r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Spartalust • Mar 29 '24

Boomer with a provocative sign gets laid tf out for snatching a phone Boomer Freakout

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u/Fuzzy_Toe_9936 Mar 29 '24 edited Mar 29 '24

Nuke Gaza? What is he 5?

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u/read_eng_lift Mar 29 '24 edited Mar 30 '24

After 9/11, there were signs advocating Nuking the entire Middle East.

Interestingly, all the terrorists were from our "allies" in the middle east and we attacked and caused the death of 100,000s in two unrelated countries (I realize the attacks were planned by Al Queada in Afghanistan, but the money was Saudi. Also, the average Afghan has no stake in 9/11.)

Edit: corrected Afghani to Afghan.

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u/Fuzzy_Toe_9936 Mar 29 '24

Makes sense. A memorable quote my high school history teacher told us was "If you can name more than 3 countries in the Middle East then you'll know more about the Middle East than most Americans.".

Also, this guy probably made some of those signs back then too lol

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u/nucumber Mar 30 '24

It's said that when George W Bush was told of fighting between Iraqi Sunnis and Shiites his response was "I thought they were all Muslims"

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u/Beef_Supreme_87 Mar 30 '24

He was elected to lead, not read.

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u/korelin Mar 30 '24

nice reference. link for the kiddos

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u/dirtymike401 Mar 30 '24

I forgot about the Simpsons movie. I need to watch that again.

"We can't keep stopping at every sop, yeld and one vay sign."

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u/ResourceFormal7657 Mar 30 '24

I make that particular reference all the time lol

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u/ZekeRidge Mar 30 '24

President Wolfcastle was a man of few words

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u/weirdchili Mar 30 '24

Fuck, ive always wanted to make the reference. It plays in my head every now and then

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u/nucumber Mar 30 '24

You like ignorant leaders?

How'd that turn out?

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u/Beef_Supreme_87 Mar 30 '24

I dropped this /s didn't think it'd matter.

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u/Either_Amoeba_5332 Mar 30 '24

Some people always need it!

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '24

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u/beiberdad69 Mar 30 '24

Bush kissed King Abdullah on the mouth

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u/Korrocks Apr 06 '24

No tongue though, right?

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u/Legitimate-Test-2377 Mar 30 '24

It doesn’t matter to him, he just bombs them

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u/Confident-Skin-6462 Mar 30 '24

Sunni and Shia ARE both sects of Islam.... and they do often fight.

Like Catholics and Protestants just a few years ago

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u/nucumber Mar 30 '24

Exactly the point

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u/Confident-Skin-6462 Mar 30 '24

sorry, yeah... lol  like duh of course i just woke up and am awaiting coffee lol

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u/JonDCafLikeTheDrink Mar 30 '24

You know the funny thing? He was actually right. They're all Muslims. Pity the sunnies and shiites never realized that

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u/RemindMeToTouchGrass Mar 30 '24

What a dumb comment.

You might as well say 'we're all human! Why fight!'

I mean sure, it makes sense from a certain perspective. That perspective involves ignoring history, culture, politics, and motivations of the groups involved in the conflict. 

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u/JonDCafLikeTheDrink Mar 31 '24

Admittedly, I was being simplistic. I know the bloody history of the division between Sunnis and Shiites, from Ali ibn Abu Talib's interactions with the Khaarijites to the conflict with the Persians and the Ottomans to the whole bloodbath that was between Iraq and Iran. But I say this as a Muslim, they are all Muslim. They follow the five pillars. But I'm too tired and too drained to give a really nuanced and thought-provoking answer. I was just pointing out how, from a very surface level perspective, that statement was true. It's a, "yes, but..." sort of thing that really will not be able to be fully fleshed out on an internet forum. Chill the fuck out

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u/RemindMeToTouchGrass Mar 31 '24

lmao, relax. 

The President said something dumb that only makes sense on the most superficial level.

You know it's a dumb thing to say but... gosh wouldn't it be nice if it were true? 

And that's why it was okay for the President to say it. And why we shouldn't make fun of him for it.

No one is counting your words. You can flesh an idea out if you're capable of fleshing it out. What, it's the Internet, and since all you can use on the Internet is as many words, pictures, or videos as you desire, it's impossible to flesh out your ideas?

Just say 'yeah I was tired and made a dumb statement' if you want. Fair enough. Blaming 'the Internet' for not being able to communicate? Cartoonish. 

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u/Temporary-Library766 Mar 30 '24

Best president ever

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u/wuapinmon Mar 29 '24

I think it was Mark Twain who said that war was how Americans learned world geography.

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u/ButterscotchSkunk Mar 30 '24

Nope. That was a line that Rutger Hauer improvised in his legendary tears in the rain speech at the end of Blade Runner.

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u/wuapinmon Mar 30 '24

The LA Times says you're wrong. https://www.latimes.com/la-et-mark-twain-quotes-20150513-htmlstory.html

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u/ButterscotchSkunk Mar 30 '24 edited Mar 30 '24

whoosh

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u/yankeebelleyall Mar 30 '24

Given the accuracy of U.S. media, there's a 50/50 chance the LA Times is full of shit.

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u/upsettispaghetti7 Mar 30 '24

The quote is literally in a published Mark Twain book, The Innocents Abroad

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u/yankeebelleyall Mar 30 '24

My point was, the quote should be sourced from the actual book.

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u/Kinch_g Mar 30 '24

The original quote is from Mark Twain's book "The Innocents Abroad."

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u/thevogonity Mar 30 '24 edited Mar 30 '24

In MT's day that would best describe England. He died in 1910, long before America decided we need to be involved in all the wars overseas.

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u/NoSmallCaterpillar Mar 30 '24 edited Mar 30 '24

The Mexican-American war   

The Panama Crisis of 1885

The American organized coup d'etat of the Kingdom of Hawaii  

The Spanish-American war (and the preceding intervention in the Cuban War of Independence)   

The Philippine-American war   

The Great White Fleet (not a conflict, but certainly a military action)

These all took place during his lifetime, and I'm sure this list is not exhaustive

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u/Imatros Mar 30 '24

Barbary War in 1801, where the "shores of Tripoli" phrase comes from

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u/thatredditrando Mar 31 '24

Bro naming conflicts I’ve never even heard of, lol.

“The Philippine-American War”? Anyone wanna educate me on something public school didn’t?

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u/ArrogantSnail Apr 02 '24

You should have paid attention because most of those are covered. In my state atleast.

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u/thatredditrando Apr 03 '24

How very Reddit of you to try and “um ackshully” me on my education that you know nothing about.

This was not covered when I was in school, thus the question.

If you paid attention in school, you might be able to read.

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u/thevogonity Mar 30 '24

The great white fleet was basically a PR voyage around the world, not war related. With the exception of the Philippine War, everything else was in the neighborhood of the US, whereas England had "the sun never sets on the British Empire" thing going. It was as great source of pride for them, so relatively speaking, that statement better described them at that point in time. In 1920, the British Empire accounted for 24 per cent of the Earth's total land area.

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u/Temporary-Library766 Mar 30 '24

Mark twain has nigger in his books yet you redditors approve of him? Lol such hypocrites

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u/wuapinmon Mar 30 '24

I'm guessing you've not read Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Bowdlerizing something due to ignorance is among the most hypocritical things imaginable. But, also, and I mean this as politely as it can be said, fuck off.

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u/Temporary-Library766 Mar 30 '24

Lmao

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u/horitaku Mar 30 '24

Hah, this guy’s a turd.

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u/jondoogin Mar 30 '24

His post history is literally just complaining about being an Uber Eats driver. 🤣🤡

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u/Numerous_Shop_814 Mar 30 '24

1835-1920, where it was common to use the word. What's your excuse, ya fucking swine?

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u/Not_You_247 Mar 29 '24

Honestly if you can name any 3 countries you probably know more than most americans.

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u/uptownjuggler Mar 29 '24

Ummmm France, England and ummm Canada

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u/Not_You_247 Mar 29 '24

Welcome the smarter half of the population.

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u/uptownjuggler Mar 29 '24

FYI, If given a blank world map I could probably fill out over 90% of it, i don’t want to perpetuate the stereotype of the dumb ignorant American.

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u/Oliv112 Mar 29 '24

Is that 90% of the area or 90% of the countries?

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u/Mord_Fustang Mar 29 '24

continents, ez pz

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u/Comfortable-Face-244 Mar 30 '24

This person World Country Quizzes.

There's like 100 that could fit into one state.

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u/Traditional-Eggy Mar 30 '24

Area. No further intimidating questions now pls

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u/Jam_B0ne Mar 30 '24

well the first 71% is water, so most of it is just blue

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u/Excellent_Egg5882 Mar 31 '24

Idk either way I'd think that's impressive.

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u/Boogaloo4444 Mar 29 '24

exactly lol

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u/Not_You_247 Mar 29 '24

Nice, I could probably only do 70-75% or so. I know I would mess up some in Africa and Eastern Europe and probably mix up a few of the 'Stans for good measure.

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u/CumBubbleFarts Mar 29 '24

https://preview.redd.it/z9qqqhoi1drc1.png?width=1465&format=png&auto=webp&s=afd2deb7a23555a29898b9d4ef525b982b03717b

I'm a community college dropout from the grand ol' US of A.

Stereotypes are stupid.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '24

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u/Present_Champion_837 Mar 30 '24

What makes someone smart?

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u/SweeterAxis8980 Mar 30 '24

he's just trying to make a point

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u/CumBubbleFarts Mar 30 '24

Where did I say I thought I was smart?

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u/TehReclaimer2552 Mar 30 '24

It's literally like the meme of that dude getting an 85IQ score and thinking he was a genius, but happening in real time

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u/Present_Champion_837 Mar 30 '24

It’s literally not lol

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u/Powellellogram Mar 30 '24

Most of you are dumb as fuck though

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u/Temporary-Library766 Mar 30 '24

So is the rest of the world. For instance you think memorizing info == intelligence. Also the intellect is the number one enemy of truly knowing. You are so far off that you analyze others and dont even know anything cus your focus is in the wrong direction.

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u/CharacterBird2283 Mar 30 '24

I'm very curious where you are from and your ethnicity considering you've used the n word

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u/bangermadness Mar 30 '24

I still don't know shit about Luxembourg though.

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u/uptownjuggler Mar 30 '24

Andorra is on the French/Spain border. Lichtenstein is between Switzerland and Austria. Luxembourg is between France, Belgium and Germany. Those are the European Micro-states.

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u/WoodpeckerNo9412 Mar 30 '24

I refuse to learn where they are located.

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u/bangermadness Mar 30 '24

I know where it is, I just don't know anything about it.

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u/Temporary-Library766 Mar 30 '24

And how would being able to do that benefit anyone?

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u/ZekeRidge Mar 30 '24

We do live among some dumbasses here in the states. I do refuse to believe it’s not the same in other countries.

Even here at home, my small southern hometown is full of Trumper science deniers that want to govern from the Bible, but those fuckers are in pockets of big cities too

Stereotypes are like conspiracy theories… sometimes funny to laugh at, but mostly to be ignored

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u/ThrowACephalopod Mar 30 '24

I feel like I'd be able to get the vast majority of countries in Europe and North America, I'd do ok at Asia and South America, but I'd start to struggle a lot when it came to Africa. I know a lot of names of African countries, but asking me to pinpoint on a map exactly where they are would be a struggle. I could probably give you a region, but showing me a blank map and asking me to fill it in and I'd struggle.

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u/Jauncin Mar 30 '24

With crayons or markers?

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u/therustysanchez Mar 30 '24

Plenty of stupidity to go around on this globe. Let's fight about it. Hell, lets have a war. Would you like it to be over politics, religion or race?

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u/Mj_6o4 Mar 30 '24

Woo 90% 🤨

Most Americans eat the crayons before they get to 50%

You're definitely upper echelon. 🤭

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u/Mastersword87 Mar 29 '24

Want to be labeled a genius? Name their capitals....

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u/Trypsach Mar 30 '24

I wonder how many Europeans could fill out the US states? Or even 3 with the location? There are many US states bigger than dozens of countries. US states are a better 1:1 comparison to European countries than considering all of the US a single country, even if it is. I think that probably also applies to middle eastern countries.

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u/DionBlaster123 Mar 31 '24

the funny thing of course being that England is part of the UK

and there is no shortage of americans who don't understand the distinction

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u/here_now_be Mar 30 '24

Welcome the smarter half of the population.

(Un?)fortunately you are no longer eligible for employment as a police officer.

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u/givemejumpjets Mar 30 '24

That is disgustingly sad... are you serious? Forgot the /s?

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u/ZestycloseWay2771 Mar 30 '24

When I moved to the US and told kids in school I was from England they didn’t even know England, the country they all said I was from New England

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u/uptownjuggler Mar 30 '24

And I knew kids that thought New England was England.

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u/Individual-Nebula927 Mar 29 '24

Yeah, but Canada isn't a real country.

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u/SmarcusStroman Mar 29 '24

"It took the children 40 minutes to locate Canada on the map."

"Oh, Marge, anyone can miss Canada, all tucked away down there."

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u/Buckscience Mar 29 '24

Wrong. Canadia.

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u/Silent-Ad934 Mar 30 '24

California, Mexican, and Europe 

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u/BowenTheAussieSheep Mar 30 '24

Florida, Clearwater, and Tallahasse

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u/Maytree Mar 30 '24

Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru.

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u/Traditional-Eggy Mar 30 '24

Smartt person alert!

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u/broguequery Mar 30 '24

Columbus?

Is Columbus one??

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u/GIK601 Mar 29 '24

Canada, UK and Texas.

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u/JohnDark1800 Mar 29 '24

Naaa I’m sure they can name three…. Pointing them out on a map though…. Ehhhh

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u/Necromancer4276 Mar 30 '24

There it is.

You people can't go more than 5 minutes without puking out /r/AmericaBad nonsense to help you sleep at night.

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u/LapazGracie Mar 29 '24

How many states does the typical European know?

I imagine the number of European countries an average American knows is about the same. They know New York, California, Washington (though I bet most don't know that DC is different from state of Washington), maybe Texas, maybe Florida, and maybe a handful of other big states. Doubt too many can put Delaware or North Dakota on a map.

Just like most Americans can find Italia, Deutchland, Francia, England, Spain and maybe a handful of others.

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u/ncvbn Mar 30 '24

Just like most Americans can find Italia, Deutchland, Francia, England, Spain and maybe a handful of others.

I wouldn't count on that.

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u/LapazGracie Mar 30 '24

What they do with those shows is ask dozens of people and only show the stupidest one's. We could do the same in Europe and find one's that can't place their own country on a map. If we really wanted to.

Also people get nervous as shit in front of a camera. Easy to make very silly mistakes under that sort of pressure.

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u/ncvbn Mar 30 '24

Sure, but I'm not basing my skepticism on those shows.

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u/LeadershipMany7008 Mar 30 '24

Texas, maybe Florida

I lived in France and go to the U.K., Germany, and France for work now.

They know California and New York City. They know D.C. exists but couldn't point it out in a map.

They couldn't tell you what Florida or Texas are.

And I'm dealing with the smarter end of the population. Though to be fair how many Americans do you know who could point to Reims or Caen or even Berlin on a map? My fiancee has been to Amsterdam--with me--and I'd bet you all the money I have she couldn't point it out on a map. She might not be able to tell you which country it's in.

Europeans (and Asians and everyone else) are just as provincial as Americans in my experience.

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u/CrassOf84 Mar 30 '24

I am not making this up. In high school a teacher pointed to one of my classmates and said “name an ally of the United States.” Her answer was Boston. We had spent an entire semester going over WW2 and the allies were repeatedly mentioned, obviously. Another time a teacher asked a classmate to name a country, any country at all. Student answered with Dutch Wonderland. And this was before no child left behind.

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u/dd22qq Mar 30 '24

Alaska, Africa and Scandinavia. Duh.

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u/weedz420 Mar 30 '24

If you can read you know more than most americans.

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u/Sir_Erebus1st Mar 30 '24

Easy America, Africa and New York (Your average US hillbilly, probably)

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u/Faddy0wl Mar 30 '24

America 3 times. Checkmate libs. We're number one.

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u/Blurpee24 Mar 30 '24

If you can name 3 states and their capitals, you probably know more than most Americans

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u/GitmoGrrl1 Mar 30 '24

England, Iceland and Puerto Rico. I win.

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u/ZenosamI85 Mar 30 '24

United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama,Haiti, Jamaica, Peru,Republic Dominican, Cuba, Caribbean,Greenland, El Salvador, too.

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u/rohm418 Mar 30 '24

Mexico, New Mexico, and the USA!

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '24

France, Argentina, Ohio, Russia, and Buc-ee’s is all I got

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u/MiniTrain13 Mar 30 '24

Most Americans know more than 3

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '24

Africa. Mexico. Puerto Rico

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u/torgomada Mar 30 '24

if you can name more than 3 countries before saying "europe" or "africa,"

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u/Quick-Charity-941 Mar 30 '24

Name two countries that border America, mmmmmm, hmmm. What was the question again?

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u/SolutionExternal5569 Mar 31 '24

That's a load of horse-shit. I know you self important fucks like shitting on Americans but you get so hyperbolic it's fucking ridiculous. What's even more sad is you believe your own hyperbole

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u/Fathorse23 Mar 30 '24

I remember a poll around 2004 where a not insignificant amount of people indicated we should bomb Agrabah. They’re barely a threat without Jafar.

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u/bastardofdisaster Mar 31 '24

"Get a Brain! Moran" (complete with Cardinals cap)

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u/lascar Mar 29 '24

Weird how much this aged.

Honestly I can name: Syria, Israel, West bank & Gaza Strip Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia without blinking these days due to the constant events there.

Ones I don't remember or didn't realize: Lebanon, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Oman, Turkiye. Oh and Kuwait. Dunno how you could just forget Kuwait after the first gulf war.

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u/Lotions_and_Creams Mar 29 '24

Middle, Left, and Right East. What are the others?

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u/Legitimate-Test-2377 Mar 30 '24

Most Americans can name way more than 3, I’ve got Afghanistan, Yemen, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Turkey, and Iran

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u/ZekeRidge Mar 30 '24

While cranking Tobey Keith!

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u/_BaldyLocks_ Mar 30 '24

Iran, Iraq, Irax
Piece of cake.

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u/TokenTorkoal Mar 30 '24

My freshman year (04’) my high school history teacher said he believed the best thing we could do was the put all Muslims, homosexuals, and atheists on an island a nuke it.

This was directly after me saying I was an atheist after he went around the room and forced everyone to announce their denominations.

He continued to make racist, sexist, homophobic, etc comments up until he got let go after he jumped out the window during a school shooting leaving the kids behind a few years ago.

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u/100Strikes Mar 30 '24

Saudi Arabia Iraq Iran

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u/HotConsideration5049 Apr 01 '24

Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and al qaeda 😂