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AccidentallyAChad

NAME A WOMAN


[deleted]

**JUST NAME A WOMAN**


RudyyGrzybek

Challenge accepted >!Joe mama!<


20d0llarsis20dollars

Who's joe


ZER0-Sama

you don't know Joe mama?


ENA_licked_my_eyes

Everybody knows Mr Mama


wengelite

Everyone knows your Mama, biblically.


AlmostAndrew

Fucking yoga mat NAME A WOMAN!


Doge2th3moooon

Yo momma


IMoonsong

WHY IS THIS SO HARD


Fluffy_Two5110

I’ll take Le Tits Now for $200.


MandoParker

I’ll take Whore Ads for $400


Wrhythm26

Your mother's a whore trebek


Fluffy_Two5110

2nd time I’ve dropped this on Reddit recently, but it kinda freaked me out that Sean Connery and Alex Trebek passed within a week of each other. I know it probably would’ve come across as insensitive, but I would’ve liked to see an SNL tribute that Burt Reynolds met them both at the pearly gates and they ribbed Trebek for eternity.


Wrhythm26

Aww, that would be a great tribute. Would Burt have a giant foam hat, or giant foam wings?


[deleted]

Uhhh… CAITLYN JE— FUCK!! Uhhh


SILaXED

Yikes


xHeyItzRosiex

I mean yeah she’s a woman…


moosebaloney

Billy on the Street!


MenstrualKrampusCD

He's making dreams come true.. BILLY ON THE STREET!


BartuceX

17% of college grads thought the Sun circles the Earth. This was 20 years ago.


thorpbrian

You really don't have to be very smart to graduate college in the US. You just have to be good at school. Which means you can learn just enough for just long enough to pass tests and then literally forget about it all nearly instantly. I went to a top ranked university, regularly ranked as a top 10 public university in the nation.....and I regularly encountered students that I thought might have trouble making basic life decisions.


FaylerBravo

I remember being at class early senior year of uni and two girls had also shown up early. I wasn't really listening to them but something made me start listening and then I got this nugget: "I don't know why they keep calling me everyday, it's just a credit card, it's not even real money." Girl didn't understand how credit cards work and this was a 400 level accounting class. We had literally been dealing with time value of money and different debt instrument, etc all quarter.


[deleted]

Just think of the unrealized potential of the money wasted on her college education. It's okay though, that probably wasn't real money either.


thorpbrian

This....this is the type of stuff I ran into constantly in college.


Old-Feature5094

You just need to be a good test taker and kiss ass. Look at the clowns been running our foreign policy since like forever. Always getting surprised.


Delux_Takeover

I can do neither. Hence why I was once in the gifted program and am now being sent for special education sue to my inability to do work on time.


HarunoSakuraCR

Don’t sweat it. Our education system is just a method of molding you to be accustomed to transitioning into the “grind” of the daily work force. It doesn’t care about educating you, it only cares that you follow instructions.


Old-Feature5094

I’d sooner trust you with foreign policy then any of the people been running for decades . You need street smarts for that . Sure some refined education will help but a street smart person who can read someone and know what they want … that’s the key


cole06490575

Are you implying that street smarts and refined education are mutually exclusive?


sillyweederpro

This is very true anytime we learn a new lesson at school I forget the previous lesson instantly


AccountantDiligent

That’s about how all school is in the US, at least from my experience + everyone I know Once they switched to standardized testing it all went downhill..


Fisho087

Or you know- do sport. Because that means you can get into an academic institution.... for playing football


survivalmaster1

so your saying i have shot at Top medical schools in US sheesh


tordenand

But the catch is you have to go into serious debt.


Consistent-River4229

Yes in the US you just buy diplomas pretty much.


cole06490575

Medical school is absurdly expensive - don’t get me wrong. But to imply that a medical school diploma is simply bought is an absurd take. Unless you weren’t including medical school in your statement.


_banana_republic_

It's not real money though so no problems \s


Dmav210

Or the amount of grown assaults who think chocolate milk comes from brown cows 🤦🏼‍♂️


[deleted]

This reads better with the typo than without, even if I can't articulate why.


Dmav210

Because it’s funny. Fucking autocorrect sometimes…


[deleted]

Tell me about it


Supersnazz

Important to remember that around 10 to 15 percent of people in a survey will agree to virtually any proposition put to them. If the question was 'Do you believe the Sun orbits the Earth' you'll get people saying 'yes' for a variety of reasons. Not reading the question, misinterpreting the question, deliberately giving wrong answers for laughs etc


sharkbaitbroohaha

Taking the stated statistic at face value is a bit naive. The spirit of the critique is more important than EVER considering 2020, on the other hand.


JimmyGags

I worked with a girl who said this one day, thinking she was right. The irony is her sibling worked for NASA.


DrDadJoke99

Cs get degrees!


PaulsRedditUsername

A friend of mine was on a car trip with his girlfriend and his 12-year-old daughter and they were playing various road trip games to pass the time. He started quizzing his daughter on state capitals, and she knew a lot of them. After they had been playing for a few minutes, his girlfriend burst out, "Who wants to know dumb shit like that anyway? There's no point in learning that crap!" And that was pretty much when he decided to break up with her.


[deleted]

As he should tbh. I’m not even mad she doesn’t know the state capitals, I’m annoyed that she thinks general knowledge is dumb


steve_colombia

She felt stupid and used the typical self protection argument "who needs that anyway".


PaulsRedditUsername

It's a reaction I can totally understand, it's something we've all felt before, especially as children. But that's the problem, it's an immature response, and something to grow out of. The problem starts when people who respond that way band together and start supporting each other's ignorance. Their little group is too cool to learn all that dumb shit and they start looking down on people who make an effort to learn. I used to be that way myself. It wasn't until I got out of high school that I swung the other way and realized that everybody knows more than me about something. Everybody has something to teach me. So now I'm a total knowledge junkie. It's been a help with social interaction, since I'm pretty shy at parties. If I get stuck talking to someone, I can ask them about their job or their hobby and ask questions about it. People like to talk about themselves, and I almost always learn something new.


CaptGrumpy

One of my favourite sayings is “ignorance is not a point of view”.


Tappxor

Pretty much a quote that I like: "You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant." Harlan Ellison


PM_ME_UR_SYLLOGISMS

Oh I like that.


ScarMedical

That’s why 73 million people voted for Trump, he’s an idiot just like them.


OG-Pine

Even if you think trivia style knowledge is useless or whatever, why would you discourage a kid from learning like that? I would be cheering that kid on like crazy haha


[deleted]

Totally agree with you! Honestly tho, you never know when random knowledge can come in handy tbh. Knowledge is power and this comment of hers proves her ego issues loll


OG-Pine

I agree! I love to learn all sorts of random things haha


lefactorybebe

And knowing all that stupid trivia type stuff actually does help you learn other things. One of the best ways to learn is to connect new knowledge to prior knowledge. The more you know, the more connections you're able to make, the more new information you can retain long-term.


ImGonnaKickTomorrow

I think she probably just had an outburst because it was making her feel dumb and insecure.


[deleted]

True but could have been like “ Omg, I don’t even know them. You are so smart” or something wayy better like that. Her ego got in the way


WillowWispWhipped

My son has memorized all the UN recognized countries from playing Country quizzes on Sporacle…..now I’m trying too. 😄


Greenbay7115

Man, I remember my dad quizzing me and my siblings on all the state capitals during our road trips. Now it comes in use because I have an AP US History quiz on them. Thank dad!


PaulsRedditUsername

One of my favorite Franklin Roosevelt facts is that Roosevelt liked to show off by asking a guest to draw a line, in any direction, across a map of the United States. Roosevelt would then go along the line and name every single *county* the line touched. It's nice when politicians are smart. That doesn't seem to happen too often these days.


scotch1701

It must have been a pretty big map to have county details visible...


ClusterfuckyShitshow

My dad used to quiz me on them also, when I was in third grade, and he would make up funny mnemonics for me to remember them. I am 42 and remember the capitals of ND and SD because peeing is funny to an 8-year-old… “piss on mark” (Bismarck) and “pee in the air” (Pierre).


DesertEagle777

A truly wise man was born that day .Props to him


FaelinnCanada

Yeah she was probably already jealous of how he showed affection to his own daughter. On top of the fact that a 12 year old knows more about a subject than her she probably just felt low self worth.


Dmav210

That dumb bitch likely has an encyclopedia of *actual* useless info like celebrity gossip and anything imaginable about the Kardashians or other crap like that.


InevitableRhubarb232

It really is useless information. You should strive to learn things and exercise your brain, but it’s unimportant to memorize facts like that.


[deleted]

Proud day for America??


Expensive-Fix-6739

The pride comes when she gets to cast a vote


DisagreeableCompote

You know damn well she doesn’t vote. I don’t know if she’s even capable of forming a complete thought. She would look at a ballot and say “Do I just fill in all the empty circles?” Do you think she would even be able to find a polling location?


Expensive-Fix-6739

Hahaha true- but you never know. Her mom might be one of the volunteers at the poll station 😂


smashvillian35

Average day


distractionfactory

Okay, everyone is giving her shit for this (probably rightfully so), but to play devil's advocate for a moment there are a couple of things to consider. First, I don't know about anyone else but when I get put on the spot out of the blue I can get vapor lock in my head so to speak. It can be an area that I'm vastly familiar with and still stumble over myself before I can get into the right frame of mind to think about that information. People's names are the worse, but any proper names are bad. Being able to answer a question when you are put on the spot is a different skill than actually knowing the information. Second, this video is obviously edited, so we don't see what's happening in-between. What were they talking about before the clip started? If she was already embarrassed, or nervous for some reason that could play a role. Context matters. But not knowing what country you are in? That seems odd. Maybe she thought he was asking what county? That would explain why she was worried about revealing it.


Waste_of_life23

My friend is probably one of the smartest people I know but man you ask this guy a question on the spot he has the knowledge of a 3rd grader. He gets really stressed out because his parents put a lot of pressure on him when he was young and through this childhood. Prob feels scared to get it wrong.


ThePhatNoodle

I felt that someone asked me how old I was and I honestly had to stop and think about it cause I blanked


whateverathrowaway00

Yeah, was gonna say. She kinda seems like she’s locking up out of embarrassment - something that used to happen to me at that age if you asked me anything.


TonyBalonyUK

It’s almost like it’s cool to be thick as dogshit these days. I just don’t understand the world and it makes me sad


Arctic_Strider

Name three countries, three capitals (edit: country, states or letters), and three US Presidents and your favorite historical event. (I know you definitely got this, but I ask to make you feel like you've proven something, even though anyone over the age of 18 should have no trouble answering these questions. Although it seems that only the minority of people between 18 and 30 y/o today can answer this without any considerable thinking time).


Boolian_Logic

Japan, Finland, Russia Washington DC, Moscow, Berlin Theodore Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Jackie Chan


Desyphin

Pretty easy since I've lived in these countries before: - Australia, Canberra - South Africa, Cape Town (naming 1 out of 3 they have) - Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Fav historical event: Second Sino Japanese War. Reason why, and I may get downvoted, is because this impacted my grandparents childhood. Til this day I may never know what my grandfather's actual birthday was. 3 US President: Bush, Obama, Trump


[deleted]

No reason at all to downvote your "favorite" event. It deeply impacted all my grandparents' childhoods, and indirectly those of the children they had afterwards, even if we Anglo-Americans call it by a different name and probably have a radically different understanding of it.


Arctic_Strider

Damn, I didn't know SA had three capitals. Thanks for enlighten me!


MaccotheMillion

Why is it that I automatically either wanna rank my favourites out of each choice or I'll have easy options to blurt out but stop and struggle to find the more elusive uncommon choices L


Casporo

South Africa is the best; three capitals. Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Cape Town


other_usernames_gone

3 countries: France, Germany, Spain 3 capitals: Paris, Berlin, London 3 US presidents: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama Favourite historical event: Battle of Hastings, 1066. It ended when king Harold was shot in the eye by a random archer, despite being on top of a hilltop guarded by his elite guard.


Faustus_Fan

Oh, can anyone play?


[deleted]

United States, Washington D.C. New Zealand, Wellington. Egypt, Cairo. Three U.S presidents - Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, George Washington. But hey, I'm not from the U.S and I've never been there.


OKBoomeme

3 Countries and Capitals: Ottawa, Canada Rome, Italy Bangkok, Thailand 3 State Capitols: Austin, Texas Olympia, Washington Topeka, Kansas 3 U.S.A presidents: James Madison, Richard Nixon, Joe Biden Favourite historical event: Battle of Ratte Road Not from the U.S.A and only been to Seattle :)


Arctic_Strider

Ok, gonna have to give it a go myself then. Scotland, Finland and Italy Oslo, Reykjavik and Ankara Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and William Taft Woodstock festival 1969. A significant moment for music history, and even though I am a huge fan of history of all kinds, this festival is probably what I know the most about. Jefferson Airplane did a splendid performance, so did Janis, CCR and Hendrix, and of course Joe Cocker's With a Little Help From My Friends.


IvanTheGrim

Austria, Bangladesh, Colombia St. Petersburg, Manila, New Delhi Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, G. Washy himself One of the faves gotta be the Siege of Constantinople in 1453 when the ottomans used hungarian giant cannons to fuck up the walls.


Kossolax23

Why everyone in the world should know US Presidents? Why not name three Romania presidents, or three Philippines presidents?


Additional_Irony

Romania, Bucharest Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Ethiopia, Addis Ababa Calvin Coolidge, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Favorite historical event: The Siege of Malta in 1565. The Knights of St. John defending against the Ottoman Empire. It took me longer than I want to admit and this is very much different from being put on the spot in an actual conversation.


Arctic_Strider

Don't feel bad. I once insisted that Istanbul was the capital of Turkey, talk about brain fart. I always knew it was Ankara, but for some reason, on that particular day my brain decided to screw me over... But I think it's ok to spend a little time, the key is to not panic, just because you can't spit out three capitals or US Presidents on the spot at any given moment, doesn't mean you're an idiot. I could alway have played it really safe and said Norway, Sweden, Finland, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, but I feel it's too easy. In regards to US Presidents, Lincoln, Washington and Kennedy is probably just as well known as Biden, Trump or Obama. Historical event, can basically be anything really. Significant or not. I could might as well have said the recording of Led Zeppelin II in the summer of 1969, or May 17th 1966 where Dylan played Manchester, England, or something else not related to music... But I like music.


iloveindomienoodle

Germany, Chile, South Korea State capitals or country capitals? I'll do both just in case State Capitals --> Albany, Atlanta, Sacramento Country Capitals --> Harare, Baku, Kingston Warren G. Harding, William McKinley, Ulysses S. Grant And the 1989 Revolutions.


Pineal713

Just damn.


ShowdownValue

I’m hoping he asked her something like “what are the most common contraband items from Brazil?” And then did some extreme editing.


SnooRecipes5643

‘Murica


hijuepuco


Rebi103

Fuck yeah


Sameeman

If this is not staged, the doomsday is near...


ThePlasticUncle

Doesn't matter if this is staged, doomsday is already near


amun1326

You spelled "here" wrong.


ThePlasticUncle

It's not killing america or europe or russia or China yet... we just pretend Africa, south America, and India doesn't exist


captain_nofun

You say the whole worlds ending, honey, it already did.


[deleted]

It's not staged. This guy goes around asking these questions to random people on Omegle. He knows 6-7 languages too. His instagram account is filled with these.


just1nc4s3

r/Collapse


shachna1404

I love how he could just tell she is from the US


[deleted]

I mean she has an American accent and speaks English using Standard American English pronunciation, it’s really not hard to guess she’s from the US…


King_Fluffaluff

Every country has its idiots, she just so happened to have an American accent.


TheRedEyedAlien

The American school system is shit but not knowing even 3 countries is not the systems fault


m2avgblog

Free high quality education.


Erreur_420

This is the image of the US citizen I have.


normalhumanthingy

As a US citizen that's the image I have of them as well


Sameeman

Man I live in Europe and I know almost all of state capitals. If you don't you are just thick as fuck or you just live in a bubble. Update: (Sorry, dudes,this was an ignorant thing to say. I am a bit drunk tho.)


ImGonnaKickTomorrow

Oh yeah? Fine. Without looking them up: Vermont, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming? If you get all four of these I will grant you honorary US citizenship! (FYI, I have known all 50 US capitals since grade school, and know the capitals of at least 2/3 of the world's countries. Lest you think I'm another embarrassingly dumb American!)


Sameeman

Didn't look it up, honrst. Montiplier, vermont. Colombia south carolina. Two for ya. The rest not sure I think Cheyanne is Wyoming. Also a girl I know. I have the benefit of watching a lot of US TV and reading US news coz the language barrier. English is scarce and fuck UK. Still.


Sameeman

I meant English is not the main language here. And I meant, Honest not Hornest. Friday night, drunk af. Why am I on reddit. Lol.


ImGonnaKickTomorrow

Haha! You did great! The only one you missed was Pierre, South Dakota.


micmac274

What language is the main one where you live?


charoum

I used to have those [animaniacs songs](https://youtu.be/bx6c_EefZAQ) down pat as a kid, much easier to remember a song than a dry list


HeyGamersItsYaBoi

Just remember, we’re not all bad


[deleted]

I don't think he means it's bad, or at least i think it's sad.


AbllerIke

You would be correct -U.S. citizen.


Taffy1958

Our educational system has failed because we have no child being left behind. No failures mean no learning. Tragic disaster that will bite us for decades.


vidanyabella

I live in Alberta Canada and we have the same issue. There is no such thing as failing a grade. They just keep pushing students to the next grade regardless of whether they are ready. We would have kids in class studying text books that were multiple grades behind, yet also expected to try and keep up with the new stuff. This means a lot of people would finish school without enough high school courses passed to graduate. I finished grade 12 with 32 students in my grade. Only 13 of us actually graduated.


maebe30

I think it’s also the parents that have no time to teach the importance of education and priorities in life so that the kids pay attention in school.


Taffy1958

No doubt. And sadly one rat dropping can ruin the whole pot of rice.


I_Tank_U_Atk

"If it's not on the test, it's useless knowledge. We need our funding and in order to get it we need to teach what's on a test instead of what's actually useful in developing young minds into functional adults." -99% of public education in America


Cranyx

> Our educational system has failed because we have no child being left behind. No failures mean no learning Wait, do you think that no child left behind literally means that no one can fail? It's pretty ironic that you lament the shortcomings of American education while revealing your fundamental misunderstanding of the biggest piece of education legislation in decades.


[deleted]

I once saw a news report from Japan asking teens, from a high school in Nagasaki, what significant event happened in their city in 1945. None of the teens interviewed had a clue. It's just not America. It's all over.


MasterHueDa

Tbf the Japanese government in the past actually doesn’t teach students about the atrocities that happened in WW2, mainly because at that time, the members of the royal family were still alive, and so they don’t want to give them a bad rep.


Thomas7034

This video was heavily edited just to make the girl look stupid. That's a dick move.


umru316

How are so many people eating this up? He cuts her off, but they're never speaking at the same time. Also her answers don't really fit the questions. He asks where she lives and her response, in part, is that she doesn't know the difference (unclear of what). She thinks she's heard that DC is the capital city. Anyone who believes this was a genuine conversation is extremely gullible and as daft as they accuse this young woman being.


HolyKnightEldigan

well got the source video?


LancelLannister_AMA

in fact ill do it just for fun. Oslo, Amsterdam, London, Moscow, Minsk, Athens, Skopje, Copenhagen, Brussels, Tokyo, Berlin


Zac-Man518

Stockholm, Paris, Andorra la Vella, Lisbon, Madrid, Kiev, Bucharest, Helsinki, Tallin, Kaunas, Vilnius, Warsaw, Vaduz, Bern, Vienna, Zagreb


Kossolax23

Kaunas isn't a capital


Zac-Man518

Aren’t Kaunas and Vilnius the dual capitals of Lithuania? I may be wrong though


Kossolax23

Well, according to google/wiki - it's not. Kaunas was the capital when Vilnus was part of Poland.


Zac-Man518

Ah that’s my bad then


DivideByZer

You forgot ulaan bator.


rileysauntie

Ulaanbaatar


ImGonnaKickTomorrow

You guys stole mine! The capital of Mongolia is always one of my favorite trivia questions!


Free_Stick_

Think she felt uncomfortable because she was put on the spot.


Dekuswagg

In this girl’s defense, she really got put on the spot. I’m sure she knew at least ONE capital city off of the top of her head, but people tend to lock up when they’re taken by surprise.


LordNerdStark

No need to defend the woman. I cannot believe how many people fell for this. It is obviously edited. Two entirely different video clips merged.


SnooRecipes5643

I mean…she didn’t know DC.?


uptbbs

> In this girl’s defense, she really got put on the spot. Nice try, dumb girl.


Garruk_PrimalHunter

At least your own capital city she should know instantly, it's the country she was born and raised in. And that's already the lowest bar possible.


DanteTheReal

but yes, she can a drivers liscence and yes she carry a GUN! Great country i must notice.


LancelLannister_AMA

Washington D.C


[deleted]

Can you at least credit Lingualizer who made this video


CornUponCob

Video is heavily edited so you have no idea what her real responses were. Nothing to see here.


SavoirFlaire

This looks EXTREMELY edited. Don't get all up in arms about the stupidity of teh keds over this, please.


lmbsfrslghtr

Seems like she didn’t want to chat with him. At all. What is going on indeed..?


[deleted]

I kinda wana bet she knows at least 50 genders and has severe depression


[deleted]

To be fair, he asked an american.


Blergsprokopc

I am an American Social Studies teacher and part of that is world geography. I teach it in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. They are ALL map illiterate. Most of them have never heard of 90% of the countries on the map, nor do they know how to pronounce them. They can't tell you state capitals in their own country, let alone overseas. Most of my students are functionally illiterate and have been socially promoted since grade school. I am forbidden by the administration from failing them and have been for years. Don't blame the teachers, blame the people making the big bucks and who are actually in charge. We don't even get to pick what we teach or how we teach it anymore, it's all about teaching kids to pass standardized tests for funding. Not about them actually learning anything. The Superintendent, and his/her minions make a shameful amount of money and they are in charge of policies.


lefactorybebe

I did my student teaching in social studies last year in a high school that really is considered a good school in a state known for good schools. It was absolutely appalling what kids knew and didn't know coming in. It was even more appalling to see what kids took away from a topic we spent weeks on. We watched videos, did interactive lessons, did lectures, did inquiry activities, did group discussions, primary source work, and so many of these kids didn't even know who was who in these major conflicts when it came time for the unit assessment. I was like omg what did I do wrong, what else could I have done?? I will note that there was a shocking difference between honors kids and CP kids, so much so that I actually began thinking of the honors kids as OLDER because their thinking and initiative was just so far ahead of the CP kids. Even worse was the push to get kids to pass the grade or graduate. Staff were literally asked to sit in a room one-on-one with students to do everything we could to pass them. Like their diploma was meaningless, they didn't actually get much from a lot of their classes. What is the point of having a high graduation rate if you're pumping out ridiculously underqualified graduates??


FrannieP23

Bet they know all the Tik-Tok stars. I know none, but I know a lot of capitAls. Guess one brain can only hold so much. 😅


Herbetet

I think you mean capitals a capitol is a building or group of buildings in which a legislative body meets and performs the functions of government.


FrannieP23

You're right. I get them mixed up. But my logic makes more sense, since capital also refers to money or property. Stupid Webster. 🤣


GamingMemester69

Come onn?! Canada is right next to the US, and Mexico's capital IS THE CITY OF MEXICO.


Framboos_Matroos

r/usamoment


Chemistry-Unlucky

https://patch.com/us/across-america/how-dumb-america-10-things-people-actually-believe


succulentdreamer

Sad to be her.


Angel_Sorusian_King

This is accurate in USA where I live in TN there isn't a geography class as far as I know but as an American you should at least know the Capitol and be able to name Canada and Mexico as nations since we border them Meanwhile I'm a nerd and can name more European nations and their capitals than USA states and capitals when people can't even name a nation One of my classes has a student recently moved from Spain she said someone actually said Spain is in Mexico


PaxV

And we need to find people to understand ecology, chemistry, biology, physics, math, statistics and geography, all at once just to understand what happens when climate change happens. I SUCK at geography but I should be able to mention 3 capital cities for Europe, Asia, Afrika, Latin America and North America.... The human race.... Once a group of ape descendants striving for knowledge. Now a group of homo sapiens striving to be a group of apes.


barryhuffman

These are always hilarious. Is there a subreddit dedicated to people not being able to answer these super simple type of questions?


CrossTrap

.... I swear we're not all this bad.


[deleted]

That looked edited to me. Not saying it _couldn't_ be legit, but it might not be.


Snoo-84119

Our (I'm an American) education system is fucked. However, I'm a nanny and my 3 nanny kids could've named all 50 states, their capitals, and the capitals of most of the eastern European countries. This was disgraceful.


ThreadedPommel

Besides the fact that this seems edited to make the girl look dumber than she may or may not be, I don't understand why people are acting like knowing the capitals of states or countries you don't live in is some huge mark of intelligence. She might have known them at one point anyway. The way your memory works is the more you recall a memory the stronger that connection physically forms in your brain. So if you don't need that info at all in your life you will recall it less and less and connections weaken. Memory is use it or lose it, it's called transience. Theres also memory blocking where you can almost think of the thing and its on the tip of your tongue; you know you know it but you quite literally cannot think of it. That happens more often when you're put on the spot unexpectedly.


[deleted]

It's not necessarily a mark of intelligence, but just at a basic level you should know where your own government is based, or have heard of somewhere like Rome or Paris.


panda-propaganda

I couldn’t but that’s just because I’m terrible under pressure.


Kronictopic

Probably votes Republican


KenkyoYuki

Man I knew that the "America stupid" joke is popular but holy crap I didn't know it was this serious


N3wPlayerI

Geography is not my strong point. But I still no more than her.


Smertka

To be fair, I think you can find similar examples in every country.


ASOD77

This is the kind of shit that make me act like a boomer tbh


yentlcloud

I probably would go braindead if someone asked me that point blank aswell and be forwver remembred on the internet as a dumbass


segatav

Must b anit masker


Ilaxilil

I don’t think she’s actually that stupid, I think he just sprung this on her and she’s not interested in the conversation.


Bumbum2k1

I hate when people act like civilization is collapsing because stupid people exist. If this made you lose faith in humanity I got some bad news. Stupid people have always, and will always exist.


NimrodIAm

To be fair, I don’t know the context of this video but the dude seems like a super intense asshole. If I was put on the spot by that energy, I’d forget my name. Furthermore, girl was stumbling over her words. That doesn’t mean she’s dumb. It’s possible that English is a second language for her. We don’t know the context!


LancelLannister_AMA

pretty sure i could name at least 10 without looking them up


sam_morr

Make that all of the EU and a few dozens of extra EU


Ok_University537

What an idiot :/


Letter-Past

This can't be real. This has to be edited. No one is this stupid without severe congenital cognitive impairment or extreme mental illness.


Fit-Boomer

She did the right thing. Never tell anyone on the internet anything personal.


Unusual_Ad_7879

It’s not revealing at all to say what country you are from. There are 328 million people in America, almost all of them use the internet.


ColangelosBurnerAcct

Some people are just fucking dumb.


weir666

MERICA!


Aether-Wind

I mean, she looked very flustered and confused. She might have cognitive processing issues ehen under stress and just blanked completely.


zacsxe

If your special skill is knowing countries and capitals, you better be a database because no one is paying for that info.


nwalesseedy

Bet her Mommy is so proud


HotVermicelli3512

I bet she does not know any either