By John Ceccon
If you are easily “triggered”, you might not want to read this because I’m about to wield a big ol’ wide paint brush and beat 
up a whole group of people – the Gen Z crowd. I do it unapologetically and in the spirit of comedy. You’ve been warned, but you’re probably going to read it anyway and send me a bunch of hate mail because you have this drug-addict attraction to being offended.
I’m aware that stupid people exist because I encounter them every day. I consider myself a person of average intelligence. Apparently, in 2022, the average is becoming the new genius. Occasionally, I like to use YouTube as an RRHG (random rabbit-hole generator). I fall into these rabbit holes for hours at a time watching some incredibly dumb stuff and then hate myself because I just wasted two hours that I could have used to rearrange the canned goods in my pantry. Don’t judge, you do the same thing too – so shut up. A few days ago, I fell into the “dumb people” rabbit hole where YouTube content creators go out on the street and ask people questions about basic topics like politics, geography, and science. This is actually a remake of a bit Jay Leno used to do on the Tonight Show called Jay Walking. As I watched the videos, I noticed that a lot of them focused on Gen Z kids (mid 20’s). I sat there going back and forth between hilarity and mouth agape as the wonderment of the Gen X stupidity I was witnessing became apparent. It was like I discovered a new emotion. I will give them this though – they look good, act cool, and most of them can name all of the Kardashians, so there’s that.
Here is a short list of some of the questions posed to these good-looking geniuses. Just to be fair to the Gen Z crowd, I didn’t just find one or two videos and then went on a Gen Z kids are dumb tirade. I watched about three hours of these knuckleheads and I picked these questions because they were the most commonly asked of the group, so I feel this is a fair slice of the “how dumb are Gen Z kids” Dumbo pie chart. This is as close to Dumbo engineering as I can get. I realize that some peopled may be “triggered” by this rant, (you) they should probably stop reading here.
- What state is Utah in – nobody knew (about half never heard of Utah)
- How many states are in the United States – nobody knew
- In what country is Venice, Italy located – A teacher didn’t know (an F’ing teacher)
- Name one continent – nobody could – nobody knew (most didn’t know what a continent is)
- When was the war of 1812 – nobody knew
- How many dimes are in a dollar – nobody knew
- How many minutes is a quarter of an hour – nobody knew (most common answer 25)
- Where is the Queen of England from – nobody knew
- Who is buried in Grant’s tomb – nobody knew (yeah, that old gag)
- What is 3 x 3 x 3 – nobody knew (most thought it was 36 or 9 and a few thought it was a trick question)
- How many Kardashians can you name – all of them (wow, )
- Could not tell time on a clock with hands
- A young black gentleman was asked to name one country from Africa – He chose Zamunda, a make-believe country from the movie Coming to America (I laughed out loud on this one. )(Zamunda, indeed. Holy shit. What a dummy)
- If you were born 10 years ago today, how old would you be – nobody said 10
Don’t take my word for it. I’m here for you. If you don’t find this stuff funny, it’s probably because you could have been in one of these videos and can’t answer any of the questions either.
- https://youtu.be/g2oMv93EUpY
- https://youtu.be/Vs9ZpZJPgSA
- https://youtu.be/Vs9ZpZJPgSA
You’re welcome. Don’t you feel smart now?
I could paint with this brush all day and I think I’m going incorporate some dumb people videos into my daily regimen of spiritual and physical wellness. You should too.
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