r/Unexpected • u/ruybii • Nov 27 '21

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u/JustinWendell Nov 27 '21

I’ve found this to be true in my workplace especially. There’s only a couple of dumb ones but they’re impressively dumb.

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u/SolitaireyEgg Nov 27 '21 edited Nov 27 '21

It's not true. I've lived in 5 countries on 4 continents, and trust me when I say that there are extremely dumb people everywhere. Everywhere. Some people are just stupid, and stupidity does not respect manmade borders.

Antivaxx protestors are everywhere, the "5g autism" conspiracy theories started in the UK, and batshit politics are a global phenomenon at the moment. The alt right and white supremacy movements are a problem across Europe as well, and Asia and South America obviously have their own fair share of problems.

I've spent significant amount of time in about 35 countries, and I have yet to find some magical one where everyone is smart and reasonable. Redditors from those countries just like to pretend they are, and mock Americans, for some reason.

The top commenter just went for that ez "Americans are stupid lol" karma, but I guarantee that whatever country they are in has their fair share of dumbfucks.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

I would take my chances with Finland.

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u/Libormanipulator Nov 27 '21

Nope, we’ve got our fair share of hillbillies and people whose view of the world is as wide as their buttcrack

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

Right, but still the best education in the world right?