Things posted on the internet cannot be unposted. That’s part of the game. But there are surely things we have posted that we’re not necessarily very proud of. Some, however, have no clue about their clueless arguments and remain unapologetic.
And there’s this corner of Reddit known as “S***AmericansSay” which is notorious for busting these kinds of instances. In fact, the community of 353k members is sharing the most cringeworthy and clueless posts spotted surfing on social media. That includes but isn’t limited to blunt arguments, embarrassing comments, hilariously inaccurate shares, you name it.
Below we selected some of the most entertaining examples that will surely make you chuckle and wonder what those people are thinking. Psst! Here's part 1 of the post with more stuff Americans (and the rest of the world, for that matter, ‘cause no one is immune to cluelessness) say!
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On South Africa
The use of social media has increased throughout the world, including emerging and developing nations in recent years. And, across the 11 emerging economies surveyed for this Pew Research study, 28% of adults say social media is very important for helping them keep up with political news and other developments occurring in the world.
Simultaneously, the spread of misinformation has reached new heights. With the pandemic ransacking the globe, it has become vital to separate facts from fiction and stop the harm from false statements. Today, the question of what we hold as a true and trusted piece of information and not is key, but the boundaries between the two are becoming increasingly blurred. So what happened?
Rest Of The World Didn't Become Free Till We Reformed Half The World In Our Image
And it's self-perpetuating, because the under educated kids will be school board members soon.
This Is America
What an idiot! I’m from Canada and I’m happy I live here, because I wouldn’t want to live in America.
"Can Anybody Tell Me If Portugal Has Running Water Like In The States?"
According to Kevin Kelli, the co-founder of Wired magazine, “Truth is no longer dictated by authorities, but is networked by peers. For every fact there is a counterfact and all these counterfacts and facts look identical online, which is confusing to most people.” When you think of it, most online content is created, shared and altered by people online. Add the lack of attention to whether the information is accurate, and you have a toxic cocktail for reproducing countless inaccurate and false content.
Medicine
Now take that to one of your hospitals and have an itemized bill made out, you now "POOR" bastard!
Meanwhile, this new study published in Nature that involves an experiment conducted by a group of researchers from MIT, the University of Regina in Canada, University of Exeter Business School in the United Kingdom and Center for Research and Teaching in Economics in Mexico, showed some interesting findings about the way people perceive what’s inaccurate online.
“It seems that the social media context may distract people from accuracy,” study coauthor Gordon Pennycook, an assistant professor of behavioral science at the University of Regina, told The Journalist’s Resource. According to him, although people are often capable of distinguishing between true and false news content, they fail to even consider whether content is accurate before they share it on social media.
“Your Little European Sport Where You Kick A Ball With Your Foot Is Called ‘Soccer’”
The imperial measurement system is insane and I feel bad for anyone who has to use it!
According to Pennycook, “The downstream effect of improving the quality of news sharing increases with the influence of the user who is making better choices.” He added: “It may be that the effect is as effective (if not more so) for users with more followers because the importance of ‘I better make sure this is true’ is literally greater for those with more followers.”
Only Because Americans Pay For The Healthcare Of Europe
Same vibe as the American guy who got mad at me (disabled) for living off "his" tax money... I'm in Sweden
"Europe Is Ok Regarding Medicine, A Middle Income Life But Is Mostly Like A Third World Country"
"The USA Is The Only Country In The World With True Freedom" "What Do You Mean? We Are Also Free In France" "Really? "
Yeah, I still wonder what they think our countries are like. What freedom do we not have?
A Wisconsin School District Says Students Can “Become Spoiled” With Free Meals And Opts Out Of Biden’s Free-Lunch Program
Getting A Tattoo Of Your Ancestry.com Results
"99% Of The World Uses Metric System. The Othe 1% Went To The Moon. Lets Hear It For Freedom Units Eh"
Yes, English Comes From America
That might not have helped them... I have seen on a number of occasions Britain described as being in England.
"US Has Jurisdiction Over All Of North America If It Comes Down To It"
“Greatest Country In The World” “You’re Welcome For All The Policing It Does”
“The Eiffel Tower Was Built In Vegas. The French Later Copied And Replicate The Original Eiffel Tower In Vegas”
Norwegian Flag Taken Down
Just to make it clear: The Norwegian flag on this picture is in Stavanger, Norway. Outside the optician in Kirkegata to be accurate ;)
“Should American Schools Teach Arabic Numerals As Part Of Their Curriculum?” 57% Said ‘No'
Do Europeans Have A Spice Rack?
Real talk though, I've strong suspicion that the garlic that they use in the americas is some different variety than the one we use in Europe (Italy in particular). There is no way that you can use a whole head of garlic without making a dish inedible and pollute the whole street.
Pot vs. Kettle
It's weird though. I've been to the US on vacation and every hotel and motel had an electric kettle in the room, so you could make your own tea in the morning. Guess this fear is pretty local to some areas.
But People In Denmark Don't Get To Experience The Privilege Of Living In The Oldest And Greatest Country In The World (USA)
"As An American Journalist, You Never Expect Your Own Government To Lie To You"
I'm not sure where I stand on this one. On the one hand, the original post is right to be outraged that these things were done so blatantly and without oversight or consequences. But at the same time, it's astonishingly naive to believe it never happened before and won't happen again (just with oversight and consequence).
“Love When They Try To Take Credit For A System We Developed”
English Please, Reddit Is An American Website (German Subreddit Btw)
"Rechtsschreibung" = law, "Rechtschreibung" = orthography...isn't German wonderful?
American English vs. British English *uses Australian Flag*
Did You Know Our Servers Survive On Your Tipping Kindness?
One Day You All Are Going To Look Back On The Day When America Was In Charge As The Good Old Days When You Were Prosperous Free And Happy
I Hate When People Say Americans Dont Learn World History. Why Would We
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I couldn't make it through all of these - it was too painful. Man, I really feel for the cool, intelligent Americans who have to share their country with these dopes.
Thank you!! It really is a terrible burden.
Meh, that's why the Midwest exists. Honestly, the people in my home country are equally ignorant.
Thank you for acknowledging the fact that not all of us are horrible! I mean, of course some of us are. But thank you!!!
you have no idea the mental health issues it causes.
Believe me, we also look at these morons and think, "No wonder the rest of the world makes fun of us."
Yes!
I appreciate your sympathy, it does seem like it gets worse every day.
It’s hard sometimes :/
Glad I don’t live there anymore…
Looking forward to moving out of the US one day. Would LOVE more vacation days, lower health care costs and to be surrounded by people who have had better (and cheaper!) education.
Every day is a struggle.
thank for repersenting the americans who are embarassed to share the same countries with these people
Thank you. Tis difficult.
Agreed I can’t wait until I can move to a different country
Yes. When i realized there were actually enough stupid people to out vote the intelligent ones....
Thank you, but of course there are idiots in every country. We're not the only ones who have to deal with these idiots.
I’m probably going to get downvoted for this but: The idiots are not the majority. I actually enjoy living in America.
Same here. The people that read these and say " are Americans ok?" are in fact dim witted, because the don't understand how these articles are created. If BP so decided, they could make hundreds of articles about how awesome the US is. What you're seeing here is called selective bias.
Absolutely. Which is why it's so tiresome.
Hey, understand your frustration there, but sorry to say that I've lived 3 years in the US and the above represent the majority of the people I've met. Ok, it was Huntsville AL, and probably way out on the scale, but still well illustrates the US centrism and total lack of culture of part of the population. No offense meant.
You did choose to live in a backwater state that does not well illustrate the best of USA.
Agree. I've had enough experience with my fellow Americans to say that we deserve every bit of scorn we get, and we will continue to earn ridicule until people stop defending the indefensible. America sucks because more people would rather cry about "selective bias" instead of learning from the experience. Don't like how non-Americans talk about America/Americans? Then fix it...or accept that you earned it.
Or I can just not give a sh-t about what Europeans think.
As an American, I'm reminded of the idiocy which pervades our country on almost a daily basis. Although I'm regularly offended by those people, I'm not offended by someone pointing it out. If it upsets you this much, then don't read the articles about stupid Americans. With most of Bored Panda's titles being about specific things, "selective bias" is inherent. You're free to choose from hundreds of articles about something else.
Sorry, we're Americans: we're going to complain about anything less than 100% asskissing and adoration.
Truth hurts.
95% of these it would be more accurate to say 'Conservative Americans'. Or as we real Americans like to call them: 'idiots'.
That seems a bit biased. It may be the majority, but I wouldn't say you can just throw that category on them.
I disagree. Conservative Americans have worked very hard at being mind numbingly stupid and idiotic; and I think they have deservedly earned it.
They'd be the first to agree with you; ignorance is pride, and education is "librul brain washin's."
Biden clearly is a genius
Name calling certainly makes you look brilliant
Seriously grow up
I agree. I'm not even American but I live here and I'm so sick of the U.S. bashing. I don't know anyone who doesn't know morons like these posters and know they're morons. Every country has uninformed, ill informed, immature, clueless twits. I am sad I laughed all day on BP and then come to this, and walk away, again, with all that laughing and smiling and interesting content slapped right off my face with yet another "Americans are just so stoopid" rant. Pulling stuff off IG or Reddit or "the internet" that is purposely populated by hateful and narrow minded jerks is just continuing that hateful and narrow mindedness. The bias and irresponsibility, as a global site, to just think it's "fun" to bash Americans, just like some bash Christians, or gays in some countries, or Polish in some countries, or Finnish in some countries... or...why? I can find just as much mocking and hate towards many countries and groups..not on BP tho. And it shouldn't be here at all
Amen
Yeah, but the idiots are loud and like to draw attention to themselves. And with a population over 300 million... even a minority is a lot of people out there drawing attention to themselves.
While they're probably not a majority, they're a HUGE minority making so many things worse for all of us. Imagine how much more enjoyable it would be if their numbers and arrogant vociferousness plummeted dramatically.
The idiots may not be the majority but they are the loudest.
I am praying that is the case - and it probably is. The thing to keep in mind is that the majority doesn't always control things. It is the loudest, richest, most vocal and prolific, most power-hungry and greediest that do. And the type of thinking portrayed in this thread plays right into their hands. I would guess those type of people are happy to perpetuate such thinking amongst their supporters, along with the idea that only they can fix things.
And I love visiting. Have found the people to be really nice and helpful. I think the issue stems from it being a very inward-looking, insular country that is ignorant about the rest of the world. I live in a small county (population-wise) but most of us are very aware of the world around us. Not perfect, but not ignorant.
Non-American here. Idiots are everywhere and idiots are just loud. What i do wanted to ask... you you guys really dont know the 24 hours system? I have seen that here for the first time. Like i know that you guys dont use it but not knowing how to add 12 seems weird
The problem is the dumbest people are usually the loudest about their opinions which are based on ignorance and then defend it like their life depends on it..... some of us are chill af though
No, but the idiots do seem like they get the majority of media time so we can't blame other countries for thinking they are the majority.
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The majority voted Trump in, yeah?
No. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. But because of the electoral college, we got Trump…
But she won the popular vote by a small amount... It shouldn't have gotten that close in the first place
I agree. More rational people should have voted.
The DNC made a huge mistake when they basically forced Hillary Clinton as the candidate. The progressives in the party range from dislike of her to active hatred of her and the Republicans are outright rabid about her. Her on the ballot was a massive mobilizer for them and de-mobilizer/protest-vote-generator for the Dems. We ended up with a low-turnout election with way, way more 3rd party votes and abstentions. It was the perfect climate for Trump to get an electoral college win. A lot of people, political pundits included, thought there was no way someone as appallingly racist, ignorant, incompetent, and corrupt as Trump could get elected in America. They were so very wrong. I'm sure if more people had thought there was a real possibility of a President Trump back in 2016, they would've showed up and voted for Clinton, even though they didn't like her.
oh come on BP, you'd almost beaten your 1-week streak of not posting any of these articles!
They have been doing less, I was surprised to see this article drop
But it’s a gold mine that keeps on paying.
I couldn't make it through all of these - it was too painful. Man, I really feel for the cool, intelligent Americans who have to share their country with these dopes.
Thank you!! It really is a terrible burden.
Meh, that's why the Midwest exists. Honestly, the people in my home country are equally ignorant.
Thank you for acknowledging the fact that not all of us are horrible! I mean, of course some of us are. But thank you!!!
you have no idea the mental health issues it causes.
Believe me, we also look at these morons and think, "No wonder the rest of the world makes fun of us."
Yes!
I appreciate your sympathy, it does seem like it gets worse every day.
It’s hard sometimes :/
Glad I don’t live there anymore…
Looking forward to moving out of the US one day. Would LOVE more vacation days, lower health care costs and to be surrounded by people who have had better (and cheaper!) education.
Every day is a struggle.
thank for repersenting the americans who are embarassed to share the same countries with these people
Thank you. Tis difficult.
Agreed I can’t wait until I can move to a different country
Yes. When i realized there were actually enough stupid people to out vote the intelligent ones....
Thank you, but of course there are idiots in every country. We're not the only ones who have to deal with these idiots.
I’m probably going to get downvoted for this but: The idiots are not the majority. I actually enjoy living in America.
Same here. The people that read these and say " are Americans ok?" are in fact dim witted, because the don't understand how these articles are created. If BP so decided, they could make hundreds of articles about how awesome the US is. What you're seeing here is called selective bias.
Absolutely. Which is why it's so tiresome.
Hey, understand your frustration there, but sorry to say that I've lived 3 years in the US and the above represent the majority of the people I've met. Ok, it was Huntsville AL, and probably way out on the scale, but still well illustrates the US centrism and total lack of culture of part of the population. No offense meant.
You did choose to live in a backwater state that does not well illustrate the best of USA.