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Dlash23
Russian Federation38 Posts
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22705 Posts
Americans are famous for how terrible there world knowledge is so no I dont doubt it is fake tho some are probably trolling. | ||
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Deleted User 183001
2939 Posts
What worries me the most is some people mistook the US to be Ukraine >_> | ||
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Deleted User 137586
7859 Posts
#Russia’s deep ties to #Donetsk’s Kremlin collaborators - by @alexmazuka & @vitaliy_sizoff for @KyivPost & @OCCRP http://t.co/iVIpehnzpY 2:05 PM Apr 10th via TweetDeck http://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/454213504120422401 *** also, the recent speech by NATO SG Rasmussen is well worth reading. | ||
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PaleMan
Russian Federation1953 Posts
On April 10 2014 20:09 darkness wrote: If the Bulgarian Socialist Party (the first English article I've found: here) is able to pay web trolls, then why wouldn't Russia afford it? i think yes, for sure look at Ghanburighan guy for example - he is definitely paid by Russia, oh wait... | ||
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radiatoren
Denmark1907 Posts
On April 10 2014 20:47 JudicatorHammurabi wrote: What worries me the most is some people mistook the US to be Ukraine >_> If you don't know how a map works or if you want to troll a poll or if your mouse slips, it seems like an easy target to hit. | ||
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hypercube
Hungary2735 Posts
On April 10 2014 12:07 DeepElemBlues wrote: I'm not sure what you're saying here, I think you misunderstood me. What I meant was that if cultural conservatism in Europe is increasing anywhere, it is in communities dominated by recent immigrants who have brought their more conservative cultural norms from home with them. I totally agree with everything else you said there. I must have. It sounded like you thought there was a slight shift to cultural conservatism due to immigration. | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
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PaleMan
Russian Federation1953 Posts
On April 10 2014 22:54 Dangermousecatdog wrote: I'm suprised that even 1 in 6 got it right, but about the same amount appeared to have hit the black sea, and others hit random spots in the ocean, so I don't think it's reliable. Most probably, most of those misses are just people trying to zoom in or shift the map or something. yeah yeah | ||
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TheFish7
United States2824 Posts
Although yes Americans are bad at geography. I never once took a single geography class in all my years in NYC public schools. Shit one of the maps in my classrooms said USSR on it and one of my textbooks claimed that man had never gone to the moon. | ||
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Mc
332 Posts
Oh my, finally a post of yours I like and can agree with :p As to the results of the internet poll-- he does have a point that internet polls are extremely inaccurate. But at the same time Americans are extremely ignorant of global geography compared to other developed countries. I wouldn't be surprised if the number was 1 in 6. In defence of Americans, why should they know European geography so well? They have 50 states to remember, each being quite unique (the US is very much like a federation of states with each state having a lot of autonomy). That's their world- where they live, where they travel. I'd be curious to see what percentage of Europeans can point out NY state on a map. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't a similar number. And to sum up, yes American's can be very dumb | ||
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PaleMan
Russian Federation1953 Posts
On April 11 2014 00:27 Mc wrote: Oh my, finally a post of yours I like and can agree with :p so you didn't like my post about "witch hunting"? sob... sob... sob... i thought it was brilliant! | ||
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TheFish7
United States2824 Posts
On April 11 2014 00:27 Mc wrote: I'd be curious to see what percentage of Europeans can point out NY state on a map. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't a similar number. Your wish is my command!  | ||
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Mc
332 Posts
On April 11 2014 00:33 PaleMan wrote: so you didn't like my post about "witch hunting"? sob... sob... sob... i thought it was brilliant! Actually that one wasn't bad either haha. Your sense of humour actually isn't that bad, it's just your sense of justice/freedom that bothers me | ||
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Mc
332 Posts
That's awesome: And it's fun to look at : http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/americans-try-to-place-european-countries-on-a-map | ||
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RvB
Netherlands6326 Posts
On April 11 2014 00:27 Mc wrote: Oh my, finally a post of yours I like and can agree with :p As to the results of the internet poll-- he does have a point that internet polls are extremely inaccurate. But at the same time Americans are extremely ignorant of global geography compared to other developed countries. I wouldn't be surprised if the number was 1 in 6. In defence of Americans, why should they know European geography so well? They have 50 states to remember, each being quite unique (the US is very much like a federation of states with each state having a lot of autonomy). That's their world- where they live, where they travel. I'd be curious to see what percentage of Europeans can point out NY state on a map. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't a similar number. And to sum up, yes American's can be very dumb The difference is that the US is one nation while Europe consists of a lot of independent nations. Pointing out NY state would be like pointing out the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands on the map. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22705 Posts
On April 11 2014 01:33 RvB wrote: The difference is that the US is one nation while Europe consists of a lot of independent nations. Pointing out NY state would be like pointing out the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands on the map. Americans don't see it that way but yes our education here just teaches us where the US is and doesn't really focus on what state is where. | ||
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
On April 11 2014 01:35 Gorsameth wrote: Americans don't see it that way but yes our education here just teaches us where the US is and doesn't really focus on what state is where. Americans generally aren't taught anything about geography anymore. I remember once in high school, my honors history class (ie the supposedly smartest, best-educated kids) was asked to draw a map of the world on the first day of class. We weren't allowed to use any references during the exercise. The shit that was produced was too funny to believe. Most maps omitted entire continents. | ||
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DeepElemBlues
United States5080 Posts
http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/its-thanksgiving-so-we-asked-some-brits-to-label-the-us-stat People usually don't remember what they learned in geography class when they were in 3rd grade that they never saw again that has zero impact on their personal lives or their employment as adults. People don't remember things that aren't important to them. Nobody running schools anywhere really thinks geography is that important, so almost nobody anywhere still remembers the 2 hours they spent on world geography when they were 8. But they are naive to the point of stupidity, participating in shit like this. No one asks you to pinpoint a country on a map unless they want to make fun of you for being stupid if you fail Also: http://www.geographyzone.com/new/index.php?t=1&b=2 Haha eat it Frenchies! And radiotren, my sincerest apologies on you living in a country apparently full of mouthbreathers. Meanwhile, my shame will never lessen after seeing... 135 North Korea 140 United States 145 France 159 Denmark (also if you try to take this geography zone challenge thing it is really stupid and easy to misclick and get a wrong answer and SHAME YOUR COUNTRY FOREVER so be careful!) | ||
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