10 Bizarre Things Americans Believe According to Studies

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  • @paulkaye4924
    @paulkaye4924 5 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    "It is easier to trick the average person, than it is to convince them that they have been tricked" - Mark Twain
    An old quote that will ring true for many generations

    • @adorabledeplorable5105
      @adorabledeplorable5105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Paul Kaye Exactly . Look at what is happening now .

    • @mildredpierce4506
      @mildredpierce4506 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's true. With all the internet scams that are common today especially the romance scams, the victims deny being scammed no matter how much everyone else tries to convince them. They send thousands of dollars to a total stranger (usually in Nigeria) who promised millions will be sent to them later.
      It's hard to convince romance scam victims as well. My sister knows an elderly lady who gave a scammer her personal information and he cleaned out her bank account. Before he did, family and friends, including my sister, kept telling her the guy was a scammer but she wouldn't believe them.

    • @lijohnyoutube101
      @lijohnyoutube101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yep almost every Trump voter

    • @stephenenders2066
      @stephenenders2066 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed it is super easy to trick people but in more ways than you know (trump voters are lied to but so are democrats too ) we all are. Our institutions that are supposed to guide us have been lying to us for quite some time but we have been groomed not to see it 🤷‍♀️

    • @notme2day
      @notme2day 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@stephenenders2066 that's true but people with critical thinking skills are less likely to be scammed by their government and don't blindly believe the bs they're being fed .. question everything thing!

  • @jayyyzeee6409
    @jayyyzeee6409 6 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    It burns when I pee. I think I have HTML. I'm treating the condition with JavaScript.

    • @anarchyantz1564
      @anarchyantz1564 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      As long as you havent developed a Bluetooth you should be able to apply some Google, just don't use any Bing as it may develop into ASCII.

    • @jacobo1388
      @jacobo1388 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      If it hasn't cleared by now.
      Apply some TH-cam and a bit of Twitter.
      But do NOT apply MySpace as it will make it burn again.

    • @lajohnson1967
      @lajohnson1967 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jayyy Zeee -😂😂😂😂

    • @davidpresnell1734
      @davidpresnell1734 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Didn't work on mine!! TRY Googleing it.

    • @davidpresnell1734
      @davidpresnell1734 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Or maybe Windows XPPro.

  • @LancGuy13
    @LancGuy13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +759

    " Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin

    • @christineparis5607
      @christineparis5607 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      LancGuy13
      I miss him!!!!

    • @LancGuy13
      @LancGuy13 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      zdcyclops1 thanks for pointing that out

    • @marythomson3110
      @marythomson3110 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      LancGuy13 Hail to George Carlin long live descent comedy.

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      George sure knew how dumb people were and still are. He died a bitter man, just like I most likely will.

    • @lazyishardwork
      @lazyishardwork 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      no NancyGuy, it's not about the average person in relation to humanity in general, it's very clearly specific to the U.S.A. Just because your people suffer cognitive deficiencies don't try and elevate yourself by undermining others. This video only relates to you Americans, it isn't about the "average" person because obviously Americans, hence you, are below average. You've already demonstrated you cannot comprehend what you're being told: it's not about anyone else except Americans. Americans ARE NOT the average person. Americans are vastly outnumbered by different nations, Americans therefore are not representative of the "average" person. America doesn't even constitute 5% of the total human population.

  • @ericlcornwell
    @ericlcornwell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    “Steadfastly ignored science and facts”
    The new National US Motto.

    • @prschuster
      @prschuster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Science is just your opinion, man.

    • @hanschristianlarsen7101
      @hanschristianlarsen7101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Science is NOT an opinion. Well in the US it is... believing that the Earth is 6000 years old is not only wrong, it's a severe mental state

    • @broccolirob5026
      @broccolirob5026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hanschristianlarsen7101 I had an argument with my friends mom about this when I was 10 years old, and her rebuttal was that they found dinosaur and human footprints next to each other

    • @notme2day
      @notme2day 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@broccolirob5026 huh .. Bet that's why we haven't found our "missing link" .. it was eaten by T-rex 😂😂😂

  • @Drako2577
    @Drako2577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    I thought this video was hilarious then I remembered... I live in America...

    • @ingloriousbetch4302
      @ingloriousbetch4302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I knoooow....yikes. although I'm from the south so I'm probably less surprised than you.

    • @Drako2577
      @Drako2577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ingloriousbetch4302 I'm a Yankee but i live in Bama so... I understand.

    • @stevencooke6451
      @stevencooke6451 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I live next door and this still worries me. I'm also not convinced that Canadians are significantly smarter.

    • @tuikkur.5655
      @tuikkur.5655 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Don't worry, there are stupid people everywhere. I'm from Finland and I just chatted with a woman who actually thought that you have to kill a cow to get milk...😨🐄😂😂

    • @Musicreach101
      @Musicreach101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You’re why this video is made 🤣🤣👌🏻

  • @simplus1980
    @simplus1980 7 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    Obviously, USB is the sequel to USA, eh.

    • @75ur15
      @75ur15 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Simon Labrie United States of.... Bolivia?

    • @johnharrington1294
      @johnharrington1294 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I bow to you sir, I like this, very clever, very witty.

    • @psarri72
      @psarri72 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      you win the internet

    • @KarolynHerreraBookEditor
      @KarolynHerreraBookEditor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Clearly.

    • @davecarsley8773
      @davecarsley8773 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Simon Labrie
      I see what you did there!!!

  • @aelux4179
    @aelux4179 7 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Chocolate milk comes from brown Cows? Fake moos...

    • @faithrada
      @faithrada 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bruuuhaaahaaa

    • @deemueller6470
      @deemueller6470 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      IN the early 90's, A friend of mine was asked if she produced chocolate milk when she breast fed her kid BY THE BABY DADDY!!! She was black, He was white. So this idea of brown cows/chocolate milk seems to be just an extension of that stupidity. Do they cover this in the school's sex ed courses??? Maybe they should?

    • @michaelkelly7228
      @michaelkelly7228 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      fake moos....nice one.

    • @michaelkelly7228
      @michaelkelly7228 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@deemueller6470 ill take "things that absolutely never happened ever or some pinhead didn't get the joke" for 500 alex.

    • @deemueller6470
      @deemueller6470 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelkelly7228 unfortunately, i knew the guy-- clueless on alot of issues. He came from michigan but wasnt smart enough to put antifreeze in the radiator because he said north alabama wouldnt drop below 40 fahrenheit. In a normal snow/ice fall here its about 20 fahrenheit. Guess who had a frozen coolant system? He did-- he also threw a turtle into the creek to see it swim. He was clueless! Sometimes i wondered if he had fetal alcohol syndrome or if his mom started drinking after she initiated his homeschooling. SMDH

  • @simonrancourt7834
    @simonrancourt7834 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    The frightening part is : those people have the right to vote.

    • @stargirlzx
      @stargirlzx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And reproduce

    • @simonrancourt7834
      @simonrancourt7834 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Gregg
      Politicians think about the next election.
      State men and women think about the next generationS.

    • @simonrancourt7834
      @simonrancourt7834 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Taylor Fuckyou You SERIOUSLY believe these nonsense ?

    • @psyclotronxx3083
      @psyclotronxx3083 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@simonrancourt7834 obviously you are a Trump supporter. No?

    • @simonrancourt7834
      @simonrancourt7834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@psyclotronxx3083 Nope.
      I'm from Québec.

  • @qdav5
    @qdav5 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This reminds me of a George Carlin quote: "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

  • @thomasdarby6084
    @thomasdarby6084 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    My father kept his black-an-white TV well up into the 80's, and a friend referred to him as "a dinosaur." Which makes me a living descendant of dinosaurs.

  • @evillyn7895
    @evillyn7895 6 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    The dumbing down of America is nearly complete. The movie 'Idiocracy' has been relocated to the non fiction section.

    • @frankodonnell4073
      @frankodonnell4073 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      MY VERRY POINT NOT THAT I AM SO EDUCATED /BUT WITH YEARS OF LIVING AND AN OPEN MIND I HAVE LEARNED QUITE A LOT /WHAT I CANNOT UNDERSTAND IS HOW SOME PEOPLE CAN BE SO DAMN STUPID I DONT BELEAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE READ ANY MORE/THE COMMENTS UNDER THE NEWS AND PROGRAMS LIKE THIS PROVES MY POINT//

    • @katelily7619
      @katelily7619 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Evil Lyn: Amen! I've been saying that for years.

    • @ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958
      @ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I have been warning people that Idiocracy is a documentary. The scene where one couple puts off reproduction until he dies while the football star fathers a whole mobile home park full of idiot kids explains eugenics in a way that everyone can relate to without mentioning krauts. Eugenics is just the recognition that evolution is still happening, which is lost on the people who deny that evolution ever happened, sort of making your point.

    • @pauljimerson8218
      @pauljimerson8218 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Go 'way baitin

    • @hetspook666
      @hetspook666 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@frankodonnell4073 1 in 8 people commenting on this comment does not know how to put capslock off!

  • @oreotookie
    @oreotookie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Simon spending 12 minutes and 50 seconds claiming a bunch of American are idiots.
    Me living in Alabama, USA: Yeah. That pretty much checks out.

    • @moogmike1
      @moogmike1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No....we in Europe are pretty smart!

    • @oreotookie
      @oreotookie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@moogmike1 I don’t doubt that one. You guys have universal healthcare and education won’t force you into poverty for years. Gooooooooo capitalism! 🤬

    • @moogmike1
      @moogmike1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oreotookie It is true that our healthcare system and free education (though sadly not University a was in my day) is taken for us as a given, however illegal immigration has taken a toll on that.

  • @valerievankerckhove9325
    @valerievankerckhove9325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Everybody knows chocolate milk comes from brown chickens. They lay chocolate eggs which are then melted into chocolate milk.

  • @Dzeroed
    @Dzeroed 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Can you do one like this about the UK as well? I'm Scottish, but even though my comment below shows exactly what I think about certain American's ways of thinking, I think it's a shame they are attacked so much just because of miseducation and the "melting pot" effect of not only​ their own countries' heritage (people from all over the planet- yes America, you are ALL IMMIGRANTS!) but from what the internet brings into the equation. Surely they aren't the only country in the world with strange ideas because of conspiracy theories and the effect of the internet etc. It's not really fair that they tend to be the World's whipping boy/biggest joke- there are some seriously clever people in that country, and although we acknowledge that fact, you don't tend to get videos that tell us how mental say Swedish, or as I said the UK, or Australian nonsense is. Just a thought Simon.

    • @btdt346
      @btdt346 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you elect the trump you get trumped .

    • @izzyhaze7347
      @izzyhaze7347 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you, it is definitely interesting that much of the world has turned to petty jabs at the USA although it has no real effect other than spreading mild misinformation so I generally ignore it.

    • @izzyhaze7347
      @izzyhaze7347 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Robert Brown Ignorance has never meant evil, but yes, we do bring a lot on ourselves. Also I should note that as far as know it all attitudes, I think every nation has their Fair Share of those.

  • @mybackhurts7020
    @mybackhurts7020 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Is there a survey on how many Americans like to mess with surveys. Cuz if you ask me a stupid question like does chocolate milk comes from brown cows I'm gonna say yes

    • @alexandrabailey9341
      @alexandrabailey9341 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The Custodian Exactly! You ask me a dumb question I will give you a snarky answer.

    • @crasho
      @crasho 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This explains so much.
      Did the voting ballots during the last presidential elections happen to contain the question: Do you want a orange hamster to be your president?

    • @alexandrabailey9341
      @alexandrabailey9341 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      CrashOverDrive no they asked if you wanted a Cheeto as president. Majority of Americans voted during their lunch break.

    • @johnpriceprice6860
      @johnpriceprice6860 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Custodian Exactly! Thank you!

    • @craigeast3682
      @craigeast3682 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah I've often thought that.

  • @DEADisBEAUTIFUL
    @DEADisBEAUTIFUL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Thank goodness this was uploaded pre-Covid. Can you even imagine how this list would be if this were done now?

    • @MargoMB19
      @MargoMB19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I clicked on this without realizing it was an older video, fully expecting a ton of the insane covid conspiracies.

    • @chrissolfromatoz5928
      @chrissolfromatoz5928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Crazy nutcase radical wrong-wing extremist conservative Republicans now have a list of craziness a thousand miles long.

    • @chrissolfromatoz5928
      @chrissolfromatoz5928 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      After all, these rich criminal thugs above the law are very special and more important people...... who are so much better and more productive than the rest of us no-account bums. Therefore, they are more deserving of huge tax cuts. Never mind the fact that they have been utterly destroying the U.S. economy and the middle class ever since Reagan got elected back in 1980.

    • @levbobrov1398
      @levbobrov1398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'll admit that post Covid these things sound far more believable.

  • @LadyDoomsinger
    @LadyDoomsinger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    That the term "intellectual" is considered an insult by many Americans says it all.

    • @lesnyk255
      @lesnyk255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @LadyDoomsinger - spot on. Even worse are those "liberals"......

    • @kyoukotoshino5600
      @kyoukotoshino5600 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You're both great examples of intellectual fart huffers

    • @lesnyk255
      @lesnyk255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kyoukotoshino5600 sorry - have we met?

    • @kyoukotoshino5600
      @kyoukotoshino5600 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In your worst nightmare, when you watched the world on fire. I was the one who dropped the match

    • @NewhamMatt
      @NewhamMatt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      My pastor at my church is struggling with one of the elders and a number of members who want him out because of his poor preaching. Poor because of heresy? Nope. Poor because of inconsistency? Nope. Poor because he doesn't check his facts? Nope. His preaching just goes over their heads. When I pointed out that I like the guy, the response is, "But you're an academic." So the guy is bad for engaging his brain and expecting others to do likewise? The church needs more of that, not less!

  • @elizabethcherokee248
    @elizabethcherokee248 5 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Ok you need to do the same with data from the United Kingdom. As an educated Brit I shake my head at some of the rubbish I hear when back home. Maybe compare the two countries
    .

    • @simonhartley5444
      @simonhartley5444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Elizabeth Evers Here’s an interesting fact about Britain........ Too many people think that the Islamic takeover is a myth.

    • @arcadia4558
      @arcadia4558 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@simonhartley5444 more that people can't voice views like that as it's "racist" and they get a wonderful visit from the police

    • @NomaddUK
      @NomaddUK 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @2010realitycheck your statement makes no sense

    • @curtisdavies585
      @curtisdavies585 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Calling from Canada. He could do the same study in Canada and find 10 stupid things people believe in. I can never get over the jealousy of United States that the rest of the world has to try to make a point that Americans are stupid. Look around your life how much of it was invented by Americans. As for Britain and the rest of Europe it seems that the Americans were fairly smart in the 40s, lucky for you.

    • @joehumphries4488
      @joehumphries4488 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      2010realitycheck congrats on being taken over by Islam

  • @stevenbatson3462
    @stevenbatson3462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    That's silly lizards don't run the country, cats do! Lol

    • @tomunsworth7971
      @tomunsworth7971 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Running it Purrrfectly

    • @mac_uk5464
      @mac_uk5464 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And they are butt lickers. LOL

    • @BamaChad-W4CHD
      @BamaChad-W4CHD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah everyone knows that. Everyone should also be aware the dogs are the true enemy. Not that they want to harm us. They just want to rule all doglike

    • @je23508
      @je23508 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😄😂

    • @petercarey7133
      @petercarey7133 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and Greedy loot stakkin' Bastards

  • @scottbrown6305
    @scottbrown6305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I am reminded almost daily of something I read long ago:
    “Never underestimate the power of human stupidity “.

    • @georgejob7544
      @georgejob7544 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's my mantra for life. essentially the world is run by idiots !

    • @trevormillar1576
      @trevormillar1576 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was probably P.T Barnum.

    • @HasufelyArod
      @HasufelyArod 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What's more powerful?
      Artificial Intelligence or Natural Stupidity

  • @PhoenixNL72-DEGA-
    @PhoenixNL72-DEGA- 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    For believing that humans lived alongside dinosaurs I blame the Flintstones (And Ken Ham)

    • @NewhamMatt
      @NewhamMatt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ken Ham. I'm an Australian living down the road from the regional Queensland town where Ken got started. He's still treated like a celebrity in that town; a bastion of truth in a world where the Marxists and secularists have poisoned the minds of young. We have parents in our town who won't even send their children to university because they get taught all this "left-wing propaganda" such as that evolution and climate change are realities.

    • @botwitaprice
      @botwitaprice 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      yea, I saw the Flintstones; on TV

    • @erad67
      @erad67 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      My father actually was taught this in a university class. It took all he had to not burst out laughing at the teacher.

    • @emjackson81989
      @emjackson81989 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Humans and dinosaurs actually have coexisted... Modern birds are considered avian dinosaurs. So, technically, this is true, but just not about the large dinosaurs of old.

    • @botwitaprice
      @botwitaprice 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is no stretch to say at one time dinos co-existed with humans, yet they could go extinct before Noah 's flood.

  • @gspaulsson
    @gspaulsson 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Mind you, a lot of people don't take these surveys seriously. Ask me, "does chocolate milk come from brown cows?", and I might think, what a dumb question, deserves a dumb answer.

    • @rayhs1984
      @rayhs1984 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Even worse. They asked "what color cow does chocolate milk come from" the opinions were White, Brown and I don't know. 46% said I don't know, because there is literally no right answer.

    • @ianmacfarlane1241
      @ianmacfarlane1241 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      WilliamOccamensis Precisely - it doesn't seem to have occurred to Simon that people will, in all likelihood, be joking.

    • @tamarasauls8855
      @tamarasauls8855 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Raymond Smith ~is it opinions or options? You have the term opinions and it'd make more sense if it's options.

    • @gspaulsson
      @gspaulsson 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually, the right answer is yes, yes and yes. Or if you read it differently, no, no and no, since no kind of cow produces chocolate milk.

    • @JimFortune
      @JimFortune 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Raymond Smith
      There was no "All of the above."?

  • @ManDryver
    @ManDryver 7 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    50 percent of the people in my household cannot believe that Simon wears shirts with elbow patches.

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's 100 percent in mine. I live alone.

    • @pshehan1
      @pshehan1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It's a lizard thing. Scaly elbows wear them out.

    • @wendyharris7925
      @wendyharris7925 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can't un-see that. Thank you. Lol. Now I can stop looking at them. (:

    • @BlackHearthguard
      @BlackHearthguard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Secret
      Which is a real problem if you live alone...

    • @Nastyswimmer
      @Nastyswimmer 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Despite the evidence being there in clear view?

  • @jessicuh292
    @jessicuh292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    What percent of the US population consider themselves "internet trolls?" 😂😂

  • @bubba6284
    @bubba6284 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    You don't see faith-healers working in hospitals for the same reason you don't see psychics winning the lottery.

    • @TheCynicalOptimist88
      @TheCynicalOptimist88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You also dont see flat earthers trying to find the edge of the world?

    • @littlemrpinkness295
      @littlemrpinkness295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@TheCynicalOptimist88 There is a flat earther that is trying to build his own rocket so he can get up high enough to see the curvature of the Earth. He has apparently never heard of airplanes.

    • @Lessk69
      @Lessk69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@littlemrpinkness295 he didn't make it high enough to see the curvature but he did make it high enough to make an impact crater. Parachute came off during launch.

    • @albertnielsen1154
      @albertnielsen1154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's right, @ Bubba Williams, but you do see lots of faith-healers
      working in Zimbabwe, USA, Niger, and other third world countries, and
      you see televangelists collect $ 54 million to buy a private jet, but
      only in the US.

    • @michaelcaffery5038
      @michaelcaffery5038 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think it was in the 80s when a NHS doctors surgery in England had some sort of "alternative healer" as well as regular doctors because of demand. I can't remember how it operated but they allowed an actor to fill in some times to see if there was a difference. The actor got a slightly higher success rate. In general anyone can get about 37% success rate as a faith healer because of the placebo effect.

  • @WildStar2002
    @WildStar2002 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I once told everyone in my office that I had drilled a hole in a cow to get evaporated milk. Then, I had to explain that I was joking because they were all so horrified. One person out of 15 got the joke!

    • @TheAllMightyGodofCod
      @TheAllMightyGodofCod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      As I learned a few years ago, evaporated milk and powdered milk come from cows that live in the desert.

    • @WildStar2002
      @WildStar2002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TheAllMightyGodofCod that is awesome! Lol! 😀

    • @jacquelynsmith2351
      @jacquelynsmith2351 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How do you get condensed milk? Put the cows in a compactor? (/s because SOMEONE will take this seriously)

  • @lukezuzga6460
    @lukezuzga6460 7 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    Im a lizard man but I can't even run my life let alone a government.

    • @greywardendragonborn3433
      @greywardendragonborn3433 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Luke Zuzga so ur argonian u saying u going back to black marsh got any skooma.

    • @chrisbalfour466
      @chrisbalfour466 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Like Kermit said, "It ain't easy being green.".

    • @lukezuzga6460
      @lukezuzga6460 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chris Balfour Right on or eating bugs!

    • @anihtgenga4096
      @anihtgenga4096 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jim was the Lizard King.
      He could do anything!

    • @Christinebanks11
      @Christinebanks11 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But you can type !

  • @richdouglas2311
    @richdouglas2311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." -- PT Barnum

    • @donkeyslayer4661
      @donkeyslayer4661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He never said that.

    • @richdouglas2311
      @richdouglas2311 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@donkeyslayer4661 Lots of sayings are misattributed. Who cares?

    • @levbobrov1398
      @levbobrov1398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Shouldn't this be "overestimating"?

    • @richdouglas2311
      @richdouglas2311 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@levbobrov1398 Yes, it should. My bad.

    • @partygrove5321
      @partygrove5321 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      HL Mencken

  • @JasonUnze
    @JasonUnze 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Without a doubt, Simon is one of the Top 2 or 3 most entertaining & delightful personalities on TH-cam!

    • @micahphilson
      @micahphilson 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I really wish he still used his personal channel, even just like once a month or something, he's really cool.

  • @cristidarling2595
    @cristidarling2595 6 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    When I was a kid I was super into dinosaurs and the more I read I was so confused because the church I went to said that the earth had only existed 5,000 years but due to my obsession with dinosaurs I knew billions year old dinosaur bones existed. The discrepancy in timelines didn’t jive well with six year old me so I asked at the end of a church service. The church leader told me that dinosaurs lived with mankind. I politely nodded and fake smiled while thinking this guy was either lying or an idiot. At six I knew that if by any chance humans and dinosaurs coexisted humans would have gone extinct 😂

    • @NewhamMatt
      @NewhamMatt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I was raised on this. I'm still a Christian, but have realised the reality of evolution and impossibility of Young Earth Creationism since my early twenties. Sadly, I'm still surrounded by YECs at my church, in my (Christian) workplace and in my family, where my mother is horrified that I believe we evolved from apes. I even had a relationship end over it, as she couldn't raise kids with anyone who bought "the lie of evolution".

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well no, billions-old year dinosaur bones don't exist. There were no dinosaurs a billion years ago. The oldest are between 500-700 millions years old.

    • @bigtimelsu
      @bigtimelsu 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No. It was proven that MANY mammals survived the last two Extinction events..

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, and they were all tiny creatures that had to burrow underground to do it. WHICH WAS MY POINT.

    • @nigeldepledge3790
      @nigeldepledge3790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The earliest dinosaurs appeared in the Triassic period, between 240 and 200 million years ago. But none of those is anything we would recognise. The iconic dinosaurs like Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus lived in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. So there aren't any dinosaur fossils older than 240 million years.

  • @jkellum147
    @jkellum147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    What about the 5% of American High school students that think Vin Diesel invented the Diesel engine?:')

    • @koscheiman
      @koscheiman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I would think that percentage is higher

    • @BMW_329
      @BMW_329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your joking

    • @stefanmuntean5289
      @stefanmuntean5289 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wait.....he didn't 😅?

    • @scoot6363
      @scoot6363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Of course he didn't...his dad did, Frank Diesel.

    • @anarchy2118
      @anarchy2118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've never heard of anyone who thinks that

  • @Weirdoid
    @Weirdoid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The last thing I needed was ten additional reasons to be ashamed of my country.

    • @Annie261.
      @Annie261. 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joshua Jarvis If you’re ashamed, move.

    • @barneynedward
      @barneynedward 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Annie261. He's not really ashamed of his country. He's ashamed of his fellow citizens.

    • @alysiapetak4370
      @alysiapetak4370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Annie261. believe me if we had the money a lot of us would move.

  • @grayisgood
    @grayisgood 5 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    I think our education system is failing us. We need to teach people to think.

    • @jakeg3126
      @jakeg3126 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s people making stuff up for polls

    • @SavageZebra67
      @SavageZebra67 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      its not the educational system no child left behind means we pass the idiots too.

    • @jasonstone5987
      @jasonstone5987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well they tried to get students to think outside the box with common core but the parents were too stupid to understand it.

    • @lijohnyoutube101
      @lijohnyoutube101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Many people are homeschooled or fall between the cracks the problem goes FAR FAR beyond simple education!

    • @blueoval250
      @blueoval250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lisa Eichler-Johnson “I don’t want a nation of thinkers I want a nation of workers” public education is a plague.

  • @chickadeestevenson5440
    @chickadeestevenson5440 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    But humans do still currently live alongside dinosaurs. We deep fry them in seven secret spices.

    • @maxmustermann1455
      @maxmustermann1455 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      now I want a Zinger burger and filet bites. Thanks for that.

    • @maxmustermann1455
      @maxmustermann1455 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hmm... KFC was 11 spices. Which chain is seven secret spices?
      KFC isn't secret anymore anyway tho.
      11 Spices - Mix With 2 Cups White Fl.
      2/3 Ts Salt
      1/2 Ts Thyme
      1/2 Ts Basil
      1/3 Ts Oregano
      1 Ts Celery salt
      1 Ts Black pepper
      1 Ts Dried mustard
      4 Ts Paprika
      2 Ts Garlic salt
      1 Ts Ground ginger
      3 Ts White pepper

    • @dawne5139
      @dawne5139 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lovely roasted as well.

    • @willie_mccoy
      @willie_mccoy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mmm...dinosaur.

    • @lazyishardwork
      @lazyishardwork 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      you really should keep your opinions to yourself Stevenson because they don't make you appear profoundly knowledgeable, the total opposite is true. Birds are not dinosaurs (but because you Americans are so proudly stupid and arrogant in your misinformation I understand other stupid Americans will chime in just as stupidly now.) Birds and dinosaurs are completely different species. Just because the first land animal was a fish that doesn't make all land animals fish. You have demonstrated you don't even understand the basics of evolution and really need to do a lot more reading before you opine on the topic in public. If you call birds dinosaurs then you don't know what you're talking about: but again, we know you don't because you're American lololololololololololololol

  • @jmarch_503
    @jmarch_503 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I'm a atheist and american i think this is an reflection with problem with USA education system .

    • @melituga796
      @melituga796 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jerel March I agree mate. 100% agree.

    • @fatalshore5068
      @fatalshore5068 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Your are completely correct Jerel, I would daresay go even broader, the solution to so many of the worlds problems could be alleviated with better education, especially in places like Sub Saharan Africa, and especially for young girls.

    • @UmVtCg
      @UmVtCg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, there is a risk of getting shot there, so people tend to stay away.

    • @staomruel
      @staomruel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your sentence reflects it as well.

    • @fearlesscrusader
      @fearlesscrusader 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jerel, the fact that you're an atheist is a reflection with problems in the USA's government education system.

  • @flynnwhite9767
    @flynnwhite9767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Having lived in nine different states over the last 57 years, I can assure you these numbers are consistent with my observations. It takes several careful conversations to weed out the crazies.

  • @christineparis5607
    @christineparis5607 7 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Bigfoot created the big bang after a long night at taco bell...

  • @shivapazoki1881
    @shivapazoki1881 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    The sad and terrifying thing is this same ignorant individuals are given the power to elect the most destructive government in the world 😡😡

    • @markmezger1124
      @markmezger1124 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Simple policies like “tax cuts” appeal to simple minded people. There’s no intellectual capacity for nuance or depth of thought that would allow them to understand policies that would actually help them.

    • @djhagrid300
      @djhagrid300 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@markmezger1124 What policies are you referring to?

    • @brycelahm1283
      @brycelahm1283 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wouldn’t say that the US is the most destructive government. I’d give that title to North Korea. Also, don’t insult the inhabitants of the country with more guns than people

    • @brycelahm1283
      @brycelahm1283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shiva Pazoki We aren’t ignorant. Blame the electoral college

    • @cliffbird5016
      @cliffbird5016 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brycelahm1283 The USA has started more wars in their short history than any other country in the world. They have lost all the wars they have started when they havnt had another countries armies fighting alongside them.
      If it wasnt for the French and spanish fighting alongside them in the war of independace they would of lost.
      Very few British regiments fought in that war it was mostly colonists who didnt want independance which was 90% of the population. How that war started was jews were thrown out of every country in Europe yet again so they went to the colonies in America and made up lies about the British. The king was subisidising the colonist by not taxing them. Merchants were told they had to pay double the value of goods bought from the colonists and charge them half the value for goods sold to them. the King would pay them the differance out of British taxes.
      The merchants were mainly jews and decided they wil ignore the kings laws and charge what they wanted and say it was due to tax when it wasnt.
      When a vote was done for independance 90% voted no they wanted to stay British. Thats US democracy for u lol. 10% voted for independance so they got it. The jews hired mercs to go round and force ppl at gunpoint to vote yes after they lost the 1st vote.
      UN only exists cause the USA demanded it was in the US and did as its told by the US.
      League of nations failed Cause it refused to give the USA a vito on policies it didnt like.
      When a UN resolution to name Isreal a terrorist state got a 90% yes vote the USA used its vito to block it. Then threatend to nuke any country that sanctioned Isreal for acts of terrorism.
      Another resolution to name the USA a terrorist state got a 99% yes vote. only Isreal voted no. USA used its vito to block that.

  • @jamesbarton1969
    @jamesbarton1969 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    If some pollster asks me where chocolate milk from I'm going to look at my chocolate syrup and say brown cows every time. Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer.

    • @shannonnunyuhbiz9435
      @shannonnunyuhbiz9435 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes thank you

    • @dwp1970
      @dwp1970 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      So true James he forgot to get a study on how many Americans love to screw with pollsters. Just to add to the point how many of his sources predicted Hilary Clinton winning by a landslide in 2016 according to polls they had taken.

  • @crimestick6648
    @crimestick6648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Being an American, it disturbs me to say, that an exceedingly large portion of our populous CHOOSES ignorance; this is not opinion, this is a fact, and one that makes me ashamed of my country.

  • @msthalamus2172
    @msthalamus2172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Shhhhh!!! We don't talk about the lizard people! They're cold blooded, man!

  • @Jackrabbit6
    @Jackrabbit6 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I think the 3% of climate scientists who don't believe in global warming is also a little alarming.

  • @ToddRickey
    @ToddRickey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Often when talking to my siblings or their spouses, I sit silently astonished at their tenuous grasp of reality. It is too late. Most of their children also seem as such, while it is an extinction-level factor.

  • @desel8737
    @desel8737 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    no 9: “Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
    - Kurt Cobain

    • @imajinallthepurple
      @imajinallthepurple 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just the quote I was thinking of too! 😂👍

    • @Brett_S_420
      @Brett_S_420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Most of the time it signals mental illness. Seek help. I would say Kurt needed some but he actually is respectable with his having killed himself once he became as popular as the things he hated most. Plus who wouldn't when your girl is Courtney Love.

    • @albertnielsen1154
      @albertnielsen1154 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ Desel it's *not* they, it's *They* , the system, Them .

    • @aytal1
      @aytal1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is hilarious, quoting a guy who killed himself with a shot gun about paranoia!

    • @jayhom5385
      @jayhom5385 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @John Ashtone Is this where we'll need to follow Elon Musk with crabapples in our cheeks?

  • @HorrorMetalDnD
    @HorrorMetalDnD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Is it possible that some people would answer a survey question sarcastically?

    • @ctakitimu
      @ctakitimu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But what percentage would answer sarcastically? And how do I know the answer you're giving me isn't sarcastic? Where does it end? Can I ever trust anything that anyone ever says?

    • @LadyDoomsinger
      @LadyDoomsinger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is also possible that the survey was worded in a way, that was likely to make less attentive people answer something ridiculous without realizing it - especially if the makers of the survey had a personal bias or intent behind their study.
      For example, the question of the Lizard People, could easily be phrased in a way, that a not insignificant number of people assumed it was asking whether they were *aware* of the conspiracy theory, not necessarily that they believed it to be true.

    • @AntiNubDevice
      @AntiNubDevice 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LadyDoomsinger Nicely said. I might say "probable" rather than "possible" regarding the surveys intent. Almost certainly not the case for all of these, but I'd think it highly likely that such in the case for at least a few of these.

    • @AntiNubDevice
      @AntiNubDevice 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ross Coe How does someone taking a survery and answering questions sarcastically prove a persons stupidity?

    • @sagemarie.
      @sagemarie. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, I don't trust many of the polls cited here. As an American I don't know a single person who agrees with 7/10 of those theories, but I definitely know many people who would laugh and hit "yes" if a poll asked them if they thought Bigfoot was real.

  • @elena_eleen
    @elena_eleen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hmmm okay but number 9 about the gang stalking seems like paranoia to me that originates from someone having phychosis or another mental illness. I feel like it's wrong to judge those people and say "omg I can't believe they believe in something like that!" when in fact they might be suffering from a very real mental illness, even when their ideas don't seem to be real.

  • @ernietorres6730
    @ernietorres6730 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There is ignorant people everywhere, not just America.

    • @DerMeisterKreig
      @DerMeisterKreig 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So when will he make a video criticizing British people?

  • @dirtfordaysdirtwillprotect9625
    @dirtfordaysdirtwillprotect9625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I live in America and this is sad and true. Completely depressing how often i run into these ppl. Example. " chocolate milk is more expensive because those cows are more rare" iv been told this....

    • @staceydi6787
      @staceydi6787 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow. I'm from Kentucky and have never, ever heard anyone say this except very small children.

    • @realcolethomas9242
      @realcolethomas9242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is why I want to move to Finland, I’m sick of this damn country.

  • @noahkeyes8671
    @noahkeyes8671 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    To be fair, about 15% of any given population has an IQ below 85. A lot of these stats could be attributed to this slower group of people and you would likely be able to find similar results to these studies in most other countries.

    • @akioji8551
      @akioji8551 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Noah Keyes My IQ is in the 80s and I read Hugo.

    • @johntheiss252
      @johntheiss252 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      George Carlin once said, "Think about how stupid the average person is...then realize half the people are stupider than that." :)

  • @inalienablerights
    @inalienablerights 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    He quoted H.J.Simpson (Homer J Simpson). Hahaha

    • @vanrozay8871
      @vanrozay8871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah. i thought that was sly, that he trusted us to get it.

  • @xenialafleur
    @xenialafleur 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Humans do coexist with dinosaurs. We call them birds.

    • @deaankoekemoer5471
      @deaankoekemoer5471 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Got me there

    • @donfoster5576
      @donfoster5576 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The sad (or amusing) truth is that those who assert that humans and dinosaurs coexisted are too dense to understand why you're right.

    • @sparkytheskater
      @sparkytheskater 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      If a T Rex could only know it evolved into a parakeet......

  • @CoolAsFreya
    @CoolAsFreya 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When you ended with "Russian Declaration of Independence, we'll just let that sink in" the longer I kept thinking about it the more I both laughed and got angry

  • @bisurker
    @bisurker 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hope I don't go out and catch that deadly HTML. I might die of meme fever...

  • @SG-wu8eh
    @SG-wu8eh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    I wouldn’t have believed any of this. Then I moved to Texas.

    • @andersforsgren3806
      @andersforsgren3806 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Umm yes, sadly that's true. Yes I have lived in the US and were very surprised of the ideas I encountered in the south, as well as how little general knowledge people had about things we consider to be common knowledge. In this Texas did indeed stand out, but also Florida, whereas in Minnesota I felt I could communicate more on an equal footing with just about anyone. (Here I mean the average Joe's, dropouts / addicts /flops not included, we got those too - but even then, many of ours have a quite balanced view of the world even so.)

    • @burtvhulberthyhbn7583
      @burtvhulberthyhbn7583 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andersforsgren3806 from California a big ditto that.

    • @steveconquest6684
      @steveconquest6684 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@andersforsgren3806 I moved to Texas as well and now I run a city as a city manager. You are definitely correct to the point that it is frightening. When I leave this job, I will probably leave Texas as well.

    • @frederickj.7136
      @frederickj.7136 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Make Austin the 50th state (or alternatively, the 'Austin District of S.W. Sanity'); and let the rest, as "threatened", secede: TEXIT NOW!
      I definitely suggest a binding statewide referendum vote in hot follow up to "fake news" finally taking down selfless patriot Trump. Russia's new Cuba: They can keep all the gas guzzlers and pickup trucks running forever... plus, Joel Osteen in a beard and military fatigues could be interesting.

    • @JunkCult
      @JunkCult 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@steveconquest6684 Which city are you managing Steve?

  • @gdearing1
    @gdearing1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    65% of Americas give nonsense answers to nonsense questions.

    • @torehaaland6921
      @torehaaland6921 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm not so sure about that.
      Here in Norway, american tourists makes trouble when they find out the midnight sun is the same sun as the one shining at daytime.....

    • @welshpete12
      @welshpete12 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is a misquote , 65% of Americas give nonsense answer to sensible questions .

    • @fearlesscrusader
      @fearlesscrusader 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      tore haaland, that really cracks me up! It reminds me of a knucklehead I heard on a Christian radio station, arguing that the earth's rotation has slowed down to half what it used to be because in the Bible it says "Are there not 12 hours in a day?"

    • @fearlesscrusader
      @fearlesscrusader 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welshpete12, you are the one who is misquoting. The original quotation is "ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer."

    • @Yanaschaf
      @Yanaschaf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      100% of Gerald Dearing's comment is wishful thinking.

  • @svt_pompanoparkracing7630
    @svt_pompanoparkracing7630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    10 studies where those conducting the study didn't realize they were being trolled

    • @buford4322
      @buford4322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm kind of surprised Simon doesn't acknowledge this. If I were asked some of these questions, I couldn't help myself.

  • @cherrywilliams695
    @cherrywilliams695 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    US public education at its finest.

    • @cassieoz1702
      @cassieoz1702 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Says who 🤣?

    • @spaceghost5629
      @spaceghost5629 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cassie Oz Americans that aren’t morons.

  • @ALRIGHTYTHEN.
    @ALRIGHTYTHEN. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    These numbers seem to coincide with the number of Beliebers and Kardashian followers.

  • @darealvit0240
    @darealvit0240 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Simon being sarcastically sassy, best thing so far today 😂

  • @rodh1404
    @rodh1404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Much props to Simon Whistler for being able to read this script when his tongue was so firmly planted in his cheek.

  • @alesiaperkins8376
    @alesiaperkins8376 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That last one is why schools need to bring back government/politics classes in both grade school and high school. How can they expect us all to vote without giving us any knowledge of how the government works?

  • @antiisocial
    @antiisocial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    H. J. Simpson quotes really grind my gears.

  • @JimFortune
    @JimFortune 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sample size? Sample bias? Demographics? Exact wording of the questions? "The three kinds of lies are lies, damned lies, and statistics.."

    • @rayhs1984
      @rayhs1984 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jim Fortune wording of the question. "What color cows does chocolate milk come from?" White Brown or I don't know

  • @victoriawilliams2786
    @victoriawilliams2786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As an American I found this quite funny! Unfortunately the crazy people are out in force nowadays...

  • @GrouchyOldMan58
    @GrouchyOldMan58 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Dinosaurs and humans do live alongside each other, we just call them birds now.

    • @slavesforging5361
      @slavesforging5361 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      actually technically, dinosaurs that evolved into birds aren't considered dinosaurs anymore. nor are fly dinosaurs or swimming ones. go figure. stupid updates. it all started with pluto.

    • @Recon3Y3z
      @Recon3Y3z 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I call them raptors!

  • @greybeard804
    @greybeard804 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    After watching this, I'm convinced I can make millions on a variety of things. Anti-Lizard ray, etc...

  • @MarkfromNewYork
    @MarkfromNewYork 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It would be interesting if you did the same topic choosing the UK (fears the EU), Russia ( fears homosexuals), China (they think hot water cures cancer)

  • @Pwecko
    @Pwecko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I used to own a cafe in England. We used to sell a lot of sandwiches on toast - bacon, sausages, fried eggs and so on.. One day, a group of people came in and ordered sandwiches, and one girl asked if she could have hers on bread instead of toast. I said, "I'm sorry, we get all our bread ready toasted". She looked a bit disappointed and said "Oh, OK". I then explained that I was joking, and she turned bright red, as her friends laughed at her. I felt bad for her, as I thought anyone of normal intelligence would Immediately recognise it as a deliberately lame joke. Apparently not. It's not just Americans who will believe daft things.

  • @SelectHawk
    @SelectHawk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    If they broke these polls into north and south, the results would be pretty normal for the north and horrifying for the south. The US is culturally two different countries.

    • @andi5262
      @andi5262 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      JNF Sadly, this is true. Smh

    • @bazman05
      @bazman05 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'll give you Montana as the exception. Full of militia's and racists.

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LOL, you haven't been to Ohio, I see (or Maine, for that matter). That idea that only the South has idiot wingnuts is a laughable myth. There are morons of this kind in every state in the Union, dude.

    • @alvallac2171
      @alvallac2171 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bazman05 *militias (plural, not possessive)

    • @raymondang9612
      @raymondang9612 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bazman05 Montana was founded by poor whites from the south that could not accept the defeat of the Confederacy. The south is mostly pine forest. Before, arriving in Montana, the settlers had never seen the horizon in every direction; perhaps the nick name "Big Sky Country" After all, the sky is the same size everywhere.

  • @avian1
    @avian1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    My faith in my country has diminished.

    • @DigitDesign
      @DigitDesign 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alpha Hawkimon planes leave daily. Or, you can jump in a car and be in Canada in less than a day.

    • @larrymaggard7174
      @larrymaggard7174 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep

    • @HandlesSuck
      @HandlesSuck 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *is diminished or *has been deminished... Sorry, I don't usually point out grammatical errors, but I noticed you're able to use correct sentence structure, and given the context I thought you may appreciate the observation. (Just in case stupid is contagious and this is a very early symptom).

    • @robvoncken2565
      @robvoncken2565 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well welcome to the rest of the world

    • @Ducaso
      @Ducaso 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Or don't run away from the problem. Stay and help change it.

  • @seanthomas600
    @seanthomas600 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    It's incredible and depressing that tens of millions of Americans truly believe that a being supposedly capable of creating all that exists actually cares about which sports team wins a game.

    • @Timinator62
      @Timinator62 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's "some people" from EVERY OTHER COUNTRY in the World too, not just Americans, duh.

    • @seanthomas600
      @seanthomas600 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@Timinator62 : There is some truth in that. But I am not going to hold places that are still trying to develop into something resembling the first world to a nation that has arguably cast itself in a unique light.
      A quote from a recent Pew Research study : "For instance, more than half of American adults (55%) say they pray daily, compared with 25% in Canada, 18% in Australia and 6% in Great Britain. (The average European country stands at 22%.) Actually, when it comes to their prayer habits, Americans are more like people in many poorer, developing nations - including South Africa (52%), Bangladesh (57%) and Bolivia (56%) - than people in richer countries."
      People can pray as they wish of course. However illogical religious beliefs are simply ingrained to a greater degree in America than the vast majority of other "western" nations. Which can present greater challenges if said beliefs buck up against or substitute for science. Even in leadership roles or stances.

    • @pohkeee
      @pohkeee 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lori Hanks : the mob violence and brawls after soccer matches are often fatal in many countries. Extra measures are taken by authorities, they even put fences between the “sides”. It’s a characteristic of humanity, worse in some cultures than others...at least we’re now beyond gladiatorial exhibitions to the death on the field...hmmm, I’ll be thinking about this for awhile...we are bizarre species for sure...

    • @ryancary8477
      @ryancary8477 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yet we have sports teams hell people get payed to be on sports teams

    • @davidjarvis687
      @davidjarvis687 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know right ? Gods Canadian so he watches the CFL anyways . He's not a big fan of the four downs

  • @thelnepoet1
    @thelnepoet1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had a friend in high school who actually thought that you jump start a car by jumping on the bumper while your friend turns the key.

  • @nachoramirez9089
    @nachoramirez9089 6 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    You did not mention all those who believe that the earth is flat or those who want biblical creationism to be taught in public schools along with evolutionary theory.

    • @lauracullen8122
      @lauracullen8122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And the current Secretary of Education is one pushing for biblical creationism to be taught in public schools. But she does seem to be universally stupid overall.

    • @debpatterson4645
      @debpatterson4645 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Flat Earth believers are all over the world. I've seen several videos from these people posting "proof" from UK and elsewhere. Dumb is universal.

    • @psk1w1
      @psk1w1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You omitted to mention the 'hollow earth' theory, which has been propounded to me. Apparently, the earth is hollow with access to the core at the poles. My point that the North Pole is ocean not land, but sea, and if there was an entry to the 'hollow' core, the world's oceans would pour inside did not meet with a happy response.....

    • @PinkkElephantt
      @PinkkElephantt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Paul Sandeven Interesting, I've never heard of a hollow Earth. I guess that theory was developed by people that do not know that there is a difference between the geographical north pole and True North.

    • @kingoffuzziethieves
      @kingoffuzziethieves 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      To be perfectly fair, "macroevolution" is still largely theoretical, just the most feasible theoretical basis we have.

  • @Capthowdy098
    @Capthowdy098 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    The part on global warming ... maybe individuals believe it won't effect them personally because, they won't be alive to see the fruition of the worst that global warming has to offer ... I submit the frog in the pot of water analogy.

    • @cmdrterrorfirma4244
      @cmdrterrorfirma4244 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This was my first thought about the reason people might believe it but think they won't be around to see it affect their lives because they figure this will change in 5 generations from them.

    • @GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou
      @GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I believe it's much simpler than the frog in the pot off water analogy. Considering, most polling skews toward older people with landlines, your hypothesis makes a lot of practical sense. Significant portions of the catastrophic predictions won't happen until after their reasonable lifespan. A person 76 year young doesn't really have a need to worry about something expected to be problematic in specific regions around 2038, especially if they live elsewhere.
      This also may explain the HTML & USB outcomes as well as realising the importance of "someone else" knowing tech and computer jargon. It doesn't have anything to do with their day to day lives, and one should not blame them for perceived ignorance. The polling industry is outdated and fading as fast as they are because of this.

    • @petrameyer1121
      @petrameyer1121 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They probably think they can pray it away for themselves...

    • @billnolastname5078
      @billnolastname5078 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a scientist, I don't believe global warming will affect me because it's a hoax.

    • @wschippr1
      @wschippr1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bill Nolastname
      lol "scientist"

  • @347daily
    @347daily 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    fun fact the man whomade the lizard people theory famous was english!

  • @donjohnson7189
    @donjohnson7189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    100% of Simon Whistler just doesn't get the American sense of humor.

  • @piperarcher9706
    @piperarcher9706 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Why don't you do one of these for other countries? I know that there are some people in Chile who believe that chili actually owns the moon... I've known a people in Indonesia who thought that not wearing long sleeves on a motorcycle would cause air bubbles to go into your stomach and make you sick... Other countries believe if you leave your windows open on both sides of your house you can get sick... But that does not mean the majority of people in any of those countries believe those things. I also believe that Americans are pretty dang sassy when it comes to polls. If I was asked in a poll if I thought that chocolate milk came from brown cows I would say yes because obviously it is not from a brown cow. I was always raised with the philosophy of ask a stupid question get a stupid answer.

    • @justbarley2876
      @justbarley2876 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s because their analytics show most of their views coming from America, therefore they do videos on us more often.

    • @michaelkelly7228
      @michaelkelly7228 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      thank you, my point exactly. ask me a ludricrous question, go ahead. also your earlier points bring actual experience to the table, unlike OP.

    • @kevinjohnanand
      @kevinjohnanand 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lincolnpaul1814 Not really.

    • @bryanblatz2001
      @bryanblatz2001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lincolnpaul1814 I agree that there are ignorant, uneducated people all over the world including America, but although America may have it's uneducated people, it is also the home of the worlds largest collective of brilliant minds. And I am not an American saying this.

    • @helomech1973
      @helomech1973 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because they all want to be Americans. Like little brother syndrome. Jealous.

  • @uweschroeder
    @uweschroeder 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Interesting to see how many comments criticize this video as poorly researched, bashing americans etc. I immigrated 20 years ago and have to say: I wouldn't give Americans as much credit as Simon does. There is a staggering number of uneducated and/or plain stupid people in the US who have little understanding of how the world works. This is even true for people holding higher degrees. Don't get me wrong, I love America - it would be better without people though :-)
    Let's just take one point: Americans know barely anything about the constitution. Most prominent in my book would be the first and second amendment. Americans really do believe that the second amendment was written with the intent for anyone to run around bearing arms. Well, it was not and that becomes clear the moment you actually read the second amendment. Yet, one of the most powerful lobbying institutions in the US steadfastly promotes the idea of people running around with guns to celebrate their freedom (when technically the US are the one free country with the least free people in the world since about 1% of the US population is incarcerated - a lot more than are in prison in South Africa which comes in on second place. But hey, why not be best at something - at least the US are one of only 3 countries in the world still using a modified imperial system when the rest of the world actually can count to 10)

    • @johnfrancisdoe1563
      @johnfrancisdoe1563 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Uwe Schroeder In defense of the ancient system, it requires counting all the way to 12.

    • @docholiday8308
      @docholiday8308 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The term "Well Regulated Militia" was a legal term in the 17 and 18th Centuries. "Was the body of all able body men" from 16 to 45 most of the time, who were not part of the standard Militia. They were required to provide a firearm of modern design, in serviceable condition and 20 rounds for the same.
      The reason for this was to provide for the local or National defense. The drafters of the Constitution didn't trust the Republic not to oppress the people and insure they had a means to fight back

    • @acied6200
      @acied6200 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well sin e its the 21th century...
      Would it not be time to rewrite the 2nd amendment.
      But somehow the usa seems to feel comfortable with laws created hmm.. 300 years ago....... talking about being stupid..

    • @docholiday8308
      @docholiday8308 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The basic history of the 2nd amendment goes back to Alfred The Great and Practicing at the Butts. Well Regulated Militia was a 16th to early 19th Century legal term defining all the the standards for the non standing militia.

    • @TheSplendidCaucasion
      @TheSplendidCaucasion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "those who hammer their guns into plows will serve those who hammer their plows into guns" it's not rocket science.

  • @ginayoung130
    @ginayoung130 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I didn't want to be angry tonight. Never should have clicked on this.

    • @pablovaldes6512
      @pablovaldes6512 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not ther rest of the world's fault that such a high percentage of people in different polls give so many bizarre and baffling answers. A poll is mere statistics. And the Mode has spoken.

  • @wchan39
    @wchan39 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:36 - Reminds me of a line from Homer Simpson;
    "Let us celebrate our new arrangement with the adding of chocolate to milk."
    Even Homer gets it but 7% of Americans don't!? What the hell, man!?

  • @kellykerr5225
    @kellykerr5225 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Okay, I confess, I’m the Lizard Leader

  • @fixatroll5406
    @fixatroll5406 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I will have you know that I get strawberry milk from my pink cows. To get a pink cow all you have to do is shave a brown cow.

    • @billnolastname5078
      @billnolastname5078 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wouldn't it be easier to just breed a red one with a white one?

    • @erikk77
      @erikk77 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@billnolastname5078 Then you would have brick milk.

  • @445cat
    @445cat 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As an American, all I can say is,I'm sorry; not all of us are this stupid. Love your channels Simon. Keep up the great work!

    • @scottthompson292
      @scottthompson292 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ladies and gentlemen, here we have a spectacular example of the rarest of creatures, the sensible american... lmao.
      Given the toxicity of the rest of this comment section, its refreshing to see someone with a sense of humour, who didn't automatically reach for the shotgun because someone poked fun at 'Murica. Thankyou Judee for bucking the trend.

    • @welshpete12
      @welshpete12 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No of course not !!!!

  • @josephcope7637
    @josephcope7637 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know it's hard to believe ... but about half of Americans believe politicians spend taxpayers money more wisely than they would. Approximately the same proportion believe nations can spend themselves rich.

  • @Nastyswimmer
    @Nastyswimmer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The really great thing about Donald Trump is that you don't have to make anything up - he does it all for you.

    • @shebbs1
      @shebbs1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your Obama, and Hillary, were great story-tellers as well.

    • @pomponi0
      @pomponi0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@shebbs1 Triggered Trumpanzee spotted

    • @djhagrid300
      @djhagrid300 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pomponi0 He didn't disagree with you. They're all liars. They want more for themselves and less for us.

  • @RenatoLaporte
    @RenatoLaporte 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    HTML...
    My sister once wanted to sell something in the Dutch version of eBay, called marktplaats.
    On the description box there was a warning saing not to use HTML codes.
    She thought she couldn't use the letter H, T, M and L, so she wrote the whole description without those letters 😂

    • @RenatoLaporte
      @RenatoLaporte 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      RAIDERS58th yeah, she was just 15, but yet...

  • @jnokomis
    @jnokomis 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I just want to cry. I would say I lost hope in humanity but I didn't have any prior to this video...none to lose

    • @lazyishardwork
      @lazyishardwork 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ok, you're another dull American. Try to understand what I'm saying here now, but it has nothing to do with humanity in general and is very clear about being pertinent only to the U.S.A. You should lose faith in your people but the rest of the world isn't as intellectually hindered as you: all the best with your intellectual deficiency

  • @mackisbrocklesnar
    @mackisbrocklesnar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gang stalking is just another sign of entitlement. When everything is about you, you come up with more theories to prove that it actually is.

  • @dbliss314
    @dbliss314 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Number 2 - Surely they believe it will harm the planet far enough in the future that it will not substantially affect them personally.

    • @swat1229
      @swat1229 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daniel Bliss The human mind is fantastic at bending reality to better suit itself.

    • @briandiehl9257
      @briandiehl9257 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well being that most of the people who said that will probably die in the next 10 years, I would say they are right

  • @sixstringcowboy8734
    @sixstringcowboy8734 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    ...and 85% of British people polled had never heard of a dentist...

    • @loudsmoke8565
      @loudsmoke8565 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂👊

    • @laurennewman7681
      @laurennewman7681 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SixString Cowboy actually a survey by the British medical journal has shown that brits on average have better teeth than Americans in regards to tooth extractions, fillings etc. The myth that is brits have bad teeth is just that, a propagated myth :)

    • @agn728
      @agn728 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@laurennewman7681 you must admit the agency holding the study also may have some bias so it may take more than one study to completely debunk something so intricate as a correlation between oral hygiene and specifical nationality vs cultural variations as well.

  • @Pining_for_the_fjords
    @Pining_for_the_fjords 6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Just mention gun control and you'll get Americans talking about the constitution and the 2nd amendment all day.

    • @melanieclark7949
      @melanieclark7949 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Gun control: 1. Hold your weapon firmly. 2. Only aim at what you intend to shoot. 3. Don't shoot what will get you in trouble. 3. Squeeze the trigger smoothly. 4. All weapons are loaded. 5. Wear eye and hearing protection.

    • @Mark_87
      @Mark_87 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Keep your finger off the fun switch until you're ready for bang bang
      All the gun control needed 🤔👍😂

    • @ndrthrdr1
      @ndrthrdr1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      gun nuts = trumptards

    • @Alex_Mitchell
      @Alex_Mitchell 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And they will misconstrue the 2nd amendment until the cows come home.

    • @johnkendall6962
      @johnkendall6962 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gun control is hitting the target your aiming for. What leftists and liberals want is guns removed from honest citizens. They know full well that criminals are not giving up their guns. They also know that gun laws have almost no effect on crime.

  • @matonmongo
    @matonmongo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job as ever, Simon. and kudos to your production folks.. thx!

  • @rachelstout6186
    @rachelstout6186 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Lizard people, for some reason crazier than believing in a sky monster who sees your every move and will put you in another dimension respective to how you lived your life upon death.

    • @fearlesscrusader
      @fearlesscrusader 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tristan, you are an idiot. There is no such thing as a sky monster who sees your every move and will put you in another dimension respective to how you lived your life upon death.

  • @joeaarsen0
    @joeaarsen0 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Did you know Brits pay one family more welfare then the entire budget of the US welfare system!

    • @crasho
      @crasho 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This says more about the state of the US welfare system, then the Brits and their Royals tbh

    • @genuineimitation8799
      @genuineimitation8799 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      CrashOverDrive In what way? Paying a group of people billions for being born MORE than the US spends on families that may actually need assistance is a treatise on how idiotic America is? Man, the cognitive dissonance runs deep with you people, doesn't it?

    • @crasho
      @crasho 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      EJ Griffith. The British royals cost the British taxpayers about $50 million a year. (as a reference, your Orange cheeto just ordered new refrigerators for Airforce one coming in at 24 million). So yes, if the US spends half their welfare's budget worth of money, on fridges for the presidents plane, yes, that is perfectly valid treatise on how idiotic America is.

  • @Rangerdp117
    @Rangerdp117 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sometimes I hate being one of the smarter Americans.

    • @burgskeletal3149
      @burgskeletal3149 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daniel Post I dont. It makes feel better. I always though I was of average intelligence. These people make us look like geniuses lol

  • @paveladamek3502
    @paveladamek3502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not gonna lie, the H. J. Simpson reference took me three seconds.

  • @will3346
    @will3346 7 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    How many people caught the H.J. Simpson joke?

  • @cat3crazy
    @cat3crazy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Studies and statistics are not really reliable. It depends on who is being asked, how it's being asked and some times what the desired results are.

    • @tyrant-den884
      @tyrant-den884 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Julie W he pretty much admitted that with the opening quote.

  • @suzannecooke2055
    @suzannecooke2055 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I believe that other drivers are specifically trying ti kill me.

    • @sandrastein
      @sandrastein 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Suzanne Cooke That’s not paranoia, that’s true!

    • @geoffpriestley7001
      @geoffpriestley7001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its ok they way some drive i think im invisible

    • @CAP198462
      @CAP198462 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not everyone is, but I’ve got a story about that. About a year and a half ago I was on my way to work when this guy in his work truck and his buddy tried to run my car off the road, for no discernible reason. Eventually I was able to pass the truck, and when I did the driver, a normal looking guy looked at me and started waving his hands around like a 🧙‍♂️ casting a spell (no mono-finger related gestures were made). It was weird.

    • @derekflint123
      @derekflint123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chris Bridges wrote a song specifically about you.