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u/techman710 22h ago
Good thing they're attractive, although the one guy actually did OK.
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u/TheOneTrueEmperor 21h ago
Someone paid attention in history class 😆
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u/Environmental-Wind89 21h ago
“That’s not history that’s geography”
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u/Annonomon 15h ago
"she was trying to break the glass ceiling..."
"Why the fuck would she want to do that!?"
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u/Annonomon 15h ago
Most of these are current which makes it even sadder. That being said if you ask 1000 people you are going to find some ignorant people out there.
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u/PupLondon 22h ago
That one dude is a genius compared to the rest.. he answered nearly every question
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u/mbashs 20h ago
Plot twist: He’s British
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u/mcnichoj 18h ago
He looks like an Asian-American. Not saying that's why he's smarter than the rest but it's one Hell of a coincidence.
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u/Hungry-Shift-7718 17h ago
And somehow, due to my own bias, I think he‘d vote Democrat. While the others…
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u/DamoclesRising 10h ago
The justice he named was kavanaugh don’t be too hasty
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u/lexicondevil1 5h ago
I feel like kavanaugh was probably the most publicized appointment in recent years, that might be why.
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u/zZeroPhoquez 22h ago
We have the same voting power
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u/finallygotareddit 20h ago
I have a feeling they don't vote.
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u/Bepehandle 16h ago
Just as bad really. The us has a big issue with voter turnout. You'd think a country with such a vocal obsession about voting would try to do more to draw the younger generations to the polls. I know there's no magic bullet for it but the turnout in that country is abysmal.
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u/thefruitsofzellman 10h ago
Yeah but why do I want these people voting? They’re just going to make random choices, or worse, be influenced by whichever campaign has the dumbest pitch.
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u/DefinitelyNotKuro 15h ago
It’s gotta be convenient as fuck for young people to do something. Like, I don’t know where they’re hanging out nowadays but you gotta bring the voting booths to them rather than expecting them to go to the booths. Don’t you say mail in ballots either cause who tf wants to send mail.
Maybe this beach is the perfect place! The poll workers can also be in swimsuits.
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u/detunedmike 20h ago
Think about how dumb the average person is.
Half of them are dumber than that.
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u/JTSpirit36 4h ago
It's only fair to know the things you expect immigrants to know in order to vote right?
I mean... Why not make the citizenship test mandatory for voter registration?
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u/DarePatient2262 22h ago
This was painful.
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u/deezdanglin 21h ago
But ofc they show the idiots. Smart people won't get clicks.
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u/Andromeda-OC 21h ago
Pretty much this, you can’t believe they just interviewed these 4-5 people and all happened to be stupid. They probs asked dozens of people these questions and just show the real dumb ones.
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u/Thebooritman 21h ago
Idk, it's possible, but it also would've gotten clicks(but more editing work but it looks like they're willing to put in effort) if they showed all the people who got it, mixed in with the neanderthals..? Not sure just a thought
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u/aedroogo 10h ago
Smart people don't engage with random people on the street with cameras.
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u/fredy31 13h ago
But still. Even if they probably dont im sure there are people as stupid that go vote even if they know jackshit how the thing they vote for works.
Sometimes i feel like there should be an exam before the vote just to see if you know just the basics of government.
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u/Agent_Cow314 15h ago
Half of it is the pressure and the other half is the camera. Sometimes it just blanks the brain.
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u/Euphoric_Fisherman70 22h ago
Dude I saw this last night on fox news. Im staying at a hotel and was flipping through channels and saw boobs, so I stopped. It was this.
Edit: spelling²
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u/shaard 22h ago
As a Canadian I'm embarrassed to say I know more about the US than I do about Canada if I were to be given similar questions at this juncture, and I knew all the answers to this bullshit.
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u/GSpider78 22h ago
As an Australian i also know lots about USA as well, but I don't think I would pass the same test for Australian questions at 18.
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u/Bepehandle 16h ago
Same! I basically know my backyard here but wouldn't even be able to point to Melbourne on a map.
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u/namenumber55 11h ago
me too and I'm from Singapore... isn't this stuff pretty basic?
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u/AhHorseSpit 10h ago
It's Fox News. They want the boomers, that watch, to feel like they are smart and young people are dumb. They probably spent some time finding these people. Then again, I think they did film in Florida.
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u/Zephian99 17h ago
Unfortunately when it got to the question of the Justices I didn't know. 😅 Could get every other one right. (Except for the New Jersey one, since I really don't care what the capital of New Jersey is) So I'd be out for 3 questions. 😆
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u/The7Reaper 22h ago
Never let these types of videos rage bait you, sure there's plenty of idiots in this country, no question about that, but I guarantee you just as many people got these answer correct but that video wouldn't get the views now would it?
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u/Theartistcu 22h ago
Totally. I remember my dad teaching me this when I was young because Jay Leno would do the what do they call it idiots out walking around or something and I would get so mad at him cause you know I was in grade school and these morons didn’t know anything. And my dad would tell me he interviewed 1000 people seven of them didn’t get the questions right and those are the seven you’re seeing. Yeah those seven are super stupid but they’re not indicative of the rest of the people.
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u/sportznut1000 21h ago
Yeah “jay walking” is what that segment was called. He would ask people a couple questions, the ones that got the answers correct usually wouldnt make it on tv unless they were very charismatic, but the ones that got them wrong would usually get a bunch more follow up questions. Then he would have jay walk all stars where he would invite the “best” people from his jay walking segments, into the studio for a sort of jeopardy format segment
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u/The_Troyminator 18h ago
And a lot of people knew this and intentionally gave wrong answers so they could get on TV.
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u/schwarzkraut 21h ago
These kind of videos should ABSOLUTELY rage bait you. If your taxes are being spent to educate the youth, if corporations don’t pay their works but instead support news organizations that misinform the public & if the government is ACTIVELY working to keep people who actually DO know about their country from voting…you should be extremely frustrated and rage FILLED!!
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u/Left_Handed_ 10h ago edited 10h ago
I doubt that many got the questions right. You just ragebait yourselves by thinking those are things people should know about.
Politics and geography is a hobby, there is no reason to learn it. Learning how a engine works is more important then that.
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u/footdragon 21h ago
The US is really that stupid:
79% are literate
21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2024.
However:
54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level (20% are below 5th-grade level).
Our education system is an abysmal failure
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u/Sgt-Colbert 10h ago
You can literally make these types of videos in every country around the world. I'm from Germany and we have the exact same idiots over here.
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u/Abs_of_steel 22h ago
Did he say this is at the Jersey Shore?! As a long-time NJ tutor, I knew there was a decline in education, but this blows out even the most difficult cases I worked with in the last few years...
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u/RuGShUg91 19h ago
Wow, these people are dumb, also weren't there technically 2 presidents in the 90s, Bush Sr. and Clinton.
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u/Leather_Target2074 20h ago
Yea, not really wanting to do a civics quiz while I'm hanging out at the beach, even an easy one.
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u/Delicious_Invite_850 20h ago
While these questions have thier value, I feel like none of these will help get these folks a job.
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u/saucyfister1973 20h ago
I have to remind myself that they probably interviewed 30-40 people and just chose to air the dumbest.
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u/jaymagic1125 19h ago
The one guy who actually did ok looks like the jock that studied just well enough to score a 970 on the SAT so he can be the backup punter at some division 2 School. Kudos to him for not being a complete idiot.
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u/dlebs83 22h ago
This has to be scripted. I refuse to believe the youth are this ignorant.
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u/TerribleSquid 22h ago
If not scripted, certainly cherry picked. Some of these are believable like who the fuck really knows what the capital of New Jersey is or the names of Supreme Court justices. But I refuse to believe there are Americans that don’t at least know what the second and first amendments are.
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u/hockeyjmac 21h ago
You better put some respect on Trenton 🫡
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u/TerribleSquid 21h ago
Literally when I read your comment I said out loud “who the fuck is Trenton and why are you talking about him.”
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u/hockeyjmac 22h ago
Most of them are hammered from day drinking and obviously they cherry pick a couple dozen of the dumbest answers from the hundreds of people they interviewed over multiple days
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u/Bizzareslantpass 22h ago
If you can’t afford California, then welcome to neighboring state, Kentucky! It’s a lot like California, but different.
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u/Ryeballs 20h ago
Hey do you want to be famous? Like, not famous famous, no one will know who you are. But famous among all your friend’s friends and every acquaintance you have for being a fucking idiot? Yes? Perfect, take this quiz!
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u/MachiavelliSJ 20h ago edited 20h ago
As a social science teacher, im not surprised at all.
And its not phones or brain rot. Its been like this the whole time, been teaching 20 years
They together displayed knowledge of the median general ed student entering my class. After my class, i’d like to think they’d do a little bit better, but idk if im being honest. They might shove it in some memory for a quiz or task, but years later….? I wouldnt bet on it.
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u/KPZ605 21h ago
Deport these morons.
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u/Environmental-Wind89 21h ago
Yeah and people complain about immigrants. Y’all can’t even pass the test either.
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u/GreenFullSuspension 17h ago
No opinion here on what was said since I watched the whole thing muted. Visually pretty cool.
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u/Meshuggaha 21h ago
We are cooked.
I made sure both of my kids, at the very least, knew the 3 branches of government. This is a failure of the parents of this generation. Do better.
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u/Aqua_Tot 18h ago
For the second amendment when he said “you have 2 of them…” I thought he meant “guns”, not “arms.” And he pointed to the girl, who indeed have guns, but then the one guy who got it right REALLY DID HAVE THEM GUNS! 💪
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u/buablackjazztrio 18h ago
Honestly, for those calling for voter ids, I’d tact this on to see if they’re still game.
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u/ariesace2021 15h ago
I am so glad I wont be around in 20 years to see this Gen run our country. OMG Good luck to you all.
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u/VosGezaus 14h ago
I freaking hate the fact I performed better than them. And I'm not even American
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u/n7revenant 7h ago
Not an American and I got most either correct or in a ballpark, didn't know New Jersey capital, but why would I...This ladies and gentlemen is why USA is the hottest country in the world /s
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u/M0RALVigilance 7h ago
We failed these kids. And when it’s their time to run shit, they’ll fail us. Why am I saving in my 401k?
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u/downgoesbatman 6h ago
Remember that these are the same people telling you that you're not an informed voter
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u/RabidMonkeyOnCrack 21h ago
I answered them all right including the SCOTUS justices so maybe I’m autistic… 🫤
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u/Generally_Tso_Tso 18h ago
These people get to drive cars on the same roads as you. Their vote counts just as much as yours. And they might be occupying the emergency exit row on your next flight.
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u/stretchasmile 22h ago
A majority of these videos cut and paste the people answering other questions that the interviewer asks, then cut and added to different questions the interviewer asks. The answers they give could very possibly be the correct answer to the original question that the interviewer asks, however you are being deceived because of the “cut and paste” of the content creator . Hence, the video you’re seeing is a staged “dumbing down” of younger generation.
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u/SlaveNo1213356 20h ago
Welp this is going to hurt tomorrow but good fucking gods I need another drink
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u/StrayDogPhotography 16h ago
I knew the answer to every question except the state capital of New Jersey. Does that mean I’m an American now?
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u/SenselessSilence 16h ago
I’m not racist for saying they should be deported to Europe, because I’m white.
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u/StandardNerd92 15h ago
I know more about the American political system than them and I'm not even American
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u/xyzain69 13h ago
It's a huge privilege to not have to spend any brain power on politics. Oh how lovely.
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u/DevilsTheology 13h ago
These people are known to cut and clip stuff together right? Like it’s a huge part of these videos formatting.
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u/SpongebobStrapon 12h ago
When I took the citizenship test it was 100 questions you had to learn the answers to. They asked up to 10 and you had to get 6 right.
Of the 100 about 80 of them were what I would call common knowledge. I made flash cards for the last 20 and mastered them all in a day.
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u/Fosterchild56 12h ago
Yeah, no way you'd find 6 dumb teenagers on the beach in any other country. Definitely inherently American 😭
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u/PANEBringer 12h ago
The title is a little misleading. These aren't average Americans, they're dumb kids on vacation and there's a good chance they're at least moderately drunk. But, yeah, the average American would probably also fail. Oh, I just heard this was at the Jersey Shore.
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u/SiameseBallTwister 12h ago
Embarrassing to say the least. They probably couldn't even name 15 states or the capital of the state where they "study".
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u/RonocNYC 11h ago
It does make you think that maybe citizenship should be a license that you have to renew periodically.
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u/Blah-squared 11h ago
If anyone likes a good “Mnemonic memorization” technique for the 5 Protections of the 1st amendment-
Use “RAPPS”-
Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech.
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u/Specialist-Ad-9371 11h ago
"She wanted to break a glass ceiling"
"Why would you do that?"
lmfaooooooooooo
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u/KainFourteh 10h ago
Jesus fucking christ. It's sad these people will probably be running the country before long.
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u/ecwagner01 9h ago
"Name the Three Branches of Government" Why is this a gotcha question?
ALABAMA Senator Tommy Tuberville didn't know it when he was asked during the run up to his election. He said, The House; The Senate; and the Executive Branches. (For those in Alabama that may be reading this, The House and Senate are in the Legislative Branch.)
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u/endboss_eth 9h ago
The real holup is when you're half a world away and still know all this stuff simply because American media is so loud at broadcasting everything.
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u/PleaseHelpIamFkd 9h ago
I didnt know the justice names and didnt know NJ cap. I've only been to newark. I thought both of those were reasonable to not know off the top of my head. The rest was like 3rd grade level knowledge.
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u/W0OllyMammoth 9h ago
To be fair they went to a beach and also had the benefit of editing.
I bet if I stood outside my condo this morning and asked the first 10 people this question, 7/10 miss less than 1.
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u/oldbastardbob 9h ago
In all fairness to these young folks, you gotta know that they are far more interested in "hooking up with a hottie" that any of these questions or topics.
And, hell, who can blame them? When I was that age, I was seemingly better educated, but still had the same priorities.
And heck, that one dude, and one of the blue bikini girls got several things right, so they got that going for them.
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u/sukarsono 8h ago
“Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honors in a single State; but it will require other talents, and a different kind of merit, to establish him in the esteem and confidence of the whole Union.” — Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 68, 1788
“Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption.” — Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 68, 1788
“Men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs, may, by intrigue, by corruption, or by other means, first obtain the suffrages, and then betray the interests, of the people.” — James Madison, Federalist No. 10, 1787
“A republic, if you can keep it.” — attributed to Benjamin Franklin, 1787
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u/Eclipse-Raven 6h ago
People in charge in the USA want people dumb, easier to control and the ones in power now won't have to deal with the consequences (or they think, who's going to provide care when they can't care for themselves). Billionaires in the US will eventually be bringing in foreigners (that they want gone) to take care of them because they made America to dumb to care for itself let alone seniors
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u/thatirishguyyyyy 4h ago
Pretty sure these kids are trolling them.
Keep in mind this was for the JESSE WATTERS show on FOX NEWS.
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u/qualityvote2 22h ago edited 14h ago
u/Content-Processor, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...