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105 Times People Saw Americans Embarrassing Themselves Online And Just Had To Share
When you're on top, your every decision is bound to be scrutinized, so you have to be able to take the heat. Both from the inside and the outside. Especially if you're leading the Free World. Setting an example simply comes with the job.
But the Facebook group 'America's Cultural Decline Into Idiocy' (ACDII) thinks the country could — and should — do better.
Its 277K members share funny yet sobering memes poking fun at politics, culture, and everything else they believe is spiraling out of hand. Here are some of the ones that have received the most attention there.
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Charlie the Cat 2 months ago (edited)
Universal healthcare, walkable cities, significantly cheaper cost of living, less chance of getting mvrdered at school, to name but a few.
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Bored Jellyfish 2 months ago
Now THIS is where “Thank you for your service” would be appropriate.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 months ago
I like how this is a post about "American" idiocy and yet, the product tags are in Spanish and the prices are listed in Euros XD
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Lady Gypsy Rain 2 months ago
This was far funnier as video. They laughed so hysterically and I couldn’t wipe the grin off my face for a long time.
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Gehti nIXON 2 months ago
Let's call it AI and give it a chat interface with confident responses.
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Ipetmykitteh 2 months ago
That person is a flat earther. That’s some acrobatic thinking right there.
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TroubleMarkOne 2 months ago
I just want to see a photo of her disappointment on the 31st December when she empties out the jar of pennies and counts them...
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Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 2 months ago
"Stewart Lansbury, of Charlotte, was taken to the emergency room after reportedly inserting a packet of Pop Rocks into his rectum, then using a turkey baster to add Coca-Cola as part of an $80 bet with friends."
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Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 2 months ago
This is a gag gift from the Bernard Food Industries. They started making this in 1964.
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ShortAttnSpanTheatre 2 months ago
Because those are different equasions, and order of operations is multiplication before addition.
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Chrystina Sumpter 2 months ago
This is why I always read one and two star reviews. So very often the rating has very little to do with the item being rated.
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Gavin Johnson 2 months ago
U.K. number plates and the cars look like U.K. variants, U.K. style markings on the road, I’d say this is a shcool in the U.K. not really an American decline into idiocy unless we know the painter was American or the writer of the article is American. 🤷🏻♂️
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Laugh or not 2 months ago
I know, in my heart, that the 1990’s were 15 years ago, but my bones are better at maths.
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MalayDragon 2 months ago
I would be making that woman pay for the entire pile of clothes her child is on and the one next to it.
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Charlie the Cat 2 months ago
This happened last month. A 3-year-old boy survived a crocodile attack after a stranger grabbed and threw him into an enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst zoo in Cambridgeshire, England, on June 18, 2026. Zoo owner's wife, Tracey Johnson, bravely jumped into the enclosure to rescue the child, pulling him to safety.
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Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 2 months ago
The fact that someone got this on film means that it was on its way to happening for quite a while. I can't fathom how the drivers on the van didn't hear the thing banging on the roof for miles!
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Premislaus de Colo 2 months ago
Before you start complaining that the link does not work, please check if the book is connected to the Internet
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Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 2 months ago
🎶 Oh you can't roller skate in a buffalo herd, but you can be happy if you've a mind to. 🎶
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DeoManus Argentem 2 months ago
We had a sign similar to this where I worked - at a car rental center at a major international airport. It always confused guests when the doors wouldn't automatically open. Though it should be obvious - we're a right-driving country, the door you use is on the right. It was printed on the exterior of the garage leading into the lobby, indicating you're exiting the garage, but entering the lobby lol.
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Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
Well sometimes using the pull tab no work ! They break off so you need a normal opener ,oh n pull tabs don’t half bloody hurt when you got bad arthritis in your hands to ,source me they hurt !
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chi-wei shen 2 months ago
Kayleigh Düring is from the Netherlands and this is clearly a joke, not a sign of American decline.
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Charlie the Cat 2 months ago
If I was the store manager, I would make her pay for it all or get her done for criminal damage.
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Gunný Petersen 2 months ago
Only tourists use umbrellas in Iceland. No Icelander uses them because they get destroyed within a minute in the wind. Totally useless!
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highwaycrossingfrog 2 months ago
Judging by the design of the wheelchair, the dry riser inlet sign, the drain, and the double yellows, this is in the UK
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Floeckchen 2 months ago
The elevator has clearly doors on both sides (look at the open/close buttons on the bottom). There is clearly a reason why the left only opens on floors 11 or 12. My guess is, it is some kind of observation deck or bridge. also the 11th floor seems to be some kind of plaza since it stretches over two floors on the right. I also doubt it is in germany since the ground floor in germany would be EG or 0
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This kind of defeats the purpose of having ears.
Elladine DesIsles 2 months ago
And yet they expect us to believe that a certain piece of presidential cartilage repaired itself, scar-free.
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Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 2 months ago
Is this US? I thought this store was from the Philippines.
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Elladine DesIsles 2 months ago
I'm not a mashed potato fan, but aren't they typically prepared with milk, cream and/or butter? Hence "plant-based" not for the potatoes themselves, but for the lack of dairy.
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David Paterson 2 months ago (edited)
Niqab, Burka, Covid mask. Spiderman costume? I feel there's a story behind this one.
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Culinary tip of the day for my foodie friends:
If you run out of whipped cream, you can substitute mayonnaise and no one will ever know!
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Gavin Johnson 2 months ago
It’s IN the U.S. but the utterly corrupt President of FIFA is Infantino and FIFA definitely isn’t an American business. More laziness by the writer.
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Gavin Johnson 2 months ago
U.K. sign, U.K. sign. No American idiocy on display here, again. Lazy writer.
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Gavin Johnson 2 months ago
This is getting out of hand now. BT, British Telecom. 999 emergency number in the U.K., photo taken at least 20 or 30 years ago. This whole post is a joke. Not America, not a descent, FFS.
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chi-wei shen 2 months ago
Even though most people would know who Boba Fett is, not knowing it isn't a sign of cultural decline.
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Justin Case 2 months ago
You should do one titled “Bored Panda’s Literary Decline Into Idiocy: 105 Ridiculous Posts About Americans”
Gavin Johnson 2 months ago
Indrè you’ve been a bit lazy haven’t you? So many of these images AREN’T from the U.S., I’m all for a bit of casual racism but you can’t really take the p1ss properly if you aren’t being accurate y’know?
Arthur Waite 2 months ago
When I commented exactly what you said, I was Prevented from commenting for 24 hours.
Load More Replies... Justin Case 2 months ago
You should do one titled “Bored Panda’s Literary Decline Into Idiocy: 105 Ridiculous Posts About Americans”
Gavin Johnson 2 months ago
Indrè you’ve been a bit lazy haven’t you? So many of these images AREN’T from the U.S., I’m all for a bit of casual racism but you can’t really take the p1ss properly if you aren’t being accurate y’know?
Arthur Waite 2 months ago
When I commented exactly what you said, I was Prevented from commenting for 24 hours.
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