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We all make fools out of ourselves every now and then. Nobody is safe from that unwelcome sense of anxiety once you realized the thing you just said makes zero sense. But things that leave your mouth, whether IRL or online, do stay there, oftentimes forever.

And there’s a whole corner of Reddit, r/S***AmericansSay, dedicated entirely to the mission of collecting the stupidest, funniest, and sometimes embarrassing cases of people being so convinced they know better when they couldn’t be further away from the truth.

So let’s ready ourselves for the ensued hilarity, ‘cause we are about to have a fair share of it, trust me.

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“I Get That Native Americans Are Upset, I Get It”

“I Get That Native Americans Are Upset, I Get It”

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“Who Was The First Country On Planet Earth To Ban Slavery? That’s Right, America”

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There’s an abundance of scientific evidence that shows humans are poor judges of their own abilities, whether it’s their sense of humor or grammar. In fact, psychologists believe that we are more blind to our own failings than we realize. This idea comes from the 1999 study in which David Dunning and Justin Kruger from Cornell University, New York, tested if people who lack skills and abilities are also more likely to lack awareness of their lack of ability.

#3

You're On The Internet, Which Is American

You're On The Internet, Which Is American

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#4

America Is The Reason You Have Cars

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The results of the tests led the authors to the interpretation that accurately assessing one's skill level relies on some of the same core abilities as actually performing that skill. It led them to the conclusion that the least competent maybe suffering a double deficit.

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#5

Should Ask Them If Jews Matter Too

Should Ask Them If Jews Matter Too

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Well Allocated Funds

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“Not only are they incompetent, but they lack the mental tools to judge their own incompetence,” Kruger and Dunning thought. During the course of four individual tests run on participants, the scientists discovered that “People who scored in the lowest percentiles on tests of grammar, humor, and logic also tended to dramatically overestimate how well they had performed (their actual test scores placed them in the 12th percentile, but they estimated that their performance placed them in the 62nd percentile).”

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'People Who Leave Their Phones Set To Military Time Are War Criminals'

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Dunning shared his impressions in an article for Pacific Standard: "In many cases, incompetence does not leave people disoriented, perplexed, or cautious. Instead, the incompetent are often blessed with an inappropriate confidence, buoyed by something that feels to them like knowledge." The phenomenon is known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect and most of us have surely encountered numerous cases of it in real life.

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#9

Go To Panama, This Is America

Go To Panama, This Is America

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#10

How Do You Prevent People From Jumping Off Like Idiots?

How Do You Prevent People From Jumping Off Like Idiots?

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#11

“More People Use Imperial Than Metric”

“More People Use Imperial Than Metric”

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“He Is (Your President)”

“He Is (Your President)”

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People Engaging Me In German Because I Look German

People Engaging Me In German Because I Look German

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#14

The Ambulance Is Not Your Taxi To The Hospital

The Ambulance Is Not Your Taxi To The Hospital

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#15

Where Does It Say In The Constitution Or Any Of The Amendments That Eating Is A Human Right?

Where Does It Say In The Constitution Or Any Of The Amendments That Eating Is A Human Right?

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#16

"More People Know About Our Smallest State Vermont Then The Amsterdam"

"More People Know About Our Smallest State Vermont Then The Amsterdam"

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Ryan Deschanel
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"SHUT UP ! DON'T PROVE ME WRONG YOU FILTHY INFERIOR FOREIGNER!!!!!"

Anne
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are we going to break it to them.. New York used to be called New Amsterdam..?

Raven Sheridan
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When a person resorts to the comeback of, "shut up" it means they've lost the argument.

Random Anon
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It has always bewildered me how some people can be knowingly ignorant and be proud of it at the same time.

YoChicken
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm American, and I've been to Amsterdam multiple times. I love Amsterdam! Honestly I go there just for real stroop waffles...

Cain Hargreaves
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ahhh stroopwafels~ So good~ I loved them when I visited. I also got a kick out of tourists thinking I'm a local because I look kind of like I could be. Americans being like "Do you speak English?" And when I answer, they just look shocked.

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Gegy Penguin
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And than he had a mental breakdown and realized the Vermont was not the smallest state in the US. His world is broken.

Easily Excitable Panda
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At this point I feel the need to add that some of us paid attention in school. Ye Gods, what an idiot.

M Kate McCulloch
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rhode Island. If we induct DC is that geographically smaller than RI? I spose I could look it up. Not all that interested - but won't claim to know either!

Noel Benavente
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also your british... wow, i'm from Nicaragua and i perfectly know how to use you're.

Ryan Deschanel
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A small state in north-eastern USA. It is part of New England (Vermont means "green hill" in French, because they were the first ones who discovered and colonize it). It is a rural, not very populated state between New York, Massachusets, Rhode Island and Canada.

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Nick P
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually it's "You are British" and not "Your British"... Makes me remind of Ross from Friends

Derek Clark
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My favorite thing is when I tell people online I'm from the Netherlands and they go "Oh, Amsterdam!" Uh nope. There's more than Amsterdam in the Netherlands, we don't all live in the one city. We're tiny, sure, but not THAT tiny.

Asti Littla
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gah...I fcking did that while on a call the other day. Was talking to someone in Amserdam and realized I had no idea what Country it was in. Debated googling it really fast, but I just found a very specific way to ask instead.

Iso
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

amsterdam isn't a random country though, is it? i mean, i'm japanese, and i learnt a bit about amsterdam in school.... not a lot, but definitely enough to know where it is

Brooklyn
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is stupid. Any American (including 11-year-old me) knows that Rhode Island is the smallest state in the U.S

Kallematti Waris
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had visited Amsterdam before learning about the existence of Vermont.

Suzanne Haigh
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aren't you glad we helped all the idiots emigrate to the new world?

CatWoman312
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ignorant Americans who make educated ones look bad simply for being American 🤦🏻‍♀️

Jill Bussey
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The trouble is that Americans may know their states from East to West and back again, but they have no knowledge of the rest of the world. The level of ignorance and self delusion is amazing.

Leo Domitrix
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Before we decide the Americans are all idiots, consdider that odds are someone from the UK googled which is the smallest US state. My UK in-laws can't tell California from Texas, which is, in the US, quite an insult to both states, I suspect!

Zoe Vokes
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can understand not knowing where Amsterdam is. I can’t imagine they spend much time teaching global geography and history in America. I don’t understand why he needs to be so defensive and aggressive and so “Yay, America!” about it.

Lex
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I honestly think most people of the United States are blind to the fact that we don't know as much as we probably should about our own country.

Will Roberts
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remeber when people thought that Barrack Obama came from somewhere but USA lol

Susan Widomski
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only one of many that embarrasses me that I am a citizen of the same country. Yikes.

TheartfulDutchGinger
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't see the appeal in Amsterdam actually. I try to avoid that city as much as possible. But since its our capital,its quite relevant to the Netherlands.

Bill Karp
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

another case of if born citizen not being able to pass citizenship test.

tail_bite
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ima stop looking at this post i dont like how us americans are so full of ourselfes

Paradise
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The guy does not even understand grammar so you can't expect geography.

SeidWolf
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know all the states, the best states, I golf there, even ones you don't know, because you're not rich... BlahBlahBlah

Jace
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aggressive ignorance is the absofuckinglutely worst kind of ignorance.

Steve Haigh
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the actual comment uses "than" correctly whereas the title uses "then" instead, incorrectly...

Steve
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

More people know about his tiny penis than Vermont and Amsterdam combined

Caroline Huot
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And Vermont isn't even the state with the smallest population. (I'm Canadian, own a cottage in VT)

Star of the world
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Can’t Compare Those Other Cities To The Us

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Wait Other Countries Didn't Have To Sing Their National Anthem Everyday At School For 12 Years???

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