see that statement i can understand because in the american school system most of the time geography is just put into history classes and isn’t its own separate class
SAME! Dude I asked my friend a couple of these and I'm like "How the-?" I know that this is our generation and everything but holy cow, I wish that I wasn't in this generation because God dang there's a lot of dumbness out there! (Not to mention the Freshmen, not all- this year they are so concerning!) 😅😭
SAME! Dude I asked my friend a couple of these and I'm like "How the-?" I know that this is our generation and everything but holy cow, I wish that I wasn't in this generation because God dang there's a lot of dumbness out there! (Not to mention the Freshmen, not all- this year they are so concerning!) 😅😭
I simply REFUSE to believe these people weren’t paid to come up with the most outlandish answers to these questions. Like we Gen-Z can be stupid but we can’t be THAT stupid
As a French person, I'm OFFENDED that I had to learn how many states there are in the USA when your Gen Z don't even know the capital of their own country. I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣
I'm a French person too, and weirdly, we have to learn how many states there is in United States, but we don't even know how many regions there is in France
I live in the U.S. and I promise you that these people are not indicative of an entire generation, I’m 22, and have known many people around my age that are much more informed about America.
As a European Gen-z seeing this it hurts. I admit, I'm not that good at math, but I'm certainly not that bad. I'm glad I could still give all the answers to these questions.. and even the rest of my school luckily too.
bruh european gen z here too I am terrible at math and I am still embarrassed for them HOW How is it that me a european can that was a bearly c student knows how many states there are and Americans don't whot that is basic of basic of basics
American here. I helped a friend by watching her son after school until she got home, and, yeah, I was pretty concerned about schools today. His friends just shared answers with each other on their papers and the teachers didn't care. Not sure how you retain anything that you don't have to strive for. Also worked with the teens in our church youth group who were unintentionally hilarious. Few understand analog clocks or have the months memorized. Scary.
As one apart of Gen Z who knew the answer to all the questions, I felt an indescribable swell of shame in my chest watching this. Society has failed once more
@@violetsanddragons yes they literally only show the bad ones, also some of them are under the influence of something lol and alot of these kids are anxious about being asked questions
as someone who graduated high school 2 years ago, i am physically pained by this video and refuse to believe they weren't paid to get every question wrong. that, or they just didn't include anyone who got the answers right
I live in Canada & graduated about 18 years ago & got them all right. I'm kind of thinking they may have just not included all the ones that got the questions right
as someone attending a community college... they do have graduations, but i promise you a lot of people act like this. really sadly, they don't know seemingly basic knowledge. Even in highschool, i swear I dealt with people like this
Yeah, not only England calls it football… the rest of the world does too. America is the only one that doesn’t call it football, they are the odd ones out.
When he asked how old she would be if she was born 10 years ago, and I can’t explain why, but stupid me actually had hope they would answer it right. Then she shattered my (relatively small) confidence in humanity instead
I try to make myself feel better thinking he interviewed multiple people, who knew the answers, but only showed the cringe clips. I have to believe that. I. Have. To.
A high-schooler relative of mine couldn't tell you where Japan was, but could tell you about the detailed history of something that happened in Japan. It's like they teach history without showing the students a map. That's my theory why these kids kept saying, "idk history," when talking about geography.
Often they teach geography as part of history class. A lot of schools don't have a specific geography class outside of high school electives. For part of my Euro History class we always had to memorize the map of countries of each test unit. I always did poorly placing them exactly, but knew the general area.
I was a person that hated history classes but I still got high 80s in the classes and grades in the 80s on state tests I had to pass in history. Geography was my jam. I literally had no interest in the rehashing of US history. It was incredibly boring. I did better with two years (we do two years in New York, with a whole year on a certain timeframe and then a second year on a different timeframe. For example, global 1 would be pre-1776 worldwide, and then Global 2 would be post-1776. Then we'd have a year in high school (3rd year) of purely US history and then 4th/last year it was half a year of economics and half a year of Participation on Government (like laws, voting, policy, etc). The Harlem Renaissance was the only interesting part of American history. That and learning about the different American Indian/Native American tribes (we actually visited a camp in 7th grade and got to live like they did for a day because our teacher was part Mohawk).
@@jellynellye well it could be better , always, but at least we know where Utah is ! We know Chicago is a city , we know what language people from Idaho speak , how many states there are in the USA , how many seasons there are , minutes in a half hour , continents and lots more the 3 countries …we even know what D.C means ! Frankly it is shameful to even criticize someone who speaks the truth just cause you are butt hurt by the stupidity of your people’s youth !
I'm always cautious to believe some of these quiz in the street vids because some of them are edited intentionally to make them look stupid - cutting in answers for other questions. However that being said, I learnt more general knowledge after I left school. High school absolutely failed this generation because it hasn't changed or adapted its ways of teaching. A one size fits all doesn't work. Also love your vids, Dylan 🥰
storytime: when i was in middle school - to pretty much graduating highschool, i was extremely, extremely depressed. i lost my parents and missed out on a TON of school and my teachers pretty much just looked the other way because I'd miss school and honestly tell them I was too sad to come. anyway - this resulted in me missing out on a ton of 'common knowledge' classes like geography, history etc and I was always so embarrassed because I felt like I was behind everyone and that I was secretly the dumbest person in the room but listening to videos like these... these are all genuinely common knowledge things. like these are things you learn just by being a human and interacting with at least somewhat smart and knowledgeable people. forget textbooks, if you read, AT ALL, you'll come across most if not all of this info. obviously, the bar is extremely low, but I haven't heard a single question that I couldn't answer in this video. so clearly, not all about school lol
I love u for this, like fr these are the most basic questions you know from life. Even for me who is not american and didn't learn abt all the states and stuffin school ( I am from europe, i know suprise suprise) + I've never felt like a "smart" kid in school, let say I was regular yk and still got 95% questions right :-)
It's really not all about school! Even if you watch any movies or shows at all you would know most of these. I'm European so I don't really have to know the answers to the questions geared towards Americans, and I still know most of them. It's really not that hard, please 😭
Here in Brazil we make fun of US gringos for being dumb, but I didn't know it was that serious. I laughed with hand on my conscience, because that's funny and worrying at the same time.
Certeza que exageraram, mas também não muito. Minha amiga passou um ano nos EUA e teve que ir pro high school deles, e sem piada, a prova de matemática deles era passar metro pra quilômetro e pra milimetro, pq eles não usam o sistema métrico, então todo mundo se fudendo lá, e ela só acrescentando zero e botando vírgula (ponto, na real, pq eles usam ponto pra decimais). Na verdade, o ensino médio deles é muito mais fácil que o nosso, eles tem créditos de cada disciplina pra cumprir e depois vem as eletivas e os clubes lá. A minha amiga que não era a mais estudiosa virou straight A honor student na escola dela lá e ganhou até certificados de leitura e tudo.
The only one I can forgive is the 3x3x3, because I have dyscalculia and that one was so difficult for me 😂 I’m not even American and I can answer all the other questions
I am not american, I know the answers to most of the questions, but this motivates me to leave my phone and grab a book, I can feel my brain letting all the prior knowledge I have slip away to make space for pop culture. Thank you Dylan (?
I'm old and don't fit into this generation. But I will play devils advocate here... People get nervous with a camera in their face and won't question the questions. Like which state is Utah in... As a Canadian (yeah, we're a country. Mostly.) I know that Utah is a state, so I'm sure these kids do too. But the way it was worded was a trick, and cameras make you nervous. They used to do a show called Talking to Americans, where a Canadian would interview Americans on the street with similar questions about Canada. It was hilarious, but a little part of me felt bad for laughing because again, if you ask a trick question and they are under pressure... I can't say I wouldn't look stupid myself. Also, I want to have hope for the future. Edit: I watched the rest of the video. I am... Struggling to continue to defend them, and I no longer have hope for the future.
Yeah you can find a fuzzy version of it on YT. Rick Mercer is still great... I love the one where the 9 year old proves he's more intelligent than his mother lol
Yeah I've been on one of these roadside interviews and it did not go well lol. I panicked so much i said a stupid answer. But it was more of an opinion type interview though, not a q and a one which would be easier to answer
The continent question is odd because it depends on where you went to school. I was always taught 7, however, some places are taught only 4 and now there is Zealandia which might be considered its own. There was an entire month where I just watched geography videos. Interesting stuff.
@@chrishusted9296 If you say dozen, it's 12. If you say /baker's dozen/, only then is it 13. There's a distinction, so it's really not a trick question at all.
I’m in my 30s and I am sorry to say these individuals are smarter than the people I went to high school and college with. We used to do trivia games in class and the answers my peers gave just made me feel so bad for all the teachers who spent their time trying to impart knowledge. And yes, I’m from the USA.
Same. I was seen as the smart kid cuz I knew how to pay attention and still to this day people try to tell me idk what I'm talking about, even after showing multiple times.
@@celianunn2070 I remember those days. People have learned not to try arguing with me. Not only will I be right, I’ll know exactly how to prove I’m right. Case in point, the Navy is in my family. I had a substitute teacher tell me my surname (I’m not giving it out) is spelled wrong. I explained that sextant is Not my last name. That my surname is actually a position in the church. This idiot told me I was wrong so I got the dictionary and looked up both words, then had him read the definitions. I was 12 years old. He was probably in his late 20s/early 30s. I’ve had many similar encounters since.
@@kailyns8159 Yea same. I don't know why but I've had to do that 3-5 times to the same person and they would still be adamant that I was wrong. Idk if it's cuz I was "shy" (I didn't talk unless I had something to say" when I was younger, or if my demeanor comes off as someone who would easily change my mind. IDK. I'm 28, and this still happens.
@@celianunn2070 That sounds like a very stupid or very stubborn person. If not both. I wish I could say it gets better. But the truth is it doesn’t. There will always be some moron who is convinced he or she knows everything and you couldn’t possibly be right. I was born with 3 very rare medical problems. After knowing me 18 years, my best friend told me one of my medical issues didn’t exist and that I couldn’t have the symptoms I was having. I just stared at him like “are you sure you want to be schooled right now?” He remained adamant that I had told him the wrong condition. So I said “would you like to see the giant binders I’ve got chock full of my history with this condition that doesn’t exist? I’ve got 30 years of medical documentation.” And for some reason he decided to argue that I couldn’t have that many medical papers. At that point I lost it. There is 1 thing in this world that I know more about than anyone: my health. So if you have the gall to tell me I don’t know what I’m talking about, you better be prepared for the rage coming your way in response. I have been hospitalized a lot of times over what seemed like minor symptoms. I know when something is wrong. Shoot, I just saved my life in March by recognizing that I was turning yellow because my liver was in trouble.
As a teacher I can confirm. But I have to say...everyone is trying to blame the schools but in my honest opinion from what i've seen it has nothing to do with what is taught in the classroom but what media the students are consuming in their free time. When I was growing up we watched tv shows that explored things like history in a fun way or at least made intelligent jokes about history and/or science facts. magic school bus, mr rogers, boy meets world, game shows, etc. It was carefully crafted and scripted by networks and educated adults. Even the stupid jokes referenced facts and trivia and would reinforce things learned at school. That's how we all know the basic information needed to answer the questions in this video. Now all the kids are watching these days is content made by their peers or adults who are just trying to go viral and get views. Slime videos, pranks, memes, dances, challenges, drama, thirst traps, fail videos! It's what I call "serotonin shot" content, which is fine in moderation but I feel that's all they get anymore!
for the continents: the answer will be different depending on which country you're from; many countries learn that there are 6 continents, US citizens (for example) learn that there are 7, because they separate the america by "the americaS" (north and south) and a lot of countries just know about americA, the whole continent divided by 3 subregions (north, central and south)
@@ashmeeta2826 Even if that is true it would still be 6 because there's north America, south America, Europe + Asia, Africa, Australia, and then antartica
Oh my days here we go. Wait Dylan is unrecognisable without his nose ring. 😂 The fact that I’m Aussie and know that the DC stands for District of Columbia, is something else 😂
I took a history class my freshman year in college, and was shocked by how little people new about these basic questions in the video. My professor was hardcore and made us learn all the geography and history dates for the exams though, so hopefully it actually stuck.
I'm Canadian and I knew the answers but it's sad to see so many young people who either don't care or can't be bothered to learn more about the world outside their bubble.
I always try to take comfort when watching these kinds of videos, that they only show the people who get the answers wrong, and some people answered the questions correctly.
The continent question is actually tricky because there are 3 main theories/versions of it that all are taught in schools around the world. It can be either 7, 6 or 5 depending on definition of continent you are using.
the sad thing is that there are some states that completely educate their students and other states that don’t. curriculum in the United States varies from county to county, let alone state to state. it’s not the same everywhere. i knew the answers to all of these things, but my parents were super particular with where we lived, where i want to school, and which classes i took
as someone who dropped out of school in 9th grade but could still answer these questions correct in a heartbeat I’d love to know what state education these people had😂
As someone who lives in California, the moment Dylan went, "yeah, LA isn't the capital of California" I felt so proud. I was like "it's Sacramento," and then he immediately goes, "it's not Sacramento, is it." So close Dylan, so close.☠
By the time Dylan's book comes out, technology will be so advanced that the book wrote itself
It will be downloaded straight to our brains.
been waiting for this book for far too long.
😂😂
I hope he sees this 🤣
Don't be too sure about that, look at how smart "the future" is 😅
Dylan trying to explain the 60miles per hour question is like a dad explaining math problems: they are just repeating the question louder and louder 😂
EXACTLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Literally 💀💀💀
HAHAHA YES 😂😂😂
But the problem is literally the answer so I say it’s warranted. Lol
@@jld4063 no yeah, for sure. Idk how they didn’t get it 😂 we just meant like how he progressively gets louder is such a dad thing 😂😂
Watching these people answer questions makes me feel WAY smarter than I actually am💀
Same
Same and I think I'm pretty dumb
fr same
Same lmao
"There is no way these people are sober" is the lie I am telling myself. Maybe this was filmed on 4/20?
5:43 everyone confusing history and geography is giving the same energy as him saying “I’m not a botanist” when talking about animals 😂
lmao it is dumb but i understand why. in all the schools ive ever been too, we never had a geography class. geography was just taught in history
The thing is a lot of this is mismatched. They ask a question, and use their answer from another question to make them look stvpid.
see that statement i can understand because in the american school system most of the time geography is just put into history classes and isn’t its own separate class
As an American gen z, I promise we're not all this uneducated 💀😭 (This actually made me feel way smarter than I thought)
Good luck for your generation. Not that mine made a better job in my country.
Of course they aren't these people stand outside for hours looking for people to give these answers
SAME! Dude I asked my friend a couple of these and I'm like "How the-?" I know that this is our generation and everything but holy cow, I wish that I wasn't in this generation because God dang there's a lot of dumbness out there! (Not to mention the Freshmen, not all- this year they are so concerning!) 😅😭
SAME! Dude I asked my friend a couple of these and I'm like "How the-?" I know that this is our generation and everything but holy cow, I wish that I wasn't in this generation because God dang there's a lot of dumbness out there! (Not to mention the Freshmen, not all- this year they are so concerning!) 😅😭
actualy the anwers were edited they asked them diferent questions then spliced up the clips
I simply REFUSE to believe these people weren’t paid to come up with the most outlandish answers to these questions. Like we Gen-Z can be stupid but we can’t be THAT stupid
oh, there are people like this
@@gisela_oliveira yeah 😔 you’re right
yeah there's no way you go through life not knowing what a season is.
Yeah, and I feel like they took out the interviews of any right answers.
@@IchigoHinasaki girl, ive had to explain a season to some people
but dylan… you’re gen z. you’re 20 years old
this comment 😭😭
Fr
No hes not, hes not wearing a nose ring in this video, he's aged
Fuck I hope he pins this 😂😂😂😂😂😂
he’s 31…?
The fact that he doesn’t tell them they’re wrong after- physically hurts me 🗿😂
As a member of Gen Z, I can only agree and sincerely apologise. (But I'm not American so hopefully there is less to apologise for)
If you're British there is, in fact, more to apologize for.
@@shane_impala THIS HAS ME ROLLING HAHAHAH
@@shane_impala I disagree, greatly. Literally only in America 😭.
I'm from Portugal so i'm good👍 I don't have much to apologize for
Even us Canadians are slightly smarter! Lol
As a French person, I'm OFFENDED that I had to learn how many states there are in the USA when your Gen Z don't even know the capital of their own country.
I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣
wait we did?
I never even had to learn it and I still just knew the answers coz they were in my brain somewhere idk how they got there 😭
Yeah, we had to learn how to name every country, for this.
I'm a French person too, and weirdly, we have to learn how many states there is in United States, but we don't even know how many regions there is in France
I live in the U.S. and I promise you that these people are not indicative of an entire generation, I’m 22, and have known many people around my age that are much more informed about America.
As a European Gen-z seeing this it hurts. I admit, I'm not that good at math, but I'm certainly not that bad. I'm glad I could still give all the answers to these questions.. and even the rest of my school luckily too.
bruh european gen z here too I am terrible at math and I am still embarrassed for them HOW
How is it that me a european can that was a bearly c student knows how many states there are and Americans don't whot that is basic of basic of basics
@@charko4191 hahaha, indeed
@@charko4191 the videos are edited genius
@@Eeeeerisssss what's your point
@@Eeeeerisssss what's your point
American here. I helped a friend by watching her son after school until she got home, and, yeah, I was pretty concerned about schools today. His friends just shared answers with each other on their papers and the teachers didn't care. Not sure how you retain anything that you don't have to strive for. Also worked with the teens in our church youth group who were unintentionally hilarious. Few understand analog clocks or have the months memorized. Scary.
parents also contribute to this. they’re enablers. parents don’t go over this stuff with them to make sure they know what they should
Dylan explainin the 60 miles per hour question is the typical dad explaining a math question
Core memory unlocked….not a good one 😂😭
bleep bloop
as a European I can assure you- it's not just America 😉
It really is just the US💀
@@QManagerin I concur, it’s everywhere 🙈
Literally 🤣😭
@@QManagerin true but there’s way more of it in America
As one apart of Gen Z who knew the answer to all the questions, I felt an indescribable swell of shame in my chest watching this. Society has failed once more
The girl in the lesbian tank top, I'm like queen you're making us look bad. They have to be putting in just the stupid answers for this?
@@violetsanddragons yes they literally only show the bad ones, also some of them are under the influence of something lol and alot of these kids are anxious about being asked questions
This video actually enraged me
society has always been a failure and forever will be 🤗
If you're going to write a comment to tell people you're not stupid, and least make sure the spelling/grammar is correct... 🙄
I love how when Dylan actually posts on Monday it’s on the wrong channel
Oh my it really is Monday. I didn't even notice to be honest that he posted on Monday for once
this deserves way more likes, it didn’t even dawn on me that it was Monday 😭
and the wrong video lol
This makes me cry… I’m Asian & I don’t live in the US, but I can even answer some of the questions pertaining to America.
as someone who graduated high school 2 years ago, i am physically pained by this video and refuse to believe they weren't paid to get every question wrong. that, or they just didn't include anyone who got the answers right
I live in Canada & graduated about 18 years ago & got them all right. I'm kind of thinking they may have just not included all the ones that got the questions right
They def paid them to get it wrong. There’s no way anyone born in American doesn’t know what Utah is
I graduated 10 years ago and I got all of them right.
@@skyllarkuppinger6751honestly I wouldn’t put it past that some US citizens wouldn’t know these answers. We are pretty dumb.
@@nattievoicesagreed but theres no way that people who grew up in america don’t know these basic things
He has to be cutting out the footage of people getting it right cause there’s no way
But the fact that this many people are still in the video is concerning
The channel the video came from definitely has a certain….. agenda let’s say lol they went looking to try and make people look stupid
Dylan, you are Gen Z, you're supposed to defend us
Dude, i know the nose ring fooled you, but he's a millenial soooooo.... xD
He doesn't have his nose ring on in this video, so he's a millennial here
@@ShadowWolf1307 There's a running joke on his channel that he's actually only 20. Hence, the people saying he's Gen Z lol
@@OceanBlvd5SOS I know... but that was kind of also what I was playing to here... guess it's a whoooosh
@@ShadowWolf1307 Lol I wasn't sure if you were tryna be funny or if you were serious. Sorry.
as an Asian gen z, i invented the answers to these questions 2 years before i was born.
I absolutely believed this at first but the more it went on the less I believed it. There is absolutely no way these people aren't getting paid.
Alas, people this daft do exist. I've encountered them in person.
as someone attending a community college... they do have graduations, but i promise you a lot of people act like this. really sadly, they don't know seemingly basic knowledge. Even in highschool, i swear I dealt with people like this
On a real note, your editor is popping off. These edits are so funny and theh compliment your presence and sarcastic humor perfectly.
Ikr some of them had me wheezing
Did Dylan just go a whole video without his nose ring? I’m impressed. Character development right there
Dylan’s really gonna make fun of people when he’s out here thinking a nose ring is a time machine
😂😂 violation
and which he still forgot to put on loll
Nah he purposely kept it off so we wouldn’t be able to identify him as a Gen Z cuz of this video so he can get away with not being called stupid. Lmao
@@jiminsjams1013 he doesn’t want to be associated with us anymore 😂
🤣🤣
Yeah, not only England calls it football… the rest of the world does too. America is the only one that doesn’t call it football, they are the odd ones out.
Australia also doesn’t call it football…
"if you're born 10 years ago how old are you?"
"Twelve"
Yeah if you're Korean maybe😂😂😂
no bc it would be 11 in korean age so it’s still wrong
YESS! One of my favorite things about Ooga Booga is that every time I see a video uploaded that I didn’t expect, my day is already brightened
When he asked how old she would be if she was born 10 years ago, and I can’t explain why, but stupid me actually had hope they would answer it right. Then she shattered my (relatively small) confidence in humanity instead
I try to make myself feel better thinking he interviewed multiple people, who knew the answers, but only showed the cringe clips. I have to believe that. I. Have. To.
A high-schooler relative of mine couldn't tell you where Japan was, but could tell you about the detailed history of something that happened in Japan. It's like they teach history without showing the students a map. That's my theory why these kids kept saying, "idk history," when talking about geography.
Often they teach geography as part of history class. A lot of schools don't have a specific geography class outside of high school electives. For part of my Euro History class we always had to memorize the map of countries of each test unit. I always did poorly placing them exactly, but knew the general area.
I was a person that hated history classes but I still got high 80s in the classes and grades in the 80s on state tests I had to pass in history. Geography was my jam. I literally had no interest in the rehashing of US history. It was incredibly boring. I did better with two years (we do two years in New York, with a whole year on a certain timeframe and then a second year on a different timeframe. For example, global 1 would be pre-1776 worldwide, and then Global 2 would be post-1776. Then we'd have a year in high school (3rd year) of purely US history and then 4th/last year it was half a year of economics and half a year of Participation on Government (like laws, voting, policy, etc). The Harlem Renaissance was the only interesting part of American history. That and learning about the different American Indian/Native American tribes (we actually visited a camp in 7th grade and got to live like they did for a day because our teacher was part Mohawk).
"how many seasons are there?" ...why did my brain immediately go "of what show?" 😭
Mine too😅😅
same 😭
Because the question before that was about the Kardashians. At least that's what I thought about
Are you Gen Z?
JESS?!?! Omg i love ur reactions & finding out ur a troublemaker makes it even better 🥺
I LOVE THE EDITING!!! ❤❤❤
It makes it sooo much funnier 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
As a European with an existent school system, this was PAINFUL
do you mean non-existent
Your grammar is painful
It’s *existing
@@jellynellye well it could be better , always, but at least we know where Utah is ! We know Chicago is a city , we know what language people from Idaho speak , how many states there are in the USA , how many seasons there are , minutes in a half hour , continents and lots more the 3 countries …we even know what D.C means ! Frankly it is shameful to even criticize someone who speaks the truth just cause you are butt hurt by the stupidity of your people’s youth !
@@ananasbanana At least one probably knows how to communicate intelligibly in more then one language 😊
@@SakiBlablabla *Than
Way to contradict yourself
I’m not a monolingual
Love that he didn't wear a nose ring so that he didn't have to lump himself in with the stupidity😂😂
The new editor is knocking it outta the park! Matches your energy great
frrr !!
So true! I’m entertained by both of them. 😂
I'm always cautious to believe some of these quiz in the street vids because some of them are edited intentionally to make them look stupid - cutting in answers for other questions. However that being said, I learnt more general knowledge after I left school. High school absolutely failed this generation because it hasn't changed or adapted its ways of teaching. A one size fits all doesn't work. Also love your vids, Dylan 🥰
storytime: when i was in middle school - to pretty much graduating highschool, i was extremely, extremely depressed. i lost my parents and missed out on a TON of school and my teachers pretty much just looked the other way because I'd miss school and honestly tell them I was too sad to come. anyway - this resulted in me missing out on a ton of 'common knowledge' classes like geography, history etc and I was always so embarrassed because I felt like I was behind everyone and that I was secretly the dumbest person in the room but listening to videos like these... these are all genuinely common knowledge things. like these are things you learn just by being a human and interacting with at least somewhat smart and knowledgeable people. forget textbooks, if you read, AT ALL, you'll come across most if not all of this info. obviously, the bar is extremely low, but I haven't heard a single question that I couldn't answer in this video. so clearly, not all about school lol
I love u for this, like fr these are the most basic questions you know from life. Even for me who is not american and didn't learn abt all the states and stuffin school ( I am from europe, i know suprise suprise) + I've never felt like a "smart" kid in school, let say I was regular yk and still got 95% questions right :-)
@Nina Cael I hope you're doing better now! You're way smarter than you realize and I'm so happy you're with us today!!!
You are very right, and I hope you’re doing better now! Sending prayers your way
It's really not all about school! Even if you watch any movies or shows at all you would know most of these. I'm European so I don't really have to know the answers to the questions geared towards Americans, and I still know most of them. It's really not that hard, please 😭
@@popuri48 yeah it’s not hard but a lot of these common questions just don’t stick LOL (aka me not being able to answer some of the questions)
As an Idahoan I can confirm that Japan is required learning in Elementary School. We're all fluent.
Yeah we speak Japan here
Not true. I only learned United States fluently, but did learn some France as an elective. Some kids learned Spain. None learned Japan.
That guy somehow managed to interview the kids who didn't pay attention in school 💀
Here in Brazil we make fun of US gringos for being dumb, but I didn't know it was that serious. I laughed with hand on my conscience, because that's funny and worrying at the same time.
igual ele falou, esse povo foi pago, pq não é possível... as dos países e das estações do ano me quebrou
Exatamente, eu escolhi acreditar que isso é zoeira
o fato deles saberem os nomes de todas as kardashians mas não saberem quantas estações existem...me quebrou dms KKKK
Certeza que exageraram, mas também não muito. Minha amiga passou um ano nos EUA e teve que ir pro high school deles, e sem piada, a prova de matemática deles era passar metro pra quilômetro e pra milimetro, pq eles não usam o sistema métrico, então todo mundo se fudendo lá, e ela só acrescentando zero e botando vírgula (ponto, na real, pq eles usam ponto pra decimais). Na verdade, o ensino médio deles é muito mais fácil que o nosso, eles tem créditos de cada disciplina pra cumprir e depois vem as eletivas e os clubes lá. A minha amiga que não era a mais estudiosa virou straight A honor student na escola dela lá e ganhou até certificados de leitura e tudo.
I promise we’re not all this dumb I’m so sorry🫠🤣
The only one I can forgive is the 3x3x3, because I have dyscalculia and that one was so difficult for me 😂 I’m not even American and I can answer all the other questions
I am not american, I know the answers to most of the questions, but this motivates me to leave my phone and grab a book, I can feel my brain letting all the prior knowledge I have slip away to make space for pop culture. Thank you Dylan (?
9:39 *my dad trying to teach me math at 3am on the kitchen table*
Gotta give props to Dylan’s editor because his made me laugh through the entire video and of course Dylan is excellent as always
11:50 District of Columbia… I’ll throw as many rocks as I want to lol
As a native Utahn, I appreciate everyone’s response on that one 😂
Me too 😂
I guess you're a Michigander now!
@@omegasage777 seriously! Apparently! 😂
@@DupreeBlosch it’s ok, I don’t want people who don’t know what we are here anyway 😂 they definitely won’t be able to find us on a map!
They're definitely cherry-picking answers LMAO. That said, the fact ANYONE answered incorrectly is embarrassing.
I'd rather read a book about how high schoolers acted when Dylan was in high school than however the heck they act now.
I just failed a microbiology oral test and I'm crying, I hope this makes me feel less dumb and bad about myself 🤧
I'm old and don't fit into this generation. But I will play devils advocate here... People get nervous with a camera in their face and won't question the questions. Like which state is Utah in... As a Canadian (yeah, we're a country. Mostly.) I know that Utah is a state, so I'm sure these kids do too. But the way it was worded was a trick, and cameras make you nervous.
They used to do a show called Talking to Americans, where a Canadian would interview Americans on the street with similar questions about Canada. It was hilarious, but a little part of me felt bad for laughing because again, if you ask a trick question and they are under pressure... I can't say I wouldn't look stupid myself.
Also, I want to have hope for the future.
Edit: I watched the rest of the video. I am... Struggling to continue to defend them, and I no longer have hope for the future.
Yeah you can find a fuzzy version of it on YT. Rick Mercer is still great... I love the one where the 9 year old proves he's more intelligent than his mother lol
Yeah I've been on one of these roadside interviews and it did not go well lol. I panicked so much i said a stupid answer. But it was more of an opinion type interview though, not a q and a one which would be easier to answer
The continent question is odd because it depends on where you went to school.
I was always taught 7, however, some places are taught only 4 and now there is Zealandia which might be considered its own.
There was an entire month where I just watched geography videos. Interesting stuff.
You can argue a dozen is a little bit of a trick question because a dozen can be 13.
@@chrishusted9296 If you say dozen, it's 12. If you say /baker's dozen/, only then is it 13. There's a distinction, so it's really not a trick question at all.
I’m in my 30s and I am sorry to say these individuals are smarter than the people I went to high school and college with. We used to do trivia games in class and the answers my peers gave just made me feel so bad for all the teachers who spent their time trying to impart knowledge. And yes, I’m from the USA.
Same. I was seen as the smart kid cuz I knew how to pay attention and still to this day people try to tell me idk what I'm talking about, even after showing multiple times.
@@celianunn2070 I remember those days. People have learned not to try arguing with me. Not only will I be right, I’ll know exactly how to prove I’m right. Case in point, the Navy is in my family. I had a substitute teacher tell me my surname (I’m not giving it out) is spelled wrong. I explained that sextant is Not my last name. That my surname is actually a position in the church. This idiot told me I was wrong so I got the dictionary and looked up both words, then had him read the definitions. I was 12 years old. He was probably in his late 20s/early 30s.
I’ve had many similar encounters since.
@@kailyns8159 Yea same. I don't know why but I've had to do that 3-5 times to the same person and they would still be adamant that I was wrong. Idk if it's cuz I was "shy" (I didn't talk unless I had something to say" when I was younger, or if my demeanor comes off as someone who would easily change my mind. IDK. I'm 28, and this still happens.
@@celianunn2070 That sounds like a very stupid or very stubborn person. If not both. I wish I could say it gets better. But the truth is it doesn’t. There will always be some moron who is convinced he or she knows everything and you couldn’t possibly be right.
I was born with 3 very rare medical problems. After knowing me 18 years, my best friend told me one of my medical issues didn’t exist and that I couldn’t have the symptoms I was having. I just stared at him like “are you sure you want to be schooled right now?” He remained adamant that I had told him the wrong condition. So I said “would you like to see the giant binders I’ve got chock full of my history with this condition that doesn’t exist? I’ve got 30 years of medical documentation.” And for some reason he decided to argue that I couldn’t have that many medical papers. At that point I lost it. There is 1 thing in this world that I know more about than anyone: my health. So if you have the gall to tell me I don’t know what I’m talking about, you better be prepared for the rage coming your way in response. I have been hospitalized a lot of times over what seemed like minor symptoms. I know when something is wrong. Shoot, I just saved my life in March by recognizing that I was turning yellow because my liver was in trouble.
As a teacher I can confirm. But I have to say...everyone is trying to blame the schools but in my honest opinion from what i've seen it has nothing to do with what is taught in the classroom but what media the students are consuming in their free time. When I was growing up we watched tv shows that explored things like history in a fun way or at least made intelligent jokes about history and/or science facts. magic school bus, mr rogers, boy meets world, game shows, etc. It was carefully crafted and scripted by networks and educated adults. Even the stupid jokes referenced facts and trivia and would reinforce things learned at school. That's how we all know the basic information needed to answer the questions in this video. Now all the kids are watching these days is content made by their peers or adults who are just trying to go viral and get views. Slime videos, pranks, memes, dances, challenges, drama, thirst traps, fail videos! It's what I call "serotonin shot" content, which is fine in moderation but I feel that's all they get anymore!
for the continents: the answer will be different depending on which country you're from; many countries learn that there are 6 continents, US citizens (for example) learn that there are 7, because they separate the america by "the americaS" (north and south) and a lot of countries just know about americA, the whole continent divided by 3 subregions (north, central and south)
Some also say five because many scientists and geographers have started saying Asia and Europe are one continent aka Eurasia
@@ashmeeta2826 That goes to show why Gen Z doesn't know basic things: They are being taught the wrong answers XD
@@ashmeeta2826 Even if that is true it would still be 6 because there's north America, south America, Europe + Asia, Africa, Australia, and then antartica
@@Sarah-mw9ny I guess it could be five if you combine the Americas. Also, is it Australia or Oceania?
@@Sarah-mw9ny I mean if you Say the Americas as one then Eurasia it's 5
As a Gen Z American I apologize on behalf my generation. Not all of us are like that though. I promise 🤣
Its fake sis
I refuse to believe that these people are not being paid to say the wrong answers
I feel kind of smart after watching this.
Thank you to all the people in those interviews.
Oh my days here we go. Wait Dylan is unrecognisable without his nose ring. 😂
The fact that I’m Aussie and know that the DC stands for District of Columbia, is something else 😂
me screaming all the answers at the screen like they’ll hear me 😭
tearing my hair out over this one Dylan, thank you
watching this kind of videos is kind of a guilty pleasure so watching dylan reacting to em is so funny
I don’t even know how this guy finds so many people who can’t answer these easy questions😭
He went to america
Money
I'm not sure what's worse. These kids not knowing, or Dylan *also* not knowing.
I took a history class my freshman year in college, and was shocked by how little people new about these basic questions in the video. My professor was hardcore and made us learn all the geography and history dates for the exams though, so hopefully it actually stuck.
This hurts... this physically hurts me... this is my "He's All That" moment.
Nice to hear about the hard work Dylan's been putting in for his book...respect
I'm Canadian and I knew the answers but it's sad to see so many young people who either don't care or can't be bothered to learn more about the world outside their bubble.
I always try to take comfort when watching these kinds of videos, that they only show the people who get the answers wrong, and some people answered the questions correctly.
7:49 acting as if im gonna be alive when his book comes out
15:45 isn’t actually a typo, there is no flaw in using “would’ve” in place of “would have”!
Indeed, I think he just undermined the point of the video. Maybe brain death admits of degrees?
There’s no way this isn’t fake.
4:36 not me smiling when Dylan called me “baby” 💀
What makes me sad is how little they're trying :( I understand being put on the spot, but so many of the answers are just "I don't know"
The continent question is actually tricky because there are 3 main theories/versions of it that all are taught in schools around the world. It can be either 7, 6 or 5 depending on definition of continent you are using.
Yes!! When I was in school I was taught it was 7 and my kids were taught there is 6
Except no one even came close to any of those answers.
@@Sleve-McDichael Oh, I agree. I know that they didn't even know that it was a tricky question
4, since there's people who only combine Europe and Asia, and others who only combine the Americas.
“Oo sexy roll there Dylan” got me weak🤣🤣🤣
11:40 obviously it means da capital
💀💀💀
Can confirm as a Gen Z’er. The future is in deep trouble. We are ignorant to much of reality
I had a history exam 2 days go, these *adults* trying and failing to answer these questions gives me hope that I passed
As an educator…I looked like Cynthia from Rugrats before the video was over
the sad thing is that there are some states that completely educate their students and other states that don’t. curriculum in the United States varies from county to county, let alone state to state. it’s not the same everywhere. i knew the answers to all of these things, but my parents were super particular with where we lived, where i want to school, and which classes i took
5:17 aww look at his face 🥲 that answer took something from him
My community college DID have a graduation Dylan and at least my college still exists.
as a canadian.... i knew all the answers i think the problem lies within the american school system
the education system has really failed us lol but glad you are a Gen Z just like us Dylan! 😌😂
As an American Gen Zer I apologize my human geography teacher showed us videos of this and we all made fun of them so I promise its not all of us 😭😭
9:38 Why is he talking to us like we’re the stupid ppl in the video 😂😭
The intro sounds like a possible interpretation of sleep paralysis demons
That video was so painful... the urge to shout the answers at my monitor was almost overwhelming. Luckily Dylan did it for us!
Editor puts on the screen: "Dylan knowing more than a 17 year old"
My brain: Immediately looks for the nose ring and laughs when it's not there
Their answers were incredibly painful to watch! Dylan’s reaction was hilarious, though!
And I thought I wasn't smart. These people make me look like a genius.
i don’t know how they did it, but this gave me so much confidence yet it also managed to tear at my hope in my generation
this was painful to watch
jo the editor and dylan's energy is just off the roof it blends so well great video great editing
the physical definition of "great minds think alike"
Lesson of the day is:
✨Look inward✨
as someone who dropped out of school in 9th grade but could still answer these questions correct in a heartbeat I’d love to know what state education these people had😂
As someone who lives in California, the moment Dylan went, "yeah, LA isn't the capital of California" I felt so proud. I was like "it's Sacramento," and then he immediately goes, "it's not Sacramento, is it." So close Dylan, so close.☠
i swear this book drop will be the biggest thing in history
the nazis vs germany as an answer to "who fought in the american civil war" is fucking wild
haven't watched the video but i agree! so true dylan