Times People Failed At Geography So Badly, They Made The Internet Facepalm | Happy Land

[@timbray1814]

For me it’s not the startling ignorance or even the insularity (we have plenty of dumb arses here in Australia too)….but the aggressive surety with which they open their trap. Reminds me of the saying “ better to keep quiet and be thought an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt”😂

[@pickleballer1729]

You nailed it. Seems over the last couple of decades Americans have not only become more ignorant, but also much more sure of their (our) rightness. Things that are EASILY verified or corrected are instead simply incorrectly asserted more forcefully than ever. Very disheartening for those of us who are actually trying to understand the world around us. The Dunning- Kruger effect is alive and thriving in the USA.

[@adedow1333]

@@pickleballer1729 trust me, it stresses me out to witness the wanton stupidity of my countrymen.

[@YeahNo]

I collect these vids for when one of them disputes the level of American intelligence. 😂

[@mariuschka888]

Let's one wonder about the education system

[@cheriem432]

Do you know who said this? I can't remember . . .

[@abird1539]

"We're all ignorant about some things, but why, oh why open your mouth and prove it?"

[@JustDaniel6764]

My Grandad used to say "it's better to be quiet and thought stupid than it is to open your mouth and remove all doubt"

[@svennoren9047]

If ignorance really is bliss then more people should be happy.

[@Mark73]

Because they don't realize how ignorant they are. Even after being corrected they still don't realize it.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

Everybody is ignorant--just on different subjects>Mark Twain.

[@christopherdean1326]

1:14. Seen this several times and it always stuns me that they couldn't see the connection between "England" and "English".....

[@lomax343]

Conversation between me and and American on this subject. Me: The four most commonly spoken languages in the Americas - note the plural, I'm talking abut everything from Baffin Island to Tierra del Fuego... Yank: Where? Me: [Explains] The four most commonly spoken languages are Spanish, English, Portuguese and French. All four of these are European languages. Yank: Spanish isn't a European language. Me: Yes it is. It's spoken in Spain. Yank: There's no such place, or if their is it's somewhere near Mexico. Me: No ... OK, let's start with the basics. Have you heard of Planet Earth?

[@elainethomson7146]

Now I can understand how Trump got re-elected.

[@michaelbujaki2462]

I still remember asking why, as a Canadian, we speak English and not Canadian. My mom told me that Canada doesn't have a language and that I would understand why later. (1992) Well, it turns out that Canada had many languages, but then the British came and screwed it all up.

[@lomax343]

@@michaelbujaki2462 The British AND the French.

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

You see the same for Spain and Spanish.

[@majormanfredrex]

I toured the US for three months and near the end of my vacation, I met another tourist, from Spain, and we were discussing the general knowledge of the people we had met during our travels. I commented that the average American seemed to know fuck all, whereupon he stated with conviction, "I do not agree with you. I am certain that they know fuck nothing".

[@JillWhitcomb1966]

Ironically, I've lived in both the UK (south Wales) and Spain (Castile- La Mancha) as a digital nomad (I'm American). I've given up trying to explain to other Americans that there is far more to the UK than 'just' London. And, there is far more to Spain than 'just' Madrid and Barcelona. Sometimes, going off the beaten track, and avoiding other tourists, gives us a far better feeling what a country and what an area is really like.

[@andyhb572]

A quote from a book by David Niven; "Bring on the Empty Horses" "You think I know fuck nothing, I tell you I know fuck all!"

[@stephanieyee9784]

​@andyhb572 , I loved David Niven's books. The Moons a Balloon. Bring on the Empty Horses. Go slowly, come back quickly. He had such an interesting, fun, scary, and crazy life but always seemed to be a lovely man.

[@pickleballer1729]

6:19 besides the stupidity of not knowing that NYC is in the U.S., did anyone notice that the person "correcting" the post asks "Did you never take a GEOLOGY class? "

[@miranduri]

And two negatives.

[@M_SC]

@@miranduri no, it’s a grammatically correct question.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

You said, "the stupidity of not knowing that NYC isn't in the U.S." Too many negatives! You said that NYC isn't in the U.S.

[@pickleballer1729]

@@lazyhomebody1356 Oh, thanks. I'll correct that. And thanks for making it clear. A couple of others made similar but unclear comments. I thought they were talking about the comment I was commenting on. I was looking for the double neg in THAT comment.

[@majormanfredrex]

@@miranduri Using two negatives, or more, in one sentence is quite alright, as long as the appropriate punctuation is in place for the sentence to make sense. There are many repetitious verbs and other illconstructed phrases used, particularly by Americans, which leave sentences confusing if not ambiguous. For example: Reverse back (why not forward?) Return back (has it been returned before?) Continue on (on what?) Roger that (is there something else to roger?) Whole entire (whole and entire mean the same thing,don't they?)

[@JH-lo9ut]

The best one is the person who asked how people found their way before google maps, and then seems to be unfamiliar with the concept of a map. Blame the schools you say, but consider this: Some hero actually managed to teach this person how to read and write.

[@SoberOKMoments]

Barely!

[@rachelhill-kelley8555]

😂

[@EZ-viewing.]

What is more concerning than their level of absolute ignorance regarding basic general knowledge is their added arrogant assertions that they’re correct. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@lazyhomebody1356]

The dummies are arrogant because their friends and family are even more uneducated!

[@boxsterman77]

Exactly.

[@timerover4633]

Having taught geography at the college level in the U. S., this video does not surprise me in the least. It simply confirms that things have not gotten better.

[@carloduroni5629]

Wait… is geography a COLLEGE matter in USA? This could explain why the average American is clueless about countries and continents. In Italy, basic geography is a primary school matter. Astronomical geography is teached in high school (together with physics).

[@Bill-im6nt]

@@carloduroni5629 Maybe both? Or were you one of the people quoted in the video?

[@RankinMsP]

​@@carloduroni5629you know people have whole degrees, masters and PhDs in geography right? Apologies if your joke sailed over my head.

[@wildwestjanbutcher650]

When my parents were deciding to immigrate from the UK, they were given the choice of moving to Australia or USA. Dear old Mum thought Australia was closer, so guess where we’ve been for the last 55 years! 😂

[@Starsk25]

Maybe she mixed up Australia with Austria?

[@janemiettinen5176]

Thank your mom for your geography education, at least you have one now.. Greets from the other side of this marble, Finland :)

[@M_SC]

Now everyplace is far away

[@YeahNo]

@@Starsk25 The number of times we’ve ordered something from overseas only to have our parcel arrive late due to its “holiday” in Austria. 🤦‍♀️ Turnaround is much quicker than it used to be though. Guess they have a “redirect to Australia” point early in the sorting nowadays.

[@alanmacpherson3225]

The best bloody country in the world of course.

[@carmenl163]

As a Dutch person, I am embarrassed KLM didn't know Dublin is the capital of Ireland. I mean, other mistakes can be a bit stupid, but this is someone's job!

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

You might be being a bit hard on the KLM poster - IF the flight enquired about was NOT a direct flight from Amsterdam to Dublin but had a landing at any British airport (like say Heathrow or Manchester) then the British restrictions would indeed apply. 🤔😉😊

[@stevendimmock4791]

I just hope Their pilots are better at geography.

[@brandyjahnke3986]

This video made my head hurt... probably because of the many times I face palmed myself. Oh... people...

[@Boss_Tanaka]

As a European guy who never went in America I know much more US geography than some American citizens which is weird considering l suck at geography

[@grenade8572]

You're not alone... I though the instruction in my country (Belgian) was bad (look at my english level) but, sadly, I was wrong.

[@Boss_Tanaka]

@@grenade8572 on a le même niveau d Anglais, t es sans doute bien meilleur en français

[@momosaku16]

that`s soft power for you

[@icarusbinns3156]

Pretty sure Belgian is the language and describing anything from the country, which called Belgium. Little bit different for writing…

[@grenade8572]

@@icarusbinns3156 Oooops. You're right for the country : it's Belgium. Belgian though are the people (there is not "belgian" language : Belgian speak french, dutch and/or german - depending where they live and what languages they learn at school). I should be ashamed... The difference between "Belgium" and "Belgian" is litteraly one of the first things we learn in english at school. xD

[@barbrn]

That's so sad that a nearly 30yo woman couldn't draw a map of the United States! I guess she didn't get one of those wooden puzzle maps when she was little.

[@skydiverclassc2031]

Hey, I'm moving out there north of Oregon and west of Oklahoma and Arizona. Looks like nobody owns that country at all. I can do what I want!

[@mquietsch6736]

Relax... I'm German and I'm pretty sure I couldn't correctly place all German states in a map of my country. And we've only got 16 of them, not 50. I'm not sure I could even name them all. And I don't feel guilty one bit. Personally, I prefer looking at the big picture... like where is my country in relation to all the others. The details I can look up when I need them 😁

[@gailpippin9761]

Yeah, that just hurt my heart.

[@janemiettinen5176]

@@mquietsch6736Would you leave as much empty space inside the German map? Id hope not.. States dont float around willy nilly, they are connected, even if you cant place them correctly.

[@mquietsch6736]

@@janemiettinen5176 Of course they are. But I don't suppose this person was under the illusion they had placed every state. I think the empty spaces sort of mean "oh well, all the states I can't name now somehow fill the empty spaces." If I was to draw a map of Germany right now I'd do the same: I'd fill in those that I know and leave the rest empty, maybe writing their names next to the map if I knew the name but not the location.

[@jakesully5402]

Spent a little time snowboarding down in Indiantown Florida. Nice little community. Always struck me funny when the Americans would get upset at overhearing the Quebecers speaking French. I’ve lost count of how many times I heard some Karen yell out “speak American !!” 😂😂😂.

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

15% of the US population believes the Sun orbits the Earth, and 1 out of every 3 can't locate the Pacific Ocean on a map according to the American Geographic Society.

[@grenade8572]

So I'm not American, never went to Usa, and I know better the geography of USA than the guys in this video... but I have to confess that I always have struggle to locate Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. ×)

[@mikes5637]

@@grenade8572 They're the 2 biggest blue bits on a map of the world. Pacific: between Asia and the Americas. Atlantic: between the Americas and Europe/Africa.

[@janemiettinen5176]

American girl asked me if I was envious of the moon.. she honestly believed it somehow is stationary above US, because “how else it was Americans that went there?”.. I nearly choked on my coffee, no joke.

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

@@janemiettinen5176 This is a log of an actual conversation I had on IRC: is anyone here from usa or are all of u from overseas ... Yes, I'm from overseas. Off your north coast. England Yes, I'm from England off your north coast. Good guess. so is Tony blair still ur PM

[@grenade8572]

@@mikes5637 I know there are 2 blue bits. But I can never remember wich one is the Antlantic and wich one the Pacific. x) Any tip ?

[@jamesberry9632]

I guess the best way to describe the products of our educational system is 'stupid and proud of it'. After all, we're number one.

[@hotjanuary]

3:20 As a Canadian 🇨🇦 , my eyes bugged out at where she thinks we’re located and the size of our Country. I’m giving points for at least knowing it’s somewhere North. It just shows the sorry state of US education for being completely ignorant of the fact that we share the LONGEST border in the world. I’m giving a pass for not knowing Alaska is attached to Canada. It’s clear she didn’t care enough to realize her US map inserted it there to save paper.

[@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin]

As a fellow Canadian, I am retracting her points. She deserves *none.* 😉🇨🇦

[@necroflowers2244]

I wish I could say I was shocked by some of these.

[@yuridc1780]

you could say you was shocked by some of these.

[@richard6440]

I was shocked by some of these. There you go , i said it for you :)

[@philiprice7875]

the trump one reminded me of a guy running for elections in the US made a speech "i will not rest untill every American has an above average wage" nobody laughed

[@louisalectube]

I really hate people who are terrible at geography. And yeah, they'll whine at me "But I'm not a visual learnerrrrr!!" Simple question: What world do you live on?? Where are you on the planet in your mind?? You don't have to know all the borders 100% all the time, but people should have a basic, "generic" version of the world map in their heads. it's basic knowledge. smh

[@grenade8572]

"What world do you live on ?" So accurate !

[@M_SC]

I have little visual memory and couldnt draw a map from scratch out of the blue very well but I certainly could fill one in with names of countries and capitals etc. and I bet I’m much better at music than you

[@louisalectube]

@@M_SC Okay. Your comment certainly seems to prove that you, in fact, have good mental maps. Good!

[@leedsman54]

I just can’t believe the absolute ignorance of some people. I may not be a genius but I’m thankful that I’ve got a pretty good general knowledge.

[@sandrafaith]

I am so goddamn tired of stupid people and how badly they vilify smart ones.

[@simonevanenkhuizen3228]

"Amsterdam is so irrelevant" *laughs in History knowledge*

[@nicbrown7751]

My iq dropped after being exposed to this. There really is no hope for humans. No wonder the aliens by pass us.

[@filipfilip1507]

As a geography nerd this made me lose faith in humanity

[@Bropann]

Sigh..., This leaves me speechless. It isn't the lack of knowledge or even the arrogant lack of willingness to learn the truth. It is the astonishing LEVEL of ignorance that is maintained in the face of how available this actual information is. How can you be so assured when it is so easy to check and be informed? Oh, MAN, how far the mighty school system has fallen! Stunning. Inexcusable. Humiliating.

[@Scottness1001]

This video, in equal parts, amused me, saddened me and made me angry 😅🥺😡

[@people_r_us]

3:36 (Playing devil's advocate here) They might be making this argument because individual European countries are smaller than America, so they might be basing that argument on the relatively smaller size of European countries such as Austria and the Czech Republic

[@stargazer7733]

Sat in on a kindergarten class in the USA today. The kids were listening to a geography song with a movie that highlighted New Zealand as part of Australia. Now I finally understand why almost all Americans think my homeland, NZ, is part of Australia. They are literally taught it in school. Ugh.

[@NoName-ii8sp]

As a fellow Kiwi, I facepalm everytime I hear NZ refered to as a state of Australia, now from what you had commented it makes sense now.

[@robinharwood5044]

We in Australia are better educated. We know that NZ doesn’t really exist. But we don’t tell the kiwis, because we don’t want to make them unhappy.

[@simonfea2]

Im a 46 year old American. I was tought NZ is NEAR Australia but not that its a state. What the hell? New Zealand is a country. Duh.

[@91rummy]

How does imitating a culture become appropriation? Just imitation or adoption is appreciation of the culture. It becomes appropriation only when you take a culture, adopt it, transform it to suit you and then claim it as your own or claim the transformed one as the original. Like Hitler did with Swastika and Aryan race theory. What Hitler did was appropriation of Indian culture.

[@M_SC]

No, that’s not the only way to culturally appropriate. But I won’t answer because your question is a lie you want to tell not learn

[@91rummy]

@@M_SC how can a question be a lie? Also I am confused with your statement. Please share if you have another angle.

[@91rummy]

@@archie15900 It doesn't make sense though.. Merely adopting or copying a culture or a word doesn't cause any harm and it should be considered as an honor.. But if someone twists it or claims ownership, that's when it's harmful and hurts in a lot of ways.. So if your definition is right, then people should not be offended by it and should not make noise about it. I have heard native Americans say they are not offended if anyone uses their terminology. But I am sure they would get offended if someone twists their meaning or claims ownership. Same with appearances.

[@91rummy]

@@archie15900 It depends on which context you use such phrases like "don't get offended by that". Now a days feeling offensive is also forced on people who are not offended too.. We can't apply it in all contexts. We are only talking about cultural appropriation here... nothing else and not personal encounters. As an Indian I don't feel offended by people doing Yoga or wearing Indian clothes.. But I get offended by people calling the Nazi symbol a Swastika or all the fake Indian history written by the British, or the Nazis, to suit their story. Those are the big things that hurt and are offensive.. Similarly we do a lot of Western things every day and even our movie music is a blend of Indian and Western, Middle eastern music.. I am sure most of the people are not offended by this. But if I say a piano is an Indian instrument, that is appropriating European culture.. Taking offence at small things only divides people. At the same time, ignoring the bigger issues will make you lose your self-respect..

[@caiaccc]

It's appropriation what hateful racist Blacks claim is their own creation and property: braids and bonnets which happen to be universal and proven to be used by every civilization since the beginning of times. That's appropriation, they claim it's theirs and nobody can use them, but they are not.

[@zaarkhananal7165]

6:20 topped it off by calling the other person stupid for not taking geology class. SMH I'm going to have to learn a foreign language so that I can start posing as a non-US citizen. The embarrassment is too much to take.

[@intercat4907]

The guy at 3:00 who thinks Ukraine is an island: I am in California, and all 140-odd community colleges are totally free this year. That man spent more money on his hat than I have spent on the college Geography class I am finishing up right now. It's ok to not know stuff, but try to visualize a solution for that problem.

[@patwiggins6969]

As a geography geek this really trips my trigger lol

[@MrTonyHeath]

I realised that many Americans were ignorent of the world but i didn't realise that it was the same at home. I was once asked, while in the USA, where I was from. I answered, 'Wales'. Oh that's near Hungary, isn't it. I suppose it depends on what ypu mean by near.

[@M_SC]

Recently listened to a podcast and they had a woman from the Netherlands on to interview and they told her “I know where it is but I don’t know how it’s part of the UK”

[@christopherdean1326]

*ignorant

[@janemiettinen5176]

Gotta love social media! I dont know how many times Ive seen that Georgia is a state fumble, made by different people, but these just dont get old. American geography lessons must be.. barely existing 😂

[@lazyhomebody1356]

They exist, but they consist of taking home a worksheet and coloring it in with map pencils

[@echognomecal6742]

@@lazyhomebody1356 YOU GOT PENCILS?!?!??!!!! ;)

[@echognomecal6742]

I suspect that either there was some sort of contest to make them as dull as possible without students being rendered catatonic or it's some sort of military experiment that's never been unleashed on the enemy. Goodness knows it would be effective.

[@ecamp6360]

You can't scan in a map homework or test. Filling in a map is not a multiple-choice question.

[@a.d.1563]

I am pretty sure the kitchen magnet is not the flag of Germany (Well i am german) 🤣. Bulgaria (the flag) is still an awesome country with beautiful and lovely people 😊👍

[@HobbyHillsVideos]

That last one was not really corrected correctly. Dublin is NOT part of the UK. Northern Ireland is part of the UK but not Ireland. Ireland is independent of the UK. Dublin is in Ireland, not Northern Ireland. Ireland and Northern Ireland are two separate countries.

[@janemiettinen5176]

What? The correction says “Dublin isnt in the UK..”. The KLMs post was devined out of thin air, sure, but the post beneath is right. Or did I have a stroke..

[@timberwolfdtproductions3890]

I think you need to read that again.

[@codemangleason3986]

Thank You for Writing This so i didn't have to

[@M_SC]

The correction is perfect and you are a long winded and pointless pontificator

[@deebte__]

dream is right because there’s only one time zone where you live, it’s the one you live in, if it’s 9am for you it’s 9am for your neighbors too

[@xbrandi12345x]

Well yeah but I think they still completely missed the point and I am almost thinking you have too? Nobody sets of fireworks at 9am because you can't even see the damn things!! Any time zone in the United States would make it so someone set off fireworks between 3am and 9am depending on where they were in the country and nobody would do it at that time of day unless they are a total disrespectful a-hole because people would be sleeping and if it was in another time zone she would not have heard it so either way the time zone being mentioned was a mistake.

[@Lwah0812]

@@xbrandi12345x as far as nobody setting them off between 3 A and 9A you have no idea the asshole capabilities of people, also they do set some off during the day for the noise, they’re not the ones that go up and explode. I sort of agree about the time zone, if one lived next to the time zone lines.

[@Hi-vx2bb]

It wasn't about Dream it was the person replying to him about the time zones.

[@japanpanda2179]

A broken clock is right twice a day.

[@particlesofsymmetry]

that map gets worse and worse the more you look at it holy hell

[@Name-ps9fx]

The astonishing part was that the person knew so many names of the States...😅

[@simonfea2]

The Pacific Ocean bit is startling.

[@cindylamb2129]

I weep for this generation 😥

[@mayorb3366]

2:01 Jamaica has the only national flag containing none of the colors red, blue, or white.

[@japanpanda2179]

Wasn't there a country with a pure green flag?

[@mayorb3366]

@@japanpanda2179 Thanks for bringing that up, I wasn't sure. Sometimes I find my info is a bit dated. Yes, Libya had a solid green flag from 1977-2011.

[@japanpanda2179]

@@mayorb3366 Ah yeah. Then there's Hezbollah, which isn't a country but would count if it were one. Still, at the moment, Jamaica is the only country that doesn't share any colors with America and France.

[@develynseether4426]

​@japanpanda2179 or the Netherlands, Panama, Cuba, Luxembourg, Thailand or Norway (though to be fair some of them are sky or navy blue).

[@AP-yd1wz]

3:25 to be fair, she drew the map of the US more accurately than 90% of Americans would. She knows that the US is made of (A) 3 states that somehow count for something (even if it's bad), and (B) a bunch of other states nobody cares about, and that for the most it's just land devoid of any meaning. She even knows that it's between oceans, and the shape she drew is not too far off. Bonus points, she drew Canada and Mexico exactly the way every American imagine them to look like. I mean, if I were the designer of the US education system I would give her an A+. She shows to know exactly what I want her to know.

[@kellydalstok8900]

Not just Amsterdam is not a country, neither is Holland. North- and South-Holland are just two of our twelve provinces. Oh, and there’s a city called Holland in Michigan, where you’ll also find a Drenthe, Vriesland, Overisel, Zeeland and Borculo.

[@csnide6702]

And.... is it ANY wonder how Trump got elected...? Thank a teacher for these intelligent citizens that are contributing SO much to our society ....... !

[@ulrikeneitch9887]

I concur that it is unfortunate people with no concept of critical thinking are allowed to vote, but I worked within the school system and observed many exceptional teachers. Don’t blame this lack of education entirely on teachers - it is the responsibility of the parents to instill the necessity for learning and the application of common sense in their children. As the old adage goes, “you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink.” The teacher can offer the student knowledge, but cannot force the student to absorb it, or understand its importance unless both the parents and the community support and expect the student’s compliance in the necessity of learning.

[@csnide6702]

You can use the "hey I just work here" type of defense@@ulrikeneitch9887.... but the general lack of any kind of knowledge that comes out of American Public schools is its own special kind of DUMB. HOW many days do students get off now for "teacher In-service days" or holidays put in School schedules due to Teachers Union demands.... They have to bear SOME responsibility when THEY are the ones responsible for students KNOWING the required curriculum. Today's teacher would rather kick the kid up a grade rather than flunk them and have to deal with them for another year.

[@frednone]

Of, course I could say the same about Biden.

[@AndreiTupolev]

So Trump was in office throughout all the time all the people featured here were being educated? 😢

[@csnide6702]

@@AndreiTupolev put it together, simp.

[@Joanna-il2ur]

Georgia, now a state, was of course a British colony named for King George I,. Who was a German, born in the city of Hanover, where he is buried.

[@TamaraScott-t9s]

Georgia, the country, was a Soviet Socialist Republic from 1921. It became independent in 1991. It is in Eastern Europe and crosses into Asia north of Turkey.

[@paulusvanaken2135]

Both right, how confusing😉

[@w.reidripley1968]

To compound the mischief, Georgia-the-country is 'Gruzia' per its natives.

[@cheriem432]

@6:34 - seems like something a Chump supporter would advertise.

[@w.reidripley1968]

And WHO did you elect, in 2019?? Don't go patting yourself on the back for that exercise in senility. Some of us knew better.

[@kraig800i]

2:40 lol I love the fact that he used the Malaysian flag instead of old glory.

[@meinm3575]

02:49 - Isn't it the wrong flag as well?! Hahahaha

[@davidbroughall3782]

4:21 Bulgaria

[@echognomecal6742]

3:20 The fact that she spent the time to rather intentionally include the areas of "Beach" (& that Alaska is pretty much where the insert would appear on a map). I'm a New Yorker & am inexplicably insulted that Rockaway, Coney Island, etc are not featured in her beaches!!! *huff. Points for spelling, though. Credit where it's due. Sad, sad level of credit, but here we are.

[@emilioposts]

As a geography nerd, this hurts my heart.

[@Bill-im6nt]

I was going to visit a relative in England, a college educated co-worker here in Chicago asked which car we were driving there in. But in the inverse, a coworker visiting from the Netherlands thought he could visit California over a weekend from work in Chicago, by driving there.

[@heatherjay8802]

I’ve always really enjoyed learning about geography and the similarities and differences of people and places. However, it’s something not everyone is interested in, nor has an aptitude for understanding and likewise there are MANY subjects about which I’m pretty clueless! So I’d try and pass on my knowledge, (as some here have done), rather than make fun of others’ lack of knowledge. One point IS completely wrong though - a female of 30 is a woman, not a “girl”!

[@PleiadesImprezaT2000AWD-l4l]

4:28. Could be correct depending on when. Scotland wasn't part of "Britain." The Act of Union 1707 created Great Britain, before that Britain and Scotland were separate.

[@hilarypower6217]

I was thinking the same

[@stevendimmock4791]

Americans have the right to remain silent. Don't you just wish some of them would?

[@develynseether4426]

It's a right, not an ability 🤣

[@unavailable404_9]

2:44 **uses the fucking MALAYSIAN FLAG**

[@trevormillar1576]

Actually it was Liberia.

[@Summit2012]

Ah yes, the proud product of a public education these days.

[@andreanecchi5930]

USA education

[@TheIndianalain]

In the US you mean. My kids were in a public school and I'm willing to bet they know more about American geography than most US citizens.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Grade inflation. You CAN learn if you want to, but you can get good grades anyway

[@Summit2012]

Agreed, public education in the USA. Where teachers are more concerned about grooming children with gender identity than actually teaching reading, math and science.

[@JillWhitcomb1966]

I'm sure you know, then, that every one of the 50 US states has their own educational standards, and what is required for high school graduation for each student within that state. And within each US state, various cities and school districts have their own educational standards, as well. That said... what is required for a student in North Carolina is vastly different, with different educational standards, than what is required of a student in Hawaii. I guess I would know this because my Dad spent 40 years in the field of Education as a Principal, a school teacher, and a college professor.

[@johnfox2483]

well, while geography knowledge of some American is really amazing ... question to Europeans - can you name countries, they capitals, and locaction in Africa? All of them? So why must Americans knew more about Europe?

[@develynseether4426]

More Europeans can at least name more African nations than Americans can name their own states so it's not even a question of Africa or elsewhere in the world but they are also ignorant of their own country. More Europeans can name more US states than Americans can name countries outside the US. That's the point here, their own ignorance of what's inside and outside their borders.

[@anthempb]

It is amusing that, in a video mocking people about ignorance, there are so many capitalization errors.

[@Joanna-il2ur]

Actually Ireland is part of a common travel area with the UK. This was agreed 100 years ago under the Anglo-Irish Treaty. When you fly from London to Dublin, you go to the domestic terminal, and you don’t need a passport. I’ve done it.

[@gabrielabagala]

yes but when you fly from, say, Amsterdam to Dublin, you do not cross European frontiers. UK laws don't apply to Ireland.

[@develynseether4426]

My partner is a Geography teacher in UK. While some teachers really are lazy and don't care about the kids future do we not think the parents have any responsibility here??? Her son is 8 and knows where UK is on a world map because SHE taught him where. Kids 11 years old come up to her school and have no clue.

[@cheriem432]

All the jiggly graphics may be fun, but they don't contribute to the readability of your video.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

thanks

[@pickleballer1729]

1:20 As a liberal, I don't have a flag, but I DO know how to read and learn. There is also the fact that the Liberian flag had 11 stripes instead of 13, like ours. The Malaysian flag, on the other hand, has 13 stripes, like ours (pure coincidence; it stands for the 13 cultural groups in Malaysia, I think.) and a blue field with one YELLOW multi-pointed star and a yellow crescent moon, for Islam, if I remember correctly. (No, I don't know all of the flags, but I'm a fan of Badminton and most of the teams are Asian, so I know a few of those.) 3:55 If you really want to get offended at a place name, try on Matamoros for size. Of course, that would involve actually knowing a little Spanish and a bit of knowledge of Spanish history would help, too. (Yes, I know Matamoros is in Mexico, not Spain, but the history that inspired the name is Spanish, not Mexican.) 5:12 Hmm, I live in Colorado and I had no idea it was shaped EXACTLY like Montana!

[@frankmitchell3594]

The British East India Company's flag had 13 red and white stripes. Several countries appropriated a modified design as their own.

[@pickleballer1729]

@@frankmitchell3594 Really!? I didn't know that. If true, sounds at least as likely as the "13 cultural groups" of Malaysia (although I read that, I think on Wikipedia.) Weird how multiple read and white stripes seem come in 13 so often.

[@pickleballer1729]

@@frankmitchell3594 Thanks very much for that! I learned a lot by following up that lead. I knew that the BEITC was a huge historical phenomenon, but I had no idea how much political autonomy and worldwide influence it had. I found it interesting that the company flag was designed in 1600, so for the first hundred years or so in the upper left-hand Corner it had the English flag not the British flag because it was before the union of Scotland and England. After the union it was changed to the Union Jack in the upper left. Also, it started with 9 Stripes instead of 13. Not sure why the number of stripes changed or what they relate to. Do you know?

[@hillbillydeluxe27]

The ted cruz one was funny. Ted cruz was born in Canada.

[@missg.5940]

Please don’t remind us . Thank goodness the states are stuck with him now!🇨🇦🥹

[@hillbillydeluxe27]

@@missg.5940 lol…I just like telling maga goofs that. Many of them even deny he was born in Canada. Then I accuse him of being a Canadian spy for Trudeau…lol…drives the maga goofs over the edge. Fun to watch them try to articulate their outrage.😎

[@missg.5940]

@@hillbillydeluxe27 omg l love it!

[@hillbillydeluxe27]

@@missg.5940 Sometimes it’s too easy…lol

[@missg.5940]

@@hillbillydeluxe27 l am going to use that. Ooof the fun l could have in Quora! 🤣

[@brianbice1427]

the area size comparison with america has anoyed me for years, america includes all its territories including alaska in its size but countries like australia only includes its main country size and does not include its territory that includes a huge chunk of antartica that would make it aroud twice the size of america, but we arnt up ourselves and have to be bigger and better then everyone, we always love it when Texas talks about its several hundred acre farms when our stations are measured in square miles and one of our stations is the size of a small country.

[@MrTonyHeath]

George Bush, before he was president, once said yhat he had only been abroad twice. One was to florida.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Well, he did brag about being a C student!

[@mkvv5687]

And that, to me, is a fine little joke. Ol' Dubya was quite the jokester. Didn't care for most of his politics, but he would have funny plays on words. Ofc, the other side took every joke or utterance as literal so they could make political hay with it. Each side does it, and I expect it's a human thing. Obama just had to stand there and be half-black, and that was enough for the other side to go nuts. Then Trump found that Twitter was the greatest platform in the world to troll his opponents, and *they* went nuts. It wasn't a good look. I can't remember anything that he said that was funny or witty, though I'm sure there must have been something.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@@mkvv5687 Of course the Florida line was a joke! But I can't think of anything Donald said that he intended to be funny.....

[@edenanimates1465]

I learned most of my geography from a disco dancing unicorn from a kids show

[@MelnStarscream]

I think my hand is permanently stuck to my face... Oh my God...

[@meinm3575]

06:32 - Is that a crashed car in the back?

[@frankhurst9665]

This isn't so much the failing of public schools as it is about the people who don't want to learn. Though public schools still pass them.

[@timdowney6721]

7:38. I see KLM is hiring Americans.

[@frankhooper7871]

3:35 - in fairness, there is some validity in the thought, but it's more down to population density than size

[@antisocialegg]

Tf? I’m a teen grown up in america in a household with parents who didn’t go to college (and some of school) and I can’t with ppl being absolute geography idiots. Like if ur gonna tell someone to read a book, follow ur own advice

[@weareallbornmad410]

You give me hope for the future

[@godofchaos9571]

The fact that the woman didn't know where Texas was... how did she get out of school?! It's bad she doesn't know where the states are but how do you not know where Texas is?! It's as easy as CA and FL.

[@Joanna-il2ur]

When the Irish Free State was established in 1923, the UK entered into a common travel area with them and it continued after 1948, when the Irish Republic was established. British and Irish citizens will never need to use passports and are free to live and work in either country. Planes from Dublin, etc. Fly to Heathrow domestic terminal, and there is no customs or passport control. I’m afraid I think KLM are right.

[@TringaporeHK]

2:43 that guy also used the malaysia flag

[@patrickporter6536]

Oh Murica..

[@marcushinton772]

I can almost see these people poking a knife into a switched on toaster....

[@davidmanzi4491]

It's better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

[@AndreiTupolev]

3:00To be fair, it does look a lot like the pre-1918 Imperial German flag

[@jerometaperman7102]

6:18 - She would have known that New York is in America if only she had taken a geology class.

[@triflesponge8109]

Do you have a PO Box or somewhere where we could post you a card? X

[@willsoralis2313]

Not an expert (I'm french by the way) but I'm pretty much sure the State for the mini-fridge is Montana x)

[@dessert506]

Isn't the one at 3:37 comparing a continent, Europe, to a country, USA?

[@M_SC]

Yes but that’s not the problem

[@dessert506]

@@M_SC true true, man's should have said country's in Europe smaller then usa, yes?

[@yyyfffff33333]

They don't teach the geography of countries in school these days . Geography is all physical like volcanoes , rainforests , glaciers etc !

[@develynseether4426]

In the UK it's split physical and human geography with physical split between itself and environmental. Each section having about 30%.

[@rachelhill-kelley8555]

Don’t people watch the Olympics? That’s how I learned about flags from around the globe. And the map one got me. I was moving from Arizona to Washington state and so many people asked me why I was moving to the east coast. And neither of those states were even on that map 😂

[@develynseether4426]

It's the 'it doesn't affect me' ignorant mentality of many of your brethren that's the cause. They don't care what's happening outside their field of vision so why should they care about other states or countries?

[@gerrybaggins]

To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure we, Europeans, are much better.

[@weareallbornmad410]

Really? How many people in Europe would think that Russia is in New Zealand?

[@gerrybaggins]

@weareallbornmad410 But how many European know that Mexico is in North America?

[@weareallbornmad410]

@gerrybaggins Everyone???

[@gerrybaggins]

@@weareallbornmad410 Why should it be everyone? Your question is weird.

[@weareallbornmad410]

@gerrybaggins You asked how many people in Europe know that Mexico is in North America. Everyone, or close to it. It's common knowledge.

[@geobus3307]

Dunning Kruger effect shows the people with the least skill and knowledge overestimate their own abilities. This could explain the unearned confidence of the ignorant in these posts. I want to laugh but im just kinda nauseous !

[@denisecarpenter2981]

These are all simultaneously very sad and very infuriating. 🙄🤨

[@LadyDiLeo7]

1:05 Noooo, that didn't happen. It can't be a real question 🤢

[@segaiuolo]

3:17 ... this isn't really that bad geography, more drawing proport... wait... Alaska?!?

[@etherospike3936]

Many of the quotes are ironies , the ignorant one is he who doesn't get the joke !

[@thiagoleobons390]

Public transportation is good in the EU, not the whole of europe. The EU is only a fraction of the US area. Like 40% of that European area mentioned is Russia and things aren't that great there

[@SoberOKMoments]

I graduated from high school in Detroit, Michigan in 1961. I think my classmates and I were the last class to actually get an education in the USA . I now live in Portugal. Left the states in 2016. Can you guess why? Here's your clue ... they just did it again.

[@simonfea2]

Lucky you. Im very thankful I live in California.

[@brienperkins901]

And some people can't find their butt with both hands- my dad

[@matthewhuszarik4173]

The problem with saying Europe is bigger than the US is where the line is drawn. Russia is 40% of Europe. If you just include the EU the US is larger and more importantly far less densely populated.

[@develynseether4426]

Because huge swathes of the US are nothing yet they covet their big nation. It's easy to own millions of square miles of nothingness. 😂

[@andyjarvis7791]

To be fair, I'm English and live in England, and I don't know a great deal about the good ol' U.S of A, but at least I know where it lies on this flat earth of ours. 😂

[@mangot589]

Oh man. Geography is rough. The biggest problem is changing borders, countries. However, not even having a clue about continents, and countries that have been there for at least a few hundred years? 🙈. Look at a globe from even 30 years ago. If anyone looks at globes anymore. I’m sure there’s some virtual ones.

[@mrc4910]

Horrifying!!

[@dvldog_]

The part where they say Europe's total area is greater than the total area of the US is misleading.... Most of the total area of Europe is Russia and is uninhabited.......

[@grenade8572]

Well, it's not sure if Russia is in Europe or Asia. The argument is still going on. :)

[@svennoren9047]

@@grenade8572 It is both, actually, straddling the border. Not that said border is clearly defined, though.

[@rivenoak]

@@svennoren9047 Ural mountains range is agreed as border.

[@weareallbornmad410]

Russian territory in Europe is not uninhabited. It also isn't most of the area of Europe, WTF? Did you ever look at a map? And it has plenty of rail.