Are Americans Really This Dumb?

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by MissEve@Dec 6 2002, 03:08 PM
Have you guys ever seen the show Street Smarts? It is SO pathetic. I can not believe how stupid people are.

I was in South Beach a few months ago and they were on the streets looking for people to be on the show. They came up to me and said "Hey, you look like a character. Would you like to be on "Street Smarts"? I said "So you think I look STUPID?" and laughed. We talked for a minute .. and then I said "I can't be on the show. I'd know all the answers." She says "Everyone says that". They asked me about 10 questions - one was "What was Einstein's first name?" I knew all the answers.

Anyway - they strongly encouraged me to either answer within a few seconds or make an answer up. Those are the rules. That's what they want you to do. You have to answer SOMETHING and at high speed that usually comes out funny. I would guess from watching some more people get interviewed that some people knew the answers and faked not knowing to get on the show.