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It’s no secret that to an outsider, Americans often look like a quirky bunch of people. Red solo cups, free refills, and bulk shopping are all just the tip of the iceberg where it does get much weirder. But what the rest of the world finds particularly interesting about Americans is how bold they can sometimes be in the ways they approach foreigners.
So when an Aussie TikToker, @Voidable from Brisbane, asked people “What is the dumbest thing an American has ever said to you?” it blew up immediately all over the social platform, with people spilling the beans big time.
From questions like “Do you speak European?” or “Asian?” to genuinely wondering if a person from Egypt lives in a pyramid, these are some of the most “seriously?” queries thrown at non-Americans. Get ready to chuckle, and then make sure to check out our previous post with Americans being clueless to the moon and back.
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#1
“She went to Europe” “What country?” “Europe” “Yeah what country in Europe?” “The country Europe” “Europe is a continent” “What's a continent?”
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#2
Got asked if we have electricity in Germany, I replied that in Germany we have to run in our giant hamster wheels to generate power.
#3
My grandma went on a European cruise and came back complaining that there were too many foreigners. LIKE ??? YOURE THE FOREIGNER.
Bored Panda reached out to social media influencer @Voidable from Brisbane whose TikTok video has gone viral. The creator now has 36.2K TikTok followers and 1.8M likes on the TikTok platform but his audience is ever-growing.
“At the time these kinds of videos (the asking people questions) were all over TikTok and I noticed that no one had asked about this topic which as someone who is not American I hear a lot,” he explained about the idea for the TikTok.
#6
I have a foreign ID card and my date of birth is written as 18/04/95 and I had someone ask me once “you guys have 18 months in your country?”
“When I hear some of the ways they do stuff it just makes me feel uncomfortable,” TikToker told us and added: “like how they microwave water instead of using a kettle, that one hurts.”
When asked how in his opinion Americans differ from the rest of the world, @Voidable said: “I think they differ as they are brought up and taught blind patriotism. I like America but you can’t sit here and not acknowledge its flaws.”
#7
"Why do YOU care who runs OUR country, it's not like it affects you" Pretty sure WWIII affects the planet, bud.
#9
“Your English is so good, how long have you been learning it?” Ummm as an Aussie, my whole life.
And when it comes to the dumbest thing @Voidable has heard an American saying, it’s “when I had an argument with an American who told me that the US had 40 states. Still plays back in my mind,” he laughed.
#10
“I’m Spanish” “Where in South America is Spain at?” “I’m European” “I thought u said u were Spanish” “Spain is in Europe” “What’s Europe?”
#11
him: "you don't study US history?" me: "no, just like you don't study Chilean history". him: "but it's different, we're an actual original country"
#14
One said to me “wait it snows outside of America?” Like wait until you hear that it snows in Africa.
#16
Girl said I was insensitive for making jokes about the Pompeii volcano eruption. She said it happened 2008, and not 79 C.E
#17
"Australia is the Florida of Europe" I thought they were joking, but no, they were dead serious.
#18
"Does gravity work opposite in Australia?" I was half amazed that he knew what gravity was and half dumbfounded.
#20
He told me that the USA is the best country in the world, they are the only country where you can vote freely and give your opinion
#23
My dads American co-worker was shocked that my dad had a drivers license, because he seriously thought that we only ride horse and buggy in Denmark.
#25
An American who thought Canada was a third world country. Because every country except the USA is a third world country. They really thought that.
#30
I’m Italian: “is it true that you think in English and then translate it to Italian when you speak Italian?”
#31
An American dude, about 25-30, laywer, mindblown that we had fields in the French countryside cause he "thought that France was only made of cities"
#35
I had someone ask me what it’s like having Christmas in the middle of the year. I had to explain that we still have it in December, it’s just hot.
#36
My dad was asked by a Harvard graduate how long it would take to drive from New York to Ireland.
#38
I got into an argument with American cousin about whether or not it's safe to play with the liquid inside a thermometer. BTW ITS MERCURY.
#40
While visiting LA, a girl asked where I lived and I said Australia (I was living there at the time) and she said “OMG, my dream is to go to Europe!”
#41
An American asked me how comes British people speak English and thought it was so we could understand Americans. He didn’t know England was a country.
#43
"I'm from Serbia" "omg how did you learn english, don't you live in like" and I quote "PAPER HOUSES?"
#46
I had an American ask me if we IN Canada are celebrating the 4th of July. ??? No... Because that is an American Holiday. ??? What?
#47
They genuinely thought that Canadians have to live underground in the winter because it’s below 0.
#48
I've worked at the Viking Shop Museum in Denmark, and Americans often thought Vikings are a living race, that live in territories nearby our museum..
#49
"Argentines are not from latin america because most of them are white" guess I'm european now and I didn't even notice lol
#54
I was asked whether I‘m from West or East Germany and if the Berlinwall is still standing. That was in 2008
#56
A girl asked me where I’m from... I said Spain... and then she told me she drove there last summer ( we were in Texas)
#64
"Oh you're from Poland. Have you seen any polar bears?" Hun, I'm from Central Europe, not Antarctica...
What do you think ?
H G 4 years ago
I promise you, not all of us are this dumb. Americans are embarrassed by dumb Americans too.
chi-wei shen 4 years ago
I've worked for 6 months in the US and met a few dozen people. Also at my job in Austria, I have to communicate with Americans and over the past 20 years, there were maybe more than a hundred people. At the end of the day, I didn't have to deal with a single dumb American, so I guess the percentage of dumb Americans is not higher than anywhere else, but somehow it seems to be very entertaining to non-Americans to point out stupid Americans. That's something I don't like and don't fully understand.
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JessG 4 years ago
These "America bad/stupid" posts are getting to be as bad as "Artist reimagined Disney princess'" posts. We get it already, stop! Also, some context for these would be helpful, as I'm sure a lot of these were kids, or people that didn't finish school or ever left the country. Once again: There. Are. Stupid. People. EVERYWHERE
H G 4 years ago
I promise you, not all of us are this dumb. Americans are embarrassed by dumb Americans too.
chi-wei shen 4 years ago
I've worked for 6 months in the US and met a few dozen people. Also at my job in Austria, I have to communicate with Americans and over the past 20 years, there were maybe more than a hundred people. At the end of the day, I didn't have to deal with a single dumb American, so I guess the percentage of dumb Americans is not higher than anywhere else, but somehow it seems to be very entertaining to non-Americans to point out stupid Americans. That's something I don't like and don't fully understand.
Load More Replies... JessG 4 years ago
These "America bad/stupid" posts are getting to be as bad as "Artist reimagined Disney princess'" posts. We get it already, stop! Also, some context for these would be helpful, as I'm sure a lot of these were kids, or people that didn't finish school or ever left the country. Once again: There. Are. Stupid. People. EVERYWHERE
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