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
Observing Of The Columbus Day
“If You Are White You Cant Speak Spanish”
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.
Americans Would Never Do This
Hopefully This Hasn’t Been Shared Before
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!
If Vaccines Are Free, Why Isn't Insulin And Chemo?
Will Europeans Be Suprised About My Mixed Heritage?
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.”
"I'm Norwegian (Not From There But Grandpa Is)
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
On Dates
The Lack Of Freedom, Firearms And Muslim Immigrants
"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
Would Be Cool If It Worked In 12 Hour
"99% Of The World Uses Metric System. The Othe 1% Went To The Moon. Lets Hear It For Freedom Units Eh"
Americans Don't Have An Accent
English
Rome
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.
Europe Sucks
"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 ;)
Pronounced Like Rifle
Clocks
“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.
What Month Is 21?
There Should A Law Against This. This Is Socialism
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.
"So May 16th Doesn't Exist?"
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”
Europe Still Doesn't Have Running Water
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
Don't You Miss Owning A Car?
"Democracy Is An Illusion"
I Hate When People Say Americans Dont Learn World History. Why Would We
My house was built before The United States of America existed! My house has more history!
mine as well, but only on a technicality, lol. i live in new jersey but my house was built before the united states was independent, so technically my house is older than america despite being a product of colonization in america. still, i wouldn't dream of limiting my history knowledge to the age of this house! the world is too big & old & interesting not to want to learn everything about everywhere!
Load More Replies... It's like only wanting to know about your own village ffs. The world is a big and amazing place - why would you not want to know?
imagine you learn in school about history of georgia 100 years back (which was yesterday), about mob, irish gangs and coca cola 😀😀 thats huge history 😀😀😀
It's true that every state has different regions and history and that's really cool. The main street in my town was the first macadamized road in North America - that's neat. Appreciating local history doesn't mean you block out everything else.
John Loudon Macadam invented Macadamisation, he was Scottish, the first road ever Macadamised was the Ayrshire Turnpike in 1783
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All I can think is that my red pen needs a work out! The spelling makes my English-teacher-heart bleed!
Now I love learning about American history (and the history of my state is quite interesting as well) but world history is just so much cooler…
yep, there's like 5000 years of written history before USA even existed, if you count hieroglyphics.
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Hmmm... Italian-style name, mentions Rome, somewhere near italy with ruins older than rome... hmmmm... Sardinia? Malta?
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Why would you not want to know all about the world in which we live? America isn't that old. Wouldn't you like to know about how America was founded? From what countries people migrated from when they came to America? History is so important!! Just be sure you are hearing the truth and not the lies that we gave been taught in the not so great American school systems.
They learn everything on Google. Because if it is on the internet it must be true ....
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There is no reason for Americans to learn anything they don't want to learn- their brain their choice. However if you aren't going to study a subject it's probably best not to talk about it either.
I mean, OP is right, the USA has a very colorful history for a country so young, but that doesn't justify their lack of knowledge of the world that surrounds them. Clearly we don't expect them to know every detail of every war fought in European or Asian territories, but a general knowledge would make them seem less ignorant.
You know the city of Rome in Georgia, well the Rome in Italy is 2,777 years old. Bet the Italian one has more history.
I believe this boy got his facts wrong.he must've been reading about Tblisi which is in Georgia!
Ugh, just WHY. That's like me saying: "i LiVe In MaInE, wHy LeArN wOrLd HiStOrY wHeN wE hAvE LIGHTHOUSES". Just no. World history is goddamn important.
That's fine, just don't go interacting with the rest of the world then. Stay inbred.
Doesn't know his onw history either. Will be really surprised if he ever learns that Georgia stated of a s a British penal colony
The funny thing is that Bavarian town in Georgia, was built in 1969 as a tourist attraction, and a lot of Georgians believe it's some old town that had German immigrants 😂😂😂😂😂😂 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen,_Georgia
The Bavarian town in Georgia was built in 1969 as a tourist attraction 😂😂😂 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen,_Georgia
Again. I feel great shame. I'm sorry rest of the world. I'm not with this idiot we just happen to be in the same country and that's it. I swear. Man is our future bleak with people like this around.
I take umbrage at the original post. In my school, we were taught more than WASP-American history. We had classes on the indigenous American (North, Central, South America, not the country) cultures, Europe, China, Egypt, etc. But, that was last century. And, unfortunately, there are US people of less intelligence showing their brains at time on line. My question is (and I'm not trying to pick a fight - just curious): For non-Americans, how much American history is taught in your schools?
Can't argue with that logic. An American brain is just not capable of that amount of information.
There are family run business around the world older than the US! Speaking of US state history, I would like to remind people that California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas were once part of Mexico.
Oh dear god, if this is how the average idiot in the USA with a computer thinks, we are all doomed ......
In fairness, when Europeans talk about "world history", they really mean European history. Just as bad as Americans about this. They just have a couple thousand more years to talk about. Also, I do appreciate this guy's sense of his local history. It should be so exclusive and miopic, but, it's passionate.
Because...America wouldn't exist if it weren't for the history of those other countries? I mean, Native Americans would be better off but, yeah, it's not just THEIR history, it's ours to. (Oh, and all the stuff your bragging about....not so much brag worthy as cringe worthy).
Also, why would they learn to spell when they can show their ignorance in more ways than one?
Why would I want to know anything about my neighbors when I have people living in my own house with their own stories and lives?
Imagine bragging about your racist past, which as an American we are tought as if it happened ages ago when It was just 300 years, and then the klan is way younget than that, and still why would you brag about it. Also we aren't tought that Columbus f a manatee, killed natives, enslave balck people and ate them as a delicacy. I'm disgusted to be an american
Ugh. As if we even teach our own history correctly - what, with claiming the Civil War wasn't about slavery (hint: it was). I've been saying since the 80's that it behooved our government in the U.S. to stop giving money to public education, forcing kids into lowered-standards charter schools, etc. And now it's playing out for all to see - what happens when a government stops investing in it's country's own education system. *sigh*
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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.
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.
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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
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I really dislike when BP posts these articles. Because, yeah, some (a lot of) Americans are stupid! But not all of them. In my opinion, it just turns into a cesspool of making fun of people and.. never mind, that probably makes no sense. Sorry! Ignore me.
It does sting when we all look stupid because of a bunch of idiots that only use TikTok and not college
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These posts were really funny, but it makes me feel sorry for all the Americans that actually have brains
there are a lot of us who do. these posts are taken from a small but loud minority.
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Yes, some Americans are incredibly stupid. I'd like to point out, however, that the "Freedom Convoys" started in *Canada*, the UK voted for Brexit, and Russia is trying to rewrite history as a pretext for grabbing Ukraine. Stupid isn't restricted to any nation. It's a failing of the species, like greed, and cruelty, and a desire to feel smugly superior to others by encouraging stereotypes. Dehumanizing Americans is not any better than dehumanizing .... anyone else. And that is, ultimately, the goal of such things. To make it easy to not care about the targeted group. Consider that, please. I'm not some butthurt American. I'm just disgusted by yet another round of same-old same-old. Honestly, this stuff is like listening to my in-laws talk about how all Poles are (fill in unpleasant blank) ... Yeah, yeah, we get it.
noooo noooo... yall funded the freedom convoys madam: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/02/15/american-donors-freedom-convoy-zipcodes/
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America has plenty of morons, but I'm sure it' not the only place that does. Are there ever any threads talking this much sht about any place else? Anyone pretending there are no stupid, arrogant people in their own country is probably just as stupid and arrogant.
Totally true, but there must be a reason why it shows more in the US. Maybe they're more into posting everyday stuff so the idiotic comments/posts are more frecuent?
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went straight to the comments to watch the s**tshow....make popcorn, read these and laugh in agreement, knowing that the yanks I met abroad are none of these.
This Yank thanks you. It's like my UK in-laws still insisting that all Poles are really criminals. THey've never spoken to anyone from Poland! *facepalm* on their behalf
Load More Replies... Clueless people exist in every country. I wish BP would stop with the constant America-bashing.
Clueless people are probably equally represented everywhere. But if you have a flawed education system that fails to teach about the outside world... and a culture full of propaganda that "we are the best country, we invented freedom, USA! USA!"... well add that on top of the standard pool of clueless people, and it gets worse.
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You were doing so good BP!! Another article bashing American again… tsk tsk tsk
It's an absolute shame that what Americans have been doing for years on the Internet are now getting the same treatment. Call your manager
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I'm sorry but I couldn't read more than 10 posts. Some of the replies are so incredibly stupid or ignorant... They do say that ignorance is bliss and this thread just proved it.
Oh, lots of countries suck more. Just not many "first world" countries.
Load More Replies... It's funny how Europeans ignore Russia and other eastern European countries when they compare Europe to America. Sorry folks, but western Europe isn't the entirety of Europe! Also, if you're going to point your finger at Trump and American stupidity, then I'm going to point my finger at Brexit, Boris Johnson, Silvio Berlusconi, Marine Le Pen, Russia, Poland, etc.
Except for what is Russia doing in Ukraine what is so terrible about other parts of Europe? Do you think ppl in Hungary, Serbia,Greece, Latvia, Czechia, Slovakia and so on are all just ignorants? Do you think we dont have electricity here? ( because I was asked this question before and trust me we DO have electricity here). We do have fast bank transfers ( within minutes now) pay by watch, smart banking. we learn a lot about world geography and history we speak several languges. Of course we have our own idiots here but we dont have flat earthers here and our morons are not that loud and secure about themselves as your morons I guess. and of course you have more morons statistically as you are a larger country. so they are all over internet "representing you". Also our morons often write in the local language so that may be the case why we do not see a selection of polish or serbian morons on BP.
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I'm American. I don't think our country is the best at almost anything. Reading these quotes is painfully embarrassing. I used to believe there are just a small percentage of people this ignorant and obnoxious. But now I'm just hoping 51% of us are normal, reasonable, and generally educated. I want to still believe the majority of us are good. But I don't know.
well we can kinda tell from the voting pattern, so we mostly work on the assumption as you say that about half are dumb and half are not, whcih correlates with the standard bell curve of IQ.
Load More Replies... That is what i am talking about. You are a site that cares about people, about their equality, about women and social issues. But at the same time you are the most xenophobic prick there is. Double standards in every 2nd article.
The constant "let's make fun of Americans" here is getting ridiculous. The majority of your examples of Americans being stupid is other Americans telling them they're stupid. I don't feel welcomed here anymore.
Be that "other American" that agrees this is stupid, and you are perfectly welcomed.
Load More Replies... I think Americans are super interested in ancestry because here we can only be Native Americans or non-native mutts. I'm a caucasian mutt. I wish I felt like part of a group. I think American is a culture like black is a color. The color black is the absence of light. American isn't a thing; we're just the absence of anything else. I'm glad my kids are Mexican American because they have a culture to embrace. Of course, these are only My feelings.
To be honest, a lot of us in Europe are mutts also. Britain has been invaded over and over and whatever makes us British today is a mix of a whole range of peoples. The US - just more recent that's all. Ancestry IS interesting and I don't think anyone minds someone saying their ancestry is Irish/French/Spanish or whatever. Just don't claim to BE Irish/French/Spanish etc. Why is American not a thing though? That I don't get. Culture is the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society. Americans have that. Might be incredibly varied but that's a positive.
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Or better yet, stop disparaging and stereotyping any country. I can't imagine a worse time in modern history to be doing this.
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People are really getting their panties in a twist about DD/MM vs. MM/DD. If this is the kind of thing that really bothers you, congratulations! you don't have any real problems!
My only problem with it is how often it crops up! Though that's the thing with these US bashing posts. I'm not a fan. Trouble is it's an easy one for Bored Panda - they know it will result in a lot of comments. Exactly what they want.
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I hope that everyone remembers that not every american is an idiot like the above thread shows. Please try to be respectful, these images were cherry picked to be on this thread and although they do showcase the ignorance that some Americans have, they do not represent the entire country and should not be treated as such. I mean, how many of you non-american pandas can claim you have never met a stupid person in your own country.
The real idiots here are the ones who think that this handful of posts is representative of the US, a country of some 330 million people.
Plus, you could do this cherry-picking with literally any country. For instance, Andrew Wakefield, the corrupt doctor who falsified evidence to prove his theory that vaccines cause autism, is British.
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Some of these . . . Are Americans ok? Is their educational system really that fùcked?
You could do this kind of cherry-picking with literally any country.
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As an American, Jesus Christ on a shít cracker this is embarrassing. I’m praying right now and I’m not even religious
I get bored of the same types of articles being rehashed on here too, but if people get pissed off and feel they are American bashing, stop commenting to say that! Every time you comment saying BP should stop with these lists.or that they are offensive, you are ensuring more will get published. If you don't like them, don't click and don't comment. Any interaction, positive or negative, is a win for BP, and will ensure half a dozen similar pages appear
As an American kid I was fortunate enough to have traveled and spend my summers in Egypt to visit relatives there. By doing this I was able to immerse myself in a different culture and would often have lengthy layovers in other countries as well (mainly in Europe.) I haven’t traveled that far in almost 20 years and this summer, I’m taking my 12 year old daughter there for the first time with a layover long enough to explore a little bit of Zürich. After having the impression that so much of the rest of the world may default to us being “dumb Americans” (this post is a prime example,) … I am a little nervous about this upcoming trip! On a different note, it’s sad that so many Americans don’t have the opportunity to travel outside of the country… so many parts of our system are built to keep us uneducated, poor (wages, healthcare costs), and with very little time off work for travel.
Generally speaking most people don't really have a low opinion of Americans. A low opinion of the ones that posted all the crap above? Absolutely. They are just representative of stupid people though, and they're all over the poor planet! I've met plenty of Americans - in the US, my own country and abroad and they were all lovely. I hope you and your daughter have a fabulous time in Zurich.
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Man, sometimes, reading these, I'm like: wow, america sounds awful! Then I remember I live there...
We can't be the only idiotic country out there, why are these always about the US?
Because other countries are not as loud about their stupidity
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I am boycotting BP until it gets over its anti-American bias and will encourage my friends to do the same. Let me know when you go off on a rage about how stupid Nigerians are, or fat people in Romania, or gun-toting Pakistanis.
Here's my question though, do you not have yokels in Europe? I mean, I know you do, but do you just keep them away from computers? I've met fascists and flat earth-ers on both sides of the Atlantic... I've met people in multiple Pacific countries that honestly believe that people from their country can't "breed" with white or black skinned people because of speciation, which is why their governments (China and Japan) make it so hard to become citizens. These things are obviously ridiculous, but I only hear these things when I'm actually in back woods places in these countries. Maybe I just don't spend enough time in German/French/Chinese/Japanese language forums. But if you have some kind of internet bear spray for people with crazy ideas, could you quit holding out on us?
I am utterly embarrassed to have to share a country with these morons. Thank goodness we aren't all this delusional.
I´m American and let me just say, I am so so sorry that these idiots exist. They´re just a small, very loud, percentage of us and I swear, not all of us are jerks.
As an American, let me apologize for my country's ignorance and delusional thinking. We aren't all like that.
Unless you’re one of the handful of people posted here, you have nothing to apologize for. You and I both know this isn’t America. It’s funny that the only xenophobia I’ve ever experienced in the US has all been from foreigners, especially Europeans (I worked for years at the largest Dutch electronics co where the majority of staff were expats from all over Europe). It’s like their pastime or something, which is sad, and, to be honest, makes me feel just a little bit better than them. I mean if someone wants to form an opinion of 330,000,000 people based on a handful of trash people, that’s their problem. But, it really just screams ignorance.
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Someone please tell me you have idiots like this other places too. Oh God please tell me we aren't the only ones
Of course there's stupidity all over the world! BP likes to trot out these US bashing posts to generate comments.
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The gift that never stop giving. Seriously though, I know lots of Americans are good people, so if you could all just move to one part, like Rhode Island, then we can set fire to the rest of the country. Thanks in advance. :P
Europeans aren't exactly too bright either. They keep claiming their healthcare is free, even though they pay for it with tax payer money! It's not free! It's better than what America has, but IT ISN'T FREE. Plus there's at least one European BP commenter who literally is claiming Europe doesn't have to deal with racism. Like, really dude? LOL
Nothing is "free" Tom. Nothing. If you want to get pedantic, everything that is called "free" has a hidden cost. Therefore the word technically shouldn't exist or ever be used. But it is used, because people KNOW that it is a relative term. They know that "free healthcare" MEANS "tax funded". They know that when a store offers "buy one get one free", it really means a 50% discount, and the store is just reducing their profit. You are still giving them money...
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Og wow, the comments here are almost as fabulous as the article. 😂😂😂
I think I have damaged my brain reading these. Surely people aren't really this stupid, even in America?
Can we just unalive the stupid americans to raise the world IQ level by 50-100
Around #31 I was starting to suspect a huge anti-American propaganda bot army is posting stuff like this all over the internet. There has to be, right? Please tell me I'm right. Love from the Netherlands (--> a country with running water, a health care system and bank passes we evidently have the Americans to thank for 🥴)
I feel like in history class, when our country did something bad we do learn about what we did. Not only the good stories about our country. Im in the Netherlands. Back when ships became a thing we did a lot good for our country but at cost of many many lives. I feel like America would focus on the first part and would leave out the last part.
Why do they think their “freedom” is so much better than universal healthcare and representative government?
ignorant people exist in every country, I guess the saddest part of this list is that many of these thoughts or beliefs are shared even by people who actually went to school or had some sort of education, so it's more like a cultural thing, but I want to believe most of these clowns are just a the loud minority, and there's actually smarter people than that in the US
I live in Wisconsin. It's embarrassing how many idiots there are in this state/country.
I don't think that American people are any more stupid than any other nationality. The problem is that they are victims of 2 centuries of indoctrination, propaganda, isolation and religious fundamentalism. They have been indoctrinated since childhood to believe that America is the world's greatest country and that as all other countries are inferior, there is no point in learning about them and that only American interests matter. It is true that in many parts of America things are improving, but in others they seem to be regressing.
Sad to say, I'm still learning history about what has happened here (American), even just from 50 years ago. Sometimes it feels as though there is a lock on information; if you don't know what you're looking for you won't find it. It's crazy and scary. Not to mention the huge push of propaganda for food, media, materialism, etc. that seriously ostracizes a person who doesn't 'buy' into it. Try telling people you don't want *name brand* because of slavery and you can be ostracized and bullied- as an adult. Look at the Natives here, they were forced into schools that demonized their natural culture and tried to "cleanse" them of barbarism. That isn't taught in school, it's not publicized. How do we know about something like that unless we dig? I found that by accident. I'm rambling, but suffice to say it's a lot more complicated than "stupid". There is deliberate misinformation and distraction going on, and it's not just here in America.
Load More Replies... I think this isn't a fair reflection of what the average American is like, nor did it pretend to. But these airheads are really loud and obnoxious people. They wear their ignorance like a badge of honour. And that contributes greatly to the bias.
Every country has numerous dumb and ignorant people, but unfortunately America seems to have a higher proportion of them online, making them look bad.
In europe people do think that americans are idiots, they ellected Trump, don't know world history,...but what do we know we don't have running water and still live on the dark ages🤣🤣not all americans are idiots and not all europeans are rude . This was an interesting piece
Leave it out Bored Panda. It's offensive and repetitive. There are plenty of idiots everywhere. The arrogant European smugness is one of the worst things around here, and you just keep encouraging it.
Yeah. All of these ppl make me feel so ashamed to be an American. But I do use "military" time, I have an electric kettle AND a kettle for my stove, I speak 3 languages, I understand that America is NOT the best country in the world... (one of the worst) and I know Europe has running fucken water and that France has freedom... lol. So please don't hate me. I'm one of the okay ones.
I'm in no way against 24 hrs instead of 12, just live in a place where 12 is used. Am curious how you answer the question "what time is it?" if it's 16:00. it feels silly and military to say "sixteen hundred hours" also feels somehow wrong to say "sixteen o'clock". Do you just say "sixteen"?
Yes, sometimes, we will officially say its “sixteen null null”. But mainly we just say its four 😁 But it is not about what you (we) use, is about that country which do not use 12 still know without any problem how 12 (AM-PM) works. The whole 12-24 thing is so simple. It is not rocket sience, its just a very, very simple couting, because day have 24 hours. Honestly i dont know how somebody can fail in such a simple thing ☺️
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Europeans: Nationalism is the root of all evil! Also Europeans: Dozens of ethnic and separatist parties like Scottish National Party, Basque Parliamentary Group, Northern League, but far more people in parties which oppose them for being separatist. Also Europeans: I'm not Belgian; I'm Flemish! I'm not Spanish; I'm Catalan! I'm not French, I'm Occitan! Also Europeans: Why are Americans so hung up on their roots?
Some company should just give free history curriculums to all the inhabitants of America 😂😂 it's embarrassing enough to the reader!!!
How is pointing out the flaws of a country "xenophobic"?
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Reading this is like making Christmas cards with the mentally ill ..pointless. Why is America the greatest county again??? :)
Well you see when you have over 300 million people you are bound to have more idiots too. Also when internet is readily available to all of the population you are going to have many of the idiots on said internet. Im sure you are in the EU with that snobby response.
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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.
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.
Load More Replies... 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
Load More Replies... I really dislike when BP posts these articles. Because, yeah, some (a lot of) Americans are stupid! But not all of them. In my opinion, it just turns into a cesspool of making fun of people and.. never mind, that probably makes no sense. Sorry! Ignore me.
It does sting when we all look stupid because of a bunch of idiots that only use TikTok and not college
Load More Replies... These posts were really funny, but it makes me feel sorry for all the Americans that actually have brains
there are a lot of us who do. these posts are taken from a small but loud minority.
Load More Replies... Yes, some Americans are incredibly stupid. I'd like to point out, however, that the "Freedom Convoys" started in *Canada*, the UK voted for Brexit, and Russia is trying to rewrite history as a pretext for grabbing Ukraine. Stupid isn't restricted to any nation. It's a failing of the species, like greed, and cruelty, and a desire to feel smugly superior to others by encouraging stereotypes. Dehumanizing Americans is not any better than dehumanizing .... anyone else. And that is, ultimately, the goal of such things. To make it easy to not care about the targeted group. Consider that, please. I'm not some butthurt American. I'm just disgusted by yet another round of same-old same-old. Honestly, this stuff is like listening to my in-laws talk about how all Poles are (fill in unpleasant blank) ... Yeah, yeah, we get it.
noooo noooo... yall funded the freedom convoys madam: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/02/15/american-donors-freedom-convoy-zipcodes/
Load More Replies... America has plenty of morons, but I'm sure it' not the only place that does. Are there ever any threads talking this much sht about any place else? Anyone pretending there are no stupid, arrogant people in their own country is probably just as stupid and arrogant.
Totally true, but there must be a reason why it shows more in the US. Maybe they're more into posting everyday stuff so the idiotic comments/posts are more frecuent?
Load More Replies... went straight to the comments to watch the s**tshow....make popcorn, read these and laugh in agreement, knowing that the yanks I met abroad are none of these.
This Yank thanks you. It's like my UK in-laws still insisting that all Poles are really criminals. THey've never spoken to anyone from Poland! *facepalm* on their behalf
Load More Replies... Clueless people exist in every country. I wish BP would stop with the constant America-bashing.
Clueless people are probably equally represented everywhere. But if you have a flawed education system that fails to teach about the outside world... and a culture full of propaganda that "we are the best country, we invented freedom, USA! USA!"... well add that on top of the standard pool of clueless people, and it gets worse.
Load More Replies... You were doing so good BP!! Another article bashing American again… tsk tsk tsk
It's an absolute shame that what Americans have been doing for years on the Internet are now getting the same treatment. Call your manager
Load More Replies... I'm sorry but I couldn't read more than 10 posts. Some of the replies are so incredibly stupid or ignorant... They do say that ignorance is bliss and this thread just proved it.
Oh, lots of countries suck more. Just not many "first world" countries.
Load More Replies... It's funny how Europeans ignore Russia and other eastern European countries when they compare Europe to America. Sorry folks, but western Europe isn't the entirety of Europe! Also, if you're going to point your finger at Trump and American stupidity, then I'm going to point my finger at Brexit, Boris Johnson, Silvio Berlusconi, Marine Le Pen, Russia, Poland, etc.
Except for what is Russia doing in Ukraine what is so terrible about other parts of Europe? Do you think ppl in Hungary, Serbia,Greece, Latvia, Czechia, Slovakia and so on are all just ignorants? Do you think we dont have electricity here? ( because I was asked this question before and trust me we DO have electricity here). We do have fast bank transfers ( within minutes now) pay by watch, smart banking. we learn a lot about world geography and history we speak several languges. Of course we have our own idiots here but we dont have flat earthers here and our morons are not that loud and secure about themselves as your morons I guess. and of course you have more morons statistically as you are a larger country. so they are all over internet "representing you". Also our morons often write in the local language so that may be the case why we do not see a selection of polish or serbian morons on BP.
Load More Replies... I'm American. I don't think our country is the best at almost anything. Reading these quotes is painfully embarrassing. I used to believe there are just a small percentage of people this ignorant and obnoxious. But now I'm just hoping 51% of us are normal, reasonable, and generally educated. I want to still believe the majority of us are good. But I don't know.
well we can kinda tell from the voting pattern, so we mostly work on the assumption as you say that about half are dumb and half are not, whcih correlates with the standard bell curve of IQ.
Load More Replies... That is what i am talking about. You are a site that cares about people, about their equality, about women and social issues. But at the same time you are the most xenophobic prick there is. Double standards in every 2nd article.
The constant "let's make fun of Americans" here is getting ridiculous. The majority of your examples of Americans being stupid is other Americans telling them they're stupid. I don't feel welcomed here anymore.
Be that "other American" that agrees this is stupid, and you are perfectly welcomed.
Load More Replies... I think Americans are super interested in ancestry because here we can only be Native Americans or non-native mutts. I'm a caucasian mutt. I wish I felt like part of a group. I think American is a culture like black is a color. The color black is the absence of light. American isn't a thing; we're just the absence of anything else. I'm glad my kids are Mexican American because they have a culture to embrace. Of course, these are only My feelings.
To be honest, a lot of us in Europe are mutts also. Britain has been invaded over and over and whatever makes us British today is a mix of a whole range of peoples. The US - just more recent that's all. Ancestry IS interesting and I don't think anyone minds someone saying their ancestry is Irish/French/Spanish or whatever. Just don't claim to BE Irish/French/Spanish etc. Why is American not a thing though? That I don't get. Culture is the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society. Americans have that. Might be incredibly varied but that's a positive.
Load More Replies... Or better yet, stop disparaging and stereotyping any country. I can't imagine a worse time in modern history to be doing this.
Load More Replies... People are really getting their panties in a twist about DD/MM vs. MM/DD. If this is the kind of thing that really bothers you, congratulations! you don't have any real problems!
My only problem with it is how often it crops up! Though that's the thing with these US bashing posts. I'm not a fan. Trouble is it's an easy one for Bored Panda - they know it will result in a lot of comments. Exactly what they want.
Load More Replies... I hope that everyone remembers that not every american is an idiot like the above thread shows. Please try to be respectful, these images were cherry picked to be on this thread and although they do showcase the ignorance that some Americans have, they do not represent the entire country and should not be treated as such. I mean, how many of you non-american pandas can claim you have never met a stupid person in your own country.
The real idiots here are the ones who think that this handful of posts is representative of the US, a country of some 330 million people.
Plus, you could do this cherry-picking with literally any country. For instance, Andrew Wakefield, the corrupt doctor who falsified evidence to prove his theory that vaccines cause autism, is British.
Load More Replies... Some of these . . . Are Americans ok? Is their educational system really that fùcked?
You could do this kind of cherry-picking with literally any country.
Load More Replies... As an American, Jesus Christ on a shít cracker this is embarrassing. I’m praying right now and I’m not even religious
I get bored of the same types of articles being rehashed on here too, but if people get pissed off and feel they are American bashing, stop commenting to say that! Every time you comment saying BP should stop with these lists.or that they are offensive, you are ensuring more will get published. If you don't like them, don't click and don't comment. Any interaction, positive or negative, is a win for BP, and will ensure half a dozen similar pages appear
As an American kid I was fortunate enough to have traveled and spend my summers in Egypt to visit relatives there. By doing this I was able to immerse myself in a different culture and would often have lengthy layovers in other countries as well (mainly in Europe.) I haven’t traveled that far in almost 20 years and this summer, I’m taking my 12 year old daughter there for the first time with a layover long enough to explore a little bit of Zürich. After having the impression that so much of the rest of the world may default to us being “dumb Americans” (this post is a prime example,) … I am a little nervous about this upcoming trip! On a different note, it’s sad that so many Americans don’t have the opportunity to travel outside of the country… so many parts of our system are built to keep us uneducated, poor (wages, healthcare costs), and with very little time off work for travel.
Generally speaking most people don't really have a low opinion of Americans. A low opinion of the ones that posted all the crap above? Absolutely. They are just representative of stupid people though, and they're all over the poor planet! I've met plenty of Americans - in the US, my own country and abroad and they were all lovely. I hope you and your daughter have a fabulous time in Zurich.
Load More Replies... Man, sometimes, reading these, I'm like: wow, america sounds awful! Then I remember I live there...
We can't be the only idiotic country out there, why are these always about the US?
Because other countries are not as loud about their stupidity
Load More Replies... I am boycotting BP until it gets over its anti-American bias and will encourage my friends to do the same. Let me know when you go off on a rage about how stupid Nigerians are, or fat people in Romania, or gun-toting Pakistanis.
Here's my question though, do you not have yokels in Europe? I mean, I know you do, but do you just keep them away from computers? I've met fascists and flat earth-ers on both sides of the Atlantic... I've met people in multiple Pacific countries that honestly believe that people from their country can't "breed" with white or black skinned people because of speciation, which is why their governments (China and Japan) make it so hard to become citizens. These things are obviously ridiculous, but I only hear these things when I'm actually in back woods places in these countries. Maybe I just don't spend enough time in German/French/Chinese/Japanese language forums. But if you have some kind of internet bear spray for people with crazy ideas, could you quit holding out on us?
I am utterly embarrassed to have to share a country with these morons. Thank goodness we aren't all this delusional.
I´m American and let me just say, I am so so sorry that these idiots exist. They´re just a small, very loud, percentage of us and I swear, not all of us are jerks.
As an American, let me apologize for my country's ignorance and delusional thinking. We aren't all like that.
Unless you’re one of the handful of people posted here, you have nothing to apologize for. You and I both know this isn’t America. It’s funny that the only xenophobia I’ve ever experienced in the US has all been from foreigners, especially Europeans (I worked for years at the largest Dutch electronics co where the majority of staff were expats from all over Europe). It’s like their pastime or something, which is sad, and, to be honest, makes me feel just a little bit better than them. I mean if someone wants to form an opinion of 330,000,000 people based on a handful of trash people, that’s their problem. But, it really just screams ignorance.
Load More Replies... Someone please tell me you have idiots like this other places too. Oh God please tell me we aren't the only ones
Of course there's stupidity all over the world! BP likes to trot out these US bashing posts to generate comments.
Load More Replies... The gift that never stop giving. Seriously though, I know lots of Americans are good people, so if you could all just move to one part, like Rhode Island, then we can set fire to the rest of the country. Thanks in advance. :P
Europeans aren't exactly too bright either. They keep claiming their healthcare is free, even though they pay for it with tax payer money! It's not free! It's better than what America has, but IT ISN'T FREE. Plus there's at least one European BP commenter who literally is claiming Europe doesn't have to deal with racism. Like, really dude? LOL
Nothing is "free" Tom. Nothing. If you want to get pedantic, everything that is called "free" has a hidden cost. Therefore the word technically shouldn't exist or ever be used. But it is used, because people KNOW that it is a relative term. They know that "free healthcare" MEANS "tax funded". They know that when a store offers "buy one get one free", it really means a 50% discount, and the store is just reducing their profit. You are still giving them money...
Load More Replies... Some of these items are just so plain silly they could not possibly be for real.
Og wow, the comments here are almost as fabulous as the article. 😂😂😂
I think I have damaged my brain reading these. Surely people aren't really this stupid, even in America?
Can we just unalive the stupid americans to raise the world IQ level by 50-100
Around #31 I was starting to suspect a huge anti-American propaganda bot army is posting stuff like this all over the internet. There has to be, right? Please tell me I'm right. Love from the Netherlands (--> a country with running water, a health care system and bank passes we evidently have the Americans to thank for 🥴)
I feel like in history class, when our country did something bad we do learn about what we did. Not only the good stories about our country. Im in the Netherlands. Back when ships became a thing we did a lot good for our country but at cost of many many lives. I feel like America would focus on the first part and would leave out the last part.
Why do they think their “freedom” is so much better than universal healthcare and representative government?
ignorant people exist in every country, I guess the saddest part of this list is that many of these thoughts or beliefs are shared even by people who actually went to school or had some sort of education, so it's more like a cultural thing, but I want to believe most of these clowns are just a the loud minority, and there's actually smarter people than that in the US
I live in Wisconsin. It's embarrassing how many idiots there are in this state/country.
I don't think that American people are any more stupid than any other nationality. The problem is that they are victims of 2 centuries of indoctrination, propaganda, isolation and religious fundamentalism. They have been indoctrinated since childhood to believe that America is the world's greatest country and that as all other countries are inferior, there is no point in learning about them and that only American interests matter. It is true that in many parts of America things are improving, but in others they seem to be regressing.
Sad to say, I'm still learning history about what has happened here (American), even just from 50 years ago. Sometimes it feels as though there is a lock on information; if you don't know what you're looking for you won't find it. It's crazy and scary. Not to mention the huge push of propaganda for food, media, materialism, etc. that seriously ostracizes a person who doesn't 'buy' into it. Try telling people you don't want *name brand* because of slavery and you can be ostracized and bullied- as an adult. Look at the Natives here, they were forced into schools that demonized their natural culture and tried to "cleanse" them of barbarism. That isn't taught in school, it's not publicized. How do we know about something like that unless we dig? I found that by accident. I'm rambling, but suffice to say it's a lot more complicated than "stupid". There is deliberate misinformation and distraction going on, and it's not just here in America.
Load More Replies... I think this isn't a fair reflection of what the average American is like, nor did it pretend to. But these airheads are really loud and obnoxious people. They wear their ignorance like a badge of honour. And that contributes greatly to the bias.
Every country has numerous dumb and ignorant people, but unfortunately America seems to have a higher proportion of them online, making them look bad.
In europe people do think that americans are idiots, they ellected Trump, don't know world history,...but what do we know we don't have running water and still live on the dark ages🤣🤣not all americans are idiots and not all europeans are rude . This was an interesting piece
Leave it out Bored Panda. It's offensive and repetitive. There are plenty of idiots everywhere. The arrogant European smugness is one of the worst things around here, and you just keep encouraging it.
Yeah. All of these ppl make me feel so ashamed to be an American. But I do use "military" time, I have an electric kettle AND a kettle for my stove, I speak 3 languages, I understand that America is NOT the best country in the world... (one of the worst) and I know Europe has running fucken water and that France has freedom... lol. So please don't hate me. I'm one of the okay ones.
I'm in no way against 24 hrs instead of 12, just live in a place where 12 is used. Am curious how you answer the question "what time is it?" if it's 16:00. it feels silly and military to say "sixteen hundred hours" also feels somehow wrong to say "sixteen o'clock". Do you just say "sixteen"?
Yes, sometimes, we will officially say its “sixteen null null”. But mainly we just say its four 😁 But it is not about what you (we) use, is about that country which do not use 12 still know without any problem how 12 (AM-PM) works. The whole 12-24 thing is so simple. It is not rocket sience, its just a very, very simple couting, because day have 24 hours. Honestly i dont know how somebody can fail in such a simple thing ☺️
Load More Replies... Europeans: Nationalism is the root of all evil! Also Europeans: Dozens of ethnic and separatist parties like Scottish National Party, Basque Parliamentary Group, Northern League, but far more people in parties which oppose them for being separatist. Also Europeans: I'm not Belgian; I'm Flemish! I'm not Spanish; I'm Catalan! I'm not French, I'm Occitan! Also Europeans: Why are Americans so hung up on their roots?
Some company should just give free history curriculums to all the inhabitants of America 😂😂 it's embarrassing enough to the reader!!!
How is pointing out the flaws of a country "xenophobic"?
Load More Replies... Reading this is like making Christmas cards with the mentally ill ..pointless. Why is America the greatest county again??? :)
Well you see when you have over 300 million people you are bound to have more idiots too. Also when internet is readily available to all of the population you are going to have many of the idiots on said internet. Im sure you are in the EU with that snobby response.
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