ohh shit bro you must mean "Deutschland" oh yeah we do that, i always be thinking like that people you know the people

"easy now... we don't just say that kinda shit in america."

Homeschooling rocks

Shitty title for this awesome video.

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Agreed. Better options:

Justin Bieber is a Grade A Moran
Justin Bieber Pulls a Homer
Justin Bieber Validates Home-Schooling
>> ^joedirt:

Shitty title for this awesome video.
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How old is he and why is he not at school.

And what will he do when his vapid pop songs stop selling.

Words we also don't say in America:

Car
Rock
Tree
Bird

All this proves is popstars are morons, whether they're from the US, *canada, Britain, or anywhere else. They are hired for their looks and the ability to at least get within a decent Autotune session of on-key singing. Don't hate the playa, hate his corporate overlords.

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>> ^BoneyD:

Homeschooling rocks


Yeah, don't know what the hell is misfiring in his brain. To be serious for just a moment, I am fairly sure that stupidity has nothing to do with where you get your education from. I remember watching a film in grade 10 on starving people with distended stomachs in Africa and the girl behind me says "Well, why do we need to send them food? Look at how fat they are." Homeschooling has nothing to do with it.

HAHAHA!!
I was watching this while my lady was getting ready in the bathroom, and I asked if she heard it and her reply was "Yeah, he said "German" and then she said...."

She didn't know the clip was Justin.

LOL at the little girly boy.

Isn't Bieber a German name? Sure looks like one to me.

Which just makes it all the more sad.

Much better title now.

Okay, I wasn't going to comment on this originally. I assumed people had the intelligence to see what was going on here. But, I see people prefer to mindlessly pile on the hate bandwagon instead. I wonder if any of you guys commenting on Justin's intelligence actually understand the question he was being asked. Note that Justin experienced this first hand, he did not have the benefit of our ability to replay the scenario over and over until he figured it out.

Let's look at a partial transcript:

Interviewer: "Uhhhh, okay, Justin, um, Beiber, sorry, is German for basketball, true or false?"
Justin: "Is what?"
Interviewer: "Is German for basketball, true or false?"
Justin: "Germing?"
Interviewer: "German. Sorry, that's the Kiwi accent going on there. German, you know? German"
Justin: "I don't know what that means."

The interviewer's verbal sloppiness butchers the original question. It appears that him saying Justin's name is merely him addressing Justin, which then makes the entire question only "Is German for basketball, true or false?". This impression is then reinforced when he repeats only that part of the question. Unable to parse that question, Justin assumes he's hearing words incorrectly and asks about "German"/"Germing" as that was the least clear word. The interviewer clarifies that the word is "German", mentions that he is Kiwi, and continues to hammer on the word "German" without ever restating the entire question. At this point, the original question is long gone, and Justin's brain is primed to assume that the phraseology of the question he thinks he's being asked is due to some quirk of how Kiwis talk. And so he says "We don't say that in America", as in "I'm not familiar with talking that way". Then he offers up that he likes basketball just to give the interviewer something.

If the interviewer had originally said "Your last name, "Beiber", is the German word for basketball, true or false?" then none of the misunderstanding would have happened.

I don't like airheaded celebrities or tv personalities either, but lets not be sloppy in our hate as that discredits our position.

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And by the way, the question itself is retarded. As far as I'm aware, the German for "basketball" is "Basketball".

The closest there likely is is "Biber", which is a beaver. It could be a German name.

Whatever.. it's an utterly stupid question.

Yeah, I was also confused. I heard, "Is German for Basketball?" which makes no sense. I suppose if Bieber was my last name, someone at some point might've pointed out that "bieber" is the German word for basketball, but (A) The interviewer butchered the question and (B) my last name doesn't mean anything and isn't German (it's Miller).

>> ^Mcboinkens:
Bieber may be an idiot, but this video isn't proof.>> ^sineral:

I don't like airheaded celebrities or tv personalities either, but lets not be sloppy in our hate as that discredits our position.

hurr durr yes I'm kidding about my name.

You're spot on. Comes from the German "biber" meaning "beaver".

That was kind of the point of the interviewer's question - that his last name was German in origin, but it's obviously not "basketball".
>> ^Drachen_Jager:

Isn't Bieber a German name? Sure looks like one to me.
Which just makes it all the more sad.

Aw lay off tha Kiwi eh cuzzie? It isn't is fault he's beached-as!

Okay.. sloppy giving him the question..

maybe...

...maybe..


...but then showing him the exact sentence on the queue card that says "True or false, Bieber is the German word for basketball"

..that's just plain stupidity.

I don't think it's a stupid question (though the interviewer did mess it up some). He was just asking the kid some trivia and it's perfectly legitimate to ask someone a question regarding the meaning of their name (as so few actually know this).

Unfortunately both sides fucked it up. The interviewer botched the question a little and Justin said something hilariously stupid by saying that people in America don't use the word "German".

Unfortunately I have met many American tourists who do much the same thing when confronted with something they don't understand. "We don't do that in America" or "that's not how it's done in America" become passionately hated phrases in touristy areas worldwide.





PS I'm not saying all Americans are stupid or that only American tourists do that, but this does stand out as the behavior of the "Ugly American".

>> ^harry:

And by the way, the question itself is retarded. As far as I'm aware, the German for "basketball" is "Basketball".
The closest there likely is is "Biber", which is a beaver. It could be a German name.
Whatever.. it's an utterly stupid question.

Don't know about you guys, but what I saw was: --- The host lean closer and say " here you go, German " while pointing to the question he was asking on his cue card.

To which Bieber's response was: --- To read aloud the part of question that clearly states " is German for " ..then immediately proceed to assert he has no clue what those word means.

If someone points out, recites, then you yourself read aloud the text in question yet still have no idea as to what the text means.. ..you're dumb.

That's literally the defintion of stupid. Plain and simple.

>> ^sineral:

I assumed people had the intelligence to see what was going on here.

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We only use derogatory words like "Hun" and "Kraut" here in the States.

Kudos to sineral for balancing out the shocking number of clueless and/or jerkoffs. No, I'm not a Bieber fan or an American, and I wasn't home-schooled.

{Ignorance is where someone or something is uninformed. This should not be confused with being unintelligent, as one's level of intelligence and level of education or general awareness are not the same.}

so being young and ignorant doesn't necessarily mean you're stupid. and yes, the question was delivered very poorly...

Ugh okay, Genji, sorry, Kilpatrick, sorry, is Irish for Japanese, True or False?

Make any sense?

Actual text, "Kilpatrick is Irish for Japanese, True or False?"

Does that make much more sense?

>> ^GenjiKilpatrick:

Don't know about you guys, but what I saw was: --- The host lean closer and say " here you go, German " while pointing to the question he was asking on his cue card.
To which Bieber's response was: --- To read aloud the part of question that clearly states " is German for " ..then immediately proceed to assert he has no clue what those word means.
If someone points out, recites, then you yourself read aloud the text in question yet still have no idea as to what the text means.. ..you're dumb.
That's literally the defintion of stupid. Plain and simple.
>> ^sineral:
I assumed people had the intelligence to see what was going on here.

>> ^harry:

How old is he and why is he not at school.
And what will he do when his vapid pop songs stop selling.


swim in his $crooge McDuck silo of cash?

Omg. He read the cue card. You know, the one with the question written in his native language.

Eliminate all other factors and mull that around yer face for a second.

:: patiently waits for light bulb to click on::

Mmkay, have a great night!! =]
>> ^Flood:

Ugh okay, Genji, sorry, Kilpatrick, sorry, is Irish for Japanese, True or False?




EDIT: From Yahoo - Bieber offers his own explanation, via Twitter. "I thought this interviewer in NZ said 'Jewman' instead of 'German' people think I don't know what German is?"

Either way, the video has gone viral as blogs have ridiculed Bieber for exactly that as he did actually read the cue card that seems to say the word 'German.'

>> ^GenjiKilpatrick:

Either way, the video has gone viral as blogs have ridiculed Bieber for exactly that as he did actually read the cue card that seems to say the word 'German.'


Indeed after reading the cue card he repeats the word "German" back to the presenter - definitely not "Jewman" (watch his lips!). Nice try with the Twitter post, Justin... but we gotcha still

Well, to be honest, if I was just thinking I was sitting across from an openly anti-semite, finding out he really said "German" probably would probably send me further down the wrong path.

So to speak...

Who is Justin Bieber and why do I care that he's a idiot?

he shoulda just went for it and said true

Not going to argue Americans aren't dumb(I'd argue everyone is dumb), but gotta give credit where credit is due, Justin is Canadian. And typical of those sneaky Canadians he pretends to be American when he's looking like an idiot on TV.

My understanding is he thought the question, "Is German for Basketball?" was a way of asking "Does Germany like Basketball?" and his response was "We don't say that in America." because he thought he was just confusing the sentence structure, and didn't know why the host would be asking him if Germany like basketball.

Also, we don't know what the card said, maybe it just said "Beiber: is German for Basketball?" which would further confuse him.

Of course maybe he's just an idiot. His Twitter certainly doesn't help his case. I guess I'm just defending him because I had no idea what the host was asking either. But then maybe I'm just an idiot.>> ^Shepppard:
...but then showing him the exact sentence on the queue card that says "True or false, Bieber is the German word for basketball"
..that's just plain stupidity.

Also this.

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