that's not surprising to me at all... one place the computers were down so I paid in cash. The register girl could not count back the change. Even though I explained it to her three times she still had the blank stare.

Vix

Thank god I'm a Gen Y(1995)

That's actually absurd that they don't know basic knowledge questions... Like when that lady couldn't answer the question about the flag- I don't think I've ever cringed so hard in my life.

Ow, ow... the pain of being next to such ignorance of basic US trivia

I know they probably edit these videos for entertainment, but surely there are just as many people that *can* answer these questions...right?
(right? >.>)

There are many more. As you guessed, they only show the bad ones for entertainment values.

These kind of videos exist for yeaars and they're always then used to attack the group of people asked in some way (I can already foresee some people going "All that "woke" shit makes them dumb")

These aren't a good representation, never were. Go into a large crowd and you will find people that won't know something.

And it shouldn't be a shame either imo. We aren't born with "basic" knowledge and there's a lot of reasons someone might not know.

Embrace them and share the knowledge instead.

As everytime such a thing is posted, it is important to remember that they ONLY show the bad ones in these. Dozens of people got it right.

What is also to mention is that people are under stress in front of a cam and microphone so the brain can shut off entirely in front of them.

And lastly: Don't make fun of people for not knowing something "basic". For everything we heard, there's a chance someone hasn't for variety of reasons.
Teach them said thing instead.

Blame the schools and tiktok I guess.