WORST Government Mistakes

[@Srair]

ALWAYS a good day when Be Amazed uploads

[@northernlights677]

When you click on a comment to see what comments people wrote’_’

[@zombie-nd6yo]

Ok

[@butcherbaker4258]

How do I send you a story that you might want to feature?

[@Srair]

@@butcherbaker4258 wdym

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

yup

[@MrTortureandtorment]

A few years back I was the victim of an CRA audit. They were going to take everything away from me that I owned. That was to pay the debt they said I owed. After 9 months I went to their office with all my documents. I had gone there on numerous occasions at my expense. It turned out that they had audited the wrong person. It was all based on my middle initial. Never got an apology or we are sorry. Case closed and I was out the travel expense.

[@eyes2c..519]

You could've sued and got tht back or they'd have drug it out til u went broke that's how the ones w money do it sick I'm sorry

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Sorry for that, mate. Of all government departments, the tax one seems to be internationally renowned as the worst, and most stubborn one. Every country should have a system in place to, at the very least, reimburse wronged citizens. There are some great jobs that they can do (it was the IRS that took down Capone after all), but I think many offices are housed by people too stubborn to admit when they're wrong.

[@chriskatz2355]

Thats a law suit

[@chriskatz2355]

If you still have the documents id suggest contacting a attorney to see if the statue of limitations hadnt ran out

[@tomfrazier1103]

Being in Government means never having to say "Sorry".

[@minnesotagal507]

Hank Johnson a U.S. representative of Georgia, once said he was afraid of too many military on Guam because it could capsize . And he got re-elected !

[@BeAmazed]

🤣

[@weiyuantan4477]

@@BeAmazed 👋🏼👁👄👁

[@laurieerickson5648]

I wonder if he got any of his education in Florida......😂 That would explain a lot.

[@tr1bes]

I wonder who are the people that voted for such a dimwitted person. That could explain many things in that region's education.

[@justaskin8523]

@@laurieerickson5648 "Florida Man" is so well-known only because Florida's arrest records are public knowledge. Other states hide their records, but Florida lets its freak flag fly.

[@dawnwatkins6554]

I grew up in the Air Force and with things that happened to my dad, what I learned was... If you owe the government something they want it yesterday, if the government owes you, don't look for it. My dad is still owed paychecks from 6 months of 1971 when his largest check was $16 and the smallest was $0. If it wasn't for the church we wouldn't have made it during those 6 months.

[@UnicornSpoonie]

I wish I could say I was surprised…😑. I’m glad you were able to make it through though!!

[@DChosen13]

Not sure if this counts, but I got a speeding ticket on May 5, 2009 in Portland, Jamaica... problem is that: 1. I had never driven a vehicle in that parish 2. I had been overseas since May 1, 2009.

[@ldannu5627]

Maybe someone used your name, or has an fake ID, with your name? Bad anyway!

[@Mew_Mokuba_Akari]

Don't leave us hanging what happened? Did you have to pay it or were you able to prove you A didn't do it and B couldn't have done it

[@DChosen13]

@@Mew_Mokuba_Akari Sorry... I went to the traffic office with my passport, which proved that I was overseas when the ticket was issued, and therefore could not have been the one driving, in that area, on that day. The ticket was removed from the system.

[@DChosen13]

@@ldannu5627 I am really beginning to wonder about that one. I was stopped by officers, who after running my license number (I didnt have my license with me when I was stopped), claimed that they were going to arrest me for driving on a suspended license. They claimed that the "system" showed that my license had been revoked almost a year before, for accumulated points. I had renewed my license about 3 months prior to them stopping me, and had had no issues renewing it. What saved me was a ticket I had gotten, about 2 weeks before that, for a tail light being out. I asked them how I could have been driving without a license, for almost a year, when I had one for their colleagues to issue a ticket against, 2 weeks prior to them stopping me. They begrudgingly let me go, but wouldn't let me see what "the system" had shown when they ran my info.

[@ldannu5627]

@@DChosen13 hopefully all will go well from now on !

[@HammersRComing]

5:35 the finnish government realized they could’ve installed fences and made reindeer crossing zones instead 😂😂

[@jonnukka2004]

Reindeer Farms, at least some nowadays put reflective fabric on reindeer collars, at least some use collars to mark the reindeer, but some use ear tags that do not have reflective fabric🙃

[@Nosti98]

You gotta feel sorry for the guy who lost everything because a government mistake.(

[@bakabunny788]

honestly, at that point he should have sued the people who were working at the time for pain, suffering, and emotional damage.

[@bluefire6457]

I think you did@@bakabunny788

[@mariac.cetina2270]

He's still fighting for reimbursement

[@mariac.cetina2270]

He's still fighting for reimbursement

[@maverickk4910]

@@bakabunny788 So he should sue the government ..... on the government ?

[@avejoe]

I agree! The Government is a shell game, nowadays. Improvement is need it. So We as people and voters need to vote them out if their heads get too big for their positions.

[@derrill5796]

It's sweet how you assume that it won't be rigged in the future. They already know that Mr. big T is coming back. Their plans are decades ahead of what the public knows. Simply brilliant tho. Renaming the common cold like that. I mean there has never been a cure for that And people have died from it for 1000s of years. That's true history. Look at the poor sheeple who fell for the trick and lined up to be what we know now is experimental & Pfizer now is directly telling our government the rules they must follow. Drug companies are in charge. Vaxxed have variant s. Why? More of them dying now. Folks don't know if they got the saline or not. Well politicians got the saline or was simply exempt already. There's proof of that. All the "history" (They) taught us, the world, think. Global, here; Has all been lies. They, ( Our ) employees, (we support for life) , have been complicit in the very conspiracies they deny. Worse people ignore the proof. Bad people only succeed because good people let them. 2 kinds of people, which kind do you choose foor yourself? Oh yeah you count. No choice is still a choice. Cmon, Good or Bad? You do get to choose so choose wisely.

[@avejoe]

@@derrill5796 You recognize the shell game and hack jobs that is going on, right now.

[@dritonferizi6120]

@@derrill5796 But "big T" wanted the people vaxed to? Wasen't it T who created the warp speed programm?

[@2gether4everFamily]

Yeah you the voters put Biden admin in because you pussies were offended by normal tweets by a person saying what needed to be said, and now is being proven right…. Even Biden admin is going back to almost all his policies, other than the illegal and evil mandates and build back better bullshit

[@OriginalDonutposse]

@@dritonferizi6120 yes you’re correct - don’t waste your time arguing with what is likely not even a real person or actually in the us.

[@OneRandomDragonLover]

I already knew that corruption and stupidity was ruining governments but this is off the scale.

[@liamcollinson5695]

I know one guy who went to prison and about a month after he got out almost ended up getting done for speeding. It turns out someone stole his identity while he was locked up but no on thought to check. So his bail was almost revoked

[@andrewalker2056]

Your last quote about Florida is 100% spot on 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@starhorsman7020]

Hahahahahahahahah

[@kingofdank4429]

Finally a video what I have been saying for years

[@gauravbansode9793]

Lmao

[@justsomepersononyoutube9271]

in the usa the leader of the free world stole a election and his destroying the us

[@loathplixel1163]

LMFAO

[@No-jo8mz]

Yes anarchy

[@sidno4716]

Waaaa

[@billynelson101]

So in West Hollywood, CA there exists an adult theater that I went to in my adventurous 20's. They had a sign on the wall upstairs near nothing other than the restrooms and soda vending machine that said "Do not steal" Footnote:I stole the sign

[@megauser8512]

LOL!

[@NRR_77]

Time Stamps / Codes 0:35 2:20 4:32 6:04 6:57 9:09 10:18 12:20 13:52 15:13 16:41 18:03 19:13 20:58 22:23

[@Axman117]

Hey my dog actually did eat my homework the best part is when my teacher called my mom because of course she thought I lying just her reaction when my mom told her my dog actually did eat my home work was priceless

[@JackieOwl94]

I brought the homework in with the bite mark in and a sad face. I worked hard on that essay and I had just received my puppy and later lifelong friend a couple months prior. My mom wrote her a note and they had a nice laugh together.

[@TheAureliaLuna]

"Hey, your kid lied to me, saying the dog ate h-- What? It actually happened? Uh, I... I think, I have the wrong kid... Heheh... Whoops... *OH GOD I'M DEAD*"

[@thelamp9377]

Sometimes my bird will bite pieces out of my homework.

[@haplessasshole9615]

@@thelamp9377 Must be a parrot, rather than a canary or finch. My money's on a cockatiel, because they really get irate when you're paying attention to something other than _them,_ so they bite triangular divots out of the object of your attention. 'Tiels can be the cheeriest of critters, but also the orneriest.

[@freetolook3727]

@4:30 That was actually pretty dumb of the taxpayer. When the government asks for receipts, you're supposed to send in copies not the actual receipts. That way if the government screws up and loses them, you can send in more copies.

[@kiwitrainguy]

Or if the government insists on the originals make copies and hang on to the copies.

[@Kualinar]

Many times, those agencies absolutely INSIST at getting the originals. Then, if they screw up and destroy those originals, won't accept your copies as they are not the originals that they destroyed.

[@SalsaRat]

“Russia tried to ban emo’s” *excuse me what 😃*

[@aetheralmeowstic2392]

Now they're trying to classify furries as extremists. Yes, the Russian "government" wants to consider being a furry _an act of terrorism!_

[@eyes2c..519]

Usa tried banning Manson he was the devil and corrupting us kids at the time 😆

[@benmountaingangster]

@@aetheralmeowstic2392 I GO TO RUSSIA! Edit: @AetheralMeowstic said that Russia attempted to ban furries just so y’all know,

[@weiyuantan4477]

Lol 😂

[@NetralFN]

@@aetheralmeowstic2392 ok sounds good

[@joeythomas9062]

With dealing with Covid the last 2yrs we are well aware how dumb our government is 🤷‍♂️

[@daneilgame123]

And even more aware of how dumb some people are

[@ys.the.mafuyu.enjoyer]

People in Iran:for some time, we weren't

[@whocares397]

only the last 2 years? lol

[@donaldsalkovick396]

@@whocares397 yes from 2016 to 2020 half of the government was doing pretty good until the communist party stole the next election

[@toddlenard7602]

Government post office here hold my beer.

[@jasonswalwell3324]

"is there anything the US government won't give you if you just ask?" Money

[@kiwitrainguy]

My experience of government (not the US one) has been if they want your money, that's all too easy but if you want money out of them, WHOA that's a lot more difficult.

[@pikachugodwmew4358]

Actually if your poor and have a child they give you a foodstamp card 🤓

[@SDragonPVP]

They’ll give you soccer balls

[@ranjetharthanari2974]

Oil 😂

[@alastor6673]

Alastor fans are always appreciated

[@cliftondean4333]

Somehow, I think the "Keep off the grass" sign was a tongue-in-cheek poke at the municipality, put there by a local resident. The government would have put up a regulation size sign on a six foot pole.

[@chloeevans1928]

I live in a small town that's been growing the past few years. It was so small for so long that the local government didn't bother with maintaining the traffic lights. So a lot of the time, you will come to a light that is both green and also red. Or yellow and red. Or just no light. Also, the water treatment plant is unattended and easily accessible by anyone. Like you can just dump stuff in there if you wanted to.

[@christopherkalizae3076]

I don't care what my parents say to me but the fact that the government has the absolute worst ideas of what the world is really grinds my gears ⚙

[@tzshchsjsjxijyo]

Same, our government literally has plans to build a *B I R D I S L A N D* when you can literally just give piped water to everybody and it will solve the same thing but better

[@superedits-xn7xc]

w

[@tesmith47]

Not really

[@danieljoaquin6181]

I wish we had better governments.

[@utvm6748]

Communism pls

[@joboypasia]

Yeah pls

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

Forget it, only idiots seems to rule :(

[@Zachary77]

The best Government ever is the one that dosen't exist at all!

[@ys.the.mafuyu.enjoyer]

In your dreams

[@djthunderxyz]

I’m from Florida myself and I had absolutely no idea that the ban even occurred. It’s almost like it never even happened in the first place.

[@ReadyorNot811]

Same

[@AndyGooglegd1206]

Same for me

[@megauser8512]

Well, it did happen, but then due to 1 internet cafe owner's lawsuit claiming that banning online gambling was equivalent to banning all wi-fi, it was no longer enforced.

[@Zer-py2dk]

Unknown: hey, could you give me a nuke? Government: “kay”

[@cwf8d270]

well no they would be sold low grade (fuel grade ) material like 20% and weapon grade is around 90%

[@Flowxrz0]

sanssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[@h.m.chuang0224]

Sending mails with pigeon is actually an age old tradition in China though. 飛鴿傳書 has been practiced for thousands of years.

[@elizecastro1934]

Ikaw Galing mo hindi ko alam ang Lengguahe mo

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

Same in UK

[@lifuranph.d.9440]

No flying pigeon mail during famine...just pigeon soup.

[@lifuranph.d.9440]

@@elizecastro1934 "Flying pigeon letters ''.

[@elizecastro1934]

@@lifuranph.d.9440 TAGALOG KA BA

[@kitcat7890]

My blood is boiling right now! Thanks for always keeping me pumped up!

[@steavo78]

Vietnam is a mistake our country will never be allowed to forget. My grandfather was tormented every night reliving his time during the war, sometimes he would wake up swinging. You had to shake his foot and duck so he didn't get you with a mean left hook.

[@Suisfonia]

Vietnam itself isn't a mistake, considering we had a treaty with South Vietnam and were obligated to come to their aid as per the treaty. What *was* a mistake was letting politicians (who have zero military experience) dictate how the military was to handle themselves in the war. It's why a lot of people who have studied that war, myself included, firmly believe that if the politicians had stayed *out of it* and let the military do their job, it wouldn't have turned into such a huge disaster. Edit: I goofed up and said south korea rather than south vietnam... ughs -,-

[@laurieerickson5648]

Unfortunately those are the lucky ones that survived the massive dumping of agent Orange. My friend did 2 tours in Nam, now he has chronic stage 3 spinal cancer. He's had it for over 20 yrs. Nevermind what that NASTY junk has done to GENERATIONS of Vietnamese children. 3rd and 4th GENERATIONS being born with EXTREMELY rare genetic conditions and birth defects. Only thing more shameful than dumping that garbage to begin with, is the U.S. response to the situation or should I say the LACK of a response. 🙈 politicians choose not to see the problem, so there's no obligation to help clean up a mess WE made. 😒 Smh

[@hackman669]

Afgahn will be Merica's modern dig mistake. Leaving millions of people in the hands of blood thirst war lords and gangs!! No thanks trump and Sleepy Biden.🥵🤢🤮🤕🤒🤯😵

[@fluffymoth87]

I once saw a sign that warned that bridges were icy in the winter, but there were no bridges for at least 30 miles, or even lakes or ponds. I still have no clue why the sign was where it was.

[@tinaharnish]

As a Canadian, I can say that I've never heard of the CRA taking everything someone owns and selling it off because they owed $5.00 in taxes.

[@Rider95king]

I would love to have a part 2 on this

[@joshualynch90]

A politician is as useful as an ash tray on a motorcycle

[@thestrongoldman3058]

🤣❤️💯

[@raynobles3736]

Thats a good one

[@shoaptacoez]

or breathing holes in a mask

[@l4ffingdogg233]

😁🤪

[@Ob1tuber]

“You don’t have to be smart to be a politician, you just have to be elected” - My history teacher from semester 1

[@cavetroll]

The entirety of the south African government could make this a ten hour episode

[@hackman669]

Just add N Korea and a few Ex Soviet states and you will have material for years😃🙂👍👍👍

[@danamoore1788]

The documents on paper thing actually makes sense. A guy in a room in NJ is not grabbing secrets in Russia if they are printed out. You physically have to go there and get or copy them. So in a world where everyone is running to the 'cloud'. Paper really is more secure.

[@1uP-v2]

We didn't need proof. Everyone knows.

[@JSB-2Z-2K]

Fr

[@l4ffingdogg233]

A person can be smart, brilliant even. People(governments) are stupid.

[@SundaysunnyX0]

FACTS

[@avery_is_here9054]

How bad has the government gotten over the past few decades? Bad. Really bad. Apocalypse level bad.

[@shreyansh9302]

I think that this was for the government to see how bad it is

[@Marychange]

Unbelievable! You are amazing ti find these. I am so surprised these situations weren't censored!

[@Mercedes_may]

Russia: bans emo Also Russia: goes through 60 year long emo phase itself 😂💀

[@GD-BHV]

*a i n t n o w a e*

[@vaultceeper2621]

10:19 the only reason this happens is because it’s easier to scapegoat than actually deal with the problem

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Don't mix things up, us Brits don't love being sticklers for inane and insane laws. British local clerical _clerical officers_ love being sticklers... Believe me, I've worked for a few local governments across the country (in the education depts; mostly, but not only, in libraries. One of the few departments that has the backing of the local citizenry. I miss doing that 😥). The crass stupidity I saw in my first "proper" job (at 17) for my county council had me facepalming _before_ that became "a thing". It's not the elected members who are the worst (they're often bad in their own way, but we can boot them out, after all), but the equivalent of civil servants (local government officers and civil servants did not - and probably still don't - want to be mistaken for each other. However, when it comes to it, they do the same sort of thing). Long-term employees running the actual show while the elected talking heads do just that. Talk. Some of these LGOs & civil servants who've only done this job for years, the "lifers", are the "little Hitlers", as we call them (traffic warden is also a popular job for that sort of person), and you can guarantee that it was one of those who was behind that sign. I don't even have to know the story, I'd actually stake a bet on it, and I abhor gambling! I worked with enough of them...🤦🏻‍♀️

[@kiwitrainguy]

What's worse is that Government employees can never EVER loose their jobs, and they know it.

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

i hate governments, nothing can change my mind unless they change themselves

[@infiniteVidz]

Based libertarian take

[@snakedoktor6020]

@@infiniteVidz biased...read before you hit that button...and you got a like for it! It will never cease to AMAZE!

[@infiniteVidz]

@@snakedoktor6020 what lol?🤣

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

engriche

[@Suisfonia]

There's a reason why myself and a lot of people prefer small governments rather than the large ones we have now.

[@Chill69420]

I love how he changes his voice to say"CARRY ON"

[@rico5622]

Lol yeah, me too. That was so funny. 😂

[@Fickets]

I was less a “victim,” but a screw up at the DMV resulted in me getting my drivers license even though I had an “automatic fail” result on my test.

[@IMK205]

Did you correct it?

[@moonman239]

The feds tried to pass weapons through a TSA checkpoint. Most of the weapons made it through.

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of something in a "rogue warrior" novel: his people dismantled some guns, put them in a box labeled "scrap metal", and put on an airplane with NO ONE noticing.

[@alkh3myst]

Yeah, but don't try to put a spray bottle in your carry-on luggage. You'll end up spread-eagled on the floor with guns pointed at your head.

[@kiwitrainguy]

@@ericb3157 Nice move but who would carry scrap metal on a flight? I supposed there's lots of reasons, I just can't think of any.

[@Kan-di8re]

Governments due to being complex as hell and huge, Makes their mistakes equally huge

[@evenstephens3023]

As a Canadian I am offended you showed honey instead of maple syrup. Lol

[@hackman669]

Well the announcer is American with the "best" public schools after all. 🇺🇸🇺🇲

[@TattedIrishxxx]

Yeah that was Not syrup!

[@DerangedVoices]

If I had a tiny patch of grass in front of my house, I'd put a "keep off the grass" sign on it just for laughs because of how stupid it would be to do so. 😂 So I'm wondering if that sign in the video was also done as a joke.

[@Marie-ur3qh]

Or to keep cars from parking across it.

[@samuelbaker7139]

Governments aren't too intelligent they are just too intellectual. Intelligence is the balance of intellect and intuition as we all know 👀

[@tesmith47]

The people elect people JUST LIKE THEMSELVES!!!

[@ZupatoShimon]

Our country banned internet once too and it was the worst thing ever. Can't live without it : (

[@hm5758]

every government elite meeting needs a brawl to ease the tension of how stressful politics is, it's good for the soul

[@michaelpierron605]

I’m glad you think the Vietnam war was a waste of time, money and lives. I lost my father there. Thanks for your insight

[@hackman669]

Very true!!

[@hansaparsottam6237]

No one cares!!!

[@michaelpierron605]

@@hansaparsottam6237 I’m sure the ones who lost family members do.

[@kiwitrainguy]

Sad to say it but all wars are a waste of time, money and lives. Politicians never seem to realise this.

[@Vanspecial]

Ah yes. Showing once again that "Military Intelligence " is an oxymoron.

[@dmikewilcox]

Old joke alert. Army Officer: "Hey! I'm not an ox or a moron!"

[@QuinnMallory-od1hw]

The Vietnam war story of forced relocation was simply awful. I'm guessing some senator at the time thought fortifying existing villages would only give armed sites to the enemy if they were taken, also US spending money on a place they don't own and can't keep after the war was obviously never going to happen, so army bases were a more practical and effective way to win in their limited comprehension of the situation. If the relocation was voluntary for protection and they had chosen one strategic village instead could have been a better proposal.

[@stanwolenski9541]

Had the IRS freeze my bank accounts because according to them I had not paid my portion of employees with holding. My wife and I brought the cancelled check to the audit. And showed the auditor the cancelled check. He said okay, we need to pay the same amount again and at some future time if what we could prove was true they would drop the lien and return any money we just paid. My wife took his desk phone, push it at him and said, “ I want you to call my office right now and tell our employees they would not be getting paid this week because you have their money”. I was stunned, the auditor was even more stunned, he said he would have to discuss this with his supervisor. Less than 10 minutes later he returned, said the lien would be released, he would just need to make a copy of the cancelled check. Lien released, cancelled check returned we went back to our office, employees were paid on Friday as usual.

[@lockwoan01]

Okay, a 56 year old recruit in the National Guard..... Okay, supposing that they meet the other requirements (Health, Background, and so on), what's wrong with having an older recruit? I mean, they've probably already had children - family line secure, probably not as likely to just quit as it were, and a rifle fired by a 56-year old is just as dangerous as one fired by a 35-year old - all other things equal.

[@LuckyGamer-si6dy]

Your one of my favs amaze! Keep up the good work!

[@valyriantime910]

Jaime Torres , if the picture is genuine, did he really pretend to be dead in a coffin... with his mask on?! Who would have put a mask on a corpse? :-D

[@elultimo102]

The corpse might get the kung-flu....

[@lindaholland4849]

My friend has a cat and it went "missing" I said to them that i hoped they found the cat and i saw the cat coming out of the house (we where talking outside by the front porch) and he said "oh my cat was found ages ago only a day after we put up the posters" and I said " but the posters have been up for months" and he said "so?" and I just walked away in vague confusement

[@amanda021174]

Talk about a gov. Mistake, I got 2 for ya. 1.) Due to several disabilities that made me unable to work, I filed for Social Security Benefits. First, I live in Texas, but my Social Security disability case was sent to Arkansas. according to the Social security website, a decision is expected to take 7 - 10 months....my case is over 14 months old & still pending & even my attorney doesn't know why. 2.) I know of someone who is making $100 a day working full time for Door Dash & also drawing $1,184 a month from Texas SSDI. According to the Social Security Guidelines, A person under 62 years of age (which this person is) can work just as long as long as it is no more than 25/hours a week & their are making less than $1,184 a month. Last time I checked , $2400 a month (working 6 days a week, at $100 a day) plus $1,400 a month for Veterans benefits (for being in the Air Force for 4 years in Desert Storm & taking 2 shots in the leg which gave him a mild limp.) is WAY more than $1,184. Exactly. I have to use a walker, I have had 11 surgeries since 2017 & fixing to have 2 more by year's end & My case is STILL pending...Tell me how is that fair?

[@sakuraplumlove5292]

I'm honestly not surprised the US came to South Africa with the elephant idea and we agreed to help them. Our country is run by people who doesn't even have high school diplomas 😓

[@generalprincecodyhedgewolf2944]

Pigeon topic: Pigeons were used in communications during Wwi to carry handwritten Orders to artillery

[@rakaisalendra3107]

You are the best youtuber ever the story and karma vid is my fav one to. keep it up my guy❤

[@vinyei_]

I’m wondering how “Be Amazed” edits his videos, plus he does it everyday, but i love his videos especially when its the weekend😊.

[@ryleighs9575]

As a Canadian, the CRA story infuriated me lol.

[@mahmoudajjan466]

And the EMO kids were free to CARRY ON 😂😂😂😂😂, love you dude, thank you for your amazing videos

[@abdirahmanhassan2974]

You never fail to entertain us❤

[@RuinQueenofOblivion]

Here's one that happened to me, minor compared to the others, but drives me crazy thinking about it. I'm on Food Stamps because of financial reasons, and part of that is renewing it every year so that I keep getting benefits. So one time when I got it, I filled out the paperwork, even did it a second time online just in case, sent it in and went about my business. A month or two later I get a letter from them saying I did not file it on time. Which is of course total bullcrap, and I called them up to see what was going on. When they got back to me, it turned out that the paperwork had been sitting on the person's desk, unfiled for no good reason. I got my benefits back, but the level of incompetence is staggering.

[@Amber9572]

About the FBI door notes, they may have thought it was the cleaning crew! I work in the kitchen of a nursing home, and we regularly send notes with meals because its the only way to get certain special dish types back without someone forgetting between the kitchen and the rooms. Also, only kitchen staff is allowed in the kitchen. Makes sense right? Can't have people without training contaminating things or getting people food that will kill them. So we are to keep all doors locked. We always have one door unlocked, because several personnel turns ago, all the keys were lost!

[@jellykitty3802]

I love when be amazed posts

[@wowmequeen7393]

As though people didn’t already have enough of a lack of trust in our government making good decisions. 🤣🤣🤣

[@anonymousmonkey9491]

0:03 literally no one thinks nor believes that.

[@macwillmore2450]

I already knew the government was dumb 😂

[@hackman669]

Just watch the news. DC and Sacromento think TMZ and Reality Show are real!!!

[@KrisThijs-b5z]

In Limburg (north-east Belgium), the building permits were sent via the internet to the capital (Brussels). The computers were down for a scheduled maintenance, this had been communicated several times in advance. Normally, after sending the building plans and permits, they were removed from the local computers. So the recipients in Brussels couldn't receive anything and the senders deleted the mail after sending it. They were also working very hard to punish construction tramplers around this period. More than 2000 permits have been lost that week. Because of people who wanted to do additional work and submitted a building application, the government quickly came across the problem. So government employees had to take to the streets. Searching for possible construction sites, renovations and building modifications where the planning application was lost. The government department then had to draw up the building application itself, because they were at fault. And any building violators could also get a violation in order. If they hadn't been too lazy to read the e-mail from Brussels, they wouldn't have had months of work to get rid of their stupidity.

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

13:15 - Legislative punch-ups are actually somewhat of a _good_ sign, as they serve to show that [a] legislators aren't afraid to publicly and vocally disagree with each other or the government, and that [b] the legislature has enough power to be _worth_ fighting over. Calm, cordial legislatures are more a feature of totalitarian dictatorships, where expressing any disagreement is likely to get a legislator imprisoned or killed, and where there's no point for fighting for control of a legislature that lacks any actual powers.

[@jasonmachula1472]

I'm ok with using the sun as the Point of reference for your animation and making it look like the sun travels across the Earth but you had the earth's rotation backwards under the sun in your animation.

[@komi-samabeliever7319]

Sorry, after the second story I had to stop. Any further may seriously injure my mental health, it made me furious how much power they can abuse despite it's obviously their mistake to begin with. What worse is that it could happen to you, me, and everyone and when it *DID* happens there's nothing we can do other than prepared for the miserable future. Living in society is a massive sucks sometimes...

[@donwolff6463]

One year I received a letter from the IRS saying I owed 16k on an estimated near 6 figure income (not really that close unfortunately for that year). But, as I was bantering back and forth with the agent I heard the perfect trigger phrase: prove you don't owe us that. To which I responded: you are the ones asserting the positive claim, therefor the burden of proof is entirely on you to provide the evidence showing that I made that income and owe that tax. They politely hung up, and the matter was resolved. I filed as normal, late as it was, but never heard back ever again over the issue. Remember it's up to the IRS to prove their claims. If you know they are in the wrong because you know their numbers are based on statistics and not hard evidence, then stick to your guns. (This is not a legal claim. Always seek an accountant and/or attorney when in doubt...gosh hasn't our society become touchy ... sign of the times I guess 🥴🙃🥺😱)

[@AllStuffofWonder_YT]

If I report this, you’ll be in a bad state.

[@justaskin8523]

The IRS has actually shut down businesses that DIDN'T owe any taxes. One was a family-owned grocery store. They boarded up the store, shut the power off, and let hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of food just rot. That can put an owner out of business permanently. "Oops, I'm sorry" just doesn't cut it. Prison time is appropriate, but I doubt anybody at the IRS has ever gone to jail for shutting down a mom and pop.

[@kiwitrainguy]

This sounds like good advice. Anyone who would take you to court over this comment is a ... someone else can fill in the word.

[@louiseogden1296]

Regarding pointless signs, another one from the UK is the one which was emailed to a translation office in Wales to be translated into Welsh, since all official signs there are bilingual. The sign writer received back a text, which was dutifully transcribed onto the sign. Unfortunately, it wasn't the translation of the official text at all. It was the translator's out of office email response. (For context, not all areas of Wales have a decent proportion of native Welsh speakers. There are more first-language Welsh speakers in the North of Wales rather than in the South, which saw a lot of migrant workers over the past centuries due to the coal mining. So in some areas, there are fewer people with the requisite skills to catch errors such as this one...) Frustratingly, my parents lived in Wales for a while before I started school. In the North, education is bilingual, meaning that kids learn both English and Welsh but the bulk of school is conducted in Welsh, with a transition year in English to get ready for Welsh instruction if necessary. But because my mum is Irish and my dad is English and we spoke English at home, the Welsh speaking playgroup wouldn't let me in. It would have been one good way to teach me the Welsh I'd need for school when I was young enough to absorb it easily. This was 40 years ago when things were at their most sensitive and tbh I don't blame them for wanting to preserve their own community and language. I'm not sure whether I'd have retained any of it -- my dad was only there a year or two working on a specific engineering project and we may well have moved on. But it's sad that I never learned at least a bit of it -- I've got a good ear for language as an adult and missed out on a chance to add to my repertoire, which is mainly Eastern European languages, a bit of French and a bit of German. I also lived in Ireland with my mum for a year or two when she was working there and it was really cool to get to know my own heritage; I then went out to Poland for a year to study there and 20 years on am still fairly fluent. It's important for children and young people to be exposed to other languages and cultures and enable free association with other nations.

[@EzLagz]

When you sang "Carry On!" I was Dying of laughter

[@memnocktdevil]

So my wife was receiving social security for her first husband who had passed away. When we got married she informed them, so they could stop the payments. She aslo changed her last name to mine and updated it with SSA. They continued the deposit but we hadn't noticed because it was electronic. Eventually they stopped and sent us a bill. When we fought back they said we had to pay because we are required to report marriage (even though we had) they kept on until we said we would take it to court. They realized that we would win since she had change her name and marital status (which for some reason they chose to ignore) the same day she informed them they needed to stop.

[@CinnaSwirls]

"Is there anything the United States government won't give you if you just ask?" Affordable housing comes to mind.

[@DenkiKaminari.]

Free health care

[@therandombutterontheintern1363]

I don't know, better wages?

[@asbeltrion]

I want more of this. Waiting for part 2.

[@maximukhin45]

I can only expect russia's invasion on ukraine to be here, cause seriously, it shouldn't have happened in the first place.

[@megauser8512]

@@maximukhin45 Exactly!

[@brandenspear9742]

The same thing happend to me somebody working at the water plant screwed up and made us pay $50

[@ZombieslayerLeena]

Can we just appreciate Mr. Amazed hit that MCR note? Lol 😂 Great job.

[@ZorotheGallade]

The elephant one makes some SMALL amount of sense. An elephant's feet are so wide and their regular gait so careful they cause almost no vibrations in the terrain. They would still trigger regular or rudimentary pressure-detecting mines, but proximity mines that are triggered by vibrations in the terrain wouldn't explode if they walked nearby...

[@danielenglish2469]

Building a nuke. Yes, you can buy enough material to build a nuclear bomb in the US. But that means nothing. The people who think it does mean something are simply ignorant. To actually build a nuclear bomb, you must *refine* that material, you need to extract a specific isotope to a ridiculously high purity, and the US government keeps a close eye worldwide on materials needed to accomplish this refinement. It's actually much easier to monitor and police the refining capabilities everywhere than it is to keep track of the raw materials.

[@troodon1096]

To be fair, convincing the military to fund elephant research on the basis that they might be good at detecting bombs, isn't so much weaponizing the research as it is exactly the opposite.

[@Herowebcomics]

Russia wanted to ban being Emo?! But it's RUSSIA! The emo culture sounds like it would be a good fit there!

[@Ari_Days]

It's just a country. Emo culture was at the same time as everywhere and died like every other cringy culture.

[@LuisC89]

The day is always better when I watch Be Amazed😜

[@Ryzohm0141]

4:00 I would steal all the government-owned shredders and find footage of the government's mistake

[@jordancambridge4106]

The elephant bomb squad was in reality to study the structure of an elephants nose so that machines can be upgraded to better track bombs in which have been in use for 20 plus years but after the study of elephants the US military made super advancements and have removed dogs nearly 100% from sniffing duties.

[@justaskin8523]

Yep, and dogs can be made to alert falsely. Happens all the time whenever the cops want to conduct an illegal search.

[@benthecat4345]

Honestly, the whole concept of time zones is somewhat messed up as they don't split the world into 24 equal parts

[@factsrecord302]

I wish we had more effective governments.

[@breandanjoyce8385]

19:04 oh yeah I can top that easy a sign down by the pond near my house says no gnawing

[@owizcomg]

The deer one, wouldn't it have been cheaper to pay them to cross somewhere else? 🤣🤣😂 How about the lady who drove through a forest and saw a caution deer crossing sign. A lady sent in a suggestion to maybe move the deer crossing sign to a more visible area! 🤣🤣🦌🦌

[@aetheralmeowstic2392]

The fact that the US government hasn't officially recognized Taiwan as an independent country.

[@Newdivide]

That's because the PRC ain't going to be happy if the US does that

[@thesnowgolem]

🗿

[@hackman669]

China has nukes and big guns. This is the same reason Ukrain will most like never join NATO. Russia is to powerful.

[@kiwitrainguy]

They recognised Taiwan from about 1949 until...sometime in the '80s or '90s. They switched their "allegiance" from one to the other as the PRC seemed the better horse to bet on. As Thad Goy says they will let you recognise one at a time but not both. Although the US still stands with Taiwan is matters of defence. When I was sorting mail in the late '70s we had to be careful not to send mail addressed to the embassy of one of those countries to the other. Even more confusing is that Taiwan calls itself "The Republic of China".

[@RuinQueenofOblivion]

I believe the immortal words of Mike Nelson from MST3K apply here: "I'm the government, I'm the government, I'm the reason nothing works!"

[@TheBeatlesShow]

I see you are a person of culture as well

[@Noahbalboa7]

damn man, i wanna watch MST3K again now

[@Master_Yoda1990]

And yet many trust it with their lives and security…

[@ro4eva]

Yeah it's kind of naive to an extent.

[@fluffyskye4813]

I actually have something but it does not entire go towards the government. I'm german and I'm living right next to an Autobahn, as a sonic shield the German Autobahn (Company's name) planted a bunch of trees in addition with a metal shielding. Nothing rare tbh. However in 2013 the trees grew too big started sprouting on our property and endangered it if it fell over. My Grantaunt (72 at the time) who owned that side of the house back then contacted them. She just beat Cancer and wasnt home for a few months, so seeing the tree glooming over her kitchen gave her stress attacks. She called the German Autobahn and asked for them to settle the issue. They said they would adress it internally. After 4 months she got a letter saying that my 72yo Grant Aunt, who had just beaten cancer, should and is allowed to handle the tree herself. In the end, my dad ended up cutting it down, but the audacity they had sending this letter to my grant aunt basically saying "do it yourself" was outrageous.

[@nomorehacking8]

These clips are so funny and annoying at the same time. Thanks for the amazing content as always!!

[@IrishBrotato]

Fun fact: a 13 year old kid built a fully functional nuclear reactor in a shed in his back yard....it was seized by the fbi

[@johnopalko5223]

I think he was more like 16 and he didn't build a reactor. All he managed to do was amass a bunch of americium from old smoke alarms, which isn't even fissile. Idiot did manage to contaminate the area, through.

[@sineaddovey2855]

say what now where do i hire him