I am mortally embarassed for all Americans - GoFuckYourself.com

Z · 01-31-2007, 05:20 PM

This is worth watching. I've never doubted the widespread stupidity of people in general and of course, this guy focused on the weakest of the species...but GODDAMN people!??!?

Some of these questions are easy enough for a 3rd grader and "average" Americans just fucked 'em up one after the other. I've heard more intelligent responses on Jerry Springer.

madawgz · 01-31-2007, 05:31 PM

yeah i saw that some time ago, its incredible some of the stuff people dont know

ayne468 · 01-31-2007, 05:33 PM

MrSmiles25 · 01-31-2007, 05:34 PM

Shut the fuck up. There are stupid people living all over the world. Where do you live so we can nuke you next.

Stupid Ass.

Scott McD · 01-31-2007, 05:37 PM

Education at it's finest...

Agent 488 · 01-31-2007, 05:38 PM

explains a lot of the reponses on this board.

Jace · 01-31-2007, 05:38 PM

so, america is the only place with stupid people? and I am sure that they only ran across the stupid people, right? or wait, did they maybe edit the smart ones out?

GrouchyAdmin · 01-31-2007, 05:40 PM

Wow, a pisstake television show brought to you by the same folks as CNNNN, who did exactly the same thing in rural Arkansas years before.

Scott McD · 01-31-2007, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jace

or wait, did they maybe edit the smart ones out?

Even although they would edit the 'smart' ones out, the dumbness of some people still leaves no excuse

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"what is the currency of the United Kingdom ?

"Queen Elizabeth money"

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"how many sides does a triangle have?"

"there's no sides"

And this is from adults...

notabook · 01-31-2007, 05:46 PM

Uh huh. Now how about showing all the people that got those questions right? It's amazing what a little EDITING can do eh?

Scott McD · 01-31-2007, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by notabook

Uh huh. Now how about showing all the people that got those questions right?

Why ? Do you think they should be applauded for getting questions a 2 year old would answer correctly right ??

Jace · 01-31-2007, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott McD

Why ? Do you think they should be applauded for getting questions a 2 year old would answer correctly right ??

I think the point is that they probably had to sift through hours of footage to create that one piece....the people that got those right probably far outweighs the people that got them wrong

Scott McD · 01-31-2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jace

the people that got those right probably far outweighs the people that got them wrong

I should damn hope so...

It still doesn't defend the idiots who are thick as shit though. Like i say, a 2 year old would know the answers to those questions. So why try and defend them ?

Elli · 01-31-2007, 06:05 PM

Quick! Name a country that starts with U!

psili · 01-31-2007, 06:06 PM

There's dumbshits all over the planet.
Stupidity isn't defined by borders - is inherent in the species.

Jace · 01-31-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott McD

I should damn hope so...

It still doesn't defend the idiots who are thick as shit though. Like i say, a 2 year old would know the answers to those questions. So why try and defend them ?

oh, i agree, there is no excuse for ignorance

StuartD · 01-31-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MrSmiles25

Shut the fuck up. There are stupid people living all over the world. Where do you live so we can nuke you next.

Stupid Ass.

Hahaha... way to squash that American stereotype with a response that no one ever would have predicted.

pr0 · 01-31-2007, 06:16 PM

come on z....we both know we could look at someone on the street in any city/country in the world & know whether or not they could answer our questions ahead of time

DWB · 01-31-2007, 06:17 PM

I'm pretty sure all of those people post here.

Webby · 01-31-2007, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Elli

Quick! Name a country that starts with U!

Ermmmmm.... Uwhat? *lol*

OK.. It's a comedy show and designed to have people laughing at the stupidity of others and sure does not represent an "average".

But... it's still frightening if you assume the filming to final cut ratio was 10:1 - that suggest around 10% silly replies, but prob more likely to be around 20:1 and with a 5% ratio of idiots - tho questionable that anyone would spend time on a 20:1 ratio - so who knows?

But.. suppose 5% is prob in line that reflected on GFY

Scott McD · 01-31-2007, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

I'm pretty sure all of those people post here.

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Shut the fuck up. There are stupid people living all over the world.Where do you live so we can nuke you next.

You could be right...

pr0 · 01-31-2007, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Webby

Ermmmmm.... Uwhat? *lol*

OK.. It's a comedy show and designed to have people laughing at the stupidity of others and sure does not represent an "average".

But... it's still frightening if you assume the filming to final cut ratio was 10:1 - that suggest around 10% silly replies, but prob more likely to be around 20:1 and with a 5% ratio of idiots - tho questionable that anyone would spend time on a 20:1 ratio - so who knows?

But.. suppose 5% is prob in line that reflected on GFY

I would say roughly 60% of Americans are idiots. You can find them outside of payday advance stores, walmart, in all of the ghettos, at nascar races & driving domestic made pick up trucks.

Z · 01-31-2007, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MrSmiles25

Shut the fuck up. There are stupid people living all over the world. Where do you live so we can nuke you next.

Stupid Ass.

I'm an American and a disabled vet at that. So, let's use our "inside voice" and save your nuke threats for another day.

Z · 01-31-2007, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0

I would say roughly 60% of Americans are idiots. You can find them outside of payday advance stores, walmart, in all of the ghettos, at nascar races & driving domestic made pick up trucks.

Damned right...

Add bus stations (used here), in front of the white house (used here too) and in times square (also used here).

Webby · 01-31-2007, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0

I would say roughly 60% of Americans are idiots. You can find them outside of payday advance stores, walmart, in all of the ghettos, at nascar races & driving domestic made pick up trucks.

How about extending a little bit more hope for the human race than 60% idiot rate pr0?

I think I prefer living in a delusional bubble and having some faith left in the human species

nekrom · 01-31-2007, 06:33 PM

The funniest bit was that every single person believed that the comedian was our aussie prime minister. The comedian being in his 30's and our prime minister being 65+yrs old and all.

-N

american pervert · 01-31-2007, 06:35 PM

You have to remember why they are showing you this- for entertainment.
How much fun would it be to see people get all the answers correct?
So of course they show you the dumbest of the dumb.

GhazAllOva · 01-31-2007, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by psili

There's dumbshits all over the planet.
Stupidity isn't defined by borders - is inherent in the species.

Agree, stupid people all over the world. BUT the USA education system is all fucked up, too many dumbasses when we have the ability for far better education. Especially in So Cal, so many failing students it's nuts.

Silly Guy · 01-31-2007, 06:37 PM

oh noes

Z · 01-31-2007, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0

come on z....we both know we could look at someone on the street in any city/country in the world & know whether or not they could answer our questions ahead of time

No doubt...in fact, this makes me want to strap on a suit, grab a camera and head to a few foreign countries to put something like this together. Imagine the responses to these questions in the UK, Australia, Ireland and Scotland. Shit, 15 minutes in front of an Irish pub on a Saturday night would yield some priceless footage. With a good wig, a little make up and a convincing security team, I bet I could get 20 people to buy that I'm George W. The mis-labeled map was a useful tool, I bet I could have them pinning "nuke 'em" pins on China and the Hawaiian islands.

But I acknowledged in my opening post that they chose the weakest of the species and represented these people as "average" Americans. The damnable hell of it is that natural selection hasn't kicked in yet to clean out the shallow end of the gene pool. We can just hope the combination of the impending economic crash, global warming, alien abductions and un-educated use of firearms combine to kill of enough of these people to raise the collective IQ a bit.

Pipecrew · 01-31-2007, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by nekrom

The funniest bit was that every single person believed that the comedian was our aussie prime minister. The comedian being in his 30's and our prime minister being 65+yrs old and all.

-N

Thats because its safe to assume no one gives a fuck about australia.
Still very pathetic that not one person did not have basic knowlege of geography and picking australia as North Korea, Israel etc etc.

sexykat · 01-31-2007, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by nekrom

The funniest bit was that every single person believed that the comedian was our aussie prime minister. The comedian being in his 30's and our prime minister being 65+yrs old and all.

-N

Ya that was damn funny... and they were taking pics and shit with him

Agent 488 · 01-31-2007, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Z

With a good wig, a little make up and a convincing security team, I bet I could get 20 people to buy that I'm George W.

i doubt it - unfortunately most of the the world knows the clueless mug of that stupid monkey.

Fuckaholelot · 01-31-2007, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MrSmiles25

Shut the fuck up. There are stupid people living all over the world. Where do you live so we can nuke you next.

Stupid Ass.

You just acted like most of the people in the video. STUPID!

Here's a good link for you, nuke head. wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupid

xNetworx · 01-31-2007, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MrSmiles25

Shut the fuck up. There are stupid people living all over the world. Where do you live so we can nuke you next.

Stupid Ass.

I concur

Fuckaholelot · 01-31-2007, 08:01 PM

And here's a bump for you people, a well deserved one i should add. I fell like bumping this thread endlessly.

Splum · 01-31-2007, 08:10 PM

What a loving thread in tribute to the greatest country on earth. Thanks for that.

01-31-2007, 08:25 PM

I hate watching video like that. I do not know how they manage to find so many stupid people. I see them do segments on Jay Leno were they ask people on the street questions. No one knew what the name of the galaxy we live in is and they could not name the vice president. Those are basic questions everyone in the US should know.

Big_Red · 01-31-2007, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by JaneB

I hate watching video like that. I do not know how they manage to find so many stupid people. I see them do segments on Jay Leno were they ask people on the street questions. No one knew what the name of the galaxy we live in is and they could not name the vice president. Those are basic questions everyone in the US should know.

ummmm what galaxy do we live in?

he-fox · 01-31-2007, 08:35 PM

Dumbness is worldwide spreaded. And it´s growing. The ideal consumer, uneducated, dumb and with many credit cards.

BOSS1 · 01-31-2007, 08:45 PM

OK how about this I can go to any country in the world and find people that dont know if the sky is blue....this is so stupid

CDSmith · 01-31-2007, 08:55 PM

Yes, they sure do manage to find a gaggle of stupid people every time they do one of those impromptu surveys. I hazard a guess one could stand on any streetcorner of any city anywhere and stop passersby randomly and you would come up with a certain % of them being utterly clueless.

Strangely enough though, people from so many countries around the world come to or are sent to the USA to attend their colleges and universities every year. Interesting that the country most laughed at and ridiculed for "stupidity" is also one of the most popular destinations for those seeking higher learning.

Houston we have a conundrum.

TSGlider · 01-31-2007, 09:05 PM

There's no debating that we have great universities, but our public school system is in a lot of trouble.
Statistically, k through 12, we're behind a lot of other 1st world countries. That's a problem.

borked · 01-31-2007, 10:49 PM

Shit, that's an awful lot of people who don't know basics.

Yeah, there's editing, but it doesn't look good guys.

The countries of the axis of evil made me laugh "uh, that starts with us". Damn, that guy was on the ball!

01-31-2007, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Big_Red

ummmm what galaxy do we live in?

Haha you know it is the Milky Way.

Blingbaby · 02-01-2007, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Z

This is worth watching. I've never doubted the widespread stupidity of people in general and of course, this guy focused on the weakest of the species...but GODDAMN people!??!?

Some of these questions are easy enough for a 3rd grader and "average" Americans just fucked 'em up one after the other. I've heard more intelligent responses on Jerry Springer.

I'm sorry, but you're the moron here: you are basing your 'revelation' on a tv show sample of some 20 ultimate douchebags that you say are representative of a population of 301,066,346? Dude, get a clue!!!

RyuLion · 02-01-2007, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Z

Damned right...

Add bus stations (used here), in front of the white house (used here too) and in times square (also used here).

you forgot Starbucks..
OMG! did you guys watch the end? when they said: 'whatever bush says is right".."he's gotta be right he's from Texas"..

MetaMan · 02-01-2007, 12:12 AM

There are stupid people from all over the world, and you are also stupid if you argue this point to try to make it sound like americans are not as smart as the rest of the world.

EBORG9 · 02-01-2007, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by JaneB

I hate watching video like that. I do not know how they manage to find so many stupid people. I see them do segments on Jay Leno were they ask people on the street questions. No one knew what the name of the galaxy we live in is and they could not name the vice president. Those are basic questions everyone in the US should know.

I have not dated a girl that knows the Vice Presidents name in 2 years.

LiveDose · 02-01-2007, 12:36 AM

All Americans? Um, ok.

01-31-2007, 05:20 PM	#1
Z Vidi Vici Veni Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 6,308	I am mortally embarassed for all Americans This is worth watching. I've never doubted the widespread stupidity of people in general and of course, this guy focused on the weakest of the species...but GODDAMN people!??!? Some of these questions are easy enough for a 3rd grader and "average" Americans just fucked 'em up one after the other. I've heard more intelligent responses on Jerry Springer.

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JaneB Guest Posts: n/a	I hate watching video like that. I do not know how they manage to find so many stupid people. I see them do segments on Jay Leno were they ask people on the street questions. No one knew what the name of the galaxy we live in is and they could not name the vice president. Those are basic questions everyone in the US should know.

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