50 Times People Just Had To Take A Screenshot Of Americans Being Unbelievably Clueless
We all make fools out of ourselves every now and then. Nobody is safe from that unwelcome sense of anxiety once you realized the thing you just said makes zero sense. But things that leave your mouth, whether IRL or online, do stay there, oftentimes forever.
And there’s a whole corner of Reddit, r/S***AmericansSay, dedicated entirely to the mission of collecting the stupidest, funniest, and sometimes embarrassing cases of people being so convinced they know better when they couldn’t be further away from the truth.
So let’s ready ourselves for the ensued hilarity, ‘cause we are about to have a fair share of it, trust me.
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“Who Was The First Country On Planet Earth To Ban Slavery? That’s Right, America”
There’s an abundance of scientific evidence that shows humans are poor judges of their own abilities, whether it’s their sense of humor or grammar. In fact, psychologists believe that we are more blind to our own failings than we realize. This idea comes from the 1999 study in which David Dunning and Justin Kruger from Cornell University, New York, tested if people who lack skills and abilities are also more likely to lack awareness of their lack of ability.
America Is The Reason You Have Cars
The results of the tests led the authors to the interpretation that accurately assessing one's skill level relies on some of the same core abilities as actually performing that skill. It led them to the conclusion that the least competent maybe suffering a double deficit.
“Not only are they incompetent, but they lack the mental tools to judge their own incompetence,” Kruger and Dunning thought. During the course of four individual tests run on participants, the scientists discovered that “People who scored in the lowest percentiles on tests of grammar, humor, and logic also tended to dramatically overestimate how well they had performed (their actual test scores placed them in the 12th percentile, but they estimated that their performance placed them in the 62nd percentile).”
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Homosexuality is illegal in Liberia. Maybe it was deliberate? *reaching*
'People Who Leave Their Phones Set To Military Time Are War Criminals'
Dunning shared his impressions in an article for Pacific Standard: "In many cases, incompetence does not leave people disoriented, perplexed, or cautious. Instead, the incompetent are often blessed with an inappropriate confidence, buoyed by something that feels to them like knowledge." The phenomenon is known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect and most of us have surely encountered numerous cases of it in real life.
How Do You Prevent People From Jumping Off Like Idiots?
Where Does It Say In The Constitution Or Any Of The Amendments That Eating Is A Human Right?
"More People Know About Our Smallest State Vermont Then The Amsterdam"
Wishing "Evil" On A Country Is Pretty Mean
“...your Hip Would Break Because Their Medical Staff Is Garage...”
I know people who have travelled to other countries to get medical/dental care because the air fair and other expenses plus cost of treatment were cheaper than in US. It is literally true.
"At Least American Toilets Aren't Just Holes In The Ground"
Doesn't Angel Merkel just pee in the Spree ? Doesn't the queen's butler empty her chamber pot in the Thames every morning ?
What Does He Care? He's Not A Us Citizen, He's Not Effected
I didn’t realise that the US was global, oh wait, they do have the World Series which only the US plays in. so I guess it makes sense lol.
Would Love To See Some Of These Countries Try To F With Us
“The White House Is Bigger Than All The Countries You Named”
But We Can Pock Whatever Doctor Or Healthcare Insurer We Want! We Win
We can pick whatever doctor or hospital we want to be in debt to for the rest of our lives!
“They Started Faking An Accent”
Some people believe that the Earth is 2000 years old. This one thinks it's 200 yo apparently
"[...]although My Ancestry Dna Gives Me Zero Italian Dna On My Dad's Side, I'll Stick With Being 1/4 Italian!"
!["[...]although My Ancestry Dna Gives Me Zero Italian Dna On My Dad's Side, I'll Stick With Being 1/4 Italian!"](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/606d802ba7dd1_A4JMB3T__700.jpg "\"[...]although My Ancestry Dna Gives Me Zero Italian Dna On My Dad's Side, I'll Stick With Being 1/4 Italian!\"")
"It's Amazing To See How Few Countries Know That "Soccer" Is The Correct Term"
Are We Acting Like That's Not Possible?
European Countries Don't Have Elections As They Are Too Poor To Pay For The Patent Rights
Wait Other Countries Didn't Have To Sing Their National Anthem Everyday At School For 12 Years???
My Ancestors Are American And They Came From America
Maybe they are a 100% pure native american with a French surname and the Quebec province is a myth ? No. Definitely not. They are just an ignorant idiot.
Europe Is A Country
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I know it is popular to take the mickey out of the US coz there is just a lot of fair game but I would like to see some posts like this of other countries, including Australia. Every country has their issues and idiots, so let’s share it around. Can’t have the US always hogging the spotlight lol.
same. it's always the same hot take of what Americans fought about or found interesting.
People don't realise how much Australia is like a mini America. We even have our own Trump at the moment. I wouldn't mind seeing a post like this showing how rampant our antivaxxers, racists, anti-health care, anti-nature, etc., crowd is. Beyond the tourism, the human side of Australia can be very cringe.
I (American) once told an Australian I thought our countries were very similar: born of English colonists, destroying the native populations, "rough and rugged" personalities. She was HIGHLY insulted.
Probably because they know their history
Same, please show us idiots from other countries. I am from the US and I do agree that a lot of Americans are idiots, but I don't like how many stupid american posts there are. There are good Americans. These posts are what makes me ashamed to be an American because I don't want to be associated with the stupid people on these lists or stereotyped as an idiot.
Agree. I love this site but am so tired of the America Bashing. Every country and every peoples has idiots, bigots, issues, ways of life that seem bizarre to others. (I'm not American born but live here now) Give it a rest, BP.....it's one sided, shallow and bias.
Yes, thank you
Americans are good at saying how brilliant their country is and how rubbish the rest of the world is, what do you expect?
Good Americans aren’t wasting time making idiot posts online. They are out doing important things.
I dislike anti American threads because it makes it seem like every American is mentally retarded when in fact, not all of us are.
People know damn well all Americans aren't like this. But ask yourself why SO many of you are
Not 'SO many' of us, just the ones who are are the loudest and most seen.
Oh heavens the amount of crap that could come out of South Africa....
Sure, every country has it's share of idiots and thanks to the internet most of them are able to be an idiot in public. I think we had international collections like this in the past, but if not and if you can find funny quotes from around the world - why not collect them and post them here? As far as I know anyone can do it?
I must say there's a lot of stuff like this in my country, but we can't post it because it's not in English.
You'll find equally stupid people. Perhaps even more stupid
Haha, I very much doubt it and it is good fun
Yeah, I don’t mind my country getting picked on, because it damn well deserves it, but it would be nice to see what other foolishness the rest of the world likes to show off.
Thank you, and yes please. We’re not all idiots.
The USA has a special brand of ignorance: HOSTILE NATIONALIST ignorance. The ignorance of the rest of the world is a kind of badge of honor for people here. Our civilization is literally failing because the rich few can just keep screwing everyone by making them subsidize a failed economy and voting for cultists pretending to be a conservative party (destruction of government and society isn’t conservative; it’s extremist).
Well put :)
Noticed the Americans are very good at slagging the British off
I agree but it's just so prevalent with the Americans, they just put it, unfiltered, on a plate for everyone else to see.
Bored panda has become a breeding ground for people who just hate America. It’s getting old. I get it, we have some problems but this is getting worse than 4chan
I'm up for that, but I wonder how easy it would be to compile a similar list for people from another country, to be fair.
Yes but you have to admit America does it best at being the idiots
Other countries dont kick around the rest of the world and have so much religious zeal for war.
American here. I apologize for all of these and I promise you, we aren't all this stupid. Unfortunately the dumb ones tend to be the loudest.
Like everywhere in the world. Here in Germany as well
Ugh I agree, thank you for showing the rest of BP that not all of the US sucks
Yes, we aren't all stupid, there are a lot of good Americans out there.
American also. And I agree.
Don't apologise. It's not your fault. The "typical Spanish macho" is not much better.
Now this is the way to respond as an American. I tip my hat to you.
I would not even blame most of the dumb ones, as they just did not learn enough about the rest of the world in school. If the got to go to school and not just learn from also not well-educated parents ... it's just sad.
But it's like they're really trying to Prove how dumb they are, as loudly and obviously as possible, like there's a standard of idiocy that they have to display all over the internet, just in case we realise that there are actually some smart and considerate Americans over there.
Yes. Have you noticed that the more stupid/ignorant people are, the louder they shout, to override the ones that actually know something?
I know you're not. I know a lot of Americans, and they are all both nice, intelligent and educated. A handful of dumb ones with big mouths will always destroy the reputation of all the rest in a group, no matter what... The same goes for every country.
The ignorant idiots in America tend to be the loudest, because they want to correct everyone else who is obviously "wrong"... and of course one of them was our President for four years, so now they've come out of the woodwork even more. :-/
Brits are the same, if my in-laws are an indication. Nobody is correct unless British, preferably English, and preferably "their sort"....
Do not tar the entire British population with your limited knowledge of just one couple, you do not know what you are talking about. There are 1000's of Americans on BP displaying how stupid they are
Just because your in-laws are that way do not included the rest of the population. Britain does not think it has the perfect society unlike Americans loud or not.
I love many things in Britain, but they are obnoxiously classist.
Yes, I presume you know the entire British population, strange I have not heard of you before?
Are you British or a foreigner passing rubbish on?
I believe its called the Dunning-Kruger effect...
I know it is popular to take the mickey out of the US coz there is just a lot of fair game but I would like to see some posts like this of other countries, including Australia. Every country has their issues and idiots, so let’s share it around. Can’t have the US always hogging the spotlight lol.
same. it's always the same hot take of what Americans fought about or found interesting.
People don't realise how much Australia is like a mini America. We even have our own Trump at the moment. I wouldn't mind seeing a post like this showing how rampant our antivaxxers, racists, anti-health care, anti-nature, etc., crowd is. Beyond the tourism, the human side of Australia can be very cringe.
I (American) once told an Australian I thought our countries were very similar: born of English colonists, destroying the native populations, "rough and rugged" personalities. She was HIGHLY insulted.
Probably because they know their history
Same, please show us idiots from other countries. I am from the US and I do agree that a lot of Americans are idiots, but I don't like how many stupid american posts there are. There are good Americans. These posts are what makes me ashamed to be an American because I don't want to be associated with the stupid people on these lists or stereotyped as an idiot.
Agree. I love this site but am so tired of the America Bashing. Every country and every peoples has idiots, bigots, issues, ways of life that seem bizarre to others. (I'm not American born but live here now) Give it a rest, BP.....it's one sided, shallow and bias.
Yes, thank you
Americans are good at saying how brilliant their country is and how rubbish the rest of the world is, what do you expect?
Good Americans aren’t wasting time making idiot posts online. They are out doing important things.
I dislike anti American threads because it makes it seem like every American is mentally retarded when in fact, not all of us are.
People know damn well all Americans aren't like this. But ask yourself why SO many of you are
Not 'SO many' of us, just the ones who are are the loudest and most seen.
Oh heavens the amount of crap that could come out of South Africa....
Sure, every country has it's share of idiots and thanks to the internet most of them are able to be an idiot in public. I think we had international collections like this in the past, but if not and if you can find funny quotes from around the world - why not collect them and post them here? As far as I know anyone can do it?
I must say there's a lot of stuff like this in my country, but we can't post it because it's not in English.
You'll find e