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PrintableGaryTheNoTrashCougar said: USA has some real dumb people
So does every other country in the world.  | |
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Adisa said: vainandy said: They asked which country held American citizens hostages at the end of the 1970s. One dumbass said Canada.
 Everyone knows the answer is Manhattan.  I thought it was the country of Chicago. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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NDRU said: I don't know. Not knowing a fact doesn't make you dumb, it makes you ignorant of that fact, even if that fact is completely obvious to most of us.
I knew a guy who thought someone was an idiot for not knowing who Carl Reiner was, so it seems we all have different standards for which facts are essential to know. 911 was five years sgo. The people aren't saying "what's 911?" they just don't remember whether it was 2001 or 2002, and most of them were older, according to the study. That doesn't make them dumb, it means their memories aren't as good as younger peoples'. co-sign had you asked me a few weeks ago (before many mentions of the approaching 5 year anniversary) I honestly would've been all "shit was that 2001 or 2002?" "let's see, I worked here then, had only been in my house a few months" etc. Then I prolly woulda figured it out. that being said, I have met my fair share of dumb people in the US. And abroad. Sadly, there are dumb people EVERYWHERE.  | |
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endorphin74 said: NDRU said: I don't know. Not knowing a fact doesn't make you dumb, it makes you ignorant of that fact, even if that fact is completely obvious to most of us.
I knew a guy who thought someone was an idiot for not knowing who Carl Reiner was, so it seems we all have different standards for which facts are essential to know. 911 was five years sgo. The people aren't saying "what's 911?" they just don't remember whether it was 2001 or 2002, and most of them were older, according to the study. That doesn't make them dumb, it means their memories aren't as good as younger peoples'. co-sign had you asked me a few weeks ago (before many mentions of the approaching 5 year anniversary) I honestly would've been all "shit was that 2001 or 2002?" "let's see, I worked here then, had only been in my house a few months" etc. Then I prolly woulda figured it out. that being said, I have met my fair share of dumb people in the US. And abroad. Sadly, there are dumb people EVERYWHERE. i remember it was 2001 b/c it was almost exactly a year later (Sept 12, 2002) that my daughter was born. 9/12/02, right in between the 9/11 one year anniversary, and friday the 13th! | |
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endorphin74 said: NDRU said: I don't know. Not knowing a fact doesn't make you dumb, it makes you ignorant of that fact, even if that fact is completely obvious to most of us.
I knew a guy who thought someone was an idiot for not knowing who Carl Reiner was, so it seems we all have different standards for which facts are essential to know. 911 was five years sgo. The people aren't saying "what's 911?" they just don't remember whether it was 2001 or 2002, and most of them were older, according to the study. That doesn't make them dumb, it means their memories aren't as good as younger peoples'. co-sign had you asked me a few weeks ago (before many mentions of the approaching 5 year anniversary) I honestly would've been all "shit was that 2001 or 2002?" "let's see, I worked here then, had only been in my house a few months" etc. Then I prolly woulda figured it out. that being said, I have met my fair share of dumb people in the US. And abroad. Sadly, there are dumb people EVERYWHERE. Everyone's dumb sometimes! Unfortunately, as I get older, the years run together much more than they used to. I remember events, but I've been with the same woman 8 years and the same job for 4, so remembering 2001 vs 2003 isn't always easy. It's like history teachers often said "I'm not so concerned with dates as much as events." My Legacy
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America seemed like a magical place to me and me pals when we were wee in Scotland. We used to talk in American accents when we went out to play in the streets after watching Street Hawk, Airwolf, Knight Rider, The A Team and The Dukes Of Hazard. Stuff like that. Then Baywatch arrived just in time for puberty. Fantastic. | |
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mrdespues said: fantasyislander said: i agree. i was quite bitter in my first post, though it is still kind of true to me... just remembering some tough experiences i had in America and some marvellous, life-changing ones as well. i guess the bitterness stems from the fact that i wanted to live there for good, but it all went pear-shaped. | |
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incognito said: The wierdest thing I remembered that day as I walked home, there was not a airplane in the sky. The city was a ghost town. No one was outside. It was eerie quiet. I was in Chicago too. I remember where I was, exactly what I was wearing, how I found out, what the company director said when he told us all to leave work... You are so right--Chicago was absolutely silent for the rest of the day. It took me a while to figure out what was different, and that's what it was. No planes, hardly any traffic, people walking around talking in hushed tones, all the stores closed early. It was so surreal. And just for the record, I am a fucking smart American.  Not only can I locate all 50 US states on a map (and name their capitals), I can locate all the countries in Africa, Western Europe, southeast Asia, and most of South America and the Canadian provinces because at one point last year I was addicted to this game: http://www.nationalgeogra...om/geospy/
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last yr in high school, thass how i know, | |
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It's "really" dumb, by the way. Not "real" dumb.
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DevotedPuppy said: incognito said: The wierdest thing I remembered that day as I walked home, there was not a airplane in the sky. The city was a ghost town. No one was outside. It was eerie quiet. I was in Chicago too. I remember where I was, exactly what I was wearing, how I found out, what the company director said when he told us all to leave work... You are so right--Chicago was absolutely silent for the rest of the day. It took me a while to figure out what was different, and that's what it was. No planes, hardly any traffic, people walking around talking in hushed tones, all the stores closed early. It was so surreal. And just for the record, I am a fucking smart American. Not only can I locate all 50 US states on a map (and name their capitals), I can locate all the countries in Africa, Western Europe, southeast Asia, and most of South America and the Canadian provinces because at one point last year I was addicted to this game: http://www.nationalgeogra...om/geospy/
not smart enough edit [Edited 8/10/06 20:10pm] i can locate all 50 states, and i can list them all in alphabetical order. by memory.  | |
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