Jay Leno used to have a blast interviewing morons like these.Iām in my 40āsā¦Iāve seen videos like this on television ever since I can recall
Iāve always wondered what the point was. I mean do the people who do the interviewing have an agenda to enlighten, to alarm, to try to feel smug and superior??? Yes there are people out there who are illiterate as to our history. If you were to ask me to play a note on a piano, I couldnāt tell you what key delivers what note. If you were to ask 100 others, Iām sure youād get bewilderment and confusion also while others see a simple question. Is there some recommendation for what people āshould knowā? You can get through life just fine without knowing who Alan Shepherd was or who General MacArthur was or who Teddy Roosevelt was. Is not knowing who John Hancock was any more or less tragic?
The point of the humor is how bad American public education has become.
I think it is quite funny too.
In one of his joke streams Leno pointed out that American high school kids masturbate more than Japanese kids do -- it's the only thing they are better at.