Not sure if I should laugh or cry

calicamper

I realize this is a spoof, and that hours of film was taken before they got these abysmal results, but the fact that they were able to get people to respond this way is sad. I realize that we Americans have a bad rep for being uninformed, but anyone with a camera can go to any country and with enough time and find people willing to ridicule themselves.

http://www.shoutfile.com/v/gSfSsCpR/Why_People_Believe_Americans_Are_Stupid

Soulfire

See, the problem is for every "idiot" they filmed, there were 20 people who answered correctly. They just chose to leave that little fact out, giving you an unfair representation. Even if it is a spoof, it can give people a bad idea. Just read the comments that people are leaving. Things like this give people bad impressions, false impressions.

chrismen

This was so funny but it did make me a bit sad. Sure there were probably a lot of people who got those right but they still found so so many idiots...

LukeakaDanish

Bondings

These kind of things may be real, but require quite a lot of people to be interviewed, depending on the country and exact location. Just go to a random crowded place in a small village and ask a few questions to the people there, pretending to do a questionnaire. You would be surprised if you hear their answers.

Is the earth round or flat?
What is the capital of the USA and [insert your country]?
Who is Tony Blair?
How many years are there in a century?

LukeakaDanish

Captain Fertile

I don't think that is fair but I know many Americans who would agree that the US population does not look beyond its borders as much as it should. But I guess thats what being pretty self-sufficient means.

Now its own up time -

Have to admint if a stranger came up to me claiming to be the PM of Australia I would have to believe him (or even her).

Says nothing about how dumb I am. In fact it could just prove how unimportant the Austaralian PM is to me (or Americans, or the world).

Took me a few seconds to think of a country beginning with U - then came up with Uganda when in fact I would have been laughed at for not saying United States or even UK (which is not a country but a collection of countries).

Also, the question about the coalition of the willing, I didn't know the answer. Looked it up and it was basically what I have always called simply the coalition due to the fact that is what the media called it - may be the same in the USA.

I have an IQ of 125 but 'intelligence' is not the same as common sense (or general knowledge)

I'm not American by the way, I am British - I'm not American but I may be dumb! Rolling Eyes

Hogwarts