This is like a Leno segment when he gets out in the street and asks people questions that you would think, they would be able to answer. It's kind of funny but a little sad too.
YouTube - Americans don't know why we celebrate 4th of July
This is like a Leno segment when he gets out in the street and asks people questions that you would think, they would be able to answer. It's kind of funny but a little sad too.
YouTube - Americans don't know why we celebrate 4th of July
Ah, yeah, the latest big news that there are people who can lead their life without much knowledge of the origins of their country.
I wonder if the interviewer has ever held a 'real job'.
you know every time i see videos like that i know i shouldnt watch them cause it is just gonna make me mad. how do you not know what the fourth of july is about? i mean i can understand people living in other countries not knowing (but i will believe that alot of them do). it was only like one of the most important dates of our country!!! i mean come on read a:cen book!!!! have a little pride for your home
-dan-
p.s. thanks for sharing
Obviously that little production would not be a "little" production if everybody was answering the questions.
I wonder if the interviewer even knew what it meant before they told him what to say. He probably could be found at the local bar that night blowing his money buying drinks for everyone.
As sad as it is, this doesn't surprise me in the least. We have kids graduating college with advanced degrees that can barely string together a coherent sentence, much less know what the national holidays are all about.
I don't know if he ever had a real job but just in the few minutes of that video he brought more value to the market that any government mobster.
EDIT: Here is another Dice video since so many enjoyed the other. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk5aRIz17fk
Oh most definitely, it just doesn't happen to be my type of 'value'. But there are obviously plenty of people willing to pay him little at a time to be 'enlightened'.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnarchoPhil
Yeah, I think I'd go with your valuation of 'sad'.
"americans" not knowing why they celebrate the fourth of july is not something that bothers me.. what annoys me are the "americans" who don't know why they celebrate cinco de mayo.
My late father always told me that all of the USA celebrated his birthday on 04/07!
Gareth
On one level, ignorance of this magnitude is depressing indeed. But I wonder how many people in a similar UK vox pop would be able to answer the question: "What was the Magna Carta?"
I'm willing to bet a similar outcome to the Mark Dice video.
(The second Dice video was somewhat disingenuous. If some random guy in the street wandered up to me, poked a camera in my face, and offered a 'genuine' gold Canadian coin to me for a tiny fraction of its supposed worth, I too would say no. Anyone saying yes on face value is the bigger fool and likely one of those who enjoys betting on which cup the pea is under!)
In Fairness mark, yes you may be possibly right about the UK and Magna Carta the crucial difference being that The UK doesn't have a Magna Carta day that is widely celebrated as the 4th of July is here.Quote:
Originally Posted by majurey
A big deal is made of the 4th of July ( and rightly so IMHO) and yet there are plenty of adults walking around this country who have no idea why they are celebrating it. I find that saddening and not a little worrying.
That's really sad not knowing of our independence from Britian.
Just wondering though do they have a 4th of July in England??????:confused:
Trying to remember all this holiday nonsense is too mentally taxing besides most of us real americans know why we celebrate. July 4th to shoot guns in the air and set off fireworks, Christmas to get presents,Thanksgiving to eat a lot of food, presidents day to get a day off of work. What more do you need to know right?
Sure there are a lot of people that don't know. I wonder how many people that did know weren't included in the video?
The only thing the video proves is that there are some people that don't know why we celebrate Independence Day. Is that such a shocker?
It would be easy enough to make a video like this proving people's stupidity about anything. Just find a few clueless gems, and leave everyone else out. I might make one proving how Americans don't know how to tie their shoes.
I'm Canadian, and I knew most of those answers. The thing is that you could find the same number of people in Canada who don't know who Sir John A. MacDonald is. In any case though, I would be interested in finding out how long it took him to find enough people who didn't know to make a video segment that long.
No, 4th of July is strictly American. Just like the 1st of July is strictly Canadian.Quote:
Originally Posted by paco
My thoughts exactly!Quote:
Originally Posted by WongKonPow
Yes we have a 4th July every year. Comes after the 3rd and before the 5th... :roflmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by paco
I was wondering when i'd get a reply. Cheers :beer2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Galopede
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Originally Posted by paco
Yep. They celebrate getting rid of us! :rofl2:
Those videos are sad :(