Videos of unbelievably thick Americans.

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Meh. Stupid people exist everywhere. America included.

Is stupidity more common in American than elsewhere? - I think not.

Still, the OP's post is surprising - but on reflection, maybe not.

In High School I experienced first hand the popular American sentiment that being "smart" was not cool - at all. Disdain of learning was widespread. And getting by - graduating from one grade to the other and then to High School - didn't take any sort of effort at all. The village idiot could have done so - but so too could the intelligent but disdainful of education.

 

[blueish swede]

It’s amazing how a country of thickos manages to scrape by. We do sit around at night and wonder how we do it somedays. While we marvel at the individual brilliance of everyone in Britain, of course.

You're too modest. The US has made a great contribution to Britain

 

[Strangerepublic]

With a minimum wage of $7.50 for the last ten years. A education system totally underfunded and challenged by religious fuckwits. No Universal Health Care, people dying because they fear seeking medical attention. Infrastructure crumbling. Endless wars of utter miscalculation. Racial intolerance. It isn’t even in the top 100. It has massive wealth but prefers to all the rich to keep it all. Massive poverty a result. And of course, let’s not forget Trump. Any nation that can vote in that utter fucking sack of shit, you know there’s something far wrong.

I know that half of the US are great people and not like the twats, but they had 76m vote for Trump. And if he isn’t jailed, will vote him in again. Great isn’t the word that springs to mind.

There is a lot of cognitive dissonance there.

From what I read, the state which is most "pro rich", grinding down the poor the most, large scale fleeing of the middle class, masses of homeless....is California. Trump supporters there?

The reason the economically poor have seen real wages stagnant for 30 years (including under Democrat leaders) is not because of the make believe "minimum wage" (you think uneducated Mexican immigrants get minimum wage?) but because of the massive influx of immigrants, simple demand and supply for low wage unskilled labour. The well off educated upper middle classes who wholeheartedly support that, do they vote for Trump?

Education standards are abysmal for inner city blacks despite massive spending (immigrant blacks to the US in contrast do better than Whites). Those who supported welfare schemes that promoted single mother families and promote lower discipline in minority schools, Trump supporters?

And I suggest you speak to black people from the South US, and ask them who they find relatively more racist - Trump supporters or the coastal belt "progressive" elites. You will be a tad surprised.

 

[idahoblues]

43% of Americans have a passport - higher than I thought.
A bit like the uk and Spain, many will fly to Mexico (cancun) and the Caribbean iirc.

Uk is 75%

Many just drive to all parts of Mexico, no passport needed

 

[Magicpole]

Meh. Stupid people exist everywhere. America included.

Is stupidity more common in American than elsewhere? - I think not.

Still, the OP's post is surprising - but on reflection, maybe not.

In High School I experienced first hand the popular American sentiment that being "smart" was not cool - at all. Disdain of learning was widespread. And getting by - graduating from one grade to the other and then to High School - didn't take any sort of effort at all. The village idiot could have done so - but so too could the intelligent but disdainful of education.

If you read the title of the thread it doesn’t say all Americans. It is a video filmed by Americans showing incredibly stupid countrymen and women. You could make a video about incredibly clever Americans. That wouldn’t mean all Americans are incredibly clever, would it? What it does highlight is, and this video is by no means a one off, that the lack of basic knowledge of the world, their own country is absolutely shocking. We have all agreed that stupid people exist everywhere, but some of the stuff is embarrassing. It doesn’t mean all are, it is clear. Videos of incredibly stupid Americans. Would you argue those featured aren’t incredibly stupid? Maybe I should have used the word ignorant.

 

[Magicpole]

Meh. Stupid people exist everywhere. America included.

Is stupidity more common in American than elsewhere? - I think not.

Still, the OP's post is surprising - but on reflection, maybe not.

In High School I experienced first hand the popular American sentiment that being "smart" was not cool - at all. Disdain of learning was widespread. And getting by - graduating from one grade to the other and then to High School - didn't take any sort of effort at all. The village idiot could have done so - but so too could the intelligent but disdainful of education.

If you read the title of the three it doesn’t say, all Americans. It is a video filmed by Americans showing incredibly stupid countrymen and women. You could make a video about incredibly clever Americans. That wouldn’t mean all Americans are incredibly clever, would it? What it does highlight is, and this video is by no means a one off, that the lack of basic knowledge of the world and their own country is absolutely shocking. We have all agreed that stupid people exist everywhere, but some of the stuff is embarrassing. It doesn’t mean all are, it is clear. Videos of a incredibly stupid Americans. Would you argue those featured aren’t incredibly stupid? Maybe I should have used the word ignorant.

 

[idahoblues]

Posting the same thing twice, definitely a sign of sweaty stupidity:)

 

[WestGorton]

I think that voting according to one's principles and values, and not according to one's economic self-interest is something that actually deserves praise and not ridicule.

He wishes he hadn't voted Brexit now Einstein.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

There is a lot of cognitive dissonance there.

From what I read, the state which is most "pro rich", grinding down the poor the most, large scale fleeing of the middle class, masses of homeless....is California. Trump supporters there?

The reason the economically poor have seen real wages stagnant for 30 years (including under Democrat leaders) is not because of the make believe "minimum wage" (you think uneducated Mexican immigrants get minimum wage?) but because of the massive influx of immigrants, simple demand and supply for low wage unskilled labour. The well off educated upper middle classes who wholeheartedly support that, do they vote for Trump?

Education standards are abysmal for inner city blacks despite massive spending (immigrant blacks to the US in contrast do better than Whites). Those who supported welfare schemes that promoted single mother families and promote lower discipline in minority schools, Trump supporters?

And I suggest you speak to black people from the South US, and ask them who they find relatively more racist - Trump supporters or the coastal belt "progressive" elites. You will be a tad surprised.

No it has very little to do with that.

Americans aren't competing with the mexican immigrants in low paid jobs. Their well paid manufacturing jobs were shipped overseas to places like China from the 1970s onwards. American businesses decided to do that.

Rambling nonsense.

Were you trying to stick up for Americans by proving you could lower the bar?

 

[bluethrunthru]

Many just drive to all parts of Mexico, no passport needed

wow - Imagine if we could do that with Europe - it would be a game changer