LOOOOOL Prince Charles, Prince of the Whales! I'm getting cartoon visions of Charles riding a whale with a trident like Poseidon. Aquaman 3: The return of Charles.
When you said "I don't like this girl" it's because you were triggered by the way she pre-empted her comment- the same way nearly every American is when they hear someone talking down about the USA.- regardless of the content of their comment. Americans have to be the most defensive and oversensitive people on the planet to criticism about the USA- even if accurate and intended as humorous. You can say what you like about my country- Australia, I'll just shrug my shoulders and agree if it's accurate. This is an aspect of US culture most Americans aren't even conscious of. This "MY COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG" stuff sticks out like a sore thumb to the rest of the world.
A lot of everyday Americans are so naive, arrogant or just plain stupid when it particularly comes to geography. They seem very self centred, as they seem to know nothing (or extremely very little) when it comes to to anywhere else except the USA. I don’t know why you seem to hear Americans before you see them, they talk so load!!!! Yes, I have been to America, both the east and west coast and centre. Some places I have been to among your 50 states, include San Fransisco, Las Angeles, Chicago, New York, Florida and also Hawaii. It’s not surprising that per capita the percentage of people in the USA that own a passport is one of the lowest in the world. GET OUT AND SEE THE REST OF THE WORLD. YOU MAY EVEN FIND YOU ENJOY IT AND LEARN SOMETHING ON THE WAY!!!! 🧐🧐🧐
I’m American, and I agree with you completely. At my college in the South, during a conversation at a bar, a friend told me her mother was from Minnesota. Before it registered in my addled brain, I said, “Minnesota…remind me, what state is that in?” I knew better, of course, just a little tipsy I guess.
Pre-Covid I was on a bus in Wellington, New Zealand heading for town. As passengers got off they thanked the driver. Two Americans who also happened to be on the bus said quite loudly "What is this? Thank-a-driver day?" I responded that we're a civilised country and such courtesies cost nothing.
they're not uniquely stupid, that's really an international problem, but, due to specific education and tv-propaganda probably, they're the most confident, and thus aggressive in their stupidity. Not gonna be an american trend for long tho, my country for example's doing everything to reach that level.
I'm an English immigrant to New Mexico and I moved here to marry a local gal. She was trying to set up service with an American company and when the agent asked for her address and she told them she's in New Mexico she was told the company only serves the USA, not Mexico. She explained she'd said New Mexico, not Mexico itself. To which she was told, quite arrogantly, "I don't care what part of Mexico it is. New Mexico... Old Mexico... We only serve the USA!" Look, be dumb about other countries. You just didn't learn about them. It's not great, but it is at least a little understandable. Vehemently arguing that a state of the USA isn't in the USA though? IT'S YOUR OWN COUNTRY!
That's really sad, and I've noticed the number plates from there say "New Mexico USA". Why my fellow Americans don't at least know the names of the 50 states is a puzzle to me.
My one quarantine accomplishment was to take an online quiz to finally learn where the 50 states were in the US. In a contest, I could probably wipe the floor with many Americans. Yes, I’m🇨🇦
I went to the USA many years ago and got complimented on my English. I was asked to say something in "Australian". I strung together half a dozen Australian place names. They were most impressed. Oodnadatta Woy Woy Woolloomooloo Tidbinbilla Yackandandah Innamincka
excellent. I must remember this. also: yackandandah is one of my favourite town names (and yes, have driven through often on the way to hotham, and porepunkah!). hopefully if I am ever lucky enough to have to speak some Australian, i'll be able to carry the torch well.
The very rotund Welsh comedian and singer, Harry Secombe was once asked by a reporter if he really came from Wales. "Of course I come from Wales," Secombe replied. "Look at me - I couldn't have come from bloody sardines!"
I was once talking to someone from the USA online, she asked me if I had internet access in Australia. 😲 I couldn't help myself, I replied, "No, I don't think so. What's internet?." 😈 She started explaining it and half way through her quite good and detailed explanation of what the internet is, it finally dawned on her that there's no way I could have been talking to her online without it. She was a good sport, we both laughed.
In an Australia fish and chip shop, with a 2 hour waits for food, Americans pushed in front of the line and demanded that they be served NOW. I had the unfortunate job of serving the counter. But with this extreme entitled attitude plus the pushing and shoving and demands, I simply told them to get out of the shop because they don’t warrant special treatment, “no matter how much they think that they are the greatest country in earth” :)
Well done you didn't put up with that American racist bullshit 👍America's not the best country in the world I've lived there before,it's a horrible,depressing place.
A few years ago, myself, my brother and his family were on our way to WALES for a holiday, we live in England, Our heritage is Welsh, Mine 87% Welsh, 9%, Devon, Cornwall, S.Gloucester, 4% Scots. My brother has a small amount % wise, a little more Welsh than I. We couldn't find the isolated cottage that we'd rented. A car drew up, this family got out speaking with American accents, asked if they could help. We told them that we couldn't find the cottage, they kindly (before sat navs). got a map out, found where we wanted to go, we'd passed the lane twice . They had shown us where it was Yanks 1 Brits. 0.🏴👍😂
Here in Australia, at least when I was a kid, in years 5 and 6 (10 to 12 year olds) we had regular ‘geography’ lessons as part of our schooling. By the time I was 11 years old I knew where most countries on most continents were, their capital cities and their approximate populations. It was a normal part of Australian education. ‘History’ lessons in years 7, 8 and 9 (and elective choices after that) were split between ‘Australian History’ and ‘World History’….we learned a bit about ‘us’ and the ‘rest of the world’ so we could know where we fit into the ‘big picture’…. We assumed the rest of the world was learning the same.
Yep. This was my schooling experience also. For me, history and geography, we called it humanities, was compulsory up til grade 10 and yes we assumed the rest of the world has the same teachings.
We also have world news on our regular news shows either radio or TV, that gives us an understanding of what going on in other countries around the world. In the US they only get US news, so unles they search for the information they remain ignorant of what is happen ing in other countries.
Working at a convenience store in Spain, an American Karen comes to the register and slams a can of Mexican food against the counter, asking for the manager to put her in contact with the CEO of the franchise, saying she was going to have us all processed for selling openly racist products. It took five employees and three online dictionaries to make her understand that "Frijoles Negros" just means "Black Beans" in Spanish.
I used used to buy Irish thick pork sausages in the Supermarket. A few years ago they changed the name. Richmond pork sausages. They're still my favourite.
@@alexradojkovic9671 I think so too. It seems a little cruel, tbh. Everyone has had a "blonde" moment, where they weren't fully clued in and are looking for an opener to a convo with someone from elsewhere or a different culture. Foot in mouth disease isn't exclusively an American trait lol.
@@Kayenne54 It may be so, but arrogant ignorance is... Like telling someone their country (Wales) is not a country, or that their country (Egypt, in Part 1 of this trend) doesn't exist, because the US is the only country there is in the world...
I was visiting USA from Australia and went to a party and a girl asked where I was from, when I answered that I am Australian she complemented me on my English. I played along and asked if she knew what language Australians speak (I was expecting her to say German or some other language). She said that our home language was Spanish. I had never had that before. I was trying to work out why she thought Spanish and can only figure out that she thought that given Australia was in the Southern Hemisphere that every one south speaks Spanish.
@Emi Ja haha yo también. It was a nice day here in Coffs today, wannit' hun? I had a few problems trying to understand all that Spanostrayan though, ugh! 🤦♀️🤣
Canadian here. I once had to explain to an american couple in a hotel (when I was visiting Montreal) that we do not drive on the left hand side of the road. What makes it better is I explained this in perfect english, as I live in an english speaking part of Canada, but the couple still spoke real slow with exaggerated hand gestures to get their points across. Also, When I was in school, we had a guest speaker fly in from Florida to attend some multi-school conference. This guy straight up wore a Parka here...in June!!!!
What makes me laugh is how defensive you got because someone said 'I have so many of these stories' causing you to start hating on her. You've literally sat watching similar stories be told by multiple people, yet doubt that she has more than a few stories of dumb shit people have said to her while in the US. She wasn't the one that came across as arrogant...
When on a bus tour to King's Canyon in central Australia, a Californian was in it. She was commenting on the number of "California gums" there were on the drive. I put her right by telling her that Aussies who went there to their gold rush took the seeds of eucalypts to feel at home. Told her that was why they had such bad forest fires. The trees are full of explosive oil.
Bro don’t get to embarrassed about it. As an Aussie we know it’s not all Americans, it’s just that we have met multiple Americans that are like this. We all have stories
I toured the US with 3 friends in 1983. Bit of a bogan trip, they were ignorant. One thought Washington DC was north of California. Another claimed stubbornly that roadrunners didn't exist, that they were a figment of a Warner Brother's cartoonist's imagination ...until he saw one. The third didn't believe it could snow in Texas, until a number of pictures convinced him. Mr Washington-DC-is-on-the-west-coast was the worst. Cable TV was a new thing in the US, and they screened a shitload of foreign films. Including the very good 1981 film, 'Gallipoli', by Peter Weir. Americans were impressed by Aussie fortitude in battle, they told us. Yes, agreed Mr Washington, Gallipoli was Australia's greatest victory of world war 2. Then he saw puzzled expressions on the American's faces, so set forth in a monologue to put aside those naive assumptions it was a retreat in world war one...
@@nevillewran4083 I have met and worked with so many people from so many countries and I can honestly say that every single country has these people. Sometimes it’s hard to work out if they are serious or joking.
I was a 16year old exchange student from Greece in Minnesota. Don't get me started with the amount of senior students (am..the majority actually)that asked me if we have washing mashines,cuisines, supermarkets, electricity,cars etc. in Greece and they were actually pretty amazed that I was wearing jeans (..what the f*, did they expected me to wear an ancient Greek tunic or something? ).On top of that being extra uncomfortable with all the stupid questions I was becoming really introverted and conscious of other people so ...one of the "famous " guys of school took a romantic interest at me and and suddenly got the courage of asking me out ,I declined (cause I really had no interest at dating at that time),but he persistently wanted to know the reason why not. I tried to be polite but he was not getting it so I told him finally that "sorry but you are not my type"(it's important to say here that I have a Latin appearance- honey toned,brown eyes ,and dark hair). Well...next day blue eyed-blond E. marched proudly towards me saying "Now what you think?Does that qualify enough?" The dude dyed his hair black and he thought he "fixed" the problem! I was awestruck!!! And I have so so much more dumb stories (even from some teachers too). Now what do you think my teen perspective about Americans was ?? Note that 1) they other exchange students from other countries that were in the same area had similar- every single day- experiences and 2) on our return journey that all the greek students that lived in different states chatted and what you know?! We all had similar experiences ("the marmotas day of idiocy "..). So by now I believe you pretty much figured out by now what was our basic conclusion! Now I'm a grown woman and I'm more empathetic and understanding (I'm really trying) but...guys!!You really have to educate yourselves and take an interest on the rest of the world for a change !!If you wanna prevent these thoughts, well... if you don't know something just zip it and do quick researches for starters(google it for cry out loud)!It will only take you a minute at a time now ,geez!!
That's the arrogance of some males the world over. "Lucky you, I just asked you on a date. I know you're salivating at the thought". Then when you say no, however diplomatically, they're not only shocked, but angered a little. And a few will demand an explanation, as if you are obliged to a), always say yes and b), if you so arrogantly decline, offer a reason like flying out of the country that night or you're dying of cancer. No other excuse is acceptable. Sadly, that entitled male attitude is widespread in many nationalities. But stronger and more common in Americans. But dying his hair? Never heard of that one. It's one hell of an anecdote. wow!!!
A friend of mine was doing a re-enactment event at Berkhampstead Castle when an American woman said, "Gee, this castle is real pretty. Is it pre-war?" His replay? "Madam, this castle is pre-America!" 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
There is a difference between being dumb and being ignorant; in my experience a lot of people are ignorant, not stupid. And, by the way, I am French, not American…
@@elsie_asmr2443 Some, like every other population, even when you try to put them right, argue with you, and don't look up the information to deny or confirm.
@@TheZeroAssassin Aren't the stupid in your example *ignoring* advice, which would make them ignorant as well? My dictionary (english isn't my first language) would give me other suggestions for people who insist on themselves being right when being corrected: -incorrigible, -unteachable, -inconvincible, -inveterate (I would have called people who just don't know: "uneducated in that matter")
I was on holiday in the UK. My husband and I were sitting in a village pub, somewhere in Wiltshire. A group of Americans came in, heard us talking and asked us what part of the uk are we from (we are Australian) my Husband told them that we are from Ireland. They believed him. Naturally I couldn’t be outdone, so I told them that if they wanted to see Stonehenge they had better see it ASAP because the snow is coming and Stonehenge gets packed up and stored in a big shed, before the first snow. They were so grateful for that tip that they bought us some drinks and rushed off to see Stonehenge before it gets packed up.
I was in Vegas with my hubby (we're both Aussies), and we met a random couple on the strip. I told them where we were from (i.e Perth, Western Australia), and he goes "Oh I've got a friend in Sydney. You might know him!". I had to inform him of the fact that Sydney is on the other side of the country to me, and that Australia has 25 million people living here, so chances are, no, I wouldn't know your mate! LOL
I’ve heard of this, like when someone from Vancouver is asked if they happen to know their buddy’s cousin who lives in Toronto. Like they run into each other on the street all the time.
Try being Irish ,they will ask you about a dead great grandmother from 100 years ago ...”did you hear of her?” No she was dead fifty years before I was born..it happens a lot believe me
I have a similar story. I was in Boston, Massachusetts at a party and was asked where I came from. I thought he wouldn't understand where I lived in the UK (a Hamlet in Cambridgeshire) so I tod him I lived just outside London. His reply was to ask whether I knew his friend who lived in Liverpool, He expected me to know his friend who lived 300 miles away in a country of 65 million people. That's when I realised how ignorant some Americans can be about the rest of the World.
I am an American but I lived in Germany for a really long time. I went to a German school for 2nd and 3rd grade. 4th grade, I was in an American school. I had a social studies class where I learned about how the US works and our role in the world. I learned about the states and territories. 5th grade was like US history(conquistadors, Aztecs, pilgrims, Revolutionary War) which was stuff I mostly knew cause I had a brain. 6th grade was World History(ancient so like Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, China, etc.). 7th grade was geography where we learned where other countries were and their languages, flags, population, etc. 8th grade was more "modern" US History like the Civil War, westward expansion, and the like. 9th grade was more world history up to the Renaissance. 10th grade was advanced studies of US history I, advanced studies of US history II was 11th grade. I also took British History because I love it along with European history in general. It is my senior year and I am taking AP economics because I thought'd be fun. I also go to school in Alabama which has one of the worst education systems in the US last I checked. Point is, Americans are taught a lot of this in school. It's just a matter of who is paying attention and has 2 brain cells that generate an iota of common sense.
There was a current affairs program in America during the 1990's. The slogan of the program was everything you need to know about the world from coast-to-coast. Yes they really said that in the introduction every time.
If an American or anyone else for that matter argues like this with you, just pull out your phone and ask Siri right in front of them. When she tells them the facts that should educate them. Pretty sure they will believe it if Siri says it.
And what should you do if you don't have an iPhone? That's another thing I see sooo many times in TH-cam: why do US people assume that everybody on the world has an iPhoine? (as for myself, I prefer Android to iOS but, since I can't afford a Samsung, I've just a humble Chinese Redmi).😉😃 Edit: add the emojis
As an Alaskan who has visited the lower 48 states I have experienced the same type of situations. My sister and I were in Maryland and people actually believe that we don't have houses, roads, or transportation...let alone that we are even a state. Fact is that even our US military considers AK to be an overseas deployment 🙄. Actually played along with it and told them yeah we drive sled dogs everywhere. Our educational system is in a dire state to say the least.
Good for you! I moved to the US from Switzerland, knowing that I’m giving up a lot of security and quality. But man, the USA is so much worse than you can imagine. I’m now moving back to Europe, back to civilization.
i'm from Puerto Rico and back in the dark ages when the internet was just starting and one would hang out in chat rooms (A/S/L remember that?) there were many comments of surprise from americans on how we had internet or electricity and if we were living in proper houses yet or still tee pee's and shacks. I would have hoped now with more global information access this would be less of a thing
These videos are truly an emotional rollercoaster. One second you're choking from laughter and the other you're so angry that you want to crush your phone.
OH! I've just remembered another one - when I was in Boston, I was asked where I was from so I said London - and they said "London - is that, like, the capital of Europe?" No, man, just the capital of England. Which ALSO isn't the capital of Europe (his next question).
i think it is! many upper class English are arrogant especially in the early 1900’s. it is just plain, nasty snobbery and thinking you’re better than everyone else because of your birth status. 🙄 Very intelligent people though are often thought arrogant just because they think so much better and study things deeply, sometimes only their own interest, but very few people can take it. of course, not all seem arrogant, some are just nice people - Einstein, but not Edison. people with Aspergers are often thought arrogant, but it’s totally genetic. their ability to empathize is thwarted.
I once flew From the States to Kazakhstan *via singapore, so I had a few transfers, I had to prove it was a real country in LAX by showing my final destination on a map TO THE AIRPORT STAFF!
In Australia, kids of the ages of 10yrs old would know the difference between Europe and Asia. There is no excuse, especially from a High Schooler. That High Schooler would be teased to oblivion.
Going to America, every second person was amazed at how well we spoke English coming from Australia. Ummm… we speak the Queens English. It was amazing how insular American education seemed to be and how they thought no other country could hold a candle to the USA. Australian and British education values world wide knowledge, including continents, countries, spoken languages, and history. Everyone I know from Western Europe and Australia is thankful they don’t live in America.
Dumbest thing was an American on Amtrak Train finding out I (13M) was from New Zealand. She said" Oh, that's where the Dingoes swim across at low tide and eat your Kiwi" I shit you not, God's Truth. 1982
As a dutch person who went on exchange to Michigan for a while, I have a few comments that actually came back regularly. Things like 'do they have cars on the Netherlands?', 'ooooh Holland, that is in Amsterdam right?', 'Do you have shoe's?' and 'your English is so good, how did you learn dutch at such a young age?' Oh and one of my friends told me their grandfather doesn't believe I exist because there are no other countries outside of the USA's dome. XD
In younger years I used to be a taxi driver in the beautiful Austrian Alps, in a Region where a family named "Von Trapp" started their emmigration to the USA in the beginning of the third reich... This family got famous in the U.S. later on and a movie about their life named "the sound of music" had been made in the 1950s... It may be famous in the USA but in Austria almost nobody knows the family or even the movie... One day I was ordered to bring a family from their hotel to the Salzburg airport, a trip for about one and a half hours. While driving I started some small talk and asked them how their journey had been... They told me that they were so disappointed about the locals wearing normal clothes and not the typical austrian "Lederhosen" and "Dirndl" and that the city of Zell am See must be a fake because it has nothing in common with the landscape and the mood of the movie... The rest of the trip got very quiet...
A couple I know were on a bus tour of the UK. The bus driver said if you look to your right you're can see Wales. One woman stood up and said "I can see them!"
You'd love it down here mate. Although you might be disappointed because there are people just as dumb down here too (probably not as many). I think that's the same everywhere...
Australians don’t need sponsorship to get employment visa’s to work in the United States. There is a specific set of special visa’s for Australians - the E-3 Visa. It was part of the US-Australia Free Trade Treaty.
@@OmgAuntySuzanne16 And Australians certainly don’t need that from the United States… Australians are quite capable of doing that for themselves… (As an aside more American citizens move to Australia each year than Australians move to the United States…)
We owned a shop in Bath, England and an American tourist came in the shop on 4th July. He was very surprised that we weren't celebrating Independence Day and asked why. Uuum, maybe because we LOST?
I don’t know if anyone will see this, but I hope so. I wish I could post screen shots here because the ss of this exchange is a prized possession. I once tweeted about Brexit (prior to the referendum). An American guy replied telling me anyone who votes leave is weak for giving up their nationality and saying that we should just do as the American government “ordered” and stay put. I replied saying that whichever way one votes, they’ll do it based on what they believe will benefit them - not what Americans have to say about it. He replied that it’s a matter of international security. I asked why. He replied “Are yall really that stupid??? The UK will have to go somewhere and statistically it’s gonna be American waters. Y’all have a LOT of t3rrorists there and we don’t want em!!!” This guy genuinely thought the UK was *physically* moving away from Europe. I tried to explain the concept of the EU to this middle aged American guy, but apparently I was wrong. Hope all my fellow Brits made the move to American waters safe and sound 🤞
I enjoyed your first video on this, but - I just had to hit a dislike for dissing that Czech person for no reason. If she was stupid like US Americans, she wouldn't be so well spoken in a language which is not her mother tongue. She seems pretty smart in general, too, tbh. I guess shitting on a person for no reason is that American arrogance/stupidity I'll never understand.
I had a friend in the US who worked for the FBI, and one year, she phoned me for my birthday. When she asked me what I was going to do for my birthday, I told her that we had celebrated my birthday the day before (which was my actual birthday). She asked me why I had celebrated the day before, and I told her that was my actual birthday. She said, "But isn't your birthday on the 25th?" I said yes, but today is the 26th. She said, "How can it be the 26th, when America is ahead of the rest of the world?" I had to tell her that America is actually behind the rest of the world and in regards to Australia, by nearly a whole day depending on where you live. I don't think she really believed me. Her boyfriend, who was in the US Marines, asked to speak to me, and one of the first things he said to me was that my English was really good. I told him it was probably because we spoke English in Australia. His reply was, "I didn't realise any European countries spoke English." I told him that Australia wasn't in Europe. It was in Asia. So he then asked me if my first language was Japanese or Chinese? American children really need to be taught that there is a world out there beyond their own borders and it is a lot bigger than they are aware of.
"I told him that Australia wasn't in Europe. It was in Asia." I always thought that Australia was its own whole continent, completely separate from Asia. TIL, I guess.
I’m half indonesian and half Australian I was born and raised in australia. I had an american ask me ‘how can you be half a religion? Aren’t you supposed to commit to being a good Indonesian?’ This woman Deadass thinks a country of 274 million is not a country.
An American asked me where I’m from, I answered that I’m from Dublin, Ireland. Their response… “ Ohh, so you’re British.” Wow!!! I’ve also heard an American say that Ireland is a city in the UK😂
To be fair Ireland was once recognised as a British country, although that was changed exactly 100 years ago lol. I would probably assume people make the error today because Northern Ireland is part of the UK and they don't have any clue there's a separation between the North and the South, aswel as them just having no clue where Dublin is. Ireland isn't a country who's history is tought a whole lot even here in NZ, and well it makes sense when you look at your history because your neighbour country happens to be the one that thought it was a good idea to go around and colonize all of us and constantly have wars with everybody in your area for hundreds or thousands of years maybe lol. The only reason I know anything at all about Ireland is because I love Irish chicks and that is the sexiest accent on the planet haha. Sex makes the world go round and nothing can make a dude learn random shit more effectively than the influence of a woman lol.
I met an American who thought Scotland was IN England. Conversation: "my husband is from Scotland" "Oh my gawsh I LOVE Scotland! Where in England is it?" "Uuuuuh....the north?"
I only recently found out that Wales is a country, like Scotland and Ireland, and not a district of England, like Essex. I just thought it had a strong sense of identity. I’m 🇨🇦, and was equating it to Quebec.
The (modern) English name of Wales for Cymru (kumˈri - Brittonic for 'friends') originates from the Old English 'Wealh' which meant Briton; the Welsh are the descendants of the original indigenous population of Roman Britannia. 👍
My embarrassing moment of ignorance was finding out after 50 years of life that Wales was its own country in the United Kingdom, like Scotland and Ireland. I had been thinking it was a district of England, like Essex 🤦♀️ it always seemed to have a strong sense of independent identity, but then so does Quebec in 🇨🇦. Sigh. 🤷♀️
Haha you have to relax! I love the whale story. That’s priceless. I’d like to talk to that lady. It would be mind expanding with no need for drugs or alcohol. 😂
I'm feeling and understand your pain Ryan. Just to put you at ease, we have these people here in Australia also. Many years ago I brought my Spanish girlfriend over to Oz to introduce her to my family. We were at a family get together, and during the course of a conversation my uncle asked her if they used knives and forks in Spain. My girlfriend (later wife) was so offended. I think no matter wherever you go in the world it would be easy to make this video.
Only Germans will know how embarassing this was: I visited Cologne with a friend and their American cousins. I've told them, that Cologne is also famous for its special beer, "Kölsch". So we visited not only the cathedral but also a Biergarten at the Rhine River, not one of these tourist traps, one people living in cologne visit. With cologne typical food and drinks. We ordered some food and beer. Kölsch comes normally in a small 0,2l glass. But the cousins (40 yrs old), whose aim was to get drunk as quickly as possible, insisted that they'd be given "a real German beer". They argued with the waitress and then even called the boss. In the end they got Kölsch in a Bavarian mug. 1l Kölsch. My girlfriend and I were embarrassed, she said she just barely stopped the cousins from wearing their fake Lederhosen. I find it very annoying that Americans often think that Germany is part of Bavaria. That's like thinking of the US as part of Texas. Not only New Yorkers would be offended.
Don’t they teach the kids geography?? Or have the world map in schools? In Australia we have geography in all levels of school. I just assumed it was the same everywhere.
Americans have answered under other reaction videos like this, that they have nowadays only in 4th or 5th grade between 1 or 2 Years of history classes (from context i believe about world history outside the USA) combined with simple geography to pinpoint where actually the country is they talking about. and only later in college is the next time they can chose a Geography course
"You can google our independence day." "OMG! You have google!?" demolishing response: "No... YOU do. We just use it, thanks to your own network infrastructure." trust me... *nobody* ever expects a tactical reflection.
Things change all the time and there is a different curriculum in every state, however it is my understanding that kids at primary school in Australia are generally taught where various countries are situated, their flags, cultures etc. I don't think the Philippines in Europe thing would ever fly here. Australia has a predominantly European culture similar to that of the US and many of us could possibly afford to be as insular in our thinking, however most people here have a curiosity regarding every other place on earth. It possibly helps that we have 2 public broadcasters that are well funded in the ABC and SBS, that devote a portion of their programming to documentaries and overseas matters. Our commercial news and current affairs television also brings us this information to a smaller degree. Apart from AFL, all of our other sports involve international competition and because Australia is so relatively young, most people can trace their ancestry back to the nation/s from which their ancestors migrated. I just think with Google and the internet these days, people have near infinite access to this sort of information. Before that there were encyclopedias.
@@encantodesol 😂😂😂😂 What's a stupid thing that an Australian has said....... If you think Australians are the most "down-to-earth" and "kindest" you really need to travel more.
When i was visiting the US I was in Colorado and someone asked me where I was from I told her Australia and she was like omg im so sorry we destroyed your language 🤔 I didn't know where to even begin to explain everything wrong about that comment so I said that's ok we do a good job of butchering it ourselves.
When I was in college in Texas, someone asked me where was I born and I said Singapore. He went, “You were born on a plane?” Cos yes, Singapore Airlines was and still is one of the top airlines in the world. I didn’t laugh at him cos Singapore is a tiny island.
It's not just Americans. I'm Australian born, Italian heritage. In 2013, I visited Uluru in the Northern Territory. An indigenous man was doing a talk about his culture. There was an Italian couple sitting nearby (they were tourists from Italy). The lady asked the indigenous man with all sincerity, if his people were allowed to marry white people. I died inside. I waited until they left, approached the indigenous man and apologised to him on their behalf. He took it very well. True story. 😞
There's more....the indigenous man was showing the visitors examples of traditional tools and hunting weapons. The Italian tourist asked, "do you still hunt like that?" He replied with a wry smile, "Nah, we use a Ute (pick up truck) and rifles." 🤣🤣🤣
To be fair, 'interracial' marriage for our indigenous peoples only became lawful at a federal level with the introduction of the Marriage Act in 1961. Before that, states and territories were able to (and some did) restrict such marriages, subject to the approval of Aboriginal marriage applications by specified government representatives for each state. It wasn't until the 1971 census that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were even counted as part of the population......
@@queenslanddiva Well, obviously if they knew that Australia had changed its laws to ensure marriage equality for Aboriginal people, they wouldn't have asked the question, right? In the mid-20th Century, Australia, the US and South Africa were known throughout Europe (and the world) for their racist policies and laws and their fixation on 'white superiority'. It was well known, particularly among peoples whose family members had emigrated to these countries after WWII, that 'non-whites' were subject to marriage bans, limited citizenship and restrictions on voting. It was like that for most of those countries' histories post-colonisation. It's quite possible that those tourists still held very outdated understandings of Australia's cultural landscape and were ignorant of the massive social changes that have taken place over the last 50 years....... which I acknowledge demonstrates a deep and abiding commitment to ignorance of a country they intended to visit; but that's how some people still see Australia.
I think the arrogance and ignorance of Americans is why these sorts of tik tok’s exist, and why every other country on earth takes great pleasure in ripping into the US. I live in Wales, (it does exist) 🤣 and I got asked if I knew the Queen… like yeah, sure, she’s my next door neighbour… 🤦🏼♀️
Yeah. Currently attending uni in Wales, and during freshers week (the Queen died just before that started), I was approached by an international student from America who was surprised at how little we all seemed to care about the funeral. He was under the impression that we were all close friends with her and should have been absolutely devastated. Kinda cute, really.
All these clips are peak example of the Dunning Kruger effect, 😂😂 the less one knows about something, the more they are convinced that they are an expert. The more one subsequently learns (ideally), the more they realize that they don't know anything. Hence Americans making their half assed statements with full confidence. They don't know that they don't know. And somehow they'll hear something, automatically assume it to be true and then boldly repeat this wisdom. It just baffles me how seemingly few Americans feel the need to actively look up information and check things 😂
I worked as a server in a resort in Queensland. I looked after a large table of American tourists for lunch. The loudest most obnoxious woman at the table was the one that took the bill and after 1.5 hours of impeccable service no thankyou. I politely asked where they where off to next on their travels of Australia. She loudly says SID DIN NEY YEAHR. Sydney.😵💫 So I told the table of 10 Americans the fable of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The bridge was built to save the kangaroos that tried to swim across Sydney Harbour. So the bridge was built so kangaroos can safely get across. Be sure when travelling on the bridge to give way to ALL The migrating kangaroos and have your camera's ready!! Gasps ! Oh WOW Ahhmazing we will sure look out for those roos. 🤭😂
My sister had a friend from the Yukon, where they loved to tell the tourists to watch out for the ‘great big’ grizzly bears if they wanted to go shopping downtown. 😂
Imagine an American college advisor asking someone they think speaks French as a first language why they would study their own language. They must have slept through their English composition classes. 😂😂😂
Spent 3 weeks in Spain one summer doing an intensive Spanish language course, there was this girl in my class from Florida, she was there for a few weeks before starting university (UCLA). At the end of one class she asked the teacher (in english) which train she needed to get to go to Mexico, she wanted to spend the weekend there. We just stared confused. The teacher asked 'Mexico?' She confirmed. The teacher told her she needed a plane to go to Mexico. The girl just said 'Oh, I thought I could get a plane'. The teacher was trying hard not to laugh.
In Amsterdam, an American couple asked me the way to the statue of Manneken Pis. It's in Brussels. To be honest, while it can be upsetting for us Europeans to hear people from the USA claim that Denmark is the capital of Germany or such things, in return I don't think all Europeans would be able to point for example, Idaho on a map of the US :-) And we have plenty of ignorant fools over here as well. Cheer up Ryan!
I know both! My family is from Den Haag, but I grew up in Boise. You know, I've actually met other Dutch people and Americans who speak Dutch in the Treasure Valley...though I can't say I've ever met anyone from Idaho in the Netherlands.
To be fair, up until recently I thought it was a part of England, like Essex. I figured it just had a strong sense of identity, but so does Quebec. 🤦♀️🤷♀️🇨🇦
The dumbest thing about not believing other people would speak spanish if they're not mexican is that spanish is one of the most spoken languages across the world. Right up there next to chinese.
@@gillcawthorn7572 well,the Spanish that is used world wide really comes from Castilla, a region of Spain, the country Spain has different lamguges and dialects, Catalan, Gallego, Andaluz, Basque to name a few.
Scots lass here. Ok so this comes from the first trip to America when I was 20. I land in Boston Massachusetts and hand over my passport to Border Security and I notice he's looking at me funny then he looks at the front of my passport, and looks at me again. This conversation ensues. Officer: "Are you Miss Grant?" Me: "Yes, Sir. I am." O: "And you were born in Boston in 1985?" Me: "Yes Sir, I was...March 15th 1985" O: "Why do you have a British Passport when you claim to have been born here? Where's your American passport?" Me: (takes a breath) "I was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, UK Sir." (Yes I know I'm a Scots lass born in England lol) O: "It doesn't exist." Me: "Oh trust me, it exists." I then get detained for nearly an hour because I'm apparently 'lying' and being threatened with passport fraud. My mother is waiting for me on the other side of border worrying. A female officer comes to me with my passport and interrogates me. Officer 2: "Are you Miss Grant?" Me: "Yes ma'am. I am." O2: "O1 says you claim to have been born here in Boston, yet you have a British passport?" Me: "I was born in Boston, England ma'am. Not Boston Massachusetts." O2: "It doesn't exist." Me (sigh) I can assure you it very much does exist. Either phone the British consulate and I'm sure they can find my birth certificate or give me an atlas of the UK and I will show you where Boston is in England." (I didn't own a modern day smart phone back in 2005 so could not pull up a map on my phone.) O2 leaves and comes back 10 minutes later with an atlas. I turn to the page detailing South East England and locate Boston. Me: "Here..." (Points to Boston on map) Boston, Lincolnshire, England. A tap on door followed by a man poking his head in Officer 3: "Consolate responded. They located Miss Grant's birth certificate and confirm she was born in Pilgrim Hospital, Boston Lincolnshire England on March 15th 1985. She's free to go." Officer turns to leave before biting his lip then pokes his head back in. O3: "Consulate also said we should go back to School as Boston Massachusetts was named after Boston, England when we colonized the US." (Quickly shuts door. I'm trying really hard not to laugh and O2 is annoyed by calm.) O2: "Well... I'm really sorry for the inconvenience ma'am, we hope you enjoy your holiday here in the USA." Me: *Seeing funny side of all this* "Thanks. I'll remember to bring an atlas with me the next time I cross the border."
In high school, we were talking about Canada in Geography class and a girl asked "Isn't Quebec in Thailand?"... This was also the same girl who once asked in Chemistry what the Chemical formula for H2O was. Not the Chemical formula for water. She straight up said H2O.
I had to giggle when you were talking about fake lands like 'Neverland' and all I had going through my head was, 'should I tell Ryan about The Netherlands?'
You do know that every Country has their own share of stupid? It is just that there are so many Americans you see it more. Wasn’t helpful? Okay try this from Australia. I sent my daughter to school speaking and counting in 4 languages. Her IQ is Mensa level and it was rare to have just one child at home with me who loved to learn anything. She started learning languages at two years old, she wasn’t fluent in all but she was good. I got a note from her teacher after 2 weeks asking me to come in at lunchtime so she could show how stupid my child was. I went because she had my attention and I told her to show me how stupid my daughter was. She told her to count to 10 which she did perfectly in Italian and I told her that. I told her to please specify a language the next time and the teacher was embarrassed but then she made it worse. She told me she didn’t realise with her colouring that she had Italian heritage, she doesn’t. She is very pale in colouring and when she was born her hair was so light it didn’t look blonde, it looked white. Then I wondered if the teacher knew in Southern Italy there were blonde Italians and dark Italians? I told her the other languages my baby spoke and she had a love for learning languages. No, none of them were a part of her heritage. I was scared that she was teaching my child for the rest of the year but my daughter just ignored her or corrected her when she was wrong. Yep, I got a letter about her correcting the teacher in front of others. I asked if she wrong and was told no because she always showed the teacher where she went wrong. Then I asked would she rather teach the wrong information? If not why didn’t she ask my child to check what was on the board before class started and she did. My daughters first child did the same thing for her grade 4 teacher. My Granddaughter is now a Genetic Research Scientist who came first in her Bachelors degree and first in a year of Honours and is just finishing getting her Masters and Doctorate. She teaches 3rd year Uni in Chemistry and Biology while she is finishing so she doesn’t need an outside job to live. We only have high achievers so stupid really stands out.
It is true that "stupid" exists everywhere. But here in the US we are only 5% of the world's population so our percentage of stupid is astronomical compared to other countries.
@@ruthstaus409 I think that might have to do with the fact that Americans are so insular. You regularly hear Americans saying they are the best country on Earth and I think that is enough for them to think that they don't need to know about anything else.
@@WatchingDude We in Australia, also have world news on our regular news programs either radio or TV, that gives us an understanding of what going on in other countries around the world. In the US they only get US news, so unles they search for the information they remain ignorant of what is happen ing in other countries.
@@ruthstaus409, no. I don’t believe you have anymore stupid than any other Country. I do believe that teachers have very little power left over a class and it is becoming the same here. I also think it is because in America they lower the pass rates to keep a school’s levels up. Our teacher’s only power is to keep a child back if they don’t pass and they use it. I now know as an adult the teacher was being punished too. Children today know the teacher cannot make them do homework. Or even sit and be quiet during class because they cannot discipline them anymore. I don’t mean using the cane. I mean having the right to keep someone in until they finish what should have been finished in class. My teachers used to keep us in at lunch, we would get 15 minutes to eat. Then we got to hear everyone playing and having fun, that only ever happened to me once. It was a mistake, she was looking at the book of the girl that sat next to me but I never corrected a teacher. We were raised to respect them and all adults. We were more scared of our Mother’s getting that rule wrong than the teachers. Not now and both of our Countries need to make some changes now.
About first case Paris being in Italy, I have to comment (I'm from Chile) I thought France and Italy both spoke french. I also have to say that I has about 6 or 7 years old when I realized they spoke different languages.
LOOOOOL Prince Charles, Prince of the Whales! I'm getting cartoon visions of Charles riding a whale with a trident like Poseidon. Aquaman 3: The return of Charles.
Lost it!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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And now I cannot see Prince Charles without laughing anymore 🤣
Not so wrong actually en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_fish 😂😅
LOL!! "starring in the role of Meera : Camilla Carp'er Bowles"
When you said "I don't like this girl" it's because you were triggered by the way she pre-empted her comment- the same way nearly every American is when they hear someone talking down about the USA.- regardless of the content of their comment. Americans have to be the most defensive and oversensitive people on the planet to criticism about the USA- even if accurate and intended as humorous. You can say what you like about my country- Australia, I'll just shrug my shoulders and agree if it's accurate. This is an aspect of US culture most Americans aren't even conscious of. This "MY COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG" stuff sticks out like a sore thumb to the rest of the world.
I’m English and agree with you 100% mate.
A lot of everyday Americans are so naive, arrogant or just plain stupid when it particularly comes to geography. They seem very self centred, as they seem to know nothing (or extremely very little) when it comes to to anywhere else except the USA. I don’t know why you seem to hear Americans before you see them, they talk so load!!!! Yes, I have been to America, both the east and west coast and centre. Some places I have been to among your 50 states, include San Fransisco, Las Angeles, Chicago, New York, Florida and also Hawaii.
It’s not surprising that per capita the percentage of people in the USA that own a passport is one of the lowest in the world.
GET OUT AND SEE THE REST OF THE WORLD. YOU MAY EVEN FIND YOU ENJOY IT AND LEARN SOMETHING ON THE WAY!!!! 🧐🧐🧐
I live in America and I have seen a lot of unable to understand nuance stuff. I am glad you said something.
Please remember we USA citizens aren't all the same. Idiots seem to get a lot more air time, and there are A LOT of them.....just not all.
I’m American, and I agree with you completely. At my college in the South, during a conversation at a bar, a friend told me her mother was from Minnesota. Before it registered in my addled brain, I said, “Minnesota…remind me, what state is that in?” I knew better, of course, just a little tipsy I guess.
Pre-Covid I was on a bus in Wellington, New Zealand heading for town. As passengers got off they thanked the driver. Two Americans who also happened to be on the bus said quite loudly "What is this? Thank-a-driver day?"
I responded that we're a civilised country and such courtesies cost nothing.
We thank the bus and taxi drivers in the UK too lol.
I bet the americans started clapping once they reached their station
I'm Aussie and thank literally every bus driver I have when travelling.
People do that in the US too, those are just a rude Americans. Could depend on the state their from.
@@YmustTh3w0rldg0r0und2 that's good to know. Thanks!
To paraphrase Biko, stupidity and/or ignorance is not a uniquely American trait, but they are far better at it than anyone else in the world.
As they always tell us, they are the Greatest at everything.
they're not uniquely stupid, that's really an international problem, but, due to specific education and tv-propaganda probably, they're the most confident, and thus aggressive in their stupidity. Not gonna be an american trend for long tho, my country for example's doing everything to reach that level.
@@Vladimir_Fedorov27 well said Vladimir, peace be with you.
Steve Biko?
@jeannetteviviers9851 No, Biko in the featured TikTok video.
Not going to lie, I enjoy watching y'all Americans react to this, haha. Everyone can be stupid, but damn you do it well.
I'm an English immigrant to New Mexico and I moved here to marry a local gal. She was trying to set up service with an American company and when the agent asked for her address and she told them she's in New Mexico she was told the company only serves the USA, not Mexico. She explained she'd said New Mexico, not Mexico itself. To which she was told, quite arrogantly, "I don't care what part of Mexico it is. New Mexico... Old Mexico... We only serve the USA!"
Look, be dumb about other countries. You just didn't learn about them. It's not great, but it is at least a little understandable. Vehemently arguing that a state of the USA isn't in the USA though? IT'S YOUR OWN COUNTRY!
Dumb and the dumbest,Americans take first prize!!!!!
That's really sad, and I've noticed the number plates from there say "New Mexico USA". Why my fellow Americans don't at least know the names of the 50 states is a puzzle to me.
My one quarantine accomplishment was to take an online quiz to finally learn where the 50 states were in the US. In a contest, I could probably wipe the floor with many Americans. Yes, I’m🇨🇦
Well I once met an American girl (she was 25), who seriously asked me what currency they used in Hawaii. She wasn't aware Hawaii was part of USA.
@@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat That's really pathetic,education has never been a priority in the US,when Raegen was in power he cut education spending by 80%.
I went to the USA many years ago and got complimented on my English. I was asked to say something in "Australian".
I strung together half a dozen Australian place names. They were most impressed.
Oodnadatta Woy Woy Woolloomooloo Tidbinbilla Yackandandah Innamincka
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excellent. I must remember this.
also: yackandandah is one of my favourite town names (and yes, have driven through often on the way to hotham, and porepunkah!). hopefully if I am ever lucky enough to have to speak some Australian, i'll be able to carry the torch well.
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The correct way to answer this request is to just call em a cunt 😂
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The very rotund Welsh comedian and singer, Harry Secombe was once asked by a reporter if he really came from Wales. "Of course I come from Wales," Secombe replied. "Look at me - I couldn't have come from bloody sardines!"
That's our Harry! lol!
I was once talking to someone from the USA online, she asked me if I had internet access in Australia. 😲 I couldn't help myself, I replied, "No, I don't think so. What's internet?." 😈 She started explaining it and half way through her quite good and detailed explanation of what the internet is, it finally dawned on her that there's no way I could have been talking to her online without it. She was a good sport, we both laughed.
That’s like your dad texting you to come and help him find his phone
Oh dear. Sigh.
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In an Australia fish and chip shop, with a 2 hour waits for food, Americans pushed in front of the line and demanded that they be served NOW. I had the unfortunate job of serving the counter. But with this extreme entitled attitude plus the pushing and shoving and demands, I simply told them to get out of the shop because they don’t warrant special treatment, “no matter how much they think that they are the greatest country in earth” :)
Delicious
Sheesh - good for you! Entitlement does my head in!
That “demanding behaviour” is only ever going to make Australians not want to help you. If will have the opposite effect here.
Ignorance + Arrogance = Americanness
Well done you didn't put up with that American racist bullshit 👍America's not the best country in the world I've lived there before,it's a horrible,depressing place.
If ignorance is bliss then most Americans must be in heaven lol
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A few years ago, myself, my brother and his family were on our way to WALES for a holiday, we live in England, Our heritage is Welsh, Mine 87% Welsh, 9%, Devon, Cornwall, S.Gloucester, 4% Scots. My brother has a small amount % wise, a little more Welsh than I. We couldn't find the isolated cottage that we'd rented. A car drew up, this family got out speaking with American accents, asked if they could help. We told them that we couldn't find the cottage, they kindly (before sat navs). got a map out, found where we wanted to go, we'd passed the lane twice . They had shown us where it was Yanks 1 Brits. 0.🏴👍😂
A1 👍👍👍
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their guardian angel the gun took them there
Here in Australia, at least when I was a kid, in years 5 and 6 (10 to 12 year olds) we had regular ‘geography’ lessons as part of our schooling. By the time I was 11 years old I knew where most countries on most continents were, their capital cities and their approximate populations. It was a normal part of Australian education. ‘History’ lessons in years 7, 8 and 9 (and elective choices after that) were split between ‘Australian History’ and ‘World History’….we learned a bit about ‘us’ and the ‘rest of the world’ so we could know where we fit into the ‘big picture’…. We assumed the rest of the world was learning the same.
Yes, this was pretty much my schooling too
Yep. This was my schooling experience also. For me, history and geography, we called it humanities, was compulsory up til grade 10 and yes we assumed the rest of the world has the same teachings.
@@kellysullivan800 First lesson in life. Never Assume.😊
We also have world news on our regular news shows either radio or TV, that gives us an understanding of what going on in other countries around the world. In the US they only get US news, so unles they search for the information they remain ignorant of what is happen ing in other countries.
@@iriscollins7583 as it makes an "ass" out of "u" and "me"... as taught to me by my father over 50 yrs ago!
Working at a convenience store in Spain, an American Karen comes to the register and slams a can of Mexican food against the counter, asking for the manager to put her in contact with the CEO of the franchise, saying she was going to have us all processed for selling openly racist products.
It took five employees and three online dictionaries to make her understand that "Frijoles Negros" just means "Black Beans" in Spanish.
I used used to buy Irish thick pork sausages in the Supermarket. A few years ago they changed the name. Richmond pork sausages. They're still my favourite.
@@iriscollins7583 In Spain we have a saying for that "El mismo perro con distinto collar" or "The same dog on a different collar"
Lmao
Oh!my God!it gets worse!!!????
@@franespejo5302 in Greece we say "Άλλαξε ο Μανωλιός και έβαλε τα ρούχα του αλλιώς " (Manolo changed by putting on differently his clothes )...
My favourite part is watching Ryan’s facial expressions as his head is about to explode 🤣🤣
Ikr hilarious 😂
I thought that it must have been tough for him to have to watch that video all the way through. (A hard day at the office)
Yeah Ryan stop it dude.
@@alexradojkovic9671 I think so too. It seems a little cruel, tbh. Everyone has had a "blonde" moment, where they weren't fully clued in and are looking for an opener to a convo with someone from elsewhere or a different culture. Foot in mouth disease isn't exclusively an American trait lol.
@@Kayenne54 It may be so, but arrogant ignorance is... Like telling someone their country (Wales) is not a country, or that their country (Egypt, in Part 1 of this trend) doesn't exist, because the US is the only country there is in the world...
I was visiting USA from Australia and went to a party and a girl asked where I was from, when I answered that I am Australian she complemented me on my English. I played along and asked if she knew what language Australians speak (I was expecting her to say German or some other language). She said that our home language was Spanish. I had never had that before. I was trying to work out why she thought Spanish and can only figure out that she thought that given Australia was in the Southern Hemisphere that every one south speaks Spanish.
Oh my god😂
Well then HOLA AMIGO desde Coffs Harbour NSW!!!! hahahaha.
@Emi Ja haha yo también.
It was a nice day here in Coffs today, wannit' hun?
I had a few problems trying to understand all that Spanostrayan though, ugh! 🤦♀️🤣
How weird. 😂
What?! 😆
Canadian here. I once had to explain to an american couple in a hotel (when I was visiting Montreal) that we do not drive on the left hand side of the road. What makes it better is I explained this in perfect english, as I live in an english speaking part of Canada, but the couple still spoke real slow with exaggerated hand gestures to get their points across.
Also, When I was in school, we had a guest speaker fly in from Florida to attend some multi-school conference. This guy straight up wore a Parka here...in June!!!!
What makes me laugh is how defensive you got because someone said 'I have so many of these stories' causing you to start hating on her. You've literally sat watching similar stories be told by multiple people, yet doubt that she has more than a few stories of dumb shit people have said to her while in the US. She wasn't the one that came across as arrogant...
Personally I think it was the eye roll that was offencive! Her non verbal signalling was very offencive and dismissive.
@@jesamindee6783 or exasperation? when you get endless silly things said to you, you'll find you're full of exasperation.
Totally agree 👍
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honestly i think he judged her for her appearance because his disliking was immediate. lost some respect for him tbh
Had an American tell me how it took him 3 days to drive around his property....I said to him " yeah I had a car like that once " .
Hahahahaha
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An American said to me, “America gave Australia eucalyptus trees” 🤪.
Another asked if we (Australians) speak like this all the time. 🤦♂️
hilarious. you should REALLY blow their mind and tell them Macadamias are actually from Qld, Australia.
When on a bus tour to King's Canyon in central Australia, a Californian was in it. She was commenting on the number of "California gums" there were on the drive. I put her right by telling her that Aussies who went there to their gold rush took the seeds of eucalypts to feel at home. Told her that was why they had such bad forest fires. The trees are full of explosive oil.
Omg, how dumb and ignorant can you get.
"I hate this (girl), but I don't know why" is as American as it gets.
@discord stuff on god
Eat your cereal mate
@@MvsicAdd7ct thanks feller
His fragile ego shattered because over 60% of content on TH-cam is not in English.
@@UltraCasualPenguin it cant be
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Bro don’t get to embarrassed about it. As an Aussie we know it’s not all Americans, it’s just that we have met multiple Americans that are like this.
We all have stories
I toured the US with 3 friends in 1983. Bit of a bogan trip, they were ignorant. One thought Washington DC was north of California. Another claimed stubbornly that roadrunners didn't exist, that they were a figment of a Warner Brother's cartoonist's imagination ...until he saw one. The third didn't believe it could snow in Texas, until a number of pictures convinced him.
Mr Washington-DC-is-on-the-west-coast was the worst. Cable TV was a new thing in the US, and they screened a shitload of foreign films. Including the very good 1981 film, 'Gallipoli', by Peter Weir. Americans were impressed by Aussie fortitude in battle, they told us. Yes, agreed Mr Washington, Gallipoli was Australia's greatest victory of world war 2.
Then he saw puzzled expressions on the American's faces, so set forth in a monologue to put aside those naive assumptions it was a retreat in world war one...
@@nevillewran4083 I have met and worked with so many people from so many countries and I can honestly say that every single country has these people. Sometimes it’s hard to work out if they are serious or joking.
@@sykotika13thirteen It _is_ hard. I've had my bitching about Americans on this channel, but yes, every nationality has examples of boorishness.
@@sykotika13thirteen that’s really good to hear. i mean every country has about 50% of their people with IQs 100 or lower - the Bell curve. :)
"not in China because they banned that"
me sitting in Beijing, China watching TH-cam 👀
I'm so thankful i'm an Australian born and raised 🙏
I was a 16year old exchange student from Greece in Minnesota. Don't get me started with the amount of senior students (am..the majority actually)that asked me if we have washing mashines,cuisines, supermarkets, electricity,cars etc. in Greece and they were actually pretty amazed that I was wearing jeans (..what the f*, did they expected me to wear an ancient Greek tunic or something? ).On top of that being extra uncomfortable with all the stupid questions I was becoming really introverted and conscious of other people so ...one of the "famous " guys of school took a romantic interest at me and and suddenly got the courage of asking me out ,I declined (cause I really had no interest at dating at that time),but he persistently wanted to know the reason why not. I tried to be polite but he was not getting it so I told him finally that "sorry but you are not my type"(it's important to say here that I have a Latin appearance- honey toned,brown eyes ,and dark hair).
Well...next day blue eyed-blond E. marched proudly towards me saying "Now what you think?Does that qualify enough?" The dude dyed his hair black and he thought he "fixed" the problem! I was awestruck!!!
And I have so so much more dumb stories (even from some teachers too).
Now what do you think my teen perspective about Americans was ??
Note that 1) they other exchange students from other countries that were in the same area had similar- every single day- experiences
and 2) on our return journey that all the greek students that lived in different states chatted and what you know?!
We all had similar experiences ("the marmotas day of idiocy "..).
So by now I believe you pretty much figured out by now what was our basic conclusion!
Now I'm a grown woman and I'm more empathetic and understanding (I'm really trying) but...guys!!You really have to educate yourselves and take an interest on the rest of the world for a change !!If you wanna prevent these thoughts, well... if you don't know something just zip it and do quick researches for starters(google it for cry out loud)!It will only take you a minute at a time now ,geez!!
That's the arrogance of some males the world over. "Lucky you, I just asked you on a date. I know you're salivating at the thought". Then when you say no, however diplomatically, they're not only shocked, but angered a little. And a few will demand an explanation, as if you are obliged to a), always say yes and b), if you so arrogantly decline, offer a reason like flying out of the country that night or you're dying of cancer. No other excuse is acceptable.
Sadly, that entitled male attitude is widespread in many nationalities. But stronger and more common in Americans.
But dying his hair? Never heard of that one. It's one hell of an anecdote. wow!!!
A friend of mine was doing a re-enactment event at Berkhampstead Castle when an American woman said, "Gee, this castle is real pretty. Is it pre-war?"
His replay? "Madam, this castle is pre-America!" 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
There is a difference between being dumb and being ignorant; in my experience a lot of people are ignorant, not stupid. And, by the way, I am French, not American…
Yes, I am Australian and they are not dumb, a lot of Americans dont know because they are not taught about the rest of the world.
@@elsie_asmr2443 Some, like every other population, even when you try to put them right, argue with you, and don't look up the information to deny or confirm.
Of course, a lot of this is ignorance. It enters the realm of stupidity when they argue. In today's age, there is no reason to be THIS ignorant.
Ignorant is not knowing, stupid is insisting you are still right when people correct you
@@TheZeroAssassin Aren't the stupid in your example *ignoring* advice, which would make them ignorant as well? My dictionary (english isn't my first language) would give me other suggestions for people who insist on themselves being right when being corrected: -incorrigible, -unteachable, -inconvincible, -inveterate
(I would have called people who just don't know: "uneducated in that matter")
"Expressing how she's KEEN for marriage" - yes.
PLEASE watch the next one - it's got a bunch of Aussies in it!
If a blue box appears while listening to someone from Wales, it probably is the Doctor 😂
I was on holiday in the UK. My husband and I were sitting in a village pub, somewhere in Wiltshire. A group of Americans came in, heard us talking and asked us what part of the uk are we from (we are Australian) my Husband told them that we are from Ireland. They believed him. Naturally I couldn’t be outdone, so I told them that if they wanted to see Stonehenge they had better see it ASAP because the snow is coming and Stonehenge gets packed up and stored in a big shed, before the first snow. They were so grateful for that tip that they bought us some drinks and rushed off to see Stonehenge before it gets packed up.
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Злые вы😂😂😂
I was in Vegas with my hubby (we're both Aussies), and we met a random couple on the strip. I told them where we were from (i.e Perth, Western Australia), and he goes "Oh I've got a friend in Sydney. You might know him!". I had to inform him of the fact that Sydney is on the other side of the country to me, and that Australia has 25 million people living here, so chances are, no, I wouldn't know your mate! LOL
I’ve heard of this, like when someone from Vancouver is asked if they happen to know their buddy’s cousin who lives in Toronto. Like they run into each other on the street all the time.
Try being Irish ,they will ask you about a dead great grandmother from 100 years ago ...”did you hear of her?” No she was dead fifty years before I was born..it happens a lot believe me
I have a similar story. I was in Boston, Massachusetts at a party and was asked where I came from. I thought he wouldn't understand where I lived in the UK (a Hamlet in Cambridgeshire) so I tod him I lived just outside London. His reply was to ask whether I knew his friend who lived in Liverpool, He expected me to know his friend who lived 300 miles away in a country of 65 million people. That's when I realised how ignorant some Americans can be about the rest of the World.
I am an American but I lived in Germany for a really long time. I went to a German school for 2nd and 3rd grade. 4th grade, I was in an American school. I had a social studies class where I learned about how the US works and our role in the world. I learned about the states and territories. 5th grade was like US history(conquistadors, Aztecs, pilgrims, Revolutionary War) which was stuff I mostly knew cause I had a brain. 6th grade was World History(ancient so like Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, China, etc.). 7th grade was geography where we learned where other countries were and their languages, flags, population, etc. 8th grade was more "modern" US History like the Civil War, westward expansion, and the like. 9th grade was more world history up to the Renaissance. 10th grade was advanced studies of US history I, advanced studies of US history II was 11th grade. I also took British History because I love it along with European history in general. It is my senior year and I am taking AP economics because I thought'd be fun. I also go to school in Alabama which has one of the worst education systems in the US last I checked.
Point is, Americans are taught a lot of this in school. It's just a matter of who is paying attention and has 2 brain cells that generate an iota of common sense.
There was a current affairs program in America during the 1990's. The slogan of the program was everything you need to know about the world from coast-to-coast. Yes they really said that in the introduction every time.
If an American or anyone else for that matter argues like this with you, just pull out your phone and ask Siri right in front of them. When she tells them the facts that should educate them. Pretty sure they will believe it if Siri says it.
And what should you do if you don't have an iPhone? That's another thing I see sooo many times in TH-cam: why do US people assume that everybody on the world has an iPhoine? (as for myself, I prefer Android to iOS but, since I can't afford a Samsung, I've just a humble Chinese Redmi).😉😃 Edit: add the emojis
Omg, the Prince of WHALES 🤣🤣🤣
An average Norwegian student probably know more about America than an average American😅
Not even probably, I'd say, but for sure.
As an Alaskan who has visited the lower 48 states I have experienced the same type of situations. My sister and I were in Maryland and people actually believe that we don't have houses, roads, or transportation...let alone that we are even a state. Fact is that even our US military considers AK to be an overseas deployment 🙄. Actually played along with it and told them yeah we drive sled dogs everywhere. Our educational system is in a dire state to say the least.
That is so sad that your education system is failing the country so badly.
"...in a dire state."😊 Which one? There are 50 of them. 😊 Pun, please excuse me..
I'm Italian, and I must admit that as a child I often dreamed of moving to America... then luckily I woke up...
Good for you! I moved to the US from Switzerland, knowing that I’m giving up a lot of security and quality. But man, the USA is so much worse than you can imagine. I’m now moving back to Europe, back to civilization.
Ryan gettin real defensive by the end lol
I am beginning to think we should require everyone born in the US to pass an IQ test to be allowed to vote.
TRUE, i'm so thankful i'm Australian💖
@drmadjdsadjadi, maybe an IQ test to breed
Didn't Trump say he liked the uneducated? There seems to be quite a pool to choose from.
And to travel internationally 😂
@@cgkennedy didn't Joe Biden say that poor kids are just as educated as white people? I think we know who the democrats love the most.
i'm from Puerto Rico and back in the dark ages when the internet was just starting and one would hang out in chat rooms (A/S/L remember that?) there were many comments of surprise from americans on how we had internet or electricity and if we were living in proper houses yet or still tee pee's and shacks. I would have hoped now with more global information access this would be less of a thing
These videos are truly an emotional rollercoaster. One second you're choking from laughter and the other you're so angry that you want to crush your phone.
OH! I've just remembered another one - when I was in Boston, I was asked where I was from so I said London - and they said "London - is that, like, the capital of Europe?"
No, man, just the capital of England. Which ALSO isn't the capital of Europe (his next question).
Thanks Ryan for proving that ‘most’ Americans don’t know a world outside of the USA. LOVING your Ozzie Content though🇦🇺💚💛💚💛
When you said you don't like that girl for some reason while doing the same mannerism as her 🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣
The "Happy Arvo!" kills me every time. 😂😂😂 Dead.
She seems arrogant lol Well dude, some people have a reason to be. Arrogance is not always misplaced.
i think it is! many upper class English are arrogant especially in the early 1900’s. it is just plain, nasty snobbery and thinking you’re better than everyone else because of your birth status. 🙄
Very intelligent people though are often thought arrogant just because they think so much better and study things deeply, sometimes only their own interest, but very few people can take it. of course, not all seem arrogant, some are just nice people - Einstein, but not Edison.
people with Aspergers are often thought arrogant, but it’s totally genetic. their ability to empathize is thwarted.
I once flew From the States to Kazakhstan *via singapore, so I had a few transfers, I had to prove it was a real country in LAX by showing my final destination on a map TO THE AIRPORT STAFF!
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That's painful. 🤦
To the airport staff? Wow, how deep does this ignorance of geography go in America?
In Australia, kids of the ages of 10yrs old would know the difference between Europe and Asia. There is no excuse, especially from a High Schooler. That High Schooler would be teased to oblivion.
im going to rage quit - GOLD! pure GOLD!
Going to America, every second person was amazed at how well we spoke English coming from Australia. Ummm… we speak the Queens English. It was amazing how insular American education seemed to be and how they thought no other country could hold a candle to the USA. Australian and British education values world wide knowledge, including continents, countries, spoken languages, and history. Everyone I know from Western Europe and Australia is thankful they don’t live in America.
Dumbest thing was an American on Amtrak Train finding out I (13M) was from New Zealand. She said" Oh, that's where the Dingoes swim across at low tide and eat your Kiwi" I shit you not, God's Truth. 1982
As a dutch person who went on exchange to Michigan for a while, I have a few comments that actually came back regularly. Things like 'do they have cars on the Netherlands?', 'ooooh Holland, that is in Amsterdam right?', 'Do you have shoe's?' and 'your English is so good, how did you learn dutch at such a young age?'
Oh and one of my friends told me their grandfather doesn't believe I exist because there are no other countries outside of the USA's dome. XD
In younger years I used to be a taxi driver in the beautiful Austrian Alps, in a Region where a family named "Von Trapp" started their emmigration to the USA in the beginning of the third reich... This family got famous in the U.S. later on and a movie about their life named "the sound of music" had been made in the 1950s...
It may be famous in the USA but in Austria almost nobody knows the family or even the movie...
One day I was ordered to bring a family from their hotel to the Salzburg airport, a trip for about one and a half hours.
While driving I started some small talk and asked them how their journey had been... They told me that they were so disappointed about the locals wearing normal clothes and not the typical austrian "Lederhosen" and "Dirndl" and that the city of Zell am See must be a fake because it has nothing in common with the landscape and the mood of the movie...
The rest of the trip got very quiet...
How do you spot the American in a crowded room ?
Don’t worry,you’ll hear him before you see him.
A couple I know were on a bus tour of the UK. The bus driver said if you look to your right you're can see Wales. One woman stood up and said "I can see them!"
You'd love it down here mate. Although you might be disappointed because there are people just as dumb down here too (probably not as many). I think that's the same everywhere...
Australians don’t need sponsorship to get employment visa’s to work in the United States.
There is a specific set of special visa’s for Australians - the E-3 Visa.
It was part of the US-Australia Free Trade Treaty.
I think you missed the point
@@queenslanddiva The point is Americans know nothing about Australia (but think they live in the best country in the world).
Allen Gibson- “sponsor” means pay to that person for affection or to “keep” them !
@@OmgAuntySuzanne16 And Australians certainly don’t need that from the United States… Australians are quite capable of doing that for themselves… (As an aside more American citizens move to Australia each year than Australians move to the United States…)
We owned a shop in Bath, England and an American tourist came in the shop on 4th July. He was very surprised that we weren't celebrating Independence Day and asked why. Uuum, maybe because we LOST?
I don’t know if anyone will see this, but I hope so. I wish I could post screen shots here because the ss of this exchange is a prized possession.
I once tweeted about Brexit (prior to the referendum). An American guy replied telling me anyone who votes leave is weak for giving up their nationality and saying that we should just do as the American government “ordered” and stay put. I replied saying that whichever way one votes, they’ll do it based on what they believe will benefit them - not what Americans have to say about it. He replied that it’s a matter of international security. I asked why. He replied “Are yall really that stupid??? The UK will have to go somewhere and statistically it’s gonna be American waters. Y’all have a LOT of t3rrorists there and we don’t want em!!!” This guy genuinely thought the UK was *physically* moving away from Europe. I tried to explain the concept of the EU to this middle aged American guy, but apparently I was wrong.
Hope all my fellow Brits made the move to American waters safe and sound 🤞
Omg hilarious 😂😂
@@bertha322 genuinely one of my all time favourite Twitter interactions 😅
I enjoyed your first video on this, but - I just had to hit a dislike for dissing that Czech person for no reason. If she was stupid like US Americans, she wouldn't be so well spoken in a language which is not her mother tongue. She seems pretty smart in general, too, tbh.
I guess shitting on a person for no reason is that American arrogance/stupidity I'll never understand.
I had a friend in the US who worked for the FBI, and one year, she phoned me for my birthday. When she asked me what I was going to do for my birthday, I told her that we had celebrated my birthday the day before (which was my actual birthday). She asked me why I had celebrated the day before, and I told her that was my actual birthday. She said, "But isn't your birthday on the 25th?" I said yes, but today is the 26th. She said, "How can it be the 26th, when America is ahead of the rest of the world?" I had to tell her that America is actually behind the rest of the world and in regards to Australia, by nearly a whole day depending on where you live. I don't think she really believed me. Her boyfriend, who was in the US Marines, asked to speak to me, and one of the first things he said to me was that my English was really good. I told him it was probably because we spoke English in Australia. His reply was, "I didn't realise any European countries spoke English." I told him that Australia wasn't in Europe. It was in Asia. So he then asked me if my first language was Japanese or Chinese? American children really need to be taught that there is a world out there beyond their own borders and it is a lot bigger than they are aware of.
"I told him that Australia wasn't in Europe. It was in Asia."
I always thought that Australia was its own whole continent, completely separate from Asia. TIL, I guess.
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Yes technically Australia is its own continent, but we are situated in the Asia-Pacific region.
@@louise8001 To be fair, saying that Australia is in the Asia-Pacific region is quite different from saying Australia is in Asia.
We'd love to have you in Oz Ryan! Come on down!
I’m half indonesian and half Australian
I was born and raised in australia.
I had an american ask me ‘how can you be half a religion? Aren’t you supposed to commit to being a good Indonesian?’
This woman
Deadass thinks a country of 274 million is not a country.
An American asked me where I’m from, I answered that I’m from Dublin, Ireland. Their response… “ Ohh, so you’re British.” Wow!!! I’ve also heard an American say that Ireland is a city in the UK😂
To be fair Ireland was once recognised as a British country, although that was changed exactly 100 years ago lol.
I would probably assume people make the error today because Northern Ireland is part of the UK and they don't have any clue there's a separation between the North and the South, aswel as them just having no clue where Dublin is.
Ireland isn't a country who's history is tought a whole lot even here in NZ, and well it makes sense when you look at your history because your neighbour country happens to be the one that thought it was a good idea to go around and colonize all of us and constantly have wars with everybody in your area for hundreds or thousands of years maybe lol.
The only reason I know anything at all about Ireland is because I love Irish chicks and that is the sexiest accent on the planet haha. Sex makes the world go round and nothing can make a dude learn random shit more effectively than the influence of a woman lol.
We were invaded and subjugated for 800 years. We were the protype for colonisation for the British Empire. We were never willing British.
I met an American who thought Scotland was IN England. Conversation: "my husband is from Scotland" "Oh my gawsh I LOVE Scotland! Where in England is it?" "Uuuuuh....the north?"
I only recently found out that Wales is a country, like Scotland and Ireland, and not a district of England, like Essex. I just thought it had a strong sense of identity. I’m 🇨🇦, and was equating it to Quebec.
@@ihateusernamesgrrr Northern or Southern Irish?
The (modern) English name of Wales for Cymru (kumˈri - Brittonic for 'friends') originates from the Old English 'Wealh' which meant Briton; the Welsh are the descendants of the original indigenous population of Roman Britannia. 👍
Fascinating! Thanks 😊
Indeed, I'm Welsh and you are correct.🏴
My embarrassing moment of ignorance was finding out after 50 years of life that Wales was its own country in the United Kingdom, like Scotland and Ireland. I had been thinking it was a district of England, like Essex 🤦♀️ it always seemed to have a strong sense of independent identity, but then so does Quebec in 🇨🇦. Sigh. 🤷♀️
And then there’s the name “Wales”… which means the opposite 🙃
@@christinamann3640 To Class wales as a part of England is considered an insult, just like if you classed Scotland or Ireland as part of england.
Haha you have to relax! I love the whale story. That’s priceless. I’d like to talk to that lady. It would be mind expanding with no need for drugs or alcohol. 😂
It seems you’re struggling to understand what the rest of the world already knows
Ryan my old man told me never argue with an idiot they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
You can't reason with a idiot
very good advice🙏
I think your old man stole that quote from Mark Twain.
@@davidparris7167 David he was never charged with theft lol
@@charliew4823 Charlie, point taken. My old man, if he was displeased or frustrated with someone, would proclaim ''I am surrounded by an idiot''.
"It doesn't make sense that you can speak spanish when you're not mexican"
Spain: 😅😅
There is so many layers of wrong in that sentence.
I'm feeling and understand your pain Ryan. Just to put you at ease, we have these people here in Australia also.
Many years ago I brought my Spanish girlfriend over to Oz to introduce her to my family. We were at a family get together, and during the course of a conversation my uncle asked her if they used knives and forks in Spain. My girlfriend (later wife) was so offended. I think no matter wherever you go in the world it would be easy to make this video.
Once had a yank tell me that cows where invented in America😂
The scariest part is that so many of these come from teachers.
Only Germans will know how embarassing this was: I visited Cologne with a friend and their American cousins. I've told them, that Cologne is also famous for its special beer, "Kölsch". So we visited not only the cathedral but also a Biergarten at the Rhine River, not one of these tourist traps, one people living in cologne visit. With cologne typical food and drinks.
We ordered some food and beer. Kölsch comes normally in a small 0,2l glass. But the cousins (40 yrs old), whose aim was to get drunk as quickly as possible, insisted that they'd be given "a real German beer". They argued with the waitress and then even called the boss. In the end they got Kölsch in a Bavarian mug. 1l Kölsch.
My girlfriend and I were embarrassed, she said she just barely stopped the cousins from wearing their fake Lederhosen.
I find it very annoying that Americans often think that Germany is part of Bavaria. That's like thinking of the US as part of Texas. Not only New Yorkers would be offended.
Uff das ist wirklich krass. 😂😂😂
Don’t they teach the kids geography?? Or have the world map in schools?
In Australia we have geography in all levels of school.
I just assumed it was the same everywhere.
Americans have answered under other reaction videos like this,
that they have nowadays only in 4th or 5th grade between 1 or 2 Years of history classes (from context i believe about world history outside the USA) combined with simple geography to pinpoint where actually the country is they talking about.
and only later in college is the next time they can chose a Geography course
The number of times that we have had American tourists here in Cardiff say that they love it here in England. We're the capital city of Wales.
"You can google our independence day."
"OMG! You have google!?"
demolishing response: "No... YOU do. We just use it, thanks to your own network infrastructure."
trust me... *nobody* ever expects a tactical reflection.
Things change all the time and there is a different curriculum in every state, however it is my understanding that kids at primary school in Australia are generally taught where various countries are situated, their flags, cultures etc. I don't think the Philippines in Europe thing would ever fly here. Australia has a predominantly European culture similar to that of the US and many of us could possibly afford to be as insular in our thinking, however most people here have a curiosity regarding every other place on earth. It possibly helps that we have 2 public broadcasters that are well funded in the ABC and SBS, that devote a portion of their programming to documentaries and overseas matters. Our commercial news and current affairs television also brings us this information to a smaller degree. Apart from AFL, all of our other sports involve international competition and because Australia is so relatively young, most people can trace their ancestry back to the nation/s from which their ancestors migrated. I just think with Google and the internet these days, people have near infinite access to this sort of information. Before that there were encyclopedias.
The big thing is that most Australians are down-to-earth and kinder than most in the world.
@@encantodesol 😂😂😂😂
What's a stupid thing that an Australian has said.......
If you think Australians are the most "down-to-earth" and "kindest" you really need to travel more.
@@digby3618 like where to.......NARNIA???
@@encantodesol let's just say if you're representative of Australians; I've already won the argument!
@@digby3618 Not really; I am a wog.
When i was visiting the US I was in Colorado and someone asked me where I was from I told her Australia and she was like omg im so sorry we destroyed your language 🤔 I didn't know where to even begin to explain everything wrong about that comment so I said that's ok we do a good job of butchering it ourselves.
Self-irony can be a deadly weapon xD
But I suppose she didn't even understand? :D
Next for apologies England.😊
When I was in college in Texas, someone asked me where was I born and I said Singapore. He went, “You were born on a plane?” Cos yes, Singapore Airlines was and still is one of the top airlines in the world. I didn’t laugh at him cos Singapore is a tiny island.
It's not just Americans. I'm Australian born, Italian heritage. In 2013, I visited Uluru in the Northern Territory. An indigenous man was doing a talk about his culture. There was an Italian couple sitting nearby (they were tourists from Italy). The lady asked the indigenous man with all sincerity, if his people were allowed to marry white people. I died inside.
I waited until they left, approached the indigenous man and apologised to him on their behalf. He took it very well.
True story. 😞
There's more....the indigenous man was showing the visitors examples of traditional tools and hunting weapons. The Italian tourist asked, "do you still hunt like that?"
He replied with a wry smile, "Nah, we use a Ute (pick up truck) and rifles."
🤣🤣🤣
To be fair, 'interracial' marriage for our indigenous peoples only became lawful at a federal level with the introduction of the Marriage Act in 1961. Before that, states and territories were able to (and some did) restrict such marriages, subject to the approval of Aboriginal marriage applications by specified government representatives for each state. It wasn't until the 1971 census that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were even counted as part of the population......
@@anserbauer309 and Italian tourists would know all that? I don't think so
@@queenslanddiva Well, obviously if they knew that Australia had changed its laws to ensure marriage equality for Aboriginal people, they wouldn't have asked the question, right?
In the mid-20th Century, Australia, the US and South Africa were known throughout Europe (and the world) for their racist policies and laws and their fixation on 'white superiority'. It was well known, particularly among peoples whose family members had emigrated to these countries after WWII, that 'non-whites' were subject to marriage bans, limited citizenship and restrictions on voting. It was like that for most of those countries' histories post-colonisation.
It's quite possible that those tourists still held very outdated understandings of Australia's cultural landscape and were ignorant of the massive social changes that have taken place over the last 50 years....... which I acknowledge demonstrates a deep and abiding commitment to ignorance of a country they intended to visit; but that's how some people still see Australia.
@@anserbauer309 Remember who share the same gene pool.😟
The ignorance is astounding, more so in light of the fact that everyone is "connected" nowadays! What the heck are people connected to?
I think the arrogance and ignorance of Americans is why these sorts of tik tok’s exist, and why every other country on earth takes great pleasure in ripping into the US. I live in Wales, (it does exist) 🤣 and I got asked if I knew the Queen… like yeah, sure, she’s my next door neighbour… 🤦🏼♀️
Yeah. Currently attending uni in Wales, and during freshers week (the Queen died just before that started), I was approached by an international student from America who was surprised at how little we all seemed to care about the funeral. He was under the impression that we were all close friends with her and should have been absolutely devastated. Kinda cute, really.
All these clips are peak example of the Dunning Kruger effect, 😂😂 the less one knows about something, the more they are convinced that they are an expert.
The more one subsequently learns (ideally), the more they realize that they don't know anything.
Hence Americans making their half assed statements with full confidence. They don't know that they don't know.
And somehow they'll hear something, automatically assume it to be true and then boldly repeat this wisdom.
It just baffles me how seemingly few Americans feel the need to actively look up information and check things 😂
I worked as a server in a resort in Queensland. I looked after a large table of American tourists for lunch. The loudest most obnoxious woman at the table was the one that took the bill and after 1.5 hours of impeccable service no thankyou. I politely asked where they where off to next on their travels of Australia. She loudly says SID DIN NEY YEAHR. Sydney.😵💫 So I told the table of 10 Americans the fable of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The bridge was built to save the kangaroos that tried to swim across Sydney Harbour. So the bridge was built so kangaroos can safely get across. Be sure when travelling on the bridge to give way to ALL The migrating kangaroos and have your camera's ready!!
Gasps ! Oh WOW Ahhmazing we will sure look out for those roos. 🤭😂
My sister had a friend from the Yukon, where they loved to tell the tourists to watch out for the ‘great big’ grizzly bears if they wanted to go shopping downtown. 😂
you are doing God's Work my dear. bless you.
There's two things that are infinite
The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe
-Albert Einstein
Imagine an American college advisor asking someone they think speaks French as a first language why they would study their own language. They must have slept through their English composition classes.
😂😂😂
Haha I just love these videos keep them up 👍
Spent 3 weeks in Spain one summer doing an intensive Spanish language course, there was this girl in my class from Florida, she was there for a few weeks before starting university (UCLA). At the end of one class she asked the teacher (in english) which train she needed to get to go to Mexico, she wanted to spend the weekend there. We just stared confused. The teacher asked 'Mexico?' She confirmed. The teacher told her she needed a plane to go to Mexico. The girl just said 'Oh, I thought I could get a plane'. The teacher was trying hard not to laugh.
Aww Ryan, you make me laugh! Do you need a virtual hug?
In Amsterdam, an American couple asked me the way to the statue of Manneken Pis. It's in Brussels. To be honest, while it can be upsetting for us Europeans to hear people from the USA claim that Denmark is the capital of Germany or such things, in return I don't think all Europeans would be able to point for example, Idaho on a map of the US :-) And we have plenty of ignorant fools over here as well. Cheer up Ryan!
I know both! My family is from Den Haag, but I grew up in Boise. You know, I've actually met other Dutch people and Americans who speak Dutch in the Treasure Valley...though I can't say I've ever met anyone from Idaho in the Netherlands.
But Idaho is a state, Germany and Denmark are both countires.
Interestingly enough, I have heard from several Welsh people that Americans either don't believe Wales is a real country or can't guess where it is.
To be fair, up until recently I thought it was a part of England, like Essex. I figured it just had a strong sense of identity, but so does Quebec. 🤦♀️🤷♀️🇨🇦
Yes, I would believe that. Geography is a subject which is beyond comprehension for many Americans.
The dumbest thing about not believing other people would speak spanish if they're not mexican is that spanish is one of the most spoken languages across the world.
Right up there next to chinese.
And it originates from the European country called SPAIN, for those that think it comes from South America and just drifted upwind to the USA
@@gillcawthorn7572 well,the Spanish that is used world wide really comes from Castilla, a region of Spain, the country Spain has different lamguges and dialects, Catalan, Gallego, Andaluz, Basque to name a few.
@@westaussieeggs8867 OK , but is is still from Europe
If a Americans ask me where I'm from..I'll be telling them that I'm from Neverland..LOOL..🤣🤣🤣
Scots lass here. Ok so this comes from the first trip to America when I was 20. I land in Boston Massachusetts and hand over my passport to Border Security and I notice he's looking at me funny then he looks at the front of my passport, and looks at me again. This conversation ensues.
Officer: "Are you Miss Grant?"
Me: "Yes, Sir. I am."
O: "And you were born in Boston in 1985?"
Me: "Yes Sir, I was...March 15th 1985"
O: "Why do you have a British Passport when you claim to have been born here? Where's your American passport?"
Me: (takes a breath) "I was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, UK Sir." (Yes I know I'm a Scots lass born in England lol)
O: "It doesn't exist."
Me: "Oh trust me, it exists."
I then get detained for nearly an hour because I'm apparently 'lying' and being threatened with passport fraud. My mother is waiting for me on the other side of border worrying. A female officer comes to me with my passport and interrogates me.
Officer 2: "Are you Miss Grant?"
Me: "Yes ma'am. I am."
O2: "O1 says you claim to have been born here in Boston, yet you have a British passport?"
Me: "I was born in Boston, England ma'am. Not Boston Massachusetts."
O2: "It doesn't exist."
Me (sigh) I can assure you it very much does exist. Either phone the British consulate and I'm sure they can find my birth certificate or give me an atlas of the UK and I will show you where Boston is in England." (I didn't own a modern day smart phone back in 2005 so could not pull up a map on my phone.)
O2 leaves and comes back 10 minutes later with an atlas. I turn to the page detailing South East England and locate Boston.
Me: "Here..." (Points to Boston on map) Boston, Lincolnshire, England.
A tap on door followed by a man poking his head in
Officer 3: "Consolate responded. They located Miss Grant's birth certificate and confirm she was born in Pilgrim Hospital, Boston Lincolnshire England on March 15th 1985. She's free to go."
Officer turns to leave before biting his lip then pokes his head back in.
O3: "Consulate also said we should go back to School as Boston Massachusetts was named after Boston, England when we colonized the US." (Quickly shuts door. I'm trying really hard not to laugh and O2 is annoyed by calm.)
O2: "Well... I'm really sorry for the inconvenience ma'am, we hope you enjoy your holiday here in the USA."
Me: *Seeing funny side of all this* "Thanks. I'll remember to bring an atlas with me the next time I cross the border."
In high school, we were talking about Canada in Geography class and a girl asked "Isn't Quebec in Thailand?"... This was also the same girl who once asked in Chemistry what the Chemical formula for H2O was. Not the Chemical formula for water. She straight up said H2O.
Was this US or Canada?
@@christinamann3640 In the US.
@@yukikitsune7366 yikes
Obviously an American, right?
Oh Ryan, love your reaction to these. Don't worry about it too much, we have dumb Aussies too.
I had to giggle when you were talking about fake lands like 'Neverland' and all I had going through my head was, 'should I tell Ryan about The Netherlands?'
Haha
And I got news for him to. The is a very strong rumour that Australia is fake. Doesn't exist! 🤪🤣
@@sunisbest1234 haha yeah there are whole videos on why all Aussies are paid actors lol if only
@@calibie6370 we are owed a lot of back pay!
ha ha ha
Here in Australia, we can assure you, no one is chasing a green card to live in America.
You do know that every Country has their own share of stupid? It is just that there are so many Americans you see it more. Wasn’t helpful? Okay try this from Australia.
I sent my daughter to school speaking and counting in 4 languages. Her IQ is Mensa level and it was rare to have just one child at home with me who loved to learn anything. She started learning languages at two years old, she wasn’t fluent in all but she was good.
I got a note from her teacher after 2 weeks asking me to come in at lunchtime so she could show how stupid my child was. I went because she had my attention and I told her to show me how stupid my daughter was. She told her to count to 10 which she did perfectly in Italian and I told her that. I told her to please specify a language the next time and the teacher was embarrassed but then she made it worse.
She told me she didn’t realise with her colouring that she had Italian heritage, she doesn’t. She is very pale in colouring and when she was born her hair was so light it didn’t look blonde, it looked white. Then I wondered if the teacher knew in Southern Italy there were blonde Italians and dark Italians? I told her the other languages my baby spoke and she had a love for learning languages. No, none of them were a part of her heritage. I was scared that she was teaching my child for the rest of the year but my daughter just ignored her or corrected her when she was wrong. Yep, I got a letter about her correcting the teacher in front of others. I asked if she wrong and was told no because she always showed the teacher where she went wrong. Then I asked would she rather teach the wrong information? If not why didn’t she ask my child to check what was on the board before class started and she did. My daughters first child did the same thing for her grade 4 teacher. My Granddaughter is now a Genetic Research Scientist who came first in her Bachelors degree and first in a year of Honours and is just finishing getting her Masters and Doctorate. She teaches 3rd year Uni in Chemistry and Biology while she is finishing so she doesn’t need an outside job to live. We only have high achievers so stupid really stands out.
Stupidity isn't only an American trade, but when they do stupid, they go all in =)
It is true that "stupid" exists everywhere. But here in the US we are only 5% of the world's population so our percentage of stupid is astronomical compared to other countries.
@@ruthstaus409 I think that might have to do with the fact that Americans are so insular. You regularly hear Americans saying they are the best country on Earth and I think that is enough for them to think that they don't need to know about anything else.
@@WatchingDude We in Australia, also have world news on our regular news programs either radio or TV, that gives us an understanding of what going on in other countries around the world. In the US they only get US news, so unles they search for the information they remain ignorant of what is happen ing in other countries.
@@ruthstaus409, no. I don’t believe you have anymore stupid than any other Country. I do believe that teachers have very little power left over a class and it is becoming the same here. I also think it is because in America they lower the pass rates to keep a school’s levels up. Our teacher’s only power is to keep a child back if they don’t pass and they use it. I now know as an adult the teacher was being punished too.
Children today know the teacher cannot make them do homework. Or even sit and be quiet during class because they cannot discipline them anymore. I don’t mean using the cane. I mean having the right to keep someone in until they finish what should have been finished in class. My teachers used to keep us in at lunch, we would get 15 minutes to eat. Then we got to hear everyone playing and having fun, that only ever happened to me once. It was a mistake, she was looking at the book of the girl that sat next to me but I never corrected a teacher. We were raised to respect them and all adults. We were more scared of our Mother’s getting that rule wrong than the teachers. Not now and both of our Countries need to make some changes now.
About first case Paris being in Italy, I have to comment (I'm from Chile) I thought France and Italy both spoke french.
I also have to say that I has about 6 or 7 years old when I realized they spoke different languages.