Colocho Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 The thread title is misleading like. Just write Thursday morning somewhere. And it's definitely 00:30, not 01:30! Not that I understand why anyone would stay up for this. 01:30. 6 hour difference. This is correct. Oh shit, sorry, my bad, I forgot that other parts of the country exist. So it's at 8:30 for me then. Among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps: 87% cannot find Iraq 83% cannot find Afghanistan 76% find Saudi Arabia 70% cannot find New Jersey 49% cannot find New York 11% cannot find the United States Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 *isn't American... or in the age group specified* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 *isn't American... or in the age group specified* Seems as though you've adopted the native mentality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 The thread title is misleading like. Just write Thursday morning somewhere. And it's definitely 00:30, not 01:30! edit: its 1:30am! Not that I understand why anyone would stay up for this. some will want to stay up in order to bring first news of ben arfa's broken arm,colo's shattered leg or tiote's sprained wrist after catching a 747 whose engines cut out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 The thread title is misleading like. Just write Thursday morning somewhere. And it's definitely 00:30, not 01:30! Not that I understand why anyone would stay up for this. 01:30. 6 hour difference. This is correct. Oh s***, sorry, my bad, I forgot that other parts of the country exist. So it's at 8:30 for me then. Among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps: 87% cannot find Iraq 83% cannot find Afghanistan 76% find Saudi Arabia 70% cannot find New Jersey 49% cannot find New York 11% cannot find the United States Are those numbers true? That's fucking staggering. No wonder everyone hates us. Also, I'd like to see the numbers if you divided the North and the South. I have a feeling I know which way they would go and I'd feel a lot better about things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 *isn't American... or in the age group specified* Seems as though you've adopted the native mentality. Seems so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 The thread title is misleading like. Just write Thursday morning somewhere. And it's definitely 00:30, not 01:30! Not that I understand why anyone would stay up for this. 01:30. 6 hour difference. This is correct. Oh s***, sorry, my bad, I forgot that other parts of the country exist. So it's at 8:30 for me then. Among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps: 87% cannot find Iraq 83% cannot find Afghanistan 76% find Saudi Arabia 70% cannot find New Jersey 49% cannot find New York 11% cannot find the United States Are those numbers true? That's fucking staggering. No wonder everyone hates us. Also, I'd like to see the numbers if you divided the North and the South. I have a feeling I know which way they would go and I'd feel a lot better about things. As far as Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan go, I don't imagine you'd see particularly different numbers in the UK tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 The thread title is misleading like. Just write Thursday morning somewhere. And it's definitely 00:30, not 01:30! Not that I understand why anyone would stay up for this. 01:30. 6 hour difference. This is correct. Oh s***, sorry, my bad, I forgot that other parts of the country exist. So it's at 8:30 for me then. Among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps: 87% cannot find Iraq 83% cannot find Afghanistan 76% find Saudi Arabia 70% cannot find New Jersey 49% cannot find New York 11% cannot find the United States Are those numbers true? That's f***ing staggering. No wonder everyone hates us. Also, I'd like to see the numbers if you divided the North and the South. I have a feeling I know which way they would go and I'd feel a lot better about things. the original rule of thumb is that those on the coast are most intelligent....but the further away from the ocean the thicker thay get. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Heck, my job is international military policy and I'm reasonably sure I wouldn't be able to find Iraq or Afghanistan on an unlabeled map. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Heck, my job is international military policy and I'm reasonably sure I wouldn't be able to find Iraq or Afghanistan on an unlabeled map. Not surprising, tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Heck, my job is international military policy and I'm reasonably sure I wouldn't be able to find Iraq or Afghanistan on an unlabeled map. Not surprising, tbh. Colocho trying to imply that I'm stupid and ignorant. Hmm.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 http://www.geosense.net/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I'm sure Colocho knows everything about the world map. I hear he's looked at a globe maybe 7 or 8 times. He's our resident world geography expert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 http://www.geosense.net/ http://assets.scumbagsteve.com/hashed_silo_content/b98/5da/c4e/resized/wanna-play-disappears-8703ce.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 http://www.geosense.net/ 4049... Not great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 6181 out of ten rounds... still got beaten. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 the original rule of thumb is that those on the coast are most intelligent....but the further away from the ocean the thicker thay get. To whose "original rule of thumb" are you referring? As someone who lives at the very centre of the North American continent, equidistant from the coasts - I think this is unadulterated crap... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 But you're stupid, so you're probably wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 the original rule of thumb is that those on the coast are most intelligent....but the further away from the ocean the thicker thay get. To whose "original rule of thumb" are you referring? As someone who lives at the very centre of the North American continent, equidistant from the coasts - I think this is unadulterated crap... Not just crap, "unadulterated" crap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 the original rule of thumb is that those on the coast are most intelligent....but the further away from the ocean the thicker thay get. To whose "original rule of thumb" are you referring? As someone who lives at the very centre of the North American continent, equidistant from the coasts - I think this is unadulterated crap... it's an old joke that i've heard from jimmy tingle, will durst and at least one other stand up i can't quite remember. it's a quite well worn line actually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 The thread title is misleading like. Just write Thursday morning somewhere. And it's definitely 00:30, not 01:30! Not that I understand why anyone would stay up for this. 01:30. 6 hour difference. This is correct. Oh s***, sorry, my bad, I forgot that other parts of the country exist. So it's at 8:30 for me then. Among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps: 87% cannot find Iraq 83% cannot find Afghanistan 76% find Saudi Arabia 70% cannot find New Jersey 49% cannot find New York 11% cannot find the United States You would find similar percentages in the UK. Don't kid yourself otherwise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Krul Simpson Taylor Coloccini Enrique Gosling Tiote Marveaux Ben Arfa Jonas Ba Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 In a nation called the world's superpower, only 17 percent of young adults in the United States could find Afghanistan on a map, according to a new worldwide survey released today. The young U.S. citizens received poor marks generally in geography. But then, as results showed, their counterparts in other countries were hardly star students. The National Geographic–Roper 2002 Global Geographic Literacy Survey polled more than 3,000 18- to 24-year-olds in Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden and the United States. Sweden scored highest; Mexico, lowest. The U.S. was next to last. "The survey demonstrates the geographic illiteracy of the United States," said Robert Pastor, professor of International Relations at American University, in Washington, D.C. "The results are particularly appalling in light of September 11, which traumatized America and revealed that our destiny is connected to the rest of the world." About 11 percent of young citizens of the U.S. couldn't even locate the U.S. on a map. The Pacific Ocean's location was a mystery to 29 percent; Japan, to 58 percent; France, to 65 percent; and the United Kingdom, to 69 percent. Are Young U.S. Citizens Americentric? Despite the threat of war in Iraq and the daily reports of suicide bombers in Israel, less than 15 percent of the young U.S. citizens could locate either country. More young U.S. citizens in the study knew that the island featured in last season's TV show "Survivor" is in the South Pacific than could find Israel. Particularly humiliating was that all countries were better able to identify the U.S. population than many young U.S. citizens. Within the U.S., almost one-third said that population was between one billion and two billion; the answer is 289 million. "It gives the sense that there is this Americentric thing going on—that we are big and powerful and have all these people in our country," said John Fahey, President and CEO of the National Geographic Society. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1120_021120_GeoRoperSurvey.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 In a nation called the world's superpower, only 17 percent of young adults in the United States could find Afghanistan on a map, according to a new worldwide survey released today. The young U.S. citizens received poor marks generally in geography. But then, as results showed, their counterparts in other countries were hardly star students. The National Geographic–Roper 2002 Global Geographic Literacy Survey polled more than 3,000 18- to 24-year-olds in Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden and the United States. Sweden scored highest; Mexico, lowest. The U.S. was next to last. "The survey demonstrates the geographic illiteracy of the United States," said Robert Pastor, professor of International Relations at American University, in Washington, D.C. "The results are particularly appalling in light of September 11, which traumatized America and revealed that our destiny is connected to the rest of the world." About 11 percent of young citizens of the U.S. couldn't even locate the U.S. on a map. The Pacific Ocean's location was a mystery to 29 percent; Japan, to 58 percent; France, to 65 percent; and the United Kingdom, to 69 percent. Are Young U.S. Citizens Americentric? Despite the threat of war in Iraq and the daily reports of suicide bombers in Israel, less than 15 percent of the young U.S. citizens could locate either country. More young U.S. citizens in the study knew that the island featured in last season's TV show "Survivor" is in the South Pacific than could find Israel. Particularly humiliating was that all countries were better able to identify the U.S. population than many young U.S. citizens. Within the U.S., almost one-third said that population was between one billion and two billion; the answer is 289 million. "It gives the sense that there is this Americentric thing going on—that we are big and powerful and have all these people in our country," said John Fahey, President and CEO of the National Geographic Society. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1120_021120_GeoRoperSurvey.html Americans are STUPID (and so is everyone else) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewJerseyMag Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 The thread title is misleading like. Just write Thursday morning somewhere. And it's definitely 00:30, not 01:30! Not that I understand why anyone would stay up for this. 01:30. 6 hour difference. This is correct. Oh s***, sorry, my bad, I forgot that other parts of the country exist. So it's at 8:30 for me then. Among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps: 87% cannot find Iraq 83% cannot find Afghanistan 76% find Saudi Arabia 70% cannot find New Jersey 49% cannot find New York 11% cannot find the United States I live in New Jersey. At least I think that is where I am. Lets look at a map and make sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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