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D-d-d-d-double american fail!
And now we will return to our regularly scheduled broadcast of
“Americans are Idiots: No we’re not!”
Commence argument….NOW!
“Americans are idiots!”
“No we’re not!”
“Yes you are!”
“No we’re not!”
“Yes you are!”
“No we’re not!”
“Yes you are!”
“No we’re not!”
“Yes you are!”
“No we’re not!”
“Yes you are!”
“No we’re not!”
“Yes you are!”
“No we’re not!”
“Yes you are!”
“No we’re not!”
And so on and on it goes…where it stops nobody knows. Tune in next week folks for “Americans are intolerant boobs: No we’re not!”
Sadly, very true.
No we’re not!
Ha! I win!
Yes you are.
Aaaaand you just lost the game.
DAMN YOU!
Dammit!!!
Well, they are.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH etc.
Triple if you count the woman being quoted.
And we wonder why Americans are portrayed as stupid…
‘Portrayed’? I thought all Americans were like that.
…Kidding!!
We all know you weren’t kidding.
Ow, my brain….
2012. its coming.
^Win
Hopefully the coming apocalypse will just be a plague that kills all idiots with IQs as low as the people in this.
I think you got it wrong. It’s because of imbeciles like those that 2012 is going to happen.
Oh no, I know it’s their fault the apocalypse is coming. I’m just expressing my hopes that those idiots are the only ones who suffer for it lol
Nah…when IQ starts falling from the sky, they’ll still be the ones taking shelter.
Only imbeciles think that the 2012 apocalypse is going to happen in the first place.
But the ancient aliens!! They’re coming back!! They’re cats, you know. They left a few with the Egyptians, and they have been watching us and studying us. When the ship comes back in 2012, the cats will take their favorite humans back to the home planet. Hmmm… will I stay on Earth or go with the kitties? I guess it depends on who else goes.
That’d be the best apocalypse ever! Except maybe a zombie apocalypse… those are hard to beat.
Yeah, I think they’re planning the Apocalypse as part of the opening ceremony – Brian May will be playing it in. It’s the only way to be more impressive than Beijing.
Actually, it’ll just be a bunch of people getting DUI’s because they heard about how the mayans celebrated the end of their calendars the way we celebrate the Ends of our years.
If not humanity is going to implode on itself eventually. :p
2011 is coming even sooner!
I know that 2012 is a load of bull, I mean, everyone knows that Busted has gone to the year 3000
And why do you think that they all live under water?
2012 was surely formulated as a government conspiracy to kill the stupid people. Granted, I have met a lot of relatively smart people who believe in it as well. I guess they can just go crazy.
The contradiction in your statement lies in the fact you said that “relatively smart people believe in it”. If somebody ever was smart before saying “I believe in the 2012-apocalyps”, they have betrayed themselves as being not even close to smart.
it buuuuuurrrrnnnnsssss!!! ohhh the horror
lolwut
Probably American.
most certainly americans, i’d say.
Hey, not necessarily!
Ok, probably…
I actually agree with that sentiment for once. I had a conversation once with a customer that went pretty much the same way. I was somewhat ok with it, until the original facebook poster said “yeah it’s the capital of France” and considering the history between France and England, I think many an English and French monarch may have just rolled over in their graves.
Considering the history between France and England, “many an English and French monarch” is probably the same monarch.
When were the two countries ruled by one monarch?
They never were, at least from my memory, but the thing about European monarchs is, 9 times out of 10 they were related. They had this thing about “keeping it in the family”. Usually for political gain, a member of royalty would marry another member of royalty from another country. Thats what i think gg was hinting at. None the less, the French and the British liked fighting over the same pieces of land.
1066 : William The Conqueror (a French dude) won Hasting’s Battle (in England) and ruled the country.
Edward II was deposed by a French army in 1326, led by the future Edward III and his mother, Isabella. Edward III was the heir to both the French and English thrones, until the French king at the time disinherited him.
Also we had a king Louis straight after King John who was also King of France but he was never crowned, so there was ‘kind of’ a time where England and France had the same king.
I don’t think William the conqueror was actually the French king, he was the king of Normandy which in those days was a different place, but I could be wrong about this!
In any case, mixing up England and France = fail.
When even facepalm isn’t enough…
Mep, I’m not sure if throwing myself off a cliff would be enough.
Throwing A off one might be, though.
“Vegeta, what does the scouter say about A’s stupidity level?”
“It’s over NINETHOUSAND!!!!”
You win one internet.
i would say its over infinity
this calls for a double facepalm. and throwing A off a cliff would be a great idea as well
Not only did you use ‘meh,’ you spelled it wrong. So I double hate you.
DUMBASS. That all I’ve to say.
Kindly follow the instructions below, one at a time…
a) Reread the two comments above yours, slowly, and following your finger if necessary.
b) Brace yourself, and wait for realisation to dawn.
c) Feel like a complete idiot as the magnitude of your fail sinks in.
d) Pretend you did it intentionally, and scream ‘SARCASM’.
Oh sigh… sometimes one does not even have to know what the post was all about in order to appreciate the comments that follow.
I must add an exceptional rule that’s missing from these otherwise well thought out set of instructions:
e.) Don’t panic.
She was replying to the person above her…whose name is Mep.
Reading comprehension fail.
Have you figured out what a London is yet, Jay?
… Great. It’s one of those “facepalms will be wholly inadequate” days, apparently.
Are you just feeling snippy because you’ve been learning French for weeks now just so you could go to London, yourself?
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w42/barrow_co2/Facepalm.jpg?t=1249922500
let me finish that sentence
“… you need a double facepalm
http://www.se51.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/double-facepalm.jpg“
What you need is a facepalm that slowly evolves into a bridgesqueeze and ends with you shaking your head in disgust.
How ’bout a double face palm and I’ll throw in a head desk for free?
i raise with 2 double facepalms and 3 head desks
…
surely that was just a typo or freudian slip…Nobody can genuinely be THAT dumb!
Yes. Yes they can. People can always be any amount of dumb. I once knew someone who asked what the difference between a sea and a river was…
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the the universe.” Albert Einstein…. yeah…..
have u been to america?
Oh dear god…
I see London, I see France
Now my brain hurts
Let’s dance!!
Alors on dance?
danse* (in French, not English, before anyone jump my throat)
Dansons*
Teds?
newsflash: “on” is not the equivalent of “nous”
…
therefore: “danse” not “dansons”
However…. “Dansons” may be used by itself to mean “Let’s dance.” It’s the imperative form. No charge for the mini French lesson=:)
I think it was a reference to the song ” Alors on danse” by Stromae.
The title says it all…
You know, fish, chips, cup o’ tea, bad food, worse weather, Mary-f**king-Poppins… London!
Lock stock?
Snatch I believe
Our food isn’t bad!!!
…bad for you, MAYBE…
Mad cow anyone?
With foot-and-mouth or without?
+1 “pip pip, tally ho!” cos this made me LOL
And I’m English (Middlesbrough) so I’m being deadly serious here.
[Tyrone just backed into Franky Four Fingers' van]
Tyrone: I didn’t see it there.
Vinny: It’s a four ton truck, Tyrone. Its not as if it’s a bag of f**king peanuts, is it?
Tyrone: It was a funny angle.
[All three turn and look back at the truck]
Vinny: It’s behind you Tyrone. Whenever you reverse, things come from behind you.
at least we arent fat
OWWW! That’s a burn!
This is common knowledge! If your this dumb you should go back to school. I am at a total loss of words for this.
you’re*, you maggot.
I edited the sentence for you.
“If you’re this dumb, you should go back to school.”
Now who’s dumb?
you’re*
Maybe you need to go back to school to learn that the word you were looking for is “you’re”, which is short for “you are”. Never criticise someone else’s intelligence when you can’t get things right yourself.
I can see that you’re at a total loss of words.
*loss for words
I was quoting kovven, but yeah, next time I will put it in between quotation marks.
really? seriously? оh, Lord…
LOL, I love how “S” tried to cover their tracks by saying “just kidding its in a country” when they were wrong as hell the first time, lol fail
You know, fish, chips, cup o’ tea, bad food, worse weather, Mary-f***ing-Poppins… London!
Yes, once was sufficient, thank you.
This appears to be the work of either an American, or a double-team of trolls. Takin’ all bets!
My guess? A little from column A, a little from column B
Clearly american – they are the only ones who dont realise that there is a whole heap of other countries outside their own closed little minds..
And its clearly snobby Europeans and Canadians who think stupidity is limited to Americans. I’m only grateful that a stuck up b***h like you remembered to call them countries and not “colonies”. Go wash my dishes and shut up.
Trollz is clearly american, have you met any idoits out side of america? No, did think so.
I’ve never met an idoit, but I’ve met plenty of non-American idiots. Read notalwaysright.com and see that it’s universal. THE IDIOTS ARE EVERYWHERE. The idoits, however, are probably just local to your area.
True, but most of the posts in Not Always Right come from places in America or dealing with people from America, only a few are from other parts of the world
Here’s just one example.
http://notalwaysright.com/americant/5896
Be proud, America! lol
If you never met an idiot, how could you meet a non-american idiot?
just say he/she is Canadian. problem solved.
“never met an idoit…” the person above spelled idiot wrong. She was being sarcastic.
however, chances are still pretty high that these particular idiots are indeed american.
also, rmember not to feed the trolls too much, they are starting to become a bit overweight. (like we stuck-up europeans think the typical american is)
obviously..
lawl
Seen plenty of fat ass Europeans too. Studies have shown that the obesity rate in Western Europe is comparable to the United States and Canada, yet Europeans and Canadians point their fat fingers at Americans and call us “obese”. Freaking hypocrites. Next time your ass gets in a jam call someone else to bail you out.
We’ll call on mother Russia to save us (again). They’ll gladly comply without having a majority complex and without later on then having to rub it in our faces like ALL THE TIME.
Imho, the only time Europe would ever need help, is if America, who claims for itself the monopoly on nuclear weapons, decides to clear out the terrorists in Europe. But they won’t, we don’t have precious oily ground.
Bwah hahahaha, WHO?!
Russia would be glad to have you all as nice little communists. Luckily we wanted military bases in Europe so we decided to stop them with East Germany.
Republic ≠ Communism
That is based on poulation in percentage, the USA has a much higher population then Western Europe, so therefore there are more overweight people.
somebody needs to get laid…
I’m not sure you should be counting Norway or Switzerland
No, you’re missing the population of each country. Per capita, U.S. is only the eighth most obese. The Czechs are first.
THINK before posting, you ignorant “f**kwit”.
I don’t know if I should be feeding you, but here goes.
Britain has the highest obesity rates in Europe and are still a little bit behind the USA. So it’s completely wrong to claim that Europe is on a par with the States.
As for Canada, I doubt they are anywhere near the USA either.
Australia is currently the country with the highest obesity rates…
Google does not agree with you. References?
i see london i see france i see no fat canadian pants
Obviously you have never seen the beach the Canadians inhabit in the state of Maine (US) “Old Orchard Beach” home of fat Canadians in bikinis and speedos. . . .
You people are absolutely ignorant.
but bikinis and speedos arnt pants
Yeah, we really should leave England out of those statistics. They make us look bad.
Chlamydia anyone?
Met lots of idiot, both foreign and domestic.
Or language you can understand, Mike “from other countries and from this one.”
The problem is that, on average, odoits tend to breed more than intelligent peeps.
I’m from Buffalo (on the Canadian border). There are TONS, I mean TONS of Canadian idiots.
*idiots. I’m American. If you are going to call us idoits (spelling see above), learn to spell it. Don’t blame it on a typo since it was central to your post. I’ve met plenty of stupid Europeans in and outside of your continent. Dumb ass knows no country. These MAY be Americans, but they are probably teens (which are retarded in every country in the world).
You’re right, America doesn’t have the monopoly on stupidity…yet. But you guys sure are working hard at proving the entire world otherwise. Every country has stupid citizens, but only in the U.S. do they get elected in politics. In the big joke of life, U.S. will always be the butt. No wonder its inhabitants are a–holes. Besides, don’t pretend you know anything outside your native Arkansas. And there’s no way I’m doing your dishes, who do you think I am, your cousin?
Because all Americans live in back-water redneck states, right?
I’ve lived in both Europe and the USA. Let me tell you, there’s an equal amount of idiots in both .
Go visit Boston and then report back. Thanks!
Also, USA was a colony of England. Hurrrhurrrrrrrr…
yea we were.. then we realized that we needed to get away from your tight asses and got our freedom.. everyone picks on the good ol’ USA!! because ya’ll are jelouse that you’ll NEVER be as free as us!! so we wing.. listen to the song “courtesy of the red white and blue!” by toby keith.. thats us!! a boot in the ass is the american way!! i don’t usually condone violence but in the case of snobby little BASTARDS.. i will turn my head.
You’re not helping your case here.
That was the point of her posting. This entire thread is full of trolls. Trolls trolling Americans, with idiots prancing around agreeing with them showing how racists they are, and then trolls (probably the same ones) replying to them in “defense” of America.
I can’t read anything on this thread its the biggest load of hypocrites spouting levels of bigotry I have seen in a long time.
Of course there are stupid people everywhere and this site is about exposing them. I don’t see how it matters one bit if they are from the US or not. What matters is how many people are willing to prove they are a jackass with they state definitively that it could only come from the US.
thank you billybob.. seriously, thank you!
I completely agree with you, Billybob. You rock my socks. That is all.
Agreed. Stupid people are everywhere. But as I have read on some other comment board (I believe on “That’s My Boss”) what some Americans lack in intelligence, they make up for in volume. In other words, it’s the stupid ones who kick and scream the loudest, insisting they’re right. It also doesn’t help anything that the US has more people on the internet than probably any other country (as far as webpages in English are concerned), so if you have 100 Americans, 50 various Europeans, 25 Canadians, 15 Aussies, and 5 from other countries on a website, the number of seemingly stupid Americans will be higher than those from different countries.
Because of the size of the US and the lack of population density in most areas (59% of the country now lives in urban areas) we don’t quite have the broadband penetration that many other countries have. We currently can only offer broadband to some 78% of the country. While technically 100% can get access through things like satellite connections those are not considered broadband and quite costly. A broadband connection is defined as at least 4Mbps download and 1Mbps upload.
Still at least half of the population off the US (150 million) regularly uses the Internet. And that number is still far larger then the entire population of Some countries. But is dwarfed by China, while they still only have 23% of their population with a home connection. With netcafes being incredibly popular there and the number of users probably exceeds that 23% by a large amount.
There are some things that it is acceptable to hate. You will find that he US is one of those things many places around the world. The few things that the US gets bashed for (no health care, and education being a couple of the points) are actually a bit off from their understanding. After all they wouldn’t be making false claims if they actually understood how it worked. Emergency health care cannot be denied, in other words they cannot kick you out of the ER. The Obama plan was suppose to counter the rising medical insurance costs by creating a public option to drive private companies to be more efficient and offer better coverage for their prices. The point of having everyone pay of course to bring down the overall price. Once his administration and then congress got through with it, well lets just say it’s not in good shape anymore.
Since the US is acceptable to hate and the favorite thing to hat the US for is education with the US about being median in education compared to the rest of the developed world, yes that’s right we are not top notch, but we are average. Sorry Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Italy, and in recent years Sweden, plus a few others who have education systems ranked lower then the US’s. Also sorry everyone else, as the only stand outs from the pack are Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Korea, with everyone else jostling around the same mark, and a few like South Africa trailing around way down on the bottom.
No, with education the favorite thing to hate about Americans, you find that confirmation bias sets in. People remember the stupid, forget the intelligent comments. It’s not like they mean to, it’s just the way peoples minds work. Once you have made a dicision about something it colors all further information you receive on the subject, and helps determine how you process that information.
At the end of the day the US is just another country full of average people, just like every other country out there. Our culture embraces capitalism a bit more then some other places, but that’s the largest difference you are likely to find.
Not sure what your point is about healthcare in the States…
My idea of good healthcare isn’t ‘not being kicked out of the ER’.
Those rising insurance costs are exactly why people (many Americans included) think the healthcare in the USA sux.
I wasn’t claiming it was good healthcare, but saying it’s ignorant to claim hundreds of thousands of people are dying in the streets over here because of a lack of money, something I hear often enough, I probably should have mentioned at some point in there that I was basically answering most of the common things I hear.
I said what I think needs to be done. We need a public option and a mandatory buy in. Nobody complains about being forced to pay unemployment insurance. It works the same way a common public option that everyone is forced to buy into keeps the price down for everyone by reducing risk.
Maybe hundreds aren’t dying in the street, but a man died on a street in New York while hundreds of people walked by and did nothing to help him. You wouldn’t get that in Canada.
I see what you mean, but I don’t think that the ‘rest of the world’ thinks hundreds of thousands of people are dying in the streets. At least, that isn’t the point of view in the two countries I have lived in (who are these people who are telling you this? They sound like morons). I think that most people have a pretty accurate view on what US healthcare is (and we get that view FROM the Americans who complain about it online and in the news and media). The reason foreigners may be so vocal about US healthcare, is not because we think scores of thousands are dying, but because even people simply having access to only emergency care is an abhorrent idea to most people, considering the much higher lever of healthcare in their own countries.
So, whereas the education stereotype might be wrong in some cases, the healthcare point is valid.
Little_Emo: That was a sad occurrence and shows how indifferent to each other people can get when they live in large cities. You would however be a fool to think that the indifference is indicative of the rest of the US. You would also be a fool to blindly believe something like that would never happen in Canada.
A man was left in a Winnipeg hospital ER for 34 hours without treatment as he slowly died. The hospital alleges that they found him unconscious but alive, people questioned about it on scene stated the man was dead when staff found him, and that the staff noted he may have been dead for hours. The man arrived at 3PM on a Friday afternoon and was found at 1am on Sunday. Sure you see sick and injured people in a hospital all the time, but to leave a dying man for 34 hours? But hey that was only a busy hospital waiting room over two nights a day and an afternoon.
Not similar enough for you? How about when several pedestrians ignored a homeless man on fire in Vancouver. A nurse named Christine Wellstead found the man after following the smell of smoke, she found people sitting outside the local Starbucks near the burning man. Seeking help inside the Starbucks she was told “ignore him, he’s homeless” After being unable to wake the man she again entered the store to ask the barista to call an ambulance. A lady in the store told her that the hospital wouldn’t want him because he was homeless. Luckily the nurse was able to douse the flame and the man suffered only minor injuries. The man had a seizure, passed out and ignited himself with his cigarette.
Do you have a news source for those 2 stories?
Here’s one for the example I gave:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/national_world&id=7408309
The first example you gave had someone in a hospital. Meaning he was able to get help, at least originally. You don’t say what he was dying of while he waited there. Perhaps the triage put him behind some more serious patients, and perhaps there were a lot of them that weekend. Weekend staff at a hospital is less than through the week. It’s not awesome as far as health care goes, but it’s not people walking by refusing to get the man any help. Civilians would not have even seen him.
The second, well, I’d like to see a source, first of all. In certain parts of Canada, you are legally required to call 911 (as a minimum) if you see someone in danger. In Quebec, if you have any sort of First Aid training, you are required to do whatever you’re able to until an ambulance arrives.
Sweetie, no one is “jelouse” of you. And we’re not jealous either.
That song, in case you missed it, is by an American. Of course it’s in praise of America, it’s all you people know. There is also a song called “Only in America” by Brooks and Dunn, in which the implication is that “only in America” do you get to be free. You ARE aware that other countries have freedom as well, aren’t you? Songs are not facts.
Agree with you, Little_Emo
Us? “Snobby little bastards”? Really? After what you just said, americangirl, I believe you’re the snobby one. You didn’t live during the time of the American Revolution, so all you know is what is taught to you in history class, and a lot of that is guess work. And no, I’m not jealous of you. Why should I be? I don’t have to pay out the ass for healthcare; I don’t feel the need to carry around a gun to be safe; it doesn’t matter what university I go to, as long as I get a degree, it’s recognized whether it’s an ivy league equivalent or not; hell, even the drinking age is 18 or 19 depending on where I am. No jealousy from me.
Please. Please, shut up. You’re making the rest of us look bad. And frankly, the residents in the EU have more freedoms than many Americans.
I agree with you, Patrick. With all the raging bigotry in these comments, I wasn’t planning on replying. Then I saw americangirl’s stupidity, and knew the madness had to stop. Trying to prove a point with song quotes from an AMERICAN artist is just pointless. You say they should be jealous of us, but honestly, I’d want to live in Europe or Canada any day because of the freedoms they have. Just because you are a biased idiot, americangirl, gives you no right to speak for the rest of our country. Seriously? Europe and Canada are free too, possibly more free than we are. THEY will NEVER be JEALOUS of US. Get that through your thick skull, do some research to realize how wrong you are, then facepalm because you made yourself look like a total a**.
I’ve been considering moving to Canada when I finish my degree here. As it stands now, I can be fired from jobs for being gay and transgender, I can’t get married, except in a few states, and then my marriage wouldn’t be recognised at a federal level, and I have no protection under most hate crimes acts. Canada looks real good sometimes.
In Europe some hotels state in their lists of amenities that they are ‘gay friendly’ (right alongside air conditioning, and pet friendly). I am not sure how to feel about that…why should they need to state it at all? ‘Gay friendly’ and ‘pet friendly’ should not be comparable!
i am canadians but i dont think stupidity is limited to americans but some americans are pretty retarded thinkin that all Canadians live in igloos
Eh, least they know where Canada is. A lot of times when tourists come to Alaska they’re surprised it isn’t off by Hawaii. Because if it is even showed on the news for the Lower 48, it’s showed off in the corner someplace. A lot of the people who visit seem to think we are either part of Canada, or a country unto ourselves.
wow ok.. that is ignorant! only another idiot would judge an entire country’s people by the few idiots that you see causing problems. i don’t judge an entire people based on a few! Anyone that EVER payed attention in school knows london is in england, and PARIS is in france.. that person was just being an idiot and probably didn’t even graduate high school. so STOP judging entire country’s.. that just shows how closed minded you really are!
‘Sure, but anyone who ever “payed” attention in ‘school also know’s not to use the grocer’s apo’strophe to make thing’s plural.
wow ok your goin to seriously criticize me for that.. well thats ok, i know why you are, because you don’t have anything else to say but don’t want to admit that im RIGHT! you hate that i am so you want to find the smallest thing to criticize me for. lol that is very sad that you had to insult me because you know im right just don’t want to admit it.
Listen to your own advice and don’t judge “an entire country’s people by the few idiots that you see causing problems”. Go up a few posts and you’re doing just that. You’re calling everyone who’s not from your precious USA snobby little bastards who are jealous because we’ll apparently never be as free as you.
Go back to your mommy and daddy, you sound like a spoiled little 13 year old; if you’re not, grow up and act your age.
No, actually you’re not. Millions of Americans have FEWER freedoms than Canadian and European citizens.
My guess is he picked one of your more glaring errors. I’m picking the factual one.
I have to agree with Geoffrey – there is nothing that annoys me MORE than putting apostrophes where they don’t belong! Also the use of their, there, and they’re; your and you’re; and too, to and two. It’s not that difficult! I can’t tell you how many college grads I know who can’t seem to figure it out. I don’t think you should even get a high school diploma if you can’t handle basic grammar and punctuation.
I’m still trying to work out who is taking the p!ss of who here??
“A” is taking the p!ss outta the woman at work, obvoiusly.
but is “S” taking the piss outta “A” (seeing as the quotes her)?? i.e. Did “S” think that London was a country, or did “A”, and “S” was flaming her on her own FB??
and then is “A” being serious with the “capital of France” comment, seeing as she was the one taking the p!ss outta the woman at work in the first place?????
It’s just all too much for me!
Then you get to the comments, and lose all remaining sanity. There’s no sorting out trolls and troll-bait here.
London does not even sound French. But then, Paris also only sounds like a blond slapper to those too far west to realise that the city came before she… er…came.
London, isn’t that a character from the Suite Life of Zack and Cody?
I actually had to google what “The suite life of Zack and Cody” is. When I saw that it from Disney, I did not really feel bad for not knowing. As for the London/Paris parody – I hope it’s at least funny!
Zach and Cody are now teenagers, and live on a cruise ship, rather then in the hilton I MEAN Tipton Hotel. They are going to the ship’s sea high school. London is still on the show, having been forced by her father to go to the same sea school. (it’s hard for her to run away in the middle of the ocean, though, she still tends to do so)
I have a pre-teen, I know FAR too much about those shows lmao. You know your in trouble when you watch the shows even when the kid isn’t home!
lol, not to mention she has a submarine that follows the ship that is soley used for her shoes! now that girl is DUMB but then again, she has money, who needs smarts when you got money, unfortunantly, i do not have money, so i must use that thing people call a brain. although i am pregnant and have a toddler so i don’t have much of that brain left. im sure you know the feeling cindyscrazy… kids drain our brains! lmao
Oh now I get why you’re so stupid and ignorant and think that the world would be ~jealous~ of your country that is laden with debt, financial crisis, high unemployment rate and everybody thinks your countrymen are idiots.
“London” sounds French if you say it with a French accent!
Why would you say it with a French accent anyway..
If you were a French person speaking English, while conversing with other English speakers about major world cities?
Well, if you pronounce it ‘Lohn-dohnn’ it kinda does.
Mind you, for example, ‘Condom’ is a small part of France, but I wouldn’t say it sounded French.
*realises she sorta made a pun* Oh snap!
There not strippers, though.
They’re = they are
Research = knowing what Boba Fett is talking about.
The rest of the world = not caring what boba Fett is talking about.
Not surprising in a country where geography teachers use this map as map of the world; http://ripples.typepad.com/ripples/World-3.html
What happened to Antarctica?
Hey!….I totally remember that from elementary school!
Needs WAY more red dots.
Am I the only one that finds what Kovven said ironic (considering the spelling mistake)
Boba also has a spelling error by the way.
It´s acutally more of a grammar mistake.
Er, I’m pretty sure that this was all sarcasm.
this looks a lot like “hey, let’s do something to get on failbook” to me -.- attention whores
nah, people really are that dumb. Someone at work last week said she was leaving for London soon and a co-worker asked what language they speak over there.
You really should see that dumb blonde Kelly on Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader and then tell me if this is not possible.
Either way, it’s still a fail.
I’m guessing whoever A eavesdropped on had seen The League of Gentlemen (not to be confused with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) and no one else who commented has.
I love you, Tubbs.
This is a local store for local people. We’ll have no trouble here!
WE DIDN’T BURN HIM!!!
When I have kids, I’m not going to let them grow up this stupid.
And on the topic of Paris, I always thought it was weird calling girls Paris, because a prince of Troy was called Paris long before a city was, so it makes more sense as a boy’s name.
While that story does pre-date Paris as a city it isn’t a true story.
Just thought you should know.
Look at me correcting the F**K out of this lol comment thread!
Peter Pan wasn’t a true story, but the name Wendy still stuck.
And Paris is supposed to be a nickname for Alexandros anyway. No, I don’t know how.
Anyway, enough name-nerding.
As a Canadian, I can honestly say that I have met quite a few stupid people outside of the U.S. That being said, this not only reeks of stupidity but also ignorance and I have spent enough time travelling in the U.S. to know that they hold a certain level of ignorance that other countries don’t. Working in a city largely based on tourism, which borders the States offers a particular brand of humour which really made shifts fly by. Someone needs to fix the education standards or the in next 15-20 years the U.S. won’t be around anymore.
Bordering on the US and huge tourist industry? Guessing Niagara Falls (native to Ontario, and this is the only big one in Canada I can think of with big tourist industry)? Poor you if you are there.
I WAS there.
Double fail, London is not a country, it’s a city in a country. Who is the dumber of the two, the one who had no clue what London was, or the idiot who thinks it’s a country?
they think capital=country.
Probably Lithuanian. Stupid Lithuanians.
Why would they write English instead of Lithuanian?
I literally face palmed.
I have to say, I have been all around the world and met people from everywhere from Australia, to the Maldives, Nepal to Zimbabwe and believe me there are stupid people EVERYWHERE.
The only reason why you Americans are so prolific is because there are so many American internet users, and the world are so interested in reading and harrassing them – despite their own insecurities and denial that their own country is inadequate. I suspect this is an American update, but it’s no more stupider than some of the stuff I hear coming out of the mouths of kids from the United Kingdom.
It’s definitely not “more stupider” than your post, in any case. lol
This isn’t a fail, because A quoted a stupid person. A did not fail. The person he quoted failed. Failbook items should only be fails involving a failure of the person who posted the status update.
Now I am going to post a bunch of stupid quotes from people onto my status, and submit them to Failbook, and see all of them make Failbook. Yay!
A did fail, because London is not in France. So: where are you from?
wtf the other fail is the last comment saying London is the capital of France.
… So you’re saying A didn’t fail when stating that her stupid coworker thought London was a country, rather than a city in France?
That’s it, I’m emigrating. The bar hasn’t just been lowered; it’s gone entirely.
now you are part of the fail to XD. really are you american? because that would make everything worst for you guys XD
Fap fap fap fap… ow, eh.. wrong site. Uhm, what’s this about?…. Ow…
Uhm… I … uh… Yeah… yeah, what A says is right… Wait… no, he defenitely fails… And Americans, you make yourselves look stupid in the eyes of other countries, do something about it. But there are countries who do worse… Like Italy for example (Italians, you know it’s true!)… there…
Now back to what I was doing… ow yeah…
fap fap fap fap fap…
Silly billies.
I’m having great fun, I’m european
Make that “European”
Smileys aren’t substitutes for periods.
Honestly. Who smiles only once a month?
Wow, I have to laugh and cry at the same time, as I was thinking along similar lines.
This guy is probably Israeli or Greek.
And you’re probably from Turkey?
I’ve lived in Switzerland for 8 years, my mother recently asked me if I was attending the “Royal Wedding”.
To which I replied, “Mom, that’s Sweden.”
I love my mom, but it’s probably just as well she never tried to visit, because I’d still be looking for her.
If that is an American, I am very displeased with my country…
Need anything be said? Kellie Pickler is the typical American.
Add Miss South Carolina 2007 and we’ve the perfect example of American stupidity and ignorance.
“London” usually refers to Jack London. The ancient city of that name was annihilated during WWII and has since become a massive television set, mainly remarkable for having 1 million cameras but no respectable audience.
You win +1 internets for that observation.
This reminds me of the time when I was at a party, and I had to get my game partner to say “Hawaii”. My clue was some about the smaller of the two USA states that are not attached to the country. She didn’t get it, as she was not aware that Hawaii was part of the U.S.A.
Hawaii isn’t attached to the country? Really?
it’s sad that she didn’t even know that people in london speaks english and not french
It’s a city in Ontario.
Win
Maybe England won the Hundred Years War and A is the only person who knows…
Definetely American.
definitely*
QQ moar!!!11!!1!~
why does this still suprises some people…
everyone knows the capital of France is F…
munkie
I’m just going to have to contribute a non sequitur here and say it’s hilarious how argumentative everyone is on this post. People across the world are arguing about idiots in the United States and snobs in Europe and vice versa.
Now, I know this may very well make me look bad considering I am posting on this…but I hope everyone is well aware that everybody looks stupid arguing on the internet. I probably look pretty dumb even adding this comment because no matter how many times you post Americans are stupid or that Europeans are snobs doesn’t affect who is what. People just need to calm down. Every country has great things about it and bad things.
faa hay q ser zarpado xD
The important thing to us Americans is that it is not the capitol of the U.S.
only an american could be this stupid.
multiple fails on one post. sigh, it scares me that they have all the nukes. maybe 2012 will occur when an american soldier pushes some launch all nukes button out of curiosity for what it does
I’m American, and yes we do have idiots here. Lots of them. In fact, this post just made me lose faith in my country as a whole. But come on, you’ve got to have dumbasses over in Europe, too. I mean, without idiots, you can’t have smart people, right?
I would say the German’s who got me drunk thinking they’d get some easy tail were idiots. They were a little surprised when they asked me to do anything and my reply was No thank you, I’m a Christian”. I guess though they weren’t really so much of idiots but trying to take advantage of a stereotype.
Or, perhaps they were horny.
Well that too, but they do the same thing every year apparently. Apparently it is fun to get the foreign exchange students to do weird things.
Failbook – obsessed with drawing attention to the demographic causes of national IQ differences.
When did Failbook become race realist? I mean, awesome, maybe we can read Steve Sailer together.
I was unaware that American was a race now.
It is, it is so dissimilar from the brits which it spawned from – they have their own dialect, culture and racial typicalities, pretty much the ONLY similarities are that they are most caucasoid and somewhat speak english.
P.S. There’s a state in America where American is the official language spoken/written, not english.
Wow. Just wow.
Just because they call their dialect American instead of English, does not make it so. You speak English. Some Americans also speak Spanish or variations thereof. I’d say very few, if any, speak French, but that’s just a guess. I know New Orleans has some French. But your “American” language is English. You may have your own slang terms that are not used in other parts of the world, but it is still English.
Canada has some slang that is not used in other countries, but we’re not so arrogant to say we speak “Canadian”. You might, as an American, say that we speak Canadian up here, but that is only because you want to make it a different language than yours so that you feel special. Granted, some of the Acadians speak what we tend to refer to as “Frenglish”. (And example would be an actual quote from a friend’s cousin recently: “C’est dans le mail”.)
As for the various RACES in America, if you’re white, you’re called white or Caucasian. If you’re black, you’re called black or African-American. If you’re of any other descent, you’d be that nationality and you might hyphenate with -American if you so choose. (I’ve seen Cuban-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Italian-Americans, etc.) Generally most people prefer to keep their other country’s heritage even in America, and that in itself should say something to your superiority complex.
you win 6 internets
You fail at understanding the joke, dude.
And for the record, America doesn’t actually HAVE an official language. English is simply the language that’s most commonly spoken.
AND, the custom of hyphenating your ethnicity with your patriot nation is (1) NOT exclusive to the United States and (2) Only applied if your family has been here less than 4 generations.
Exception to Rule 2: African-Americans. And occasionally other non-caucasian ethnic groups will do the same, but in everyday custom one whose great-grandparents were naturalized Americans would not add the unnecessary association of their ethnic origins unless necessary.
Also, the recent practice of referring to the use of an American Dialect of the English Language as “Speaking American” is not so much and erroneous display of arrogance so much as an ill-conceived attempt to distance our culture from our British forebears in response to the weakening relations between the United States and Britain.
In Layman’s Terms: “American” : English, “Freedom Fries” :: French Fries
Freedom fries? That’s a new one for me. I have to ask….Why?
its from a time when american-french relations were bad.
French fries are from Belgium though…I am baffled.
You, and the rest of us that heard on the news that french fries served in D.C. were now being called “freedom fries”. I’ve heard plenty of stupidity from the capitol, but that one was pretty high up there. this was back in like 2002. It was not very long after 9/11 thats all I know. It was a reaction to the French government disagreeing with some U.S. policy (cause, what a shocker, not everyone agrees on things) so someone thought it was a grand idea to avoid French things (up there with their idea to boycott Arizona by not drinking Arizona iced team), well problem Americans love French fries… hmm well I guess we’ll just call them …. oh FREEDOM FRIED, everyone likes freedom, right, am I right? *cricket* damn
You can ignore the inner dialog in my head.
Well, Americans do love their freedom, and they seem to like talking about it even more. Makes sense, I guess.
I never said they had an official language, nor that hyphenating your nationality was exclusive to America. Just that they speak English for the most part, and that they have various races, none of which are simply American.
If you’ve ever filled out an online survey, you’d know that the options do not include “American” under “What is your race/nationality?”.
If Mitch was being sarcastic, fine. But otherwise, which joke did I fail to understand?
I’m actually curious to know which state has American as their official language if that is indeed true.
no. just no.
If you were unaware of that then you are probably American. Race isn’t just a colour or language thing. If someone were to be of the opinion that Americans were an overfed, undereducated bunch of insular flag-wavers, would that not be seen as racist?
No, it would be seen as culturally disparaging and just generally hateful.
That’s just incorrect and is why people think ‘racism’ is something one colour does to another colour.
Read some definitions of the word: Race
“A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution: the German race.”
This includes America no?
In my opinion, no, that would not be racist. Not at all. Stereotyping, maybe, but not racist. American is NOT a race.
And I am not American.
Directly above your comment someone was kind enough to point out the definition of race for you. Something you are dead set on arguing isn’t true, really is. A common nationality fits under the definition of race.
Yes, they were kind enough to not give a source to that definition as well.
Here is one from Dictionary.com
“race
–noun
1. a group of persons related by common descent or heredity.
2. a population so related.
3. Anthropology .
a. any of the traditional divisions of humankind, the commonest being the Caucasian, Mongoloid, and Negro, characterized by supposedly distinctive and universal physical characteristics: no longer in technical use.
b. an arbitrary classification of modern humans, sometimes, esp. formerly, based on any or a combination of various physical characteristics, as skin color, facial form, or eye shape, and now frequently based on such genetic markers as blood groups.
c. a human population partially isolated reproductively from other populations, whose members share a greater degree of physical and genetic similarity with one another than with other humans.
4. a group of tribes or peoples forming an ethnic stock: the Slavic race.
5. any people united by common history, language, cultural traits, etc.: the Dutch race.
6. the human race or family; humankind: Nuclear weapons pose a threat to the race.
7. Zoology . a variety; subspecies.
8. a natural kind of living creature: the race of fishes.
9. any group, class, or kind, esp. of persons: Journalists are an interesting race.”
Most seem to state that members of a particular race would have a similar genetic make-up, bone structure, all that stuff. You are aware that medical examiners can figure out what race you are based on your bones alone, aren’t you? There are no physical characteristics in your bones that would say you were American. Just that you were white, black, hispanic, east indian, etc.
America is a collection of races from around the world, not one individual race.
Number five definition up there still applies, it may not be the classical thinking of a division based on physical characteristics, but I think 300 years of shared history is enough of a common history to qualify.
Even if you find it hard to qualify under that definition, nine is a catchall for basically any group of people that can be classified by something in common.
The problem with number 5 as a definition for American as a race, is that they don’t all share the same language, nor the same cultural traits. And I believe a shared history should be more than just 300 years worth.
I left number 9 in there to show that just because something technically can loosely be called a race (Journalists?), does not mean that it is actually a race in that same sense. You can’t be “racist” against Journalists. My original point stands. It is stereotypical, NOT RACIST.
(Caps is for emphasis, not yelling).
Heh, their names spell
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…..Why?Why did you see THAT!?
Oh come on guys. They’re both in Asia; it’s close enough.
….That better be sarcasm, or I’m going to have a breakdown…again
American: “What’s this? There are other countries in the world? Geez, I can’t even keep up with where my own states are!!!”
I’m Australian and I swear I probably know American geography better than an average American.
Really? I would put that to the test with you as I feel I am a pretty average American, but this being the Internet all the answers just a google search away.
The funniest thing about this whole argument? It doesn’t actually say where the users are from. The argument is just a bunch of racists who assume anytime anything stupid is posted here it was from America.
Oh, but supposedly ‘American’ isn’t a race, so nobody is being racist! How do you like your semantics now?
You’re right, American is NOT a race. Just like Canadian is not a race, British is not a race, French is not a race… Your race has to do with your skin color. “American” doesn’t have a skin color.
Perhaps that’s because Australia is mostly a barren desert so there’s not too much geography to keep up with?
That’s true (made me laugh), but it still means that Australian has one up on the Americans they were referring to.
I’m betting that A asked someone what country London was in after S corrected himself that it was in a country, as A did not originally know what a London was but in the end says “it’s the capital of France which is a country…”
This fail involves more than just the two idiots posting or else they are just trolling or faking.
WOW, london is a little island off the coast of kazakhstan!!! haha
Boba Fett is unsure why this got bumped back to number one.
Funny how people are using ‘its’ – should be it’s.
Well who cares about cities outside of the usa. Its just a city in a tiny country that speaks weird english.
Silly internets! Eberyone knowz that both Paris AND London are in Ontario, Canada!
There is Paris in Texas too.
There is also a Paris in Vegas too, right?
You know what’s really funny? The number of people laughing at this girl’s lack of knowledge who themselves think England is the same as Britain.
True…painfully true. I think i’m one of the few brits who don’t think All Americans are stupid….
Actually, as an American, I feel the need to protest the generalizations most of you are making. Most Americans are fully aware that London is the capital of the UK, that Madrid is the capital of Spain, and that Paris is the capital of France. And of course, Moscow is the capital of Russia and former USSR.
It’s beyond those 4 that most will falter in their certainty. And as much as most of you would like to think it’s a matter of stupidity, a lot of it has to do with the lack of educational resources available to most of us.
Geography is no longer taught in American public schools as its own subject, but is instead lumped in with History. Which means that the only geography that sticks with us is that which is of historical significance. And even then, the student needs to actually CARE about their studies. Which I’m guessing these two morons in the Fail did not.
amen editor preach on…
still is sad to see s**t like this happen on a regular basics. I remeber watching the howard stern show and girl didn’t even know who was fighting in the American civil war. WTF. Then agian if you are a model who makes 2 mill+ every year you don’t need to know facts like that.
Your country should really teach more than just American History. Here in Canada we have History (sometimes called “World History”), not just Canadian History. I’d guess other countries teach general History classes as well, not ones exclusive to their own country.
Might help with your lack of knowledge about the rest of the world just a bit, no?
Our country DOES teach more than American History. In fact, I had World Geography and World History in high school. In college, I’ve had to take European and British history as part of the core curriculum.
Also, we know [sadly, I'd like to say the small majority] that the UK consists of Northern Ireland and Britain itself [which for those who don't know - is England, Scotland, and Wales]. Ireland is NOT part of that.
And if you know a lot of English people as I have the privilege to, you’d know that they HATE being included as part of Europe and that they’re proud to stand out on their own and still have their own currency. So for their sake, QUIT including them with the rest of Europe!
Good. SOME parts do teach World History, and at a mainly college level, that’s great. You should be learning about the world from elementary, not “well I took it in high school and college”. Your degree program may have required it, but I bet not all do. It probably wasn’t required in high school either, you just chose to take it.
My daughter learned about Australia in Kindergarten this past year. Kindergarten!
Actually, to be pedantic, the UK is Great Britain and Northern Ireland, not just Britain and Northern Ireland.
It is also my pet hate that British people like to think they aren’t European. They have been a member of the European Union for how many years? Time to get off that high horse.
I actually think you got more history/geography classes than I did in school! We studied mostly Asian geography at my school (in Oz) and I didn’t choose modern history as an elective (chose ancient history) so have been playing catch up ever since.
The schools around here do. I can’t speak for the rest of my country, but in MN high schools in the Twin Cities (Minnesota) area are supposed to dedicate at least one full year of of their history classes to World History. Then again, southern Americans have told me before I “sound Canadian” (which we don’t, as cool as Canadians may be, we don’t sound like them) and made the statement “Well Minnesota might as well just be an extension of Canada”…
You know what, forget it, lol! They’re idiots >.< (Should just annex Texas, no one actually WANTED it in the first place)
Actually, London is the capital of England, but most people think that it’s the capital of the UK, so i’ll let you off there.
Actually, London is the capital of both England and the UK, but apparently not everyone knows this, or is able to Google, so I’ll let you off there.
Well what you are saying in other words is that the lack of geography lessons is the result of other stupid (and a bit older) american morons’ decisions.. so either way you take it.. americans are so f**king stupid..
It’s true. Many Americans are actually quite intelligent, have traveled abroad or at least have a good sense of foreign politics. It’s the teenagers who feel the need to share everything online or simply the uneducated which give the country a bad name.
On another point, I have come across uneducated people in Europe as well. When studying in England, people often asked me if New York was the capital and how I knew so much about American literature.
Ignorance is a world-wide phenomena, it’s just that the loudest get the most attention.
yer still an american, yer still an idiot
THANK YOU.
It was most definitely an american. No doubt about that.
Can’t we all get along? No? OK…
EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD IS FAT AND UNINTELLIGENT.
Spoken to many americans online that think Amsterdam is a country, Or they think Belgium is part of the Netherlands
To be fair Belgium does have part of Holland, hence Holland now being called the Netherlands.
Americans have lots of problems with Amsterdam. I asked someone if they’d be interested in visiting Germany with me in the future, and one of my friends wanted to go because ” I’ve always wanted to visit Amsterdam!”. Then we got out the map… and she got a geography lesson.
I have a question.. why are the american people so stupid? don’t they get an education? at least a basic form of it…
I don’t think i could ever live between such stupid life forms..
Check out what Texas is doing with text books then you’ll know how screwed up the education system is there.
you mean Americans know about salad? :-O
Anyone else notice the caption of “Flame on”?
I’d say that whoever submitted this just trolled most of you into a flame war…
What flame war? Everyone is agreeing that these are Americans and that they are undereducated.
Just an american with E in geographic
“London” is a German rubber brand… but I don’t think that’s what A’s coworker asked for.
(Btw.: This brand is widely unknown, but I remember, because in 1987 a German pro football – for Americans: soccer – club wore a “London” ad on the breast. That was a huge scandal, mostly for the president of the German football association – DFB -, who was also an ultraconservative politician, but a district court allowed FC Homburg to continue uncensored.)
Arrghaharg… This made my brain puke a little. I had to personally shout “PARIS!!” after I read that.
What’s with American obsession of thinking that everything Europe has to be French related? Seriously? FRENCH IS NOT THE FREAKING MOTHER LANGUAGE THERE. STOP BEING SO FREAKING IGNORANT. How can a country that claims they’re so ~smart~ and ~powerful~ can give excuses like ‘We don’t have the resources to study Geography lol!’ or ‘We’re smart!!! We just don’t care about other countries!!!’
Complete idiots.
Am I the only one who noticed that the last chick said that London is the capital of France?
The title made me LOL the most.
I really wish Failbook and etc. would remove being able to comment. All we do is flame each other and about 0 percent of us laugh friendly at someone’s mistake. Who cares about where they live??? Does it matter? Just laugh at it and move on!
If we can’t be nice to each other, then maybe we shouldn’t be able to talk to each other at all.
Of course it matters! We’re all about proving our/ our countries superiority here on Failbook.
And not to talk at all? But then these delicious, delicious flame wars wouldn’t happen!
Yup, definitely Americans.
Greetings from the capital of Europe
Would that be Strasbourg, or Brussels?
Anyone ,regardless of their country, who argues online ESPECIALLY failbook is an idiot.
But it’s all Splendid Entertainment!
Arguing online is like competing in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded.
Win!
…I need a lie down…
didnt we alreadyhave this one? im sure i read something like this where the status said ‘if you could go to any country where would you go’ ‘paris, london, france’
or something. and then the same replies…
Reason #42 why I’m leaving the USA as soon as possible. Some people in my area of this country think that India is in Africa. WTF.
I’m betting America’s national debt that he/she is American.
I hope the last comment was a jk
WHAT!?!
You know what? Why don’t we all agree that the U.S.A. needs better geography classes and then SHUT UP?!
(By the way, is there anyone from South Africa here that can send me a Vuvuzela? we don’t have many here. :’c)
A flame war for the ages. I didn’t think they made ‘em like that anymore. EPIC!
Oh God, Please, PLEASE don’t be American. We have a bad enough reputation as it is. Maybe if I practice my accent I can pass for Swedish….probably not.
Please, somebody remove them from the gene pool before evurywun is infektud. F**K!
Well, when all you can remember from school are educational rhymes like “I see London, I see France…”
…the tidbits you gathered tend to merge together.
Amazing. I’ve been working in France all this time.