French people can't REALLY be this dumb can they?

[DorkyFresh]

sorry if this has already been discussed before but i can't help but be amazed at this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhlERjW0bhw

...basically, the guy is asked "what is it that orbits the Earth?" the Moon, the Sun, Mars, or Venus. now what kills me isn't that he didn't know the answer (though that's pretty bad in itself) but when he asks the audience to vote on the question over 50% of them say the SUN! then he picks what the audience does!

now i gotta ask...if the audience voted honestly (not trying to get the guy to guess incorrectly) then what the hell are they teaching in schools in France? i learned about the Solar System back in 2nd grade! we've known the moon is the only natural thing that revolves around the Earth for a loooooong time. wtf is up???


edit: TOO CLEAR THINGS UP...please don't take this thread as a "ridicule France" thread. it's not. i really DO have a curiosity about the intelligence level. knowing that the Earth orbits the Sun is basic science, yet half of the audience's voted wrongfully. so i guess the REAL question should be....DID THE AUDIENCE VOTE WRONG ON PURPOSE OR BECAUSE THEY HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW?

 

[MaskedManJRK]

Jesus, and they say the schools in the US sucks.

 

[black_dust]

Ive seen dumber Americans

 

[SoulManX]

Are you smarter than a 5th grader

 

[DorkyFresh]

Are you smarter than a 5th grader

depends on the 5th grader we're talking about hehe. i know a couple of 5th graders that could kick my @$$ in math right now.

 

[terry78]

Are you smarter than a Frenchman?

Oh no I did'ent.

 

[Cinemaman]

It depends on person's IQ, not on his or her nation.

 

[Jack Rabbit]

The French have a much better education system than us. That **** is whack.

 

[terry78]

Is there anyone on the board who has French ancestry? What you think about this?

 

[black_dust]

[YT]28L63Vi6AlU[/YT]

 

[triplefive]

i think that a large part of the french sense of humour is seeing someone else in a state of misfortune.

you can hear people in the audience laugh when he gives his final answer. they screwed with him for fun.

 

[DorkyFresh]

Is there anyone on the board who has French ancestry? What you think about this?

good post Terry....i would like to know also. if anyone here is French or living in France, could ya fill us in please?

 

[MaskedManJRK]

...

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssh...

 

[bunk]

Are you smarter than a 5th grader

BlackHardKnight's avy > everyone else's

 

[Kebab gud]

Is there anyone on the board who has French ancestry? What you think about this?

there are also french people her..

anyway..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WBtyG2OJvw

 

[DorkyFresh]

[YT]28L63Vi6AlU[/YT]

that's pretty bad also. however, knowing countries and their locations is one thing...but not knowing that the Earth revolves around the sun is a totally different matter. i thought EVERYONE knew that...

 

[04nbod]

[YT]LUmviuceomk[/YT]

 

[Kebab gud]

ohh better!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll2bGfoio9M

 

[POWdER-man]

Is there anyone on the board who has French ancestry? What you think about this?

I'm of Acadian ancestry and I didn't bother watching the video....to me the titlle is generalizing everyone who is French......just because they are French doesn't make everyone else who's french stupid.....so bleh....

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Just because stupid random people on the streets are idiots doesn't mean the entire country is a bunch of morons.

And as much as I like to rag on countries that -AREN'T- America, one ****** on a game show doesn't equate to an entire country's stupidity either.

 

[SoulManX]

BlackHardKnight's avy > everyone else's

Word

 

[04nbod]

Just because stupid random people on the streets are idiots doesn't mean the entire country is a bunch of morons.

And as much as I like to rag on countries that -AREN'T- America, one ****** on a game show doesn't equate to an entire country's stupidity either.

of course- the vids are just there for comedy valuet:

 

[DorkyFresh]

I'm of Acadian ancestry and I didn't bother watching the video....to me the titlle is generalizing everyone who is French......just because they are French doesn't make everyone else who's french stupid.....so bleh....

well of course i generalized the people, but i was asking a QUESTION...not making a statement.

Just because stupid random people on the streets are idiots doesn't mean the entire country is a bunch of morons.

And as much as I like to rag on countries that -AREN'T- America, one ****** on a game show doesn't equate to an entire country's stupidity either.

i'm not saying ALL of France is dumb because of the handful of people in that show but over 50% of that audience voted the wrong answer. now that could've been the audience screwing with the contestant but i was under the impression that the audience is supposed to vote honestly...

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

good post Terry....i would like to know also. if anyone here is French or living in France, could ya fill us in please?

I'm from France, and I can say that this isn't the common intelligence.

After all, if we French judged the American community on a show called Street Smarts, that crowd actually look like genius level people in comparison. But I know better, so it's cool.


They're probably from Nice.

Oh no I di'in.

 

[POWdER-man]

well of course i generalized the people, but i was asking a QUESTION...not making a statement.

Seriously....you're really asking if all french people are dumb....I can put up videos of people of doing stupid **** from any race, language or country....it doesn't matter where you are from...there is stupid people everywhere....

So what are you going to do next, put up a thread asking "Do all black men rob liqueur stores?"