mention their own fruit juices. They can also build their own shelters for homes. Nothing fancy, but sturdy and functional. What they might lack in formal education they make up in their resourcefulness.

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

no 1 cares lmao

[@wardlawrence6871]

I@@JustAnotherNamelessGuy I don't care if no one cares. If I have something to say I'm going to say it. I didn't ask if you or anyone cares.

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

@@wardlawrence6871 lowkey you do Admit it

[@rita75ist]

@@wardlawrence6871 i agree with you Ward, the bible says "Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom" id rather have street smart and smartness that comes from loving God. Im from Ct. but i agree with you. im street smart myself, this guyis weird. a liberal probably.

[@ipuy-1356]

@@rita75ist you should see his other videos, he is far from a "leftist" . The south just has some of the worst education systems in the u.s. no politics involved. But the south sure keep their god close, hasn't been of much help yet, seeing as they are the poorest in the country as well, the south i mean.

[@kennance115]

Very unfair. How can I be a dropout when I was never accepted to high school. Very, Very unfair. Before you can be called a drop out one has to drop in. Why don't you give me a chance?

[@NickJohnson]

Then you're not a dropout Ken you're better than that!!

[@stephenryder1995]

No

[@pup1030]

We Texans love cannons so much, we made handheld versions of them!

[@jacobjoncas6941]

What we would call guns(excluding bamboo tubes used by the chinese) have been around since before the so called discovery of the american continent by europeans. So no. Texans did not invent guns.sorry to bust your bubble.

[@GabbyNurse]

@@jacobjoncas6941 Ummm it's called a JOKE!!! 🤦🏿‍♀️

[@johnweir3168]

The Wizard of Oz to the scarecrow: I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma. Autodidact. Look it up.

[@stomiball889]

I love your commentary😂 just watched all your videos

[@NickJohnson]

Yay! All 187 of them?

[@tracyfrederick5606]

Watching to see where Alabama is on the list.

[@StoneGone]

Tracy Frederick where are you from?

[@tracyfrederick5606]

@@StoneGone Montgomery

[@StoneGone]

Tracy Frederick I’m from Montgomery as well. Why do you think so poorly of our state...Alabama “The beautiful”?

[@mmmmnoaosos9652]

Renegade Musik cuz we always got confederates running around and the people here are just clueless

[@StoneGone]

Owen Ritti yes...there are a lot of confederate sympathizers in this state. I don’t think they realize their ancestors were treasonous and lost the war. Lol

[@pey850]

Every school i’ve been to has a lot of smart ppl... and all of them were in texas

[@stephenryder1995]

...yeah, right.

[@moneyblue8466]

Stephen Ryder right😂

[@joejonas3684]

You mean “had” a lot of smart people. Ironic isn’t it? 😂

[@GreenBoy9000]

1:51 **Sandy Cheeks wants to know your location.**

[@leeanndap7020]

Though I may not be a big fan of the US I do believe there is a difference between academic intelligence and street smarts also common sense

[@pm561]

And just because they have a college degree doesn't make them smart.

[@ElCap1van]

Makes them smarter than people with out one..

[@bamhammer6058]

@@ElCap1van thats not always true

[@blakebowers3708]

Let me guess, u dropped out of high school, PM

[@marydowner540]

Your videos are awesome 👍🏻😁

[@bradleygoode116]

id rather be wise than smart

[@harrymcnicholas9468]

Now try tying your shoe.

[@markiedotzler3102]

I'd rather be dead

[@crazierthan-u7571]

It's possible to be both.

[@cfdmedicambo68relf7]

bradley goode I Agree With 100%

[@n54ster92]

bradley goode well dummy you’re neither.

[@aidanbrooks6573]

Fried green tomatoes are a a southern thing, they're actually amazing! Im from Texas but live in Georgia.

[@country6247]

I like how you said every state around Oklahoma but you never said Oklahoma lol

[@marylawson6060]

He lives in Oklahoma.

[@kashxavi1997]

@@marylawson6060 yup

[@SashaRaeFierce]

Lmao...where are you from?

[@stephenryder1995]

well, you gotta give Oklahoma a break because dumb as they are, they sure are purty!

[@Galm1Cipher0]

Maybe because the state isn't dumb

[@GonnaBeMaay]

"These boots are pretty nifty!" 🤣😂🤣😂

[@Rangerness]

You're using a college degree to indicate intelligence. So let's go by that logic. How many people in states like Massachusetts would you say got themselves 6 figures in debt so they could land that coveted position as a Starbucks barista? Me, on the other hand, well I got a few trade school certs that I invested about 2 months and $3000 into and make 6 figures working about 8 mo this of the year. I think behavior is a better indicator of intelligence than indoctrinat-errhum... education.

[@terrenceransom912]

Paul Is, Agree CREDENTIALS CAN NEVER OUTDO CHARACTER!!!!!!!!!

[@jdanon203]

Trade schools are a great alternative to college. I really don't understand why this isn't pushed harder. Everyone doesn't need to go to college to be successful. Plumbers, electricians, etc. can do very well for themselves, and there is a shortage of those professions which is why they are in such demand and make good money. If I weren't inclined to go to college, I'd take up a trade and then open up shop in a wealthy community where people will pay whatever it takes to get a new light fixture installed or toilet unclogged asap.

[@DanTheManIOM]

Paul, what trade did you go into ?

[@Rangerness]

@@DanTheManIOM nondestructive testing. I operate by asnt snt-tc1-a standards in petrochemical facilities.

[@DanTheManIOM]

@@Rangerness - One of my roommates did that - NDT when he started out. I'm trying to get my son some motivation other than xbox..

[@mialite7959]

Hey... why you gotta pick on Forrest Gump?

[@aimeerobinson7358]

I think Forrest Gump was smart

[@hr0727]

Aimee Robinson “GUMPPP!! Yes drill sergeant! WHAT IS YOUR SOUL PURPOSE IN THIS ARMY? To do whatever you tell me,DRILL SERGEANT! GODDD DAMN IT GUMP! YOU MUST HAVE AN IQ OF 360! YOU ARE GOD DAMN GIFTED!”

[@joansmith3296]

Oh Nick! You lighten the load and make me laugh. Not easy to do these days. Thanks.

[@Meechka]

What makes you think aliens aren't real?

[@NickJohnson]

OH THEYRE REAL

[@DMZ67Y2Y2]

Nik be right bout college grads. I got five of them working for me. That be one for each grade I made it thru.

[@je19662008]

Your daddy must have left you a fortune.

[@shoreZ]

This video should really be called Stereotypes about southern states

[@blackflyingfox3365]

Red,conservative states. And I live in a red, conservative state.

[@AlastorTheNPDemon]

Nice avatar!

[@blackflyingfox3365]

@@AlastorTheNPDemon Thanks!

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Hmmm, trust me. Anybody with Brains left California years ago.

[@gtvchnl]

Yes, these are red states and the red states vote for trump. I’m not surprised their on the list

[@blunew467]

Nevada and New Mexico aren't red.

[@cypressrenee5666]

🤣 I fuckin love you Nick!!!!!!!! Still ROTFL my ladies off you are so funny!!!!

[@noahhowellstone1264]

The problem with these comparisons is that the world uses their top students vs all of our students average

[@dr.phil-federalinspector6023]

You missed Kansas Folks there prefer horses and buffalo to vehicles. And want to have jobs that pay below minimum wage so they can live with their parents

[@lupitaalmousa3823]

That is a dumbest thing I have read, I live in Kansas and I am pretty sure you don’t live here and is way nicer then you think

[@BestCountryEvr]

Phil Layman Wrong, I live in Kansas and nobody but dumb people themselves would say that!

[@davidswartz6474]

Do ten states that have the most common sense!

[@efandmk3382]

Just substitute that title on this video.

[@kashxavi1997]

@@efandmk3382 Not really. Cousin fucking isn't common sense.

[@douglasjcox]

Stupidity and common sense aren't the same thing.

[@moneyblue8466]

David Swartz yes😂

[@azelfdaboi5265]

@@efandmk3382 I'm gonna call bullshit, I live in the South, South Carolina specifically We have so little common sense we let Lindsey Graham become senator

[@williamcarey8529]

Another fine and great video that you produced Nick!! I agree with your list!! Keep up the great work Nick!! MAPPY RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DualFrequency]

Making fun of high school dropouts while you can’t even pronounce “often” 9:40 👏🏻

[@lovelylino2570]

except he *does* pronounce it correctly lmao. "often" has two correct pronunciations: one with a silent t and one with a sounded t. im a linguistics major so i think i have adequate insight here lmao.

[@LuckyNS]

lol I thought I was going crazy since I couldn’t understand how he said it wrong until I saw your reply 😂

[@loisaustin6200]

Some of the most ignorant people I have ever run into have masters and doctorate degrees. If you think going to college makes you smart Nick, you need to go back to school. p.s. Forest Gump was not stupid.

[@lovelylino2570]

this video is meant to be entertainment and funny omg people take it so seriously, he's not actually making fun of anyone. im from tennessee and i know how to take the joke and not take it so seriously.

[@nadezhdawall-rossi2864]

You are soooo right!

[@iamcavon646]

Jimmy Kimmel already proved California was the dumbest state🤷🏾‍♂️... get off my state Mississippi, we trying y’all 🥴

[@je19662008]

"Y''all" isn't a word. Just thought I'd help you with your effort.

[@taariqb5906]

je19662008 a lot of people from the south say it’s short version of you all and it is a word

[@timlinator]

Over half the top technology companies and fifth largest economy on earth dope. ole missed the renaissance and stuck in the dark ages is dead last a long with most of the south.

[@k_e3735]

How did Jimmy prove California is the dumbest state? You do know he's from Nevada right? Which is on the list.

[@iamcavon646]

K _E meant to be a joke 🙄... but his segments on his show when he interviews pedestrians... idk if it’s staged or not but those people are dumb 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@leonardpearlman4017]

Let's judge! Oh, I never tire of bad news! As I sit here in FLorida, I'm a little surprised that we didn't get on this list, and it's not for lack of trying. I once saw a national ranking for "Science and Engineering", where FL was second or third from last. I guessed Mississippi was going to "win", but I thought for sure we'd be in there SOMEWHERE. Ah, I work in Engineering Education, and I have to say it makes for a long day sometimes. It's surprising how many semi-literate people there are in COLLEGE! When I was a kid we all thought that America had something like full literacy, now I think we admit that it's more like half the population! Man, I wonder what it's LIKE in (say) Arkansas.

[@NickJohnson]

I know it's gone downhill so much

[@urmomdoer2315]

10. Tennessee 9. Texas 8. New Mexico 7. Nevada 6. Alabama 5. Arkansas 4. West Virginia 3. Kentucky 2. Lousiana 1. Mississipi

[@afantastik443]

Stop calling Arkansas dumb it’s mean Jk but it’s mean

[@oscartrujillo5278]

A FantastiK 4 my nieces are arkis. I hope they do A+ in school or they are in trouble

[@deborahj.dirk-halley1850]

Truth be told. I will let the rest of the world decide first.

[@jonathanjoe1364]

I just moved to West Virginia not too long ago and it's pretty awesome with really nice people. Banjo and everything. I grew up in the city, where they have some pretty nasty attitudes. The country hospitality and kind community took some adapting to for a city kid like myself.

[@jeffreyponting9524]

You can't afford to be dumb in California you need $100,000 / year to survive.

[@NickJohnson]

i know it.

[@leendersc]

MY GOD!! Thank you I was born raised and educated in the Netherlands ( "Holland" for you dummies)

[@missthis4140]

Yes home of the people who say we don't hit our kids they hit us.😂😂😂.

[@jorgen1990]

I hate it when people say Holland instead.