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 Red Cheep-cheep Level: 35 Posts: 137/221 EXP: 263320 Next: 16616 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6254 days Last view: 6290 days |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE
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Hats Steam Board2 group Level: 121 Posts: 745/3965 EXP: 20010456 Next: 46240 Since: 02-19-07 From: Sweden, Skåne Last post: 3449 days Last view: 2200 days |
I actually found it kind of creepy seeing the map with Australia named North Korea... and people weren't noticing that it was in a way wrong location. And Australia is a US ally too.  I kinda understand if some people can't point out on a map where Korea is but... mistaking Australia?
My favourite question is probably "Name a country starting on U". Priceless. ____________________ AIM: gamefreak1337, MSN: Emil_sim@spray.se, XMPP: ailure@xmpp.kafuka.org
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| Sgraff87 |
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 Panser Level: 42 Posts: 154/345 EXP: 513573 Next: 7789 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6137 days Last view: 5812 days |
And this is after they interviewed HOW many people? |
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 Flurry Level: 37 Posts: 236/251 EXP: 318721 Next: 19532 Since: 02-19-07 From: Mirabel, Québec, Canada Last post: 6327 days Last view: 1961 days |
Flurry #&postrank& That's probably only the few dumbest they found, and some of the questions weren't that obvious either ... but when people don't even know about the United Kingdom, forget their own country name, place various countries in Australia or think there's 10 Eiffel Towers, there's a problem
"Name a country starting with U" even had more possible answers, like Uruguay, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Uganda, or even United Arab Emirates  ____________________ |
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Red Cheep-cheep Level: 35 Posts: 138/221 EXP: 263320 Next: 16616 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6254 days Last view: 6290 days |
Posted by Sgraff87 Of course, it's entertainment so they aren't going to show the person that said: "Three sides are on a triangle, notice triangle?" Still, wtf at these people. |
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Level: 48 Posts: 188/458 EXP: 785580 Next: 37963 Since: 02-19-07 From: The Void Last post: 3178 days Last view: 3178 days |
Ah, so these are the people who keep on cutting us off when we drive anywhere. |
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 Beezo Level: 49 Posts: 171/480 EXP: 841245 Next: 42638 Since: 03-15-07 Last post: 5915 days Last view: 5780 days |
Honestly, America is a stupid country. I was born in, and currently live in America, I'm not basing this on anything other than personal experience, most of the people I see every day are stupid. This may sound like a biased view, but this has been my experience up to this point of my life. I have met people like those in the video, only one or two, but still, people like these are the reason any country that winds up in the "Center of the world" position dies off. However, not everyone is stupid, I don't think that anyone intelligent would for a second think that all Americans are stupid, but a very large number of them are. That's why this video really doesn't anger me, anyone with a brain realises that there are more intelligent people than those shown in the video. I can't stand the ignorance some people show, it really bothers me how stupid at least 75% of the population is, but it's true. ____________________ There are things I want to put here. Like a cool picture, my 8-bit theatre character test result, my MS and RO characters... But it's 12 AM, and I'm sleepy. |
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 Red Goomba Possible banned, re-registering user. Log-in without using a proxy and private message an admin for potential unbanning. Level: 17 Posts: 19/43 EXP: 22471 Next: 2272 Since: 05-03-07 Last post: 6345 days Last view: 6303 days |
Wait until you meet intelligent people. They're complete assholes. XD |
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Hats Steam Board2 group Level: 121 Posts: 749/3965 EXP: 20010456 Next: 46240 Since: 02-19-07 From: Sweden, Skåne Last post: 3449 days Last view: 2200 days |
Most of the time, intelligent people who are assholes are usually ones that wants to prove how much better they are than everyone else. Like a certain banned member...____________________ AIM: gamefreak1337, MSN: Emil_sim@spray.se, XMPP: ailure@xmpp.kafuka.org
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Beezo Level: 49 Posts: 172/480 EXP: 841245 Next: 42638 Since: 03-15-07 Last post: 5915 days Last view: 5780 days |
Actually, I have yet to meet an intelligent person who was an asshole about being better than others. I have met intelligent people who can be assholes at times, but there are a lot of stupid people like that too. ____________________ There are things I want to put here. Like a cool picture, my 8-bit theatre character test result, my MS and RO characters... But it's 12 AM, and I'm sleepy. |
| Drag |
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 Spike Dragon Level: 58 Posts: 390/705 EXP: 1500318 Next: 77228 Since: 02-19-07 From: 
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Yeah, I admit, I don't know how the government in Asia works, and I don't know which countries start with an X, and I don't know how many cubic centimeters the pacific ocean is either. I guess that means I'm as dumb as a brick, huh?
Yeah, I'm really stupid. I'm a huge retarded idiot, despite my knowledge of assembly for two, possibly three families of CPUs, 5 programming languages, binary logic, electronics, and video game analysis. Yeah, I'm sorry that I can't be smarter, rest of the world, I really owe you guys a lot for it. Feel free to call me a giant idiot every time you see me, I guess I deserve it. Where did they conduct this survey? And even then, they probably only used the wrong answers. For one thing, I wouldn't know half of the questions they'd ask me, because GUESS WHAT? I DON'T GIVE A RAT FUCK ABOUT POLITICS, so of course I'm not going to know who's in charge everywhere. I do know enough geography to be able to place most territories roughly in the area where they actually are, instead of dumping everything onto Australia. And it's dumbass grade-A biased bashing that makes me care EVEN LESS about politics. If you want me to care about what's going on in your country, then stop giving me reasons to want to disregard everything you say. So yes. I know America's image is bad in most of the world. I'm fully aware of this, and as a result, I'm not leaving the country. I never had plans on leaving the country, and I'm especially not going to make any plans on leaving the country any time soon. That way, everyone will be saved from my HUGE OBESE OVEREATING HABITS, and my RIDICULOUSLY RETARDED STUPIDITY. ____________________  |
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Done. Level: 79 Posts: 430/1471 EXP: 4521836 Next: 57631 Since: 02-19-07 From: ??? Last post: 6234 days Last view: 6226 days |
Ah man you so need to watch Neurotically Yours if you want something told about image of anything. |
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 Cobrat Level: 56 Posts: 92/666 EXP: 1377222 Next: 20954 Since: 02-22-07 Last post: 833 days Last view: 455 days |
Drag: it's a bit pathetic how you're trying to defend/justify yourself, IMO. :\
Plus it makes you look complexed... A true sign of intelligence would have been to be above this. |
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Spike Dragon Level: 58 Posts: 391/705 EXP: 1500318 Next: 77228 Since: 02-19-07 From:
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Yeah, sorry for the huge overreaction, I've been a lot more irritable lately, because of college issues which I will not be explaining further.
Also, if we're so dumb, why can't foreigners drive in the US correctly?  ____________________ |
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Done. Level: 79 Posts: 432/1471 EXP: 4521836 Next: 57631 Since: 02-19-07 From: ??? Last post: 6234 days Last view: 6226 days |
Like I said...my site. You really need to take things like this way less seriously.
I'm pretty sure 'Accidents At Home' in TOONS would be a good start. |
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Red Cheep-cheep Level: 35 Posts: 167/216 EXP: 254388 Next: 25548 Since: 02-21-07 Last post: 6269 days Last view: 6245 days |
Posted by Ailure That's not really fair though.. The entire thing was setup where they were asking foreign questions at first, and they probably weren't given a lot of time to answer. The way the brain works, everyone would be trying to come up with some unusual name or another, and they'd be trying to rush themselves to process it quickly.. Their own country is never going to click while the mind is caught in that kind of a cycle. (Besides, I imagine the majority were just thinking "America" in regards to their country, not "United States of America." Same logic falls in lines with things like the United Kingdom, though the people that never HEARD of the UK are quite the morons indeed.) Some (not all) of the questions regarding politics are rather iffy too.. I don't think the populace as a whole really NEEDS to know that much about foreign affairs\leaders. We all have our own lives and things to do, and it is a pretty big world.. It is to be expected that if you pick someone off the street they aren't going to be able to name everything off accurately, or at all. I think the same would apply to anywhere around the world.. (And if you think you could pull someone off the street in another country and get them to name off a bunch of facts about the US.. you probably would get better results, if not simply because the USA is plastered all over the media and constantly gets its nose into everything. For an accurate test, you'd need a broader range of questioning like the one displayed here, not localized on asking them about a single country.) That said though.. most of the rest was pretty damned stupid on the peoples part. Like the geography and things like the KFC question.. I guess I can't hold it entirely against someone not to know their geography either, but it was pretty ridiculous that people just randomly selected an area rather than admitting that they didn't know where to place the pin.. |
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 Porcupo Level: 41 Posts: 132/317 EXP: 452365 Next: 27780 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6080 days Last view: 3290 days |
What's new? There are a lot of ignorant people in this world, and this nation is no exception. Not a real shocker to find a few people who can't answer shit like this. ____________________  |
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Red Goomba Possible banned, re-registering user. Log-in without using a proxy and private message an admin for potential unbanning. Level: 17 Posts: 20/43 EXP: 22471 Next: 2272 Since: 05-03-07 Last post: 6345 days Last view: 6303 days |
Really, isn't it a bit silly to point at other people and claim intellectual superiority over them? Since then we run into a "I'm better because I know X and other people don't" sort of quibbling. |
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... Level: 73 Posts: 665/1220 EXP: 3406375 Next: 79493 Since: 03-25-07 From: no Last post: 6239 days Last view: 6222 days |
Yeah, I don't watch the news, so I wouldn't know much in the way of politics. It's not really fair to gauge someone's intelligence based on what they know about one subject. |
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 Paragoomba Level: 22 Posts: 33/77 EXP: 54031 Next: 4319 Since: 03-20-07 From: Zaragoza, Aragón, España Last post: 6142 days Last view: 6140 days |
I can't watch Youtube videos. Is this another link to a segment from the Chaser? |
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